Foreign

Set in Prague, this powerful tale is informed as much by Czech resistance to Soviet impositions as it is by the torments of the Nazi era. A Jewish former doctor is compelled to work cataloguing the confiscated homes and possessions of fellow Jews. When...

The arrival of a travelling circus sends ripples through the inhabitants of a remote Keralan village. Aravindan Govindan's poetic and allegorical film The Circus Tent explores the often-marginalised lives and hopes of both the villagers and the circus...

A seasoned detective investigates a series of child murders, succumbing to an all-consuming and tragic obsession with the case, finding empty solace in his quest for vengeance. What emerges is not a crime story, but a harrowing venture through the...

A travelling circus and its magical feline mascot arrive in a provincial Czech town and expose the virtues, vices and desires of its unruly inhabitants.

Triple bill of Polish war dramas directed by Andrzej Wajda. In 'A Generation' (1955) a young man (Tadeusz Lomnicki) decides to fight against the Nazis after falling for a pretty Resistance leader. His first mission is to assist escapees during the Warsaw...

Made in 1965, this Czechoslovak film is set in the German-occupied, 'independent' Slovak state during World War II. A carpenter is appointed 'Aryan Controller' of a button shop owned by an old Jewish woman, who, being both near-sighted and deaf, has no...

Made in 1965, this Czechoslovak film is set in the German-occupied, 'independent' Slovak state during World War II. A carpenter is appointed 'Aryan Controller' of a button shop owned by an old Jewish woman, who, being both near-sighted and deaf, has no...

Jaroslava Schallerová stars in this Czech fantasy horror based on the novel by Vitezslav Nezval. 13-year-old Valerie (Schallerová) is on the cusp of adolescence as she indulges in Gothic daydreams and fantasies. After she disturbs a thief stealing...

1970s Czech sci-fi comedy directed by Jindrich Polák. Following the death of his identical twin brother, rocket designer Karel (Petr Kostka) is caught up in a plot involving a group of former Nazis who are attempting to travel back in time to alter the...

1970s Czech sci-fi comedy directed by Jindrich Polák. Following the death of his identical twin brother, rocket designer Karel (Petr Kostka) is caught up in a plot involving a group of former Nazis who are attempting to travel back in time to alter the...

Martin Sulík directs this Slovakian coming-of-age drama about a young man trying to find his path in life. The cast includes Maria Pakulnis, György Cserhalmi, Gejza Benkö and Iva Bittová.

Vitalina Varela stars as a fictionalised version of herself in this Portuguese drama from film-maker Pedro Costa. The story follows on from Costa's 'Horse Money' (2015) in which Vitalina told how she struggled when her husband relocated for work 25 years...

Vitalina Varela stars as a fictionalised version of herself in this Portuguese drama from film-maker Pedro Costa. The story follows on from Costa's 'Horse Money' (2015) in which Vitalina told how she struggled when her husband relocated for work 25 years...

Czechoslovakian drama directed by Stefan Uher. The film follows the mysterious Anabella (Jolanta Umecka) as she inspires a group of young artists. The cast also includes Ladislav Mrkvicka, Otakar Janda, Rudolf Thrún and Stefan Bobota.

Czechoslovakian drama directed by Stefan Uher. The film follows the mysterious Anabella (Jolanta Umecka) as she inspires a group of young artists. The cast also includes Ladislav Mrkvicka, Otakar Janda, Rudolf Thrún and Stefan Bobota.