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SUMMARY:After the Storm
DESCRIPTION:Kore-eda is a director somehow able to capture both life’s natural humour and the most profound thoughts and feelings\, often in small\, still moments and quiet exchanges beautifully observed. He does so here through the story of a divorced father\, scraping by as a private detective\, who ends up stuck at his mother’s house along with his son and ex-wife as they sit out a typhoon. \nDirected by Kore-eda Hirokazu. \nStars Hiroshi Abe\, Yōko Maki\, Taiyō Yoshizawa . \nJapan. In Japanese. \nRated PG. \nReleased 2016. \nRuntime 118 minutes. \nCannes Film Festival\, nominated for Un Certain Regard. Chicago International Film Festival\, nominated for Gold Hugo. Online Film Critics Society Awards\, won Best Non-U.S. Release. Seattle International Film Festival\, nominated for Best Director.
URL:https://ifs.org.au/event/after-the-storm/
LOCATION:Gala Cinema\, Warrawong\, NSW\, Australia
CATEGORIES:drama,foreign language
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250914T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250914T190000
DTSTAMP:20250118T060117Z
CREATED:20241206T065047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250118T060117Z
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SUMMARY:Corsage
DESCRIPTION:‘Corsage’ is French for corset; the one binding Empress Elisabeth of Austria is impossibly restrictive\, along with the rest of her gilded-cage life. Vicki Krieps (The Phantom Thread) is magnetic as the rebellious royal who must decide\, over the course of an imagined year\, how long she can bear it. Carefully deployed anachronisms remind us that these 18th Century people are really not so distant from us after all. \nDirected by Marie Kreutzer. \nStars Vicky Krieps\, Florian Teichtmeister\, Katharina Lorenz\, and Jeanne Werner. \nAustria\, Germany\, France. In German\, French\, English\, Hungarian\, Italian. \nRated M. \nReleased 2022. \nRuntime 116 minutes. \nCannes Film Festival\, won Un Certain Regard Best Performance Prize (Krieps)\, nominated for Un Certain Regard (Kreutzer). Sarajevo Film Festival\, won Best Actress (Krieps). San Sebastián International Film Festival\, won RTVE-Another Look Award Special Mention. London Film Festival\, won Best Film. Chicago International Film Festival\, won Siver Hugo for Best Performance (Krieps). European Film Awards\, won Best Actress (Krieps).
URL:https://ifs.org.au/event/corsage/
LOCATION:Gala Cinema\, Warrawong\, NSW\, Australia
CATEGORIES:drama,foreign language
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250727T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250727T190000
DTSTAMP:20250215T120719Z
CREATED:20241204T191247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250215T120719Z
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SUMMARY:All We Imagine as Light
DESCRIPTION:Documentary-maker Payal Kapadia’s first feature drama was acclaimed at film festivals around the world for its beautiful\, universally relatable capturing of hopes\, dreams\, love found and love lost — i.e. what it is to be human — through the lives of nurses who have come from small towns to Mumbai\, where privacy is a luxury and loneliness is found throughout the relentlessly crowded metropolis. \nDirected by Payal Kapadia. \nStars Kani Kusruti\, Divya Prabha\, Chhaya Kadam\, and Hridhu Haroon. \nIndia. In Hindi. \nRated M. \nReleased 2024. \nRuntime 115 minutes. \nCannes Film Festival\, won Grand Prix\, nominated for Palme d’Or. San Sebastián International Film Festival\, won RTVE-Another Look Award. Chicago International Film Festival\, won Silver Hugo. Asia Pacific Screen Awards\, won Jury Grand Prize.
URL:https://ifs.org.au/event/all-we-imagine-as-light/
LOCATION:Gala Cinema\, Warrawong\, NSW\, Australia
CATEGORIES:drama,foreign language
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250622T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250622T190000
DTSTAMP:20250215T120823Z
CREATED:20241204T183233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250215T120823Z
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SUMMARY:Perfect Days
DESCRIPTION:A film about a man whose days are all seemingly the same as he goes about his job cleaning toilets in Tokyo sounds as if it would be boring at best\, but in the hands of Wim Wenders and his star\, Kōji Yakusho\, it becomes a beautiful\, gently uplifting Zen meditation on fulfilment\, meaning and simple joys. \nDirected by Wim Wenders. \nStars Kōji Yakusho\, Tokio Emoto\, and Arisa Nakano. \nJapan\, Germany. In Japanese. \nRated PG. \nReleased 2023. \nRuntime 124 minutes. \nCannes Film Festival\, won Best Actor (Yakusho)\, won Prize of the Ecumenical Jury\, nominated for Palme d’Or. Academy Awards\, nominated for Best International Feature Film. Asia Pacific Screen Awards\, won Best Film\, nominated for Best Performance (Yakusho). Asian Film Awards\, won Best Actor (Yakusho).
