Riverbank Arts Centre, Main Street, Newbridge, Co.Kildare

Starring: Sally Hawkins, Paddy Considine, Noah Taylor, Gemma Chan, Yasmin Paige and Craig Roberts

This coming-of-age story is set in Swansea and narrated by a teenage boy, but it thankfully gives a body-swerve to the tired clichés in which our industry routinely imprisons such subject matter. There’s no drab naturalism, sulky rebellion or political backdrop, and, best of all, no forced uplifting climax     snatched from relentless adversity.

Richard Ayoade’s Submarine feels like the most refreshing, urgent and original debut the film industry has seen in years.