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Dilemma

2022

Dilemma

2022
2.2
It follows a happy couple as they are about to get married, but they have their plans derailed when David comes across the love that got away from him in the past.
Rojek

2022

Rojek

2022
6.7
After the impressive Gulistan, Land of Roses (VdR 2016), the Kurdish filmmaker Zaynê Akyol returns with these conversations with imprisoned members of the Islamic State, alternating their words with aerial views of the countryside. An unexpected look at a far-reaching current political issue and a film whose subject matter and rhythm create an impressive cinematic object.
Wood and Water

2022

Wood and Water

2022
6.2
As she enters retirement, a mother leaves behind her solitary life in rural Germany and travels to protest-ridden Hong Kong to visit her son.
Albatross

2022

Albatross

2022
4.2
Worlds collide at an awkward dinner party in 1959 New England. Tables turn when a progressive biracial couple attends dinner at the imposing home of an unexceptional artist and questionable psychiatrist. By daybreak, they find themselves pawns in a cynical game that exposes the cracks in their facades.
The Other Tom

2021

The Other Tom

2021
5.4
Elena is a single mother dependant on Social Services. Her son Tom has behaviour issues and is stigmatised at school as a "problem child". An absent father further complicates their difficult relationship. Tom is diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and given psychiatric medication, but a strange accident alerts his mother as to their side effects. When she refuses to continue administering the drugs to him, Social Services threaten to take Tom from her.
Heavens Above

2021

Heavens Above

2021
4
Three stories about the impact of three God's miracles in the medieval sense that happen to the film's heroes living in a post-communist society that, after half a century of atheism, re-learns about Christianity.
The Christmas Ball

2021

The Christmas Ball

2021
4.8
Clare, a woman struggling with her dance career, accepts her Aunt Bridget’s invitation to come to England for the holidays. When Clare arrives, she meets Liam, a handsome historian who is determined to prove Aunt Bridget’s manor is a historical landmark. Realizing Clare can help Liam prove the manor’s historical value, Aunt Bridget proposes they work together to bring back the Christmas Ball from years ago. In the planning process, Clare and Liam begin to fall in love and realize their true passion in life is to be together.
Iris Warriors

2022

Iris Warriors

2022
5.2
England, 1940: When falling bombs trap eight children in the cellar of their orphanage, their teacher, Miss Shaw starts to read them a story. As the tale unfolds, they are magically transported to a timeless, mythical island, where they witness the story of Darkness and Light...
They Turned Us into Killers

2024

They Turned Us into Killers

2024
5.2
A girl is drugged and assaulted by her boyfriend before taking her own life. Determined to seek revenge, her best friend hunts down those responsible.
Girl in the Video

2024

Girl in the Video

2024
5.2
Widowed mother Mo's daughter Krissy begins chatting online with a closet predator who kidnaps and exploits her in sexually abusive live streams on the dark web.
The Way

2021

The Way

2021
2.8
13 years ago, Jane Arcs was condemned to death after brutally killing her opponent in a underground street fight. Now, in just 24 hours, Jane will be executed for her crime. During her 13 years on Death Row, Jane has undergone a major evolution under the tutelage of a fellow inmate and Qi Gong Master Xin, learning the way of Qi Gong and ostensibly gaining supernatural abilities. As the day of her execution arrives, Jane embraces her punishment in the spirit of transformation. Max Stone, Jane's boyfriend as well as correctional officer and part of the execution tie down team, has very different ideas. He is willing to do anything to save Jane. Will he kill others to save her life? Or will Jane help him to see the light and to let her go? The Way, climaxes as the essence of spirit collides with the raw power of desire, ultimately bring the audience full circle in seeing how both are essential to being human.
Iron Temple

2021

Iron Temple

2021
7.4
IFBB Pro Tony Torres built a lucrative lifestyle which came crashing down after covering for a friend who committed a murder. After being chased by the FBI he was sent to prison for five years. Once he did his time, Tony had to build back his life.
Kirk Franklin's A Gospel Christmas

2021

Kirk Franklin's A Gospel Christmas

2021
6.2
When Olivia, a young assistant pastor, gets assigned to be a lead pastor at a new church a month before Christmas, she's fearful she can't manage the transition, including getting the choir ready to open the town's annual Winter Jamboree. Banding together with her new congregation, Olivia discovers a new home for herself, and even finds a little Christmas romance along the way!
Highway to Heaven

2021

Highway to Heaven

2021
4
Angela the angel takes on the role of a temporary school counselor. Working alongside junior high school principal Bruce Banks, she intervenes in the life of a troubled student Cody Grier who is struggling with the tragic loss of his mother.
Lapwing

2021

Lapwing

2021
6.4
Mute young woman Patience, from an isolated community in rural England in 1555, struggles with her controlling brother-in-law and leader, David, who is gradually unraveling after the failure of his idyllic community. The Egyptian Act has been passed, stipulating that all ‘gypsies’ must vacate England immediately and anyone found aiding them could be executed. In exchange for a fee, David agrees to help an Egyptian family who must stay a month on their land until a ship comes to take them away. But when Patience pursues an affair with one of the outsiders, she is thrust into a violent and vicious psychological battle with David.
Autumn Road

2021

Autumn Road

2021
3.4
10 years after a young girl goes missing on Halloween night, her sister returns to their hometown to look for answers. Along the way she becomes entangled with two mysterious identical twins who run the town's roadside haunted house.
A Dangerous Defense

2021

A Dangerous Defense

2021
5.8
Abby represents her estranged sister in a murder trial. Is her sister guilty or is there a killer on the loose?
Born to Be Human

2021

Born to Be Human

2021
6.2
Yang Shi-Nan is a 14-year-old boy who undergoes a metamorphosis without realising what is going on. It begins on a normal school day when he gets stomach cramps. After rushing to the toilet he notices that his urine is turning bloody red. Taken to a doctor he is diagnosed with “Disorders of Sex Development,” or intersex. Without consulting him, Shi-Nan’s parents decide to accept “sex reassignment surgery”, turning Shi-Nan into a female and changing her name to YANG Shi-Lan. The family moves to a new city to start a new life and it all seems to be going well as Shi-Lan blends in and even makes friends. It seems like the butterfly is about to break out of its chrysalis but can Yang Shi-Lan truly embrace her transformation?
The Grand Duke Of Corsica

2021

The Grand Duke Of Corsica

2021
3.8
A cantankerous and brilliant architect, Alfred, embarks on a highly unusual commission in Malta for a man who calls himself 'The Grand Duke of Corsica'. An epidemic hits the Island and all must flee, but Alfred remains to finish the job.
Good Life

2021

Good Life

2021
5.6
Olive Pappadopoulous, 35, an Oral Hygienist, flees Cape Town for Greece to try outwit a broken heart, but is faced with the local villagers hostility and is befriended by a 7-year-old refugee who teaches her how to live “The Good Life.”