With the backdrop of Paris, Non-Fiction muses on technology and literature. Can the two reconcile, or must the tweet destroy the novel? On the side of change is Alain (Guillaume Canet), a renowned editor cautiously trying to lead his publishing house into the 21st century. Firmly averse to change is Leonard (Vincent Macaigne), a technophobe …
In 2018 director Ben Lawrence delivered the multi-award winning documentary, Ghosthunter (SWIFF’19), where long hidden family secrets convergered with true crime. In 2019 Lawrence peers into troubled hearts and minds with a tense, intelligent dramatic debut feature, following war photographer Daniel Fischer (Hugo Weaving in a career-best performance), grappling with a perspective shift on his …
The most important super hero movie you’ll see this summer. Nine year old Kenyan, Jo, is obsessed with superheroes. Despite receiving a cancer diagnosis, Jo refuses to feel sorry for herself. Her passion for superhero movies draws her rural community close, and together they set out to make her the star of her village’s very …
SWIFF LIVE doubles down in 2020 – two live performance events expanding big screen conventions. Man, body, music and light as one. A cutting-edge fusion of technology, music, and visual arts, SWIFF audiences have an opportunity to experience sound artist and percussionist Alon Ilsar perform his 55-minute show, Trigger Happy ‘Visualised’. Working together with screen …
Winner – Sundance Documentary Special Jury prize. Jacqueline Olive’s multi award-winning documentary asks a disturbing question: Does lynching still exist today? Always in Season looks into the case of Lennon Lacy, a 17-year-old African-American from Bladenboro, North Carolina, who was found hanging from a swing set in August 2014. Despite inconsistencies in the case, local …
“Maternal longing is a key theme in director Kim Farrant’s psychological thriller…which takes what could have been a simple stalker movie premise and fills it out with an intense array of emotions.” -The Guardian. Set against a moody Melbourne backdrop, Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) plays Lizzie, a grieving mother trying to …
