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"My personal grief is my secret", whispers director Céline Sciamma, as she presents her short film This is How A Child Becomes a Poet on a rainy Wednesday evening in a lecture theatre at the London School of Economics.

Underland (2025) is a cinematic voyage depicting three subterranean landscapes. From caves, to storm drains, to underground laboratories; this documentary values life beneath the surface.

Mona Fastvold, hot off The Brutalist success, has reached for cinematic prowess once again with The Testament of Ann Lee. Harbouring a steadfast commitment to the historical, the newest addition to the Fastvold family maintains exceptional attention to detail and visual excellence.

Sentimental Value is an emotionally evocative exploration of inherited family struggles, rooted in the dynamic between ageing auteur, Gustav Borg (Stellan Skarsgard) and his two daughters, Nora Borg (Renate Reinsve) and Agnes Borg (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas).

The way that The Chronology of Water (2025) is billed from a quick Google search is misleading. Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut cannot be reduced to a story about a swimmer. Adapted from the 2011 memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch, the film explores abuse and trauma, but ultimately results in healing through the power of writing.

Harry Lighton’s directorial debut, Pillion (2025), is everything it says on the tin and more. Inspired by Adam Mars-Jones’s novel, Box Hill (2020), we follow the relationship—or, perhaps more appropriately, arrangement—shared between two gay men living in south-east London—one an unassuming, barbershop-singing parking warden, and the other a mysterious, unabashedly kinky biker.

H is for Hawk (2025) is a biographical drama film adapted by director Philippa Lowthorpe from the best-selling autobiography by the same name, published in 2014. The film follows Helen Macdonald, played by Claire Foy of The Crown fame, as she tends to a goshawk in the aftermath of her father’s death.

Nostalgia is a deeply human experience. But what happens when we romanticise the past to the point of reinventing it? In the film A Pale View of Hills, Kei Ishikawa invites the audience into the quiet world of Etsuko, a Japanese woman in England, whose bandages begin to unwrap as her youngest daughter, Niki, a young writer, itches to investigate her mother’s uncovered past.

A good film can make you feel and ponder endlessly; this one made me feel absolutely nothing, and I left the theatre confused and head empty.

When a chance meeting ignites a spark between strangers Sarah (Margot Robbie) and David (Colin Farrell), they embark on a journey of self-exploration, confronting their preconceptions about love and intimacy.