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La Bola Negra tells the story of three men whose lives are intimately connected through desire, pain and inheritance, across three different eras – 1932, 1937 and 2017.

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On the cusp of dictator Augusto Pinochet taking power in Chile, a trio of CIA agents snipe and bicker as they await the ‘go’ date on their part in yet another military coup. However, against the stunning natural beauty and mysterious ancient artefacts of Easter Island, their plan starts to unravel.

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Censored for more than half a century, Ken Russell’s visionary masterpiece returns to the big screen fully restored in 4K and cut to Russell’s direction - the first publicly released version of the film as intended by the filmmaker.

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This searching, Palme d’Or-winning moral dilemma pits preaching conservative Christian parents against a holier-than-thou liberal system.

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In this Lunchtime Talk, performance maker, producer, and frequent party planner Raina Greifer covers all things talking over movies, the cultural impact of Cher’s acting career, and visions of alternative cinema.

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Primetime stars Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen, the host of Dateline NBC's To Catch a Predator, the mid-2000s sting show where adult decoys posing as teenagers lured men to a suburban house and Hansen strolled out to confront them on camera.

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Directed by Academy Award® winner Siân Heder (CODA) and based on true events, Being Heumann is the revolutionary, irreverent and deeply human story of the least likely people trying to pull off the impossible and change the lives of millions.

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Award-winning Director James Dawson’s new documentary is set in the rolling hills of Devon, telling the story of two neighbouring farmers who share the same name but take radically different approaches to land use. 

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An unobtrusive and naturalistic examination of the goings-on of a children's court, Memphis Juvenile Court 616.

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Freelance journalist Pierre (Jean-Luc Bideau) and his friend Paul (Jacques Denis), a poet, join forces to pen a screenplay about Rosemonde (Bulle Ogier), who may or not may not have shot her uncle many years earlier.

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From Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, two of the 2024 Oscar® winning directors of No Other Land, comes NAZA, a film examining the systems behind Israel’s mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

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Don't miss this rare opportunity to see Robert Altman's sprawling epic, showing as one of the few final outings from an original 35mm print as part of the Short Cuts 35mm Roadshow Tour.

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After her baby brother is abducted by a murder of crows, a headstrong teenager and her unlikely companion undertake a daring rescue mission inside an enchanted forest on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon.

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Across a single day in Lagos, Clarissa prepares to host a high society party at her home, as her complicated past begins to consume her, in the form of now-distant friends and loves from her youth. Simultaneously, Septimus, a young soldier, is haunted by his own memories of the horrors he has witnessed and endured.

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Watershed and BFI Film Academy South West Hub are inviting people working in education and supporting 16-25 year olds to a Discovery Morning to find out about skills and talent development opportunities for young people in the South West.

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Thirty-four days before she's sent to prison, notorious Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait becomes a mind-bending three-year journey.

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In this Lunchtime Talk Dr. Rosie Poebright will share the case for embodied storytelling in the age of screen addiction.

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Josephine is a suspenseful and devastating film following a child trying to navigate life after witnessing a sexual assault.

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When both his parents are thrown into prison, 17-year-old Robert is left to look after his four younger siblings on his own, juggling daily life, odd jobs, school exams and concert stages, determined to follow his dream.

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Bassam Tariq follows up Mogul Mowgli with this gripping, inventive action/thriller about a Muslim contract killer who sets off on a desperate journey to protect his family.

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On Sat 21 Nov, Tanzania's OnaStories joins Afrika Eye, Simon Bright, and Rik Lander (UWE Bristol) at Watershed for an interactive workshop. Through archival film, immersive concepts, VR, AR and immersive reality we will explore new ways of bringing Africa's liberation history to life.

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The Newcomers presents a unique view of the city in the early 1960s – a time of great social, cultural, political and economic change. This series now stands as a kind of filmic time capsule of the city, offering a window into its cultural and intellectual scene.

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Crocodile is a coming-of-age story about nine young Nigerians who, in a country shaped by Christianity and marked by political difficulties, discover their voice through sci-fi filmmaking.

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A double-bill screening of two films looking at the music scene in Cape Town followed by a Q&A.

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A double bill screening of 2016's Ways of Listening, a chapter from The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger, followed by 1989's Play Me Something starring Tilda Swinton.

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Amazing Grace: YorubaWorlds was made to share the thoughtful insights, wisdom and a life of action and artistry of Africa’s Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka.

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In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, teenage Nafisa is raised on heroic tales of battling British colonisers told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit. But when a young businessman arrives from abroad with a new development plan and genetically engineered cotton, Nafisa becomes the center of a power play to determine the future of the village.

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The Eyes of Ghana is a feature documentary following 93-year-old documentarian Chris Hesse— personal cinematographer to forgotten African icon Kwame Nkrumah— as he races against blindness and time to rescue and repatriate a secret trove of over 1,000 films that captured the birth of African independence in the fifties and sixties.

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Against the backdrop of war, poverty and sexual violence, two stories emerge in these films of overcoming the odds in and out of the ring. Empire Fighting Chance and Afrika Eye invite you to experience the sweet science African style.

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At the onset of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Gleb, a powerful CEO, is preoccupied with feeding the war machine with workers, when he learns of his wife’s infidelity. Faced with this discovery and a complex professional decision, his scruples quickly fade.

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Three American physicians volunteer in Gaza’s devastated hospitals. An urgent, intimate documentary about medical solidarity, impossible choices and the responsibility to bear witness to suffering.

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The Wolves and Humans Foundation and the Slovak Wildlife Society present an evening of talks and discussion about living with wolves and lynx in Slovakia, and the  issues surrounding reintroduction of such animals, particularly lynx, to Britain.

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Sonic Cinema and the Japan Foundation present the films of Montreal-based artist Daïchi Saïto, projected from his personal 35mm prints. A rare encounter with a singular voice in artist film practice, this programme highlights Saïto’s skill in bridging metaphysical concepts with sensory experience.

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