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Melbourne & Sydney February 4—27, 2022 A Celebration of European Cinema Europafilmfestival.com.au
the 2022
film festival Artistic Director welcome
Europe is not just the birthplace of cinema, but throughout the history
of the moving image it has helped define and innovate world cinema
by offering a much-loved alternative to the dominant forms of visual
storytelling established by Hollywood. Cinema from Europe has always
CONTENTS been close to the hearts of Australian audiences, whether it be cinephiles
wanting to see something new or more casual film lovers seeking an
Films (alphabetical order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 experience of cultures outside of their own. For these reasons we felt a
Map of Europa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 festival dedicated to the very best of European cinema was essential,
Melbourne Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-43 and my goal in programming Europa! Europa was to represent as many
Sydney Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 countries as possible across Europe at their very best and most eclectic.
Tickets & Venue Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Europa! Europa reflects a diversity of countries and cultures, but also
Film Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 of voices and viewpoints. There are films about ageing and youth, films by
and about women and men. Many films explore conflict, both historical
and recent. There are films about immigration and refugees told from
multiple perspectives. Stories of social change and political upheaval are
keep up with all things europa told in dramas, thrillers and razor-sharp comedies, but there are also films
about love, family, friendship, art and filmmaking.
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MONTENEGRO, SERBIA, CROATIA — 2021, 101 MIN CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVENIA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC — 2021, 92 MIN
DIRECTOR — IVAN BAKRAČ DIRECTOR — OLMO OMERZU
LANGUAGE — MONTENEGRIN, SERBIAN (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) LANGUAGE — CZECH (ENGLISH SUBTITLES)
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
AFTER THE WINTER BIRD ATLAS
(POSLIJE ZIME) (ATLAS PTÁKŮ)
“This is a story of a vanishing world, a nostalgic and humorous “Plays like a delightful and deadpan Czech counterpart of HBO
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Sat 5 Feb 8:30pm Sat 5 Feb 2:00pm
ode to friendship and youth.” smash Succession.”
Wed 23 Feb 6:30pm Wed 9 Feb 8:30pm
— Writer/director Ivan Bakrač — Screen International Sun 20 Feb 6:30pm
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Five childhood friends from a small Montenegrin town have gradually Fri 11 Feb 6:30pm A huge money embezzlement in a multi-million company creates a Thu 17 Feb 6:30pm
moved away to different corners of former Yugoslavia, yet they SYD (RITZ CINEMAS) domino effect of suspicion between the members of the family who SYD (RITZ CINEMAS)
Wed 16 Feb 6:30pm Sat 5 Feb 2:00pm
remain in contact, aware that their long-time friendship continues run the business. Ivo Rona, a long-time CEO, and his family look for
to play a fundamental role in their lives. As they struggle to find their the one to blame, when Marie, one of his most trusted employees,
places in the world, the friends realise they can no longer escape the goes missing. A revenge plan, a corporate sabotage or a well-played
looming responsibilities of adulthood. internet fraud? One thing is certain: someone among them cannot be
With this inspired and understated debut, director Ivan Bakrač trusted.
delivers a spirited testimony of a young post-war generation still The combination of dysfunctional family drama and black
grappling with the shadows of the past. comedy in Bird Atlas has already generated favourable reviews from
critics comparing it to the television series Succession. The entire
Montenegro’s submission for the Best International Feature cast are in top form, delivering droll and deadpan performances,
Film Academy Award. but the highlight is veteran actor Miroslav Donutil as Ivo, the family
patriarch, who does not let small things like multiple heart attacks
get in the way of displaying complete contempt for everybody around
him. And then there are the delightfully absurd moments when the
film cuts to various birds who comment on the action and offer
philosophical advice.
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FRANCE — 2021, 102 MIN GEORGIA, RUSSIA, BULGARIA, MONACO, USA — 2021, 95 MIN
DIRECTOR — JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MEURISSE DIRECTOR — LEVAN KOGUASHVILI
LANGUAGE — FRENCH (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) LANGUAGE — GEORGIAN, ENGLISH, RUSSIAN (ENGLISH SUBTITLES)
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BLOODY ORANGES BRIGHTON 4TH
(ORANGES SANGUINES)
“A bracing provocation of a film.” “Neatly balances rueful humor with genuine sweetness.”
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Sat 5 Feb 8:40pm Sat 19 Feb 6:30pm
— Screen International — Variety
Fri 11 Feb 8:50pm Fri 25 Feb 6:30pm
Fri 18 Feb 8:30pm
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Welcome to France. A retired couple overwhelmed by debt try to win MELB (LIDO CINEMAS) Former wrestling champion Kakhi (Levan Tediashvili, himself a Tue 15 Feb 6:30pm
a dance contest, the minister of economy is suspected of tax evasion, Thu 24 Feb 8:50pm former Olympic wrestling champion) always has his family on his
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a teenage girl encounters a sexual predator and a young lawyer SYD (RITZ CINEMAS) conscience, which leads him on a journey from his home in the Sat 19 Feb 2:00pm
Sat 5 Feb 8:40pm
attempts to climb the social ladder. At the end of the day, the winner Fri 11 Feb 8:40pm
Republic of Georgia to visit his son Soso in the Russian-speaking
won’t necessarily be the one we expected. neighbourhood of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. There he finds Soso
What begins as a series of intersecting comedic vignettes that living in a shabby boarding house populated by a colourful group of
highlight social prejudices, immorality and hypocrisy then takes a fellow Georgian immigrants, and heavily in debt. Kakhi sets his mind
radically brutal turn half way through as the film becomes something to helping his hapless son, leading to situations as often comic as
far more confronting and graphic. This ultra-dark social satire is they are dire.
carefully calculated to encourage us to laugh at one moment and
then question whether we should have a few moments later. Georgia’s submission for the Best International Feature Film
Funny, absurd, crass and horrific, Bloody Oranges is designed Academy Award.
to provoke and shock, and it succeeds in doing so. You have been
warned.
Content warning: Contains scenes of high impact sexual violence
and high impact gore.
