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Arnold Is a Model Student (Arnon pen nakrian tuayang)

Sorayos Prapapan
2022

Redmond Bacon - 08-08-2022

This delightful and odd school-set Thailand satire asks if the revolution is even worth it — live from Locarno Film Festival 2022. [Read More...]

Declaration (Ariyippu)

Mahesh Narayanan
2022

Redmond Bacon - 05-08-2022

This Indian Covid-set immigrant factory drama shows how the coronavirus pandemic doesn't affect everyone equally — live from Locarno Film Festival. [Read More...]

Robe of Gems (Manto de Gema)

Natalia López Gallard
2022

Redmond Bacon - 11-02-2022

Fine filmmaking can't save an indecipherable plot in this ultimately disengaging Mexican drama - live from 72nd Berlin International Film Festival [Read More...]

Blind Love

Damian Hauser
2021

Redmond Bacon - 22-11-2021

This impressive Kenyan debut explores magic and alcoholism in fascinating ways — straight from Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [Read More...]

Precious Ivie (Ivie wie Ivie)

Sarah Blaßkewietz
2021

Redmond Bacon - 21-11-2021

The Afro-German experience is captured with great sensitivity in this must-watch drama debut — live from Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [Read More...]

Troubled Minds (Nemierīgie prāti)

Raitis and Lauris Abele
2021

Redmond Bacon - 20-11-2021

Two brothers bristle against in each other in both life and work in this searching yet surprisingly touching art-world satire. [Read More...]

Dark Heart of the Forest (Le coeur noir des forêts

Serge Mirzabekiantz
2021

Redmond Bacon - 20-11-2021

The woods is a breeding ground for new potential in this moody Belgian drama — live from Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [Read More...]

The Radio Amateur (El radioaficionado)

Iker Elorrieta
2021

Redmond Bacon - 18-11-2021

A man with autism finds his mental difficulties come under great strain in this touching seaside drama from the Basque region. [Read More...]

Streams

Mehdi Hmili
2021

Redmond Bacon - 12-08-2021

Starting off slowly before growing into a masterful work, this Tunisian movie is one of the standout films from the Locarno Film Festival. [Read More...]

All Eyes Off Me (Mishehu Yohav Mishehu)

Hadas Ben Aroya
2021

Redmond Bacon - 04-03-2021

A fascinating portrait of Israeli youth, the film splits into three distinct parts to cleverly bring into question the power of sexual liberation - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Stars Await Us

Dalei Zhang
2019

Redmond Bacon - 28-11-2020

A Chinese man in Siberia searches for his long-lost girlfriend in this slow, epic drama — live from Tallinn [Read More...]

The Enemies (Doshmanan)

Ali Derakhshandeh
2020

Redmond Bacon - 19-11-2020

This melancholy Iranian portrait of middle aged loneliness is full of questions and no easy answers — playing at Tallinn Film Festival. [Read More...]

Black Light (Bit-Gwa Cheol)

Bae Jong-dae
2020

Redmond Bacon - 17-11-2020

A slippery investigation into the truth of a haunting accident, this Korean melodrama fails to provoke emotion — live from Tallinn [Read More...]

Madly in Life (Une Vie Démente)

Raphaël Balboni, Ann Sirot
2020

Redmond Bacon - 16-11-2020

The complexity of living with dementia is expertly caught in this bittersweet drama-comedy — live from Tallinn! [Read More...]

Poppy Field (Mooniväli)

Eugen Jebeleanu
2020

Redmond Bacon - 15-11-2020

A gay police officer in Romania has to contend with the different parts of his personality in this thrilling drama - from BFI Flare [Read More...]

Karnawal

Juan Pablo Félix
2020

Redmond Bacon - 15-11-2020

The family drama meets the crime thriller in this gritty Argentinean film, inspired by the native Molumbo dance — live from Tallinn. [Read More...]

Around the Sun

Oliver Krimpas
2020

Jack Hawkins - 03-08-2020

A film location scout touring a repossessed and crumbling French chateau engages with a coquettish stranger, in this peculiar British movie - on VoD on Tuesday, August 4th [Read More...]

