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Simon (Gabin Verdet) is a young surfer who heads down to the beach one morning to catch some early waves. But on the way home an accident occurs. Now entirely hooked up to life-support, Simon's existence is little more than an illusion to his grieving parents.

Meanwhile, in Paris, a woman awaits an organ transplant that will give her a new lease on life and it's Simon's parents who have to make the most difficult decision any parent can make. Based on a Wellcome Prize winning novel, 'Heal the Living' is a tender cross-section of humanity's intertwining lives and how a selfless decision in the shadow of tragedy can have profound effects on the life of another.

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Ben (Jonathan Leslie) is having boyfriend troubles again so his grandma introduces him to Albert (David Sillars), an eccentric painter who doubles as an unconventional, Jung-inspired psychotherapist.

Their therapy sessions end up revealing as much about Albert as they do about Ben in this twisted, sexual comedy. A witty study of social mores and sexual excess where the boundaries between doctor and patient, artist and muse become increasingly blurred, 'Seat in Shadow' is the debut feature from writer/director Henry Coombes.

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From Michel Gondry's acclaimed producer comes 'Moonwalkers', a hilarious, high-concept action comedy, that asks the question, 'what if Apollo 11 never actually made it?' What if, instead, the legendary Stanley Kubrick secretly shot the famous images of the moon landing in a studio, working for the

US government? This is the premise of a perfectly plausible conspiracy theory that takes us to swinging sixties London, where a stubborn CIA agent (Ron Perlman) is forced to team up with the lousy manager of a seedy rock band (Rupert Grint) to develop the biggest con of all time, in this riotous, high-tempo action-comedy!

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'Good Kill' tells the story of a Las Vegas fighter-pilot turned drone-pilot, Major Thomas Egan (Ethan Hawke), who fights the Taliban via remote control for half of his day, then goes home to his wife (January Jones) and kids in the suburbs for the other half.

But Thomas is starting to question the mission. Is he creating more terrorists than he's killing? Is he fighting a war without end? This is one soldier's tale...with epic implications.

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Katie Armstrong is an American student studying Criminal Psychology in Germany.

She has selected as the subject for thesis paper, the true story of Oliver Hartwin, a cannibal killer who advertised on the internet for a lover willing to be murdered and devoured as the ultimate act of love and self-sacrifice. While researching Oliver, Katie becomes obsessed with his perverse life, and begins to delve deeper and deeper into his past, trying to discover what made him become what he is today. She is caught in a downward spiral into a deeply alienated lifestyle, culminating in the discovery of the video-tape made by Oliver recording the final moments of his victim’s life.

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Set in the summer of 1954, The miracle of Bern is the story of 11-year-old Matthias who lives in a German mining town with his mother, sister and brother. He is adopted as the bag carrier and lucky mascot for the local football team by top player Helmut Rahn (Sascha Gopel).

Meanwhile, after years in captivity, Matthias' rather Richard (Peter Lohmeyer) returns from a Soviet PoW camp, only to cast a dark shadow over his once-happy family. For Richard, football is pointless, and so is the World Cup that's about to be held in Bern, Switzerland. Matthias, however, longs to be there with his idol, who has been chosen to play on the German team. Through his passion for the game and his fighting spirit, Matthias rekindles a love of life in his dad's heart - and also 'helps' win the World Cup.

Be invited into six more entirely different No. 9s, ranging from the poignant to the unsettlingly scary, but always funny and surprising. Episodes Comprise: 1. La Couchette 2. The 12 Days of Christine 3. The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge 4. Cold Comfort 5. Nana's Party 6. Seance Time

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Claude Peres takes viewers on a haunting and intimate journey with this groundbreaking erotic drama. The premise is simple: Peres and a man he's never met will sleep together while the cameras roll. No contract, no film crew, no boundaries.

The end result is a film that challenges viewers to look into the heart of human desire. There's palpable tension as the director and "the actor" engage in conversation and gradually give in to the film's unusual and unpredictable scenario. Peres loosely structures the encounter as an interview in which he poses piercing questions to his onscreen lover, himself, and the audience. It's is the kind of film that seeps into the viewers' subconscious and rattles their comfort levels.

