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In Jafar Panahi's latest film, which won the Best Screenplay Award in Cannes, actress Behnaz Jafari is distraught when she comes across a young girl's video plea for help after her family prevents her from taking up her studies at the Tehran drama conservatory. Behnaz abandons her shoot and turns to the filmmaker Jafar Panahi to help her with the young girl's troubles. They travel by car to the rural, Azeri-speaking Northwest of Iran, w..
French drama written and directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun. The film follows the plight of former teacher Abbas (Eriq Ebouaney), who fled his home in the Central African Republic in the midst of a civil war in search of a better life for his family. Still recovering from the loss of his wife who died during their escape, Abbas strikes up a relationship with florist Carole (Sandrine Bonnaire), who welcomes Abbas and his two children into ..
Jérôme Bonnell co-writes and directs this French drama. The film follows twenty-somethings Micha, Mélodie and Charlotte (Félix Moati, Anaïs Demoustier and Sophie Verbeeck). Micha and Charlotte have been in a relationship for four years but difficulty ensues when they both find themselves falling for Mélodie. However, Mélodie is the only one who is aware of the three-pointed affair.....
French drama from film-maker Philippe Faucon. The film follows Amin Sow (Moustapha Mbengue) as he moves to France to find work, leaving his wife Aïcha (Mareme N'Diaye) and three children in Senegal. Living in a Parisian hostel full of like-minded migrants, Amin gets a construction job and saves his earnings to take back to his family. While renovating Gabrielle (Emmanuelle Devos)'s garden, Amin strikes up a romantic relationship with he..
In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there is an elephant that simply sits and ignores the world. Manzhouli becomes an obsession for the protagonists of this film, a longed-for escape from the world in which they find themselves. Among them is schoolboy Bu, on the run after pushing a bully down the stairs and accidentally injuring him. In virtuoso visual compositions, the film tells the story of one single suspenseful day..
In many ways Ash is Purest White is a summation of Jia Zhang-ke's work so far, taking his reutation as one the world's foremost directors even further. Qiao (the extraordinary Zhao Tao) lives in a depressed mining town. Her boyfriend, Bin (Liao Fan), is a dashing gangster. After his boss is murdered, Bin ascends in rank within the criminal brotherhood but finds himself vulnerable to rivals. When they are both arrested, Qiao makes a fate..
Zhangke Jia writes and directs this Chinese drama starring Tao Zhao and Fan Liao. Beginning in 2001, the film follows the relationship of gangster Bin (Liao) and his girlfriend Qiao (Zhao). When Bin's life is threatened by members of a rival young gang, Qiao intervenes and is sentenced to five years in jail for her part in the confrontation. When she is released, she goes looking for Bin and eventually finds him in the city of Fengjie, ..
The young boy Yusuf's best friend is his father, who supports his family's modest life with the honey he collects from all trees in the forests of the remote Turkish countryside. Yusuf is a quiet boy, and his mother is concerned for his future. Perhaps he will follow in his father's footsteps, or perhaps school will offer him other opportunities. But the honey crop is falling, and Yusuf has trouble learning how to read. The greatest fea..
A seductive and emotionally charged love story, Candy features a sensational performance from rising star Abbie Cornish (Somersault) and an astonishing Heath Ledger in his first role since Brokeback Mountain. When Candy (Cornish), an artist, meets Dan (Ledger), a would-be poet, their mutual attraction blossoms. But their love for each other is inextricably caught up with another passion, a shared taste for heroin. As desire gives way to..
Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, narrated by Dustin Hoffman and featuring an original score composed and performed by Bobby McFerrin, Common Threads uses intimate details to tell an epic story of love, loss, anger and healing. In the late 1970's, a mysterious new disease began infecting and killing gay men. Common Threads tells the powerful story of the first decade of the AIDS epidemic, as told through the lives of five ve..
