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When a man who thinks his child has been kidnapped discovers they've nabbed the wrong kid, he has to decide if the life of another's son is equally worth saving.

A civil servant, told he has incurable cancer, resolves to change his mundane life before he dies. Out on re-release.

A thief is draughted in to impersonate a warlord in medieval Japan.

A warlord splits his kingdom between his sons only to see the older two cause chaos as they battle for supremacy in this vivid Japanese reworking of King Lear.

Four separate versions of a death in the forest.

A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.

A village enlists a group of samurai to defend them from bandits.

The Scottish play transposed to a misty compound on the desolate slopes of Mount Fuji.

A mysterious ronin finds his services are popular in a town where two gangs are trying to wipe each other out.

'We became like soul sisters' Natalie Halla on capturing the life of Manizha Bahktari in The Last Ambassador
The man who picked up a penguin Peter Catteneo on adapting a true story in The Penguin Lessons
The film that went too far Francisco Martins and Julia Duarte on the 32 year journey of Onda Nova
Finding his voice J Stevens and Breton Lalama on singing, changing voices and Really Happy Someday
Bingo David Siegel and Scott McGehee on Naomi Watts, Bing, Sigrid Nunez and The Friend
Sundance moving to Boulder Festival to leave Utah for Colorado in 2027
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