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The Dark Emu Story

Allan Clarke2023Australia

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A Thousand And One

A.V. Rockwell2022USA

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Cobweb

Feature Straight from Cannes, Kim Jee-woon’s (A Tale of Two Sisters, The Age of Shadows) latest is a deliriously funny and clever film about a director obsessed with re-shooting the end of his completed film. Stars Song Kang-ho (Parasite, SFF 2019).

The Delinquents

Feature Direct from Cannes Un Certain Regard, Rodrigo Moreno’s Argentinian comedic drama is a delightfully unconventional bank heist film, fascinating love story and treatise on the meaning of life.

Fallen Leaves

Feature Straight from the Cannes Competition, the Finnish master Aki Kaurismäki’s compassionate comedy has two lonely people meet by chance and then try, in turbulent times, to find love.

Jane Campion, The Cinema Woman

Documentary Filmmaker Julie Bertuccelli (The Tree, SFF 2010) draws the portrait that Jane Campion deserves in a Cannes-selected documentary that is unapologetically subjective, mirroring Campion's own indelible body of work.

Kennedy

Feature Direct from Cannes, Anurag Kashyap’s (Gangs of Wasseypur, SFF 2012) incendiary, noirish thriller follows Kennedy, an assassin working for a corrupt police force with scores to settle.

Lost In The Night

Feature Straight from Cannes, Amat Escalante’s (The Untamed, SFF 2017) tense Mexican thriller follows a young man taking justice into his own hands in the search for his missing activist mother.

Monster

Feature Direct from the Cannes Competition, Monster is an intense, mysterious and morally complex drama from Kore-eda Hirokazu (Shoplifters, SFF 2018; Broker, SFF 2022), told through multiple perspectives.

The Mother Of All Lies

Documentary Direct from its Cannes Un Certain Regard premiere, Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moudir’s audacious feature melds fact, fiction and captivating figurines to lay bare a hidden personal and national history.

The New Boy

Feature Warwick Thornton’s Cannes-selected new film stars Cate Blanchett, Deborah Mailman, Wayne Blair and newcomer Aswan Reid in a beguiling story of spirituality and survival set in 1940s Australia.

Omen

Feature Cannes Un Certain Regard. A man banished from Congo, accused of sorcery, returns fifteen years later in this visually resplendent debut from rapper and artist Baloji.

Perfect Days

Feature Straight from the Cannes Competition, Wim Wenders’ Japan-set charmer is a deeply moving and poetic reflection on the beauty to be found in the everyday.

Pictures Of Ghosts

Documentary SFF favourite Kleber Mendonça Filho’s (Aquarius, Sydney Film Prize, 2016) 2023 Cannes-selected cinematic essay explores the once hallowed cinemas in his hometown in Brazil, his family, filmmaking… and ghosts.

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Film Tracks: Hairspray Party

Event Build your hair to the sky for our Hairspray party with our vinyl DJ spinning '60s tracks from the film, go-go dancers, a photobooth and more! Dressing divine encouraged.

Late Night Party with the Devil

Event A late night party to worship all things that go bump in the cinema, following a screening of Late Night With the Devil.

Meet the Filmmaker: Cobweb

Event Meet acclaimed Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon (A Tale of Two Sisters; The Age of Shadows), following the State Theatre screening of Cobweb, in conversation at The Hub with SFF curator Richard Kuipers.

Meet the Filmmaker: The New Boy

Event Following the screening of The New Boy join writer-director Warwick Thornton (We Don't Need a Map, SFF 2017), and producer Kath Shelper in conversation with Sandy George at The Hub.

Red, White & Brass: Scrum at the Hub

Event Knock-on from the Australian Premiere screening of Red, White & Brass and keep the cheers going.

Talk: The Dark Emu Story

Event Following the State Theatre screening of The Dark Emu Story join us in conversation with the author Bruce Pascoe.

Korean Cinema Celebration: Geonbae!

Event Join us for an unforgettable night celebrating Korean cinema and culture at this party at the Hub!

Growing Up Outside Korea

Event From Canada to Australia and beyond – the creatives behind Riceboy Sleeps discuss the diaspora experience at the Korean Cultural Centre.

Meet the Filmmaker: Rachel's Farm

Event Join Australian actress and director Rachel Ward at the Hub as she shares the personal process of making Rachel's Farm.

Voices From Europe

Event Hear from the talented women directors whose films screen in this year's Europe! Voices of Women in Film program strand.

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