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TURKEY, ROMANIA — 2021, 85 MIN SPAIN, UK — 2021, 83 MIN
DIRECTOR — FERIT KARAHAN DIRECTOR — JAVIER ESPADA
LANGUAGE — TURKISH, KURDISH (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) LANGUAGE — SPANISH (ENGLISH SUBTITLES)
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Brother’s Keeper Buñuel: A Surrealist Filmmaker
(OKUL TIRAŞI)
DOCUMENTARY
“A standout feature [with] supremely assured filmmaking.” “Buñuel nearly always made Buñuel films.”
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Sun 6 Feb 4:00pm Sun 13 Feb 4:20pm
— Screen International — Ingmar Bergman
Tue 15 Feb 6:30pm Fri 25 Feb 8:50pm
Sat 26 Feb 2:00pm
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Yusuf and his best friend Memo are pupils at a boarding school MELB (LIDO CINEMAS) “An iconoclast, moralist, and revolutionary.” Wed 9 Feb 8:40pm
for Kurdish boys, located in the secluded mountains of Eastern Wed 23 Feb 8:40pm — The New York Times Fri 18 Feb 6:30pm
Anatolia. When Memo falls mysteriously ill, Yusuf is forced to struggle SYD (RITZ CINEMAS) SYD (RITZ CINEMAS)
Sun 6 Feb 4:00pm Sun 13 Feb 4:20pm
through the bureaucratic obstacles put up by the school’s repressive Wed 23 Feb 8:40pm
Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel was one of the greatest precursors
authorities to try to help his friend. But by the time the adults in of surrealist cinema, celebrated for his transgressive and boundary-
charge finally understand the seriousness of Memo’s condition and pushing images, from early collaborations with Salvador Dalí on films
try to get him to the hospital, the school has been buried under a such as Un Chien Andalou, with its notorious eye slicing scene, to
sudden, heavy snowfall. As time threatens to run out, teachers and directing Catherine Deneuve in one of her most iconic roles in Belle
pupils engage in a blame game where grudges, feelings of guilt and de Jour.
hidden secrets emerge. Taking us deep into his past and evolution as a creator, this
comprehensive new documentary provides an unprecedented
window into the world and work of an irreplaceable genius whose
significant influence can still be felt across the arts.
Select sessions screen with a live digital Q&A with director
8 Ferit Karahan. 9
FINLAND, RUSSIA, ESTONIA, GERMANY — 2021, 107 MIN GERMANY, FRANCE — 2021, 118 MIN
DIRECTOR — JUHO KUOSMANEN DIRECTOR — ANNE ZOHRA BERRACHED
LANGUAGE — RUSSIAN, FINNISH (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) LANGUAGE — GERMAN, ENGLISH, ARABIC, TURKISH (ENGLISH SUBTITLES)
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Compartment No. 6 Copilot
(HYTTI NRO 6) (DIE WELT WIRD EINE ANDERE SEIN)
“An offbeat romantic story with wonderful human warmth and “A beautifully made, sensitive study of the overwhelming,
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Sat 5 Feb 6:30pm Mon 7 Feb 6:30pm
humour.” destabilising influence of love.”
Tue 8 Feb 6:30pm Sat 19 Feb 1:40pm
— The Guardian Sat 12 Feb 9:20pm — Empire Fri 25 Feb 6:30pm
Thu 17 Feb 8:20pm
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Joint winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes, this unconventional love Sat 26 Feb 6:30pm When sharp science student Asli meets charismatic Saeed in the mid Thu 10 Feb 8:40pm
Sat 12 Feb 4:00pm
story takes place as two strangers share a Russian train journey MELB (LIDO CINEMAS) 1990s, it’s love at first sight. The lovers marry, and Asli swears to be
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through the Arctic Circle. Sun 6 Feb 6:30pm true to Saeed and never betray his secrets. Their future looks bright,
Sat 19 Feb 4:00pm Mon 21 Feb 6:20pm
In 1990s Moscow, Finnish student Laura has become lovers but as the twenty-first century dawns, Saeed makes a decision that
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with her urbane and glamorous professor Irina. It’s clear that Irina will not only shatter Asli’s dreams, but shake the whole world to the
Sat 5 Feb 6:30pm
is not as serious about their affair as Laura, and when the professor Sat 26 Feb 8:30pm core.
pulls out of a planned joint trip to look at ancient petroglyphs, Based on a true story, Copilot unfolds over five years from
Laura undertakes the long train journey to Murmansk on her own. the moment when Asli and Saeed first meet, and sparks fly, to
In compartment 6, she encounters her companion on the journey: the moment Saeed is involved in a devastating action. Alongside
Vadim, a drunken lout who immediately insults her. But as time a study of Saeed’s radicalisation, Copilot offers a portrait of Asli
passes, and the two experience terrain rough in more ways than one, and her reckoning with the fact that the man she loves is becoming
an unexpected bond forms between these very different people. unrecognisable to her. The result is a powerful but sensitive portrayal
A tender, sparkling and inventive film about human connection in of self-deception, devastating realisation, and love.
the tradition of films such as Before Sunrise and Lost in Translation.
Finland’s submission for the Best International Feature Film
Academy Award.
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UK — 2021, 93 MIN UK, FRANCE, BELGIUM — 2021, 114 MIN
DIRECTOR — ANDREA ARNOLD DIRECTOR — LUCILE HADŽIHALILOVIĆ
LANGUAGE — ENGLISH LANGUAGE — ENGLISH
VIC PREMIERE AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Cow Earwig
DOCUMENTARY
“Gently articulates the mundane cruelty at the heart of “Sensuously distinct... a positively disorienting film.”
