Jonathan Holland
Reviews‘From Dawn To Dawn’ review: Visions du Reel winner is delicate study of Chinese immigrant lives in Barcelona
Xisi Sofia Ye Chen turns the camera on her own family for her documentary debut
Reviews‘North To Paradise’ review: Stirring real-life immigration drama opens BCN Film Fest
Dani Sancho’s handsome biopic follows Ghanian activist Ousman Umar as he makes a new life in Barcelona
Reviews‘Bitter Christmas’ review: Pedro Almodóvar muses on the creative process in personal, messy drama
The director’s latest work stars several of his regular collaborators including Leonardo Sbaraglia and Aitana Sánchez-Gijon
Reviews‘Isabel’ review: Brazilian star Marina Person gives a winning performance as an ambitious São Paulo sommelier
Gabe Klinger’s gentle, home-grown Berlin Panorama drama blends earthiness and romance
Reviews‘Allegro Pastell’ review: German drama is precise, emotionless study of millennial malaise
Anna Roller adapts Leif Randt’s book about a shaky long-distance Berlin-Frankfurt romance
Reviews‘Three Goodbyes’ review: Alba Rohrwacher impresses at heart of Isabel Coixet’s warm drama
The Spanish director’s latest plays Tallinn after its Toronto premiere
Reviews‘Emergency Exit’ review: Surrealist Spanish comedy is fitting swansong for star Marisa Paredes
The late Paredes is one of several passengers embarking on a magical mystery tour for director Lluis Minarro
Reviews‘All The Time’ review: Three women are linked by shared trauma in intriguing if flawed Belgian debut
Amelie Derlon Cordina’s Brussels-set feature premieres in Seville
Reviews‘The Bad Names’ review: Pablo Molinero shines as real Spanish intersex figure Florencio Pla
Compassionate debut from Marc Ortiz Prades is set in the early 20th century and premieres in Seville
Reviews‘The Captive’ review: Alejandro Amenabar tackles formative years of Spanish author Cervantes
Newcomer Julio Pena Fernandez plays the Spanish writer in packed historical epic
Reviews‘Reality Is Not Enough’ review: Entertaining portrait of Scottish writer Irvine Welsh covers familiar ground
Paul Sng’s creative, confessional documentary closes Edinburgh
Reviews‘Novak’ review: Zlatko Buric’s convincing mad scientist elevates this offbeat Greek debut
Harry Lagoussis’s ambitious feature premieres in Edinburgh competition
Reviews‘Little Amelie’ review: Life in 1960s Japan through the eyes of a Belgian toddler
Charming animation is based on Amelie Nothomb’s memoir ‘The Character of Rain’
Reviews‘A Poet’ review: A failed Colombian poet mentors a promising young talent
Simon Mesa Soto’s second feature is powered by a strong performance from non-professional Ubeimar Rios
Reviews‘Sleepless City’ review: Coming-of-age drama set in Europe’s largest shanty town in Spain
Spain’s La Cañada Real outside Madrid is ian evocative backdrop for Guillermo Galoe’s drama
Reviews‘The Redemption’ review: Daniel Guzman, Luis Tosar star in Madrid-set social drama
Guzman directs and stars in worthy piece about a man trying to save his grandmother from eviction
Reviews‘Olmo’ review: Fernando Eimbcke delivers Plan B’s first micro-budget feature
Warm-hearted drama from the director of ‘Duck Season’ is set in New Mexico in the 1970s
Reviews‘Deaf’ review: A new baby poses challenges for her hearing-impaired mother in Spanish debut
Eva Libertad’s thoughtful feature stars her sister, Miram Garlo
Reviews’The Devil Smokes’ review: Potent Mexican debut tracks five siblings over a traumatic summer
Ernesto Martínez Bucio’s film bows in Berlin’s new Perspectives section
Reviews‘Cutting Through Rocks’: Sundance Review
One woman takes on the patriarchy in a small Iranian village