Truth is stranger than fiction in James McAvoy's directorial debut following an irresistible, feel-good underdog tale.

After a wildfire destroys his home, divorced father and ranch owner Dusty (Josh O’Connor) must plant new roots.

When a fishing boat, the Rose of Nevada, lost with all hands 30 years ago, mysteriously reappears in the old harbour of a forgotten Cornish village, for those who remember, it’s surely a sign. The boat must go out to sea again and maybe then the luck of the devastated village will turn.

Set in near-future Brazil, Gabriel Mascaro’s wondrous adventure of a defiant elder fleeing an ageist society is a life affirming boat-movie that manages laughs and warmth in the face of calamity.

Written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli (Sick of Myself), The Drama is a sharp, off-kilter comedy starring the betrothed power-couple, Zendaya and Robert Pattinson.

François Ozon’s (Peter Von Kant) sterling adaptation of Albert Camus’ landmark novel is a gripping account of human absurdity in 1930s French-colonised Algeria.