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Sat 5 Feb 2:00pm Thu 10 Feb 8:30pm
industrial farming.” — Little White Lies
Mon 7 Feb 8:50pm Sun 20 Feb 6:10pm
— The Times Thu 10 Feb 6:30pm Wed 23 Feb 8:40pm
Sat 12 Feb 2:00pm
Hallucinatory, haunting, and beautiful, and playing like an MELB (LIDO CINEMAS)
Mon 14 Feb 6:30pm
Acclaimed British filmmaker Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank, American Wed 16 Feb 8:20pm unforgettable fever dream, Earwig is the first English-language film Fri 25 Feb 8:50pm
Sun 20 Feb 2:00pm
Honey) makes her documentary debut in this observational portrait from respected French director Lucile Hadžihalilović (Innocence, SYD (RITZ CINEMAS)
Tue 22 Feb 6:30pm
Thu 10 Feb 9:00pm
of a dairy cow on an English farm. Thu 24 Feb 8:40pm Evolution). Sun 20 Feb 6:10pm
Sat 26 Feb 4:00pm
A calf is born and then soon separated from its parent. The Somewhere in Europe, mid-20th century. In a sombre apartment,
mother returns to a routine of milking and grazing, while the calf joins MELB (LIDO CINEMAS) Albert is employed to look after Mia, a 10-year-old girl with teeth of
Tue 8 Feb 6:30pm
its fellow youngsters. So begins the cycle of life on a dairy farm. With Wed 16 Feb 6:30pm ice. Mia never leaves their apartment, where the shutters are always
her signature empathy, Arnold captures the passing of the seasons: Sun 27 Feb 2:00pm closed. A voice regularly calls to ask about the girl’s well-being. One
the calf matures; the mother grows old. Tagged ‘social realism SYD (RITZ CINEMAS) day, the voice tells the man to prepare the girl to leave the apartment
Sat 5 Feb 2:00pm
for animals’, this moving and considered documentary makes for Tue 8 Feb 8:40pm
and travel to a new destination. A journey begins.
unsettling but wholly compelling viewing.
Content warning: Animal death on screen.
Select sessions screen with a live digital Q&A with director
12 Lucile Hadžihalilović. 13
IRAQ, ITALY, KUWAIT — 2021, 72 MIN GERMANY, HUNGARY — 2021, 97 MIN BULGARIA — 2020, 100 MIN
DIRECTOR — HAIDER RASHID DIRECTOR — KORNÉL MUNDRUCZÓ DIRECTOR — IVAYLO HRISTOV
LANGUAGE — ENGLISH, ARABIC, BULGARIAN (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) LANGUAGE — HUNGARIAN, GERMAN (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) LANGUAGE — BULGARIAN, ENGLISH (ENGLISH SUBTITLES)
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE NSW PREMIERE AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Europa Evolution Fear
(STRAH)
“A visceral thriller combining tense, genre cinema elements with “A dazzling high-wire act.” “A gentle, regionally-specific comedy.”
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Sun 6 Feb 6:30pm
heartfelt emotions.” — The Hollywood Reporter — Screen International
Sat 12 Feb 8:50pm
— Screen International
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Fri 4 Feb 8:30pm The acclaimed filmmaking team of director Shot in beautiful black and white, social satire
Kamal, a young Iraqi man, enters Europe on foot through the Tue 22 Feb 6:30pm Kornél Mundruczó and writer Kata Wéber Fear is an intriguing blend of drama, romance
border between Turkey and Bulgaria. He’s captured by Bulgarian SYD (RITZ CINEMAS) (Academy Award nominated Pieces of a and ultra black comedy about racial prejudice in
Tue 22 Feb 6:30pm
border police but escapes, and finds himself having to then find a Woman 2020) return with a powerful drama small communities.
way out in a seemingly interminable forest. Wounded and chased by tracing three generations of a Jewish family, Svetla, a strong-willed widow, lives alone
Bulgarian migrant hunters, Kamal must fight for his life while on a beginning with a surreal moment in World War in a small Bulgarian village close to the Turkish
journey of survival filled with life-or-death confrontations. II and ending in modern day Berlin. Through border. One day, while hunting in a forest, she
An immersive and visceral drama crafted with empathy by Iraqi- each generation the family members grapple encounters an African refugee, Bamba, who is
Italian filmmaker Haider Rashid, Europa is based on the real events with the immense challenges of attempting to trying to reach Germany. She reluctantly offers
that happen on the so-called ‘Balkan Route’, where migrants are process their past in a society still coping with him hospitality, but gradually a bond develops
smuggled into the continent across the Turkish border and are often the wounds of its history. between the two as Bamba learns the language
subject to violence, intimidation and illegal pushback. and takes part in her daily life. Soon Svetla will
SYD (RITZ CINEMAS) make a life-changing decision that creates a
Sun 6 Feb 2:00pm
Iraq’s submission for the Best International Feature Film revolt among the villagers.
Mon 14 Feb 8:30pm
Academy Award. Sun 20 Feb 2:00pm
Sat 26 Feb 4:40pm
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Sun 13 Feb 6:30pm
Wed 16 Feb 8:50pm
Sun 20 Feb 9:00pm
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Thu 10 Feb 6:30pm
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Sun 20 Feb 4:00pm
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FRANCE, GERMANY, BELGIUM, ITALY — 2021, 133 MIN SERBIA, USA — 2021, 93 MIN
DIRECTOR — BRUNO DUMONT DIRECTOR — ANA LAZAREVIC
LANGUAGE — FRENCH (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) LANGUAGE — ENGLISH, SERBIAN, ARABIC (ENGLISH SUBTITLES)
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
CLOSING NIGHT FILM —
France the game
“Audacious and playful... Seydoux is superb.” “Empowering... a fresh, and sometimes optimistic take on the
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MELB (CLASSIC CINEMAS) MELB (CLASSIC CINEMAS)
Sun 27 Feb 6:30pm Sat 19 Feb 4:10pm
— Screen International global refugee crisis.”
Mon 21 Feb 6:30pm
MELB (LIDO CINEMAS) — Cineuropa
Sun 27 Feb 6:30pm MELB (LIDO CINEMAS)
“Bruno Dumont holds a magnifying glass and a mirror over the Sun 13 Feb 2:00pm
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conflicting ambitions and the new awareness of a disturbing Sun 27 Feb 6:30pm
Strahinja, a smuggler with a temper and a gambling addiction, SYD (RITZ CINEMAS)
truth about the state of the country and of its souls.” aspires to buy a luxury apartment to fix his broken marriage. His Sun 13 Feb 2:00pm
Sat 19 Feb 4:10pm
— Cineuropa hopes for a reconciliation are dashed when his wife sees him drop
off their son to school in tears. When Strahinja meets refugee teen
France de Meurs is a star journalist running between a television Yousef and his younger brother Hamed, what should be a lucrative
set, a distant war and the hustle and bustle of her busy family life. but typical job is complicated by an unexpected police encounter.
