The debut movie from director of Lance Hammer won both the Directing and Cinematogrpahy Awards at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008 – and there’s a reason. Beautiful direction and brilliant performances from its three lead actors (all amateur) ensure a film of smouldering beauty, centring on an estranged Mississippi family racked with grief.

12 Angry Lebanese, which recently debuted at the Mosaic Rooms in luxurious Kensington, portrays an unusual set of goings on at Roumieh maximum security jail in Lebanon. Director and therapist Zeina Dacacche spent more than a year working with a group of felons to present an adapted performance of the classic play ’12 Angry Men’; this film is the extraordinary result of her efforts.