Boasting black and white cinematography, carefully constructed other-worldly soundscapes and a cast of well drawn slacker oddballs, Icelandic director Dagur Kari’s follow-up to Noi Albinoi is an offbeat delight. Daniel (Jakob Cedergren) is an irresponsible but charming young Copenhagen graffiti artist who doesn't care even though everybody is trying to track him down: Parking attendants, landlords, bills and the police. One day he falls..
An audience award winner at the Rotterdam Film Festival, Michael Hofmann's Eden is a sensual and romantic film about the art of cooking and of love.Gregor (Josef Ostendorf), an eccentric chef, runs a small restaurant on the outskirts of town. In his spare time, he often sits by a street cafe where he is served by Eden (Charlotte Roche). Eden is married to Xaver (Devid Striesow) and has a young daughter, Leonie (Leonie Stepp), who has Do..
The winner of the Best Director award at cannes for director Tony Gatlif (Gadjo Dilo) and starring Romain Duris (The Beat That My Heart Skipped), Exiles is a freewheeling drama about a young couple's nostalgic desire to retrace their parents' steps to Algeria. Zano's (Duris) impulsive idea takes him and his lover Naima (Lubna Azabal) from France and across Spain to the country their parents were forced to flee many years earlier. With o..
Paul and Camilla's marriage is in trouble. They head to a picturesque cottage in the South of France to work through their problems and try to inject some love back into their marriage. As their relationship unravels, the holiday is hijacked by an American and his French girlfriend. Looking for an excuse to pause the hostilities, Camilla invites them to stay at the cottage. The new dynamic brings with it a new and improved mood, but as ..
Documentary that takes a look at the lives of five people affected by Mills and Boon romance novels. It is estimated that a Mills and Boon romance is sold every four seconds worldwide, giving the books a huge cultural influence across the globe. Director Julie Moggan follows five people from four different continents - Japanese housewife Hiroko, Indian woman Shumita, US model Stephen, novelist Gill Sanderson and mother-of-three Shirley ..
Spanish serial-killer drama. Barcelona boutique-owner Abel (Alex Brendemuhl) lives an ordinary life, with his own business, a girlfriend and a nice apartment. Beneath the surface however he is a cold-blooded killer, dispassionately murdering random strangers who cross his path, while betraying nothing of his secret life to his friends and family. Directed by Jaime Rosales...
A gripping drama from celebrated Danish director Per Fly (The Bench), Inheritance is the story of a man transformed by power. Christoffer (Ulrich Thomsen, Festen), heir to a vast industrial fortune, has abandoned the family business for an idyllic life with wife Maria, a beautiful stage actress. When his father commits suicide, Christoffer must return to Denmark to face the life he left behind. What he finds is a business on the brink o..
Reha Erdem directs this surrealist Turkish drama about an outsider who arrives in a remote town near the Armenian border of eastern Anatolia.Sermet Yesil stars as Kosmos, a mysterious man who turns up at the edge of the city in midwinter, and overhears the screams of a drowning boy coming from a nearby river.Jumping into the freezing water to save the boy, he meets the boy's beautiful older sister (Türkü Turan), who introduces herse..
The third feature by British director Jon Sanders is an improvised study of the relationships and emotions shared amongst a group of people over a 24-hour period. The film follows middle class couple Ken (Richard Vanstone) and Gillian (Anna Mottram) as they prepare for Ken's 65th birthday at their picturesque cottage in Kent, and circle around the realisation that their relationship is in its death throes...
Out of StockChinese drama written and directed by Gan Bi. The film follows Luo Hongwu (Jue Huang) as he returns to Kaili in Guizhou, the hometown he left 12 years prior, for his father's funeral. Still haunted by a brief affair with former lover Wan Qiwen (Wei Tang), and the death of their friend Wildcat (Hong-Chi Lee), Luo searches for his lost love amidst the city's neon streets and nearby remote villages as reality begins to merge with fragmente..
