Raindance Film Festival — A–Z of films

A close, thoughtful and unexpectedly moving film.

Cristián Jiménez likes quirkiness and his enthusiasm for it, evidenced in his first film Optical Illusions and again here, goes a good way to convincing you to take the ride.

An intriguingly idiosyncratic debut.

This is a low-budget two-hander indie that takes its time to create and dwell in its protagonist’s psychological space.

It's a powerful concept that isn't really done full justice.

With Ohno off screen, the audience is left to piece together an initial reading of this enigma of a man from a variety of conflicting and contrasting recollections.

Borg's assured direction and the cinematography of Christopher Ross (of darker Eden Lake and London to Brighton fame) maintain a noir-like chiaroscuro style throughout.

Hollow unfolds more like a brutal psychodrama than a horror, but is perhaps none the worse for that.

Offers a humanistic and optimistic flipside to the all-too frequent films detailing nothing but seemingly unending, bloody conflict.

A hauntingly allegorical tale of grief and tragedy, the fiction feature debut of director Alastair Siddons is a chilling and poignant masterpiece.

A stunning debut.

The unrelenting poverty trap of the underclasses that is exposed is no barrel of laughs, but this low-budget indie provides some compelling performances and insights.

Sakaguchi draws raw and unflinching performances from his actors.

The plotting is bold and deliberately structured yet, given the small cast and high drama of the set up, this is an oddly cold affair.

Has all the appeal you'd expect from a lesson on late 20th century Bulgarian history.

Writers Jon Hewitt and Belinda McClory chalk out a fine line between seedy entertainment and social commentary - and then stomp all over it as their slick film embraces the urban sleaze as much as holding it up for judgement.