Her frantic high-profile world is suddenly turned upside down after Inspired by meeting young refugees passing through Belgrade in
a traffic accident in which she injures a pedestrian. This unexpected the region where she was born, debut director Ana Lazarevic crafts
interruption of reality calls everything into question. As France an empathetic and humane film that reminds us of the importance of
attempts to slow down and retreat into a simple anonymous life, her connection.
fame continues to pursue her until a mysterious love affair seems to
put an end to her quest.
Together, writer/director Bruno Dumont (Coincoin and the
Extra Humans, Slack Bay) and lead actor Léa Seydoux (The French
Dispatch, No Time to Die, Blue Is the Warmest Colour) deliver a
rich and enjoyably bewildering critique of mainstream-media that
alternates between heightened melodrama and screwball comedy.
Select sessions screen with a live digital Q&A with director
16 Closing Night special event. Ana Lazarevic. 17
RUSSIA — 2021, 110 MIN ITALY — 2008/2021, 125 MIN
DIRECTOR — NATALYA KUDRYASHOVA DIRECTOR — MATTEO GARRONE
LANGUAGE — RUSSIAN (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) LANGUAGE — NEAPOLITAN, ITALIAN (ENGLISH SUBTITLES)
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Gerda Gomorrah (new edition)
“A powerful and insightful journey into the heart of “A curative for the romanticism of The Godfather and
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Tue 8 Feb 8:40pm Sat 12 Feb 2:00pm
contemporary Russian society.” Scarface.”
Fri 11 Feb 6:30pm
— International Cinephile Society Mon 21 Feb 8:40pm — Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times MELB (LIDO CINEMAS)
Wed 16 Feb 8:30pm
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Lera lives in a provincial town. She is a first-year student in Power, money and blood: these are the values that the residents of Sat 12 Feb 1:30pm
the sociology faculty of the local university. By day she studies SYD (RITZ CINEMAS) the Province of Caserta, between the Italian cities of Aversa and Wed 16 Feb 8:40pm
Sun 13 Feb 4:00pm
humanity and its ‘needs’, surveying residents as part of her required Mon 21 Feb 8:40pm
Casal di Principe, face every day. They hardly ever have a choice,
coursework. By night she dances in a strip club under the stage name and are forced to obey the rules of the system, the Camorra. Only
Gerda to feed herself and her dependent mother. The people she a lucky few can even think of leading a normal life. Five stories are
meets are just as unhappy as her own family: Lera’s father left her woven together in this violent scenario, set in a cruel and apparently
mother for another woman but keeps coming back, unable to face imaginary world, but one which is deeply rooted in reality.
the choice he has made. Her mother cannot cope with the breakup When Gomorrah was originally released in 2008, writer/director
and sleeps all the time, shutting out reality. Matteo Garrone (Dogman, Tale of Tales) was praised and awarded
Gerda is an ambitious social drama unfolding in a post-Soviet for the film’s serious, unromanticised and almost documentary-style
world. portrayal of organised crime in Italy and the devastating impact it had
on all levels of society. For this new version Garrone has re-evaluated
his film with fresh eyes, shortening the run time and clarifying key
scenes, without compromising the overall structure of the film.
18 19LUXEMBOURG, BELGIUM, GERMANY, ITALY — 2020, 94 MIN
NORWAY, SWEDEN, DENMARK, UK, FRANCE, FINLAND — 2021, 117 MIN DIRECTOR —DONATO ROTUNNO ITALY, FRANCE — 2021, 81 MIN
DIRECTOR — ESKIL VOGT LANGUAGE — ITALIAN, LUXEMBOURGISH, FRENCH, DIRECTOR — HLEB PAPOU
LANGUAGE — NORWEGIAN (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) ENGLISH (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) LANGUAGE — ITALIAN (ENGLISH SUBTITLES)
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
the Innocents Io Sto Bene The Legionnaire
(DE USKYLDIGE) (I AM FINE) (IL LEGIONARIO)
“One of the best horror flicks of recent years... an instant “An understated melodrama that blends “A sensitive film highlighting the
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Fri 4 Feb 9:10pm
classic.” past and present.” ambiguities inherent to a nation which is
Sun 6 Feb 8:20pm
— Cineuropa Tue 8 Feb 8:50pm — Screen International still trying to find itself.”
Sat 12 Feb 6:30pm
— Cineuropa
Sun 13 Feb 8:40pm
“The lonely, uncanny and sometimes unthinkingly violent world Sun 20 Feb 8:30pm At the end of the 1960s Antonio Spinelli leaves
Wed 23 Feb 8:30pm
of childhood is explored with chilling candor and exceptional Italy to work abroad and finds his way to There’s a battle raging in Rome right now.
Fri 25 Feb 8:30pm
skill in writer-director Eskil Vogt’s arthouse horror feature Luxembourg where he meets and falls in love Thousands of desperate people are forced
MELB (LIDO CINEMAS)
The Innocents.” Sun 6 Feb 4:10pm with Mady. Decades later Antonio is alone once to occupy empty buildings in order to have
— The Hollywood Reporter Mon 7 Feb 8:40pm more, but through a chance encounter meets a roof over their heads. Daniel, born in Rome
Fri 11 Feb 8:40pm
Thu 17 Feb 8:30pm an aspiring young DJ named Leo, a young of African parents, grew up in an occupied
During the bright Nordic summer, a group of children reveal Tue 22 Feb 8:10pm Italian woman whose circumstances have building. Now a policeman, his job is to evict
Sat 26 Feb 8:40pm
their dark and mysterious powers when the adults aren’t looking. stranded her in Luxembourg. In Leo, Antonio the building where his mother and his brother
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Suddenly, playtime takes a dangerous and unnerving turn. Fri 4 Feb 9:00pm
sees somebody whom he can help and soon the still live. Daniel will have to choose whether to
A long-time collaborator of Joachim Trier, director Eskil Vogt Mon 7 Feb 8:40pm pair form a strong paternal friendship. remain faithful to his police corp or save his
Wed 9 Feb 8:30pm
(Blind) skilfully subverts the traditional coming-of-age film into Sat 19 Feb 4:00pm
family from eviction.
