Shinjuku Boys

Frank Sidebottom was a pillar of alternative comedy of the late 80s/early 90s, and this charming documentary remembers the man behind the papier-mâché head.

Paul Kelly's stirring and acclaimed character study of enigmatic musician Lawrence (Felt, Denim and Go-Kart Mozart).

What if your father was a Nazi? This is the harrowing question raised in David Evans’ thought-provoking documentary.

Kenyan couple Samuel and Alex remain committed to each other despite the danger and hardship facing them in Peter Murimi’s moving documentary portrait.

An unflinching and award-winning look at the anatomy of American war-making.

Patricio Guzmán’s lyrical, illuminating follow-up to Nostalgia for the Light explores the fateful role played by water in Chile’s tragic history.

The power of kinship is explored in Carol Morley’s drama-documentary, drawn from real life and resonant with the way we live now.

Clio Barnard's film about Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar mixes reconstruction, interviews (performed by actors) and scenes from the plays.

Britain beats to the sound of Bhangra and Bangla in Gurinder Chadha's debut film.

The documentary that takes you inside the masterplan that convinced the whole music industry that two students from Dundee were the next big thing in Hip-Hop.

The rollercoaster rise and tragic fall of the mystery masked man with the voice of a legend.

Jeanie Finlay's elegaic account of the very last record shop in Teesside, UK.

Racism, glue-sniffing, petty theft and promiscuity - Coventry teenagers at play.

Kim Longinotto’s observational documentary delves into Iran’s difficult and one-sided divorce process.

A Black cop struggles with his inner and outer demons in Christopher St John’s experimental debut feature.

The pairing of a Senegalese taxi driver and a grumbling old-timer in North Carolina is the basis for the latest insightful portrait of human behaviour from Ramin Bahrani.

Hopeful and heartbreaking second feature from the director of Man Push Cart.

Haunted by the disappearance of her younger sister two years prior, a former champion boxer (Kali Reis) leaves no stone unturned in her brutal search for answers.

Ivan Ostrochovský’s stark drama about a seminary’s struggles for religious independence under Communist rule is both beautiful and brutal.

Four thirtysomethings find some much-needed time to reconnect in this beautifully observed and subtly insightful debut.