Releases
Firefighters
At 3:47 AM on March 4, 2001, the 119 emergency call centre receives a phone call about a fire that has broken out in the Hongje-dong neighbourhood. Firefighters, including newcomer Cheol-woong, rush to the scene.
- 106 min South Korea
- Signal Pictures
Emilia Perez
Rita is a lawyer at a large firm that is more interested in getting criminals off the hook than bringing them to justice. One day cartel leader Manitas hires her to help him withdraw from his business to transform his life.
- 122 min France
- Kismet Movies
We Live In Time
After an unusual encounter, a talented chef Almut and a recently divorcée Tobias fall in love and build the home and family they've always dreamed of, until a painful truth puts their love story to the test.
- 108 min UK, France
- Studiocanal
The Prosecutor
An ex-policeman turned prosecutor Fok Zi Hou is tasked with sentencing a poor young man charged with drug trafficking. Sensing something is off, Fok Zi Hou uncovers a corrupt system backed up by compromised lawyers.
- 117 min China, Hong Kong
- Cmc Pictures
And The Breadwinner Is...
After working in Taiwan and sending money back to her family in the Philippines, Bambi Salvador returns to her hometown expecting her dream house to be finished on her birthday, finding a shack instead.
- 123 min Philippines
- Abs-cbn Australia
Magic Beach
After reading the iconic book by Alison Lester, nine children and a dog find themselves on the titular Magic Beach. A unique mix of live action entwined with extraordinary animated stories from ten leading Australian animators.
- 75 min Australia
- Madman Entertainment
Dragonkeeper
In ancient China, dragons are on the brink of extinction. When a precious and rare dragon egg falls in the hands of enslaved girl Ping, she embarks on a dangerous journey to save the species.
- 99 min China, Spain
- Umbrella Entertainment
Wolf Man
Blake and his family are attacked by an unseen animal and, in a desperate escape, barricade themselves inside a farmhouse as the creature prowls the perimeter. As the night goes on, Blake begins to behave strangely.
- 103 min USA
- Universal Pictures
Sing Sing
Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, who finds purpose by acting in a theatre group. When an outsider joins the group, the men decide to stage their first original comedy.
- 107 min USA
- Madman Entertainment
Conclave
Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with participating in the selection of a new pope. Surrounded by powerful religious leaders , he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could shake the very foundation of the Catholic Church.
- 120 min USA, UK
- Roadshow Films
Octopus With Broken Arms
Tingting, the daughter of the wealthy businessman, is kidnapped during the party that he father organised. Police officer Zhang Jingxian suspects one of the guests: Tingting’s teacher or one of the classmate’s parents.
- 109 min China
- Cmc Pictures
Den Of Thieves: Pantera
Big Nick is back on the hunt in Europe and closing in on Donnie, who is entangled in the world of diamond thieves and the infamous Panther mafia, as they plot a massive heist of the world's largest diamond exchange.
- 130 min Canada, USA, Spain
- Roadshow Films
Monster Summer
When a mysterious force begins to disrupt their big summer fun, Noah and his friends team up with a retired police detective to embark on a monstrous adventure to save their island.
- 98 min USA
- Icon Film Distribution
Good One
During a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskill Mountains in southeastern New York, 17-year-old Sam witnesses the clash of egos between her father Chris and his oldest recently-divorced friend Matt.
- 90 min USA
- Madman Entertainment
Nosferatu
In the 1830s, estate agent Thomas Hutter travels to Transylvania for a fateful meeting with Count Orlok, a prospective client. Hutter's new bride, Ellen, is plagued by horrific visions and an increasing sense of dread and evil.
- 132 min USA
- Universal Pictures
Paddington In Peru
When Paddington discovers his beloved aunt has gone missing from the Home for Retired Bears, he and the Brown family head to the jungles of Peru to find her, while stumbling across a legendary treasure of the Amazon.
- 103 min USA, Japan, UK, France
- Studiocanal
Parthenope
Parthenope was named after the legendary Greek siren. As her teenage summers pass, Parthenope remains dedicated to the singular beauty of Naples, through tragedy, lost love and professional setbacks.
- 137 min Italy
- Palace Films
Anora
Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, meets and impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch. Once the news reaches the groom's family, the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.
- 139 min USA
- Kismet Movies
A Real Pain
Cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honour their deceased grandmother and reconnect with their heritage. Their old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family and World War II history.
- 90 min USA
- Walt Disney Studios
The Room Next Door
Novelist Ingrid and reporter Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.
