‘I’m surrounded by ghosts’: Bataclan survivor Ismaël El Iraki on his film Zanka Contact
The film-maker was at the Paris concert venue when attackers opened fire. His debut feature is inspired by his gruelling journey to recovery
Truth Makes Free review – Poland’s rebel priest meets his interrogator
A cat-and-mouse police grilling is blunted by explosive flashbacks in this real-life story of radical cleric Jan Zieja
Lacci review – handsome divorce drama revels in domestic disaster
European cousin to Marriage Story, Daniele Luchetti’s oddly soothing film follows the grisly meltdown of a middle-class couple
Koko-di Koko-da review – grisly Groundhog Day for grieving couple
Johannes Nyholm directs this strange psychological horror about a couple haunted by their dead daughter’s musical box
Socrates review – homelessness and homophobia in São Paulo
A gay teenager comes of age in a desperate situation in this audacious and elegant debut made on a shoestring
Battling on: what Russia’s unrelenting appetite for second world war films means
Heroism, tragedy – and lots of tanks … the Russian obsession with the war is as strong as the west’s – but it conveys a very different message
The Lost Prince review – father-daughter storybook tale is full of heart
Michel Hazanavicius’s latest offering transports mechanic Djibi and his child from a Paris tower block to a fantasyland
Away review – silent, surreal and entrancing animation
This silent adventure film about a man who parachutes out of a plane and lands on an island is both wondrous and weird – see it before Tenet
Love You Forever review – loopy, time-bending romcom
The story of a Chinese dancer who discovers a novel based on her own life and written by a mysterious admirer has a certain charm but outstays its welcome
Perfumes review – admirably refreshing French comedy-drama
Grégory Montel is chauffeur to challenging fragrance designer Emmanuelle Devos in this layered look at relationships
Coup 53 review – riveting documentary on a very British coup
Taghi Amirani’s gripping film about the move against Iran’s prime minister highlights an inglorious chapter of history
Wonders in the Suburbs review – charming genuine oddity of a film
With a superstar French cast including Emmanuelle Béart, this is a weirdly likable first solo directing credit for Jeanne Balibar
Ava review – smart teenage thriller amps up the micro-tyrannies
Sadaf Foroughi turns the family drama trope on its head in this superb story of a girl in Iran at war with her mother
Pinocchio review – Matteo Garrone crafts a satisfyingly bizarre remake
Drawing on the original children’s story for his new live-action version, the Gomorrah director combines sentimentality and the grotesque in a unique way
Message Man review – gorily efficient Indonesia-set actioner
There’s an awkward white-saviour dimension to Corey Pearson’s revenge thriller – but it picks up speed in a tuk-tuk