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  • The Friend
    Mature Audiences
    Runtime
    120 Minutes
    Cast
    Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, Ann Dowd, Constance Wu, Sarah Pidgeon
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    Mature themes, suicide references and coarse language.
    When a solitary writer adopts and bonds with a Great Dane that belonged to a late friend, she begins to come to terms with her past and her own creative inner life.

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  • Mr. Burton
    Mature Audiences
    Runtime
    124 Minutes
    Cast
    Toby Jones, Harry Lawtey, Steffan Rhodri, Daniel Evans, Aimee-Ffion Edwards
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    Mature themes and coarse language
    In the Welsh town of Port Talbot, 1942, Richard Jenkins lives as a wayward schoolboy, caught between the pressures of his struggling family, a devastating war and his own ambitions. However, a new opportunity arises when Richard’s natural talent for drama catches the attention of his teacher, Philip Burton.

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  • Four Letters of Love
    Mature Audiences
    Runtime
    125 Minutes
    Cast
    Fionn O'Shea, Ann Skelly, Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter, Gabriel Byrne
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    Suicide references
    Nicholas and Isabel were made for each other but how will they ever know it? As ghosts, fate and the sheer power of true love pull them together, so too does life threaten to tear them apart.

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  • LUCKY WINNERS

    FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

    Mature Audiences
    Runtime
    103 Minutes
    Cast
    Audrey Lamy, Fabrice Eboué, Anouk Grinberg, Pauline Clément, Louise Coldefy
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    Mature themes, violence, sexual references, coarse language and a suicide scene
    After winning the lottery, the life of the happy winner turns into a nightmare. The movie consists of four separate stories divided into five parts. They tell the different stages of the winner's life, from discovering the reward to witnessing the consequences caused by the prize.

    Thursday 14 August

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  • The Life of Chuck
    Mature Audiences
    Runtime
    111 Minutes
    Cast
    Tom Hiddleston, Jacob Tremblay, Benjamin Pajak, Cody Flanagan, Nick Offerman
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    Mature themes, suicide references and coarse language
    In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.

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  • The Stolen Painting
    Mature Audiences
    Runtime
    91 Minutes
    Cast
    Léa Drucker ,Louise Chevillotte , Matthieu Lucci ,Alex Lutz ,Olivier Rabourdin ,Nora Hamzawi ,Alain Chamfort ,Laurence Côte ,Arcadi Radeff
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    Coarse language
    nspired by remarkable true events, acclaimed writer/director Pascal Bonitzer’s sharp and hugely engrossing new dramedy THE STOLEN PAINTING follows a self-assured auctioneer whose professional and personal integrity is challenged by the discovery of a long-lost masterpiece. Paris, present day. Brash 40-something André Masson (César Award-winner Alex Lutz), a hotshot modern art appraiser at prestigious high-end auction house Scottie’s, receives word that a painting by Egon Schiele may have been found in a young factory worker’s home in the Alsatian city of Mulhouse. Though highly sceptical, André travels to view the canvas with his ex-partner Bettina (the superb Léa Drucker, Custody) who is also an expert valuator, only to be convinced of its authenticity as a masterwork long assumed destroyed by Nazi officials during WWII.

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  • DJ  AHMET
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    TURKISH AND MACEDONIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

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    Runtime
    99 Minutes
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    Directed by: Georgi M. Unkovski
    Charming, funny and uplifting, this Sundance Audience Award-winner tells the story of a 15-year-old North Macedonian boy who finds refuge in dance music and in first love.

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    Friday 15 August

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  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS
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    ICELANDIC WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

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    Runtime
    109 Minutes
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    Directed by:Hlynur Pálmason Winner: Cannes - Palm Dog
    Though in the throes of a separation, Anna and Magnus still spend time together for the sake of their three children. Sea worker Magnus unsuccessfully attempts to assert himself as the patriarch. Artist Anna creates artworks that fail to receive suitable recognition. In their interactions, there is the familiarity of a long-held love, but also wit-filled indication of why the split is happening. A deep love and emotion is felt in this film, not only for the humans at its heart, but for the sweeping natural Icelandic landscapes decorating this gentle study of a family.

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    Saturday 16 August

    10:30AM
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  • MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN
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    RUSSIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

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    Runtime
    90 Minutes
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    Directed By:David Borenstein
    Teacher Pavel “Pasha” Talankin loves his job - until Russia invades Ukraine. Disturbed by propaganda in the classroom and military recruiters on campus, he begins to resist. Secretly filming under the guise of school videographer, Pasha risks everything to expose the truth, sending footage to filmmaker David Borenstein while planning his escape. A daring act of protest and collaboration, this gripping documentary, winner of Sundance’s World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Prize, is a powerful portrait of courage under an authoritarian regime.

