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I'm Still Here I'm Still Here

Drama 2024 138 mins Director: Walter Salles

Fernanda Torres ignites this Oscar-winning drama from Walter Salles, a triumph of hope over tyranny.

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Sorcery Sorcery

Fantasy 2023 101 mins Director: Christopher Murray

A richly rendered story of anticolonial score-settling in 19th century Chile that dabbles in magical realism, folk horror and fairytale iconography.

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Islands Islands

Drama 2025 121 mins Director: Jan-Ole Gerster

A mysterious disappearance sets off this noirish thriller with echoes of Hitchcock and Highsmith, starring Sam Riley and Stacey Martin.

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The Kingdom The Kingdom

Crime 2024 111 mins Director: Julien Colonna

A teenager is taken to a Corsican villa where her fugitive mob boss father is hiding, before an assassination attempt forces them to go on the run.

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Sister Midnight Sister Midnight

Comedy 2024 107 mins Director: Karan Kandhari

A genre-bending comedy about a frustrated and misanthropic newlywed who discovers certain feral impulses that land her in unlikely situations.

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Holy Cow Holy Cow

Comedy 2024 92 mins Director: Louise Courvoisier

In the heart of the French Alps, a wayward teen finds his purpose in cheese – and discovers that maturity isn’t just for Comté.

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The Count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo

Drama 2024 178 mins Director: Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière

This rollicking take on Dumas’ swashbuckler, packed with lavish spectacle and high-stakes drama, slayed all Hollywood films at the French box-office.

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The Marching Band The Marching Band

Drama 2023 103 mins Director: Emmanuel Courcol

An acclaimed conductor strikes up a relationship with a brother he never knew he had in this touching French drama with echoes of Brassed Off.

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Julie Keeps Quiet Julie Keeps Quiet

Drama 2024 100 mins Director: Leonardo van Dijl

Psychological drama in which a talented young tennis player comes under pressure to talk when her coach is investigated for abusing his position.

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Dying Dying

Drama 2024 182 mins Director: Matthias Glasner

Tragedy draws a successful German orchestra conductor back to his complicated family in an epic saga that finds hope in the darkest of places.

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The Seed of the Sacred Fig The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Thriller 2024 167 mins Director: Mohammad Rasoulof

Mohammad Rasoulof's powerful, vital, Oscar and BAFTA-nominated thriller about a bureaucrat torn between loyalty to his family and the Iranian regime.

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All We Imagine as Light All We Imagine as Light

Romance 2024 118 mins Director: Payal Kapadia

Payal Kapadia’s Cannes Grand Prix-winning portrait of three women is a transcendent tale of love and sisterhood.

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Slade in Flame Slade in Flame

Drama 1975 90 mins Director: Richard Loncraine

This incendiary Glam-rock cult classic is described by critic Mark Kermode as ‘the Citizen Kane of British pop movies’.

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Human Traffic Human Traffic

Drama 1999 99 mins Director: Justin Kerrigan

A 1990s club-culture cult classic about five Cardiff friends planning a night out to remember. The weekend has landed!

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Memoir of a Snail Memoir of a Snail

Animation & Artists Moving Image 2024 95 mins Director: Adam Elliot

Nick Cave and Sarah Snook voice an Oscar-nominated stop-motion classic of divided twins, told with adult candour and uncanny warmth.

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Last Swim Last Swim

Drama 2024 96 mins Director: Sasha Nathwani

A day in the life of an ambitious 18-year-old Iranian-British girl transforms into a universal portrait of youth, hope and fears over the future.

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The Extraordinary Miss Flower The Extraordinary Miss Flower

Drama-documentary 2024 73 mins Director: Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard

Hugely creative biographical film full of charm and intrigue, uncovering the remarkable story of Geraldine Flower and a suitcase of love letters.

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Silent Roar Silent Roar

Drama 2023 90 mins Director: Johnny Barrington

On the Isle of Lewis, a passionate surfer and his sweetheart have dreams of escaping in this charming comedy with echoes of Bill Forsyth.

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Audrey Audrey

Comedy 2024 96 mins Director: Natalie Bailey

A frustrated stage mother exploits her star daughter’s coma for her own artistic gains, in this wickedly dark Australian comedy.

