Exiled Swedish-Egyptian filmmaker Tarik Saleh’s political thriller about a movie star coerced into taking on the most dangerous role of his life.

Gabriel Mascaro’s transfixing adventure about a pensioner fleeing a dystopian ageist society and winner of Berlin’s Silver Bear award.

A quiet dawn raid on a Glasgow street swells into a huge protest that showcases the power of community in Bustos Sierra’s exhilarating documentary.

François Ozon’s sterling adaptation of Albert Camus’ landmark novel is a gripping account of human absurdity in 1930s French-colonised Algeria.

Orban Wallace's inspiring documentary explores who has the right to roam in England, where 92% of land and 97% of rivers are not legally accessible.

A portrait of the beloved British artist, drawing on his own home-movie footage and with revealing contributions from his friends and colleagues.

Based on Robert Macfarlane's bestseller, Underland is a wonderful cinematic voyage beneath the surface of the earth.

A car crash survivor enters into an unsettling bond with the older woman who rescues her, in Christian Petzold’s characteristically enigmatic drama.

Based on Amélie Nothomb’s novella and set in 1960s Japan, this Oscar-nominated animation is a beautiful kaleidoscopic portrayal of childhood.

After wildfires destroy his ranch, a cowboy (Josh O’Connor) finds refuge in a FEMA camp, gradually rebuilding his life alongside fellow survivors.

A promising young boxer survives a deadly accident, but struggles to return to the ring in Valéry Carnoy’s Cannes-winning debut feature.

Ugo Bienvenu’s wildly colourful time-travelling animation received nominations from the Academy Awards, the BAFTAs and Cannes.

A drug addict suspected of murder and an ancient gay vampire form an unlikely friendship in a bitingly cold Icelandic town.

A man finds himself trapped in a Japanese metro station in Genki Kawamura’s nightmarish adaptation of the global hit video game.

A grief-stricken gravedigger resorts to freakish means to bring her dead lover back in Grace Glowicki's gruesome Canadian horror-comedy.

Based on Robert Macfarlane's bestseller, Underland is a wonderful cinematic voyage beneath the surface of the earth.

Memory proves messy in Carla Simón’s Palme d’Or-nominated film about a young woman’s visit to her dead father’s affluent and secretive family.

Thea Gajic’s feature debut follows Yugoslavian refugee Vlad as he embraces a new life in Bristol and battles addiction and past traumas.

Gabriel Mascaro’s transfixing adventure about a pensioner fleeing a dystopian ageist society and winner of Berlin’s Silver Bear award.

Orban Wallace's inspiring documentary explores who has the right to roam in England, where 92% of land and 97% of rivers are not legally accessible.

Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth deliver an inventive and moving portrait of Marianne Faithfull, starring the cultural icon herself.

Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth deliver an inventive and moving portrait of Marianne Faithfull, starring the cultural icon herself.

Orban Wallace's inspiring documentary explores who has the right to roam in England, where 92% of land and 97% of rivers are not legally accessible.

François Ozon’s sterling adaptation of Albert Camus’ landmark novel is a gripping account of human absurdity in 1930s French-colonised Algeria.

Richard E. Grant steals the show in the indomitable cult classic following two washed-up actors as they embark on a booze-filled getaway to the Lake District.

A man finds himself trapped in a Japanese metro station in Genki Kawamura’s nightmarish adaptation of the global hit video game.

Gabriel Mascaro’s transfixing adventure about a pensioner fleeing a dystopian ageist society and winner of Berlin’s Silver Bear award.

The smash culture-clash comedy tells the incredible true story of how miners and a Gay Pride support group come together to fight a common cause.

Based on Robert Macfarlane's bestseller, Underland is a wonderful cinematic voyage beneath the surface of the earth.

A quiet dawn raid on a Glasgow street swells into a huge protest that showcases the power of community in Bustos Sierra’s exhilarating documentary.

