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‘Cielo’ review: A young girl embarks on a quest across Bolivia in this uncertain fable
Alberto Sciamma’s visually inventive feature comes to Fantasia after multiple wins at Fantasporto
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‘Adult Children’ review: Galway prizewinner is smart, breezy US coming-of-age drama
Film Fleadh’s best international independent feature is reminiscent of the work of Lynn Shelton
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‘Friendship’ review: Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd go head-to-head in bromance gone sour
Cringe comedy is first major feature role for Robinson, creator and star of Netflix series ‘I Think You Should Leave’
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‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ review: Uninspiring sequel to ’90s slasher lacks a killer hook
Original stars Freddie Prinze Jr and Jennifer Love Hewitt return for another round of murder
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‘Fuck The Polis’ review: FIDMarseille winner is a personal, lyrical portrait of modern Greece
Rita Azevedo Gomes’s documentary won the festival’s international competition grand prix
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’Better Go Mad In The Wild’: Karlovy Vary Crystal Globe winner follows Czech twins living off-grid
Miro Remo’s documentary pays tribute to idosyncratic brothers Frantisek and Ondrej Klisik
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‘Horseshoe’ review: Four estranged siblings confront their dead father in crowdpleasing Irish debut
Edwin Mullane and Adam O’Keeffe’s well-balanced debut premieres in Galway
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’Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man’ review: Absorbing portrait of the controversial Irish politician
Trisha Ziff’s documentary blends extensive interviews with a wealth of archive footage
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‘Girls & Boys’ review: A Dublin meet-cute takes a darker turn in promising Irish debut
Writer/director Donncha Gilmore explores the attraction between two very different Trinity College students
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‘The Negotiator’ review: Portrait of US senator George J Mitchell, Good Friday Agreement architect
Affectionate, limited documentary is directed by ‘Kneecap’ producer Trevor Birney
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‘Don’t Call Me Mama’ review: Complex Norwegian debut follows an ill-fated small town affair
A wealthy socialite seduces a teenage asylum seeker in elegantly uncomfortable Karlovy Vary competition title
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‘Bidad’ review: A female singer fights to be heard in potent Tehran-set drama
Iranian filmmaker Soheil Beiraghi’s fourth feature premieres in Karlovy Vary competition
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‘Baite’ review: Conventional murder mystery unfolds in 1970s Ireland
Moe Dunford stars in Ruan Magan’s adaptation of Sheena Lambert novel
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‘Broken Voices’ review: Powerful Czech choir drama is loosely based on real-life abuse scandal
Ondrej Provaznik’s 1990s-set feature explores the dark underbelly of an elite all-girls choir
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‘Superman’ review: James Gunn puts his own stamp on the iconic Man of Steel
David Corenswet’s more introspective Superman kicks off a new chapter of the DC Universe.
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‘The Visitor’ review: Lithuanian debut takes a fresh approach to the issue of migration
A Lithuanian ex-pat struggles to return home in Vytautas Katkus’s impressive move to features
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‘The Luminous Life’ review: A Lisbon spring brings new opportunities for a troubled 20-something
The debut feature from Joao Rosas is a continuation of three previous short films
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‘Re-creation’ review: Vicky Krieps stars in reimagining of Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder trial
Unwieldy feature presents a fictional Irish trial for the real-life 1996 murder of the French film producer
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‘Sand City’ review: Two disparate lives are linked by sand in lyrical Bangladeshi feature
Dhaka-set drama is debut feature of short filmmaker Mahde Hasan
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‘Out Of Love’ review: Camille Cottin stars as a French woman flung into motherhood
Nathan Ambrosioni’s intimate drama premieres in Karlovy Vary