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A lost man reappears to deal with the crippling impact of self-doubt on his relationship.

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Based on true events. Shortly before his assassination in 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was nearly killed at a shooting party when somebody accidentally fired a gun at him. The film imagines how the servant who nearly shot him might have felt if he later fought in the trenches.

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“I’m trusted with a pair of scissors and I’m in here for murder”. Prison life in the build up to the annual Scottish Prison Service hairdressing competition. Winning the coveted prize is the ultimate goal, but Francis, the current champion has other objectives on his mind. We hear dreams and aspirations of some of Scotland’s most dangerous prisoners turning their lives around through cutting the hair of fellow inmates on a daily basis. “10 minutes in here is like 10 minutes outside jail” We discover how hairdressing is helping many of Scotland’s prisoners come to terms with their crimes and preparing them for life outside.

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Shot over the course of five years, this documentary-style feature from prolific English filmmaker Michael Winterbottom offers a masterful meditation on the daily travails of a family living apart from their imprisoned patriarch (TIFF 2012).

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A twisted burglary, a failed revenge, and two mens search for the perfect women in each other. James has gone bankrupt and in a bizarre mission to change himself for the better he tries cross dressing as a woman. James "Im terrified of getting old and looking at some tight piece of heaven and feeling totally.... irrelevant." School teacher, Gary, finds his parents murdered in their house after a bungled robbery. Discovering a vital piece of evidence, Gary, finds the opportunity to avenge his parents murder, the unplanned attack results in him suffering life changing injuries of his own, forcing him to reevaluate his own life. Just as James (now cross-dressing full time) and Gary's lives appear to be spiralling dangerously out of control, a chance meeting between the two men, brings them to discover a new perspective that is more liberating than either could have imagined. But before James and Gary can move on from the painful decisions of their past, they need to make a few more about their future. James "We are morally bound to teach this bitch (Zoe) a lesson, but first we have to get this garden done." And these ones will kill.

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A curious and mischievous child disobeys a rule and plays football against a forbidden wall. The ball then dinks over into a world where little boys like him are destined to go.

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Self-made businessman Harry Papadopoulos has got it all; a mansion house; awards and a super rich lifestyle. However, on the eve of a property deal of a lifetime, a financial crisis hits and the banks call in their huge loans. Harry and his family lose everything in an instant. Everything, except the dormant and forgotten Three Brothers Fish & Chip Shop half owned by Harry’s larger than life brother Spiros - who's been estranged from the family for years. With no alternative, Harry and his family, plant enthusiast James; fashion victim Katie; bookish Theo and their loyal nanny Mrs. Parrington, are forced to pack their bags, leave their millionaire lifestyle and join ‘Uncle Spiros’ to live above the neglected Three Brothers chippie. Together they set about bringing the chip shop back to life under the suspicious gaze of the their old rival, Hassan, from the neighbouring Turkish kebab shop. Harry struggles with the banks to regain his lost business empire, but as the chip shop comes to life and old memories are stirred Harry and his family gradually discover that only when you lose everything are you free to discover it all.

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Desperate not to be like his father, a young boxer must fight everything he knows to stop history repeating. Clayton Murdoch carries a terrible darkness inside him: as a boy he was exposed by his brutal father to violence, domestic abuse, gang culture and ultimately murder. Years later and with his father now in prison, Clayton struggles to overcome his past. In a city where every day there is a constant threat of violence and death, he keeps his sanity by channelling his aggression into boxing, the one part of his life where he feels powerful, in control, contained. However, when the violence that surrounds him starts to destroy his own family, Clayton’s inner darkness is unleashed. And now, to gain vengeance against those who have taken his loved ones, he must ask the one man he fears the most for help: his father. With everything around him falling apart and the full shocking fury in him let loose, Clayton must look death in the face and find out who is the man inside.

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On The Edge is a witty, surprising and ultimately feel good portrait of an isolated village of 59 people and 100 sledge dogs, surviving against the odds.

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Camelot is closed, King Arthur is dead and the Round Table is no more. Trainee knights GILBERT (a highly-strung hypochondriac) and EDGAR (an up-beat Christian) find themselves wandering the land in the company of a MYSTERIOUS KNIGHT in search of money, adventure and comfortable underwear. When the mysterious knight dies (mysteriously) Gilbert and Edgar find themselves in possession of a letter addressed to him from a certain KING KENDRICK, entreating him to help rescue his recently kidnapped daughter KATRINA. The letter comes with a bag of gold. Gilbert and Edgar act at once... they spend the gold. One pair of pants and a saint’s kneecap later, the two knights are once again on their uppers. Whilst drowning their sorrows in a village grog shack, however, the two men get wind of an employment opportunity in the local castle of KING VINCENT of Essex. They make their way to the castle and are immediately hired as security guards. Their jobs, however, are a little less than chivalrous, as it transpires that their main duty is to guard the recently abducted Princess Katrina, King Vincent’s bride-to-be. Far from being the damsel in distress of legend Princess Katrina is in fact a violent, foul-mouthed bully who harangues Gilbert into agreeing to help rescue her. Edgar, meanwhile, is approached by Katrina’s altogether more pleasant (and comely) sister RACHAEL who appeals to Edgar’s sense of decency and he too agrees to help. Sworn to secrecy, the two hapless knights begin separate (and misguided) plans to rescue Princess Katrina whilst trying to avoid the various unpleasant inhabitants of the castle. Can the two knights escape this casserole of intrigue? Can they rescue the Princess and put pay to the wicked king? KNIGHT KNIGHT is a tale of saddle-sore knights, castle politics and black pudding. A tale of love, friendship and adventure that didn’t quite make it into the history books.

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Spring 1945. As the German front collapses, the Allied forces take control of Hitler’s country. With her Nazi parents imprisoned, 14-year-old Lore is left alone in charge of her four young siblings. The only place they can go is their grandmother’s house, 900km north. Embarking on a journey across the devastated country, the children struggle to survive, slowly realizing the reality and consequences of their parents’ actions. When Thomas, a young Jewish refugee, offers his help, Lore has to learn to trust a person whom she had always been told was the enemy.

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Between Two Rivers is a feature documentary about Cairo, Illinois, a historic river-town with a dark and turbulent past; isolated at the confluence of the Ohio & Mississippi rivers, where North meets South in the heartland of America.