Virtual Cinema / Minari
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★★★★★ – Guardian. Inspired by director Lee Isaac Chung’s own upbringing, 'Minari' follows a Korean American family as they struggle to make their rural American dream a reality.
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★★★★★ – Guardian. Inspired by director Lee Isaac Chung’s own upbringing, 'Minari' follows a Korean American family as they struggle to make their rural American dream a reality.
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★★★★ – iNews. A young man explores his burgeoning sexuality through a series of no-strings sexual encounters, that is until he finds his way into the mysterious, strictly anonymous 'Blue Room, where he develops a dangerous and exhilarating fixation on another man.
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★★★★ – Evening Standard. Gripped by a violent, terrifying illness, Rose lives in seclusion with her husband, but the arrival of a stranger shatters the fragile refuge they have built.
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★★★★ – Guardian. A sociology teacher's reality is shaken to the core after she turns away her housekeeper's son, seeking refuge on a stormy night, only for the boy's dead body to be found in the river the next day.
Streaming from Fri 16 Apr
The WOFFF Best of the Fest virtual touring programme features award-winning films from last year’s festival, and is packed with inspiring and surprising films of witches, warriors and women who roar!
Available to stream from Fri 16 Apr
★★★★ – The Upcoming. Filmed over ten years, filmmaker Johnny Grogan provides a uniquely personal insight into how a local community fought and ultimately won the battle against a company employing the controversial process of fracking to extract natural gas.
Available to stream from Fri 23 Apr
★★★★ – Eye for Film. The remarkable untold story of electronic music’s female pioneers – composers who embraced machines and their liberating technologies to utterly transform how we produce and listen to music today.
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★★★★ – Total Film. See the world through the eyes and ears of three canine friends. An intimate portrait of the life of a city and its people, 'Stray' is the ultimate love letter to dogs.
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Amber has Down's syndrome, and she and her twin sister Olivia are about to start school. Olivia wants Amber to be in the same class as her, and so begins the struggle of keeping the girls together at school.
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★★★★ – Eye for Film. In 1989, Scottish mercenary and ex-SAS operative Peter McAleese was hired by a Colombian drug cartel to lead a small team of ex-special forces commandos on a mission to assassinate the world’s biggest drug baron.
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Heralding an exciting new voice in Lebanese cinema, 'Martyr' is a heartfelt farewell to the beauty and sensuality of youth. In an effort to shake off the pressures of a desperate family situation, Hassane loses himself in the azure waters of his favourite swimming spot in Beirut.
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★★★★ – The List. As the vocalist for X-Ray Spex, Poly Styrene was the first woman of colour in the UK to front a successful band, using her unconventional voice to introduce the world to a new sound of rebellion in '70s Britain.
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★★★★★ – Radio Times. Iorram (Boat Song) is a lyrical portrait of the fishing community in Scotland's Outer Hebrides, with director Alastair Cole taking a cinematic journey into the past and present of the islands.
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★★★★ – Guardian. Two estranged brothers must set aside their differences when a rare and lethal illness threatens their respective flocks of sheep in Western Australia. Sam Neill stars in this remake of the Icelandic hit.
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Leke, a young London-based photographer, confronts the complexities of his identity when he is called back 'home' to Senegal after the death of his father.
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★★★★ – The Express. Nicolas Cage stars in this bloody comedy-horror about a quiet drifter who finds himself in a fight for survival against possessed animatronics at an abandoned theme park.
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★★★★ – Guardian. Ryan White’s gripping documentary looks behind the headlines at the 2017 murder of the brother of North Korea’s Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, in a crowded Malaysian airport. At the centre of the investigation are two women. Are they cold-blooded killers or unwitting pawns in a political assassination?
A handpicked selection of films and online content to enjoy in the week ahead, from the comfort of your own home.
Our pick of some of the best films from around the world, including new titles and some under-seen gems.
While we're closed, we've put together some specially-curated collections for you to enjoy at home.