Wild Diamond review – French social-realist drama fuelled by TikTok energy
First-time actor Agathe Riedinger is a wannabe influencer from the wrong side of the tracks in this forthright and fluent film
Rome, Open City review – Rossellini’s blazingly urgent masterpiece from a city in ruins
Roberto Rossellini’s 1945 neorealist drama is unsparing in its depiction of the heavy price of both resistance and collaboration with the Nazi occupation
The Second Act review – Quentin Dupieux’s likable meta comedy of actors’ private lives
With help from an A-list cast, Dupieux brings his customary mischief to an amiable tale of imposture and role play
Our Mothers review – intimate drama exploring the legacy of Guatemala’s bloody civil war
Director César Díaz’s award-winning debut powerfully confronts his country’s past
La Chimera review – Josh O’Connor dazzles in brilliant tale of Italian tomb-raiders
Torn between lost love and a gang of rowdy grave-robbers, the actor digs deep for one of his finest performances in Alice Rohrwacher’s dazzling caper
Mambar Pierrette review – big-hearted parable of women’s resilience in Cameroon
Pierrette is beset with troubles, from a robbery to a house flood and more, but the neorealist drama comes with solidarity and surprising humour
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging
Rasoulof is one of Iran’s leading directors and his film The Seed of the Sacred Fig is due to premiere at Cannes film festival
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry review – a beguiling tale of midlife love from Georgia
Eka Chavleishvili is superb as an unmarried fortysomething woman whose life is turned upside-down by romance in Elene Naveriani’s handsome drama
Nezouh review – magic realism amid the ruins of Damascus under siege
Soudade Kaadan’s poetic tale of family life in the bombed-out Syrian capital is visually poetic, if a touch too theatrical
Nezouh review – magical realism under shelling during Syria’s civil war
Soudade Kaadan’s second feature is a sweet-natured and beautifully photographed portrait of a grumpy middle-aged guy, his sceptical wife and their teenage daughter
The Animal Kingdom review – Romain Duris leads post-Covid fantasy of virus-triggered mutants
Duris stars as a father protecting his son, who may or may not be mutating, in Thomas Cailley’s well-crafted thriller
There’s Still Tomorrow review – empowering tragicomedy about an abused wife in postwar Rome
This bold, bittersweet tale of spousal violence, directed by and starring Italian national treasure Paola Cortellesi, topped the country’s box office last year
If Only I Could Hibernate review – a teenager faces tough choices in chilly Mongolia
There’s an earthy authenticity to Zoljargal Purevdash’s story of a gifted student from a poor family
If Only I Could Hibernate review – Mongolian maths whiz aims to escape biting cold
A tented district of Ulaanbaatar is the backdrop as a gifted student with a chance to succeed and move away finds himself having to care for his siblings
Lineup announced for UK’s inaugural Muslim international film festival
Featuring stars including Riz Ahmed and Nabhaan Rizwan, the event aims to celebrate the ‘rich tapestry of Muslim experiences via the medium of film’