Celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, Contemporary Films helped to pioneer the distribution of cinema from around the globe, bringing films by directors including Akira Kurosawa, Ingmar Bergman ...

The line-up features Andrew Scott, Ava DuVernay, Brad Bird, Cynthia Erivo, James Gray, Jesse Eisenberg, John Malkovich, Mahershala Ali, Naomi Ackie and Sofia Coppola, while, for the first time, the ...

These rarely seen colour photos – likely taken by director Bryan Forbes himself during the filming of the nightclub scene in his 1962 drama The L-shaped Room – offer a beautifully detailed glimpse of ...

An experimental filmmaker takes an eventful trip to Jeju Island with her family in this quiet addition to the Hong Sang-soo oeuvre that paints the inner lives of its characters into every subtle ...

Vancouver couple Izzy and Trent’s relationship begins to fracture when Trent comes out as transgender and Izzy becomes increasingly transphobic in this hypnotically absorbing addition to Louise ...

Delegation of producers with projects in active development will travel to Toronto International Film Festival’s inaugural Market thanks to the BFI National Lottery International Connections Fund.

When screenwriters write screenplays about screenwriters... As Pedro Almodóvar’s meta melodrama Bitter Christmas arrives in cinemas, we look at films that put script-writing in the spotlight, from ...

A self-styled society of young aesthetes leap at the chance to ‘rediscover’ retired poet Ed Saxberger (Willem Dafoe) in this poetic meditation on transience of literary fame.

Gregg Araki’s first film in ten years brings his spirit of transgression back to the screen with a wink-wink plot surrounding an artist’s assistant who gets caught up in S&M games with his boss.

Threading together striking Super 8 footage shot by contributors from 25 countries, Ed Sayers’ textured documentary explores our connection with nature through the alchemy of capturing it on celluloid ...