- 107 min Spain
- Sony Pictures
Better Man
The meteoric rise, dramatic fall, and remarkable resurgence of British pop singer Robbie Williams as fictional monkey relives his life from childhood, to being the youngest member of boyband Take That to solo artist.
- 135 min USA, Australia, China, UK
- Roadshow Films
Sonic The Hedgehog 3
Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails are shocked to discover that Doctor Robotnik is still alive but they have to unite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious anthropomorphic artificial hedgehog.
- 110 min USA, Japan
- Paramount Pictures
All We Imagine As Light
Life and struggles of two roommate nurses in Mumbai. Head nurse Prabha is courted by a doctor at her hospital, while Anu starts a relationship with a Muslim man, which she must keep a secret from her strict Hindu family.
- 118 min France, India, Italy, Netherlands, Luxembourg
- Rialto Distribution
Everybody Loves Jenifa
Jenifa's popularity fades when a shady new neighbour, Lobster, outshines her charity work. In Ghana, Jenifa and friends face a deadly drug baron after a bag of drugs is mistakenly left in their rental.
- 138 min Nigeria
- Nile Entertainment
Firebrand
Queen of England, Katherine Parr is on her quest to survive her abusive husband, Henry VIII after she reluctantly agrees to become the sixth wife as her predecessors are either vanquished, beheaded, or dead.
- 121 min UK
- Sony Pictures
Mufasa: The Lion King
In the Pride Lands of Tanzania, Rafiki the mandrill, Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog tell the origin story of young orphan lion Mufasa, who is befriended by the young prince Taka and adopted by Taka's family.
- 118 min USA, UK
- Walt Disney Studios
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Gromit’s growing concern that Wallace has become over-dependent on his inventions is justified when he invents a “smart gnome” that seems to develop a mind of its own and spirals out of control.
- 79 min UK
- Netflix
Under Streetlights
An aspiring Aboriginal hip-hop artist living in remote Australia forms a bond with the daughter of a policeman who arrested his father united by grief and ignited by their shared passion for music.
- 90 min Australia
- Screen Film Distribution
The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim
A sudden attack by Wulf, a ruthless lord, forces Helm and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg. Helm's daughter, Héra, must lead the resistance against a deadly enemy.
- 134 min USA, New Zealand, Japan
- Universal Pictures, Warner Bros.
The Problem With People
Fergus wishes to settle an ancient feud between the Irish and American branches of his family. His son Ciaran reaches out to his cousin Barry in New York and invites him only to escalate the feud even further.
- 102 min Ireland
- Rialto Distribution
Kraven The Hunter
Gangster Nikolai Kravinof starts his son Kraven down the path of vengeance with brutal consequences, motivating him to become the most feared and the greatest hunter in the world.
- 127 min USA
- Sony Pictures
Black Dog
Released from jail, Lang returns to his hometown in Northwest China. As part of a dog patrol tasked with clearing stray dogs before the 2008 Olympics, he bonds with a black stray to embark on a new journey together.
- 107 min China
- Hi Gloss Entertainment
Solo Leveling - Reawakening
One day, Sung Jinwoo, a hunter of the lowest rank, encounters a double dungeon, a high-level dungeon hidden inside a low-level one. Risking his life, he decides to go on an adventure.
- 120 min Japan
- Sony Pictures
Ghost Cat Anzu
11 years old Karin finds herself abandoned by her father in a small Japanese town, where her grandfather serves as a monk. Her grandfather asks Anzu, a ghost cat, to look after Karin with unexpected consequences.
- 94 min Japan, France
- Kismet Movies
Girl From The North Country
20 legendary songs by Bob Dylan intertwined together into a story of Nick Laine's wife who is suffering from dementia and their daughter Marianne who is having a secret relationship with a convict.
- 152 min UK
- CinemaLive
Piece By Piece
LEGO bricks tell the stop motion life story of singer, songwriter and record producer Pharrell Williams from his childhood in Virginia to his success in the music and fashion industry.
- 93 min USA, Denmark
- Universal Pictures
Out Of Season
On the verge of his 50th anniversary, famous actor Mathieu is about to launch his stage debut. Under the stress he flees rehearsals to check into a luxury health spa but he is recognised everywhere he goes.
- 116 min France
- Palace Films
The Dead Don’t Hurt
When the man she loves, Holger Olsen, goes off to fight in the Civil War, Vivienne Le Coudy must fend for herself in a place controlled by a corrupt mayor and his unscrupulous business partner.
- 127 min USA
- Transmission Films
Rumours
Leaders of the world's wealthiest democracies gather for the annual G7 summit to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis. As night falls in the misty woods, they realize they are suddenly alone.
