Cert - PG, Run-time - 1 hour 36 minutes.

Director - Max Walker-Silverman.

This week’s film Rebuilding was released on April 17 and filmed on location in San Luis Valley, Colorado.

Rancher Dusty (Josh O'Connor) reconnects with his family after losing his home in a wildfire, and discovers a found family in an emergency camp for those in similar situations.

It can be difficult to find hope, or a sense of place, in the world at the moment. Yet, of all places right now, one of the most touchingly hopeful pieces of cinema I've seen for a long while has come out of America. Amongst hardship and knock backs, Rebuilding is about people connecting, coming together and helping each other. It's about kindness.

Dusty (Josh O'Connor) is living in a mobile home in an emergency camp for those who have lost their homes in a wildfire. His hopes of returning to ranch and farm life are dashed by the fact that the land won't be able to grow anything for years. His attempts to connect with his young daughter, Callie-Rose (Lily LaTorre), are often knocked back as she talks about her mother’s new partner when Dusty can't even provide Wi-Fi in his current circumstances.

Yet, in each strand there's a consistent sense of hope. People helping each other and offering a supporting hand. Familial connections are established with both found family in the camp with Dusty reconnecting with ex-wife Ruby (Meghann Fahy) and mother-in-law Bess; Amy Madigan on very different form to her recent Oscar-winning turn as Weapons' Aunt Gladys.

Each performance and gesture throughout Rebuilding is packed with subtlety. It's a film of thought, of people having to behave and think in the moment; about how to build back but what will happen to what they build when the next fire comes along.

I was truly struck with lump-in-the-throat emotion watching writer-director Max Walker-Silverman’s film, apparently inspired by his own experiences. Josh O'Connor in the lead role, as many would expect, is excellent capturing the subtlety of trying amongst exasperation. Clinging on to the last bit of energy that he has, before being pulled up by those around him. Community and support are key to his journey, both that which he displays and that from those around him.

The film itself is quiet and gently paced, just over 90 minutes and not exceeding its run-time at all. It's a world I could have spent so much more time in, direct from the American indie scene. Calm in its encouragingly spirited nature there's a genuinely emotional aspect to the film that observes our connection with people and life, alongside what we hold close and when. I left with a positive, stirred feeling; a faith in humanity. It's been a long time since I walked out of the cinema like that.

On the surface, not a great deal happens in Rebuilding. Yet, the affecting qualities and different familial connections, spurred on by a set of emotionally responsive performances, make for 90-minutes of truly hopeful cinema.

Four stars