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Festival Highlights

Opening Night
Australian Premiere

Based on the popular novel, the delightful Lesley Manville stars as the titular Mrs. Harris embarking on a whimsical journey through Parisian high fashion

Centrepiece
Australian Premiere

A love letter to cinema from director Sam Mendes showcasing a blossoming romance set amidst a beautiful old cinema on the south coast of England in the 1980s.

Centrepiece
Australian Premiere

From the makers of In Bruges this twisted tale of friendship gone awry features Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson set against the stunning vistas of the Irish West Coast.

Closing Night
Australian Premiere

A cross-cultural romantic comedy following a filmmaker who decides to document her best friend’s journey toward arranged marriage, featuring an all-star ensemble cast. 

Special Event
Australian Premiere

A haunting drama delivering a tale of desire and creativity in 19th Century England, this directorial debut from Frances O’Connor offers a captivating portrait of Wuthering Heights author Emily Brontë.

Retrospective

60 Years of Bond

Dr. No – the one that started it all! Sean Connery stars as James Bond who battles the mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program.

Sean Connery continues his tenure as 007 as Bond searches for a cryptographic device that has the potential to wreak havoc in the world and stops SPECTRE, a secret crime organisation, from acquiring it.

Sean Connery returns as 007 as he comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, the nefarious Goldfinger!

SPECTRE strikes again, so James Bond (Sean Connery) must recover the warheads and put a stop to the evil plans of the criminal organisation.

In Roger Moore’s first epic outing as 007, Bond battles deadly forces in an adventure that hurtles him from New York City to Louisiana’s bayou country.

Roger Moore returns as the super cool James Bond who is tasked with recovering a device that can harness solar energy and finds himself targeted by the world’s most dangerous assassin.

When an American space capsule is abducted, Bond (Sean Connery) embarks on a dangerous mission to unearth the motive behind it.

Featuring Australian George Lazenby, Bond joins forces with the adventurous Tracy Di Vicenzo to battle SPECTRE.

The dashing Timothy Dalton stars as Bond, who must cross several continents to confront and defeat an arms dealer conspiring with a Soviet general.

After his friend gets maimed by a drug lord, James Bond (Timothy Dalton) seeks revenge, but with MI6 refusing to back him he takes matters into his own hands.

The suave Pierce Brosnan brings Bond into the 90s, as Agent 007 travels to Russia to locate a satellite nuclear weapon stolen by a former 00 agent.

Bond is entrusted with protecting the daughter of an oil tycoon, but learns about an even more dangerous plot.

In Daniel Craig’s first outing as James Bond, he embarks on a mission to prevent Le Chiffre, a mob banker, from winning a high stakes poker game.

An ex-MI6 agent plans to carry out a deadly vendetta on Bond’s overseer, M. (Judi Dench) and Bond (Daniel Craig) must face his past in a bid to protect her.

Official Selection

Australian Premiere

On March 23, the day lockdown is imposed in the UK, the cast and crew of a busy feature film are all sent home, where they are forced to find meaning in their lives and loves.

An evocative drama that chronicles a father–daughter relationship as Sophie reflects on a holiday she took with her father years earlier and tries to reconcile her childhood memories with her adult perspective.

Australian Premiere

A young Nigerian woman seeks asylum in Ireland, floundering in a maze of social services and bureaucracy, and struggles to maintain hope against the looming threat of deportation.

Brian, a lonely inventor, decides to build a robot for company, but he ends up having to deal with far more than he bargained for in this charming, surreal comedy.

Australian Premiere

The Buoys are back in town! This hilarious heartfelt follow up to the 2019 hit follows the famed sea shanty singing group from Port Isaac, Cornwall.

Special Event

The lives of an inclusive London rugby team, both on and off the pitch, are explored in this assured feature which reveals the many different games that people play.

Australian Premiere

Starring Olivia Colman, Joy sets out to give away her newborn baby and is unexpectedly joined by a cheeky 12-year-old boy as the odd couple go on a trip of self-discovery.

Australian Premiere

Festival favourite Bill Nighy stars in life affirming drama Living, a touching tale of a terminally ill man searching for meaning in 1950s London that will inspire and enthral.

Australian Premiere

In the early 1800s, boxer Jem Belcher fights against the odds to become the youngest ever Champion of England and after a life-changing accident risks ending his career, he must fight to reclaim his title.

Australian Premiere

The chilling true story of Robert Freegard, a conman posing as an undercover MI5 agent, who kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.

Australian Premiere

What happens when you are ambushed by time? An archaeologist and an architect fight to re-imagine the future after traumatic brain injury leaves them adrift from the people they love.

Australian Premiere

Inspired by true events, Steve Coogan and Sally Hawkins star in this comedy-drama profiling the discovery of King Richard III's remains beneath a Leicester car park.

Australian Premiere

Dreaming of a better life, Kirsty feels isolated in her village in the Outer Scottish Hebrides and when the men are conscripted for WWI, a road dance to send off the soldiers turns her life upside down.

Australian Premiere

Author Jonathan Stack has been so obsessed with trying to pen his magnum opus that he has let his marriage to Samantha, who is also his agent and editor, break down.

Documentaries

Australian Premiere

Archival material and extraordinary aerial footage tells the story of the Lancaster, the iconic British bomber that is responsible for some of the most famous flying missions during World War II.

Australian Premiere

The official, approved documentary celebrating the incredible life and work of one of the most influential icons of 20th Century fashion, designer Dame Mary Quant.

Australian Premiere

What does it mean to be Quintessentially British? From historic castles and figures to iconic music, this cultural examination showcases the distinct contribution the United Kingdom has made to the world.