Chinese drama written and directed by Gan Bi. The film follows Luo Hongwu (Jue Huang) as he returns to Kaili in Guizhou, the hometown he left 12 years prior, for his father's funeral. Still haunted by a brief affair with former lover Wan Qiwen (Wei Tang), and the death of their friend Wildcat (Hong-Chi Lee), Luo searches for his lost love amidst the city's neon streets and nearby remote villages as reality begins to merge with fragmente..
French romantic comedy. An unexpected meeting on a plane from New York to Paris results in ex-lovers Antoine (Nicolas Bedos) and Julie (Ludivine Sagnier) being reunited. But with tensions still high following their break-up three years prior, it's going to be a very long flight.....
An engaging debut from acclaimed theatre director Maria Blom, Masjavlar won three Swedish Academy Awards, triumphing in the Best Picture, Best Screenplay and Best Leading Actress categories. Playfully taking its Swedish title (Dalecarlians) from the residents of the Dalarna province in Northern Sweden, the film concerns Mia (Sofia Helin), the youngest of three sisters who moved away to Stockholm 15 years ago. With her father, Calle (Wil..
Emmanuel Finkiel writes and directs this French drama starring Mélanie Thierry. Based on the novel by Marguerite Duras, and set during the Second World War, the film follows Marguerite (Thierry) as she searches for her husband Robert Antelme (Emmanuel Bourdieu), a fighter in the French Resistance who has been captured and sent to a Nazi concentration camp...
Spanning the divide between Europe and Asia, Istanbul's gridlocked Bosphorus Bridge is the focal point of Men On The Bridge, a wonderful portrait of life in the rapidly changing sprawl of today's city. Using non professional actors, the film follows the lives of three young inhabitants from the suburbs who use the bridge daily - unemployed Fikret illegally sells roses in the traffic jam, and would do anything to have a real job. Umit dr..
Willem Dafoe stars as an American composer in search of inspiration in this drama from debut film-maker Daniel Graham. The film follows Paul (Dafoe) as he travels to the Mexican village of Real de Catorce to settle his late father's estate. There, he discovers a photograph of a woman amongst his father's belongings and determines to find her. Using a translation device, he interrogates the locals about the woman's possible whereabouts. ..
The Taliban have just seized power and a widow reluctantly decides to disguise her 12 year-old daughter as a boy - the Osama of the title - so that at least one family member can earn a living. But the 'boy' is soon dragged off for religious instruction and military training and resultantly the disguise is uncovered, triggering a sharp slide into tragedy. Made with the support of Iranian Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf (who has been active i..
"Like his previous work, Our Time is a hypnotic and provocative meditation on issues of the physical, spiritual and existential variety. Reygadas has always enjoyed making his audience uncomfortable, forcing them to engage with his work in a manner that is perhaps alien to more mainstream cinema. Featuring the director and his wife Natalia Lopez in the lead roles, the film follows Juan and Esther as they live on their remote but idyllic..
Spanish drama directed by and starring Carlos Reygadas. Renowned poet Juan (Reygadas) runs a cattle ranch with his wife Esther (Natalia López) in rural Mexico. While he tends to the horses and the bulls, Esther manages the ranch and looks after their three children. Despite previously suggesting the idea of an open marriage, Juan is devastated when he discovers his wife has been having a passionate affair with horse trainer Phil (Phil B..
Paris-set seasonal comedy drama directed by Vincent Lannoo. Formerly an acclaimed novelist, Paul (Stéphane Guillon) has struggled with his craft since the death of his wife five years previously and, instead of writing novels, he now writes touching eulogies for people to read at the funerals of their loved ones. When his latest client, Emma (Julie Gayet), asks Paul to write an account of her late husband's life for the benefit of her e..
Caye (Candela Pena) is a middle-class prostitute whose family are unaware of her profession. While many of Gaye's days are spent hanging out with her fellow prostitutes cursing the rapid proliferation of cheaper immigrant prostitutes on the city streets, a chance encounter with Zule (Miceala Nevarez), who hails from the Dominican Republic, soon prompts Caye to re-evaluate her condemnation. A dedicated mother who sells her body in order ..
