Are you enjoying the quiet, just for a minute? April offers a rare month in the year with few major film festivals and even fewer major awards, setting up a perfect couple of weeks to finally tick some titles off your watchlist. Of course, we’re here to add plenty more: standout festival premieres from last year sit alongside emerging international gems in this month’s edition. Lock in for stories of fame, grief, birth, family, diaspora and division in a bumper crop of new films to look out for.