We close out the 27th annual festival with a very special New England premiere screening of the BBC adaptation of Sarah Water’s acclaimed novel Night Watch, a tale of lost young Londoners whose lives are inextricably linked via their wartime experiences.

When it’s cold – breathe. It’s November and 26-year-old Lukas is not so much living as floating. His dream of making it as a musician is on the wane and his great passion – rap – has also past its heyday. Lukas lives with his producer, 46-year-old Mischa, in an old loft where they cultivate cannabis. They have been having a turbulent affair for years – but this is a closely guarded secret. Lukas has grown cold inside and only really feels himself in moments of excess. Drunk and coked up to the eyeballs he toils his way through a gig in a small club.

Beijing has to be one of the most exciting cities in the world. Follow seven young men and women and their love lives. Heterosexual, homosexual and bisexual affairs happen across the city. A single mom meets a young student; a city boy meets a guy of his dreams; a girl falls into a love game between a male and a female classmate from her French class. Francois Chang’s debut feature is a stunningly beautiful story of love and life in contemporary China.