With the combined budget of his last three films being well over half-a-billion dollars, director Denis Villeneuve has now perched himself at the pinnacle of the Hollywood pyramid. He’s poised to deliver the biggest hit of his career with Dune: Part Two, the second instalment of his two-part adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science-fiction novel — both films have received heaps of acclaim, with Part Two being described in some quarters as one of the best sequels ever made. But before he was surfing the sand dunes of Arakkis, Villeneuve was telling smaller, more daring stories in his home country of Canada. Incidentally, the best of the lot — Incendies — was also about overzealous characters waging a holy war in the desert.

Released in 2010, the film went on to (deservingly) earn an Oscar nomination in the foreign language category. But in the years since, as Villeneuve’s influence has grown, Incendies has strangely been erased from his ever-expanding list of achievements. When his fans highlight the incredible decade-long run that he’s been on, they tend to begin with his first Hollywood project, 2013’s Prisoners. This run also includes true masterpieces like Sicario, Arrival and Blade Runner 2049.