Dawn of a New Day

An heiress returns to her uninhabited family manor to be confronted with the one-eyed caretaker who resides there, in the dreamlike take on La Belle et la Bête.

Fires rage around a pompous novelist and his awkward desires in Christian Petzold’s sharp comedy drama.

The ultimate depiction of coming-of-age awkwardness, Bill Forsyth’s comedy about a teen who falls for the new female footballer on the school team.

A director struggles to film a difficult sex scene between two actors who happen to hate each other, in Catherine Breillat's witty exploration of intimacy coordination.

Director Claire Denis gives a wry account of an artist’s search for love, in this witty black comedy starring Juliette Binoche.

Three young Finnish women explore love and sex in this spirited coming-of-age drama, which won the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award at Sundance 2022.

An exploration of identity, as told by the women in the family of the great Egyptian filmmaker, Youssef Chahine.

Chahine’s ode to the earth is considered his masterwork.

Youssef Chahine’s masterpiece holds a mirror up to toxic masculinity and Egyptian society.

A boisterous and brilliant autobiographical reflection set during the Second World War.

While on the operating table, Yehia’s child-self goes on trial.

A raw autobiographical reflection on creation as a leap of faith.

Queer sisterhood and collective power lie at the heart of this arresting Brazilian debut, in which a promising volleyball player faces an unwanted pregnancy.

A young, inexperienced substitute teacher is quickly confronted with the trials and tribulations of his job, in this wry tribute to the teaching profession.

A single mother fights to reclaim her children from foster care, in Delphine Deloget's powerful indictment of the French legal system.

Pierre Salvadori's cult 1995 comedy, starring François Cluzet and Guillaume Depardieu as two young adults searching for love and success.

Part gripping thriller, part psychological study, Delphine Girard's debut feature about consent and modern society's attitudes to sexual violence.

An heiress returns to her uninhabited family manor to be confronted with the one-eyed caretaker who resides there, in the dreamlike take on La Belle et la Bête.