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While his mother is in rehab and his father is on a 'business trip' with his assistant, 14-year-old outsider Maik (Tristan Göbel) is spending the summer holidays bored and alone at his parents' villa, when rebellious teenager Tschick (Anand Batbileg) appears.

Tschick, a Russian immigrant and an outcast, steals a car and decides to set off on a journey away from Berlin with Maik tagging along for the ride. So begins a wild adventure where the two experience the trip of a lifetime and share a summer that they will never forget.

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Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith follow up the multi-award-winning Psychoville with an anthology of tales of the genuinely unexpected.

What goes on behind closed doors on the street where you live? Be invited into six very different No 9s, where the ordinary and mundane rub shoulders with the extraordinary and macabre.

Episodes Comprise:
1. Sardines
2. A Quiet Night In
3. Tom and Gerri
4. Last Gasp
5. The Understudy
6. The Harrowing

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At a prestigious Catholic boys school in Melbourne 1974, Tim Conigrave (George Banders) and John Caleo (Reece Manning) fell madly in love. Their passionate, tempestuous, operatic romance lasted for 16 years, facing disapproval, temptation and separation.

Their star cross'd relationship was immortalised in Timothy Conigrave's memoir Holding the Man, and has been adapted for stage and screen. "Remembering the Man" uses a newly discovered audio recording of Timothy Conigrave to tell this remarkable love story in his own words.

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Doctor Gemma Foster's life is about to be torn apart. She's a talented family doctor at the heart of her community, a loving wife and mother, a woman people can trust. But her world is fractured the moment she suspects her husband, Simon, of having an affair. Determined to discover the truth.

Gemma (Suranne Jones) unearths dark secrets that threaten everything she loves. As her life and the lives of her patients and family are thrown into chaos, only one thing is certain - Gemma will find herself behaving in ways she could never have imagined...

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Career-soldier Wilhelm, his pacifist younger brother Friedhelm, and their friends Charlotte, Viktor and Greta say farewell in the summer of 1941 in Berlin, with the promise to meet again after the war.

Wilhelm and his brother have been ordered to the eastern front, Charlotte will join them as a nurse in a field hospital there. In Berlin, Greta makes a name for herself as a singer, with the help of a high-ranking party official. Her Jewish boyfriend, Viktor is despatched to a concentration camp in the east. Little do they know how much the unfathomable experiences, deprivations and terrors of the war will change them. It is the experiences of friendship and betrayal, belief and disappointment, illusion and insight, guilt and responsibility that will change their lives forever.

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A fascinating fusion of narrative and documentary from Clio Barnard, The Arbor tells the powerful true story of Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar (The Arbor, Rita, Sue and Bob Too) and her daughter Lorraine.

Dunbar wrote honestly and unflinchingly about her upbringing on the Buttershaw Estate, in Bradford. When she died, tragically at the age of 29 in 1990, Lorraine was just ten years old. The Arbor catches up with Lorraine in the present day, also at 29: ostracised from Buttershaw and her family. Through compelling interviews we learn that Lorraine sees her mother as a destructive force, whom Lorraine blames for all that is wrong in her life. Through interviews with other members of the Dunbar family, we see a contrasting view of Andrea, in particular from Lorraine's younger sister Lisa. Using actors to seamlessly lip-sync the words of real-life subjects, the film presents a contrasting and not always flattering view of Dunbar. The Arbor is a compelling and essential work, offering evidence that Barnard is clearly an important new voice in British Cinema.

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The thrilling third series introduces Sergeant Danny Waldron (Daniel Mays), the highly proficient leader of a police Armed Response Unit whose unpredictable behaviour is becoming a threat to colleagues and suspects alike.

When AC12 are called in, DS Steve Arnott (Martin Compston) clashes with Danny, and it's left to DC Kate Fleming (Vicky McClure) to investigate undercover. As the inquiry intensifies, Supt. Ted Hastings (Adrian Dunbar) begins to suspect the case is linked to AC12's past and a possible traitor in their midst.