Verve Pictures (34)

When Jim Ferris (Danny Huston) dies, leaving behind a family fractured by his absence, his young son Jack is prematurely burdened with the responsibility of looking after the family. When Jim's widow Alice (Jennifer Ehle) meets and marries a new man, Cliv

Documentary chronicling the mysterious life of the late jazz vocalist Jackie Paris, who is regarded by many as one of jazz's greatest unsung heroes. After an impressive debut, Paris went on to face a series of ups and downs in his career, private tragedie

In one of his darkest roles, Richard E. Grant plays an ageing professor obsessed with his star student, Polly (Fraser). Polly is trapped in a dead-end job working for intrusive Professor Julius Greengrass (Grant). Her relationship with boyfriend Cha

Andrew Logan. Britse artiest. Levende legende. En bedenker van de anarchistische en volslagen schandalige Alternatieve Miss World Show, een spectaculaire verkleedpartij en verkleedpartij voor volwassenen. In The British Guide to Showing Off worden we onde

A powerhouse performance from Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones) fuels STILL, a gritty and atmospheric thriller about a photographer, reeling from the death of his teenage son. Tom Carver is a man stumbling blindly towards a crossroads in his life, thrown out

Love Me Till Monday follows the story of an English girl trying to find love between the office and her home life. The film looks at how a generation of twenty-something's go in search of love. They don't 'date', or 'grab a coffee', or walk romantically a

The film follows David (James Brough), a twentysomething London lad who finds himself a fish out of water in Liverpool following a one-night stand. Attempting to win his fare back to the big smoke, David strikes up a rapport with demure betting shop assis

The true story of playwright Andrea Dunbar who wrote about her upbringing on the notorious Buttershaw Estate in Bradford. When she died, tragically at the age of 29, her daughter Lorraine was just ten years old. The Arbor catches up with Lorraine in the p

A Way Of Life centres on teenage mother Leigh-Anne Williams (Stephanie James); her brother Gavin (Nathan Jones), a seventeen year old desperately chasing love, and her two friends Robbie (Gary Sheppeard), a seventeen year old determined to move beyond his

A funny and poignant debut from writer-director Karl Golden. The Honeymooners strips away the gloss from traditional romantic comedy creating a sparkling and universally appealing love story that also manages to be raw, honest and true.David Ryan (Jonatha

Las Acacias tells the story of a long distance lorry driver (German de Silva) who agrees to drive a woman (Hebe Duarte) and her 5 month old child en route from Paraguay to Buenos Aires. A subtle and tender road movie exploring loneliness and the pain of l

The near future global warming has radically changed the climate. Cloning has become a reality. Without knowing it, people are being constructed using the same DNA. In this future, all citizens must carry identity in the form of a credit card crossed with

An inspired comedy from writer-director team of Teresa de Pelegri and Dominic Harari, Only Human grew out of the three obsessions shared by the couple: sex, family and the Middle East.Leni (Marian Aguilera) arrives home to introduce her fiance Rafi (Guill

De Zuid-Afrikaanse advocate Sarah Barcant reist van New York terug naar haar geboortestad om het parlementslid Alex Mpondo te vertegenwoordigen in de Waarheids- en Verzoeningscommissie sinds de folterende politieagent Dirk Hendricks een amnestieaanvraag h

An electrifying directorial debut from director Sergio Machado, Lower City is a powerful and erotic fusion of City of God, y tu mama tambien and Truffaut's Jules et Jim.A steamy love triangle set in the low life milieu of Brazil's Salvador del Bahia, wher

Written and directed by Sacha Bennett, Tu£sday is a fast-moving, London-set heist story in which nothing is what is seems. By sheer coincidence, four experienced criminals, two beautiful bank clerks and one desperate, penniless man nearing retirement deci

