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The celebrated Black American author’s arrival in the City of Light is reimagined in this freewheeling feature, which prioritises images over the spoken word

Melancholy documentary follows the owner of a ‘night moving’ business in Japan, helping people abandon their own lives

Olga Chernykh’s portrait of life in war-torn Ukraine, based on home videos, examines how bonds and memories persist through trauma, loss and distance

Documentary about the Portuguese colonial exhibition of 1934 aims to expose historical prejudice but inadvertently reinforces its racist gaze

Directing duo Julia Gutweniger and Florian Kofler subtly subvert the postcard-perfect ideals of the north Adriatic coast in this engrossingly odd documentary

Nam Arum’s debut documentary weaves intimate home videos and family stories into an interrogation of the aftermath of Chun Doo-hwan’s dictatorship

Shot in stunning black and white, a tapestry of faces and voices beautifully lays bare the hidden subtleties of Indian women’s emotional lives

Moving film follows an Ivory Coast agency steering students and professionals through rules heavily stacked against those applying the ‘right’ way from the global south

The Wolves Always Come at Night review – melancholy meditation on a lost way of life

Lucie Králová’s daring documentary uses a choir and an original libretto to recount the story of the renegade Czech musician