URL:https://ifs.org.au/event/perfect-days/
LOCATION:Gala Cinema\, Warrawong\, NSW\, Australia
CATEGORIES:drama,foreign language
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250615T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250615T190000
DTSTAMP:20250215T120843Z
CREATED:20241204T181817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250215T120843Z
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SUMMARY:The Wages of Fear
DESCRIPTION:Remarkably\, more than 70 years after its release\, this remains one of the most suspenseful films ever made. And we’re screening it in a brand-new 4k remastered version. Yves Montand stars\, as two teams of desperate men in South America compete to be the first to deliver a truckload of highly unstable nitro-glycerine\, along a route with the potential for obliteration at every turn. \nDirected by Henri-Georges Clouzot. \nStars Yves Montand\, Charles Vanel\, Peter van Eyck\, and Véra Clouzot. \nFrance\, Italy. \nRated PG. \nReleased 1953. \nRuntime 153 minutes. \nBerlin International Film Festival\, won Golden Bear. Cannes Film Festival\, won Palme d’Or. British Academy Film Awards\, won Best Film.
URL:https://ifs.org.au/event/the-wages-of-fear/
LOCATION:Gala Cinema\, Warrawong\, NSW\, Australia
CATEGORIES:foreign language,thriller
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250601T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250601T190000
DTSTAMP:20250215T120902Z
CREATED:20241204T133615Z
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UID:896-1748804400-1748804400@ifs.org.au
SUMMARY:Agent of Happiness
DESCRIPTION:Bhutan is famed for measuring Gross National Happiness\, and at first this seems like a straightforward Nat Geo-style portrait of endearing census-taker Amber. But the filmmakers have tapped into something much deeper and more affecting\, taking us on an unexpected journey\, thanks to both Amber and the people he encounters. \nDirected by Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó. \nStars Amber Kumar Gurung and Guna Raj Kuikel. \nBhutan. In Dzongkha\, Nepali\, English. \nNot yet rated. \nReleased 2024. \nRuntime 94 minutes. \nSundance Film Festival\, nominee Grand Jury Prize. International Documentary Association\, nominated for Best Documentary Feature\, Best Cinematography. San Francisco International Film Festival\, nominated for Best Documentary Feature\, winner Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature.
URL:https://ifs.org.au/event/agent-of-happiness/
LOCATION:Gala Cinema\, Warrawong\, NSW\, Australia
CATEGORIES:documentary,foreign language
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250525T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250525T190000
DTSTAMP:20250519T084134Z
CREATED:20241204T132553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250519T084134Z
UID:890-1748199600-1748199600@ifs.org.au
SUMMARY:Tehran Taxi & The Secret Waterhole (short)
DESCRIPTION:Banned from making movies in his home country\, acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi (The White Balloon) responded by mounting cameras within a taxicab and driving around Tehran for a day picking up passengers supposedly at random\, though it quickly becomes clear more is afoot in this briskly paced ‘docudrama’ that is both a love-letter to cinema and a revealing look at the country and its people. \nDirected by Jafar Panahi. \nStars Jafar Panahi\, Hana Saeidi\, Nasrin Sotoudeh. \nIran. In Farsi. \nRated M. \nReleased 2015. \nRuntime 83 minutes. \nBerlin International Film Festival\, won Golden Bear\, FIPRESCI Prize. \n\n\n\n \n  \nThe Secret Waterhole (9 minutes) \n\n\nThree cousins set out on a journey guided by their Nan’s map to a secret waterhole in order to fulfil a special request.\nWritten and co-directed by Elias Rees\nAustralia\, 2024\nSecond Prize: Creative Wollongong Short Film Competition 2024
URL:https://ifs.org.au/event/tehran-taxi/
LOCATION:Gala Cinema\, Warrawong\, NSW\, Australia
CATEGORIES:docufiction,foreign language
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250511T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250511T190000
DTSTAMP:20250215T120955Z
CREATED:20241204T124709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250215T120955Z
UID:881-1746990000-1746990000@ifs.org.au
SUMMARY:Chungking Express
DESCRIPTION:A film for people who love films\, from Wong Kar-wai\, who has been described as ‘the most romantic filmmaker in the world’. Stylised\, stylish and seductive for those prepared to surrender to it\, this is the seemingly separate but actually cleverly connected and mirrored stories of two lovelorn cops in bustling\, colourful Hong Kong\, before it was handed back to China. \nDirected by Wong Kar-wai. \nStars Takeshi Kaneshiro\, Brigitte Lin\, Tony Leung\, Valerie Chow\, and Faye Wong. \nHong Kong. In Cantonese\, English\, Japanese\, Hindi\, Mandarin\, Punjabi\, Urdu. \nRated M. \nReleased 1994. \nRuntime 102 minutes. \nStockholm International Film Festival\, won Best Actress (Faye Wong)\, FIPRESCI prize (Wong Kar-Wai). Taipei Golden Horse Awards\, won Best Actor (Tony Leung). Hong Kong Film Awards\, won Best Picture\, Best Director\, Best Actor (Tony Leung)\, Best Editing.