Soms kan de gelukkigste dag van allemaal de meest hartverscheurende zijn. Freddie (Tom Riley) en Maura (Sally Hawkins) gaan trouwen, alleen niet met elkaar. Terwijl Freddie zijn tweede huwelijk aangaat met de neurotische Sophie (Jade Yourell), zijn Maura'

Robbie (Josh Bolt) and Ziggy (Eugene Byrne) think they'll be best mates forever, but when Robbie collapses on holiday and is diagnosed with a fatal heart condition, forever suddenly seems a lot shorter. Lying in the children's ward, Robbie only has one th

Vidal Sassoon is more than just a hairdresser – he’s a rock star, an artist, a craftsman who ‘changed the world with a pair of scissors’. With the geometric, Bauhaus-inspired hair styles he pioneered in the 1960s and his ‘wash and wear’ philosophy, Sassoo

When Adam is invited by a beautiful, confident older woman (Alice) he has just met to accompany her to a lavish party in the country he knows he is going to have the best night of his life. Following mind-blowing sex, the pair speed away from the party do

Andrew Logan. British Artist. Living legend. And creator of the anarchic and utterly outrageous Alternative Miss World Show, a spectacular costume pageant and fancy dress party for grown ups. In The British Guide to Showing Off we are taken under Logan’s

Harry Belafonte is not just one of the greatest entertainers of our time; he has led one of the great American lives of the last century. Susanne Rostock s SING YOUR SONG lets us share in the struggles, the tragedies, and, most of all, the triumphs of thi

SING YOUR SONG is een inspirerend verhaal van performance en protest, van een supersterzanger en -acteur die in de frontlinies stond van praktisch elke progressieve politieke strijd in de moderne geschiedenis. Onderweg kwam hij in contact met enkele van d

My Brother The Devil tells the story of two brothers tested loyalty as their paths collide amidst a violent world of drugs and gangs.Mo is a young boy growing up in a traditional Egyptian household, but beyond the front door of the family's modest Londo

Jamie Adams' feature debut stars Craig Roberts (Submarine) and Charlotte Ritchie (Fresh Meat) as an up and coming folk duo. 19-year-old Jolene is having trouble convincing her writing partner Benny to become more commercial. Too many industry types get in

A no holds barred take on 21st century love, sex, and emotional baggage.

Following a group of young Maasai who, in a remote region of Kenya, have formed a cricket team. They relate the sport to their traditional hunting techniques – the ball is the spear, the bat is the shield – and their flowing red robes in full flight are a

In an attempt to revisit a creative collaboration and revive his marriage, a theatre director brings together a group of performers to spend a week with him and his wife in an isolated, mountainous part of southern France. As the work progresses, fiction

For some people, a housing crisis means not getting planning permission for a loft conversion. For others it means, quite simply, losing their home. Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle is a feature documentary directed by Paul Sng (Sleaford Mo

A Caribbean Dream is a re-imagining of William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Set in modern day Barbados, Theseus and Hippolyta are returning Nationals. This traditional tale takes a twist with the creation of new characters wh

New Town Utopia is een documentairefilm over utopische dromen en concrete realiteiten... het uitdagende, grappige en soms tragische verhaal van de Britse nieuwe stad Basildon, Essex. Het verhaal wordt geleid door de kunstenaars, muzikanten en dichters van

Micky Mason, is a skilled manual worker who, since the financial crash, can find nothing but menial zero hours jobs. To survive he takes a course of action that is completely out of character, but it's the only way he can see of keeping his family togethe

In 2015 , 11 Jewish bikers travel from Israel to Berlin in order to light the torch at the Maccabi Games being held at the Olympiastadion, the site of the 1936 Olypmic Games, where Adolf Hitler banned Jewish athletes and spread Nazi propoganda. As they jo

Sean McAllister returns to his hometown, Hull, as curator of its UK City of Culture opening. Back living with his 90-year-old parents and reflecting on changes to a city hit by cuts in public spending and divided by Brexit, Sean is drawn to the fringes of