Limelight

In a small Moroccan bakery, widow Abla gradually opens her heart to Samia, an young unmarried pregnant woman she takes into her home.

Lyrical road movie and coming-of-age story about twelve-year-old Paul, who falls in love with young psychiatric patient Gloria.

In Dakar, two young lovers have a star-crossed relationship. Fate may bring them together in this beautiful, darkly romantic tale.

Grim but urgent portrait of a traumatised Ukraine, in a crisis of almost apocalyptic proportions following the war with Russia.

Comic, heart-warming, tragic drama about love, pain and letting go in the life of a terminally ill teenager.

A furious genre mash-up of Western, horror and sci-fi that projects Brazil’s disturbing reality several years into the future.

Cheerfully melancholic story of Tibet in the 1980s, as China's one-child policy encroaches on Buddhist traditions and condoms can become balloons.

Politics becomes absurdist theatre in this sequel to festival hit King of the Belgians – understated humour and refreshing satire.

In his visually overwhelming second film, mega-talent Kantemir Balagov reveals the war traumas of two women who fought in the Red Army.

Unabashedly feel-good film about an American kid's TV star, played by Tom Hanks, who shows friendliness can win over the embittered.

A young man escaping from a youth detention centre pretends to be a priest in a village wracked by trauma. Oscar nomination.

Delicate feature film debut about the decades-long secret affair of two retired ladies. Is openness beckoning or is it too late?

Dance and drama combine seamlessly in this audiovisual spectacle in which a foster mother tries to get her adopted child back.

Self-willed drawings in this boundlessly imaginative animation film, in which a dying dog reflects on its owners.

Reconstruction of a disrupted dream. The director's parents and sisters talk about why their family returned from the Bahamas to Switzerland, before falling apart.

Even when life offers little hope, at least these three very different 'working girls' have one another in this cleverly constructed Walloon drama.

Tunisian parents stand to lose son to a gunshot wound, as neither may donate an organ in this intense family drama.

Convicted arsonist Amador returns to the village of his birth. Fire breaks out – does it mean the end of this bucolic community?

During a nocturnal walk through Brussels, Khadija undergoes a series of dreamlike encounters with an eclectic range of night owls.

Calm drama. Madness and vengeance take possession of nurse Ichiko after her nephew is suspected of a kidnapping.

A young gymnast's ultimate dream – gold at the Olympic Games – is jeopardised when he meets with the slightly older physiotherapist Irene.

Fascinating nail-biter of a police drama about drug dealing in Iran where the number of addicts has increased exponentially in recent years.

Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe shine as lighthouse keepers in this 19th-century maritime nightmare by Robert Eggers.

Modern adaptation of Little Women by Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird): fan, feminist and a director to keep an eye on.

A pretend kiss between two childhood friends elicits serious emotions in this energetic portrait of 20-something friendships and 30-something issues.

Ladj Ly’s scintillating debut about the Parisian banlieue he grew up in. Things kick off on a provincial cop’s first day.

Intense novel adaptation provides insight into the emotional life of 23-year-old paedophile Jonathan who struggles with his urges.

Raw road movie about three teens who only have each other. Heart-rending, intense acting from the young cast.

A female Saudi Arabian doctor becomes a candidate in the local elections thereby breaking the glass ceiling.

Sarah is a French astronaut training for a one-year mission in space. She has to accept being separated from her young daughter to achieve her dream.

To get inspiration for her novel, psychotherapist Sibyl secretly records her conversations with her new patient Margot, an up-and-coming actress.

Incisive sound design underscores the struggles of Ruben, a drummer in a noise band who suddenly goes deaf.

Mad Max meets Jesse James in this version of the life and crimes of the infamous nineteenth-century bush ranger Ned Kelly.

Nerve-wracking crime-thriller set in New York City, where a jeweler gets into big trouble after lending out an uncut, extremely rare diamond.

A corrupt policeman gets into hot water in this lively, stylish and witty thriller from Romanian maestro Porumboiu.

This neo-noir about a gang leader and a prostitute on the run serves up one bloody, neon-lit visual tour de force after another.