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‘Yesterday The Eye Didn’t Sleep’ review: Poetic, slow-burn debut unfolds within a Bedouin community in Lebanon
Palestinian director Rayakan Mayasi’s first feature premieres in Cannes Un Certain Regard
‘Ben’Imana’ review: Evocative debut delivers a haunting tale of post-genocide Rwanda
Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo’s Un Certain Regard title is set against Rwanda’s post-genocide gacaca courts
‘Clarissa’ review: Sophie Okonedo, David Oyelowo anchor bold Lagos-set ‘Mrs Dalloway’ adaptation
The Esiri brothers’ Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title relocate Virginia Woolf’s potent themes to modern Nigeria
‘Congo Boy’ review: Central African Republic debut is a warm, humane portrait of survival
Rafiki Fariala draws on his own experiences as a Congolese refugee for this authentic Un Certain Regard title
‘Out Laws’ review: Thoughtful doc explores the impact of colonial anti-gay laws in Namibia and beyond
The debut feature of filmmakers Lexi Powner and James Lewis premieres in BFI Flare
‘Where To?’ review: A Palestinian cab driver in Berlin connects with his Israeli passenger in delicate, resonant debut
Berlin Perspectives title from Israeli filmmaker Assaf Machnes features strong performances from Ehab Salami and Ido Tako
‘Chronicles From The Siege’ review: Arabic-language debut feature is intense tapestry of life, death and courage
Palestinian-Syrian director Abdallah Alkhabtib’s Berlin Perspectives title is fuelled by its performances
‘Safe Exit’ review: Mohammed Hammad follows ‘Withered Green’ with spare Egyptian drama
Marwan Waleed anchors a restrained portrait of alienation in Hammad’s second feature
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‘In A Whisper’ review: Hiam Abbass is magnetic in sensitive Tunisian LGBTQ drama
Lelya Bouzid’s nuanced Berlin competition title is set over six days of mourning
‘Variations On A Theme’ review: Rotterdam Tiger winner is intimate South African doc-fiction
Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar follow ’Carissa’ with community drama set in the country’s Kamiesberge region
‘Barni’ review: A missing girl leads to new horizons in ambitious, sentimental Somali debut
Mohammed Sheikh’s feature follows the search for a missing child from a quiet Somali village to the big city
‘A Sad And Beautiful World’ review: Lebanon’s Oscar hopeful is appealing, soulful romance
The debut feature from Cyril Aris follows a Lebanese couple over three decades
‘Sink’ review: Visually striking Jordanian debut offers authentic depiction of mental illness
The first feature from Screen Arab Star Of Tomorrow Zain Duraie now plays Red Sea competition
‘El Sett’ review: Reverential, heavy-handed biopic of Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum
Lavish production from ’The Yacoubian Building’ director Marwan Hamed premieres in Marrakech
‘Sophia’ review: Jessica Brown Findlay stars in Dhafer L’Abidine’s accessible Tunisian thriller
L’Abidine also stars in this workmanlike thriller, which premieres as a Marrakech Gala screening
‘Past Future Continuous’ review: IDFA Envision winner is poignant, formally daring family portrait
Directors Firouzeh Khosrovani and Morteza Ahmadvand explore the link between a US-based woman and her parents in Tehran
‘A Fox Under A Pink Moon’ review: Strong Afghan migrant doc blends phone footage and animation
Iranian filmmaker Mehrdad Oskouei’s IDFA competition title follows a young Afghan artist attempting to journey to Europe
‘Cotton Queen’ review: Thessaloniki winner is assured debut from Sudanese filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani
A young Sudanese woman fights for control of her own life in Mirghani’s village drama
‘Happy Birthday’ review: A child maid wishes for a better life in affecting, sensitive Egyptian debut
Sarah Goher’s first feature has been selected as Egypt’s official Oscar submission
‘The Woman Who Poked The Leopard’ review: Intense portrait of Ugandan activist Stella Nyanzi
Patience Nitumwesiga profiles the exiled feminist poet in scattergun DOK Leipzig title
