SWIFF 19
Banned in its home country for ‘promoting lesbianism’, this delicate romance made history as the first Kenyan film selected for the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, now going on to win the hearts of festival audiences around the world. In a country where homosexuality is punishable by lengthy imprisonment, Wanuri Kahiu’s courageous sophomore film, Rafiki (meaning …
Taking out the Audience Award at Tribeca, United Skates pulses with daredevil cinematography, wild dance moves, and a dazzling underground soundtrack. Whether freewheeling to the emerging sounds of hip-hop, the yet to be discovered Dr Dre and Queen Latifa, or the strains of R’n’B, roller skating rinks have long been a haven for black communities, …
Winner · Palme d’Or · Cannes Film Festival The deserving winner of the biggest prize in world cinema, Cannes’ Palme d’Or, Shoplifters harnesses powerful performances from its three leads, including Kirin Kiki in her last screen role as the family’s benevolent grandmother. For the Shibata family, a day of carefully choreographed acts of petty crime …
It’s a classic tale of the Old West: heroes, villains and damsels. But in the hands of the Zellner Brothers, nothing is quite as it seems. The ever surprising Robert Pattinson and Australia’s Mia Wasikowska, play Samuel Alabaster and his bride-to-be Penelope. But a vast expanse of prairie, a stalking brute, and plenty of secrets …
Olivia Wilde (Her) gives a defining performance as an avenger who takes the law into her own hands, transforming herself into a brutally righteous underground heroine. Sadie (Wilde), a survivor of domestic abuse, uses whatever force necessary to free other women in need. Contacted through a secret code, a disguised Sadie enters situations, and uses …
A group of river surfing pioneers who are not only building a world-class wave on the Kananaskis River (forty-five minutes outside of landlocked Calgary, Alberta, Canada) but also a river surfing community.
Ted Wilson’s directorial debut turns storytelling conventions on its head. Ted Wilson, played by Ted Wilson, takes on the semi-autobiographical tale of a Melbourne-based writer out of work, returning home to Hobart to visit his family and revive his writing career with a new book about Tasmanian upper-order batsmen. Ted needs to score an interview …
Recipient of both furious walkouts and a boisterous standing ovation at its Cannes premiere, The House That Jack Built is the controversial new work from the enfant terrible of arthouse, Lars Von Trier. Set throughout the 1970’s, we follow Jack (Matt Dillon) as he introduces us to a handful of the gruesome murders which have …
A disarmingly honest look at how Australian men experience and cope with mental health struggles, from documentarian Genevieve Bailey (I Am Eleven). From Bondi Beach to the outback, to a war photographer travelling the globe, or a farmer in rural Victoria, experiences with mental illness don’t discriminate. With men more than 4 times as likely …
Special Jury Award · Documentary · Sundance Film Festival “You’ve got access to a microphone. Please use it to say something,” Matangi’s grandmother tells her. Crafted from a lifetime of personal footage, first time documentarian Steven Loveridge helps Maya do just that, crafting an eclectic, electrifying and energetic portrait that blends Tamil politics, art school …