Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay both won Silver Bears for their extraordinary, understated performances in this acclaimed marital drama from Andrew Haigh. The atmospheric Norfolk Broads are a potent backdrop to this devastating portrait of a once-solid marriage plunged into crisis.

Brady Corbet’s acting career was quietly developing with roles in the likes of Melancholia, Simon Killer, and Force Majeure, when he surprised us all with his directorial debut: this stunning and ambitious rumination on violence scored by Scott Walker. A visually arresting period fantasy!