Rich Peppiatt’s remarkable feature debut is a fictionalised retelling of the story of the real-life trio of the same name.

Egyptian filmmaker Ibrahim Nash’at bears witness of United States’ chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 by depicting Taliban leaders transforming from a fundamentalist militia into a heavily armed military regime.

In order to think about current practices of political dissidence, Maria Mire dives into the past and into the experience of Margarida Tengarrinha who played an important role in the antifascist resistance.

From acclaimed director Levan Akin (And Then We Danced), Crossing is a moving and tender tale of identity, acceptance and unlikely connection that transcends borders and generations. 

The debut feature from writer/director Moin Hussain is an unconventional sci-fi drama about feeling alienated in modern Britain.

Marguerite Duras was "unconditionally for the youth". This programme brings together Duras's last film Les Enfants, about a child who refuses to go to school “because they teach me things I don’t know”, a short adaptation of Duras's children's story by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, and a made-for-television short in which Duras muses on what attracts children to new toys.

Justin Lerner’s film is a story of revenge and personal resilience that considers the complexity of life in contemporary Guatemala under the perpetual threat of violence.

Dedicated police detective Ma Zhe (Zhu Yilong) is assigned the case of a series of horrific murders in a rural Chinese town, in this gripping thriller.