Award Winning Independent Cinema

A multiple award winner at Cannes, this is an unforgettable look at a country crushed by poverty and international sanctions and ruled by a sadistic, greedy, and vain tyrant.

This film centres around a toddler born to her Belgian parents in Japan. Amélie uncovers the world around her in this beautiful, mature and oh so human depiction of the transition from infancy to childhood.

Park Chan-wook returns with this satirical black comedy/thriller about a husband and father who takes violent action after being laid off.

Award winners, audience favourites from the opening night - unforgettable stories from the 2025 Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival.

A playful, poignant love letter to cinema, Richard Linklater reimagines the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless in an exuberant exploration of the youthful rebellion and creative chaos that shaped the French New Wave.

Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy. Filmed live from the National Theatre.

In 1917, Lionel meets David and they bond over a deep love of folk music. Years later, they reconnect and take an impromptu journey through the backwoods of Maine to collect traditional songs.

Foy plays Helen Macdonald, a Cambridge academic who, following the death of her beloved father - retreats from the human world and turns to nature instead, taking on the training, care and feeding of a goshawk.

Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band experience – with the gloriously tongue-in-cheek moniker of Lightning and Thunder – proving it’s never too late to find love and follow your dreams.

A farmer grappling with poverty takes an injured white stork under his wing, in this visually arresting film from the Oscar®-nominated director of Honeyland.