Sorry, Baby (12A)

Co-produced by Barry Jenkins (director of the Oscar-winning Moonlight), A24’s Sorry, Baby is the quietly remarkable debut of actor and writer-director Eva Victor – who initially rose to fame for her satirical social media skits – and announces her as a formidable new filmmaking talent. 

Something bad happened to Agnes (Victor). Though a brilliant English professor at a small New England college, she suffers from crippling anxiety and her life has only inched forward while that of her adored best friend Lydie (Naomie Ackie), who’s moved to the city, has bloomed. Following their reunion, the film revisits in non-chronological chapters both the sexual assault that originally derailed Agnes and her staggered, imperfect recovery.

A wildly impressive debut investigating how trauma is processed both privately and publicly, and a tremendous calling card for Victor, Sorry, Baby is a deft #MeToo story of uncommon complexity, curiosity and humour.