Don’t Believe A Word I Say

Julian finds himself in surreal, nightmarish situations after waking up and having his life flipped upside down.

An anthology of award winning short films, this feature show cases an international cast and crew, shooting all over New South Wales, telling all kinds of stories.

Appalachia, 1946: a seamstress welcomes home her tailor husband to find they are not the team they were. Trying to stitch their old life back together, time and again it threatens to fall apart - with each of them pulling at the thread.

A young man narrates two conflicting accounts of his life, changing the details and incidents in both, as he slowly approaches madness.

Three friends witness an argument and theorise on what it could be about.

Set to the music of NIKI's album 'Nicole', a young woman experiences the aches and elations of her first love.

Atrapats

The parents of an adult infant named "Child", played by Todd Haynes, attempt to expel him from their home, by casting magical spell seen in a television documentary about Malaysian rites of passage.

Baby blues

After a long reckless night of drinking leads to a conflict with friends, Thom seeks out desperate companionship and understanding by reconnecting with his oldest friend Triss.

In a strange place where daily broadcasts require everyone to “keep the silence”, the long-isolated residents of Edifice 129, trapped in their apartments and by distant memories, creep forwards, day by day. / Edifice 129 is a particular collaborative project, created by filmmakers across three countries. In the midst of the COVID-19 lock-downs, Linda Gasser — director of the Arc Film Festival in Mainz, Germany — invited filmmakers to join her Creatives Across Borders initiative. The aim was to meet via Zoom, support each other, and talk film, but talking film soon turned into developing a film. Meeting regularly, sometimes weekly, four writer/directors and a digital 3D artist created short films designed to work both as standalone projects and, when inter-cut, as one cohesive story, despite being filmed in Germany, the UK and Malta, and with the filmmakers never having met in person until after the films were finished.

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Caio is a deeply religious young man, living in the shadow of his brother, Alberto. While Alberto challenges norms and embraces life, Caio feels trapped by his beliefs. In a moment of desperation, Caio murders Alberto and stages his death as a suicide, convincing himself that he acted in God’s name.

Billy and Carly, two companions who must plot a course through their communication hardships, physical barriers and their individual brains to embrace in their own emotions without compromising on themselves.

The rise and fall of late 80's hard rock / "hair band", Boy Elroy.

A man obsessed with motivational and right wing culture war videos goes on a hollow road trip of discovery.

Crépuscule d'Été

Thibaut, 40, raises his 7-year-old son, Gabriel, whom he adopted in Africa, alone. Faced with the crisis his son is going through, he decides to return with him to Senegal in search of the biological mother, Yawa, whom he once knew.

A new intricate masterpiece that reimagines the classic tropes of horror cinema from the visionary director who brought us the unforgettable tale of the cat and the compote.

When their father dies, three brothers-Graham, Ryan, and Morgan-inherit nothing but the family home. To one, it's a refuge worth saving; to the others, it's an opportunity to finally cash out and move on. What was supposed to be a warm reunion turns to tragedy.