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    Saturday 16 August

    1:15PM
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  • THE PRESIDENT'S CAKE
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    ARABIC AND ENGLISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

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    Runtime
    109 Minutes
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    Directed By:Hasan Hadi
    It’s 1990 in Iraq, and under the iron fist of Saddam Hussein extreme poverty is on the rise. Despite the circumstances, it’s still mandatory that all Iraqis celebrate the president’s birthday. An unlucky classroom draw finds nine-year-old Lamia given the unenviable task of baking the birthday cake for her class. Accompanied by grandmother, Lamia departs her home in the marshes for the big city, to procure the ingredients for the dreaded cake. Beautifully shot and acted, and with a keen sense of time and place, this film makes for an exhilarating adventure

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    Saturday 16 August

    4:00PM
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  • THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND
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    Runtime
    100 Minutes
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    Directed By:James Griffiths
    In a creative crisis and looking to fund a new album, folk artist Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden) travels to Wallis Island, Wales, to play a private gig for a huge fee – courtesy of resident millionaire Charles (Tim Key, This Time with Alan Partridge). Herb isn’t too pleased to learn that he’s not being put up in a hotel but in Charles’ own shambolic mansion. Even worse is the discovery that the gig is actually a reunion show with his former bandmate and lover, Nell Mortimer (Mulligan). As the pair rehearse, old tensions resurface and sparks fly, while the relentlessly positive Charles tries to keep the peace and his dream gig on track. Combining laughs with deep emotion, this beautifully performed ballad is pitch perfect

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    Saturday 16 August

    6:30PM
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  • FLOODLAND
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    Runtime
    91 Minutes
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    Directed By:Jordan Giusti Winner: Sustainable Future Award Finalist: Documentary Australia Award
    Focusing on several residents, director Jordan Giusti (Grevillea, SFF 2020) filmed over three years as a series of catastrophic floods tested community resilience. Lismore born and bred Eli loves his flood-prone town and recently purchased a home with a view down the creek. He’s a pragmatic guy: if flooding is predicted, he’ll just move the washing machine and stock up on beers. Eli’s friend Harper, tired of political complacency, turns to activism, while Carlie Atkinson, a Bundjalung-Yiman social worker, sets up a groundbreaking First Nations healing centre. With trauma bubbling up and talk of government buybacks dividing neighbours, locals must question whether they can find the strength and spirit to stay.

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  • SORRY,BABY
    TFF24
    Mature Audiences
    Runtime
    107 Minutes
    Cast
    Directed By: Eva Victor
    The confident and remarkable debut from writer and comedian Eva Victor made waves at Sundance, heralding a new voice of exceptional talent. Told in nonlinear chapters, it follows five years in the life of Agnes (expertly embodied by Victor), who’s introduced to us as a wry and intelligent young English professor. The film traces her transition from grad student to tenure, but also the before and after of a sexual assault. As she navigates the healing process Agnes is supported by her sprightly best friend, Lydie (Naomi Ackie, Mickey 17), along with an endearingly awkward neighbour (Lucas Hedges, Ladybird, Boy Erased) and a sweet stray kitten. “The film’s tone is a real balancing act,” says Victor, “one that hopefully feels true to life – funny, with pain. Painful, with funny parts.” Their sharp-eyed script creatively circumvents representing the unspeakable while applying a darkly comic wit to difficult subject matter, deftly revealing the absurdity of systems that neglect its victims.

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  • THE SECRET AGENT
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    PORTUGUESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

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    Runtime
    160 Minutes
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    Directed By: Kleber Mendonça Filho Awards Winner: Cannes - Winner of Best Actor, Best Director and the International Critic’s Prize (Fipresci)
    Brazil, 1977. It is a “time of spite” for the country as the harsh military dictatorship imposes increasingly draconian measures on the population. Marcelo (Moura), a university professor, is on the run from the regime and takes refuge in Recife, where he hopes to reunite with his son. There, during the week of the Carnaval, he finds a safe haven with a group of outsiders, and takes on an assumed identity. But Marcelo can’t forget that he’s a wanted man – and soon enough he feels the tentacles of the state closing in on him. With all the tension of the best political thrillers, Mendonça Filho brings his trademark melange of styles (and his deep cinephilia) to the picture. The Secret Agent involves body horror, wicked humour, and eroticism, all playing out to a typically tremendous soundtrack. In this detailed, vibrant and expansive portrait of tumultuous time in Brazil’s history – filled with unforgettable, brave characters - Mendonça Filho has made an intoxicating film that is powerfully resonant with our times.

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  • IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
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    FARSI WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

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    Runtime
    102 Minutes
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    Directed By: Jafar Panahi, Cannes – Palme d’Or Sydney Film Prize
    Despite a range of obstacles, from banning orders to imprisonment, Panahi remains unfailingly resolute in his determination to make films. “I’m a filmmaker. I can’t do anything else but make films,” he says. It Was Just an Accident begins with a family traveling on an isolated road, where an unfortunate bump in the road leads to their car being slightly damaged. At the repair shop in the middle of the night, a worker observes something that triggers a memory with immense repercussions. With his new film, Panahi reimagines the Iranian road movie, taking the audience on a thrilling and devastating emotional rollercoaster involving a great ensemble cast. As Panahi says: “I don’t make political films, I make humanistic films.” Here he is at his most humanistic – presenting us with characters whose circumstances might well be very different from our own, but whose dilemmas, and choices between forgiveness and retribution, immerse us fully.

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    Sunday 17 August

    6:45PM
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  •  Sumathi Valavu

    MALAYALAM WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

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    Runtime
    141 Minutes
    Cast
    Arjun Ashokan, Malavika Manoj, Saiju Kurup, Devanandha, Sshivada Nair
    A haunted curve in 1990s Kerala, named after Sumathis tragic death, draws various people into supernatural encounters. As they experience strange events, the mystery of Sumathi and the roads dark history begins to unfold.

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