Agatha’s Almanac is a delightful film from Amalie Atkins, about octogenarian Agatha Bock, who is still working her 54-acre farm in Manitoba. Agatha is a gem, and a role model to us all: “There are many things I would do if I could, which I don’t, because I can’t. You just have to accept the fact that it’s part of aging.”

Based on the 2016 Robert Harris novel, Conclave is billed as a psychological thriller, which takes us behind the scenes into the Vatican in Rome, as Cardinals from around the world wheel and deal in their attempts to select the next pope from amongst their scarlet-clad ranks. Skulduggery and political deal-making abound.

Hakki is a fable-like film from Turkey, which shows the protagonist’s transformation from a loving family man with a modest but happy life, to someone completely consumed with an obsessive dream.