LIMBO
Wednesday May 25 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director: Ben Sharrock Drama/Comedy Scotland 103 minutes Following a group of asylum seekers awaiting their fate in a remote corner of Scotland, Sharrock’s tale uses dark comedy to fight a stubborn undercurrent of melodrama, with neither sensibility winning out. The setting is an impossibly bleak and starkly beautiful […]
FLEE
Monday 16 May 10am, 6:30pm Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen Documentary Danish/Dari/English/Russian, Swedish/English subtitles 90min FLEE uncovers a remarkable true story. Amin Nawabi is an Afghan refugee who grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, which now threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to […]
BLIND AMBITION
Wednesday May 11 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Directors Robert Coe, Warwick Ross Documentary 96 mins South Africa/France English/subtitles Winner of the Audience Award at Tribeca Film Festival and Sydney Film Festival, Blind Ambition is the inspiring story of four Zimbabwean refugees who conquered the odds to become South Africa’s top sommeliers. Driven by relentless optimism, […]
QUO VADIS, AIDA?
Wednesday 27 April 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Directed by Jasmila Zbanic Drama Bosnia, Subtitles 101 minutes Bosnia, July 1995. Middle-aged Aida (Jasna Ðuričić) is an English teacher in the small mountain town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army ignores a formal UN ultimatum and begins a series of round-ups and brazen shelling, Aida and her […]
PARALLEL MOTHERS
Wednesday 20 April 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Directed by Pedro Almodóvar Drama/comedy Spain/subtitles 120 minutes Parallel Mothers tells the story of two women, both single mothers, who give birth in a shared maternity ward in Madrid. Both women harbor fears and unresolved emotions over failed relationships, seeking support in one another and wandering the hospital […]
BELFAST
Wednesday March 23 10 am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Kenneth Branagh Drama/Comedy Northern Ireland 98 minutes Written and directed by Academy Award nominee Kenneth Branagh, and starring an acclaimed ensemble cast, Belfast is a personal and joyful story about the power of memory, set in late 1960s Northern Ireland. At the centre of the film […]
ONE SECOND
Wednesday 9th March 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Zhang Yimou Drama Chinese/subtitles 104 m Towards the end of the Cultural Revolution, when movies were one of the few cultural experiences available to China’s masses, the film’s nameless hero (Zhang Yi) is sent to a remote labour camp for taking part in a fight. He escapes, […]
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Monday 14 March 10 am, 6:30pm Drama/Comedy Director Joachim Trier 127 mins/ Norway/subtitled Julie (Reinsve) is turning 30 and is facing an existential crisis. Constantly changing her mind about what she wants to do with her life, Julie has wasted her talents. Now her successful older boyfriend wants to settle down, and perhaps even have […]
HIVE
Wednesday February 23 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Directed by Berta Basholi Drama Bosnia/subtitled 83 minutes Winner of 3 major awards at Sundance 2021, this outstanding drama is based on the true story of a Kosovo war widow fighting against patriarchy. This debut feature is inspired by real-life beekeeper Fahrije Hoti. Seven years after her husband […]
JAIMEN HUDSON: FROM SKY TO SEA
Monday 14 February 10am, 6.30pm Director Leighton De Barros Documentary Australian 90 minutes Jaimen Hudson’s aerial whale and dolphin imagery are stunning. His spectacular photographs and videos reach hundreds of millions of people online and he has been interviewed by media organisations across the world. However, Jaimen has a dream to take his talents to […]