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Two people sitting on a rocky shoreline, one person pointing at the other while they look at each other.
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Quiet defiance in JE Tiglao’s Metamorphosis

by Jason Tan Liwag

This landmark film receives its UK première at Queer East Film Festival, but its journey has been a tumultuous one.
Two individuals, a man and a woman, standing together outdoors in a wooded area.
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Hot Docs’ far-reaching programme imagines a clean, free and just future

by Michelle Krasovitski

The Toronto-based documentary festival’s 2022 edition looks to the past for ideas of how we might build a brighter tomorrow.
A woman with curly dark hair, wearing a red jacket and a cream-coloured scarf, standing in a desert landscape.
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Mark Jenkin and Mia Hansen-Løve will unveil new films at the 54th Directors’ Fortnight

by David Jenkins

They’ll be joined by fellow luminaries Alex Garland and Pietro Marcello when the Quinzaine returns to Cannes next month.
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Claire Denis and David Cronenberg headline the 2022 Cannes Film Festival

by David Jenkins

This year’s stacked line-up also includes new work Kelly Reichardt, Ruben Ostlünd and Park Chan-wook – but no David Lynch.
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Discover the learning disability film festival changing disabled representation

by Celestine Fraser

Oska Bright Film Festival is offering a bold, inspiring vision for how disability can be represented on and off the screen.
Four young women sitting on a sofa in a dimly lit room, holding drinks and looking at something off-camera.
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Bodies Bodies Bodies – first-look review

by Erin Brady

A killer cast slashes through a disastrous hurricane party in a raunchy and fun romp meant for a theatre.
Three individuals standing outdoors, one holding a sign that reads "Lecture de guerre: Strokes" in Spanish.
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Looking back to move forward at BFI Flare 2022

by Emily Maskell

This year’s BFI Flare Film Festival encouraged the LGBTQIA+ community to reflect on the past in order to build a better future.
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Soft & Quiet – first-look review

by Erin Brady

Beth de Araújo takes viewers into a white supremacist nightmare in her terrifying yet staggering directorial debut.
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Spin Me Round – first-look review

by Annie Lyons

A talented cast including Alison Brie and Aubrey Plaza can’t save Jeff Baena’s Italian sojourn from taking a sour turn towards the tedious.
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Escape to the Silver Globe – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

A Polish documentary explores the history and artistic trauma surrounding Andrzej Żuławski’s fragmented sci-fi magnum opus.