1000 Women in Horror
The nightmares that haunt our screen have long been sculpted by women, but many went unrecognised – an oversight this documentary takes a chainsaw to.
Another Other
Wesley Snipes and former Harvard president Claudine Gay star in this cleverly juxtaposed meeting of Black American figures interrogated by white state officials.
The Bad Guys 2
The felonious critters are back for one last caper – and this time, they’re doing it for the girls.
The Baltimorons
In this SXSW Audience Award winner, a dental mishap plays cupid for a washed-up comedian and a disillusioned dentist on a life-changing Christmas Eve.
Black Ox
A farmer descends from a mountain in this Zen Buddhist meditation on the modernisation of Japan that boasts stunning celluloid imagery.
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
Poetry, politics and the layered history of the Black experience collide in this pulsating, kaleidoscopic essay film
Blue Moon
Ethan Hawke brings legendary Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart to life in Richard Linklater’s A-list ensemble portrait of fallen stardom.
A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers
In 1980s Taiwan, a young woman’s trip to the cinema – to see Dario Argento’s Deep Red – awakens sexual desires and celluloid dreams.
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Their irreverent, X-rated and sometimes dangerous live shows were the stuff of legend – but now, the Texas psych-punk jesters finally bare all.
By Design
In this absurdist satire, a woman is magically transformed into a chair – and discovers that everyone likes her better that way.
Chain Reactions
The winner of Best Documentary on Cinema at Venice revs up and rips into perhaps the greatest slasher movie ever made: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
The Chronology of Water
Come See Me in the Good Light
From darkness into light, this poetic documentary brings us to the brink of what it means to love.
Cutting Through Rocks
This Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner profiles a brazenly feminist, motorbike-riding Iranian trailblazer – the first woman elected to public office in her remote community.
Daily Worker
An international student in Manhattan digitises copies of the communist newspaper the Daily Worker, reflecting on both her mother’s history and her own precarious future.
Dreams
Jessica Chastain reunites with Michel Franco for this scathing yet enthralling drama about immigration, manipulation and a romance built on inequality.
Drunken Noodles
The End
Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon sing and dance their way through the end of the world in acclaimed filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer’s post-apocalyptic musical.
Familiar Touch
The winner of a trio of awards at Venice, this profoundly empathetic drama creatively portrays a woman’s experience of dementia from her own vantage point.
Family Gala: The Bad Guys 2
The felonious critters are back for one last caper – and this time, they’re doing it for the girls.
Folktales
A heartwarming documentary following three teens on a journey of self-discovery at a remote folk school in Norway’s far north.
Free Leonard Peltier: MIFF x Birrarangga FF Special Screening
From Darkness to Light
The truth behind Jerry Lewis’s ill-fated and never-seen Holocaust comedy The Day the Clown Cried is finally revealed.
Good Boy
Find out what your pet is always staring at in that empty corner of the room in this haunted-house horror told entirely from a dog’s perspective.
Hallow Road
Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys face every parent’s worst nightmare in this taut, folk horror–infused two-hander.
Happyend
In a dystopian urban landscape where technology is used to curb civil liberties and student rights, a diverse group of teenagers struggle to maintain their long-held friendships.
Harvest
A magnetic Caleb Landry Jones stars in this moody medieval parable adapted from a Booker Prize–shortlisted novel.
Heads or Tails?
High Art
Recently restored to exquisite 4K, this psychosexual lesbian love triangle drama unfolds in the heady heroin-chic days of the 90s New York art scene.
Holding Liat
Humanity struggles under the weight of political machinations in this 2025 Berlinale multiple award winner.
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Judged the best performance at this year’s Berlinale, Rose Byrne’s phenomenal star turn propels writer/director Mary Bronstein’s devastatingly honest, darkly comic vision of motherhood.
It Ends
Four friends on a late-night drive find themselves trapped on an endless road to nowhere.
It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
What do isolation tanks, dolphin intelligence and psychedelic therapy have in common? You’re about to find out.
Last Call
In a mystical bamboo forest, a motorcycle daredevil collides with an alluring serpent woman.
The Legend of Ochi
The Librarians
This rousing documentary ventures into the maelstrom of the US war on books, finding the passionate bibliophiles fighting censorship on the frontlines.
Little, Big, and Far
A bewitchingly thought-provoking meditation on the stars, and on humanity’s place on Earth and within the universe.
little boy
Veteran avant-garde director James Benning takes a tour through half a century of US history, as experienced through one man’s eyes, ears and hands.
Lucky Lu
Fresh from Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, Lloyd Lee Choi’s first feature pulses with the desperate plight of an immigrant gig worker whose fate is tied to a stolen e-bike.
Lurker
A cunning wannabe enters the orbit of an ascendant celebrity in this thrillingly tense debut about the hunger for – and hollowness of – stardom.
Magic Farm
Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff and Simon Rex star in Amalia Ulman’s indie satire about a too-hip media company on a clueless quest in Argentina.
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
The Mastermind
Josh O’Connor headlines indie icon Kelly Reichardt’s 1970s-set spin on the heist movie, a moving and wryly funny Cannes Competition highlight.
Mistress Dispeller
A woman is hired to break up an extramarital affair in this poignant, multi-award-winning documentary account of devotion, desire and the human thirst for connection
Model
Four decades ago, Frederick Wiseman offered a glimpse into the rarefied world of fashion photography, before models were super and image was everywhere.
Monk in Pieces
A kaleidoscopic mosaic of the life and work of interdisciplinary New York artist Meredith Monk, best known for her otherworldly vocal technique.
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
An oral history of the origins of Chicago house music, as told by the people who lived it.
My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow
A gripping documentary portrait of Russian journalists living and working under the crosshairs of a hostile regime.
Nervous Energy
Executive-produced by Spike Lee, Chinese-Australian filmmaker Eve Liu’s electrifying short catches the livewire chaos of two young filmmakers out to make it in the big city.