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‘The Last Dance’: Tokyo Review
Dayo Wong and Michael Hui are the odd couple at the heart of this Hong Kong drama set in a Taoist funeral home
‘My Friend An Delie’: Tokyo Review
Chinese actor Dong Zijian makes his directorial debut with this significant drama
‘Daughter’s Daughter’: Tokyo Review
Huang Xi’s drama stars Sylvia Chang in an elegant story of motherhood and loss
‘Israel Palestine On Swedish TV 1958-1989’: Tokyo Review
Göran Hugo Olsson digs into the archives for this sobering look at the Middle East conflict
‘Tracing Light’: DOK Leipzig Review
DOK Leipzig opener takes a deep dive into the concept of light through both science and art
‘11 Rebels’: Tokyo Review
Tokyo opens with a blisteringly old-fashioned Samurai slice-’em-up
‘Juror #2’: Review
Modest, comfy crime from Clint Eastwood puts Nicholas Hoult in the dock
‘Flowers Of Ukraine’: DOK Leipzig Review
A Kyiv woman fights to maintain her city garden under the shadow of war in this life-affirming documentary
‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’: Review
A welcome return for Wallace, Gromit and that dastardly penguin in another ‘instant classic’ from Aardman Animation
‘Here’: Review
Tom Hanks and Robin Wright headline Robert Zemeckis’s ambitious study of lives across time
‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’: Review
A kooky contemporary French riff on the famed 18th century British novelist
‘Salve Maria’: Valladolid Review
A new mother’s thoughts turn murderous in Mar Coll’s gripping psychodrama
‘Venom: The Last Dance’: Review
Tom Hardy takes his inner demon out for one final spin in this fun if familiar sequel
‘Rita’: Valladolid Review
Paz Vega takes a child’s eye view of domestic violence in her 1980s Seville-set directorial debut
‘The Extraordinary Miss Flower’: London Review
A box of love letters is the catalyst for Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s lyrical documentary
‘That Christmas’: London Review
Feelgood Netflix animation based on the book by Richard Curtis
‘Thank You For Banking With Us’: London Review
Two sisters strain against Palestine’s patriarchal bonds in this effective Ramallah-set debut
‘Smile 2’: Review
Sequel to Paramount’s 2022 horror hit lacks the crucial element of surprise
‘Joy’: London Review
James Norton, Bill Nighy and Thomasin McKenzie star in this surprisingly sterile 1970s IVF drama
‘Four Mothers’: London Review
Warm-hearted Irish mother-son drama plays in London Competition
‘The Summer Book’: London Review
Glenn Close and the Finnish landscape take centre stage in this adaptation of Tove Jansson’s novel
‘Endurance’: London Review
Doc uses digital technology to bring Shackleton’s 1914 Antarctic expedition back to colourful life
‘The Wolves Always Come At Night’: London Review
Immersive docu-fiction from the director of ‘Island Of The Hungry Ghosts’ charts climate change in Mongolia
‘Daddy’s Head’: Review
Benjamin Barfoot follows ‘Double Date’ with this UK-set creature feature for Shudder
‘Spirit World’: Busan Review
Eric Khoo’s whimsical tale of the afterlife stars Catherine Deneuve as a chain-smoking chanteuse and is set in Tokyo
‘Blitz’: London Review
Steve McQueen’s weighty wartime drama starring Saoirse Ronan opens the London Film Festival
‘Yen And Ai-Lee’: Busan Review
Kimi Hsia Yu-chiao and Yang Kuei-mei impress in this striking black-and-white Taiwanese mother-daughter drama
‘Crocodile Tears’: London Review
Atmospheric debut is set in a West Java crocodile farm
‘Piece By Piece’: Review
Pharrell Williams proves why he is a real block star as his life gets the Lego treatment
‘For Rana’: Busan Review
A circus motorcyclist in Iran is desperate to find a new heart for his ailing daughter
‘Montages Of A Modern Motherhood’: Busan Review
A first-time mother comes under increasing pressure in this astute Hong Kong drama
‘Waterdrop’: Busan Review
A bereaved teenager goes to extreme lengths to find a new family in this uneven Korean debut
‘The Land Of Morning Calm’: Busan Review
The disappearance of a local fisherman sends ripples through his South Korean coastal community
‘Mr K’: Busan Review
Crispin Glover finds himself trapped in the hotel from hell in this Kafka-esque surrealist comedy
‘Abel’: Busan Review
The life of a Kazakh farmer unravels after the collapse of the Soviet Union
‘The Height Of The Coconut Trees’: Busan Review
Cinematographer Du Jie makes his directorial debut with this enigmatic Japanese ghost story
‘As The River Goes By’: Busan Review
Debut from China tracks the ripples of the past into present-day life in a small town
‘Motherland’: Busan Review
Brillante Ma Mendoza’s police thriller is inspired by a 2015 bloodbath in Mindanao
‘To Kill A Mongolian Horse’: Busan Review
An Inner Mongolian herdsmen fights to keep hold of his heritage in this dramatisation of his life
‘Regretfully At Dawn’: Busan Review
An elderly Thai ex-soldier helps his granddaughter towards a brighter future in Sivaroj Kongsakul’s contemplative drama
‘Village Rockstars 2’: Busan Review
Rima Das returns to rural Assam to follow-up her 2017 docu-drama
‘Tale Of The Land’: Busan Review
The ongoing battle for Indigenous lands in Borneo informs this slow-burn debut
‘MA - Cry Of Silence’: Busan Review
A young textile worker in Myanmar struggles to find her voice against a backdrop of political unrest
‘Serpent’s Path’: Busan Review
Kiyoshi Kurosawa updates his 1998 crime thriller and moves the action from Tokyo to France
‘Kaneko’s Commissary’: Busan Review
Super Eight’s Ryuhei Maruyama stars in this ‘plodding’ prison drama from Japan
‘Travesty’: Busan Review
A city cop finds himself cast adrift in this pointedly political Mongolian hostage thriller
‘Pooja, Sir’: Hamburg Review
A police officer struggles to solve a kidapping case within Nepal’s disenfranchised Madhesi community
‘Uprising’: Busan Review
Busan opens with a sweeping Netflix period actioner co-written by Park Chan-wook
‘Edge Of Night’: Hamburg Review
A confident debut from Cologne-born director Türker Süer marks the director out as a talent to watch
‘Of Dogs And Men’: Hamburg Review
Dani Rosenberg’s docufiction captures the aftermath of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel
