Film

An Australian Shakespeare fan with Down Syndrome sets off on a solo adventure to discover Tokyo in order to get away from his overbearing older brother and prove his independence. Along the way, he uses his knowledge of the Bard, his sketchbook and his wits to win the hearts of the people he meets. Country:...

Milena travels to a remote opal mining community to see her estranged, ill father. Lost and alone, she falls into his bewildering world, where men escape society and share ideals of freedom. Soon, he doesn't want her to leave. Stuck in time, father and daughter try to mend their fractured bond, but their connection is...

In 2008, a band of young Islamic militants from Pakistan lands in Mumbai, their primary target, the iconic Taj Mahal hotel. With Indian forces unable to regain control, for 4 days the guests must battle to survive as the terrorists seek to drive them from hiding. The harrowing events that follow will come to be...

Ladies in Black is set in Sydney in the summer of 1959, against the backdrop of Australia's cultural awakening, breakdown of class structures, and liberation of women. It tells the coming-of-age story of suburban schoolgirl Lisa, who while waiting for her final high school exam results with dreams of going to the University of Sydney,...

Polish director Pawel Pawlikoski who brought us Ida, this year won the Best Director Award at Cannes. Inspired by and dedicated to his parents, Cold War is an intimate love story of a couple who meet and later part behind the Iron Curtain of postwar Europe. The audience is taken on a journey lasting 15...

Three siblings return to their childhood paradise in the vineyards to farewell their dying father and sort out the succession of the family property, facing modern threats to traditional winemaking and accumulated debt. Poetic treatment of Jean, Jeremie and Juliette’s idyllic past and challenged present, intertwines with an evocative experience of grapes and wine: the...

Winner of the 2018 Cannes Palme d’Or and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, whose Like Father, Like Son and After the Storm, have been screened here. Again he demonstrates insight into family relationships. In this case the family—children and adults—eke out a meagre living by shoplifting. Among other things, the film is a social realist perspective...

A talented teenager with leukaemia needs a blood transfusion to save his life. He and his Jehovah’s Witness family refuse this but under the ‘Children Act’ in the UK, they can be overruled by the state. Emma Thompson plays the sensitive but dispassionate and scrupulous judge who must decide. Based on a novel by Ian...

Renowned Iranian director Asghar Farhadi (A Separation, The Past, The Salesman) moves to Spain to feature husband and wife team Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem in this famly drama/thriller. Cruz plays Laura who has come to Spain for her sister’s wedding along with her teenage daughter Irene and young son Diego, while her wealthy husband...