a thrilling and uncanny tale of morality, bravery and loneliness. Fri 25 Feb 8:40pm Luxembourg’s submission for the Best Inspired by the filmmaker’s own
Featuring astounding naturalistic performances from a stellar cast International Feature Film Academy Award. experiences as an immigrant living in Italy.
of child actors, The Innocents is memorable and strikingly fresh
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20 Thu 24 Feb 9:10pm 21SPAIN, BELGIUM — 2021, 104 MIN CROATIA, BRAZIL, USA, SLOVENIA — 2021, 92 MIN
DIRECTOR — CLARA ROQUET DIRECTOR — ANTONETA ALAMAT KUSIJANOVIĆ
LANGUAGE — SPANISH (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) LANGUAGE — CROATIAN, ENGLISH (ENGLISH SUBTITLES)
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Libertad Murina
“A story about class differences, the meaning of freedom and “If Patricia Highsmith had ever written a coming-of-age story
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who grants it, Libertad marks the much-awaited feature debut set on the rocky, clear-watered Croatian coastline, it might have
Tue 15 Feb 6:30pm Fri 18 Feb 6:30pm
of Clara Roquet.” Sat 26 Feb 8:40pm looked a lot like Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović’s bright, brooding Wed 23 Feb 6:30pm
Sun 27 Feb 2:00pm
— Variety MELB (LIDO CINEMAS) debut, Murina.”
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mansion on the picturesque Costa Brava coast, in north-eastern Sat 26 Feb 2:00pm
Tensions rise between restless teenager Julija and her oppressive
Sun 27 Feb 9:00pm
Spain. Nora dreads the prospect of being stuck with her parents for father Ante when an old family friend arrives at their Croatian island
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another summer, but luckily, her grandmother’s Colombian caretaker home. As Ante attempts to broker a life-changing deal, their tranquil Fri 18 Feb 6:30pm
has brought along her rebellious teen daughter, Libertad. One is a yet isolated existence leaves Julija wanting more from this influential Sun 27 Feb 2:00pm
sheltered rich kid; the other, a street-smart girl who knows just how visitor, who provides a taste of liberation over a weekend laid bare to
to handle the local boys. Where will their newfound friendship lead desire and violence.
them? This Camera d’Or winning film from the 2021 Cannes Film
Unfolding alongside the cerulean Catalan seas, this vibrant Festival, for the best first feature film, is an impressive debut that
coming-of-age drama offers a sun-kissed take on the tremulous fizz features Martin Scorsese as one of its executive producers. The
of female friendship and desire, alongside a contemplation of class uniformly excellent cast includes Māori actor Cliff Curtis as Javier, the
and wealth. old family friend whose arrival sets Julija on her path of rebellion and
liberation.
Throughout the film the undercurrents of jealousy, suspicion and
sexual tension play out through a series of shifting power dynamics
within the increasingly dysfunctional family against the backdrop of
the glistening island setting.
22 231. Belgium 11. Hungary 21. Russia
The Restless — Pg 31 Natural Light — Pg 27 Gerda — Pg 18
2. Bosnia 12. Ireland 22. Serbia
The White Fortress — Pg 40 Shelter — Pg 33 The Game — Pg 17
3. Bulgaria 13. Italy 23. Slovenia
Fear — Pg 15 Europa — Pg 14 Sanremo — Pg 32
Gomorrah (New 7
4. Croatia Edition) — Pg 19 24. Spain
Murina — Pg 23 Io Sto Bene — Pg 21 Buñuel: A Surrealist 19
The Legionnaire — Pg 21 Filmmaker — Pg 9
5. Czech Republic Libertad — Pg 22
Bird Atlas — Pg 5 14. Latvia 6
The Pit — Pg 30 25. Switzerland
6. Estonia Olga — Pg 29 14
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On the Water — Pg 29 15. Lithuania
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Runner — Pg 31 26. Turkey
7. Finland Brother’s Keeper — Pg 8
12
Compartment No. 6 — Pg 10 16. Luxembourg
27 20
Io Sto Bene — Pg 21 27. United Kingdom
8. France Cow — Pg 12
10
Bloody Oranges — Pg 6 17. Montenegro Earwig — Pg 13 1
16 5
France — Pg 16 After the Winter — Pg 4 Naked — Pg 26
Sundown — Pg 37 Nightride — Pg 27 11
Vortex — Pg 40 18. North Macedonia The Souvenir — Pg 34 8 25 23
Zero Fucks Given — Pg 41 Sisterhood — Pg 34 The Souvenir: Part II — Pg 35
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9. Georgia 19. Norway Thomas — Pg 36
13 17 3
Brighton 4th — Pg 7 The Innocents — Pg 20 True Things — Pg 39 9
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Copilot — Pg 11 Sweat — Pg 38
Evolution — Pg 15
Nö — Pg 28
24 25UK — 1993, 131 MIN HUNGARY, LATVIA, FRANCE, GERMANY — 2021, 103 MIN UK — 2021, 97 MIN
DIRECTOR — MIKE LEIGH DIRECTOR — DÉNES NAGY DIRECTOR — STEPHEN FINGLETON
LANGUAGE — ENGLISH LANGUAGE — HUNGARIAN, RUSSIAN (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) LANGUAGE — ENGLISH
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Naked (4k restoration) Natural Light Nightride
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“One of British cinema’s great monsters... Mike Leigh’s fiercely “Intense, slow and deliberately paced.” Time is luck.
