Streaming: the best Ukrainian films past and present
The embattled nation’s cinema is rich and distinctive, from 1929’s milestone Man With a Movie Camera to Sergei Loznitsa’s pitch-black comedy Donbass
The Last Journey review – Solaris-style sci-fi takes on astral body with Earth issues
French parable features a ‘red moon’ that provides Earth with fuel, but our last hope refuses a mission to destroy it
Rūrangi review – uplifting transgender tale set in rural New Zealand
A transgender activist returns to his farming community after a decade away, in a drama driven by the magnetic Elz Carrad
Gangubai Kathiawadi review – gutsy Indian true crime drama
The hard-hitting story of a sex worker who rises through the ranks of 60s gangland Mumbai is powered by a magnetic performance from Alia Bhatt
La Mif review – remarkable teenage care home drama
A cast of non-professionals give exceptional performances as fact meets fiction in this compelling drama with shades of The Class and Rocks
The Long Walk review – inventive Laotian horror of ghosts and time travel
A magnetic central performance from Yannawoutthi Chanthalungsy anchors Mattie Do’s excellently spooky tale of destructive hubris
La Mif review – girl power triumphs in dynamic care home drama
A cast of nonprofessional newcomers captivate in a realist drama reminiscent of Sarah Gavron’s Rocks
Women dominate Berlin film festival awards as Alcarràs wins Golden Bear
Best director prize, both acting awards and two of the three best film prizes were won by female film-makers, led by the Catalan-language drama
Human Factors review – tense and unnerving break-in drama
The brilliant Sabine Timoteo stars as an ad exec in Germany whose husband agrees to work for an anti-immigration party
Nine Days in One Year review – enduringly powerful Soviet nuclear power drama
Mikhail Romm’s dense tale of love – for people and for country – has lost none of its cold war potency in the 60 years since it was first released
Nobody’s Hero review – French sex satire is unsatisfying, flavourless romp
This weird social satire has various themes which director Alain Guiraudie seems unable to take seriously and be funny about
The Passengers of the Night review – Charlotte Gainsbourg hurts and heals in 1980s Paris
The dramatic wattage of Mikhaël Hers’s film about a family upended by divorce might be low, but its positive attitude and teen antics have unshowy charm
Robe of Gems review – a startling and unsettling Mexican crime mystery
Natalia López Gallardo’s feature debut unfolds with a mix of woozy uncertainty and shock tactics that mirror the murky criminal dealings at its heart
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy review – a minor masterpiece from Japanese rising star
This triptych of stories from Drive My Car director Ryūsuke Hamaguchi build to a warmly humane study of chance and connectivity
Actor Noémie Merlant: ‘Women have been taught to see ourselves through other people’s desire’
The Portrait of a Lady on Fire star talks about her role in Jacques Audiard’s new dating drama, making a documentary about her own family, and the Hollywood actor who inspires her