Australian Premiere Exciting British talent George Mackay (Captain Fantastic, 2016, Sunshine on Leith, 2013) and Alexandra Roach (The Iron Lady, 2011, Testament of Youth, BFF14, and television’s upcoming Black Mirror) lead a cast of rising stars in this delightful crowd-pleaser comedy. Laura (Roach) and Ryan (Mackay) are perfect for each ... more
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Acclaimed director Ben Wheatley (High-Rise, 2016) presents a domestic drama with a sharp comedic streak in this tense ensemble piece about a dysfunctional family reunion. Colin Burstead, played by standout Neil Maskell, has decided to hire a lavish country mansion to reunite his extended family and friends to ring in the new year. Burstead family ... more
BFF19: Hope Gap
100 mins
Australian Premiere Led by the brilliant and layered performances of Annette Bening, Bill Nighy, and BAFTA winner Josh O’Connor, this story of finding hope after a marriage breakdown is based on Nicholson’s Tony Award-nominated play The Retreat From Moscow. Grace (Bening) and Edward (Nighy) have been married thirty-three ... more
BFF19: Mr Jones
141 mins
Veteran director Agnieszka Holland unearths an essential chapter of history with this powerful biopic starring James Norton as real-life Welsh journalist Gareth Jones, who uncovered Stalin’s genocidal famine in Soviet Ukraine. Upon his arrival in 1933 Moscow, Jones is continually told of Stalin’s achievements by Pulitzer Prize winner ... more
BFF19: Mrs Lowry & Son
91 mins
Australian Premiere Starring Timothy Spall as the inimitable artist L.S. Lowry himself, and an excellent Vanessa Redgrave as his mother, this is a gentle comedy that will warm hearts of art lovers and sceptics alike. Lowry lives all his life with his over-bearing mother Elizabeth who constantly tries to dissuade him from pursuing his artistic ... more
Based on Alan Bennett's acclaimed play, The Madness of King George takes a dark-humoured look at the mental decline of King George III of England. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his helpless doctors attempt the ineffectual cures of the time. Meanwhile, the Prince of Wales plots to take ... more
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THE EULOGY
103 mins
Inspired by former Prime Minister Paul Keating’s searing eulogy for Geoffrey Tozer, music educator Richard Gill explores the remarkable and tragic story of Australia’s greatest ever, and perhaps most overlooked, pianist. Born in India but raised in Victoria, the late Geoffrey Tozer was a child prodigy who played with the Victorian ... more
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NTLIVE: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
180 mins
A feuding fairy King and Queen of the forest cross paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of actors trying to rehearse a play. As their dispute grows, the magical royal couple meddle with mortal lives leading to love triangles, mistaken identities and transformations… with hilarious, but dark consequences. Shakespeare’s most ... more
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BFF19: Official Secrets
112 mins
A stellar cast including Kiera Knightly and Ralph Fiennes shines in Oscar-winning director Gavin Hood’s (Tsotsi, Eye in the Sky) superb true-life political thriller about an accused British whistle-blower who leaked information about the Iraqi invasion. It’s 2003 and British and American politicians are pressing the case for ... more
Dosed
84 mins
After many years of prescription medications failed her a suicidal woman turns to underground healers to try and overcome her depression, anxiety, and opioid addiction with illegal psychedelic medicine like magic mushrooms and iboga. Adrianne’s first dose of psilocybin mushrooms catapulted her into an unexpected world of healing where ... more
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Parasite(Gisaengchung)
132 mins
Straight from its huge box office success in the US and also being awarded the Palme d'Or at Cannes this year, (and Best film at Sydney Film Festival) renowned Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s follow-up to Okja is a thrilling, satirical take on income inequality as told through two families. Bong regular Song Kang-ho (The Host, ... more
Balloon(Ballon)
125 mins
The true story of two families' spectacular escape from East Germany during the Cold War, BALLOON is a big screen adventure set on the border of a divided nation. The summer of 1979. Families Strelzyk and Wetzel want to escape Eastern Germany and delve into the freedom of the West. The two families have forged a daring plan: in a ... more
