Embrace the colour and energy of Mexico and party like Frida and Diego at AFF’s Opening Weekend Gala & Party, following the premiere of the Cannes Film Festival award-winning gangster-trans-musical, Emilia Perez. Starring Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón and Selena Gomez.
Based on the true story of Australian war correspondent Peter Greste’s imprisonment in Egypt in 2013, The Correspondent is a gripping biographical thriller, a story about the brutal war on truth. Join special guests at the AFF 2024 Opening Night Gala to mark the world premiere.
Director:
Kriv Stenders
Country:
Australia
A struggling Hollywood actress returns home to beautiful Kangaroo Island where she confronts some ugly family truths.
Director:
Timothy David
Country:
Australia
Anora
Winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes 2024, Anora reimagines Pretty Woman in a thrilling tragicomedy by Sean Baker. Anora, a young sex worker, marries a Russian oligarch's son, only to face his powerful family. Mikey Madison and Mark Eidelstein deliver electrifying performances in this must-see film celebrating womanhood.
I Saw the TV Glow
From celebrated non-binary writer/director Jane Schoenbrun (We’re All Going to the World’s Fair) comes the much-hyped I Saw the TV Glow, a hallucinatory fever-dream of a film that allegorises trans-gender experiences while paying homage to 90s cult phenomena such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Dying
Dying, an award-winning Berlinale film, is a searing drama that dives into the complicated relationships of the Lunies family. As the son Tom, a conductor, grapples with his best friend's depression and his ex's request to parent her child, his sister Ellen's struggles ignite a volatile reunion.
Lesbian Space Princess
Introverted space princess Saira is unexpectedly dumped by her girlfriend Kiki for being too needy. But when Kiki is kidnapped by the Straight White Maliens, they demand the one thing Saira doesn’t have: the most powerful weapon known to lesbian kind – her royal labrys.
Janet Planet
Evoking the woozy, sun-baked summer days of childhood, Janet Planet is an intimate portrait of 11-year-old Lacy, a girl out of place, her relationship with her enigmatic mother, Janet, and the lovers who are drawn into Janet’s orbit.
The Correspondent and the Global War on Truth
Screen Conversation
Hear Peter Greste in conversation with Kriv Stenders, director of The Correspondent, actors Richard Roxburgh and Julian Maroun, and the film’s producer and former journalist Carmel Travers – moderated by award-winning journalist Hamish MacDonald.
Make It Look Real
A pioneering intimacy coordinator is hired to guide three actors through the process of simulating sex for a new Australian film, Tightrope.
Piece by Piece
The life of influential music producer and singer Pharrell Williams told through LEGO® animation. Piece by Piece invites you turn up the volume on your imagination and witness the evolution of one of music’s most innovative minds. Directed by Oscar-winning documentarian Morgan Neville.
With or Without You
With or Without You tells the moving mother-daughter story of Chloe (Melina Vidler) and her free-spirited, alcoholic mother, Sharon (Marta Dusseldorp). When their lives intersect with Dalu (Albert Mwangi), a West African man, they find themselves on a journey of emotional discovery.
We Bury the Dead
Writer/director Zak Hilditch delivers a chilling, survival thriller that breathes new life into the apocalyptic zombie genre. Starring Daisy Ridley, (Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens), Brenton Thwaites and Mark Coles Smith, We Bury The Dead delivers unexpected twists that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats.
One Mind, One Heart
When a historic Yirrkala bark petition is found in Derby, Western Australia, the community begin the ceremony of guiding its journey back to Yolngu Country. The repatriation provides the opportunity to track the long political campaign — through petition, song, dance, campaigning — to keep culture strong and to have a voice for country.
Blitz
Steve McQueen’s Blitz follows the epic journey of George (Elliott Heffernan), a 9-year-old boy in World War II London whose mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him to safety. George, defiant and determined to return home, embarks on an adventure, only to find himself in immense peril.
Nightbitch
A woman, thrown into the stay-at-home routine of raising a toddler, becomes increasingly aware of the bizarre signs that she may be turning into a dog. Starring Amy Adams and based on the acclaimed debut novel by Rachel Yoder.
Crossing
In Batumi, Georgia, Lia is looking for her long-lost niece, Tekla. Together with Achi - a bored, wayward youth looking for any escape from his violent household - they travel to Istanbul in search of Tekla. It's here they meet Evrim, a lawyer fighting for trans rights.
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