It Was Great, But I Was Ready to Come Home

Rosamunde Pilcher: Frühstück bei Tessa

January 2024 •German

Tessa Grant, the feisty owner of a bed and breakfast in Cornwall, and David Johnson, an upper-class charmer, face an unexpected turn in their lives. After David's mother Carol loses her fortune to a swindler, they are left with their inherited bed and breakfast. With the aim of selling the accommodation quickly, they move in with Tessa. The Johnsons' chaotic lifestyle clashes with Tessa's regular life. However, when they try to win over Tessa's best friend Bruce, unexpected feelings develop between Tessa and David.

Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the 60s in Brussels

November 1994 •French

The main character, Michele, spends the hour discussing her views of life with some old and new friends, and tries to understand her own feelings about her place in the world and her sexuality, while a camera follows along at close range.

U.S. Go Home

October 1994 •French

In the sixties, in a suburb near Paris, Martine wants to lose her virginity.

As in Heaven

September 2021 •Danish

One day at the end of the 1800s, 14-year-old Lise’s life is changed forever. She is the eldest of her siblings, the first in her family to go to school and full of hope and confidence in life. But when her mother goes into labour, it quickly appears that something is wrong. As night falls and the labour progresses, Lise begins to understand that a day that began in childhood might end with her becoming the woman of the house.

Careful How You Go

January 2018 •English

A darkly comic psychological horror, which visits three women as they indulge their taste for recreational cruelty.

Garfield

September 2017 •English

Krishna wakes up in a strange place, with a strange guy. As she pieces together how she got there, she realizes that the reasons may be bigger than just the night before.

Death Is a Caress

August 1949 •Norwegian

The story of a working man, who's got a gorgeous fiancée but who falls for a rich older woman – who turns out to be a femme fatale.

Tough Kids

November 1983 •Russian

A former athlete runs a camp dedicated to reforming juvenile criminals, a tough job with no quick payoffs.

Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

April 2012 •English

The Ames' seem to have built the perfect life until their six year old daughter is kidnapped; over the course of seven days they begin to uncover secrets about their past that could rip their marriage and lives apart.

Yeast

March 2008 •English

A maddeningly oblivious, tyrannical and emotionally stunted young woman tries her best to negotiate two toxic friendships.

Orphans

March 2007 •English

Two estranged, twenty-something sisters reunite five years after the death of their parents, and soon revisit their treacherous history.

Sudden Manhattan

October 1996 •English

Twenty-something Donna is jobless, single and broke. On a fateful day, reality turns itself upside down, and she is suddenly faced with one absurdity after another.

I'll Take You There

September 1999 •English

Still nursing wounds from a breakup, a woman is forced by her sister into a blind date that turns into a nightmare.

Polaris

Invalid date •English

In Alaska in the 1890s, an ice photographer meets the devil.

The Embargo Project

May 2015 •English

Five Indigenous women filmmakers from across Canada challenge one another to make a film under a set of restrictions tailored to each filmmaker.

Bloodland

July 2011 •English

A social statement on the irreversible and detrimental impact of gas and oil exploration on our planet and in particular the impact that hydraulic fracturing or 'fracking' will have on Kainaiwa, or the Blood Reserve in Canada. This film was shot with a completely Indigenous cast and crew.

What's Wrong with Me? kk

September 2015 •Korean

A woman wearing a short skirt pick up a man with a lover.

If I Leap

January 2009 •English

Three Summer Days

May 1996 •Serbian

Serbian film about the life of refugees from Bosnia is Serbia during the war years.

The Most Fun You Can Have Dying

April 2012 •English

Michael has life pretty sweet. His girlfriend adores him, his best mate David is loyal to the end, plus David’s girlfriend doesn’t mind a quick hook-up either. But Michael’s self-regarding lifestyle comes crashing down when he is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Desperate not to let his life just fade away, Michael steals the $200,000 raised for his treatment, and catches a one-way flight to London. He isn’t there for long before his nerve and sense of humour earn him a vicious beating in a back alley. Waking up cold and bloodied, he finds himself being watched over by the ethereal Sylvie; a mysterious French drifter. They fall head over heels in love, and attempt to outrun death itself.