Unwatched: Sight & Sound - The 50 best films of 2021

Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp.

A one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder takes a job to bring a man"s young son home and away from his alcoholic mom. On their journey, the horseman finds redemption through teaching the boy what it means to be a good man.

Set in the port town of Dover, Mary Hussain suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband. A day after the burial, she discovers he has a secret just twenty-one miles across the English Channel in Calais.

Follows two upper-middle class wanderers in a dryly comic exploration displacement and ennui in contemporary Australia.

Omar is a promising young musician. Separated from his Syrian family, he is stuck on a remote Scottish island awaiting the fate of his asylum request.

Suzu is a shy high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters "U", a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a globally-beloved singer.

Undine works as a historian lecturing on Berlin"s urban development. But when the man she loves leaves her, the ancient myth catches up with her. Undine has to kill the man who betrays her and return to the water.

Follows Crista, Carloto and João who are building an airy greenhouse for butterflies in the garden and share household routines, but they are not the only ones.

While at a Jewish funeral service with her parents, a college student has an awkward encounter with her sugar daddy and ex-girlfriend.

When Nora witnesses Abel being bullied by other kids, she rushes to protect him. But Abel forces her to remain silent. Caught in a conflict of loyalty, Nora tries to find her place, torn between children"s and adults" worlds.

When a Jehovah"s Witness community is attacked, leader"s wife Yana questions her desires as her familiar world crumbles.

As a train weaves its way up to the arctic circle, two strangers share a journey that will change their perspective on life.

Washed-up porn star Mikey Saber returns to his small Texas hometown where nobody really wants him back.

Legendary 20th century English war poet Siegfried Sassoon embarks on a life-long quest for personal salvation through his experiences with family, war, his writing, and destructive relationships. True salvation can only come from within.

Follows British and American Black characters of different generations navigating their way through today"s society, offering a critical perspective on the state of the nation.

Follows a chaotic, tender family that is on a road trip across a rugged landscape and fussing over the sick dog and getting on each others" nerves. Only the mysterious older brother is quiet.

A 17th-century nun in Italy suffers from disturbing religious and erotic visions. She is assisted by a companion, and the relationship between the two women develops into a romantic love affair.

A stripper named Zola embarks on a wild road trip to Florida.

Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, goes to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumours, who disappeared overnight.

The extraordinary adventure of the young members of the Piedmont Speleological Group who, having already explored all the caves of Northern Italy, changed course in August 1961 and went South to explore other caves unknown to man.

In 1820, a cook travels to Oregon, where he meets a Chinese immigrant who is also looking to make his fortune. Soon, they team up in a dangerous scheme to steal milk from a prized local cow, the first and only in the territory.

The Velvet Underground explores the multiple threads that converged to bring together one of the most influential bands in rock and roll.

A couple retreat to the island that inspired Ingmar Bergman to write screenplays for their upcoming films when the lines between reality and fiction start to blur.

An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.

A chance encounter on a street corner has Lisa and Giorgi fall in love at first sight, but an evil spell is cast on them. Will they ever meet again?