As a first feature, it may not be totally surprising or very subtle, but it does have some impact, particularly visually.
In a future where people pay to be infected with the same diseases as their idols, a dealer races to find a cure after a starlet whose illness he has stolen dies.
It's anchored by a strong performance from Yaiza Figueroa, who is definitely one to watch.
After participating in a wormhole experiment, a PhD student starts having trouble with her memory and finds herself in increasingly disturbing situations.
A father who is dependent on his daughter comes to realise that she needs to find a life of her own. Out to own as part of The Ozu Collection: Volume 4.
While boasting eye catching costumes and production design, the film contains very little meat, flitting between action and romance but not doing a particularly good job with either.
When her father is betrayed and killed, Yen Feier is forced to take the throne and lead her army into war.
Drawing from real life events, Tanic's docudrama gains its power from the emotionally stirring scenario and all-round naturalistic performances, which feel infused with greater honesty given that a version of this nightmare has been played out in real lif
Life becomes desperate for a scrap merchant when his pregnant wife needs medical help they can't afford.
It's light tone and sprightly 80-minute length belie the depth of Veiroj's film, which is almost bursting at the seams with ideas about self-definition.
The tale of a man desperate to escape the faith passed down from his parents as he looks back over his past, his scars, the marks left by guilt and desire.
Harris the director handles both the personal moments and the action sequences well.
Two professional ‘peace-keepers’ try to bring law and order to a town run by a murderous rancher. But matters are complicated when a young widow arrives.
The situation of women is emphasised, showing that no matter what the station in life, it is patriarchy - however unjust - that dominates the outcome, even after death.
We are looking at events as if they were long, long ago and far, far away, and the magical realist stories that unfold make no attempt to hide their allegorical nature.
A maiden from Baghdad tells a series of stories explicating Portugal's financial crisis.
