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Welcome to Chechnya – first look review

by Jack King

David France’s vital documentary interrogates the ongoing queer genocide in the Russian republic.
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Undine – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

An ancient myth underpins German director Christian Petzold’s wishy-washy romantic drama.
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Anne at 13,000 Feet – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

There’s shades of John Cassavetes in Canadian writer/​director Kazik Radwanski’s elevated character study.
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Time to Hunt – first look review

by Lou Thomas

Yoon Sung-hyun offers a fatalistic glimpse of a near-future South Korea in this anxiety-inducing crime thriller.
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First Cow – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Kelly Reichardt trains her meticulous eye on 1820s Oregon in this sublime companion piece to 2006’s Old Joy.
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Mogul Mowgli – first look review

by Caitlin Quinlan

Riz Ahmed plays an ambitious rapper in director Bassam Tariq’s thumping drama.
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My Salinger Year – first look review

by Lou Thomas

Margaret Qualley and Sigourney Weaver star in this understated literary drama, based on Joanna Rakoff’s memoir.
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BFI Flare’s 2020 programme focuses on politics, resistance and rebellion

by Romelly Eavis

The UK’s premier LGBTIQ+ film festival returns with over 50 features, 85 shorts and a wide range of special events.
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Inside the world’s most important (and accessible) short film festival

by Elena Lazic

This year’s Clermont ISFF once again welcomed an eclectic mix of short-form filmmaking new and old.
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Never Rarely Sometimes Always – first look review

by Hannah Strong

Beach Rats director Eliza Hittman offers an unflinching look at the troubling reality of reproductive rights in the US.