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Crime

Friend of the Friendless

Friend of the Friendless

October 15, 2020

Law professor Chris Gallivan examines the career of one of our country's best defence lawyers, Greg King. Through the lens of King's most sensational case – the defence of Ewen Macdonald for the murder of Scott Guy - Gallivan also raises serious questions about the state of criminal justice in New Zealand today.

A Storybook Ending

A Storybook Ending

October 15, 2020

When a black man accidentally kills a white cop in self-defense, the cover-up sets off a chain reaction of deceit, blackmail, and murder.

I'm Your Woman

I'm Your Woman

October 15, 2020

A woman is forced to go on the run after her husband betrays his partners, sending her and her baby on a dangerous journey.

Voice of Silence

Voice of Silence

October 15, 2020

Two guys who are working for cartels as cleaners get a request to monitor an 11-year-old kidnapped girl, but the situation gets worse when their supervisor gets killed.

Dando: 20 Year Hunt for a Killer

Dando: 20 Year Hunt for a Killer

October 14, 2020

Documentary re-examining the case of Jill Dando's murder, the BBC presenter who was mercilessly shot dead as she entered her Fulham home in April 1999. Two years after her death, Barry George was found guilty of her murder, but following a dramatic retrial in 2008, he was acquitted and released from prison. Now more than 20 years on, this programme looks back at some of the unanswered questions surrounding the case.

The Lost

The Lost

October 14, 2020

Detectives investigate the disappearance of a young girl who goes missing during a family birthday party.

The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo

The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo

October 14, 2020

After the death of her daughter at the hand of her boyfriend, Marisela Escobedo began to fight for justice not only against the murderer but also against the corrupt Mexican judicial system.

Faking a Murderer

Faking a Murderer

October 14, 2020

In search of their next hit series, filmmakers Adam Rodness & Stu Stone embark on an investigation to find a man they believe to be a serial killer. Are they in over their heads? Yes.

Crime dans le Larzac

Crime dans le Larzac

October 13, 2020

Unidentified

Unidentified

October 14, 2021

An unsolved case. An unknown criminal. An obsessed cop. His investigation plunges him into a world of darkness and violence, pulling everyone around him into a web of destructive passion and revenge.

Torn from Innocence

Torn from Innocence

October 12, 2020

The real story behind sex trafficking. New York Detective Jack Spencer takes on a human trafficking ring that is tied to the United Nations as he risks his life to save the lives of innocent young women from a life of sex slavery and human depravity.

Picture Perfect Mysteries: Exit Stage Death

Picture Perfect Mysteries: Exit Stage Death

October 11, 2020

While backstage on opening night of a new play by celebrated murder mystery author/director Neil Khan, photographer Allie Adams discovers the body of the show’s leading lady, murdered before the curtain went up. As Willow Haven PD Detective Sam Acosta launches his investigation, he invites Allie – who has been helpful in solving his first two murder cases since joining the force -- to unofficially assist him on the. case. However, Allie’s involvement makes her a target for murder herself when she gets too close to the truth.

18 Kilohertz

18 Kilohertz

October 11, 2020

«18 Kilohertz» refers to a sound frequency that adults cannot hear. The film focuses on the realities which faced teenagers in Kazakhstan in the late 90s, at the time of the drug boom in Almaty. It tackles one side of the conflict between the child and his parents leading to his alienation and flight from home. What makes the teenager prefer romantic asphalt streets to the cozy parental home?

God City Da Movie

God City Da Movie

October 10, 2020

In the cold streets of Charlotte, where murder is on the rise, a drug deal gone wrong has now created a who done it in the city with the cops chasing the city's notorious Thugs.

Exeter at Midnight

October 10, 2020

An aging hitman is forced to come out of retirement for one more job, despite his current deteriorating mental condition.

The Land of No Forgiveness

The Land of No Forgiveness

October 10, 2020

Agusto, a man who gets by day to day by singing on the street ends up getting caught in the middle of his younger brother's problem that got him crossing path with the inevitable violence the slums of Cebu is constantly battling. This is a short film about the drug addiction that plagues the poverty stricken community to the endless cycle of killing around these.

On the Day the School Bus Left Us

On the Day the School Bus Left Us

October 10, 2020

A hideous crime beside a Catholic school in Carcar City, Cebu—the girly and mischievous Oona and the silent and plain Tris, both raised by their single mothers, conspire to hide this on an afternoon when the school bus had forgotten about them.

Magnesium

Magnesium

June 11, 2021

A western, inspired by the likes of Tarantino and Leone, set in the 1920s in the borderland between Poland and the USSR: Twin brothers plan to rob a rival Mafia style family, an instance of female empowerment in that it is run by sisters.

Blue Code of Silence

Blue Code of Silence

October 10, 2020

Every year an average of one thousand American police officers are arrested for misconduct or corruption, and the abuse of power is a legacy that stretches back to the dawn of US policing. BLUE CODE OF SILENCE tells the true story about a crooked police officer in 1970s New York who brought down the most corrupt police unit in American history. Who was detective Bob Leuci?

Cross the Line

Cross the Line

October 16, 2020

A good-natured man has an unexpected deadly confrontation. Instincts kick in to clean up the mess caused in the name of self-defense but does one really get away free after killing someone?