Loop is an unoriginal take on time travel films and is better suited to the teenage audience of streaming services than film festivals, writes Michal Wasilewski

Manchester Film Festival 2020’s Narrative Shorts 2 were political, satirical and, at times, heartwarming, writes Harley Weng U Pun

Although Charlie Buhler’s pandemic-based Before the Fire may seem perfectly timed, it fails to recreate even a bad apocalypse film, writes Michal Wasilewski.

The Princess of the Row is a film that is a harrowing story of a survival and a heartwarming tale about family simultaneously

A round of short films courtesy of the Manchester Film Festival provide a heartfelt and hilarious look into extraordinary people and events in modern life

The tale of the Dominican Republic’s most famous wrestling duo is shown to the world through a magic realist lens

A Great Day in Paris follows American jazz musicians living in Paris, of which around 70 gathered in Montmartre for a commemorative photograph in 2008.

A sluggish and derivative possession-horror that’s only amusing so as to think of better films it steals from which you could be watching instead.

This original language Japanese short film is a triumph. In less than 15 minutes it creates a depth to the characters that even full-length feature films struggle to do.

The Runaways tells the story of three siblings from Whitby, on the run with two donkeys.

Top picks from this years Manchester International Film Festival