Borderlines is defined by its variety. Its programme is full of films that Your Mate Told You To Watch, films You've Never Heard Of But You Absolutely Love Her and Japanese Family Dramas Plastered With Those Little Palme D'Or Badges On The Poster.
What you need is a guide to lead you through the titles.
Jonny Courtney has been working in independent cinema for thirteen years, in cinemas from Bristol to Sheffield. He's also the man who picks what plays at Borderlines. Here are his 12 tips for films you should put a big red circle around in your programme this year.
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Birds of Passage (15)
He says: "Wealth and power corrupt indigenous traditions during the 1970's Colombian marijuana boom."
Showing in: Hereford, Malvern
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Border (15)
He says: "A contemporary Swedish folk tale that fuses comedy, fantasy, thrills and horror."
Showing in: Hereford (three screenings)
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Burning (15)
He says: "A chance encounter entangles a wannabe young writer in a cat and mouse triangle in this intriguing, obsessive thriller from South Korea."
Showing in: Hereford, Malvern, Oswestry
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Capernaum (15)
He says: "Impoverished 12-year-old Zain sets out to sue his parents in this emotionally explosive drama from Lebanese director Nadine Labaki."
Showing in: Hereford, Malvern
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Colette (15)
He says: "Keira Knightley is the unconventional French novelist who stands up to be recognised in male-dominated Belle Epoque Paris."
Showing in: Hereford, Malvern, Oswestry
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Eight Grade (15)
Molly Ringwald - star of THE BREAKFAST CLUB - says: "the best movie about adolescence I've seen in a long time. Maybe ever."
Showing in: Hereford
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Everybody Knows (15)
He says: "Destructive suspicions are unleashed when Laura (Penélope Cruz) returns to Spain from Argentina for her sister's wedding"
Showing in: Hereford
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The Kindergarten Teacher (12A)
He says: "Maggie Gyllenhal is terrific as a woman whose decision to nurture a young pupil's genius sets her on a perilous course."
Showing in: Hereford, Malvern
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The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (12)
He says: "A biting commentary on how easily individual freedom can be compromised, as relevant today as in 1975."
Showing in: Hereford
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Monsters & Men (15)
He says: "An African-American is wrongfully shot by police. Three bystanders must decide how far to get involved."
Showing in: Hereford (two screenings)
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Ray & Liz (15)
He says: "Shocking, gritty and unsettlingly funny, what it was like to grow up in a Black Country flat during Thatcher's Britain."
Showing in: Hereford, Malvern
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Shoplifters (15)
He says: "Festival favourite Kore-da won the 2018 Palme D'Or in Cannes for this delicate and compassionate insight into family."
Showing in: Tarrington, Leintwardine, Ludlow, Ledbury, Yarpole
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