The great Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki returns with Fallen Leaves, a sublime love story told with his customary deadpan wit and flawless visual…
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Cynical best friends Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson) are proud social misfits, navigating post-graduation life whilst denouncing…
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Mona’s life - wealthy, Muslim, cosseted - is very different to Julia’s - poor, Christian, tough. A few years prior to the south of Sudan’s separation,…
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Explore the unique worldviews of these seven short documentaries. Witness an imaginary TV station filming anti-government sit-ins in Sudan, alongside…
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In Bologna, 1858, ordinary citizens were ruled directly by Pope Pius IX. In the middle of the night, a small Jewish child is suddenly taken from his…
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During a brutal police raid on environmental protesters occupying Germany's Hamburgh forest in 2018, student filmmaker Steffen Meyn accidentally…
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