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• Kadambari (2016)

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  As a poem of tones and moods it jars and soothes in unequal measure.

  Kadambari drifts into her unconscious, lingering as a stranger to her latent anxieties that remain laced with the numbness of a riots-stricken homeland.
• Kaiju Bunraku (2017)

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  A delight of hybrid vigour.

  Here's a day in the life of a husband and wife living in a world of giant monsters.
• Kamakshi (2015)

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  Executed crisply it raises more questions than it should consider answering.

  An elderly woman digs a well with the help of her horse.
• Karama Has No Walls (2012)

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  Sara Ishaq's film is unflinching.

  A look inside the 2011 Yemeni uprising.
• Karelian Cowgirls (2008)

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  Mäntynen has a good eye for composition and captures the evocative landscape of Finland.

  Three women recall their part in the Winter War in Finland, in 1939.
• Karmok (2012)

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  If prompting an audience to think of other things it's usually prudent to bring their attention back.

  A short film about movement.
• Keep The Change (2013)

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  Polansky delivers a nuanced performances that mixes the discomfort of bungled jokes and inappropriate comments with endearingly obvious insecurity.

  A young man tries to impress a woman he meets in an autism support group, while she tries to persuade him to stop trying to seem 'normal'.
• The Killin' (2005)

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  An ace script and excellent performances.

  Who's fooling who in pretend spoof horror flick comedy?
• Killing Time At Home (2003)

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  A disturbing, exquisitely constructed short animated film.

  There is a website called www.disposablefriends.com.
• Kin (2010)

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  Beercan aeroplanes in stark-white skies, wire-wheeled wonders carrying characters and plot.

  Photography and recycling in Kinshasa.
• King Lines - El Pontas (2007)

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  Lowell and Mortimer’s cinematography is excellent.

  Climber Chris Sharma undertakes a dangerous ascent in Mallorca.
• Kirkcaldy Man (2011)

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  This is a film of limited scope and surprising vista.

  A documentary about Jocky Wilson, his home town of Kirkcaldy and the mystery of his disappearance.
• The Kiss (2006)

  Taking a taxi to the graveyard has symbolic meaning for a sad young couple.
• Kanini And Kanino (2018)

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  One of the best pieces of animation you'll see this year.

  Two crab children go searching for their missing father.
• Karabash (2019)

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  The director digs into the psychogeography of the city with verve.

  Portrait of life in a city often branded "one of the most polluted" on Earth.
• Karavidhe (2024)

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  The film becomes a warm celebration of resilience.

  A day in the life of two Albanian immigrants, which doesn't quite turn out as expected.
• Keith Reynolds Can't Make It Tonight (2007)

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  The animation is exquisitely timed for terrific comic impact.

  A businessman reaches the end of his tether.
• Kerfuffle (2006)

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  There is a rhythm to Alasdair Brotherston’s animation.

  Egg-citing pop video.
• Kin (2021)

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  A bewitching thing.

  The fractured relationship between a mother and daughter in crisis.
• The King And I (2017)

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  An astonishing piece of cinema.

  A fly-on-the-wall view of Graham's life and home.
• Kirran And The Hatchmaker (2008)

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  We get a very personable mixture of who Kirran is, and what his dreams are.

  Documentary about a boy trying to create a new breed of chicken.
• Kitbull (2019)

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  The behaviours of a small cat with a big attitude, scared by brave, determined but easily distracted, are beautifully observed.

  A stray kitten befriends an abused pit bull.
• Knife Point (2008)

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  Mirabella-Davis lets his film unwind slowly. Tension hangs heavy as the humidity in the air.

  An evangelical family offers a traveling knife salesman a ride on their way through upstate New York.
• Knight Of Fortune (2022)

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  Beautifully acted, with great comic timing Knight Of Fortune is by turns uncomfortable and warmly funny

  Two very different men meet in a funeral home, grieving for their wives, and have an unusual adventure.
• Kora (2024)

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  Allowing each woman’s testimony to play out uninterrupted means they gather weight, not just as individual stories but as a meditation on the nature of memory and our desire to preserve it.

  Refugee women living in Portugal tell their stories.
• Knife Skills (2017)

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  The connection between activity and identity forms the core of a documentary that gets under the skin.

  What does it take to build a world-class French restaurant? What if the staff is almost entirely men and women just out of prison?
• Knitting A Love Song (2005)

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  This is a quirky film that perfectly captures the joie de vivre of young love.

  Young love, knitting and unexpected consequences.
• (k)now (t)here (2011)

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  Even a failed experiment tells us something, and here what we are told is that it's not as entertaining as one would hope to watch people one doesn't know filming their travels in a vague and context free way.

  A series of journeys breaks down into patterns of movement in this experimental short.
• The Kármán Line (2014)

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  The Kármán Line packs a punch in the emotional stakes thanks to an excellent cast who all invest their characters with warmth and humour.

  A woman develops a rare illness causing her to lift off the ground at a slow but increasing rate.