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Cameras follow a fame hungry Dominican small business owner who is chasing the American dream by operating a criminal enterprise out of his bodega in the South Bronx. But his path to fame and fortune hits a snag when he angers a rival drug lord.

An architectural model maker sees his mundane life upended by the arrival of new neighbors whose sinister activities seem to hide dark secrets.

Enongo (aka Sammus) navigates music, academia and identity in this documentary that examines her life as a rapper, scholar, teacher and nerd.

After a string of health concerns, Cass returns to his forsaken childhood home, where he finds himself on a spiritual search for redemption.

Home is where the hurt is. Lily finds herself in the living room, staring at four dead bodies. "Brilliant, and highlights how people can hide who they are and the lies that photos can tell." -Bloody Disgusting

Newly arrived to New York City and deserted by her husband Gabriel, Mariana must find a way, in a strange city where she barely speaks the language, to provide for her family, financially and emotionally.

A Wonnarua man and a Wodi Wodi woman, who were Aboriginal children adopted by white families, recount their emotional journeys of love and belonging.

On a summer break, Mia and her friends try a meditation app that delivers a mind-bending experience.

Nineteen-year-old Poppy Simpson refuses to be defined by Down syndrome and is determined to take charge of her own life.

A female student is murdered and her body dismembered. Two young men living in Vienna could have committed the crime. But which is the killer?

An in-depth journey through the world of competitive eating, lifting the veil on the Major League Eating corporation and the untold story behind the epic rivalry between hot dog eating champs Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi.

Past and present collide in modern-day Luxembourg when a widowed Italian ex-pat and a beautiful nightclub VJ find meaning in their shared experiences.

Idling afternoons and psychedelic moods immersed in music provide an adrenaline rush for drifting youth in Lisbon. "A strong and mysterious homage to youth." -Cineuropa

One day, Soumaya is fired from her job. She then sees on TV that news outlets are linking her to jihadist circles, days after her apartment is raided by police...

The love story of world-renowned ballerina Margot Fonteyn and international diplomat Roberto "Tito" Arias transcended fame, infidelities, an attempted coup d'état backed by Fidel Castro, and five close-range shots that left him permanently paralyzed. Mercedes Arias, the niece of Tito and Margot, delves into the untold past to reveal a fascinating tale of political intrigue and undying passion.

After her mother's sudden death, ten year old Moja becomes the unexpected grown-up of her fragmented family, trying to bring her troubled older sister, Vesna, and distant father together.

A young photographer returns to his home town after it's been destroyed by a volcano, searching for love and redemption.

Sight is arguably our most important sense, an extremely complex process, which requires light that can start with photons, generated in distant stars and ending in the visual cortex of our brains. In the middle of this process are eyes. This documentary looks at the science, medicine and technology of vision and the individuals who are battling the darkness of blindness. Narrated by Elton John.

WITKIN AND WITKIN explores the worlds of identical twins, Joel-Peter, a world famous photographer and Jerome, a painter. "A profound meditation on art and an excellent dual-biopic." -Hammer to Nail

The true story of international soccer star, Nadia Nadim, who escaped Afghanistan to become one of the top women's strikers in the world.

We are all part of the same story. A feature-length documentary about the complexity of human migration and how this affects two friends in their day-to-day lives. "A heart-driven, superlatively human tale." -The Sound View

A young woman astutely walks the halls of a museum. She is a figure art model, an expert of the human form who poses nude for painters and sculptors.

A girl with a sharp mind and a weakness for bourbon finds herself on the trail of a reclusive genius. But her work takes a series of unforeseen twists, and she plunges into a dark world of earth-shattering cosmological secrets.

Mona is a champion bodybuilder whose existence is a spasmodic quest for perfection. Starring Julian Sands in one of his final performances.

As Europe teeters on the brink of World War I, an ordinary doorman in Riga is swept into a whirlwind of radical ideologies and rising nationalism.

Five socialites are put to the test when their recently-deceased friend asks them to commit the ultimate taboo in order to inherit his fortune.

While traveling for business and a happily married father of two, spends the night with a prostitute who mysteriously shows up at his hotel room. After a cocaine-fueled night of debauchery, Miro discovers the girl dead in the bathroom. With nowhere else to turn, he enlists the help of the hotel doorman and desk clerk to cover up the accident.

In a surreal, sci-fi future devoid of truth, a man encounters a prophet-like painter of the desert and the enigmatic woman who becomes his soulmate.

After the tragic death of his mother in a car accident, 15-year-old Michael King is sent to live with his grandfather Gerald, whom he hardly knows. The emotional gulf between the traumatized boy and cantankerous old man is immense, but during a road trip across South Africa's Northern Cape to reunite Michael with his estranged father, a relationship of understanding and trust slowly emerges.

It's New Year's Eve, and everyone thinks that Marta and Jorge are the perfect couple. Too perfect. "Some of the most beautiful sequences in recent Portuguese cinema." -c7nema

Four Europeans set off in a minibus with a trove of books, searching for a place where they will establish "the world's last bookshop."

What happens to art in the Internet age? A documentary on the evolving relationship between contemporary art, audience and digital technology. "Puts together two opposing thoughts, leading to new thoughts." -art4d

Meet Shabu, a 14-year-old aspiring artist from "The Paperclip," one of Rotterdam's most notorious neighborhoods. Shabu has big dreams but even bigger problems. He's just totaled his grandmother's car and needs to raise some cash before the end of the summer to pay her back. Utilizing his musical talent and street smarts, Shabu concocts a plan to both make the money and make his family proud.

A young writer traumatized by the death of his wife and child describes his disturbing experiences to a psychiatrist, in which a mysterious man who hides under an umbrella forces him to finish his painfully autobiographical novel, regardless of the consequences.

A young woman forced to care for a disturbed theologian on his isolated farm uncovers terrifying secrets in this psychosexual gothic horror thriller.

Iva encounters Hedi, a strange and fascinating woman who lives in her building. Friendship quickly turns into passion, and the two begin a torrid affair. But when Hedi inserts herself into Iva's relationship with her father, boundaries are crossed.

Algeria-born French intellectual Helene Cixous is a feminist legend, a May 68 activist, and a major postmodern author. In his "road movie" documentary, Olivier Morel explores a genius who demonstrates emancipation through writing, theater, and activism.

A gothic punk Caribbean love story arises in the ruins of a coconut plantation in rural Trinidad. "Both haunting and haunted, a palpably realized fever dream of a film." -Caribbean Beat