The Lost
81mins | United Kingdom - 2020Someone knows where she is.
Detectives investigate the disappearance of a young girl who goes missing from her home during a family birthday party. As the detectives piece together the events of that fateful night they soon discover there's more to the story than they first realized. A complex matrix of child trafficking, abuse and even murder begins to materialise, and one of the detectives finds himself dangerously entangled.
Cord
65mins | United States - 2017A gritty psychosexual thriller set in a chilling dystopian wasteland
In a post-apocalyptic world of never-ending winter, a sparse cast of outsiders lives underground. Due to their unsanitary conditions, sexual contact has become dangerous. Masturbation has become the paradigm of sexual experience and an array of low-tech devices with this purpose has come into existence. In this bleak reality, Czuperski (a dealer of such machines) and Tania (a sex addict) make a deal: she will allow him to experiment new devices on her body in exchange for pleasure. Soon however, their relationship goes out of control.
Asantewaa
90mins | Ghana - 2020One village’s comic quest to recover its hostages
Evander Kwame Agyeman’s darkly entertaining comedy-thriller centres on a gang of criminals who kidnap and murder women and girls. A young captive escapes and after finding her way out of the forest enlists her fellow villagers to pursue the gang and retrieve the rest of the hostages. Their hunt is full of cut-throat action and comic suspense.
Toss It
120mins | United States - 2019The anti-romantic comedy
Emily and Finn think they know everything, until everything gets turned upside down. Questioning why men are so screwed up and if women are to blame, this trope-tossing, genre-dismantling film is packed with a stable of complicated characters and their intertwining relationships. A darkly comic, bittersweet look behind the facades of tradition, family and marriage, Toss It blends screwball comedy with an open-hearted deep-dive into family dysfunction.
The Grass is Singing
105mins | Zimbabwe - 1981An acclaimed adaptation of Doris Lessing's seminal work
Nobel Prize-winning Doris Lessing was at once an author, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and staunch political commentator. This acclaimed adaptation of her iconic first novel captured these talents.
Rhodesia Countdown
31mins | Zimbabwe - 1969This film explores the conflicts within Rhodesian society in 1969. The "Countdown" theme demonstrates stage by stage, the levels of indignity, injustice and degradation one black man endures before finally starting to fight back against his white master. Using actors to tell different parts of the story, Raeburn's film gives an insight into typical attitudes in the society at the time.
Code of Trust
62mins | United States - 2019A refugee enters a society run by blockchain - but can she trust it?
Blockchain is a crypto-technology that has the potential to change the world and the way society interacts. In a clever blend of fiction and documentary, this experimental film follows Nasreen, a refugee of war forced to leave her home country and thrown into a society where this new technology reigns supreme. Starting from scratch, she needs to put all her trust in the blockchain to survive. But can she trust it? And will society trust her?
Dagenham
107mins | United Kingdom - 2018A mother fights against drugs and deprivation in Dagenham
In Dagenham, Essex, family dramas collide with the criminal underworld in a thrilling directorial debut from Jo Morris. When local hard man and drug dealer Billy Moroney is released from prison, his ex-partner Kim must decide whether she wants him in her life anymore. But Billy’s release will set off a chain of events that will draw in Kim, her daughter and and everyone they hold close, whether they like it or not.
Last Supper
78mins | United States - 2018A gripping psychological thriller
New York City, late night. Two hitmen share a meal. Vincent, the mark, has from appetizers to dessert to convince McCarthy not to kill him. In this game of cat and mouse, situations aren't always as they appear, and people aren't always who they seem be.
The Green Fog
62mins | United States - 2018A visual tribute to Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo from visionary filmmaker Guy Maddin
By fusing their love of Hitchcock with an eye for visual flair and intrigue, Guy Maddin, Evan and Galen Johnson deliver a spectacle like no other. Constructed with archived TV and film footage both familiar and obscure, The Green Fog is a captivating exercise in non-linear storytelling.
The Bleeding Edge
90mins | China - 2016From the Peabody Award-winning director of Human Harvest comes a riveting thriller based on real-life events
When a young western tech executive based in China suffers from heart failure on the job, he receives a heart transplant from an unknown donor. Once he discovers the horrific truth behind his operation he must risk his life to help save the next victims and find redemption.
