Mansaray is a likeable lead and all the young actors are flawless in their delivery, with Robinson showing a paricular talent for physical comedic acting.
Making new friends helps a bullied boy to turn the tables on his aggressor.
Skyscraper shows a master filmmaker taking a seemingly random subject and re-creating it with a depth and sense of awe that enriches the world around us.
The director contrasts the concrete jungle people see every day and the animals that can also be found by those who have the patience to look for them.
Documentary about wildlife photographer Paul Hughes.
It's not just sexist, ableist and desperately badly researched, it's also, purely and simply, not very good.
Three young women kidnapped by a man with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities must try to escape before the apparent emergence of a frightful new 24th.
There is a sense of creeping change rather than glorious revolution - even as Daniel begins to have a growing self-awareness, this need not necessarily lead to an immediate alteration of attitude towards life.
A skint young man takes a job dressing as santa to raise cash to by a duffle coat.
With the residents of another orphanage forming the cast and acquitting themselves impressively, this is a film with a big emotional impact which doesn't depend too heavily on viewer familiarity with its origins.
A dramatisation of events at the Virgen de La Asuncion Safe Home in Guatemala in March 2017.
A film that probes at ideas of masculinity and the fluidity that the smoke sauna environment might bring to that, the emphasis is on the physical expression of feelings rather than them being vocalised.
Blending film and animation, this film takes a sidelong look at bodies and what it means to be bodied.
The camera lingers over the faded white scars on a variety of body parts, then black ink animates over the top of them as a voice recounts the power and shame that comes with being a cutter.
It’s a reflexive, even self-conscious work, interested in the infrastructure of oil, of film.
An archival constellation from the still and moving images of the British Petroleum Archives, documenting the expansive colonial network behind the British geophysical expeditions that spanned across Iran in the early 20th century.
With a focus on moments of joy, Reed subverts the familiar melancholy of trans narratives and presents an optimistic tale about making inroads as an outsider, with much wider relevance.
A short documentary goes behind the scenes with the state representative from Montana as she makes international news fighting for trans medical care - and making a momentous decision in her own life.
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News & Features
Going ape
Antonin Niclass on character creation, empathy and animated short Into The Forest
Freeform
Will Niava on grief, new immigrant experiences and Jazz Infernal
In silence
Emir Kumova on child marriage in Türkiye, moral challenges and making The Witness
