While people across 1990’s Iraq struggle to survive, nine year old Lamia has been selected to prepare a cake to celebrate the President’s birthday. Beautifully shot and acted, and with a keen sense of time and place, it is an exhilarating and humorous adventure. Directed by Hasan Hadi. Stars Baneen Ahmad Nayyef, Sajad Mohamad Qasem, […]
Birdwatcher A socially awkward birdwatcher sets out for a quiet day in the bush, but when he meets a kindred spirit, his attempt at affection spirals into an outrageously funny mating ritual. Directed by Vladimir Zokitch. Australia, 2026. 7 minutes. The Ladykillers In this classic black comedy from Ealing Studios, five oddball criminals planning […]
Inspired by remarkable true events, this sharp and engrossing dramedy follows a self-assured auctioneer whose professional and personal integrity is challenged by the discovery of a long-lost masterpiece. Directed by Pascal Bonitzer. Stars Alex Lutz, Léa Drucker, Nora Hamzawi, and Louise Chevillote. France (French) Rated M. Released 2024. Runtime 91 minutes.
Up against one of the most powerful companies on the planet, a group of Amazon workers embarks on a campaign to unionise their warehouse in Staten Island. A gripping human drama about the fight for power and dignity in today’s globalised economic landscape. Directed by Stephen Maing & Brett Story. Stars Chris Smalls. USA (English) […]
After Earth explodes, Ukrainian space trucker Andriy Melnyk becomes the last person in the universe, until he receives a call from Catherine, a French woman on a distant space station. An affecting exploration of the human need for connection. Directed by Pavlo Ostrikov. Stars Volodymyr Kravchuk, Alexia Depicker, and Leonid Popadko. Ukraine (Ukrainian, French, English) […]
In this compelling micro sci-fi, a disgraced journalist trying to salvage her career begins investigating a strange conspiracy theory. As the trail leads uncomfortably close to home, she is left to grapple with the lies at the heart of her own story. Directed by Matt Vesely. Stars Lily Sullivan and the voices of Erik Thomson, […]
Wracked with guilt after her involvement in the tragic death of a man, Mona, a retired singer from northern Sudan, tries to make amends by taking the deceased’s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son into her Khartoum home. Directed by Mohamed Kordofani. Stars Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak, Nazar Gomaa, and Ger Duany. Sudan (Arabic) […]
On her release from prison Molly is determined to reunite with her children, while battling an inhumane system. Molly’s childhood friend Amina become an ally in reimagining what survival and motherhood can look like when society closes its doors. Directed by Daisy-May Hudson. Stars Posy Sterling, Idil Ahmed, and TerriAnn Cousins. UK (English) Rated MA15+. […]
Nhandi Nhandi is a poetic short film told through story, language, and place. Based on oral history and written sources, Nhandi imagines the first encounters between Aboriginal people of the Illawarra coast and the newcomers who arrived by sea. Created by The Tides Project Australia, 2026. 15 mins The Last Daughter After being raised by a […]
In a grim future in which decades of human infertility have pushed civilisation to the brink of collapse, one woman mysteriously becomes pregnant, and a former activist turned bureaucrat (Clive Owen) fights to protect her. Based on the novel by P.D. James. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Stars Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Pam Ferris, […]
Grace is a lonely misfit with an affinity for collecting ornamental snails and an intense love for books. After she is separated from her twin brother Gilbert, Grace strikes up an friendship with eccentric Pinky, who is full of grit and lust for life. Directed by Adam Elliot. Stars the voices of Sarah Snook, Kodi […]
This urgent, Sundance prize-winning documentary follows a brave and charismatic Russian teacher as he exposes shocking new propaganda at his school amid the invasion of Ukraine. Directed by David Borenstein. Stars Slava Leontyev, Anya Stasenko, and Andrey Stefanov. Czech Republic/Denmark (English, Russian). Rated M. Released 2024. Runtime 91 minutes. Sundance Film Festival: World Cinema Documentary […]
In 1954 New Zealand, Nellie and Daisy attempt to escape an institution for delinquent girls and are sent to a remote island facility under the command of a devout Matron. There they rebel against the system and take refuge in their blossoming friendship. Directed by Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu. Stars Rima Te Wiata, Erana James, Nathalie […]
Lia, a retired teacher living in Georgia, made a promise to find her long lost niece Tekla. The search takes her to Istanbul, a beautiful city that seems full of connections and possibilities. There she meets Evrim, a lawyer fighting for trans rights, and Tekla starts to feel closer than ever. Directed by Levan Akin. […]
Amidst the Russian invasion of Ukraine, three artists find inspiration and beauty as they defend their culture and their country. In a war waged by professional soldiers against ordinary civilians, Slava, Anya and Andrey choose to stay behind, armed with their art, their cameras, and, for the first time in their lives, their guns. Directed […]
A woman races through Berlin to secure a large sum of money and save her boyfriend’s life. Each attempt unfolds differently, revealing how split-second decisions and chance encounters can alter destiny in profound, unpredictable ways. Fast, tense, and visually striking, it’s a meditation on choice and consequence. Directed by Tom Tykwer. Stars Franka Potente, Moritz […]
Vivienne (Vicky Krieps) is a fiercely independent woman who starts a new life in Nevada with Danish immigrant Holger Olsen (Viggo Mortensen). When the Civil War separates them, Vivienne has to fend for herself in a place controlled by ruthless men. Directed by Viggo Mortensen. Stars Viggo Mortensen, Vicky Krieps, Solly McLeod, Garret Dillahunt, Colin […]
A near-death experience sparks an existential and sexual awakening for taciturn shop owner Etero in this charming character study about love, liberty and the pursuit of forbidden fruit, set in the Georgian countryside. Directed by Elene Naverian. Stars Lia Abuladze, Teo Babukhadia, Mariam Didia. Switzerland / Georgia (Georgian) Unclassified. Released 2023. Runtime 110 minutes.
