Dalya's Other Country

A Syrian refugee navigates her teenage years in a politically volatile USA

Dalya, a Syrian refugee living in America, tries to be a normal teenager. Yet under the shadow of Donald Trump's rise to power, she must contend with daily reminders of her otherness, like being the only girl in school that wears a hijab. Keeping her Muslim father proud and integrating into American teen life with make-up, proms and boys is a hard line to walk. This touching film explores a young life caught between highly politicised identities.

PlayMe Burlesque

Behind the curtain of New York's seductive burlesque scene

Risque, raucous, and sexy – PlayMe Burlesque returns to Coney Island, where Burlesque all began, and explores the vibrant characters who make up its electric scene. Featuring everyone from dancers, to hype men, to sound technicians – everyone has a unique story of how they were drawn to this most extravagant and exuberant of art forms. No matter how they got there, one thing’s for sure – everyone is having a ball!

The Long Night

An urgent, heart-breaking investigation into the young lives changed forever by under-age prostitution and exploitation

A frantic father pounds the streets, searching for his daughter. Schoolgirls, abused by pimps and enslaved by heroin, disappear into cars and shadowy motel rooms. A band of policemen desperately try to fix a system that punishes rather than protects. This visceral film follows those caught in a web of underage sex trafficking spun deep in the cracks of American society, in a gut-wrenching exploration of the lives destroyed by it.

Santoalla

A haunting true-crime mystery in the misty Galician hills

Martin and Margo were in search of a simpler life; closer to nature and away from their bustling city routine in the Netherlands. In Santoalla, a tiny crumbling village in Northern Spain, and home to just one other family, they thought they had the answer. However, as tensions between the newcomers and the old family grew, the verdant valleys and lush green fields ultimately become the setting for a shocking crime that would take years to solve. 'An engrossingly atmospheric true-crime tale of village strife' - Hollywood Reporter Our Spanish-speaking customers can watch Santoalla on Vimeo, YouTube Rentals, and JMAN.tv

Turkey on the Edge

A personal and courageous film from within the democratic opposition in Turkey.

The last few years have been decisive for the Turkish state. Once fiercely democratic and secular, Turkey under Erdogan has seen an erosion of liberties and the consolidation of power in one man's hands.

Spookers

Inside the charmingly frightening world of Spookers, New Zealand's top scare park

As night falls at Spookers, dozens of seemingly ordinary people become freaks, zombies and chainsaw-wielding clowns. Every weekend come rain, hail or shine, this diverse group of amateur performers unite to terrify punters at the southern hemisphere’s largest scream park, situated in a former psychiatric hospital. Director Florian Habicht reveals the transformative and paradoxically lifesaving power of belonging to a community that celebrates fear. "Complete with beautiful fantasy sequences and made with a huge heart, Spookers is another feather in the cap of gifted Berlin-born, New Zealand-based filmmaker Florian Habicht. If ever there was a Freak Me Out 'family film,' this is it." - Sydney Film Festival 2017

Weapons of Mass Surveillance

Exposing the weapon that brought down the Arab Spring

The digital age has heralded a new unprecedented means of surveillance, and as more of our personal information goes online, more of our lives are subject to state-sponsored espionage. Governments with dubious human rights records are now using mass surveillance technology to thoroughly track and quell any murmurs of dissent - and it is western companies that are providing the technology to do so. BBC reporter Nawal al-Maghafi investigates.

Angkor Awakens

A nation grappling with a painful past and a promising future

Cambodia is a nation split between a bright future and a black past, still tending the savage wounds wrought upon its people by the Khmer Rouge and the USA bombers whilst also cultivating a determined and optimistic new generation. This deep and incisive portrait of a vibrant, bustling country moves beyond the verdant hills, ancient wonders and modern metropolises to reveal a past of violence and pain which still lingers not too far below the surface.

Plastic China

A portrait of poverty, ambition and hope set in a world of waste

Laughter of playing children echoes through vast rolling hills of plastic waste. This recycling plant is home to Pen and his daughter Yi Jie, who is desperate for an education; and boss Kun, determined to improve his family's lot. Over time, one man moves closer to prosperity, whilst the other stagnates in poverty. This poetic doc exposes the lives of those on the fringes of global capitalist realities, a far cry from the communist dream.