We’re celebrating April Fools’ Day with a collection of eight “true lies”- because, as we all know, the camera lies 24 times per second.

April Fools' Day: Big Little Lies

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A prominent moment in Mike Leigh's filmography, who records daily life with unique sensitivity, as defined by the invisible camera and his original characters that are searching for the truth of life through secrets and lies. Awarded in Cannes,1996, with Palme d'Or and two more awards.

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After the death of her wealthy adoptive parents, a young black ophthalmologist searches for and finds her natural mother, a poor white worker from east London, setting off a series of confessions.

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Best Actress (Brenda Blethyn) | Cannes Film Festival | 1996
Palme d'Or | Cannes Film Festival | 1996
Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Brenda Blethyn) | Golden Globes | 1997
Nominated for Best Picture | Oscars | 1997
Nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Brenda Blethyn) | Oscars | 1997
Nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) | Oscars | 1997
Nominated for Best Director | Oscars | 1997
Nominated for Best Original Screenplay | Oscars | 1997
Nominated for Best Motion Picture - Drama | Golden Globes | 1997
Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) | Golden Globes | 1997

Secrets & Lies

In his second film in London, after the beloved Match Point, Woody Allen once again puts Scarlett Johansson at the centre of a mystery comedy that combines the filmmaker's trademark humour with his concerns (and, more importantly, his phobias) about mortality.

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When an American journalism student in London attends the show of a  magician called Waterman, she is visited by the ghost of a famous journalist, revealing that the amiable aristocrat Peter Lyman is in fact a serial killer. Immediately she, along with Waterman, takes it upon herself to get a press scoop.

Scoop

Oscar-winning The Secret in Their Eyes director is back, and in a completely different mood. Hilarious black humor, twists and complications, in a mansion where memories of a glorious past thrive, while the results of a chronic decadence lurk.

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A star from cinema’s golden era, an elderly actor, a clever screenwriter and a sneaky director, live an unusual life, all together in a mansion. When a young couple arrives, aiming to convince the actress to sell the house, the group will have to join forces to stop them.

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Best Actress Award (Graciela Borges) | Film Academy of Argentina | 2019

The Weasels' Tale

In this modular romantic comedy from the creator of "The People Upstairs", a series of beloved Spanish stars get caught up in splashy antics when little secrets and lies start to creep into their relationships.

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Five stories of lovers, acquaintances and friends who conceal small or larger truths from each other. Sometimes with happy and sometimes with painful, but always unpredictable results.

Stories not to be Told

This BBC TV movie, led many to believe it was a live show, managed to scare the crowds years before the Blair Witch Project and Late Night with the Devil and earned a place in the British Medical Journal as being responsible for causing post-traumatic stress in viewers.

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The BBC gives over a whole evening to an 'investigation into the supernatural'. Four respected presenters and a camera crew attempt to discover the truth behind 'The most haunted house in Britain', expecting a light-hearted scare or two and probably the uncovering of a hoax. They think they are in control of the situation. They think they are safe. Nothing is how it seems.

Ghostwatch

It's never too late to become a secret agent and live the dangerous mission of a lifetime. That's the message of this surprisingly touching and feelgood documentary from Chile that offers a refreshing look at old age and was rightfully nominated for an Oscar.

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A private investigator hires an elderly man to sneak into a nursing home in El Monte, Chile, to investigate whether one of the residents is being mistreated by nursing home staff.

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Nomination for Best Documentary | Oscars | 2021
Audience Award | San Sebastian Film Festival | 2020
Official Selection | Sundance Film Festival | 2020

The Mole Agent

One of the most talented representatives of the new generation of Chinese directors, Shujun Wei, impresses with his third feature film, a sophisticated crime drama that intertwines film noir with existential exploration, in the best tradition of the Asian school of the genre.

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A young police officer takes on the investigation of a series of murders that have shocked public opinion in China. Under pressure from his superiors, he reaches the long-awaited arrest. However, could the real culprit still be at large?

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Official Selection - Un Certain Regard | Cannes Film Festival | 2023

Only the River Flows

Taking their deeply humane and political movies one step further, the Dardenne brothers cooperate with Marion Cotillard in this shocking travelogue of a woman who is trying to maintain her job and especially her dignity in the years of the economic crisis.

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A young wife and mother works in a factory in a small Belgian town. In her absence, her colleagues realize that they can cover her shift with small overtimes and monetary bonuses. Her fate lies in the hands of 16 workers, whom she must convince to refuse monetary bonuses in order to keep her job. She enters a battle to save her seat, two days and one night, before the final vote.

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Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Marion Cotillard) | Oscars | 2015
Official Selection | Cannes Film Festival | 2014
Best Film | Sydney Film Festival | 2014