Triomf
118mins | South Africa - 2015A tale of marginal madness
On the day of the first free election Lambert Benade will turn 21, and Uncle Treppie promises him the girl of his dreams. But, in this hilariously horrendous tragi-comedy, as a new world is born, two members of the white trash family are destined to die.
Isle of Lesbos
98mins | United States - 1997A Little Something to Offend Just About Everyone!
The Rocky Horror Picture Show meets Oklahoma! in this outrageous musical comedy feature - a 1940s Technicolor - style fantasy extravaganza with a modern and subversive twist. Isle of Lesbos is set in two worlds: Bumfuck, Arkansas, a one horse god fearin' town and the Isle of Lesbos, a different dimension in time and space where lesbians rule the universe.
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Latest Features
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The Lost
United Kingdom - 2020
Someone knows where she is.
Detectives investigate the disappearance of a young girl who goes missing from her home during a family birthday party. As the detectives piece together the events of that fateful night they soon discover there's more to the story than they first realized. A complex matrix of child trafficking, a...
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Anchors
United States - 2016
A month away from his impending marriage, a man reconnects with an old flame.
This story is all about the dramatic ups and downs of a relationship between Dylan (Will Estes,, Blue Bloods) and Julia (Devin Kelley, Chernobyl Diaries).
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Turtle Island
United States - 2013
Some documentaries reveal too much.
A documentary filmmaker takes his three friends out into the woods of Vermont searching for Bigfoot.
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Cord
United States - 2017
A gritty psychosexual thriller set in a chilling dystopian wasteland
In a post-apocalyptic world of never-ending winter, a sparse cast of outsiders lives underground. Due to their unsanitary conditions, sexual contact has become dangerous. Masturbation has become the paradigm of sexual experience and an array of low-tech devices with this purpose has come into exi...
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Asantewaa
Ghana - 2020
One village’s comic quest to recover its hostages
Evander Kwame Agyeman’s darkly entertaining comedy-thriller centres on a gang of criminals who kidnap and murder women and girls. A young captive escapes and after finding her way out of the forest enlists her fellow villagers to pursue the gang and retrieve the rest of the hostages. Their hunt i...
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Toss It
United States - 2019
The anti-romantic comedy
Emily and Finn think they know everything, until everything gets turned upside down. Questioning why men are so screwed up and if women are to blame, this trope-tossing, genre-dismantling film is packed with a stable of complicated characters and their intertwining relationships. A darkly comic, ...
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The Grass is Singing
Zimbabwe - 1981
An acclaimed adaptation of Doris Lessing's seminal work
Nobel Prize-winning Doris Lessing was at once an author, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and staunch political commentator. This acclaimed adaptation of her iconic first novel captured these talents.
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Rhodesia Countdown
Zimbabwe - 1969
This film explores the conflicts within Rhodesian society in 1969. The "Countdown" theme demonstrates stage by stage, the levels of indignity, injustice and degradation one black man endures before finally starting to fight back against his white master. Using actors to tell different parts of th...
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Code of Trust
United States - 2019
A refugee enters a society run by blockchain - but can she trust it?
Blockchain is a crypto-technology that has the potential to change the world and the way society interacts. In a clever blend of fiction and documentary, this experimental film follows Nasreen, a refugee of war forced to leave her home country and thrown into a society where this new technology r...
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Dagenham
United Kingdom - 2018
A mother fights against drugs and deprivation in Dagenham
In Dagenham, Essex, family dramas collide with the criminal underworld in a thrilling directorial debut from Jo Morris. When local hard man and drug dealer Billy Moroney is released from prison, his ex-partner Kim must decide whether she wants him in her life anymore. But Billy’s release will set...
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Last Supper
United States - 2018
A gripping psychological thriller
New York City, late night. Two hitmen share a meal. Vincent, the mark, has from appetizers to dessert to convince McCarthy not to kill him. In this game of cat and mouse, situations aren't always as they appear, and people aren't always who they seem be.
-
The Green Fog
United States - 2018
A visual tribute to Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo from visionary filmmaker Guy Maddin
By fusing their love of Hitchcock with an eye for visual flair and intrigue, Guy Maddin, Evan and Galen Johnson deliver a spectacle like no other. Constructed with archived TV and film footage both familiar and obscure, The Green Fog is a captivating exercise in non-linear storytelling.