The renowned photographer Richard Billingham makes his feature-film debut with this intricate family portrait, inspired by his own memories of growing up in the West Midlands in the late 70s and early 80s, and then his father and mother in the late 90s. Billingham revisits the figures of his earlier photographs - his alcoholic father Ray; his mother Liz; and his younger brother Jason - with a series of family vignettes where life, lived..
Richard Billingham writes and directs this British drama centred on a couple who live on a Dudley council estate.The film begins in 2016 with alcoholic Ray (Justin Salinger/Patrick Romer) looking back on his failed marriage to chain-smoker Liz (Ella Smith/Deirdre Kelly) and reflecting on the tough times they experienced trying to raise their two sons, Jason (Callum Slater/Joshua Millard-Lloyd) and Richard (Jacob Tuton/Sam Plant), in t..
Out of StockThe directorial debut of internationally acclaimed filmmaker Zhang Yimou, Red Sorghum also marked the emergence of acting superstar Gong Li and offers a lush and lusty portrayal of peasant Life. As outlined by an unseen, anonymous narrator, Red Sorghum tells of the life between a woman, and the narrator's 'Grandfather'. The woman is a bride-to-be en-route to an arranged wedding with an aging leprous winemaker, when she is saved from a b..
Spanish drama written and directed by Benjamín Naishtat. In 1970s Argentina, lawyer Claudio (Dario Grandinetti) becomes embroiled in an argument with a stranger, a situation that quickly escalates and has far-reaching consequences. The incident comes back to haunt Claudio when a private detective arrives from Chile to investigate the missing stranger's mysterious disappearance...
Documentary about the Yorkshire town of Hebden Bridge. With a reputation for being something of an alternative and bohemian enclave, the town is described wryly by one of the film's contributors as 'a drug town with a tourist problem'. Director Jez Lewis, who grew up in Hebden, looks beyond the colourful shopfronts and buzzing cafes on the town's high street to probe into the lives of his former classmates, many of whom hail from the to..
An award winning work from acclaimed documentary filmmaker Kim Longinotto (The Day I Will Never Forget, Divorce Iranian Style) and co-director Florence Ayisi, Sisters in Law is an uplifting and enlightening slice of life, focusing on justice in the Muslim village of Kumba Town, Cameroon. The town is overseen by the progressive female partnership of prosecutor Vera Ngassa and court president Beatrice Ntuba, who together help women to spe..
Spanish drama co-written and directed by Carla Simón. After her parents die from a mysterious illness, six-year-old Frida (Laia Artigas) is sent to live in the countryside with her aunt Marga (Bruna Cusí) and uncle Esteve (David Verdaguer) in the summer of 1993. Although they also have a young daughter, Frida struggles to adjust to her new surroundings and family life...
Ali Jaberansari co-writes and directs this Iranian drama which follows three middle-aged characters as they attempt to find love in Tehran. The lives of personal trainer Hessam (Amir Hessam Bakhtiari), singer Vahid (Mehdi Saki) and receptionist Mina (Forough Ghajabagli) intersect as they each search for love and happiness in the Iranian city...
Lily Tomlin narrates this award winning documentary that historically examines the way homosexuality has been dealt with over the years by mainstream Hollywood. Using film clips and interviews, the film illustrates tinseltown's negative portrayal of gay stereotypes over the years, but also highlights how, over time, gay characters on screen have not only increased, but have come to be more representative of the gay community at large...
Spanish drama from Mexican debut film-maker Lila Avilés. The film follows chambermaid Eve (Gabriela Cartol) as she travails on the 21st floor of a luxury hotel in Mexico City, with aspirations to move up to the 42nd. As a single mother, Eve's long hours mean she rarely sees her son but regularly calls him from the hotel, instead spending her time with her co-workers and the hotel's guests as she goes about her daily duties...
French drama co-written and directed by Robert Guédiguian. After their father suffers a debilitating stroke, three siblings, Angèle, Joseph and Armand (Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Gérard Meylan) reunite at their childhood home to visit their ailing father and begin reflecting on their lives as they decide how to settle his estate. While Joseph has remained close to the seaside villa, the reunion proves particularly painf..
