Erupcja

Directed by Pete Ohs

United States

2025

71 mins

Unclassified 15+

Charli xcx gives an impressively raw and real performance in this tale of messy modern relationships, following a couple’s getaway to Warsaw gone awry. Toronto 2025.

When her boyfriend Rob whisks her away to Warsaw, Bethany (Charli xcx) suspects he’s about to propose. He’s perfectly nice but is that enough? Uncertain, Bethany abandons Rob’s carefully laid itinerary and seeks out old friend/flame Nel (Lena Góra), a Polish florist. The pair share an explosive past – every time they meet, a volcano erupts somewhere in the world. Shot on the fly during Brat summer and written in collaboration between director Pete Ohs and the lead cast, Erupcja has an irresistibly spontaneous energy. Amplified by the star power of Charli xcx, who brings her party-girl persona and a convincing, stripped-back naturalism to the role, it’s a relatably chaotic study of disrupted destiny.

“The standout performance here is Charli xcx as Bethany, channeling her party girl persona into a character who approaches her wanderings as an introspective vision quest, searching for a deeper truth within herself.”

Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter

“Thrillingly inventive ... The web of secrets and confessions, schemes and counterplots, short-term pleasures and far-reaching decisions, is couched in dialogue that is pugnacious, vulnerable, comedic, and sometimes richly poetic, and which feels as spontaneous as it is carefully crafted.”

Richard Brody, The New Yorker

Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter

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Program Strand
Features
Year
2025
Classification
Unclassified 15+
Country
USA, Poland
Language
In English and Polish with English subtitles
Director
Pete Ohs
Producer
Pete Ohs, Charli xcx, Luke Arreguin, Jeremy O. Harris, Josh Godfrey
Cast
Charli xcx, Lena Góra, Will Madden
Screenwriter
Pete Ohs, Charli xcx, Lena Góra, Jeremy O. Harris, Will Madden
Cinematographer
Pete Ohs
Editor
Pete Ohs
Composer
Charles Watson, Isabella Summers
Genre
Comedy, Romance, LGBTQIA+ Films, Women’s Stories
Premiere
Australian Premiere
Company Credits
Australian Distributor: Icon Film Distribution

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