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Thu 24 Feb 6:00pm
bleak masterwork is even more disturbing 28 years on.” — Cineuropa
— The Guardian MELB (LIDO CINEMAS) Set on the midnight streets of Belfast, this dryly
Sat 26 Feb 6:00pm
Set in WWII occupied Soviet Union, humorous real-time one-shot thriller places
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From master director Mike Leigh, the brilliant and controversial Thu 24 Feb 6:00pm
Natural Light is a sensitive and atmospheric us in the driver’s seat with small-time dealer
Naked stars David Thewlis as antihero Johnny, a charming and Sat 26 Feb 2:00pm anti-war drama inspired by Elem Klimov’s Budge. When he tries to pull one last deal with
eloquent but relentlessly vicious drifter. Rejecting anyone who 1985 masterpiece Come and See. However, cash borrowed from a dangerous loan shark,
might care for him, Johnny hurls himself around London on a debut director Dénes Nagy’s slow burn feature the handover goes catastrophically wrong.
nocturnal odyssey, colliding with a succession of other desperate keeps most of the atrocities understated and Budge finds himself in a race against time to
and dispossessed people and scorching everyone in his path. With off-screen, instead focusing on the moral find his missing product and get a new buyer
a virtuoso script and raw performances from Thewlis and co-stars issues of complicity and personal responsibility before the loan shark tracks him down.
Katrin Cartlidge and Lesley Sharp, Leigh’s depiction of England’s during times of war. A strangely beautiful and Locke meets Victoria in this high-octane
underbelly is an amalgam of black comedy and doomsday prophecy disquieting film. and gripping claustrophobic thriller.
that took the best director and best actor prizes at the 1993 Cannes
Film Festival. MELB (CLASSIC CINEMAS) MELB (CLASSIC CINEMAS)
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26 27GERMANY — 2021, 119 MIN SWITZERLAND, FRANCE, UKRAINE — 2021, 86 MIN ESTONIA — 2020, 107 MIN
DIRECTOR — DIETRICH BRÜGGEMANN DIRECTOR — ELIE GRAPPE DIRECTOR — PEETER SIMM
LANGUAGE — GERMAN, ENGLISH (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) LANGUAGE — FRENCH, UKRAINIAN (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) LANGUAGE — ESTONIAN (ENGLISH SUBTITLES)
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Nö Olga On the Water
(VEE PEAL)
“An arch, acid-laced comedy of manners.” “A compelling psychological portrait of a “Something fresh... a tender coming-of-
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Sat 5 Feb 4:00pm
— Variety dedicated young athlete.” age story from Estonia.”
Sun 13 Feb 8:30pm
Sat 26 Feb 6:30pm — Screen International — Variety
Dina and Michael are in their early thirties. He is a doctor; she is an MELB (LIDO CINEMAS)
actor. They are happy together until Michael thinks about breaking Thu 24 Feb 6:20pm Olga, a 15-year-old gymnast, is torn between Andres is a sensitive teenager raised by his
up. She says: nope (nö). In thirteen episodes, we accompany our two SYD (RITZ CINEMAS) Switzerland - where she is training for the strict grandparents in a small town in 1980s
Sat 5 Feb 4:00pm
heroes as they manoeuvre life over the years while trying not to lose Sun 13 Feb 8:30pm
European Championship in preparation for the Estonia. Lacking friends his own age and
sight of their love. Olympics - and Ukraine, where her mother is a bullied at school, Andres finds friendship
Made by a brother and sister team (Dietrich Brüggemann journalist. She struggles with new teammates among the drunks, sex-workers and thieves
directs, Anna Brüggemann stars, and the two collaborated on the who resent her presence, the enormous who are his neighbours. Among them are the
screenplay), Nö evokes the formal composition of Roy Andersson pressure she puts on her own body, and the rough but sensible recidivist Valter, a former
and the social satire of Ruben Östlund. The result is a sometimes political complexities of international sport prisoner, and the hapless fisherman Kolla.
droll, sometimes absurd and frequently funny film about modern that only exacerbate when her home country of A warm and humorous story of caring,
relationships. Ukraine is plunged into the 2014 revolution. humanity and love.
Switzerland’s submission for the Best Estonia’s submission for the Best
International Feature Film Academy Award. International Feature Film Academy Award.
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28 Tue 22 Feb 8:30pm
29LATVIA, FINLAND — 2020, 107 MIN BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG, FRANCE — 2021, 118 MIN LITHUANIA, CZECH REPUBLIC — 2021, 87 MIN
DIRECTOR — DACE PŪCE DIRECTOR — JOACHIM LAFOSSE DIRECTOR — ANDRIUS BLAŽEVIČIUS
LANGUAGE — LATVIAN (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) LANGUAGE — FRENCH (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) LANGUAGE — LITHUANIAN (ENGLISH SUBTITLES)
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THE PIT THE RESTLESS RUNNER
(BEDRE) (LES INTRANQUILLES) (BEGIKE)
“A small jewel of a film... a splendidly staged, intense “A deeply human film, full of the wonder “The pursuit of love takes on a literal —
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Sun 13 Feb 4:20pm
emotional journey.” and pain of family life.” and highly physical — meaning over 24
Thu 17 Feb 8:30pm
— Cineuropa Mon 21 Feb 6:30pm — Time Out helter-skelter hours in this dynamic yet
Sun 27 Feb 2:00pm
deeply felt drama.”
10-year-old Markuss is adapting to a new life living with his MELB (LIDO CINEMAS) Leila and Damien are deeply in love. Despite his — Variety
Sat 5 Feb 2:00pm
grandmother in the countryside, but after he teaches a neighbouring bipolarity, he tries to pursue his life with her,
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girl a cruel lesson that endangers her life, he becomes a social Sun 27 Feb 2:00pm
knowing he may never be able to offer her what After her boyfriend, Vytas, experiences a
outcast. Having to now work instead of attend school, Markuss she desires. psychotic episode and disappears, Maria is
befriends old Sailor, a recluse living in the nearby woods. Belgium filmmaker Joachim Lafosse was determined to find and help him. Chasing every
Based on a series of short stories by Latvian writer Jana Egle, this originally inspired to write the script for The clue about his whereabouts, she embarks on
coming-of-age film covers numerous themes including prejudice, Restless by his own experiences with his bipolar a fast-paced odyssey through the city. Always
forgiveness, redemption and abuse. At the centre of the drama is father. Having witnessed the effects the condition one step behind and against all odds, she fights
Markuss, a troubled young soul who must work hard to win back the had on preventing his father from fully realising for both her love and her freedom.
sympathy of the town’s inhabitants. his dreams, Lafosse has crafted a compelling Set to a pulsating electronic soundtrack,
depiction of what it’s like to live with a bipolar the fast-paced drama evokes the nervy
Content warning: Scenes depicting domestic violence and one scene disorder, and what it’s like to live with somebody adrenaline rush of films such as Run Lola Run
depicting a deceased infant. who has severe episodes of mood swings. and Uncut Gems.