URL:https://ifs.org.au/event/chungking-express/
LOCATION:Gala Cinema\, Warrawong\, NSW\, Australia
CATEGORIES:drama,foreign language
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250406T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250406T190000
DTSTAMP:20250215T121037Z
CREATED:20241202T011109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250215T121037Z
UID:857-1743966000-1743966000@ifs.org.au
SUMMARY:Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
DESCRIPTION:Meditative\, dreamlike\, fantastical and mysterious\, slyly funny and philosophical\, surreal and free of plot as we know it\, this film shows us the interior life of a calmly dying man\, visited by visions of his past\, and past lives\, and spirits from the beyond. For almost the entire movie\, there is no music\, just ambient jungle nature forming the soundtrack. \nDirected by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. \nStars Thanapat Saisaymar\, Natthakarn Aphaiwong\, and Jeerasak Kulhong. \nThailand. In Isan and Thai. \nRated M. \nReleased 2010. \nRuntime 114 minutes. \nCannes Film Festival\, won Palme d’Or. Asian Film Awards\, won Best Film. Toronto Film Critics Association\, won Best Foreign Language Film.
URL:https://ifs.org.au/event/uncle-boonmee-who-can-recall-his-past-lives/
LOCATION:Gala Cinema\, Warrawong\, NSW\, Australia
CATEGORIES:drama,foreign language
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250330T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250330T190000
DTSTAMP:20250215T121057Z
CREATED:20241202T005059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250215T121057Z
UID:853-1743361200-1743361200@ifs.org.au
SUMMARY:Ennio
DESCRIPTION:A must for film-lovers\, as the director of Cinema Paradiso delves into the career of cinema composer maestro Morricone. This richly entertaining documentary delivers a feast of memorable clips from The Good\, The Bad and the Ugly\, Days of Heaven\, The Mission\, The Hateful Eight and so many more\, as the man himself and some of the biggest names in movies and music reflect on his approach and legacy. \nDirected by Guiseppe Tornatore. \nAppearances by Ennio Morricone\, Giuseppe Tornatore\, Clint Eastwood\, Quentin Tarantino\, Oliver Stone\, Hans Zimmer\, Bernardo Bertolucci\, Quincy Jones\, Bruce Springsteen\, Lina Wertmüller\, John Williams. \nItaly. In Italian\, English. \nRated M. \nReleased 2021. \nRuntime 150 minutes. \nGolden Globes Italy\, won Best Documentary Film. Nastro d’Argento\, won Best Documentary Film.
URL:https://ifs.org.au/event/ennio/
LOCATION:Gala Cinema\, Warrawong\, NSW\, Australia
CATEGORIES:documentary,foreign language
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250316T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250316T190000
DTSTAMP:20250314T224257Z
CREATED:20241202T001844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250314T224257Z
UID:845-1742151600-1742151600@ifs.org.au
SUMMARY:Kedi
DESCRIPTION:Istanbul is famed for many things\, including its street cats. This beautifully shot documentary reveals the city’s life and heart through seven of its distinct feline characters and the people who interact with them. \nDirected by Ceyda Torun. \nStars Sarı\, Duman\, Bengü\, Aslan Parçası\, Gamsız\, Psikopat\, and Deniz. \nTurkey. In Turkish. \nRated G. \nReleased 2016. \nRuntime 79 minutes. \nCritics’ Choice Documentary Awards\, won for Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary\, Best First Documentary (Torun). \nShort Film: \nCelebrating Cultural Treasures of the Illawarra – The Latvian Upenieks Sisters \n \nCreated by Elizabeth Tadic\, Sarah Hudson & Ann Lehmann-Kuit \nAustralia\, 2023. 8mins \nThe Illawarra is home to musicians from around the globe. This short film shares the Latvian musical heritage of the Upenieks family and the story of how they have kept their language and culture alive. The film shares the vibrancy of their music\, dancing and intergenerational connections of being involved in Our Community Project’s Jam n Bread.
