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This heart-warming documentary focuses on Asho, a cheerful young shepherd, who loves film, dreams of being an actor and one day marrying Jodie Foster.

Reminiscing an 80’s childhood spent pirating Bollywood VHS’s in Wolverhampton, Dawinder Bansal’s plucky narration speaks lovingly of her Asian community and the films that united them.

As her daughter Ward plays, a Sudanese henna painter prepares an Egyptian bride for her wedding. As she paints, complicity is replaced by blame and suspicion.

A troubled teen visits a local shaman in search of spiritual healing. Set against the Mongolian plains, this an intimate portrait of a young woman’s catharsis.

Through the power of vogueing, a group of young dancers in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, try to find their way in the world in this pulsating documentary.

Writer and activist So Mayer joins filmmaker and critic Alexandra Hidalgo to discuss the work of acclaimed French director and artist Agnès Varda.

You too can solve the case of the stolen boy, courtesy of this film from 1944.

Sorry kids – your parents might never let you out of the house again after watching this bleak 1940s road safety film

This ethnographic film offers a brief overview of the traditional culture of the Ainu, an ethnic minority in Japan.

The performance of a masked dancer is followed by a scene from a kendo match, contrasting grace and ferocity.

A grand tour of Japan’s major cities, offering scenic views of the streets and daily life.