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In a quiet southern town, several lives are changed forever when an isolated mute with a dark secret is admitted to a mental institution.

The suicide of a former high-school bully puts the boy's father on a quest for answers.

Westfalia, 1873: Pillage and murder put the future existence of Hans' farm at stake. The farmer has to defend his remaining daughter and their goods against man and nature. A struggle of life and death begins.

The year is 1949 and the inspector Bleak Prospekt investigates the mysterious murder of Katherine Orwell. He must navigate the treacherous mazes of truths and lies, so he can serve justice to the horrible murderer.

A student grapples with the monotony of his daily routine, yearning for the vibrant days spent with friends. As he navigates through the repetitive cycles of school and home, he begins to uncover subtle changes that might lead him back to the excitement he craves.

Two wrestlers decide to go to a hotel in order to meet two prostitutes.

The Šumava Mountains hide buildings lost in the mountains, the Vydra River, a church, a rectory, marshes, a post office, a gold mine, and a hermit's hut. In this environment, the fates of the beautiful girl Anna, a tormented widow, her perpetually drunk husband—a postman—and dentist Holoubek, who left his native Vienna, intertwine. Over the course of the year, their paths cross, but then the summer of 1914 arrives and war intervenes decisively in the lives of all those involved... However, the characters' desires and quests are timeless.

On New Year's Eve, three lonesome characters share an internal struggle, isolated among uncaring people at a house party. Once the party is over they are left to deal with the neighbor who complained about the noise earlier.

Thousands of poor Chinese workers wait years to petition against injustices suffered in their home districts with the court of the plaintiffs in Beijing - often the last resort for those seeking redress for dismissals, land confiscations, beatings and arrests. Filmed over a decade, director Zhao Liang gives an insight into the shared disenchantment of those who search for justice from a system that pays little to no significance to their individual suffering.

On his way home from work, Youngsik talks to his mother on the phone. The moment she asks how he is doing, time begins to flow backward.

Moments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her intellectually disabled sister, aloof and uneasy teacher boyfriend, bizarre neighbor and irritating workmate.

Set to a backdrop of desolate snowy mountains, a young boy and his brother stumble into a surreal and twisted journey. Trying to escape their surroundings they are pursued by mysterious figures and have to confront themes of isolation, death and identity.

Over the course of a hilarious and deeply personal hour, Maron explores such universal topics as getting older, antisemitism and faith, and the superiority of having cats over children – especially during the pandemic.

Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet, somewhat against the advice of his agent Margaretta. As the cast he assembles are still available even at Christmas and are prepared to do it on a 'profit sharing' basis (that is, they may not get paid anything) he cannot expect - and does not get - the cream of the cream. But although they all bring their own problems and foibles along, something bigger starts to emerge in the perhaps aptly named village of Hope.

The end is here. Civilization has collapsed. Technology has been forgotten, and History is Hearsay. Slangman is the smartest man in the known world. Together with the mute, spear-wielding Scotsman known as Atlatl and the beautiful yet dim actress, Femme, he must find The Source, a legendary oracle of ancient technology. But the evil archaeologist Dr. Obvious conspires with the sinister mutant bounty hunter Malathion Man to reach The Source first.

Natan lives in an apartment in which he has a counterpart on his neighbors. They disappear overnight, and Natan discovers that strange things are happening...

Splatter gore from James Bell

'The story of Lady Dedlock's secret and the tragic consequences of its exposure.' (British Film Institute)

The classic Christmas story reimagined in a brand new filmed adaptation. A solitary man lies in a hospital bed, alone on Christmas Eve. As his life flashes before his eyes, he confronts the joys and sorrows of his past, present and future. As the timelines overlap, he re-experiences the exhilaration of falling in love, the bond of friendship, the pain of losing his sister, and the fear of what lies ahead in the afterlife. When the spirit of his best friend appears before him, Scrooge (Blake Hackler) must make a choice between a renewed life or permanent damnation. Created specifically to be filmed under the unique circumstances of the pandemic this special production updates Charles Dickens’ story to our contemporary world, deepens our understanding of the beloved characters with compassion, humor and grace, and provides a holiday event to enjoy within the comfort of your own home.

A desperate girl times her first break-up to coincide with Christmas dinner at her boyfriend's parents.

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.

Russell Hatch, an Interpol operative who takes on the role of father figure to Jayden, the son of an informant killed in a routine raid gone wrong. Years later, Hatch finds himself protecting Jayden and his grandfather from a group of merciless gangs in an all-out turf war, stopping at nothing to protect Jayden and fight anyone getting in his way.

