Jia Zhangke

There's a multitude of reasons why a film may get unfairly overlooked. It could be a lack of marketing resources to give it a substantial push, or, due to a minuscule roll-out, not enough critics and audiences have viewed it to collect the champions it might require. It could simply be the timing of the film itself; even in the world of studio filmmaking, some features take time to get their due. With an increasingly crowded marketplace, it means there are more reasons than ever a film might not find an audience and, like last year, we've rounded up the releases that deserved more attention....