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‘A Girl Unknown’ review: Assured, controlled debut traces an adopted girl’s journey through China

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By John Berra
| Screen Daily Verified
Zou Jing’s Critics’ Week premiere features an impressive performance from Resurrection star Li Gengxi Source: Pure Light Films & Maneki Films ‘A Girl Unknown’ Dir/scr: Zou Jing. China/France. 2026. 125mins Introduced in 1979, China’s controversial one-child policy prompted a rapid increase in adoption, with millions of adopted children living within the country by the late 1980s.
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‘Light Pillar’ review: Xu Zao’s distinctive animated debut finds poetry in digital escape

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By John Berra
| Screen Daily Verified
Berlin Perspectives title is set around a decaying film production facility and utilises immersive hand-drawn visuals Source: Fengduan Pictures ‘Light Pillar’ Dir. Xu Zao. China. 2026. 90mins Chinese animation is strongly associated with East Asian mythology, yet Xu Zao’s first feature-length work finds creative inspiration in the quotidian matters that usually permeate live-action local indies.
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The best British TV of 2025

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By Michael Brooke, Michael Ewins, John Berra
| BFI
From Adolescence to Get Millie Black – BFI curators select their favourite new programmes and series from a year on British TV. How many have you watched? 10 December 2025 Adolescence (2025) Dramas often steal the spotlight on these lists, but this year when we put the call out to BFI curators for their TV of the year, recommendations for non-fiction programmes came flooding in. Seeking justice and truth have been big themes in 2025, and it seems audiences are craving authenticity more than ever.
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