White Goods Graveyard Directed by Joey Taylor Australia, 2025. Runtime 6 mins. After the white goods graveyard in Newcastle is sold and emptied out, four residents reflect on the site’s meaning. A poetic film about community, culture and memory, and the power of places to connect us. Winner - 2025 Newbie Award for Best Documentary, […]
Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) research the botched 1972 burglary of the Democratic Party Headquarters at the Watergate apartments. With the help of a mysterious source, code-named Deep Throat, the reporters follow the money all the way to the top. Directed by Alan J Pakula. Stars Dustin Hoffman, […]
A vibrant drama that explores the precious bond between a six-year-old French girl Cléo and her beloved Cape Verdean carer, Gloria, and what happens when it is unexpectedly placed in jeopardy. Directed by Marie Amachoukeli. Stars Louise Mauroy-Panzani, Ilça Moreno, Arnaud Rebotini. France (French, Creole) Rated PG. Released 2023. Runtime 84 minutes. OPENING NIGHT SELECTION […]
Carefree 18-year-old Totone is suddenly left alone to look after his younger sister and their struggling family farm. He sets out to make the best comté cheese in the Jura region, the one that would win him a gold medal and 30,000 euros. Set in the picturesque French Alps, it is a charming coming-of-age story […]
We end the 2025 season on a high, with this glorious love-letter to screwball movies, which has more laughs in each of its many set pieces than most comedies do in their entire runtime. Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal are backed by a solid gold supporting cast.
Life’s natural humour and the most profound thoughts and feelings captured in small, still moments and quiet exchanges are hallmarks of director Kore-eda Hirokazu, deftly shown in this 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.
Bondi Icebergs is the most photographed pool in the world. This gorgeously shot documentary about the pool and the diverse community for whom it is a place of challenge, solace, meditation and connection shows there’s still much left to be revealed beneath its surface.
This uber-quirky film is not for everyone, but for those willing to dive into the surreal world of its creator and star Julio Torres it’s a delirious and joyous experience. He stars as an inventor of surreal toys, with Tilda Swinton as the unhinged art critic who holds the key to his fate. Wu Tang Clan rapper RZA and Past Lives’ Greta Lee co-star, with Isabella Rossellini narrating.
Beautifully and inventively shot in sublime black and white, this film marked a new artistic height in Hitchcock’s career. Ingrid Bergman stars as the daughter of a German war criminal enlisted by Cary Grant’s U.S. government agent to infiltrate a nest of post-war Nazis — but at what cost?
Reimagined history with Vicki Krieps (The Phantom Thread) magnetic as the rebellious Empress Elisabeth of Austria, who must decide over the course of an imagined year how long she can bear life in a gilded cage. Carefully deployed anachronisms remind us these 18th Century lives are not so distant after all.
If you’re up for offbeat, occasionally dark comedy, this story of a failed American standup returning to his Blackpool birthplace in search of inspiration just might be the funniest film you’ve never heard of. Oliver Platt, Jerry Lewis, Oliver Reed, Leslie Caron and Richard Griffiths are all terrific, but it’s physical comedy genius Lee Evans you won't be able to take your eyes off.
Far from a standard career retrospective, this is instead an unhurried, intimate portrait of a man who described himself as living in two worlds, created in collaboration with its subject as he approached the end of his extraordinary life.
A beautifully woven and uplifting tapestry of wonderful absurdist humour alongside heartache and loss, this is the fish-out-of-water story of Syrian musician Omar and three other asylum-seekers marking time on a remote Scottish island while their applications are assessed.
Based on the true story of how gay activists ended up supporting striking Welsh coal miners in 1984, it will make you laugh a lot, and likely shed a tear too. The stacked cast includes Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, and Andrew Scott.