A clear-cut murder case is revealed to be much more layered than it first appears, in this gripping and intelligent crime drama from Palme d'Or-winning director Hirokazu Koreeda.

Based on Amélie Nothomb’s novella and set in 1960s Japan, this Oscar-nominated animation is a beautiful kaleidoscopic portrayal of childhood.

Nic Roeg's complex, elusive cult classic is a Vienna-set tale of all consuming passion, starring Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell and Harvey Keitel.

Gemma Arterton stars in acclaimed theatre director Jessica Swale’s moving Second World War drama, as a woman rediscovering her ability to love.

An elite swimmer competing for a place on the Olympic team encounters intense rivalry and lust during training.

Uplifting documentary tracing the power of lesbian visibility from the early ‘90s to the present day through the story of Franco Stevens' best-selling lesbian magazine, Curve.

A Latino barber embarks on an erotically charged odyssey of self-discovery over one hot summer in Brooklyn.

A troubled teen finds love during a summer spent at a horse ranch, in this captivating lesbian drama from cult director Monika Treut.

After meeting at an airport gate, Benji and Jake’s clandestine relationship unfolds through trips to Amsterdam, revealing complex power dynamics.

After his 1986 album Keyboard Fantasies is rediscovered, a black trans musician recounts his life, from the lonely 1960s to the joy of witnessing the present.

Rose Glass’s gripping and gory follow-up to Saint Maud finds a lesbian couple drawn into a web of violence in 1980s small-town New Mexico.

The lines of seduction, revenge and power are blurred in this tense and stylish thriller about desire and self-loathing, starring Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George MacKay.

This remarkable debut from Jane Schoenbrun is destined to be a cult classic.

The latest in Peccadillo’s critically acclaimed series features a fresh and exciting selection of the very best contemporary gay short films.

Winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at Sundance Film Festival, Flee is a testament to friendship, family and acceptance.

Acclaimed Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki delivers her most assured and affecting work yet, with this astonishing and heart-wrenching depiction of life in the shadows.

The first ever fully painted feature film takes us through the last days of Vincent van Gogh.

A car crash survivor enters into an unsettling bond with the older woman who rescues her, in Christian Petzold’s characteristically enigmatic drama.

22-year-old David has a shameful secret: he’s been sleeping with his sister’s husband. Leon Lopez’s indie gay drama details the fallout.

François Ozon’s sterling adaptation of Albert Camus’ landmark novel is a gripping account of human absurdity in 1930s French-colonised Algeria.

Inspired by the story of a gulag survivor, Sergei Loznitsa’s Palme d’Or nominee is an ice-cold portrayal of a bureaucratic horror.

Tense, morally complex political thriller about a man hunting down fugitive war criminals from the Assad regime in Syria, inspired by true events.

A college professor ruminates on her past when her old roommate comes to stay in this humorous and healing story about friendship and vulnerabilities.

A young, ambitious professor tries to tame fire when Dylan Thomas accepts his invitation to tour America.

Winner of the 2014 Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes, a bold and visceral tale of canine uprising.

Michael Powell’s dark, disturbing, once controversial tale of a shy camera technician who films women as he kills them is now rightly deemed a classic.

Elliott Gould joins Ingmar Bergman regulars Bibi Andersson and Max von Sydow in this neglected classic from the great director, about infidelity and a toxic love triangle.

British teen cinema gets an injection of hallucinogenic imagination, plus a few unicorns and aliens, in Alex Taylor’s unclassifiable debut feature.

David Oyelowo makes his first feature film role as one of posse of DJs who enrage a local drug baron after stealing his dog.

Iris (Laure Calamy) disrupts her bourgeois routine by joining a dating app and embarking on an amusing, sensual quest for identity and lost desire.

An American oil-man goes native while on a mission to buy up a Scottish fishing village, in Bill Forsyth’s tribute to Scotland’s irresistible charm.

A loose adaption of The Taming of the Shrew, with Thelma Todd as a spoilt heiress who can’t stand her suitor.

