Nikki Baughan

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Canadian director presents a romantic comedy, disaster movie, family drama and eco-horror rolled into one Dir/scr: Anne Emond. Canada. 2025. 100mins. A French man suffering a mental health crisis finds hope in the most unlikely of places in Canadian director Anne Emond’s curious bilingual English and French comedy, which sets a burgeoning romance against a backdrop of climate crisis and a possible oncoming apocalypse.

2 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Nikki Baughan

Writer/director Harry Lighton sensitively explores a submissive gay relationship Source: Picturehouse Entertainment Dir/scr: Harry Lighton. UK. 2025. 106mins The commuter town of Bromley, 10 miles from the centre of London, may not seem like the most obvious of locales for such a bold and uncompromising queer coming-of-age.

2 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Nikki Baughan

Jai Courtney and Hassie Harrison star in this messy genre mash-up Source: Cannes International Film Festival Dir: Sean Byrne. Australia. 2025. 98mins The azure waters off Australia’s Gold Coast hide a dark secret in Dangerous Animals; and it’s not just the man-eating sharks that lurk in the depths.

3 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Nikki Baughan

Andrew Dominik turns Bono’s 2022 stage tour into an immersive performance for Apple  Dir: Andrew Dominik. US/Italy/Ireland. 2025. 87mins To mark the 2022 publication of his memoir ’Surrender: 40 Songs’ , U2 frontman Bono embarked on a one-man tour of intimate gigs throughout the US and Europe. Described as ‘an evening of words, music and some mischief’, the show saw the then 62-year-old Bono inter-lacing often-theatrical narration with snippets from his U2 back catalogue to tell his own story.

3 weeks ago | screendaily.com | Nikki Baughan

Felix Dufour-Laperrier’s fourth feature explores the individual impact of violent protest Source: Cannes International Film Festival Dir/scr: Felix Dufour-Laperrier. Canada/France. 2025. 72mins The tension between social responsibility and personal preservation takes centre stage in this Canadian French animation, whose expressive hand-drawn visuals help bring depth and impact to a somewhat-slight narrative.