Dir.: Wei Shujun; Cast: Zheng Yingchen, Zhou You, Lin Kai, Wang Xiaomu; China 2020, 134 min. Wei Shujun won a Special Award for his short film On the Border at Cannes 2018 and...

Dir/Wri: Ben Sharrock | Cast: Amir El-Masry, Sidse Babett-Knudsen, Vikash Bhai, Ola Orebiyi, Kwabena Ansah, Kenneth Collard | UK Drama, 103' A group of refugees fetch up on a remote Scottish island in...

Dir.: Rob Lemkin; Documentary with Femi Nylander, Amina Weira; UK 2020, 88 min. This new documentary sees Joseph Conrad's 1899 novel 'Heart of Darkness' from the natives' perspective. Oxford University student...

Dir.: Mohammad Reza Aslani; Cast: Fakhri Korvash, Shoren Aghdashloo, Mohamad Reshavarz; Iran 1976, 100 min. The Iranian filmmaker Reza Aslani, now seventy-six years old, never thought he would see his first...

Dir.: Paulette McDonagh; Cast: Marie Lorraine (Isabel NcDonagh), Arthur Greenaway, John Faulkner, Joseph Bambach; Australia 1930, 94 min.  Australia's Paulette McDonagh (1901-1978) was a pioneer of the silent film era. Working...

Dir.: Josephine Decker; Cast: Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young, Michael Stuhlbarg, Logan Lerman; USA 2020, 107 min. Making a name for herself with a stylish array of imagined dramas Josephine Decker moves...

Dir.: Farnoosh Samadi; Cast: Sahar Dolatshaki, Pejman Jamshidi, Azita Hajian, Hassan Pourshirazi; Iran 2020, 83 min. Best known for her award-winning screenplays, Iran's Farnoosh Samadi gets behind the camera single-handedly for...

Dir: Pete Murimi | Kenya/USA/Canada, 70' Being gay is not easy in Kenya as we discover in this matter of fact feature debut from TV filmmaker Pete Murimi that looks at...

This Autumn's scaled down Covid special has some treasures to look forward in a real/online melange that plays out across the UK from October 7-18. Undine, Ammonite and Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, starring...