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Yuli
111 mins
The story of the Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta, a legend of the dance world and the first black dancer to perform some of the most famous ballet roles. YULI is based on the rags-to-renown international career of Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta, and on his 2007 memoir No Way Home. Starring Acosta himself, as well as the incredible debut from 10 year ... more
After The Wedding
112 mins
Acting powerhouses Michelle Williams and Julianne Moore star in this powerful human drama. As if driven by an inescapable force, Isabel (Michelle Williams) has devoted her life to running an orphanage in a Calcutta slum. With funds running dry, a potential donor, who requires she travel from India to New York, to deliver a presentation in-person, ... more
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Blinded by the Light
117 mins
In BLINDED BY THE LIGHT director Gurinder Chadha’s joyful celebration of Bruce Springsteen’s music, discovering The Boss radically changes one British-Pakistani teenager’s life. In 1987 Luton, Javed (Viveik Kalra) wants nothing more than to escape the dreary town, its racism and lack of opportunity. Though Javed is drawn ... more
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Pavarotti
114 mins
Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard paints an intimate portrayal of the inimitable, iconic operatic tenor, Luciano Pavarotti, in this feature-length documentary. Genius is Forever. He gave his life to the music and a voice to the world. From the filmmaking team behind the highly-acclaimed documentary The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - ... more
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Promised
97 mins
Featuring a stellar Australian-Italian cast, including Antoniette Iesue, Paul Mercurio and Tina Arena, this is a romantic drama that is certain to hit home. In Melbourne in 1953, five-year-old Robert (Daniel Berini) and newborn Angela (Antoniette Iesue) are promised in marriage by their fathers, Sal (Mercurio) and Joe. Against the misgivings of ... more
Ready or Not
95 mins
Australian actress Samara Weaving (Hugo Weaving's niece) stars in the deliciously diabolical READY OR NOT, which brilliantly fuses thrills, satire, laughs and horror. READY OR NOT follows a young bride (Samara Weaving) as she joins her new husband's (Mark O'Brien) rich, eccentric family (Adam Brody, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDowell) in a ... more
Judy
118 mins
Academy Award winner Renee Zellweger portrays the late actress and hollywood darling Judy Garland in the highly anticipated movie profiling the later years of Garland’s life, set 30 years after The Wizard of Oz shot her to fame. Winter 1968 and showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in Swinging London to perform a five-week ... more
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The Portal
89 mins
At a time of daily earth-shattering revelations, THE PORTAL addresses the question of: What can I do to help? The answer is simple— MEDITATE. THE PORTAL is an immersive, cinematic experience of transformation on a personal scale, with global implications that follow six people (and a robot) who transform their own lives, providing ... more
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Joker
122 mins
There's a new joker in town, and this one could be the most serious yet. The latest actor to play the iconic villain on the big screen is Joaquin Phoenix. Completely subverting the big-screen comic-book adaptation Joaquin Phoenix gives one of the performances of the year in JOKER. The year is 1981 and the city is in the midst of a ... more
Ride Like a Girl
98 mins
Directed by Rachel Griffiths and featuring an all-star Aussie cast, RIDE LIKE A GIRL is the incredible true story of Michelle Payne. As a little girl, Michelle Payne (Teresa Palmer) dreams of the impossible: winning the Melbourne Cup — horse-racing's toughest two-mile race. The youngest of 10 children, Michelle is raised by single father ... more
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Once Upon a Time In... Hollywood
161 mins
Quentin Tarantino’s cinematic repertoire is loaded with meta references from Hollywood’s history, and with his 9th film, the director is going straight to the source! Academy Award winner Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction) returns with the hugely anticipated Once Upon A Time ...In Hollywood. Reteaming with Leonardo DiCaprio ... more
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