Film

Flee tells the story of Amin Nawabi as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband. For the first time, he's ready to open up to his close...

Icelandic comedy drama directed by Grímur Hákonarson. After her husband, dairy farmer Reynir (Hinrik Olafsson), dies in a road accident, Inga (Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir) finds herself drowning in debt and decides to speak out against the rampant...

Paolo Sorrentino directs this Italian drama centred on the career of businessman and politician Silvio Berlusconi (Toni Servillo). In order to satisfy his insatiable appetite for power and influence, corrupt businessman Sergio Morra (Riccardo Scamarcio),...

Abdellatif Kechiche writes and directs this French romantic comedy based on the novel 'La blessure, la vraie' by François Bégaudeau. Set in 1994, the film follows aspiring screenwriter Amin (Shaïn Boumedine) as he returns to his hometown of Sète in...

The debut feature of Swedish director Roy Andersson, this deceptively simple romantic drama tells the story of the relationship that develops between two Stockholm teenagers, Annika (Ann-Sofie Kylin) and Par (Rolf Sohlman). Meeting at a family gathering...

The Newport Jazz Festival was created in 1954 by Rhode Island socialites Elaine and Louis Lorillard, and it couldn't have come at a better time in history. With a few exceptions, the big band jazz scene had waned in the early 1950s and, in its place,...

Director Roy Andersson's Special Jury Prize-winner at Cannes in 2000. A man burns down his furniture store. A huge traffic jam clogs the streets of the city. Hordes of people arrive at the airport with their possessions piled high on luggage trolleys...

Collection of all four films directed by Jean Vigo. 'L'Atalante' is a 1930s French romantic drama following river barge captain Jean (Jean Dasté), who marries young country girl Juliette (Dita Parlo). Juliette joins the captain on his ship, L'Atalante,...

Hungarian drama written and directed by Béla Tarr. Set in a claustrophobic apartment, the film follows the interactions of five room-mates who live on the fringes of society. As they all try to get along and go about their daily lives, the flat's...

Laia Costa stars in the title role of this German crime thriller. Living in Berlin for a three-month working trip, Spanish waitress Victoria (Costa) spends her days working in a café and her nights indulging in the German capital's nightlife. After a...

Japanese drama following the family life of three sisters who live together in the quiet coastal town of Kamakura. Sisters Sachi (Haruka Ayase), Yoshino (Masami Nagasawa) and Chika (Kaho) have lived together in their late grandmother's house since their...

Charlie Kaufman writes and co-directs this stop-motion animated comedy drama, based on his own play. The film follows self-help author and motivational speaker Michael Stone (voice of David Thewlis) as he travels to Cincinnati, Ohio to promote his latest...

Catherine Corsini directs this French drama about forbidden love between two women. Set in 1971, Cécile De France plays Carole, a Spanish teacher and radical feminist living in Paris. By pure chance, on one of her feminist group's actions she meets...

Documentary centred on the Italian island of Lampedusa where 6,000 Sicilians are joined by hundreds of desperate migrants who arrive on their shores every week during the European migrant crisis. The film focuses on some of the island's native...

Andrei Tarkovsky writes and directs this Swedish drama starring Erland Josephson. On an isolated Swedish island Alexander (Josephson), his wife Adelaide (Susan Fleetwood), their two children, and various eccentric friends gather around a radio to hear...