Dir.: Antonio Lukich; Cast: Amil Nasirov, Ramil Nasirov, Natalia Cnitii, Lyudmila Sachenko, Karina Chechevych; Ukraine 2022, 106 min. The Russian invasion of Ukraine was still a 'future shock' when Luxembourg, Luxembourg was chosen...

Dir/Wri: Georgia Oakley | UK Drama A watchable if rather dated-looking sapphic love affair plays out in Georgia Oakley's first feature as a director. Set in the 1980s, that's hardly surprising....

Dir.: Gianni Amelio; Cast: Luigi Lo Cascio, Elio Germano, Leonardoc Maltese, Sarah Serraiocco; Italy 2022, 134 min. Italian director/co-writer Gianni Amelio returns to Venice with a worthy but rather tired looking...

Dir: Graham Foy | Drama, Canada 106' Two Canadian teenagers are enjoying the summer holidays when their fun ends in tears in this luminous feature debut from Edmonton-born filmmaker Graham Foy....

Dir.: Isabella Carbonell; Cast: Silvana Imam, Emma Lu, Mia Liu, Philip Oros, Miriam Löwe, Lukas Malinauskas | Sweden 2022, 84 min. Nothing can prepare you for this brutal confrontation with sheer...

Dir. Lav Diaz; Cast: John Lloyd Cruz, Ronnie Lazaro, Shamaine Centenera-Buencamino, DMs Boongaling; Philippines/France/Portugal/Denmark 2022, 187 min. Philippine filmmaker Lav Diaz has delivered, at least by his own standards, one of...

Dir/Wri.: Koji Fukada; Cast: Fumino Kimura, Kento Nagayama, Atom Sunada, Hirona Yamazaki, Misuzu Kanno, Tomorowo Taguchi, Tetsuta Shimada; France/Japan 2022, 123 min. In his latest film, competing for the Golden Lion...

Dir.: Claudia Varejo; Cast: Ana Cabral, Ruben Pimento, Christiana Branquinho; Portugal 2022, 111min. This impressionistic first feature film from Portuguese director/co-writer Claudia Varejo,  (Amor Fati), is set on Sao Miguel, an...

Dir: Jacques Tourneur | US Western Jacques Tourneur's first film in Technicolor won praise from Martin Scorsese for its use of colour. Set in Oregon in 1856, the obvious studio sets...