The film challenges notions about masculinity and the culture of expecting trans people to prove themselves by rejecting everything associated with the sex category they were put in at birth.
The use of black and white film suits the drama playing out, but it is Fazeli's ability to draw such a complex picture in so few scenes which is at the crux of the film's success.
A shirt slogan spells trouble in a Slovakian shop.
The charm of this piece is bound up in its melancholic energy, a eulogy where many of the lines were drawn by the lost.
Oskar Salomonowitz, the 12-year-old son of the filmmakers Anja Salomonowitz and Virgil Widrich, had already drawn 206 pictures for a flip book when he died.
Offering the comfort and reassurance of a Seventies children's TV programme, it takes us into the heat of darkness in a bumbling, offbeat way.
A five-part anthology featuring a troubled king, a failed businessman and an army deserter in stories that reflect the cruelty of 19th Century colonialism, told using stop-motion puppets.
Elmira Mirel handles the role of the mother with quiet assurance, carrying her along a journey from belief in the power of reason to something that is purely instinctive, animal.
When a woman's son is admitted to hospital in critical condition, she pleads with the doctors to act on the recommendations of his specialists, but they don't seem willing to listen.
It would have been nice to see a little bit more care taken with the premise, but of course, that’s not really the point. This is a film about fighting, and where that’s concerned, it acquits itself much better.
After bailing on her wedding, a former bride-to-be must fight off her ex-groom and seven angry killer groomsmen in order to survive the night.
Directed with a light touch by Eivind Landsvik, it’s acutely aware of the fragility of its characters.
Following an unpleasant run in at the beach, teenagers Oscar and Iben are left behind by their friends. When one of them makes a friendly gesture, they experience an unexpected connection.
Though dressed in the detritus of the modern era, it is a tale sufficiently plastic that its flotsam and jetsam could be substituted for any cargo discarded.
A boy steals a toy dinosaur and runs away from home... and into trouble.
Coloured with rural folklore, this black and white take on the experience on 17th Century life is deeply English in its sensibilities.
In rural 17th century England, a group of men gather to carry a coffin on the long walk to the local graveyard for burial. A great deal of ancient folklore and superstition surrounds the pathway to the church, and several of the party are afraid to walk it after dark.
