Category: LFF 2021

Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and written by Zach Baylin, a look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams. Starring: Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Jon Bernthal, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton, Tony Goldwyn, Mikayla Lashae Bartholomew, Daniele Lawson and Layla Crawford.

Written and directed by Céline Sciamma, Nelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother’s childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods and one day meets a girl her same age building a treehouse. Starring: Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Stéphane Varupenne, Nina Meurisse and Margo Abascal.

Written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams, Bull (Neil Maskell) mysteriously returns home after a 10 year absence to seek revenge on those who double crossed him all those years ago. Also starring: Lois Brabin-Platt, David Hayman, Kevin Harvey, Jake Davies, Tamzin Outhwaite and David Nellist.

Written and directed by Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr., two men learn to confront a traumatic secret they share involving the savage murder of a schoolmate. Starring: Michael Greyeyes, Chaske Spencer, Jesse Eisenberg, Kate Bosworth, Lisa Cromarty, Tres Garcia, Phoenix Wilson, Julian Gopal and Sheri Foster.

Written and directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, co-written by Robert Buchschwenter and Hanno Pinter, when an ex-prisoner of the Great War returns home and finds his comrades brutally murdered, he decides to bring the serial-killer to justice. Starring: Murathan Muslu, Liv Lisa Fries, Marc Limpach, Max von der Groeben, Aaron Friesz, Stipe Erceg and Matthias Schweighöfer.

Written and directed by Fred Baillif, a group of teenage girls have been placed in a residential care home with social workers. This forced family experience creates unexpected tensions and intimacies, one incident triggers a chain of over-reactions. Starring: Charlie Areddy, Kassia Da Costa, Amandine Golay, Claudia Grob, Joyce Esther Ndayisenga, Amelie Tonsi, Sara Tulu and Anais Uldry.

Written and directed by Kavich Neang, co-written by Daniel Mattes, 20-year-old Samnang faces the demolition of his lifelong home in Phnom Penh and the pressures from family, friends, and neighbours which arise and intersect in this moment of sudden change. Starring: Piseth Chhun, Jany Min, Chinnaro Soem, Tho Sovann, Hout Sithorn and Ok Sokha.

Written and directed by Jonas Bak, as she enters retirement, a mother leaves behind her solitary life in rural Germany and memories of a once perfect family life and travels to protest-ridden Hong Kong, a place that has kept her son away from her for many years. Starring: Anke Bak, Theresa Bak, Lena Ackerman, Alexandra Batten, Patrick Lo and Ricky Yeung.