Carné's epic romance, newly restored - a spectacular recreation of the Parisian theatre world of the 1830s, starring Arletty as the enigmatic object of men's desire.

Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill travel to Wasilla, Alaska, on the trail of Sarah Palin.

A small witch creates mayhem at Witch School but tries to make amends when she discovers a plot that threatens the forest where she and her friends live.

The best crime movie of recent times; Woody Harrelson delivers a performance guaranteed to be one of the most talked about of the year.

An affecting and delicate teen romance which confirms Gus Van Sant as one of Hollywood’s most astute and sensitive chroniclers of American youth.

A raw, compelling study what happens to a ordinary family when a husband and father becomes terminally ill.

Kim Kyung-Mook's sparky indie feature crosscuts between the lives of two young men, one an illegal immigrant from North Korea stuck in dead-end jobs, the other the kept boy of a married businessman stifling in a swanky apartment.

A wryly hilarious, subtly subversive coming-of-age yarn which takes a cue from Mark Twain and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Anca Damian's poetic and innovative animated feature recounts the life and final days of a Romanian immigrant wrongly imprisoned in a Polish prison.

A young couple are taken by surprise on a trek deep into the Caucasus Mountains.

Seven short stories concerning rural living: from the rain-soaked Scottish islands to the farmlands of the remote Hungarian Great Plains, from the harsh heat of the Iranian desert to the cut-off backwoods of rural America. Philip Ilson

An absorbing and suspenseful drama about an Albanian family caught in a blood feud.

A haunting documentary on objects, memory and the politics of commerce by prize-winning filmmaker Mercedes Álvarez.

In the French seaport of Lorient, there's a trend at school for the girls to get pregnant.

A compelling documentary charting the adventures of a trio of teenager cardboard collectors on the outskirts of the Argentine city of Córdoba.

From Spain's Fernando León de Aranoa comes a socially incisive and beautifully performed tale of an unlikely friendship.

A selection of international festival picks, and some brand-new British productions. Jayne Pilling

The eagerly anticipated follow-up to Dogtooth from Yorgos Lanthimos.

Corinne Masiero turns in an astonishing lead performance in this French drama about a woman on the skids fighting for dignity and survival.

Rossellini's rarely-seen satirical fantasy, now restored, about a photographer whose magic camera has the power to kill the greedy and the corrupt.

Hong Sangsoo's latest bulletin from the sex-war is a typically wry and droll account of a man visiting Seoul to look up old friends and running into new ones. But is this his version of Groundhog Day?

The remarkable political life of Bernadette Devlin McAliskey.

An anarchic yet sophisticated comedy involving a fairy and a receptionist at a seaside hotel.

Todd Solondz draws dark comedy from the story of two dysfunctional thirtysomethings planning to marry.

A poor and naïve villager discovers the stolen Nobel Prize gold medal of Bengali hero Rabindranath Tagore and heads to Kolkata in the hope of returning it.

Evocative documentary about a ghost town in Death Valley, California, with a scant population of just 35.

The intriguing story of a young woman discovered in a London flat three years after her death.

Two sisters are divided and united by the old family farm. One has given her life to the cows, the other only wished she could escape them.

A rare glimpse into the forgotten land of Inner Mongolia and its unique sounds revitalised by the band AnDa Union, whose global concerts and eventual homecoming we follow.