Hope is a wonderfully poignant and touching film which goes to the essence of what human existence is all about. It’s about clinging onto “pure emotion” when all seems lost.

There’s a universality about this film that appeals to me – whether the filmmakers intended Hope to be a metaphor for God is ultimately up to the viewer. The images of Martin Luther King and John and Yoko, which emerge in a burst of colour, are particularly evocative, as is the minimalist piano soundtrack by renowned New York composer Philip Glass.