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In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there is an elephant that simply sits and ignores the world. For the film's characters, Manzhouli becomes an obsession, a longed-for escape. Schoolboy Bu (Yuchang Peng) is on the run after pushing a bully down the stairs.

Bu's classmate Ling (Uvin Wang) has fallen for the charms of her teacher. The bully's older brother Cheng (Yu Zhang) feels responsible for the suicide of a friend. And there's Mr. Wang (Congxi Li), an army veteran whose son wants to offload him into a home. In virtuoso visual compositions, the film tells the story of one single suspenseful day from dawn to dusk, when the train to Manzhouli is set to depart.

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They took MDMA and danced the night away. If you were in the mood for pure sex, there were the bathhouses. And if total sleaze was your aim, there were the piers, the Anvil or Mineshaft, places where men simply wanted to have sex with other men with no pretence.

Gay Sex in the 70s is a stunning visual document of New York during the decade of gay liberation and sexual abandon following Stonewall. Gay men cruised the streets, frequented gay bars, and, of course, had loads and loads of sex everywhere. But only 12 years after Stonewall, this unprecedented era of sexual Freedom came to a close.

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Joris (Josha Stradowski) is shy, introverted and cautious, Yad (Majd Mardo) is bold and impulsive, but at a chance meeting, opposites attract, and sparks fly. Having spotted Yad windsurfing at the beach, Joris is taken aback when he discovers Yad is his grandmother's new helper.

Stealing kisses between surfboards, wrestling in the reeds and filming their adventures, the couple find themselves growing closer and opening up to each other Yet as the boys fall ever deeper in love, the weight of their families' expectations of them grow more profound, until one of them finally asks, would it be better if they were 'Just Friends'?

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Cesar award-winner Agnes Jaoui gives an intelligent and affecting performance as Aurore; fifty, flirty and not-so-thriving, her world is turned upside down when a past flame returns, reigniting her lust for life and love.

A witty and wonderful ode to embracing age whilst staying young, 'I Got Life!' is a timely and uplifting film celebrating womanhood.

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Daisato (aka Dai-Nipponjin) lives alone with his cat in the suburbs of Tokyo, but has a secret existence as Japan’s first line of defence against attacks from a seemingly never-ending parade of bizarre monsters capable of reducing the city to rubble.

Wacky, weird and wonderful, and with an amazing line-up of mutant monsters and creatures that make Godzilla seem like nothing more than a troublesome reptile, Big Man Japan is a superhero movie like no other.

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Move over 'Glee' there's a new high school in town! Cute sixteen-year-old jock, Russell, is leading a double life - whilst still going on dates with girls like he's expected to, he is secretly having a relationship with football quarterback Kevin, who will do anything to prevent his football

teammates from finding out. Meanwhile, Min and Terese tell everyone that they're just really good friends, and Ike is having trouble just trying to create any identity at all. As an outlet for their struggles, they decide to form the 'Geography Club', thinking nobody else in their right mind would ever want to join. However, as the club becomes more popular, hiding these secrets may become impossible, and soon they could have to face die choice of revealing who they really are. A rare, heart-warming slice of American gay teen life, 'Geography Club' is a welcome breath of fresh air.

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Young Andy (Emilio Puente) is having a hard time at school, taunted for being different to the other boys.

When his mother unexpectedly dies, Andy moves to a small Mexican suburb to live with his strict, no-nonsense grandmother (played by frequent Pedro Almodo var collaborator Carmen Maura), Soon, Andy finds comfort and refuge in Charly, the estate's sexy young gardener, who introduces him to an exciting world of danger, risk, and temptation. In this epic coming-of-age story, Andy will navigate the pain and joy that comes with grief, growing up, and finding your identity.

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In a small German town in 1919, Anna (Paula Beer) repeatedly visits the grave of her fiance, Frantz (Anton von Lucke), who was killed in battle during World War I. One day she spies a mysterious young Frenchman Adrien (Pierre Niney), also laying flowers at the grave.

She enquires about his business there and he explains he was a friend of Frantz. The pair become increasingly close and Anna becomes more and more intrigued by Adrien's history with her fiance. Long buried secrets are revealed that will illuminate unknown areas of their past lives and impact their future ones in a wearied and battle-scarred Europe. At once graceful and gripping, 'Frantz' is an intimate and timely exploration of healing and forgiveness across European borders.

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Handsome Hicham Alaoui (Mehdi Meskar), 22, wakes up one day and decides it's time to find a new life.

Deserting his family who don't know anything about his innermost desires, he travels to Lyon, to meet up with the only other gay man he knows: Thibaut Giaccherini (Eric Pucheu), a 28 year old, a LGBT activist. Hicham's quest for political and sexual identity finds refuge in Thibaut. He admires his commitment, his self-belief and his feistiness. But the more Hicham learns about him, the more his flaws and contradictions are exposed. Soon it becomes clear if Hicham is to truly find himself, he will have to trace his own path.

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A group of 40-something guys, all on the verge of a mid-life crisis, decide to form their local pool's first ever synchronized swimming team - for men.

Braving the scepticism and ridicule of those around them, and trained by a fallen champion trying to pull herself together, the group set out on an unlikely adventure, and on the way will rediscover a little self-esteem and a lot about themselves and each other.

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Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) fights against but is exactly like her wildly loving, deeply opinionated and strong-willed mum (Laurie Metcalf), a nurse working tirelessly to keep her family afloat after Lady Bird's father (Tracy Letts) loses his job.

'Lady Bird' is an affecting look at the relationships that shape us, the beliefs that define us, and the unmatched beauty of a place called home.

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Disillusioned with his life in Paris, Pierre Tomas (Pascal Cervo) drops everything to travel through France. Via phone numbers written in bathroom stalls, coincidental rendezvous, and Grindr, a smartphone app, Pierre never ceases to find a parking spot for the car he so dearly maneuvers.

As he wanders the country for four days and four nights, his lover, Paul (Arthur Igual), will try to find him, using the same app that compasses Pierre. In a game of absurdist cat and mouse, these two lovers try, in their own ways, to find their way back to one another.

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In a mesmerising career best, Matt Dillion plays failed architect turned serial killer Jack, who over the span of 12 years leads us through his thought processes behind his increasingly depraved acts of murder which he names 'incidents'.

With a supporting cast that includes Bruno Gantz, Uma Thurman, Riley Keough and Sofie Grabol, Lars von Trier returns to the directors chair with the original uncut version of his most daring and shocking film to date.

As Nic (Jack Dylan Grazer) repeatedly relapses, the Sheff's are faced with the harsh reality that addiction is a disease that does not discriminate and can hit any family at any time.

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Around midnight, a stylish young couple and their exuberant transvestite maid prepare for an orgy. Their guests will be The Slut, The Star, The Stud and The Teen.

Each comes with their own dark and impassioned secrets, unravelled in sequences and flashbacks, in a night that will stay with you long after.