- 104 min Germany, Canada, USA, Hungary
- Universal Pictures
My Favourite Cake
Seventy-year-old Mahin has been living alone in Tehran since her husband died and her daughter left for Europe. One afternoon, tea with friends leads her to break her solitary routine and revitalise her love life.
- 97 min Germany, Iran, Sweden, France
- Vendetta Films
The Last Dance
A debt-ridden wedding planner pursues a promising new career in the funeral business. But to continue operating in the field, he must convince a traditional Taoist priest of his legitimacy.
- 127 min Hong Kong
- Magnum Films
Conquering Skin Cancer
Exploration of our complex relationship with the sun, including stories of famous Aussie change-makers including Hugh Jackman, as they seek to conquer this preventable disease.
- 90 min Australia
- Moonshine Agency
Green Border
The lives of activist Julia, Jan, a young border guard, and a Syrian refugee family intertwine at the Belarus and Poland border where refugees from the Middle East and Africa are lured by Belorussian propaganda.
- 153 min USA, Germany, Belgium, Poland
- Sharmill Films
Rosalie
In 1870s France, Rosalie is a young woman who has concealed her hirsutism, excessive har, all her life to fit in until Abel, an indebted bar owner unaware of her secret, marries Rosalie for her dowry.
- 115 min Belgium, France
- Limelight distribution
Heretic
Spreading the word of the lord, two young religious women sisters Barnes and Paxton knock on the door of a strange but seemingly harmless reclusive Englishman Mr. Reed only to find themselves trapped in his home.
- 112 min Canada, USA
- Roadshow Films
Moana 2
Three years later, Moana receives a call from her ancestors to break the god Nalo's curse on the hidden island of Motufetu.Together with old friend the demigod Maui she forms a sailing crew to answer the call.
- 100 min USA
- Walt Disney Studios
The Most Australian Band Ever: Hard-Ons Movie
Three migrant school kids (Korean, Sri Lankan and Croatian) formed a band in the '80s. They take Aussie punk music to the world to become the biggest independent Australian band of their time: The Hard-Ons.
- 106 min Australia
- Living Eyes Pty Ltd
Sharko
Widely regarded as one of the greatest Rugby League players ever, hard-man Mark “Sharko” Graham was feared off and on the field, though little knew the real man or the destruction behind his success.
- 82 min Australia
- Pivot Pictures
Your Monster
Laura Franco is a young actress enduring a cancer diagnosis and upsetting relationship breakup when she discovers a terrifying, yet weirdly charming Monster living in her closet.
- 102 min USA, UK
- Rialto Distribution
No Other Land
The alliance develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval during a very long court case that took place in 2019-23 focusing on land dispossession by the Israeli government.
- 96 min Norway, Palestine
- Hi Gloss Entertainment
Wicked
A young Elphaba is misunderstood because of her green skin. She forges an unlikely friendship with popular Glinda. Following an encounter with the Wizard of Oz, their relationship soon reaches a crossroad.
- 160 min USA
- Universal Pictures
Sumala
A young girl becomes the centre of a terrifying mystery. As she grows, the village is plagued by the unexplained disappearances of children, leading to widespread fear and suspicion.
- 111 min Indonesia
- Pinnacle Films
You Should Have Been Here Yesterday
In 1960s Australia, a generation travelled Australia’s coastline seeking waves - and a different kind of life. Their odyssey was captured on 16mm film, now lovingly restored by The Surf Film Archive.
- 83 min Australia
- Umbrella Entertainment
Goodrich
Andy Goodrich's wife enters a rehab program, leaving art gallerist with their 9 year old twins. Goodrich leans on his daughter from his first marriage, Grace, as he ultimately evolves into the father Grace never had.
- 111 min USA
- Rialto Distribution
Grafted
When a brilliant but disfigured Chinese scholarship student is shunned by her fellow classmates at a New Zealand university, she decides to achieve popularity by putting her science studies to a new and terrifying use.
- 95 min New Zealand
- Monster Pictures
Strange Creatures
Nate Taylor hasn't spoken a word to his brother, Ged, in over four years. But when their mother passes away from a sudden aneurysm, the brothers must set aside their differences in order to fulfil their mother's dying wish.
- 87 min Australia
- Bonsai Films
Christmas Eve In Miller’s Point
An extended family descends upon their small Long Island hometown for the holidays. Before the evening is over, two teenage cousins take advantage of the chaos to sneak out into the night and make the holiday their own.