Conniving professional safecracker, Simon (Yvan Attal) is currently out of jail on parole, which doesn't stop him from engaging in some low-level larceny along with his favourite partner-in-crime, Albert (Jean-Francois Stevenin). When the latter gets them on a major job trying to swipe the legendary Florentine diamond - valued at £35 Million, Simon uses his thieving skills to seduce the beautiful Julia (Berenice Bejo), who's been put in..
A brutal dictator comes face to face with the people he has ruled with an iron fist, enjoying lives of luxury at the expense of their population's misery. When a coup overthrows his brutal rule and the rest of his family flees the country by plane, the president is suddenly left to care for his young grandson and forced to escape. Now the country's most wanted fugitive with a bounty on his head, begins a perilous journey with the boy, c..
The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers is a new feature film by award-winning British artist and filmmaker Ben Rivers. At the heart of the film's layered narratives is an adaptation of 'A Distant Episode', the savage short story set in Morocco by American author Paul Bowles, first published in 1947. Moving between documentary, fiction and fable, 'The Sky Trembles...' sees its protagonist, filmmaker Ol..
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Sinan returns from his studies in the city of Canakke to his parents' home in the small rural town of Can. He hopes to publish a book of essays and short stories (or what he describes as a "quirky auto-fiction meta-novel"). But his teacher father Idris is an addictive gambler, so much so that his mother and sister have become reluctantly accustomed to making do without food or electricity. And so Sinan, with his writing dreams, worrying..
Sinan returns from his studies in the city to his parents' home in asmall rural town. He hopes to publish a book of essays and short stories but his teacher father Idris is an addictive gambler, so much so that his mother and sister have become reluctantly accustomed to making do without food or electricity. So Sinan, with his writing dreams, worrying that we will be reduced, after army service, to teaching in the remote East, wanders a..
Bal: The young boy Yusef's best friend is his father, who supports his family's modest life with the honey he collects from tall trees in the forests of the remote Turkish countryside, Yusuf is a quiet boy, and his mother is concerned for his future. Perhaps he will follow in his father's footsteps, or perhaps school will offer him other opportunities. But the honey crop is failing, and Yusuf's father doesn't return home from the forest..
The spirits of Aki Kaurismaki, Jim Jarmusch and Mike Leigh move through this delightful debut from Belgian landscape painter/filmmaker Bouli Lanners in which an assortment of losers and loners look for connections in the colourless, flat Liege hinterland. though loosely-constructed, Ultanova's ostensible focal point is Dimitri (Vincent Lecuyer), a starter-home salesman who becomes the object of fascination for two local girls Cathy (Hel..
Annemarie Jacir's latest film is set over the course of a day in Nazareth, the largest Arab majority city in Israel, and stars real-life father and son Mohammad and Saleh Bakri playing a father and his estranged son. Abu Shadi is a divorced father and a school teacher in his mid-60's living in Nazareth. After his daughter's wedding in one month he will be living alone. Shadi his architect son, arrives from Rome after years abroad to hel..
He cut his teeth as an assistant on some of the greatest films in cinema history: Visconti's Obsession, Rossellini's Rome, Open City De Sica's Bicycle Thieves. His eye for black-and-white film was masterful, but it was his innovations in colour with Antonioni's Red Desert and Blow-Up, in the mid-1960s, that set him apart as a genius of the medium.Special Features Trailer..
Directed by Gilles Legrand, You Will Be My Son stars Niels Arestrup (The Beat That My Heart Skipped, War Horse, A Prophet) as Paul de Marseul, a prestigious but ageing wine-maker whose son Martin (Lorant Deutsch) lacks the talent or indeed the will to succeed him. When Philippe (Nicolas Bridet) appears at the vineyard, Paul leaps at the chance to name him as his successor, neglecting the wishes of his own son. The tension in this famili..
