The indie films you might have missed in 2016

The best films 2016 gave us weren't all mainstream mega-hits. Here's our list of the year's smaller movies that shouldn't be overlooked

The Assassin

The first film in eight years from Cannes-winning Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien, The Assassin is a visually immaculate martial-arts film executed with almost unsurpassable skill.

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WHEN
22 Jan 2016 – 22 Mar 2016, times vary
WHERE
Various Locations

Innocence of Memories

Those who have read the Nobel prize winning author Orhan Pamuk, or visited the city of Istanbul, will be intrigued by this new documentary from British film-maker Grant Gee.

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WHEN
29 Jan 2016 – 31 Mar 2016, 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM
WHERE
Various Locations

The Survivalist

With shades of Andrei Tarkovsky and Terrance Malick, The Survivalist isn't your average post-apocalypse film. Starring Mia Goth (Nymphomaniac Vol.II), Damian Elliot's film is a brilliant and unsettling dystopian drama.

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WHEN
12 Feb 2016 – 31 Mar 2016, 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM
WHERE
Various Locations

Summertime

Here's a French sapphic love story to match Blue is the Warmest Colour: a sensuous 1970s romance with sharply-drawn characters set at a time of political upheaval

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WHEN
15 Jul 2016 – 31 Aug 2016, Event times vary
WHERE
Various Locations

Our Little Sister

This poignant film – in which three adult sisters discover a new sibling at their father's funeral – is a subtle yet immersive drama that manages to avoid sentimentality.

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WHEN
15 Apr 2016 – 15 May 2016, Event times vary
WHERE
Various Locations

Mustang

Despite surface similarities, Mustang outdoes Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides by taking a less mythologising perspective on the adolescent sisters at the heart of its powerful tale of camaraderie.

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WHEN
13 May 2016 – 13 Jul 2016, 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM
WHERE
Various Locations

Notes on Blindness

In 1983, just after the birth of his first son, writer and theologian John Hull completely lost his sight. For the next three years he recorded an audio diary documenting the practical realities of his condition, as well as his more philosophical thoughts on the nature of blindness. Notes on Blindness is the result.



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WHEN
01 Jul 2016 – 02 Sep 2016, Event times vary
WHERE
Various Locations

Ambulance

Director Mohamed Jabaly is only 23 years old, which makesAmbulance even more of an astonishing achievement. Following an ambulance crew into the hell of bombarded Gaza, the film raises the bar for war-zone documentaries.

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WHEN
26 Aug 2016 – 26 Oct 2016, Times vary
WHERE
Bertha Dochouse
The Brunswick, London, WC1N 1AW
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