- 107 min USA
- Rialto Distribution
Memory
Carer and single mother Sylvia is helping a family to look after Saul, a victim of early onset dementia and her former classmate. As their friendship grows, she confronts further aspects of her family's past.
- 103 min USA, Mexico
- Potential Films
Aquarius
When thousands of young people travelled the back roads of Northern New South Wales 50 years ago to camp and explore a new way of living at Nimbin Aquarius Festival something unexpected happened.
- 83 min USA, Australia
- Madman Entertainment
Gladiator II
Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist.
- 148 min USA, UK
- Paramount Pictures
Welcome To Babel
Chinese-Australian painter Jiawei Shen creates a series of giant mural paintings depicting the history of 20th Century Communism from its utopian origins to dystopian execution in China and Russia.
- 95 min Australia
- Bonsai Films
The Piano Lesson
Set in 1936 Pittsburgh after the Great Depression. The Charles family and an heirloom, the family piano, which documents the family history through carvings made by their enslaved ancestor.
- 126 min USA
- Netflix
Unbreakable: The Jelena Dokic Story
Jelena Dokic overcame extraordinary odds, and of her ultimate triumph becoming tennis world no.4 in the face of poverty, bullying and extreme brutality by her violent father and manager.
- 105 min Australia
- Roadshow Films
Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom
Momonga ends up in his favourite computer game where he helps the Sorcerer Kingdom and its undead army to join the fight alongside the Sacred Kingdom and the Slane Theocracy in hopes to defeat the Demon Emperor.
- 136 min Japan
- Sony Pictures, Crunchyroll
Sasquatch Sunset
A family of Sasquatches forage for food, build shelters, and mate in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest. But after tragedy strikes, the family makes a shocking discovery that changes everything.
- 89 min USA
- Umbrella Entertainment
Shoshana
1930s/1940s British Mandatory Palestine. Two British police officers Thomas Wilkin and Geoffrey Morton in their hunt for charismatic poet and Zionist freedom fighter Avraham Stern, who was plotting to evict British authorities.
- 121 min UK, Italy
- Kismet Movies, Moving Story Entertainment
The Pool
A stunning cinematic experience with a 60s soundtrack. At Bondi Icebergs, no matter your background, everyone is equal in their swimsuits showing off the power of community and our collective longing to find it.
- 95 min Australia
- Madman Entertainment
Audrey
When daughter Audrey falls into a coma, her selfish mother Ronnie has no choice but to keep her daughter’s acting career alive by assuming her identity and allowing the family to flourish in their own ways.
- 96 min Australia
- Rialto Distribution
Slice Of Life: The American Dream. In Former Pizza Huts
A portrait of modern America as a collection of stories told through former Pizza Hut buildings across the country: from an LGBTQ+ church in Florida, to a karaoke bar in Texas, to a cannabis dispensary in rural Colorado.
- 83 min Australia
- Urtext Films
Red One
When a villain kidnaps Santa Claus from the North Pole, an E.L.F. (Extremely Large and Formidable) operative joins forces with the world's most accomplished tracker to find him and save Christmas.
- 123 min USA
- Universal Pictures
The Moogai
A young Aboriginal couple brings home their second baby. What should be a joyous time takes a sinister turn, as the baby's mother starts seeing a malevolent spirit she is convinced is trying to take her baby.
- 81 min Australia
- Maslow Entertainment
Weekend In Taipei
After a destructive uncovering of a drug smuggling operation, DEA agent John Lawlor travels to Taipei where he had previously worked undercover to find the evidence of the source of the heroin.
- 100 min USA, Taiwan, France
- Rialto Distribution
Saturday Night
Saturday, October 11, 1975. New York City. 90 minutes until showtime. Producer Lorne Michaels anxiously awaits outside 30 Rockefeller Plaza on a bustling evening that might just make or break him.
- 108 min USA
- Sony Pictures
Mozart’s Sister
For the first 16 years of her life, Maria-Anna Mozart shared equal billing with her brother. They collaborated and played together, however she was forced to withdraw from public life because she was a woman.
- 99 min Australia
- Bonsai Films
Here
Based on the 2014 graphic novel, the story centres around multiple families and a special place they inhabit. The story travels through generations, capturing the human experience in its purest form.
- 104 min USA
- VVS Films
The Red
In the remote Australian outback town of Axehead, the undead beast leaves a trail of carnage. Local police officer Maddy with the help of her eccentric uncle Schmitty, and aunty Donna, takes on the colossal creature.
