The likes of Tom Cruise, Danielle Deadwyler and James Cameron were absent from the Oscars shortlist this year.
Long-awaited legacy sequels, fresh instalments to long-running franchises, biopics and animations jostled with original dramas and gripping thrillers for our attention in 2022.
"You want to achieve an accurate and realistic portrait of that workplace,” say Maria Schrader, the director of She Said.
The UK’s most prestigious film festival returns fully in person again this year.