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‘Whispers In May’ review: Lyrical, warm Chinese debut is poignant blend of documentary and fiction
Dongnan Chen’s CPH:DOX competition title follows three teenage girls on a momentous journey
‘The Fox’ review: Olivia Colman lends her voice to underpowered offbeat Australian satire
Dario Russo’s debut feature also stars Jai Courtney, Emily Browning and Sam Neill.
‘I Heard That They Are Not Going To See Each Other Anymore’ review: Offbeat, idiosyncratic Taipei-set debut defies easy categorisation
The improvised first feature from Ka Ki Wong bows in CPH:DOX Next Wave
‘Replica’ review: Fascinating if limited study of Chinese women embarking on AI relationships
Chouwa Liang’s Thessaloniki Documentary Festival premiere is a follow-up to her 2022 short ‘My AI Lover’
‘Sinsin And The Mouse’ review: Verbose, meandering two-hander sees strangers connect in Taipei
Yukinori Makabe’s Glasgow Film Festival premiere is adapted from a short story by Banana Yoshimoto
‘Sentient’ review: Powerful, challenging exploration of biomedical animal testing
Tony Jones’ hot-button film plays Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival after a Sundance premiere
‘Sleep No More’ review: A decaying Indonesian wig factory hides a dark secret in Edwin’s outré horror
The filmmaker’s follow-up to Locarno winner ’Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash’ bows as a Berlin Special Screening
‘The Day She Returns’ review: Hong Sangsoo’s slight, ponderous character study stars Song Sunmi
Sunmi’s expressive performance lifts the director’s slow-burning Berlin Panorama title
‘Wolfram’ review: Warwick Thornton’s period Outback thriller is visually stunning, narratively flat
The acclaimed director’s Berlin Competition title is a sequel-of-sorts to 2017’s ’Sweet Country’
‘A New Dawn’ review: Slight Japanese debut pairs delicate 2D animation with story of resistance
Yoshitoshi Shinomiya’s Berlin Competition title is set in a legendary fireworks factory scheduled for destruction
‘Filipiñana’ review: A wealthy Manila country club plays host to this poised, potent study of power and corruption
Filipino director Rafael Manue’s enigmatic debut is executive-produced by Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhiangke
‘We Are All Strangers’ review: Anthony Chen’s involving drama charts generational tensions in contemporary Singapore
Berlin Competition drama follows ‘Ilo Ilo’ and ‘Wet Season’ to close the filmmaker’s ‘Growing Up’ trilogy
‘Salvation’ review: Emin Alper weaves timely tale of prophecy, paranoia and blood feuds in rural Turkey
The director’s second Berlin competition title follows two warring clans in the Turkish mountains
‘Light Pillar’ review: Xu Zao’s distinctive animated debut finds poetry in digital escape
Berlin Perspectives title is set around a decaying film production facility and utilises immersive hand-drawn visuals
‘Moonglow’ review: Isabel Sandoval directs and stars in underpowered Filipino neo-noir
Police corruption procedural bows in Rotterdam’s Big Screen Competition
‘Silenced’ review: Damning Australian doc explores the legal backlash to the #MeToo movement
Filmmaker Selina Miles focuses on several high-profile women who have faced defamation cases, including Amber Heard
‘Levitating’ review: Global singing star Anggun impresses in ambitious, lyrical Indonesian drama
Wregas Bhanuteja’s third feature premieres in Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic competition
‘Saccharine’ review: Natalie Erika James follows ‘Relic’ with potent weight loss body horror
Midori Francis impresses as a medical student going to extreme lengths for the perfect body
‘Early Days’ review: Elegant Mumbai-set debut explores intrusive impact of social media
Red Sea New Visions title is a strong calling card for writer/director Priyankar Patra
‘Under Current’ review: ‘Infernal Affairs’ co-director Alan Mak serves up flat Hong Kong actioner
Aaron Kwok, Simon Yam and Francis Ng star in entertaining but silly crime thriller
