Aces High

At the end of World War Two, a Swiss diplomat (Michael Neueschwander) is burdened with guilt in this chillingly intense historical drama.

Based on Jerzy Kosiński’s 1965 novel, Václav Marhoul’s extraordinary The Painted Bird finds a lone Jewish boy on a dark odyssey towards home.

A unit of British paratroopers in Afghanistan become trapped in a minefield in this unbearably tense thriller.

Helen Mirren and Alan Rickman (in his last role) play the military commanders caught in the ethical crosshairs of drone warfare, in Gavin Hood’s gripping military thriller.

This technically brilliant, multi-award winner from Sam Mendes was inspired by his grandfather's memories of fighting in the First World War.

A small Baghdad community searches for hope in the face of unpredictable violence, turmoil, and loss.

In Charlotte Colbert’s strikingly gothic film, an ageing actor recovering from a mastectomy taps into a mysterious power at a remote Scottish retreat.

Sensitive and ground-breaking romance between couple who are both wheelchair users, played by Malcolm McDowell and Nanette Newman.

Francisca Alegría brings together family trauma and ecology into a poetic journey of rebirth. A mysterious and poetic tale on our collapsing ecosystem and finding balance.

At the end of World War Two, a Swiss diplomat (Michael Neueschwander) is burdened with guilt in this chillingly intense historical drama.

A wife presses charges against her violent husband, only to face fresh battles against bureaucracy, in this incensing courtroom thriller.

Impeccably styled and unflinchingly grim, this darkly humorous tale of a pop star past his prime finds Ulrich Seidl at his audacious best.

Chloë Grace Moretz is the girl who finds her tribe with fellow ‘sinners’ at a religious camp where they are told to pray the gay away.

A comic book artist contracts flu during an epidemic and subsequently embarks on a strange journey through Russian society.