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In 1988 Tehran, Shideh's attempts to rejoin medical school are thwarted as a consequence of her politically active history. Her husband is sent off to serve in the Iran-Iraq War while Iraqi air raids draw perilously close to their own apartment.

As neighbours and friends flee from a city in chaos she is left alone with her daughter Dorsa (Avin Manshadi) who becomes increasingly ill and seemingly disturbed. Shideh (Narges Rashidi) initially dismisses her tantrums over a missing doll but is soon terrified they've been targeted by a djinn - a malevolent spirit that steals from those it seeks to possess.

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In a secluded valley in Iceland, brothers Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their prized ancestral sheep. But a long-term grudge means that they haven't spoken to each other for four decades, passing messages via the sheep dog.

When a lethal ovine disease suddenly appears in the valley, the authorities move in to cull all of the livestock. But Gummi and Kiddi don't give up easily and each brother tries to stave off the disaster in his own fashion: Kiddi by using his rifle, and Gummi by using his wits. As the authorities close in the brothers will need to come together to save the sheep - and themselves - from extinction.

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Jep Gambardella, a 65-year-old journalist and once promising novelist, lives his easy life among Rome's decadent high society in a swirl of rooftop parties and late-night soirees.

But when he learns of the death of his friend's wife - a woman he once loved as an 18-year-old - his life is thrown into perspective and he begins to see the world through new eyes...

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Mr. Chairman, the head of the ruling Sannokai yakuza clan, suspects that his henchman has struck a forbidden alliance with a rival gangster.

The henchman tries to quell his boss' distrust by making a minor but obvious move against the rival gangster, which marks the start of a ruthless series of conflicts and betrayals. Before long, several yakuza clans are out for blood in their constant battle for power and money. The rival bosses fight to rise through the ranks by scheming and making short-lived allegiances. In this corrupt world where there are no heroes, it's bad guy vs. bad guy in a spiralling outrage of gang warfare.

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In this edgy psychological thriller, a group of animal rights activists undertakes a rescue mission that goes terribly wrong, and a team member gets trapped...and then abandoned. A year later, after receiving an encoded message, the group sets off to free the imprisoned colleague.

But what should be a simple raid turns into a series of nightmarish incidents...with team members disappearing one by one.

When Sergej is the victim of a violent criminal attack he vows revenge. Hell bent on his mission and determined to protect his family, he gets caught up in a world of warring crime syndicates, drugs, prostitution and corrupt police that quickly spirals out of control with devastating consequences.

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Naoto Kiba hires himself out as an illegal bodyguard for extraordinary sums of money, and he's just received his next mission. He has been assigned to guard Junpei Ishimine, a hoodlum who embezzled 500 million yen from the Soryu-kai, the gang who controls Okinawa.

The Soryu-kai send one of Okinawa's best karate masters after Kiba and Junpei, but Kiba is able to defeat him in the blink of an eye. But then the Soryu-kai kidnaps Junpei's old girlfriend, Yoko!

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Alex (Romain Duris) is a charming, funny and effortlessly cool professional break-up artist with just ten days to sabotage the relationship of a seemingly perfect couple.

But with one of his targets, the beautiful, feisty and independent Juliette (Vanessa Paradis), will he find that when it comes to love the perfect plan doesn't always exist?

When Masaki (Yûrei Yanagi), a gas station attendant and bit part baseball player incurs the wrath of the local Yakuza, he heads to Okinawa to buy a gun so he can stand up for himself.

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Based on the true life story and international best-selling book, 'A Street Cat Named Bob' is a moving and uplifting film that will touch the heart of everyone.

When London busker and recovering drug addict James Bowen (Luke Treadaway) finds injured ginger street cat Bob in his sheltered accommodation, he has no idea just how much his life is about to change.

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When his son dies of a drug overdose, mild-mannered snow plough driver, Nils (Stellan Skarsgard), refuses to believe the results from the police report. On finding out who was responsible for his son's death, Nils sets out for revenge and justice.

In the process, he becomes embroiled in a drug war between the Serbian mafia and gangster boss, The Count. For an ordinary guy, he soon displays an extraordinary talent for revenge.

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Winner of the Best New Director award at the San Sebastian Film Festival, Benedikt Erlingsson's critically acclaimed debut feature 'Of Horses and Men' is a darkly comic country romance about the human streak in the horse and the horse in the human.

Set in the stunning Icelandic countryside, love, death and sex become interlaced in this playful, affectionate yet unflinching portrait of a remote valley community as seen from the horses' perspective.

Framed for a crime he did not commit, Eiji is subjected to the harsh realities of the Ishikawa Island prison camp. Sabu, Eiji's longtime friend, must discover who is responsible for Eiji's incarceration, before prison life consumes him completely.

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The friendship between two girls is tested to its absolute limits in this utterly compelling drama set in the twilight years of Communist-era Romania. Gabita (Laura Vasiliu), young and naive, is pregnant.

She turns to her more pragmatic room mate Otilia (Anamaria Marinca) for help and a meeting is arranged in a downtown hotel with the shady Mr. Bebe (Vlad Ivanov). Entering a dangerous and illegal underworld where the stakes are high and nothing is as it seems, the girls are set for a life-changing experience that neither will ever forget.