Presuming we don’t emulate Denmark and go leaping back into the bunker, 2022 should see a greater range of movies returning to our cinemas. It remains to be seen whether the film industry has been permanently altered by the pandemic, with a large number of people now content to stick with online platforms and leave the cinemas to those who fancy a CGI fix on a Friday night, or pursue more specialised tastes at a film festival.

The Hollywood studios have become increasingly devoted to big-budget blockbusters, while films of quality are being handled by platforms such as Netflix and Amazon.