Identifying Features review – a haunting portrayal of Mexico’s missing people
In this accomplished debut, a single mother refuses to give up hope while searching for her lost son
The Disciple review – Indian classical musician sings a lonely tune
Years of adherence to stringent rules leave a performer at odds with society in this melancholy film from India’s first Venice competitor for two decades
Identifying Features review – horror and heartbreak in Mexico’s borderlands
First-time director Fernanda Valadez conjures up a vision of real evil in her story of the terrors faced by migrants into the US
Labyrinth of Cinema review – cult Japanese director’s epic blitz of pop-culture hyperactivity
Nobuhiko Ôbayashi’s last work starts as a sentimental elegy to cinema-going’s golden age but takes us through the heart of Japanese darkness
Red Moon Tide review – sea spirits haunt the Spanish coast
A fishing community becomes frozen in time by the disappearance of a local hero, in this unsettling and austerely poetic tale
Spring Blossom review – a fleeting affair with heart
Suzanne Lindon’s debut skirts the line between schoolgirl crush and exploitation as it charts her romance with an older man, while neatly avoiding cliché
Sofia review – Moroccan society through the eyes of an unwed mother
Meryem Benm’Barek’s smart debut lays bare the scandalous consequences for a Casablanca woman who finds herself single and pregnant
Night in Paradise review – operatic Korean display of gunfire and death
This blood-splattered Korean gangster flick with a romantic subplot follows Tae-Gu as he hides out from his enemies
‘Film-making? Bring it on!’: ex-stockbroker Farah Nabulsi on her Oscar nomination
The British Palestinian is up for an Oscar with her debut, filmed at a notorious Israeli flashpoint called Checkpoint 300. The London-based director talks about her shocking visits to the Middle East
A Common Crime review – chilling ghost story with a social conscience
A career woman is haunted by a teenager she could have saved from death in this masterful political thriller from Argentina
Undine review – romance with just enough magic and mystery
A woman on the rebound gets into deep water in Transit director Christian Petzold’s playful reworking of an age-old myth
Undine review – a shaggy catfish of a story about a woman with a water obsession
The director of Transit returns with a somewhat pointless film about an art historian who has a passionate affair with a diver
Selfie review – droll Gallic eye on slaves to the algorithm
Online metrics are pillow talk, and digital secrets go public in this tragicomic portmanteau of five stories about our relationship with technology
Bertrand Tavernier: a flesh-and-blood lion of French cinema
The director was a prolific and legendary figure, making films in a dizzying range of genres from crime to sci-fi, satire to jazz
Memories of My Father review – deeply felt memoir of Medellín’s public-health champion
Almodóvar regular Javier Cámara brings a wonderful richness to his portrayal of Colombian professor and campaigner Héctor Abad Gómez