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30 31SLOVENIA, ITALY — 2020, 89 MIN IRELAND — 2021, 93 MIN
DIRECTOR — MIROSLAV MANDIĆ DIRECTOR — SEÁN BREATHNACH
LANGUAGE — SLOVENIAN (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) LANGUAGE — IRISH GAELIC (ENGLISH SUBTITLES)
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Sanremo Shelter
(FOSCADH)
“A paean to the intermittent bliss and comfort of romance, no “A beautifully photographed drama and fine debut.”
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Sun 20 Feb 4:00pm Sat 5 Feb 6:30pm
matter how ephemeral, this Slovenian drama is a gentle wisp — Variety
Sat 26 Feb 2:00pm Wed 9 Feb 8:40pm
of a film, a surprisingly tender story about how we hold on to Mon 14 Feb 6:30pm
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others even when we can’t hold on to our notion of ourselves.” Sat 12 Feb 2:00pm Set in the wild mountains of Connemara, Shelter tells the story of MELB (LIDO CINEMAS)
— Variety friendless and guileless recluse John Cunliffe who, at the age of Sat 26 Feb 4:00pm
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Mon 14 Feb 6:30pm
An old man sits alone on a bench beside a road blanketed in mist. parents pass away, John inherits mountain land that is in the way of
Bruno wants to go home to feed his dog, but he is not quite sure a lucrative wind-farm development, and he is forced to navigate the
where home is. He is lost in himself, and his memory and sense of choppy waters of romance, trust and vengeance for the first time.
reality are fractured. The ensuing drama is a taut and absorbing late coming-of-age tale
Bruno lives at a home for the elderly, and is in love with a co- from the North western tip of Europe.
resident named Dusa. Their love story is fragmented, as they tend to Faintly echoing films such as The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser and
constantly forget each other. They always meet for the first time. Bad Boy Bubby, Shelter is a look at what happens when a socially
Inspired by writer/director Miroslav Mandić’s own experiences, inept recluse must navigate friendship and love for the first time, and
this unconventionally gentle and humane film offers a rare and the role toxic masculinity plays in undermining both.
moving examination of ageing.
Ireland’s submission for the Best International Feature Film
Slovenia’s submission for the Best International Feature Film Academy Award.
Academy Award.
32 33NORTH MACEDONIA, KOSOVO, MONTENEGRO — 2021, 91 MIN UK — 2019, 120 MIN UK, USA — 2021, 106 MIN
DIRECTOR — DINA DUMA DIRECTOR — JOANNA HOGG DIRECTOR — JOANNA HOGG
LANGUAGE — MACEDONIAN (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) LANGUAGE — ENGLISH LANGUAGE — ENGLISH
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OPENING NIGHT FILM —
Sisterhood The Souvenir The Souvenir: part ii
RETROSPECTIVE FEATURE
(SESTRA)
“A coming-of-age tale with hints of Larry “Brilliant, rich, exquisitely reflective... a “A unique wonder... an extraordinary work of meta-fiction.”
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Fri 4 Feb 6:30pm
Clark’s Kids and Eliza Hittman’s Never universally moving, truthful fiction.” — Indiewire
Sat 12 Feb 7:00pm
Rarely Sometimes Always.” — Variety Fri 18 Feb 6:30pm
— Cineuropa “The best kind of sequel, not merely enhancing or deepening its MELB (LIDO CINEMAS)
A shy but ambitious film student (Honor predecessor but also recasting it in a revelatory new light.” Wed 23 Feb 6:30pm
Sun 27 Feb 4:00pm
Teenagers Maya and Jana are inseparable Swinton Byrne) begins to find her voice as an — Los Angeles Times
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and do everything together. One night at a artist while navigating a turbulent courtship Fri 4 Feb 6:30pm
party they catch Elena, the most popular girl with a charismatic but untrustworthy man (Tom “Joanna Hogg has given us an amazingly luminous self-portrait Sat 12 Feb 6:40pm
Fri 18 Feb 8:30pm
in school, having sex on video with Maya’s Burke). She defies her protective mother (Tilda of the film-maker as a young woman: metatextual, confessional Wed 23 Feb 6:30pm
long-term crush. Jana convinces Maya to post Swinton) and concerned friends as she slips and autobiographical.” Sun 27 Feb 4:00pm
the video and when it goes viral, Elena’s life is deeper and deeper into an intense, emotionally — The Guardian
ruined. fraught relationship that comes dangerously
A strong character drama about toxic close to destroying her dreams. In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship with a charismatic
friendships, culpability and responsibility. From acclaimed writer-director Joanna and manipulative older man, Julie begins to untangle her fraught
Hogg comes an enigmatic and personal portrait love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his
North Macedonia’s submission for the Best of the artist as a young woman, combining elaborately constructed fiction. Joanna Hogg’s shimmering story of
International Feature Film Academy Award. passionate emotions and exquisite aesthetics first love and a young woman’s formative years, The Souvenir Part
into a lush, dreamlike story of young adulthood II is a portrait of the artist that transcends the halting particulars of
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and first love. everyday life — a singular, alchemic mix of memoir and fantasy.
Sun 6 Feb 6:30pm
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Sat 12 Feb 4:00pm Opening Night special event. Tickets include a Fruit Cup
34 Tue 15 Feb 8:40pm cocktail on arrival. 35UK — 2021, 92 MIN FRANCE, MEXICO, SWEDEN — 2021, 84 MIN
DIRECTOR — MARK COUSINS DIRECTOR — MICHEL FRANCO
LANGUAGE — ENGLISH LANGUAGE — ENGLISH, SPANISH (ENGLISH SUBTITLES)
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The Storms of Jeremy Thomas Sundown
DOCUMENTARY
“Ninety minutes at the sweet trolley of pure cinephilia.” “Pitiless and pitch-perfect, an existential tour-de-force with
FEATURE
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Wed 9 Feb 6:30pm Sun 6 Feb 4:15pm
— The Guardian shades of Camus’s The Outsider.”
