Pamfir review – gripping Ukrainian crime thriller
A reformed smuggler takes one last trip across the Romanian border in Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk’s bold debut
Harka review – unflinching Tunisian drama
A gasoline seller with dreams of a better life is driven to despair in Lotfy Nathan’s powerful film inspired by real events
The Blue Caftan review – finely crafted Moroccan love story
The secret of a tailor’s homosexuality is woven into his married life in Maryam Touzani’s gently observed drama
Return to Seoul review – Park Ji-min lights up mesmerising tale of identity and alienation
An adopted woman travels from France to South Korea in search of her roots in Davy Chou’s star-making second film
Return to Seoul review – absorbing and emotional Korean drama about adoption
In a terrific acting debut, Park Ji-min visits the country of her birth and decides on a whim to seek out her biological parents – with gripping consequences
Born to Fly review – Chinese Top Gun puts tech propaganda in the frontline
In lieu of any real plot, the film centres on political pep talks and jingoism, making it more foreign policy document than flyboy blockbuster
Love According to Dalva review – disturbing but delicately handled French tale of parental abuse
In Emmanuelle Nicot’s assured directorial debut, a young girl struggles to make a new life after being rescued from her predatory father
‘ET was a primitive glimpse of my queerness’: Lola Quivoron on aliens, motocross and non-binary cinema
The director of the intense new film about a scofflaw bike rider south of Paris, explains why they aim to film characters who escape all classification
Rodeo review – badass female racer stars in full throttle death-wish biker movie
Real-life rider Julie Ledru plays a young tearaway on the outskirts of Bordeaux, drawn to take desperate risks with a criminal biker gang
Love According to Dalva review – intense, raw study of girl abused by her father
When her father is arrested, 12-year-old Dalva takes his side in shocking drama rooted in careful research
‘A cinema of resistance’: how June Givanni amassed a 10,000-piece pan-African film archive
From a poster from Mogadishu film week to VHS videos of pioneering art movies, Givanni has collected the lot – and at last she has opened her legendary treasure trove to the public
The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan review – one for all fans of roistering and horse-jumping
After a bromantic meet-cute with three grizzled veteran musketeers, the young fighter and his new gang journey entertainingly through palace intrigue with some excellent stunts
Private Desert review – elegant love story blooms in Brazil’s uneasy backwaters
A macho ex-cop falls for a mysterious stranger in this romance that doubles as a subtle state-of-the-nation drama
Sick of Myself review – like-chasing narcissist is focus of online fame horror-satire
A strong lead performance can’t save this unsubtle Norwegian film about a woman who goes too far in chasing social media clout
Godland review – a priest’s soul-shaking journey across Iceland
On a perilous quest to build a church in the wilds of Iceland, a zealous young Danish priest’s faith starts to crack in this striking historical epic