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Darkling

Dusan Milic’s psychological thriller-cum-horror set in post-war Kosovo excels in creating an unsettling atmosphere, but its conclusion doesn’t quite deliver on its promise.

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Everything Everywhere All at Once

Michelle Yeoh plays a kick-ass Chinese-American matriarch fighting the forces of darkness across multiple universes in this wildly inventive, prize-winning philosophical action comedy from writer-director duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert.

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Mediterranean Fever

Palestine’s Oscar submission is an uneven story of a depressed man hoping to get his neighbor to bump him off, told in a vaguely black comedy manner.

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Mamacruz

Kiti Manver plays a religious grandmother who accidentally discovers online porn, igniting a comedy that empowers older women while poking fun at Spain’s dwindling Catholic faithful.

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Hilma

Lasse Hallström’s beautifully crafted biopic brings to life an almost unknown Swedish painter who was an avant gardiste, spiritualist and theosophist.

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Pianoforte

Jakub Piatek’s classical music documentary covers the prestigious Chopin Competition, presenting a group of talented kids in a story that starts slow but becomes truly buoyant in its final third.

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The Stroll

This timely and compassionate documentary puts a highly personal spin on New York City’s hidden history of black transgender sex workers.

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Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

An intimate, visceral immersion into the rituals of the Estonian smoke sauna, a healing space where women confide in one another.

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Slow

Lithuanian director Marija Kavtaradze’s second feature is an involving drama that centres on a new relationship, tackled in a refreshingly honest and complex way.

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The Store

Director Ami-Ro Sköld blends live action with stop-motion animation in this impressive social drama, which takes place in a Swedish supermarket.

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