Michael Powell’s gothic mystery of a haunted lighthouse where insanity thrives.

When couple Tim and Zoe find out they're expecting, their approaches couldn't be more different. Tim runs towards fatherhood with joy, while Zoe is more hesitant, this heartfelt comedy takes their relationship to uncharted territory.

Mads Mikkelsen reunites with Thomas Vinterberg (The Hunt) in this spirited and thought-provoking drama that asks if a regular tipple is the key to unlocking the best version of yourself.

A crafty Coen-esque black comedy about an elderly widow who inadvertently steals from the Chinese mob and subsequently takes on the gangs to secure her fortune.

Sharp and sexy comedy that offers a fresh take on desire and fidelity in the 21st century.

An achingly funny mockumentary about New Zealand’s hitherto unknown vampire (and werewolf) communities, from the creators of Flight of the Conchords.

Anarchic comedy from the director of Paddington and The Mighty Boosh, following an odd-couple’s wild European adventure.

A father searching for his daughter joins a party of ravers on a life-changing journey, in Oliver Laxe’s Oscar-nominated adventure.

François Ozon’s witty 1930s farce about a penniless actress who finds fame while on trial for murder, featuring a riotous Isabelle Huppert.

A clear-cut murder case is revealed to be much more layered than it first appears, in this gripping and intelligent crime drama from Palme d'Or-winning director Hirokazu Koreeda.

Gripping political thriller with Keira Knightley as the intelligence officer who discovers a plot to rig a UN vote on the eve of the Iraq war.

After ten years’ absence, a vicious gangster (Neil Maskell) returns to his old stomping ground to find his son and take revenge on the gang that double-crossed him.

A bereaved mother (Andrea Riseborough) grows ominously close to her neighbours’ young daughter, in Stacey Gregg’s Northern Irish psychological horror.

David Lynch’s beautifully baffling, surreal psychological thriller.

Daniel Craig is the Kentucky Fried Poirot with all-star suspects - Chris Evans, Ana de Armas and Toni Collette among them - in this nimble and brilliant crime caper.

Welcome to Ladyworld, a shadowy dwelling where tensions run high and nothing is ever quite what it seems.

An embittered bomb disposal expert is driven to drink in Powell and Pressburger’s compelling insight into the mental anguish of the alcoholic.

Jesse Eisenberg and Dakota Fanning star in a taut political thriller about radical environmentalists planning to commit an act of eco-terrorism.

This far-out late 60s international espionage sci-fi oddity will exhilarate all connoisseurs of strange cinema

The life and environment of a solitary man is gently observed in Ben Rivers' intimate, experimental documentary.

Huw Wahl’s immersive, meditative exploration into engineless sailing, shot over three years with a 1960s hand-wound camera.

This Academy Award-winning documentary from a Palestinian-Israeli collective might be one of the most important films of this year.

A quiet dawn raid on a Glasgow street swells into a huge protest that showcases the power of community in Bustos Sierra’s exhilarating documentary.

The remarkable untold story of electronic music’s female pioneers, who embraced machines and their liberating technologies to transform how we produce and listen to music today.

An award-winning documentary following young activists in Sudan as they oppose a military crackdown.

Werner Herzog follows Timothy Treadwell, a fervent grizzly bear advocate who lives a perilous life amongst these magnificent creatures.

A striking portrait of an artist deserving of greater recognition, directed by Mark Cousins (A Story of Film).

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions of people touch typing in the late 80s and through the 90s. But who was the real Mavis Beacon?

Grace Jones is laid bare in this intimate and electrifying insight into the fascinating world of a pop-cultural phenomenon.

When a nomadic family move in and break Honeyland’s basic rule, the last female wild beekeeper in Europe must save the bees and restore natural balance.

Rob Lemkin’s harrowing yet urgent documentary shines a lens on the trauma and legacy of colonialism in one of Africa’s poorest nations, Niger.