South Terminal (Terminal Sud)

Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
2019

Redmond Bacon - 12-08-2019

Neither dramatic enough nor powerful enough to hold the viewer's interest, Swiss film wallows in vagueness when it should be ramping up the tension - live from Locarno [Read More...]

Tell It To The Bees

Annabel Jankel
2018

Jeremy Clarke - 16-07-2019

A lesbian, romantic drama set in post-war Scotland, a time when such things were frowned upon and never discussed, is on VoD on Monday, November 11th [Read More...]

Gwen

William McGregor
2019

- 12-07-2019

Young girl in 19th century Snowdonia struggles to keep her family together, in Gothic period drama with flavours of horror - on VoD on Monday, December 11th [Read More...]

Default (Gukgabudo-ui Nal)

Choi Kook-Hee
2018

Jeremy Clarke - 22-05-2019

Drama fictionalises the economic crisis of mid to late 1990s South Korea and the role played by banking, government and speculators – teaser screening from the London Korean Film Festival (LKFF) [Read More...]

Roma

Alfonso Cuarón
2018

Ben Flanagan - 24-01-2019

Alfonso Cuarón's latest epic is one for the history books, and it deserved every single one of the 10 Oscar nominations that it received - now streaming on Netflix [Read More...]

Shoplifters (Manbiki Kazoku)

Hirokazu Koreeda
2018

Jeremy Clarke - 02-11-2018

Sleight of hand. A family of small time criminals takes a little girl into their care when her parents appear not to want her – Palme d'Or winner is now available on VoD [Read More...]

Never Steady, Never Still

Kathleen Hepburn
2018

Victor Fraga - 18-04-2018

Rural Canada provides a serene backdrop to grief-ridden family drama about young widow with advanced Parkinson's disease and a introverted and confused son - in cinemas Friday, April 20th and then on VoD the following week [Read More...]

Mario

Marcel Gisler
2018

Alasdair Bayman - 27-03-2018

When Leon joins Swiss-based BSC Young Boys, Mario and him unexpectedly fall in love with one another. Fighting for the same spot in the first team, they're on and off-field relationship becomes emotionally and professionally attached - now also available on VoD [Read More...]

Journeyman

Paddy Considine
2018

Alasdair Bayman - 26-03-2018

Boxer Matty Burton (Paddy Considine) suffers a serious head injury during a fight. Impacting his marriage, friendships and his life, he has to fight more than ever to recover - now available for digital streaming [Read More...]

The Third Murder

Hirokazu Koreeda
2017

Alasdair Bayman - 20-03-2018

The dirtiest voice of Japanese cinema delivers a very personal noir thriller interweaving profound human emotions - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Souvenir

Bavo Defurne
2017

Lucas Pistilli - 23-06-2017

Twelve points go to... Isabelle Huppert!!! The steely French actress plays an old Eurovision singer who fell into oblivion decades earlier, and now finds love with a younger man through her voice - in cinemas now! [Read More...]

Happy End

Michael Haneke
2017

Victor Fraga - 23-05-2017

Michael Haneke's eagerly anticipated Happy End deconstructs a French bourgeois family living in Calais, in all of their profound hopelessness and despondency; but the director uses old and somewhat trite devices - in cinemas [Read More...]

Montparnasse Bienvenüe (Jeune Femme)

Léonor Serraile
2017

Victor Fraga - 23-05-2017

There's a young woman living inside each one of us, and sometimes she goes a little crazy. And that's ok! Effective drama by debutante French filmmaker is on Mubi in June/July [Read More...]

Graduation (Bacalaureat)

Christian Mungiu
2016

Maysa Monção - 27-03-2017

Overcoming endemic corruption is a mammoth task for Romanians; the consequences for individuals striving to make a living are extremely toxic - in new film by the director of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days [Read More...]

Akron

Brian O'Donnell/ Sasha King
2016

Victor Fraga - 17-03-2016

An American story of bereavement and forgiveness, where homosexuality is the background but never the leitmotif - now available on BFI player [Read More...]