In Georgia Oakley’s quiet and soulful drama, a closeted PE teacher reckons with her identity during the introduction of a stigmatising law to Thatcherite Britain.

Based on Ikiru by Akira Kurosawa, Living stars Bill Nighy as a man determined in the time he has left to wake from his slumber and make a mark on the world.

Directed by BAFTA-winning filmmaker Alison Millar, Lyra is a beautiful and heartfelt film about the life and death of the internationally renowned Northern Irish investigative journalist Lyra McKee.

Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) returns with this jewel of a tragicomedy, a shimmering tale of friendship, feuds and Irish identity.

The Belfast Film Festival is proud to support the medium of short film, and this annual competition is made up of early-to-mid career and established filmmakers from the island of Ireland.

In Jafar Panahi's inventive metafiction – the lively if tragedy-tinged story of a filmmaker becoming embroiled in village politics while trying to shoot his new movie remotely – there are no bears.