A man quits work to care for dying grandmother, motivated by her wealth, scheming to win her favour before she dies.

Nickel Boys tells the story of Elwood Curtis, a young African-American boy sent to the Nickel Academy after he is falsely accused of a crime. There he meets Turner, and the two form a close friendship trying to survive the horrors of the school.

Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia’s stunning sophomore feature – which follows ICA Distribution project A Night of Knowing Nothing (2021) – is a profound meditation on urban migration and dislocation.

Johan Grimonprez’s film essay, anchored by the rhythm of American jazz, reveals disturbing truths about the decolonial struggle between global political powers.

In his ninth collaboration with Hong Sangsoo, Kwon Haehyo plays a film director visiting a building owned by an old friend, with his daughter. From this simple premise Hong constructs perhaps his most temporally and spatially complex film, one that explores loneliness, mortality, and the inevitable passage of time.