URL:https://ifs.org.au/event/kedi/
LOCATION:Gala Cinema\, Warrawong\, NSW\, Australia
CATEGORIES:documentary,foreign language
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250302T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250302T190000
DTSTAMP:20250215T121212Z
CREATED:20241201T002002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250215T121212Z
UID:837-1740942000-1740942000@ifs.org.au
SUMMARY:Radical
DESCRIPTION:This based-on-a-true-story Mexican drama\, about an unorthodox teacher who joins a school in a dangerous\, impoverished town and refuses to accept that its kids have no futures\, hits all the familiar notes of the genre — and is no less powerful for doing so. The compelling lead performance from Eugenio Derbez (Coda) is matched by that of the child actors in a film that builds to an emotional climax. \nDirected by Christopher Zalla. Stars Eugenio Derbez. \nMexico. In Spanish. \nRated M. \nReleased 2023. \nRuntime 125 minutes. \nSundance Film Festival\, winner Festival Favorite Award. Astra Film Awards\, nominated for Best International Feature\, Best International Actor (Derbez).
URL:https://ifs.org.au/event/radical/
LOCATION:Gala Cinema\, Warrawong\, NSW\, Australia
CATEGORIES:comedy,drama,foreign language
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250223T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250223T190000
DTSTAMP:20250215T120440Z
CREATED:20241130T202954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250215T120440Z
UID:832-1740337200-1740337200@ifs.org.au
SUMMARY:La Chimera
DESCRIPTION:Rorhwacher creates multilayered worlds that stay with you long after the film ends. This story of a lost-soul archaeologist turned tomb-raider (Josh O’Connor) in 1980s Italy and the people around him\, including the comical\, sometimes ruthless gang of petty criminals who lean on his talents and the mother of his lost love (Isabella Rossellini)\, is beguiling\, poetic\, funny\, mournful\, romantic\, strange\, magical and utterly distinctive. \nDirected by Alice Rohrwacher. \nStars Josh O’Connor\, Carol Duarte\, Vincenzo Nemolato\, Alba Rohrwacher\, and Isabella Rossellini. \nItaly. In Italian\, English\, French\, Portuguese. \nRated M. \nReleased 2023. \nRuntime 130 minutes. \nCannes Film Festival\, won AFCAE Art House Cinema Award (Rohrwacher)\, Palme Dog\, nominated for Palme d’Or. Chicago International Film Festival\, won Best Cinematography\, Best Ensemble Performance\, nominated for Gold Hugo. European Film Awards\, won Best Production Designer\, nominated for Best European Actor (O’Connor).
URL:https://ifs.org.au/event/la-chimera/
LOCATION:Gala Cinema\, Warrawong\, NSW\, Australia
CATEGORIES:comedy,drama,foreign language
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250216T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250216T190000
DTSTAMP:20250602T082603Z
CREATED:20241130T191637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250602T082603Z
UID:815-1739732400-1739732400@ifs.org.au
SUMMARY:Aquarela
DESCRIPTION:An immersive\, sometimes heart-stopping spectacle that demands to be seen on the big screen\, this documentary from the director of Gunda has no narration. It lets its incredible visuals and audio tell the story of water in all its forms on our planet – from life-giving rain to terrifying ocean waves and the sensory overload of calving icebergs. \nDirected by Victor Kossakovsky. \nRussia. In Russian\, English\, Spanish. \nRated M. \nReleased 2018. \nRuntime 90 minutes. \nOfficial selection at Venice Film Festival\, Berlin International Film Festival\, Sundance Film Festival\, SXSW Film Festival\, among others. \nShort Film: \nBeyond the Break\n \nFor young Newcastle surfers Luke and Angus\, the ocean has always been their playground. When life turns dark\, it also becomes an enduring source of friendship and healing. \nDirected by Liam Forrest. Australia. In English. 2024. 4 minutes.
URL:https://ifs.org.au/event/aquarela/
LOCATION:Gala Cinema\, Warrawong\, NSW\, Australia
CATEGORIES:documentary,foreign language
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