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- After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
- Freedom fighters Neo, Trinity and Morpheus continue to lead the revolt against the Machine Army, unleashing their arsenal of extraordinary skills and weaponry against the systematic forces of repression and exploitation.
- A political consultant tries to explain his impending divorce and past relationships to his 11-year-old daughter.
- Violinist Sydney Wells was accidentally blinded by her sister Helen when she was five years old. She submits to a cornea transplantation, and while recovering from the operation, she realizes that she is seeing dead people.
- Horror film set in 1492 Toledo, Spain, depicting the cruel deeds of a monk named Torquemada, Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition.
- Alex, a hit man, tries to get out of the family business, but his father won't let him do so. While seeking the help of a therapist, he meets a sexually charged 23-year-old woman with whom he falls in love.
- In a drab police state, an author of children's books is interrogated by a sadistic, secret policeman. She's under suspicion of embedding anti-government messages in her stories.
- Two documentary filmmakers chronicle their time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of prostitutes who work the city's notorious red light district.
- A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.
- Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Quentin Lee's gripping mystery of loss and redemption at the intersections of queerness, neurodiversity, and Asian-American identity.
- Art critic Keller was once part of a far-left radical group. They contact him again 10 years later and ask him to assassinate a Chilean doctor and war criminal, who's visiting London, but Keller has lost his ideals and feels conflicted.
- Rowan Atkinson and the cast of legendary comedy series Blackadder are back for this one-off documentary special to mark 25 years since the original BBC transmission in 1983. Featuring fascinating interviews and behind-the-scenes insight from its renowned cast and writers, including the first ever in-depth interview with Rowan Atkinson, on his personal experience of playing Edmund Blackadder.
- Contre l'Oubli (Against Oblivion) is a compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and Jean Luc Godard among them, who use film to make a plea on behalf of a political prisoner. Jean Luc Godard and Anne Marie Mieville's film concerns the plight of Thomas Wanggai, West Papuan activist who has since died in prison. The short films were commissioned by Amnesty International.
- The film of an on-stage charity benefit for Amnesty International. The show includes comedy skits by the members of Monty Python, as well as noted comedians Peter Cook, Rowan Atkinson, and others. The show also includes musical numbers by Eric Clapton, Sting, Donovan and Bob Geldof.
- Blocked in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in the North of Morocco, five emigration candidates (from Cameroon, Somalia, Chad and India)are waiting. They are only fourteen kilometers from the Iberian Peninsula but they wonder whether they be allowed to make it to Europe or if they will be deported back to the country they come from? Anxiety - not to say anguish - is their common lot, all the more as they have thrown everything away to pursue their "European Dream"...
- A couple's search for the truth about a homophobic crime in Russia.
- A series of benefit concerts to raise money for Amnesty International. Performances include comedy skits and musical numbers by a varied cast of mostly British performers. Featuring several Monty Python members, Rowan Atkinson, and Peter Cook.
- Pleasure At Her Majesty's (1976) The very first show in what came to be called the "Secret Policeman's Ball" series took place over three late nights in April 1976 at Her Majesty's Theatre in London. The show was instigated by John Cleese, who volunteered to "round up a few pals" to perform for Amnesty International's benefit. These pals transpired to be most of Monty Python, Beyond The Fringe and The Goodies (three of the U.K.'s most successful comedy ensembles) -- together with leading solo performers. It was a gathering of the British comedic tribes. Cleese titled the show "A Poke In The Eye (With A Sharp Stick)." The film documenting this comedy summit was titled Pleasure At Her Majesty's -- a wordplay on the formal British expression for imprisonment in which convicts are "detained at Her Majesty's pleasure."
- Robert Greenwald looks at war profiteering in Iraq by private contracting companies Halliburton, CACI, and KBR.
- In times of pandemic in Buenos Aires , a doctor finds mysterious messages when he arrives at his home. This short film is part of the feature film entitled Bats. Each short film was directed remotely by zoom.
- Political documentary about the 2000 United States presidential election. It examines the then-current state of American democracy, the issues handled by the typical political process, and the issues which remain unresolved. It also questions whether there is any actual difference between the two major parties, the Democrats and the Republicans.
- Live benefit show for Amnesty International, hosted by Eddie Izzard and with performances from the cream of British comedy including Harry Enfield, Dom Joly, Vic Reeves and Paul Whitehouse.
- A live stand-up comedy and music gig to benefit Amnesty International.
- Dilya became a human rights activist the day her brother was thrown in prison, accused of being a terrorist. She challenged the dictatorship, escaped her home country but realized that the regime was closer than she could ever imagine.
- Bailo, Egbal, Anas, David, Sophia, Hervé, Chérif and a few others have three things in common: they fled their native countries (Guinea, Sudan, Nigeria, The Democratic Republic of the Congo) where they were in danger; they passed through the detention and torture camps of Libya; they now find themselves in Conques, a French village in Occitania. They are hosted there by the association Limbo, which offers them a period of resilience. Unable to heal from their trauma by talking the young migrants are given an original opportunity to express their pains and get back on their feet: by writing and performing songs.
- The stories of Khaled El-Masri and Binyam Mohamed, two men who have survived extraordinary rendition, secret detention, and torture by the U. S. government working with various other governments worldwide.
- Short documentary about experiences, testimonials, and perceptions of migration of migrants from Mexico and Central America.
- A look behind the scenes of satirical sketch show, Not the Nine O'Clock News.
- A performance artist was filmed in the excruciatingly painful interrogation technique of the Stress Position for 6 hours. The film powerfully shows the reality of CIA and US government endorsed interrogation procedures.
- Un uomo viene prelevato dalla spiaggia di un campeggio del Cilento da un singolare dispiegamento di forze: carabinieri, polizia municipale e guardia costiera. Luomo viene convinto a uscire dall'acqua e a farsi sedare, mettere su un'ambulanza e sottoporsi a un trattamento sanitario obbligatorio. Ormai addormentato per la forte sedazione, due ore dopo lingresso in ospedale viene legato al letto con cinghie che gli bloccano polsi e caviglie. Dal 31 luglio al 4 agosto 2009, gli ultimi giorni di Francesco Mastrogiovanni sono narrati attraverso le immagini disumanizzanti di nove videocamere di sorveglianza poste allinterno del reparto psichiatrico dellospedale di Vallo della Lucania, in provincia di Salerno. Il film ripercorre i giorni e le notti, cercando altrove appigli di speranza, nel tentativo di trovare una verità a cui solo il corpo di Francesco può dare risposta.
- Documentary celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde. 150 of Wilde's finest lines, epigrams and verses are spoken on camera by 150 public figures.
- A life study focusing on violence against women, seeking asylum, torture and the death penalty. Based on real life experiences.
- This is a dramatization of what happens when a passenger train is hit by a detached semi-trailer from an oncoming freight train on 2 January 2019 Eight people are killed, and the biggest train accident in Denmark in 30 years is a reality.
- The story of the vital role played by pop music in the social, sexual, cultural and political revolution 50 years ago as homosexuality was decriminalised.
- In Turkey, the process of 'Urban Transformation' has been gaining momentum since the 2000's. It started with the excuse of protecting the old settlements and cultural heritage areas.
- A new approach to stopping domestic violence, using the means of comedy.
- How to start a revolution with a laptop.
- A video produced by Amnesty International showcases examples from various areas in Nigeria of how the Shell company circumvents human rights. Through polluting sources of drinking water or burning excess gas, it degrades the living conditions of local communities.