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Emmy award winner Landon Van Soest stuns with a portrait of a blind Anglican priest who becomes one of the first recipients of a bionic eye.

When a vast Chinese factory complex in rural Ethiopia undertakes ambitious expansion plans, the promises of industrialisation are brought into question.

Pati's world turns upside down when a stolen laptop results in blackmail, sending her spiralling into the world where anyone’s privacy can be hijacked.

For 11-year-old Vrej, life in his homeland Artsakh is like a paradise, but when war starts again, can he carry a nation’s hopes on his young shoulders?

Charting an unlikely alliance between a Palestinian filmmaker and an Israeli journalist, this is a powerful record of life in occupied Palestine.

As the Croatian population clamours for the vaccination against the COVID-19 virus, this film presents a portrait that offers some insight into a nation’s collective psyche.

A company of volunteer firefighters in the Chilean port city of Valparaiso battle wildfires, and witness political and social turmoil of a more man-made kind.

An indigenous Mapuche activist and researcher unveils a multitude of atrocities committed against her ancestors, whose story has been silenced for over a century.

Director Duncan Cowles takes us on a journey through male mental health, stigma and taboo in the UK.

A moving account of the last summer a couple spend together after one of them is diagnosed with a terminal illness.

A gripping and sobering tale of Mexican journalists battling drug lords in a high-stakes game of truth and consequences.

A stirring portrait of residents in a small southern US town facing the contentious legacy of the world's largest Confederate monument, which looms over their home.

The Battle of Orgreave, recounted by those who lived through it, is contextualised through the history of the British mining union and a government that was hell-bent on breaking it.

A riveting chronicle of an investigation into unreported deaths at a boarding school for indigenous children in Canada that led to an inter-generational reckoning with abuse, faith and power.

A young boy grows up in a Spanish town with dreams of being a bullfighter in an age when tradition and modernity are in constant conflict.

A fascinating record of a controversial mega-hit Japanese TV show, which saw an aspiring comedian locked in a room and living off magazine prizes.

From their central Belfast tower-block, resident Joe and his neighbours confront the lingering ghosts of the Troubles, reliving the memories that have shaped their lives.

Co-directors Bartek Dziadosz and Tilda Swinton travel the world to understand what it means to learn, and along the way uncover playful food for thought – for adults and young people alike.

A Moroccan filmmaker movingly weaves together the recent past of her family and country through an exquisite reproduction of her local neighbourhood.

Dreaming of becoming a successful entrepreneur, a cave-dwelling hermit attempts to package his lifestyle as a unique experience to sell to tourists.

Samuel wants the life any average 21-year-old desires, and he’s determined that his disability will not get in the way of achieving his dreams.

Cinema and spirits intertwine in the Colombian Amazon. The arrival of a jaguar signals an opportunity to rebirth the legacy of an ancestor.

A young reclusive man moves from his small town in Sweden to Osaka, in search of connection and an escape from the mundanity of life.

A Palestinian mother documents life under fire during the Second Intifada. Decades later, her son pieces together these video fragments in an attempt to understand what took place.

Carina Mia Wong and Alex Simmons’ life-affirming film unfolds in a live action role-playing camp that offers neurodivergent, queer and self-proclaimed ‘nerdy’ teenagers space for self-discovery.