Führer und Verführer
German drama about the work of Adolf Hitler’s propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. His incendiary propaganda machine played a crucial role in radicalising Hitler’s supporters and misleading the German people.
Een Schitterend Gebrek (A Beautiful Imperfection)
Michiel van Erp tells the compelling story of Lucia, the first and greatest love of womaniser Giacomo Casanova. Based on Arthur Japin’s bestseller.
Hokwerda's kind
Psychological drama about a long-distance swimmer who gets sucked into a passionate but also cruel affair with an underwater welder. Directed by Boudewijn Koole (Kauwboy), based on the book of the same name by Oek de Jong.
Un p'tit truc en plus
Touching French comedy in which a father and son who have robbed a jewellery shop end up in a holiday camp for young adults with intellectual disabilities. Was a huge hit in French cinemas.
Lee
Biopic starring Kate Winslet in the role of Lee Miller, a woman who, after a successful career as a model and fashion icon, fearlessly went to work as a war photographer during World War II.
Crossing Istanbul
Humanist, loving drama from Levan Akin (And Then We Danced) about a retired teacher from Georgia who teams up with her young neighbourhood boy in Istanbul to search for her niece Tekla, who disappeared years ago.
Anora
Screwball comedy by Sean Baker (The Florida Project) about an erotic dancer hired by a Russian billionaire’s son to play his girlfriend; the start of a hilarious adventure. Winner of the Golden Palm at Cannes.
Emilia Pérez
Sparkling musical thriller by Jacques Audiard (Les Olympiades) about a Mexican drug boss who has one big wish: to transform into a woman. Winner of the Jury Prize and an ensemble award for the actresses at Cannes.
The Substance
The sensation of this year’s Cannes Film Festival was this hyper-stylised body horror film starring Demi Moore as a fitness instructor who goes to extremes in her pursuit of eternal youth, with grotesque consequences.
The Gullspång Miracle + short film Wander to Wonder
Coen Brothers meets Twin Peaks in this incredible documentary full of eccentric characters about two sisters who buy a flat in a Swedish hamlet. The saleswoman looks exactly like their sister, who committed suicide in 1988.
The Apprentice
Biographical drama by Ali Abbasi (Gräns) about Donald Trump’s early years as a real estate entrepreneur. Set in the sleazy New York of the 1970s and 1980s, featuring Sebastian Stan as Trump and Jeremy Strong as his mentor Roy Cohn.
Armand
Chamber drama starring Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person In The World) as a mother who has to answer at school for a sexual incident involving her six-year-old son. Winner of the Caméra d'Or (prize for best debut) at Cannes.