An unexpected sequel to The Ballad of Narayama by Imamura's son Daisuke Tengan: the old women sent up the mountain to die instead plan a revenge attack on the village below…until a huge marauding bear gets in the way.

A boldly conceived dystopian epic set in Russia 2020.

A star-studded British cast graces Roland Emmerich's exploration of the contested authorship of Shakespeare's works.

A lieutenant in the secret police goes about his deadly business but develops an unexpected obsession in Radim Špaček's compelling portrait of Czech society in the early 1980s.

Intense bittersweet romantic melodrama about the unusual relationship between a young lonely mother and a mountain guide in the Alps whose family has left him.

Mitsuko is in her ninth month of pregnancy, but that doesn't stop her taking the lead when all around her are floundering. Yuya Ishii's breathless comic drama has satire, brio and originality to burn.

A powerful and inspiring real-life story about an Egyptian widow with HIV who battles to overcome society's prejudices and receive proper treatment.

Marc Evans' latest feature is a sweet and sincere paean to the pre-punk 1970s.

A classy haunted house yarn that boasts a great cast, as deceptively moving as it is chilling.

The impressive debut feature from Marie Kreutzer, The Fatherless is a sophisticated and compelling drama dealing with issues of family and freedom.

A dramatic story of idealism, loyalty, and betrayal that reveals a great deal about the culture of protest and the paranoia of the post-9/11 America.

A series of snapshots depicting family and friendships, as small-town life around the world is put under the microscope. Philip Ilson

A quirky absurdist road movie-cum-comedy charts the adventures of two brothers travelling together to their father's funeral.

A rookie journalist in 1969 falls under the spell of a charismatic student radical (Kenichi Matsuyama), only to realise that he's capable of murder. Nobuhiro Yamashita and his cast recreate the political turmoil of the period with awesome credibility.

A stylish, pacy and sometimes blackly funny adaptation of Jo Nesbo's bestselling Norwegian thriller.

Two fiercely independent young people meet in Armenia, and journey into uncharted territory.

Powerful and radical smuggling drama from Turkey, starring the great Yilmaz Güney, rescued and restored by Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Foundation.

A snappy and sophisticated contemporary comedy based on the popular Italian novel by Sandro Veronesi.

Eight short films which examine a broad range of moral dilemmas or difficult decisions and their consequences. Simon Young

The trials of Bobby Liebling, lead singer with doom metal merchants Pentagram.

The long awaited return by Whit Stillman is a wilfully whimsical delight.

Two silent propagandist masterpieces: a Soviet allegory about fatally faulty war equipment, and a cautionary tale of bleak urban poverty in the US.

Oddball retired rock star Cheyenne (Sean Penn) goes on a rambling road trip across the USA in search of someone his father had been trying to find.

An extraordinary tale of ordinary madness.

A powerful, moving and frequently funny account of the Egyptian revolution earlier this year.