CAIRO CONSPIRACY (BOY FROM HEAVEN)
Wednesday 12 July 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Tarik Saleh Drama/Thriller Egypt Arabic – (English subtitles) 126 minutes Adam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicentre of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival in Cairo, the university’s highest-ranking religious leader, […]
THE BLUE CAFTAN
Monday 19 June 10am; 6:30pm Director Maryam Touzani Drama Morocco (Arabic with English subtitles) 122 minutes Mina (Lubna Azabal) and her husband Halim (Saleh Bakri) run a small business making and selling bespoke caftans in one of Morocco’s oldest medinas. Halim is a master of his trade, and Mina a canny saleswoman, though their wares […]
A GOOD PERSON
Wednesday 14 June 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Zach Braff Drama USA 129 minutes Daniel (Morgan Freeman) is brought together with Allison (Florence Pugh), the once thriving young woman with a bright future who was involved in an unimaginable tragedy that took his daughter’s life. As grief-stricken Daniel navigates raising his teenage granddaughter and Allison […]
THE GIANTS
Wednesday 24 May 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Rachel Antony, Laurence Billiet Documentary Australia 110 minutes The Giants explores the intertwined fates of trees and humans in this poetic portrait of environmentalist Bob Brown and the Forest. From a seedling to forest elder: the film is a masterclass that draws on Bob’s 50 years of […]
BROKER
Monday 15 May 10am; 6:30pm Director Kore-eda Hirokazu Comedy/Drama/Crime Korean (English subtitles) 129 minutes The film follows two brokers (Song Kang-ho and Gang Dong-won), who sell orphaned infants, circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption, to affluent couples who can’t have children of their own. After an infant’s mother (K-pop star Ji-eun Lee), surprises the duo […]
A GOOD DOCTOR (DOCTEUR)
Wednesday 10 May 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Tristan Seguela Comedy French (English subtitles) 90 minutes On Christmas Eve in Paris, Serge is the only on-call emergency doctor available. Struck by a crippling backache, he gets help from a pizza delivery boy who will need to step into the doctor’s shoes. A story where a […]
WOMEN TALKING
Monday April 24 10am; 6:30pm Director – Sarah Polley Drama USA 104m Oscar-nominated writer-director Sarah Polley’s fearless adaptation of Miriam Toews’ acclaimed novel grants us access to a tight-knit, cloistered religious colony in which women struggle to recover from an epidemic of abuse. Featuring riveting, emotionally complex performances from a stunning ensemble that includes Oscar […]
SHACKLETON: THE GREATEST STORY OF SURVIVAL
Wednesday 19 April 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Directors Bobbi Hansel, Caspar Mazzotti Documentary History Australia 90 minutes 28 lost adventurers must fight for their lives after their only lifeline is destroyed in the most uninhabitable place on Earth – Antarctica. Shackleton – The Greatest Story of Survival reveals the the true story of polar explorer […]
AFTERSUN
Wednesday 8 March 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Charlotte Wells Drama United Kingdom 96 minutes At a fading vacation resort, 11-year-old Sophie treasures rare time together with her loving and idealistic father Calum. As a world of adolescence creeps into view, beyond her eye Calum struggles under the weight of life outside of fatherhood. Twenty […]
CORSAGE
Wednesday 22 March 10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm Director Marie Kreutzer History/Drama/Biography German English subtitles 113 minutes Empress Elizabeth of Austria is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. But in 1877, ‘Sissi’ celebrates her 40th birthday and must fight to maintain her public image by lacing her corset tighter and tighter. While […]