- 82 min Australia
- Radioactive Pictures
There’s Still Tomorrow
Delia lives in a working-class community in Rome in the late 1940s with her domineering husband, Ivano, three children, and father-in-law. She accepts her fate - the good with the bad - until one day a mysterious letter arrives.
- 118 min Italy
- Limelight distribution
A Different Man
Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare, as he loses out on the role he was born to play.
- 112 min USA
- Kismet Movies
Look Back
The overly confident Fujino and the shy Kyomoto couldn't be more different, but a love of drawing manga brings these two small-town girls together.
- 55 min Japan
- Signal Pictures
Lee
The story of photographer Elizabeth ‘Lee' Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II creating some of the 20th century’s most indelible images.
- 117 min USA, Norway, Australia, Ireland, Singapore, UK
- Studiocanal
Venom: The Last Dance
Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds, Venom ultimately opts to sacrifice himself in an acid bath that takes out the xenophages and ensures that evil Knull will stay locked up forever.
- 111 min USA
- Sony Pictures
Left Write Hook
For eight survivors of childhood sexual abuse, a groundbreaking program turns into a journey of recovery, transformation and friendship in this documentary from director Shannon Owen.
- 93 min Australia
- Bonsai Films
My Freaky Family
Betty Flood is just like any regular thirteen year old, but she just wants to be like the rest of her very different family. As Betty wrestles with this, she also learns her family secrets and discovers that she is not so normal.
- 86 min Australia, Ireland
- Pivot Pictures
Smile 2
About to embark on a world tour, singer Skye Riley is struggling with back pain. She goes looking for painkillers at the apartment of her drug dealer who is possessed by a demon. Skye is left alone to face a malevolent entity.
- 128 min USA
- Paramount Pictures
He Ain’t Heavy
Jade is too worried about her meth-addicted brother Max, who she kidnaps and confines in a room inside the rural house. But when Jade’s mother arrives, she is appalled that her son is caged like an animal.
- 103 min Australia
- Bonsai Films
CatVideoFest 2024
A compilation reel of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses.
- 73 min USA
- Pivot Pictures
The Sisters
A series of unexplained missing cases and disturbing deaths start to occur in a faraway village when the Chief's dead daughter comes back to life, unveiling shocking secrets of human sacrifice.
- 122 min Vietnam
- Magnum Films
Like My Brother
Filmed over 6 years, the documentary explores 4 talented Tiwi Island Indigenous girls who dream of AFLW stardom, and with the support of their community, battle the social and physical obstacles standing in their way.
- 90 min Australia
- Mushroom Pictures
Operation Undead
1941: In Chumphon Province, Thailand, Mok and his ragtag unit of young soldiers are thrown against the invading Japanese forces. The invaders bring with them a terrifying biological weapon, but it has plans of its own.
- 110 min Thailand
- Signal Pictures
From Hilde, With Love
Berlin, 1942. Heavily-pregnant Hilde Coppi and many of the other activists known as Die Rote Kapelle are detained by the Gestapo and awaiting their sentencing accused of conspiring with Soviets.
- 104 min Germany
- Palace Films
The Commandant’s Shadow
Eight decades after Auschwitz, war criminal Hans Jurgen Höss and survivor Anita Lasker Wallfisch come face to face, together with their children, to explore how the Holocaust has impacted all their lives.
- 103 min Germany, USA, Poland, Israel, UK
- Universal Pictures
Assassin’s Plan aka Know Goes Away
A contract killer diagnosed with a fast-moving form of dementia. He is presented with the opportunity to redeem himself by saving the life of his estranged adult son.
- 114 min USA
- Studiocanal
Memoir Of A Snail
Grace Pudel is a lonely misfit who collects snails and loves her books. At a young age, when Grace is separated from her twin brother, she finds hope again when she befriends an elderly eccentric woman named Pinky.
- 95 min Australia
- Madman Entertainment
The Hopeful
Aboard a steamship sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in 1874, widower John Andrews delights the restless minds of his two children with a tale of courage, hope, war, and true love that begins with the end of the world.
- 90 min USA, Australia
- Roadshow Films
Bocchi The Rock! Recap Part 1&2
Hitori Gotoh is struggling with social anxiety in school, but practises her guitar all the time. One day, she meets Nijika Ijichi, the drummer for Kessoku Band, who encourages her to change her tune.
- 165 min Japan
- Sony Pictures, Crunchyroll
The Remarkable Life Of Ibelin
Mats Steen, a Norwegian gamer, died of a degenerative muscular disease at the age of 25. His parents mourned what they thought had been a lonely and isolated life, when they started receiving messages from online friends.
- 100 min Norway
- Netflix