Based on real stories, using both actors and non-actors, and filmed on location in Dublin, A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton (1971) is a rare example of Irish social realism. After years in an industrial school, Martin Cluxton (Derek King) returns home to Dublin but finds considerable prejudice and little opportunity. Broadcast on RTÉ, it was directed by Brian MacLochlainn, co-written by Caoimhín Ó Marcaigh and MacLochlainn, with music by jazz great Louis Stewart.

Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence.

Times are tough at Premiere Properties. Shelley "the machine" Levene and Dave Moss are veteran salesmen, but only Ricky Roma is on a hot streak. The new Glengarry sales leads could turn everything around, but the front office is holding them back until these "losers" prove themselves. Then someone decides to take matters into his own hands, stealing the Glengarry leads and leaving everyone wondering who did it.

Chronicles three years of a middle-class family seemingly caught up in their daily routines, troubled only by minor incidents. Behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, however, they're planning something much more sinister.

A monumental windstorm and an abused horse's refusal to work or eat signal the beginning of the end for a poor farmer and his daughter.

In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a failed actress, a middle-aged sailor, a delusional blonde and a pregnant girl.

In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future.

Samantha Holt thought she had the perfect life—until a tragic accident shattered it all. One year later, Bruce Miller, a grieving father consumed by rage, kidnaps her in a twisted plan for revenge. Trapped and tormented, Samantha must confront her past to survive his deadly lesson.

On a bleak island where monolithic concrete buildings rise above the windswept horizon lies work-colony #191286. Piwonka is one of a handful of migrant workers who are forced to work here under harsh conditions. He has been estranged for two months from his beloved wife when a fatal incident at the main drilling-tower occurs. Piwonka has a recurring dream of his wife where it feels like she's trying to communicate with him, to warn him perhaps, or guide his way.

When a young Northerner kills his driving examiner, he and his best friend embark on a misguided trip to Wales to hide the body. Nothing goes to plan...

It is the 30th millennium. Humanity is caught in the midst of a fratricidal war between those of the meta-human Space Marines who are loyal to the Emperor, and those who no longer are. The once noble warriors of the XII and XVII legions are cutting a bloody path throughout the realm of Ultramar, committing boundless atrocities out of sheer spite and hatred for their cousins belonging to the XIII legion. In this episode we gain a glimpse of the aftermath of the battle on planet Sathus, and the living nightmare taking place on a starship manned by traitorous legionaries, as they bide their time on the approach to planet Calth.

Simon Callow's one-man show about Charles Dickens.

A mentally-handicapped young man, a sex-obsessed tortured artist, and their responsible but somewhat prideful brother are all grief-stricken in the wake of their mother's death. The three brothers live with their father, a withdrawn and abusive parent who offers no consolation to his mournful sons. The dysfunctional family's dynamic is further complicated when the father strikes up an eccentric sexual affair with a Chinese man who is nearly the same age as his own sons.

"Satanism Unmasked" investigates the supernatural influence Satanism, witchcraft, and Dungeons & Dragons.

In rural New England, a woman is marked by her first love’s death in a mountain tunnel. Drawn into the mystery of a new disappearance, she finds herself confronting a seductive and terrifying presence buried beneath the town.

A documentary about a person who cleans his room with a vacuum cleaner, filled with disasters and mishaps.

A Dalek leaves its work station in search of its missing neighbour

In Lincoln City, some inhabitants have extraordinary abilities. Most live below the poverty line, under the close surveillance of a heavily militarized police force. Connor, a construction worker with powers, involves with a criminal gang to help his ailing mother. (Based on the short film “Code 8,” 2016.)

A mother concerned about her young son's disturbing behavior thinks something supernatural may be affecting him.

Fourteen-year-old Bernie must convince her religious mother that her repeated attempts to explore her body are natural, not depraved.

Paul Devlin’s fictional short stars James McCaffrey (co-star of Rescue Me) as Tony O’Neil, a talented, but very distracted neon artist. Tony loses everything he touches. And if he's not careful, that includes his girlfriend Corrin. Desperate, Tony seeks the help of Shah, a strange and powerful mystic who has learned to use science to achieve spiritual goals. Shah's newest invention is a pair of extraordinary glasses. Try them on, think of an object that's lost and in a moment, it can be seen. The glasses need field-testing and Tony is the perfect subject. At first, Tony is back in control, finding all the things he's lost. But the glasses are more complex than he ever imagined. Tony is about to discover that sometimes, the worst part of losing things, is finding them...

