East End Film Festival — A–Z of films

Sometimes cinema tickles the senses, sometimes it tugs at the heartstrings, sometimes it exercises the intellect – but La Antena transmits to all three at once.

Some of their patients' stories are so heartbreaking that they will test the mettle of even the most steadfast opponents.

Laugh out loud funny and heartbreaking without resorting to neat Hollywood set-ups or resolutions.

Tilikum, whose last victim Dawn Brancheau died in 2010, is still performing at SeaWorld - after watching this documentary, you'll think long and hard about taking your family to see him.

It's beautifully produced, looking really polished for its tiny budget.

Feature debutant Mikael Marcimain matches the script’s fine balance between dramatic clarity and the more ambiguous intrigues of a conspiracy thriller with some pinpoint direction.

Will best reward those who are prepared to pay attention and stick with its twirls and pirouettes until the complex pay-off.

A kaleidoscopic sequence explores questions of identity through some of the trippiest black and white imagery you'll have seen on the big screen for a long time.

You can enter through the objects, like an Eames chair or three pairs of Ray Bans, bought online. Or through the religious conflict inherent in a bacon bagel.

João Rui Guerra da Mata and João Pedro Rodriguez’s film is a seamless and absorbing blend of essay film and hardboiled thriller.

Jazmin López’s debut feature is in narrative terms a bit too foggy to sustain one’s emotional engagement.

The harrowing latter half of the film could easily have become alienating, but Seyfried makes it compelling.

What does become difficult here is balance, in part because many of Pussy Riot's critics are so aggressive as to make their case for them.

This may be a jet-ski ride over Pryor's life rather than a deep-sea dive but it offers a firm celebration that's likely to encourage those who have watched it to seek out more material from the man himself - and that can never be a bad thing.

Don't expect anyone to smile in this humorous and provoking film.

Being disorientated is part of the game of art - from William Shakespeare to the present.

Forgetting Ain El-Heweh seems to be something the rest of the world has got good act, Fleifel's heart-felt film is a powerful reminder.