2 For £18 World Cinema

Two women, Janis and Ana, meet in a hospital where they are about to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, has no regrets and is exultant. The other, Ana, an adolescent, is scared and repentant. Janis tries to...

In 1999, the life of Claire Tourneur (Solveig Dommartin) is forever changed after she survives a car crash. She rescues Dr. Sam Farber (William Hurt) and starts travelling around the world with him. Writer Eugene Fitzpatrick (Sam Neill) follows them and...

Clement Virgo's stirring drama Brother is a soulful meditation on wounded masculinity, fractured identity and the power of family. Unfolding across three timelines, from childhood to young adulthood, the film explores the fluctuating relationship between...

This personal drama from Emanuele Crialese stars Penélope Cruz as a vivacious mother to a teenager who starts to question her identity. A vivacious presence, her world buckles under the strain of protecting her children from their abusive father...

In a distant, apocalyptic future, conventional society has reached a state of collapse. Grain is now used as currency and meat has become a rare commodity. Meanwhile an unemployed clown finds work as a maintenance man in a squalid apartment block...

Pushed to the brink by his father and teachers, Australian piano prodigy David Helfgott (Alex Rafalowicz) has a breakdown during a performance of a Rachmaninoff concerto. Years later, David (now played by Geoffrey Rush on Oscar-winning form) builds...

Ghostly goings-on are the order of the day in this eerie shocker from Mexican fright meister Guillermo Del Toro. Set during the final days of the Spanish Civil War, the film takes place in remote orphanage haunted by a mysterious ghost child named Santi...

In the late 19th century, Denmark regards Iceland as its territory, which extends beyond matters of geography and governance to the spiritual health of the population. So Lucas, a Lutheran priest, is sent by the Church of Denmark to establish a parish...

Davy Chou's RETURN TO SEOUL, which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, is an unpredictable and refreshingly authentic story of a young woman's search for identity, and of the ever-shifting relationships that shape...

LE MÉPRIS is one of the most notable examples of the French New Wave from cinema's original enfant terrible: Jean-Luc Godard. Featuring the style icon Brigitte Bardot (And God Created Woman, Viva Maria!) as Camille, and legendary French talent Michel...

Set in bustling Lahore, the Ranases are, on the surface, a functional, patriarchal family. The household is made up of Abbas, the elderly father, the older brother, Saleem and his wife Nucchi, and younger brother Haider and his wife Mumtaz. Much to the...

Celebrated writer-director Mia Hansen-Love (Things to Come, Father of My Children) makes a wise and wistful return with ONE FINE MORNING, a profoundly moving portrayal of love, loss and contemporary womanhood, featuring a career-best performance from...

The stunning debut from Scottish writer-director Charlotte Wells, Aftersun juxtaposes a hopeful coming-of-age story with a poignant, intimate family portrait that leaves an indelible impression. At a fading vacation resort in the late 1990s, 11-year-old...

Set at an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performance, a collective finds themselves embroiled in power struggles, artistic vendettas and gastrointestinal disorders.

Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat co-direct this Spanish satirical comedy drama starring Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas and Oscar Martínez. Hoping to finally cement his legacy, 80-year-old billionaire businessman Humberto Suárez (José Luis Gómez)...