The past meets up with the present when a former group of college friends are reunited and forced to sit together at a wedding reception. As the reception carries on, an old grudge resurfaces and a new concern arises. Jake, Wes, and Sara re-assume their roles in their tumultuous love triangle, while Sam tries to get them to realize that Jess is struggling with pill addiction. Can these old friends get over the past in order to salvage the present? —Justin Nelson

BAD COP follows the life of a corrupt Policeman, INSPECTOR TAFARI. The story tells of how he aids many criminals in carrying out their criminal activities in his territory and further encourages them by partnering with them for financial gain. He would go as far as burning criminal case files to remain in favour with drug lords. As the story proceeds, TAFARI falls in love with a lady named MIA, who changes his life's trajectory.

The film highlights legendary Colombian birdwatching guide Diego Calderon-Franco and National Geographic photographer/videographer Keith Ladzinski as they travel through Columbia, a nation that boasts one of the most diverse populations of birds in the world, to capture footage of rare and unique birds, some of which have never been filmed before.

A close bond between two identical twins is tested when one sister rebels against their shared sense of oneness.

A singer obsessed by fame gets adopted by the parents of infamous murder victim, Anita Cobby.

The fate of motion-picture film processing in Australia lies solely in the hands of Werner Winkelmann. In the wake of his retirement, he ponders what this could mean for the future of the medium.

A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualised taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing truths about himself and premonitions.

A group of crooks plan a heist to steal twenty million dollars from a Security Firm counting house.

The story of two itinerant con men, the Wild Man and the Colonel, who operate on the West Coast gold mining towns of the New Zealand South Island during the latter part of the last century.

Doc, an American Vietnam vet, travels to Australia to discover his friend John has been murdered by a mysterious crime boss known as Pirate. Doc inherits John's nightclub and finds it staffed by beautiful women. Finding himself at war with thugs trying to take over the club, he hatches a plan to expose Pirate's identity, save the club, and allow him to get it on with the babes.

A group of young women fall prey to some Amish men on rumspringa who have taken to cannibalism.

When two separate couples travel out to a game farm for a relaxing, romantic week-end getaway at a small game lodge, they are fully unprepared for the unorthodox couple that runs the establishment.

When Piet, an innocent man looking for work, gets roped up in an assassination on a local politician, he ends up working with the police to bring the culprit who hired him to justice. But it is soon revealed that Detective Andrew, whom Piet is helping work the case, is in fact the criminal known as the “Faceless Man”, and it soon becomes a cat and mouse game to bring this corrupt police man to justice. Hector Mathanda, Dumisani Shongwe and Jabu Luthuli star in this thriller, directed by Carl Bleakley in his feature film debut. (Zulu with English Subtitles)

A sleazy conman, an elderly woman, and a rabbit, come together in this horror-comedy where nothing is as it seems. Does a satanic force lurk in the shadows, or has superstition run wild?

When Sam is murdered in a remote lake, his consciousness begins to travel through the bodies of his friends in an effort to protect them from his killer. This dark passage leads him on a greater journey - discovering his own true identity.

Longboard champ Sam Bleakley catches up with an old friend and learns about the thriving surf tourism industry in Robertsport, Liberia.

Experience Jamaica with surfer Sam Bleakley as he checks out the Boston Beach waves and a dancehall sound clash in this documentary series.

Longboard champ Sam Bleakley visits Ghana to learn about a local surf school pioneer, Highlife music and the relationship between surfing and dance.

An in-depth feature film all about the boy himself Damon Gough and the legacy of his Mercury Prize winning album The Hour of Bewilderbeast, eighteen years after its original release in 2000.

This dark comedy is set in Dunedin, New Zealand. A university student finds an old "abandoned" house and proceeds to invite other students to share. It even has running electricity. But what is the catch?

A small film with a big heart, SECOND HAND WEDDING is a bittersweet dramatic comedy set in the present, in a time when trademe and e-bay threaten the primeval urge for a firsthand crack at the second-hand. Jill keeps the dream alive until she is forced to confront the habits of a lifetime and concede that no bargain is worth her daughter's happiness. Father of the bride, Brian, quips that Cheryl's upcoming wedding will be the first time anyone in the Rose family has given something away - and that's the crux of it.

A hitchhiker takes two kids on the ride of their dreams, but they soon learn that their newfound hero is just as capable of delivering nightmares.

Professor Philip Goodman devotes his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans. His skepticism soon gets put to the test when he receives news of three chilling and inexplicable cases -- disturbing visions in an abandoned asylum, a car accident deep in the woods and the spirit of an unborn child. Even scarier -- each of the macabre stories seems to have a sinister connection to the professor's own life.

A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.

The story of Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis, from his schoolboy days in 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.