This week's new film events

Zipangu Fest , London When it comes to off-the-scale weirdness, Japan comes out on top. And as the name suggests, it's that side of the nation's cinema this inaugural festival celebrates, with a menu of cult/indie/exploitation film, animation, and outsider documentary and other oddities. Where else will you find naked hippies on motorbikes (music doc Rock Tanjo: The Movement 70s); cartoons about lecherous carnival freaks (Midori: The Girl In The Freakshow); a transgender performer dressed as a giant bouquet of flowers (documentary Pyuupiru 2001-2008); and a kick-ass squad of mutant girls (er, Mutant Girl Squad). Indie movement leader Tetsuaki Matsue, meanwhile, introduces his amazing one-take street music documentary, Live Tape. Various venues, Tue to 28 Nov ID Fest , Derby What makes a person English? What makes a person a person? Are English people people? These and other questions might be answered at this new festival exploring identity (exclusively English identity this year), but even if they aren't, you won't have wasted your time. There are panel discussions and vox-pop surveys (including one-minute shorts from Chinese film-makers on what they think Englishness means), but for the most part it's simply great English movies, whether that's up-to-date material like Four Lions, Adulthood or Patrick Keiller's Robinson In Ruins; 1960s fare like Rita Tushingham debut A Taste Of Honey and Blow-Up; historical works like Olivier's Henry V and Great Expectation; or more offbeat choices like Radio On and Dog Soldiers. Possibly too much to get a handle on, but film-makers and experts will be on hand to guide you. Quad, Thu to 28 Nov Discovering Latin America Film Festival , London Now that the likes of Guillermo del Toro, Walter Salles and Fernando Mereilles are global players and Argentina is winning Oscars, who will be the next world-conquering South American exports? This continent-wide catch-up is good place to start looking. Names to watch include Mexico's Eduardo Lucatero, whose Prelude is a Linklater-esque romance pulled off in a single take; Colombia's Oscar Ruiz Navia, whose Crab Trap mixes coastal arthouse with clashing cultures; or Esmir Filho, whose The Famous And The Dead follows a YouTube-happy rural Brazilian with a Bob Dylan fixation. Closer to earth is inspirational trash-into-art documentary Waste Land, produced by Fernando Mereilles. Various venues, Sat to 28 Nov Jamesons Cult Film Club: Aliens , Manchester For those who preferred the days when James Cameron movies were all about blasting extraterrestrials to smithereens with massive hardware rather than hugging trees with blue cats, this augmented presentation of his 1986 masterpiece is the perfect antidote to Avatar. What's more, it actually takes place on planet LV-426 – or at least the nearest Earth equivalent, which is a disused Manchester warehouse decked out to with sci-fi tricks and treats, including live-action reenactments. Great Northern Warehouse, Thu