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Nocturnes

‘Nocturnes’: Thessaloniki Review

The hawk moth community of the Eastern Himalayas comes into sharp focus in this contemplative doc

Eternal You

‘Eternal You’: Sundance Review

What to do with AI which resurrects the dead?

In The Summers

‘In The Summers’: Sundance Review

Two girls spend years of summer holidays with their troubled father in New Mexico in this Sundance-winning debut

Veni Vidi Vici

‘Veni Vidi Vici’: Rotterdam Review

Sharp Austrian satire takes careful aim at the lifestyles of the super-rich

Look Into My Eyes

‘Look Into My Eyes’: Sundance Review

Compassionate yet neutral documentary from Lana Wilson follows a group of psychics working in New York City

Skywalkers: A Love Story

‘Skywalkers: A Love Story’: Sundance Review

A Russian couple risk their lives to secure Insta-worthy photos on perilous rooftops

Sugarcane

‘Sugarcane’: Sundance Review

Accomplished account of generations of abuse against Canada’s Indigenous tribes

War Game

‘War Game’: Sundance Review

Docu-thriller follows a security simulation of a far-right group’s attempts overthrow a newly-elected US president

Daughters

‘Daughters’: Sundance Review

A father-daughter dance takes place behind prison bars in an attempt to rebuild broken bonds

Rob Peace

‘Rob Peace’: Sundance Review

Chiwetel Ejiofor directs - and stars in - this true-life drama about a talented Black scientist who couldn’t escape his heritage

Will & Harper

‘Will & Harper’: Sundance Review

Will Ferrell and his best friend Harper take a cross-country road trip after her transition

Kidnapping Inc

‘Kidnapping Inc.’: Sundance Review

A kidnapping plot goes awry in this chaotic crime caper from Haiti

Reinas

‘Reinas’: Sundance Review

Tender tale of two adolescent girls reconnecting with their father in turbulent 1990s Peru

In The Land Of Brothers

‘In The Land Of Brothers’: Sundance Review

Unusual Iranian drama follows three Afghan refugees across two decades as they try to settle in

Soundtrack To A Coup d'Etat

‘Soundtrack To A Coup D’Etat’: Sundance Review

Outstanding documentary ties the democratic movement in Africa in the 1960s with Black US musicians used by the CIA as pawns in the Cold War

Union

‘Union’: Sundance Review

Stirring documentary follows Amazon workers in New York as they attempt to unionise

Suncoast

‘Suncoast’: Sundance Review

Formulaic drama starring Nico Parker and Laura Linney which over-reaches its pathos

SuperMan: The Christopher Reeve Story

‘Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story’: Sundance Review

Increasingly moving documentary is a dialogue with the late actor and disability advocate

The Moogai

‘The Moogai’: Sundance Review

Australia’s past comes back to haunt a new mother in the latest from the producers of ‘The Babadook’

Brief History Of A Family

‘Brief History Of A Family’: Sundance Review

Remarkably assured debut from China is a hard-to-pin-down blend of genre influences