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Colby
United States - 2016
A moving family drama of love and loss
Stranded in a small beach town, a troubled young drifter breaks into a wealthy home and cons her way into the good graces of the family that lives there.
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The Bleeding Edge
China - 2016
From the Peabody Award-winning director of Human Harvest comes a riveting thriller based on real-life events
When a young western tech executive based in China suffers from heart failure on the job, he receives a heart transplant from an unknown donor. Once he discovers the horrific truth behind his operation he must risk his life to help save the next victims and find redemption.
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Triomf
South Africa - 2015
A tale of marginal madness
On the day of the first free election Lambert Benade will turn 21, and Uncle Treppie promises him the girl of his dreams. But, in this hilariously horrendous tragi-comedy, as a new world is born, two members of the white trash family are destined to die.
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The Navigators
United Kingdom - 2001
A film by Ken Loach.
The Navigators tells the story of the reactions of five Sheffield rail workers to the privatisation of the railway maintenance organisation for which they all work, and the consequences for them. A film by Ken Loach.
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Isle of Lesbos
United States - 1997
A Little Something to Offend Just About Everyone!
The Rocky Horror Picture Show meets Oklahoma! in this outrageous musical comedy feature - a 1940s Technicolor - style fantasy extravaganza with a modern and subversive twist. Isle of Lesbos is set in two worlds: Bumfuck, Arkansas, a one horse god fearin' town and the Isle of Lesbos, a different d...
Latest Shorts
Batshit
United Kingdom - 2020
Bats. They’re just the next species in line having to shoulder the blame for mankind’s mishaps. Poor buggers. This comedy short starring Rich Hall and Romesh Ranganathan gives a voice to the animals who have fallen victim to human behaviour over the years including pangolins, rats, pigs, birds, r...
Alive -WE DO NOT DISTRIBUTE
Sweden - 2020
Searching for intimacy after a life-changing accident
Viktoria is in a wheelchair after an accident that resulted in brain damage, and Ida is her assistant. One day they meet with Ida’s boyfriend in the park and something stirs within Viktoria. She longs for intimacy and love, so Ida offers to help her make a Tinder profile. Viktoria matches with Hå...
Post No Bills
Canada - 2019
The biggest risk is not taking one
On an urban city wall plastered with posters Noodle Boy must face his fears and make his way through a series of obstacles and challenges in order to save Miss Fortune from the city’s clean up crew.
Together
Italy - 2019
A young man tormented by his imaginary friend
Tommy is a boy in distress, constantly tormented by his imaginary friend Osho. It's impossible for Tommy to appease this apparition that prevents him from leading a normal life. Eventually, Tommy decides enough is enough and abandons Osho... but in a most unexpected way. This dramatic, suspensefu...
New York'd
United States - 2018
There are days when New York City seems to open its doors to you and every single piece falls nicely into place supporting the dream that brought you here. Then there are the other days...the days when those same pieces become sharp-edged shards ganging up against you. Those are the days when the...
Eleven
United States - 2019
When family and duty collide
An astronaut struggles to explain to his 5 year old daughter why he must go away, and why she cannot come with him.
A Little Grey
United States - 2018
A grey man in a colourful world
Is there any cure for being ‘a little grey’? One man’s search takes him through bars, churches, doctor’s surgeries, tattoo parlours and beyond, but will he find what he’s looking for? A colourful story about losing your spark and finding redemption.
Affections
United States - 2018
A comedy exploring isolation and loneliness
Stuck in a stagnating relationship and with little to fill her time, a young woman seeks to recapture something lost in the most bizarre ways.
Let Them Die Like Lovers
United States - 2018
An emotionally charged sci-fi thriller
A body-jumping soldier grapples with the morality of her assignments, ignorant of the fact that her hardest mission will face her at home.
A Reasonable Request
United States - 2018
A jet black comedy from director Andrew Laurich.
When Seth sits down to meet with his dad in a diner, he's a little nervous. He has a favor to ask him, but he's not sure how it will go down. A jet black comedy from director Andrew Laurich.
Little Donnie
United States - 2018
Watch out, Little Donnie's about...
An animated Trump doll goes on a rampage in this timely parody of a 1970's horror film.
Tungrus
India - 2019
When do you eat your pet rooster?
In a cramped apartment in Mumbai a family considers eating their hell-raising pet rooster so they can reclaim their lives.