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Ramayana: Rise of a Legend (Dubbed)

Based on the celebrated ancient epic known to billions, Namit Malhotra's Ramayana: Rise of a Legend tells the story of Rama, a…

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Ramayana: Rise of a Legend (Subbed)

In an age of gods and kings, the fate of worlds hangs in the balance. Rama, a prince bound by duty, sacrifice,…

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Wild Horse Nine

Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island…

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IFF26 The Tasters

Adapted from Rosella Postorino’s bestselling novel At The Wolf’s Table, the new film from multi award-winning writer/director Silvio Soldini (Bread and Tulips,…

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IFF26 Bread & Tulips (Pane e Tulipani)

After being forgotten at a highway service station during a family vacation, a housewife decides to start a new, independent life in…

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Primetime

In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history.

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Wicker

On the outskirts of a village by the sea, lives a Fisherwoman; smelly, single and perpetually ridiculed. One day, fed up with…

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Thriller

Verity

Adapted from Colleen Hoover's best-selling novel, this seductive, psychological thriller follows renowned author Verity Crawford (Anne Hathaway) and Lowen Ashleigh (Dakota Johnson),…

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Sense and Sensibility

From Focus Features and Working Title comes an irresistible new take on Jane Austen’s iconic Sense and Sensibility: a charming, witty, and…

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Street Fighter

Set in 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) are thrown back into combat when the mysterious…

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Wildwood

One choice changes everything. From the makers of Coraline, Wildwood is a sweeping, darkly magical adventure about a young girl who ventures…

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Klara and the Sun

Based on the bestseling novel from Nobel Prize-winner Kazuo Ishiguro and written and directed by Academy-Award® winner Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit), Klara…

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Clayface

“Clayface” unravels one man’s horrifying descent from rising Hollywood star to revenge-filled monster in a story that explores the loss of one’s…

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Pressure

In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, PRESSURE follows General Dwight…

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Shaun the sheep: The beast of Mossy Bottom

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Heart of the Beast

After a harrowing plane crash, Special Forces officer James Belmont (Brad Pitt) and his combat dog, Odin, find themselves stranded deep in…

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Drama Duration: 131
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Sense and Sensibility

12:20 PM

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Action Duration: 110
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Primetime

12:25 PM

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Drama Duration: 123
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IFF26 The Tasters

1:00 PM

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Action Duration: 125
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Street Fighter

2:45 PM

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Drama Duration: 116
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Klara and the Sun

3:00 PM

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Animated Duration: 80
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Shaun the sheep: The beast of Mossy Bottom

3:40 PM

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Animated Duration: 131
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Wildwood

5:20 PM

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Thriller Duration: 115
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Verity

5:25 PM

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Comedy Duration: 115
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IFF26 Bread & Tulips (Pane e Tulipani)

5:30 PM

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Clayface poster View Film Details
Horror Duration: 108
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Clayface

7:50 PM

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Adventure Duration: 101
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Heart of the Beast

7:55 PM

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Drama Duration: 100
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Pressure

8:00 PM

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