A mysterious boat returns to a village 30 years after vanishing. Two men join its crew hoping for better fortune. After one voyage, they find themselves transported back in time, mistaken for the original crew.

Through organised 'mass trespass' events, the Right to Roam movement sets out to increase public access to nature, but finds itself in conflict with England's landowners.

Eschewing traditional documentary tropes, director Lana Daher has meticulously assembled a love letter to Beirut composed entirely of 70 years of archival footage - from long-lost home movies and TV broadcasts to the work of pioneering Lebanese filmmakers. In a country without a formal national archive, this film is a vital act of collective memory-retrieval. It’s a rhythmic, evocative journey tha...

Following the opening of A Cage In Search of a Nightingale, we present the UK theatrical premiere of three restored Parajanov shorts. Made in Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine, this triptych features two creative documentaries on regional painters – the Raphael of Tiflis, Hakob Hovnatanyan, and the Georgian naif painter Niko Pirosmani – alongside a collage of screen tests from Parajanov’s unfinished f...

A visceral adaptation of Gary Owen’s acclaimed play Iphigenia in Splott, this Welsh-language powerhouse transports the story to the rugged landscape of Blaenau Ffestiniog - a town where the jobs have vanished and the clouds hang low. At the heart of the film is a magnetic, career-defining performance by Leisa Gwenllian as Effi. Initially a loud-mouthed party girl fueling a cycle of hangovers with ...

Meet Kenneth (Peter Mullan), a grieving widower and local historian who spends his days dressed in breeches, guiding tourists through the legacy of his dubious 18th-century ancestor. When a high-budget, Game of Thrones-style fantasy epic, The White Stag of Emberfell, rolls into town, suddenly, his beloved museum is gutted for "fan experiences". Kenneth is forced to swap his historical dignity for ...

Two brothers, one white and one half-Cree, sit down with a simple goal: to make something “funny, beautiful, spiritual, political, complex, simple, and true”. Sounds easy enough, right? In this charming and moving animated documentary, brothers Seth and Peter Scriver navigate their family history, the challenges facing native Canadians, and much more - all while being constantly interrupted by inc...

Set in the futuristic African nation of Umata in 2093, young filmmaker Kuve seeks to document the aftermath of a devastating Great War. On this journey, he assembles a crew including Mumbi, an aspiring actress who challenges the production to abandon Artificial Intelligence in favour of real, human experiences. What follows is a satirical sci-fi mockumentary that dances through a tangled love tria...

Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s cult classic is re-released in cinemas for the film’s 25th anniversary. 23-year-old Amélie is lonely. After an isolating childhood, she moves to Paris and becomes a waitress at the Café des Deux Moulins, a bar restaurant filled with a colourful cast of diners and employees. One night, Amélie happens across a box of treasures hidden in her apartment, left by a little boy in th...

BFI NETWORK and Film Hub Midlands return to Flatpack for their annual showcase of the region’s most compelling new voices. This year’s lineup features a curated selection of BFI NETWORK-funded shorts, including a special homecoming for films made right here in Birmingham. Join us for an exclusive look at these works - including a few sneak peeks of films yet to be released - and catch these filmma...