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Swimming Home Swimming Home

Comedy 2024 96 mins Director: Justin Anderson

A family finds a stranger floating naked in their swimming pool in this sensual, sun-baked drama starring Christopher Abbott

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Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

Drama 2023 110 mins Director: Elene Naveriani

A fiercely independent woman’s tranquillity is disturbed by an unexpected affair, in this wry, tender and understated drama from Georgia.

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Vermiglio Vermiglio

Drama 2024 120 mins Director: Maura Delpero

Unfolding against the stunning backdrop of a remote Italian mountain village, Maura Delpero’s film is a hauntingly beautiful period tale of family life gradually torn apart.

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Girls Will Be Girls Girls Will Be Girls

Romance 2024 119 mins Director: Shuchi Talati

Teenage romance simmers in a strict Himalayan boarding school in this sublime coming-of-age tale. Winner of a 2024 Sundance audience award

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Wilding Wilding

Documentary 2024 75 mins Director: David Allen

A dying landscape is healed against all odds, going on to thrive in astonishing ways, in this hopeful story of ecological regeneration.

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My Favourite Cake My Favourite Cake

Romance 2024 97 mins Director: Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha

Life begins at 70 for Mahin, who decides to shake her life up in this charming, quietly subversive tale from Iran.

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Starve Acre Starve Acre

Horror 2023 98 mins Director: Dan Kokotajlo

Sinister forces invade a couple’s home in this wildly eerie British folk horror, with unflinching performances from Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark.

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Layla Layla

Drama 2024 100 mins Director: Amrou Al-Kadhi

A British-Palestinian drag performer catches the eye of a strait-laced white man in Amrou Al-Kadhi’s stunning, semi-autobiographical debut.

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La Haine La Haine

Drama 1995 98 mins Director: Mathieu Kassovitz

Mathieu Kassovitz’s landmark mid-90s drama throws a cinematic Molotov cocktail at structural racism, police brutality and media manipulation.

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Architecton Architecton

Documentary 2024 98 mins Director: Viktor Kossakovsky

Victor Kossakovsky’s film essay looks at the way we have constructed our built world through a series of breathtaking sequences.

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Eat the Night Eat the Night

Thriller 2024 107 mins Director: Caroline Poggi and Johnathan Vinel

Siblings find passion and peril online and in the real world, in this visually electric French drama.

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Santosh Santosh

Drama 2023 128 mins Director: Sandhya Suri

A housewife-turned-cop is sucked into a high-profile case that has polarised the local community in this taut, north India-set thriller.

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Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

Comedy 2023 163 mins Director: Radu Jude

Radu Jude’s follow-up to the Golden Bear-winning Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn is a pin-sharp, caustically funny critique of workplace culture and oppression.

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The Echo The Echo

Documentary 2023 102 mins Director: Tatiana Huezo

Tatiana Huezo’s poetic documentary captures a holistic view of the rhythms of life in a remote Mexican village.

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Birthday Girl Birthday Girl

Drama 2023 95 mins Director: Michael Noer

Heart-pounding Danish drama about a mother’s desperate attempts to unmask her daughter’s attacker on board a cruise ship.

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Green Border Green Border

Drama 2023 152 mins Director: Agnieszka Holland, Katarzyna Warzecha and Kamila Tarabura

Three-time Oscar-nominee Agnieszka Holland returns with a powerful, timely and unflinching exploration of the current migrant crisis.

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Monster Monster

Drama 2023 127 mins Director: Hirokazu Koreeda

Not all is as it seems in Hirokazu Koreeda’s powerful drama told from shifting perspectives.

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Sky Peals Sky Peals

Science Fiction 2023 91 mins Director: Moin Hussain

A coming-of-age tale about a father-son relationship that might just be out of this world.

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Tótem Tótem

Drama 2022 95 mins Director: Lila Avilés

A poignant birthday party exposes a series of family tensions in Lila Avilés’ outstanding follow-up to The Chambermaid.

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SCALA!!! SCALA!!!

Documentary 2023 96 mins Director: Jane Giles and Ali Catterall

Engrossing tribute to London’s legendary Scala cinema, aptly subtitled.

