NSW Premiere | NOMINEE · BEST FILM · BERLINALE FILM FESTIVAL Five stars – The Guardian The milk of human kindness Kelly Reichardt (Certain Women, Meek’s Cutoff, Wendy and Lucy) makes a much-anticipated return to the Western genre in this remarkably endearing masterpiece about two settlers carving their own path, and one incredibly photogenic cow. …
Australian Premiere “Essential…an immersive political thriller” – Hollywood Reporter On June 15, 2020, journalist Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel, setting a ticking clock on the limited time she had to get her story out to the world and keep the fight for democracy alive. Upon taking power in 2016, the newly elected …
“A brilliant, boozy hangout movie.” – Indiewire What happens in the last 24 hours of a Las Vegas dive bar, The Roaring 20s? It’s last call for the regulars, the rookies, the barflies, and the broken as they give a send-off to the bar that has served them so well and the micro-community that makes …
WINNER · JURY GRAND PRIX · BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL “Perfectly pitched and sensitively played, this is truthful, powerful and profoundly moving fare from a film-maker at the very top of her game.” – The Guardian When 17-year-old Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) looks in the mirror, she can see the signs beginning to manifest. Her apprehensions are …
A rhythmic tale of secret love set in conservative modern-day Tbilisi, And Then We Danced follows the burgeoning romance between two dancers at a prominent Georgian dance assembly. Merab (superbly portrayed by first time actor and professional dancer Levan Gelbakhiani) is a talented, 3rd generation dancer at the assembly. His fluid, delicate movements enrage his …
WINNER · GRAND JURY PRIZE · AUDIENCE AWARD · SUNDANCE Hot Oscar contender, Minari is a tender, sweeping story that follows a Korean-American family in search of the American Dream. Inspired by Korean American director Lee Isaac Chung’s own childhood in rural Arkansas, Minari follows the adorable, young David, son of Korean immigrants Jacob (Steven …
It’s 1956. Aussie gun shearer, Foley (Jack Thompson) has held the record for the number of sheep sheared for a decade. When he returns to his work – giving the job he’s made his name on with one final crack before retirement – newcomer Arthur Black (Peter Cummins) has other plans, giving Foley a run …
Australian Premiere Visually stunning, thematically unflinching, and nakedly brutal in its storytelling, The Painted Bird tells a critical perspective of a young Czech boy navigating the holocaust in World War 2. Backdropped against an equally haunting gothic rural landscape, the nameless boy wanders without destination, searching for sanctuary across dangerous lands. Based on the international …
WINNER · QUEER LION · VENICE FILM FESTIVAL In upstate New York in the 1850s, Abigail (Katherine Waterston) begins a new year on the rural farm where she lives with her husband Dyer (Casey Affleck). As days pass, Abigail continues to maintain a mundane equilibrium with her husband, but it is her considered narrated diaries …
Fresh from her breakout role in Portrait of a Lady on Fire (SWIFF’20) Noémie Merlant shines in this offbeat romance between woman and machine. Jeanne, a late 20’s misfit living with her uninhibited single mother Margarette, prefers the company of gadgets over people. At her mother’s request she picks up a graveyard shift cleaning gig …
