Written and directed by Akira Kurosawa, co-written by Ishirô Honda, a collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa. Starring: Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baisho, Toshie Negishi, Mieko Harada, Mitsunori Isaki, Toshihiko Nakano, Yoshitaka Zushi and many more. There are not many filmmakers these days that could simply set out to create a journey meets anthology style film to traverse through their own dreams but it would be no surprise to anyone that Akira Kurosawa could do just that. In that sense, a lot of viewers’ enjoyment of Dreams will purely be based on how ..read more

Written and directed by Baloji, after spending years in Belgium, a young Congolese man returns to his birthplace of Kinshasa to confront the intricacies of his family and culture. Starring: Marc Zinga, Yves-Marina Gnahoua, Marcel Otete Kabeya, Eliane Umuhire, Lucie Debay, Denis Mpunga and Bongeziwe Mabandla. Choosing such complex topics to explore in your debut feature while representing a very specific cultural experience and taking a great deal of artistic license along the way, Baloji was undoubtedly not afraid of a challenge. It’s one that is successful in some ways more than others, so le ..read more

Directed by Benjamin Brewer and written by Mike Nilon, a father and his twin teenage sons fight to survive in a remote farmhouse at the end of the end of the world. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Jaeden Martell, Maxwell Jenkins, Sadie Soverall, Samantha Coughlan, Joe Dixon and Joel Gillman. Without doubt, there are a countless number of films out in the world which star a well-known actor in a supporting role, and they get killed off in the first five minutes. Whereas Arcadian is a fantastic example of how to use an established actor in a small role to the benefit of the film, without making your aud ..read more

Directed by Elahe Esmaili, against the backdrop of the Women, Life, Freedom protest movement in Iran, Elahe Esmaili is helping her parents to pack up the family home. As the boxes stack up, discussions flare between the generations: Elahe does not wear the hijab, embodying the courage of her generation’s struggles. But can changing a society be as simple as moving house? The conversation about women’s freedoms and rights in parts of the world like Iran, where today’s generations are still continuing the fight for a better future, is an inherently political and complex topic but Elahe Esmaili c ..read more

Directed by William Dieterle and written by Dan Totheroh and Stephen Vincent Benet, a nineteenth-century New Hampshire farmer makes a pact with Satan for economic success, then enlists famed orator Daniel Webster to extract him from his contract. Starring James Craig, Anne Shirley, Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, Jane Darwell, Simone Simon, Gene Lockhart, John Qualen, H.B. Warner, Frank Conlan, Lindy Wade and George Cleveland. Jumping into All That Money Can Buy, it’s difficult not to think of The Wizard of Oz, the farmyard setting, the highly dramatic score and the slightly calamitous nature of ..read more

Written and directed by Matthew Kyle Levine, a young couple decides to live out of their car for the foreseeable future. Starring: Dianna Glasheen, Shea Glasheen and Bradford Hoyt. Caleb & Sarah follows very much in the same vein of Matthew Kyle Levine’s last short film Some Time Soon, in that it’s about reading between the lines and not handing the audience everything. In that sense, it can be viewed in two different perspectives, the first being a commentary on the new generation of drifters. Young people who can’t seem to figure out their place, wanting independence but not quite aware ..read more

Directed by Patrick Rea and written by leading actress Whitney Wegman-Wood, after a collection of environmental disasters lead society to the brink of collapse a young mother must find ways to survive with her small child as they navigate the near-future apocalypse. Also starring: Cooper Andrews, Merrick McCartha, Adam Boyer, Amber Grayson and Ivy Hickman. Patrick Rea and Whitney Wegman-Wood aren’t pulling their punches in the opening of The Last Butterflies, going for an intense atmosphere to kick things off with a bang. It dives right into familiar territory with its themes of environmental ..read more

Written and directed by Patricia Rozema, an uptight and conservative woman, working on tenure as a literacy professor at a large urban university, finds herself strangely attracted to a free-spirited, liberal woman who works at a local carnival that comes to town. Starring: Pascale Bussières, Rachael Crawford, Henry Czerny, David Fox, Don McKellar, Tracy Wright and Clare Coulter. A film like When Night is Falling is always going to live or die by the chemistry of its leading lesbians, if it doesn’t have that spark, there’s simply not point but there’s plenty more than a spark between Pascale B ..read more

Directed by leading actress ZhuZha Akova and written by Kat Cee and Corey Chavers, when a down on her luck and grieving young woman receives a business opportunity from a family friend, she has no idea that it will lead her to uncovering the mystery behind her father’s recent murder. Also starring: Adam Fried and Igor Grbesic. The foundation to Klara’s Box is a solid one, to explore the idea of what mysteries the death of a loved one can unlock, the secrets and shocking truths. Then using that to open up a curious and potentially dangerous path for Klara (ZhuZha Akova), especially when she’s i ..read more

Directed by John Archer, following comedian Janey Godley on her 2023 Not Dead Yet Tour, after her diagnosis for ovarian cancer. Janey tours with her best mate Shirley, and daughter comedian Ashley Storrie. Intercut with her stand up we tell the story of her extraordinary life, told with her trademark take-no-prisoners honesty and dark humour. Featuring interviews with Nicola Sturgeon and Jimmy Carr. You can often find that documentaries which list themselves as being honest, give themselves too much credit but Janey is well and truly frank. It’s refreshing and inspiring to see someone going th ..read more