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Leah Purcell writes, directs and stars in this gripping story about a fiercely protective mother struggling to survive in the harsh Australian outback.

An unnervingly brilliant portrait of the ways in which the Pinochet dictatorship realised its brute force and pervasive influence.

Ian McKellen is in delicious form as London's most vicious critic, who strikes a Faustian pact with a struggling actor (Gemma Arterton).

Enchanting tale of female empowerment in 19th century France, based on the true story of a famed ‘bearded lady’.

Using an advanced oil painting animation technique, The Peasants is a visually thrilling rendering of Władysław Reymont’s Nobel Prize-winning tale.

Thorold Dickinson's most dazzling success, based on Pushkin’s 1834 tale of black magic and gambling.

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions of people touch typing in the late 80s and through the 90s. But who was the real Mavis Beacon?

Huw Wahl’s immersive, meditative exploration into engineless sailing, shot over three years with a 1960s hand-wound camera.

An award-winning documentary following young activists in Sudan as they oppose a military crackdown.

Yvonne dreams of stardom in Stéphane Ly-Cuong's mouthwatering cross-cultural musical drama set in Paris.

The complex lives of three young deaf people are explored in all their intricacies in this superbly performed drama, set in Hong Kong.

Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich's debut illuminates the life of remarkable Martinican writer, activist and surrealist Suzanne Césaire.

A daughter’s powerful love letter to her mother and the strength of four generations of a Palestinian family.

An estranged father-son relationship in the vibrant city of Nazareth makes for an immensely entertaining drama by Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir (When I Saw You).

The complex lives of three young deaf people are explored in all their intricacies in this superbly performed drama, set in Hong Kong.

Francisca Alegría brings together family trauma and ecology into a poetic journey of rebirth. A mysterious and poetic tale on our collapsing ecosystem and finding balance.

At the end of World War Two, a Swiss diplomat (Michael Neueschwander) is burdened with guilt in this chillingly intense historical drama.

A wife presses charges against her violent husband, only to face fresh battles against bureaucracy, in this incensing courtroom thriller.

Impeccably styled and unflinchingly grim, this darkly humorous tale of a pop star past his prime finds Ulrich Seidl at his audacious best.

A comic book artist contracts flu during an epidemic and subsequently embarks on a strange journey through Russian society.