from writer—director shola amoo came the semiautobiographical second feature the last tree, the story. it's a very powerful film featuring a breakthrough performance by sam adewunmi. i have not got that much room. you've got a foot on that side. and i literally am on a ledge. i've got nowhere to go. also in september, we had the release ofjoanna hogg's the souvenir, recently voted best film of 2019 by sight & sound magazine. another autobiographically inspired work, the souvenir starred honor swinton byrne as a young film—maker who falls into a relationship with tom burke's sinisterly mysterious anthony. it's a very personal film, wryly tender, frequently funny but insidiously suffocating. i'm just playing, julie. stop torturing yourself. i'm not torturing myself. you're inviting me to torture you. for me, however, the very best film of the year was bait, the breakthrough feature from cornish film—maker markjenkin. i can't speak for everyone. give it a bloody good go, then. as a resident, as a homeowner... a tourist... chairman of the committee... someone who spent a lot of time inves