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Seaside Special
Funny, entertaining doc exploring British cultural identity: a Norfolk coastal resort prepares for the 2019 summer season and the UK’s last original end-of-the-pier variety show.
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The Teachers’ Lounge
A petty theft in a secondary school leads to a chain-reaction of events in this nail-biting thriller. Writer-director Ilker Catak’s drama won four German Film Awards and was nominated for the Best International Feature Film Oscar.
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My Favourite Cake
A septuagenarian widow, living a lonely and humdrum life in Tehran, seeks another chance at romance. Filmmakers Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha’s tender, humane romantic comedy won two awards at the Berlin International Film Festival.
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The Man Without a Past
A man travelling to Helsinki is assaulted, taken to hospital and pronounced dead. This marks the start of a tale with biblical echoes – of Lazarus, Job and the Good Samaritan – but which is shot through with Kaurismaki’s wry humour and eye for the everyday absurd. Winner of 4 prizes at Cannes, including the…
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Santosh
A young newly widowed Hindu inherits her late husband’s police constable job in the rural badlands of Northern India and is soon pulled into a murder investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.





