All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Like a visual poem, this ode to a Black woman’s joys and tragedies in the Deep South is rendered exquisitely tactile on the big screen.
Analog Medium
A musician couple retreat to a rural property to do some recording on vintage reel-to-reel tape. Is something supernatural lurking in the old house?
Aquarius
The age of Aquarius floods into Nimbin in this radical, love-fuelled documentary exploring the lasting impact of a 1970s counterculture crucible.
Audrey
In this brutally hilarious black comedy, an Aussie teen’s coma is her family’s time to shine.
Babes
This raucous ‘mom-com’, written by star Ilana Glazer (Broad City), delivers a bundle of joy from the slapstick indignities of impending motherhood.
Back From the Ink: Restored Animated Shorts
A collaboration between Seth MacFarlane and Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation, this restoration unearths lost classics from animation’s Golden Age.
Blackout
A self-loathing, alcoholic artist realises that social justice is one thing – and widespread town carnage is quite another.
Bőr (Skin)
An isolated Hungarian mother struggles to adapt to her family’s new life in 1950s Australia.
Bob Trevino Likes It
This SXSW award-winner will have you hitting ‘like’ with its tale of a pining daughter and the man who is not her father connecting online and IRL.
Bookworm
Elijah Wood stars as a wayward but well-meaning dad in this magical father–daughter quest set in the New Zealand wilderness.
Calf
In this sinister short set at an Irish farm, an accident corners a teenager into making an irreversible choice.
The Cars That Ate Paris
Peter Weir’s classic comedy of the macabre returns in an immaculate, all-new 4K restoration co-presented by the National Film and Sound Archive.
Christmas Eve in Miller's Point
Norman Rockwell meets John Cassavetes in this clear-eyed but deeply affectionate family holiday hangout.
Clown
A colourful riff on sibling rivalries and societal expectations.
Community to Commercial - Restored Australian Music Videos
Reminisce about Melbourne's community radio stations with a newly restored 1987 documentary, followed by a mix of indie band film clips.
Copa 71
Think the global surge in interest in women’s football is a relatively recent occurrence? This eye-opening documentary asks you to think again.
Crossing
And Then We Danced (MIFF 2019) director Levan Akin’s Teddy Jury Award–winning follow-up is a luminous salute to the various communities of Istanbul.
Cuckoo
Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer goes head-to-head with Downton Abbey alum Dan Stevens in this frightfully weird horror.
Dìdi
This double-Sundance-winning semi-autobiographical film surveys a coming of age marked by Myspace and Motorola flip phones during the 2000s.
Dahomey
As the restitution conversation gains global momentum, this striking Berlinale Golden Bear–winning documentary follows a stolen statue home.
Dale Frank – Nobody's Sweetie
The greatest look yet at a well-known artist very few have seen up close, as the titular visionary recluse invites us into his home.
The Damned
With this twist on the jingoistic, action-packed war movie, Cannes Un Certain Regard Best Director winner Roberto Minervini asks: what’s it all for?
Daughters
From EPs Kerry Washington and Joel Edgerton, this film joins four girls as they reunite with their incarcerated fathers for the Daddy Daughter Dance.
The Demon Disorder
Australian make-up and VFX veteran Steve Boyle (Star Wars; Daybreakers) makes his directorial debut with this grisly body-horror creature feature.
DEVO
This effusive documentary explodes onto the screen as it chronicles the remarkable rise and staying power of the 80s new-wave band behind ‘Whip It’.
A Different Man
Sebastian Stan (The Winter Soldier) plays a wannabe actor who learns that confidence isn’t skin-deep in this deliciously twisted morality tale.
Dig! XX
A classic tale of fame and destruction is revisited in this reconstructed rock doc about The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
Dory Previn: On My Way to Where
Her uniquely emotional songwriting fuelled the best revenge on her cheating husband: a brilliant second solo career.
Dream Team
If you think you’ve seen enough crime dramas that you can predict every twist, think again. This trippy investigation will keep you second-guessing.
Ellis Park
Legendary Australian musician Warren Ellis takes us on a guided tour through his world and one very special animal sanctuary.
Emperor
An interactive and surrealist voyage into the mind of a father experiencing aphasia.
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found
Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro) profiles the man who exposed apartheid in South Africa in this winner of the Cannes L’Œil d’Or for Best Documentary.
Every Little Thing
In this big-hearted documentary, a Los Angeles teacher takes time off to nurture injured hummingbirds and finds herself on an uplifting journey.
Every Morning
Eloise Grills’s poem ‘Every Morning I Am Reborn’ comes to life in this nimble, playful work of line-drawn animation.
Film About a Woman Who...
Hailed as her masterpiece, Yvonne Rainer’s second feature explores the nature of artifice via a coolly simmering woman in a subpar relationship.
Flathead
Two men in rural Queensland search for solace in spirituality in this cinematic blend of documentary and fiction.
Flide
Two friends hang out in inner Melbourne, where death seems to linger in the air.
Flower Show
Victorian-era high society’s stifling views of women are shown in full bloom.
Fungi: Web of Life
Lose yourself in this immersive trip into the fascinating world of fungi, as narrated by Björk.
Future Council
Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) takes eight kids on the ultimate school excursion: a road trip across Europe to seek solutions to the climate crisis.
Good One
A simple camping trip evolves into a life-changing experience in this sensitively told coming-of-age debut.
Grand Theft Hamlet
The show really must go on as two locked-down actors take Shakespeare to the least likely stage imaginable: the streets of Grand Theft Auto.
Green Border
Agnieszka Holland returns with this devastating drama that follows Middle Eastern and North African refugees trapped as pawns in a political game.
He Ain't Heavy
Animal Kingdom star Leila George rejoins her mother Greta Scacchi in this devastating Australian drama about a family riven by drug addiction.
Head South
A charming autobiographical valentine to coming of age in New Zealand during the height of punk, which was Rotterdam’s 2024 opening-night film.
Hear My Eyes - Wake in Fright x Surprise Chef
Heavenly Creatures
A friendship between two teens leads to an unspeakable crime in Peter Jackson’s tour de force, re-emerging for a special 30th-anniversary screening.
Histoires d'Amérique: Food, Family and Philosophy
Chantal Akerman’s newly restored portrait embraces Jewish New York, from trauma and resilience to generous helpings of Borscht Belt jokes.
Hito
A schoolgirl discovers the catfish she bought for dinner is a talking sentient bioweapon.
Hoard
The past comes knocking in this four-time Venice-winning feature debut that blends grief, grime, love and childhood trauma.