The New Girlfriend

In a Japan recently devastated by World War II a devoted, near-destitute mother turns to prostitution to pay medical bills when her son falls dangerously ill.

Chikako (Yoshiko Okada) works hard to pay her brothers Ryoichi’s (Ureo Egawa) college fees, but disaster looms when he learns the true nature of her work.

A seemingly ordinary typist moonlights as a fun-loving gangster's moll in one of Ozu's most enduring silent films.

Carine Adler’s sexy and dark debut, starring Samantha Morton in her first major feature film role.

Fassbinder’s international breakthrough, this unconventional love story combines lucid social analysis with devastating emotional power.

Peter Strickland’s visually and aurally intoxicating tale of sadomasochistic power-play is a daringly erotic sensory feast.

Teenage friends get the chance to be boys for a while in this supernatural, gender fluid fantasy from the director of Kiss Me.

The world’s troubles recede, at least for a moment, in this intimate drama about an affair between a Finnish man and a Syrian immigrant.

A sensitive exploration of the sexual awakening and confusion of one intersex teenager.

Jeanne Moreau plays a jaded brothel madam caught up in the violent sexual awakening of Brad Davis' naïve young sailor in Fassbinder's fever dream of subversive eroticism.

The love between two older women is threatened by illness and secrecy in a moving French drama that features Barbara Sukowa at her very best.

The ever-prolific François Ozon directs this richly-evocative period piece, set in the aftermath of World War I.

Set in a pre-coup d’etat Argentina, successful lawyer Claudio (Darío Grandinetti, Wild Tales) leads a comfortable life – until an altercation in a restaurant and a split-second decision slowly unravel everything he has built up.

Award-winning film adapted from Haruki Murakami’s New Yorker tale of solitude and obsession.

Frank Sidebottom was a pillar of alternative comedy of the late 80s/early 90s, and this charming documentary remembers the man behind the papier-mâché head.

Sadaf Foroughi's gripping debut about a young girl's coming-of-age in a strict, traditional society.

Director Blerta Basholli’s feature debut is a moving story of resilience and hope.

Agnieszka Holland’s fascinating biopic of Jan Mikolášek, a 20th century Czech herbalist whose great success masked the grimmest of secrets.