Cinébites

Pauline Loquès’s remarkable debut feature, which premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week, is a beautiful ode to the heyday of French New Wave filmmaking.

A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom in this adaptation of the global phenomenon from Kane Parsons.

Facing the death of his country’s glaciers and the loss of his beloved grandparents, Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason turns his archives into a time capsule to hold what is slipping away — family, memory, time and water.

Familiar Touch is a coming-of-old-age film following an older woman's transition into assisted living as she contends with her conflicting relationship with herself and her caregivers amidst her shifting memory, age identity, and desires.

Neglected pensioner Elsie finds an unexpected ally in her younger neighbour, bringing brighter days for both of them. But Elsie’s son John resents the way that Colleen has selflessly fulfilled the responsibilities that he has shirked. And simmering tensions bring shocking consequences in a gripping human story straight from the heart of broken Britain.

Based on Gary Owen’s much lauded and widely performed one-woman play, Iphigenia in Splott, Effi o Blaenau is director Marc Evans’ cinematic interpretation set against the wide open landscapes of North Wales.

When a shy hopeless romantic makes a wish that his long-time crush falls in love with him, a sinister enchantment ensues in writer/director Curry Barker's freaky and frightening feature debut.

In the late 1990s, a family of six settles into their new home on Vancouver Island, as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the experiences of the youngest child, Sasha. Their fresh start is interrupted by the increasingly dangerous behavior of Jeremy, the family’s oldest child.

Jodie Foster’s impeccable French and comedic skills are on full display in this mystery thriller, which sees her character journey down a rabbit hole to investigate a suspicious death.

After the passing of his father, Anand leaves his bustling life in Mumbai behind, returning to his ancestral village for the traditional mourning period. Though his parents have accepted his sexuality, Anand’s extended family are unaware. Before long, the mounting expectations of marriage resurface for Anand, and his only reprieve lies in reconnecting with his childhood friend, Balya.

An introverted space princess is forced to leave her home planet on an inter-gay-lactic mission to save her bounty hunter ex-girlfriend from the Straight White Maliens.

A gripping and frank examination of elder queer desire.

When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008.

Surviving bar-to-bar on anecdotes and the ‘good old days’, two blustery 50-somethings hatch a plan to change their luck by digging up the cash their old pal buried before he left for Argentina.

A London-based Lebanese journalist and a Syrian activist and cameraman retrace their love story over thirteen years of war, revolutions and exile. Drawing on intimate personal archive, Birds of War asks what it means to build a life together in a world shaped by conflict.

With a star-studded cast including Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Zendaya and Charlize Theron, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is the most anticipated film on Letterboxd for 2026.