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Samsara Samsara

Drama 2023 114 mins Director: Lois Patiño

Berlin Film Festival award winner Lois Patiño’s assured third feature transports us to magical places in Laos and Zanzibar, where the visible and the invisible merge.

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EO EO

Drama 2022 86 mins Director: Jerzy Skolimowski

The joint winner of the Cannes Jury Prize, EO is a strangely wonderful tale where the dark and light of humanity is laid bare.

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Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

Biopic 2024 90 mins Director: Thomas von Steinaecker

A riveting and all-encompassing portrait of the iconic German filmmaker.

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Sleep Sleep

Horror 2023 94 mins Director: Jason Yu

A recently married couple find their lives turning upside down as a result of the husband’s nocturnal behaviour.

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The Secret in Their Eyes The Secret in Their Eyes

Thriller 2009 129 mins Director: Juan José Campanella

A retired legal investigator revisits an unresolved case that still haunts him, in Juan José Campanella’s taut, Academy Award winning, thriller.

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The New Boy The New Boy

Drama 2023 96 mins Director: Warwick Thornton

Cate Blanchett is mesmerising as a feverish nun, in Warwick Thornton’s striking tale of spiritual worlds colliding in 1940s Australia.

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Memory Memory

Drama 2023 103 mins Director: Michel Franco

Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard find that fading memories can hurt and heal in this compassionate drama powered by its two blazing stars.

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Tchaikovsky's Wife Tchaikovsky's Wife

Drama 2022 144 mins Director: Kirill Serebrennikov

Award-winning director Kirill Serebrennikov (Petrov's Flu) charts the tumultuous relationship between the 19th-century composer and his wife, in this poignant and powerful biopic.

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The Eternal Daughter The Eternal Daughter

Drama 2021 96 mins Director: Joanna Hogg

Joanna Hogg's enthralling ghost story, featuring an astonishing performance by her regular collaborator Tilda Swinton.

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Name Me Lawand Name Me Lawand

Documentary 2022 90 mins Director: Edward Lovelace

Edward Lovelace explores the power of communication and community with this rapturous portrait of a young deaf Kurdish boy.

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Silver Haze Silver Haze

Drama 2023 103 mins Director: Sacha Polak

Sacha Polak and Vicky Knight reunite for this daring drama about love, family and forgiveness, loosely inspired by Knight’s life.

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Love Life Love Life

Drama 2022 123 mins Director: Koji Fukada

A couple find their relationship in a precarious state following a tragedy, in Kōji Fukada’s subtle portrait of the frailty of human relationships.

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Close Your Eyes Close Your Eyes

Drama 2023 169 mins Director: Víctor Erice

At once a mystery about an actor’s sudden disappearance, and a meditation on memory, identity, friendship – and the power of cinema.

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Àma Gloria Àma Gloria

Drama 2023 84 mins Director: Marie Amachoukeli

Six-year-old Cléo spends a final summer with her beloved nanny Gloria, in this profoundly moving story of chosen family, duty and innocence lost.

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Dance Craze Dance Craze

Documentary 1981 89 mins Director: Joe Massot

Legendary film that brilliantly captures the cultural phenomenon that was the 2 Tone movement, and showcases the very best of the British Ska revival.

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The Universal Theory The Universal Theory

Thriller 2023 118 mins Director: Timm Kröger

The spirits of Lynch, Lang and Hitchcock haunt this cold war mystery-thriller with an awesome Alpine backdrop.

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Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Documentary 2022 107 mins Director: Nina Menkes

You may never look at film the same way again after watching this illuminating journey, which deconstructs the male gaze in cinema.

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Her Way Her Way

Drama 2021 97 mins Director: Cécile Ducrocq

From Cécile Ducrocq comes a bold, provocative drama starring an electric Laure Calamy as a single mother and sex worker in a desperate situation.

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All My Friends Hate Me All My Friends Hate Me

Comedy 2022 94 mins Director: Andrew Gaynord

A deliciously dark comedy about social paranoia that will have you joyfully squirming in your seat.

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Reawakening Reawakening

Thriller 2024 90 mins Director: Virginia Gilbert

BAFTA-winner Jared Harris stars as a father wrestling with uncertainty when his daughter reappears a decade after vanishing.