Sun 27 Feb 9:00pm Thu 17 Feb 6:30pm
— The Guardian
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Joining Oscar-winning maverick producer Jeremy Thomas on his Tue 15 Feb 8:30pm Sat 12 Feb 6:30pm
annual pilgrimage to the Cannes Film Festival, filmmaker Mark Sun 20 Feb 8:20pm “One of the pleasures of Sundown is that it is impossible Sun 20 Feb 6:30pm
Cousins (The Story of Film) gives an intimate glimpse into the life SYD (RITZ CINEMAS) to guess where it is heading — and it heads in some bizarre SYD (RITZ CINEMAS)
Wed 9 Feb 6:30pm Sun 6 Feb 4:00pm
of the legendary icon behind some of the most controversial and Sun 20 Feb 9:00pm
directions.” Sat 12 Feb 8:50pm
acclaimed films of all time. — IndieWire
Incorporating stories and musing about Thomas’s background,
career, personality and love of cinema, and his work with directors From the outside, it would appear that Neil Bennett (Tim Roth),
Nicolas Roeg, Bernardo Bertolucci, David Cronenberg and most a wealthy Briton vacationing with loved ones at a luxury resort in
recently, Takashi Miike, this documentary lovingly celebrates the Acapulco, wants for nothing. Until, that is, a single phone call shatters
significant legacy of a veritable auteur of auteurs. Neil’s idyll: there’s been a death in the family, he and his family,
including his sister Alice (Charlotte Gainsbourg), must return to
London immediately.
At the airport, Neil pretends to have forgotten his passport at
the resort. He insists the others go ahead; he’ll catch the next flight.
Instead, Neil checks into a budget hotel, drinks beer at the beach,
meets a beautiful local named Berenice, and begins concocting
reasons to delay his return home. What is Neil up to? How long can
he linger abroad while his family grieves and contends with legal
matters? And what if things go from bad to worse?
A riveting and incisive study of class disparity and familial strife
from Mexican writer-director Michel Franco (New Order, After Lucia).
36 37POLAND, SWEDEN — 2020, 105 MIN UK — 2021, 102 MIN
DIRECTOR — MAGNUS VON HORN DIRECTOR — HARRY WOOTLIFF
LANGUAGE — POLISH (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) LANGUAGE — ENGLISH
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Sweat True Things
“Rises above caricatures to offer potent and often moving “A refreshingly adult romantic psychodrama.”
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Fri 11 Feb 8:40pm Sat 5 Feb 4:00pm
commentary on the gulf between validation and affection, and — The Hollywood Reporter
Mon 14 Feb 8:30pm Fri 11 Feb 6:30pm
the way intimacy and solitude have always been bedfellows.” Sat 19 Feb 8:30pm
Thu 24 Feb 6:30pm MELB (LIDO CINEMAS)
— Empire Kate Perkin, a single woman in her early thirties, works in a benefits Sun 13 Feb 6:30pm
Sun 27 Feb 9:00pm
office in the English coastal town of Ramsgate. The job is at once Sat 19 Feb 6:30pm
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Sweat covers three days in the life of Sylwia Zajac, a 30-year-old Mon 7 Feb 6:30pm tedious and fraught; Kate escapes by Googling idyllic holiday SYD (RITZ CINEMAS)
Sat 12 Feb 8:20pm Sat 5 Feb 4:00pm
fitness motivator who has gained celebrity status due to her avid use locations. A moment of flirtation with a male claimant initially seems Fri 11 Feb 6:30pm
Mon 21 Feb 8:30pm
of social media. Self-made and hardworking, Sylwia keeps her body like a mere blip in her routine.
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in the best possible shape and inspires thousands of others to do Sun 6 Feb 9:00pm
But when the man shows up to meet her at the end of her
the same. When a post she makes about feeling lonely goes viral, a Fri 25 Feb 6:30pm working day, Kate finds herself propelled headlong into a liaison that
Sun 27 Feb 9:10pm
stalker appears outside her apartment. displaces every other priority in her life. It starts with blowing off her
Capturing the nuances of influencer culture unlike any film close friend Alison, who wants nothing more than to fix her up with
before it, Sweat astutely considers the juggling act required to a nice respectable boyfriend. Then she starts lying to her employer,
maintaining a hyper-real persona for public consumption while who already considers her a loose cannon. All to keep impulsive,
protecting your private sense of self. unpredictable arrangements with a man about whom she knows
almost nothing – he is saved in her phone only as ‘Blond’. When the
high wears off, so does Blond’s warmth. Is Kate being drawn in, once
again, only to be pushed away?
Ruth Wilson (The Affair) and Tom Burke (The Souvenir) are
riveting in this compelling, sexy and jagged romantic drama.
38 39FRANCE, BELGIUM, MONACO — 2021, 132 MIN CANADA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA — 2021, 89 MIN BELGIUM, FRANCE — 2021, 110 MIN
DIRECTOR — GASPAR NOÉ DIRECTOR — IGOR DRLJAČA DIRECTOR — EMMANUEL MARRE AND JULIE LECOUSTRE
LANGUAGE — FRENCH (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) LANGUAGE — BOSNIAN, ENGLISH (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) LANGUAGE — FRENCH, ENGLISH (ENGLISH SUBTITLES)
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Vortex The White Fortress Zero Fucks Given
(TABIJA) (RIEN À FOUTRE)
“Extraordinary... in terms of scope, “A gritty yet romantic social-realist “An original first feature film full of contrasts... Adèle
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ambition and execution, it’s one of the fairytale.” Exarchopoulos dazzles.”
Sun 13 Feb 2:00pm
finest pictures [Noé’s] made.” — Variety — Cineuropa Fri 18 Feb 8:40pm
— The Guardian MELB (LIDO CINEMAS)
Faruk is an orphan who lives with his sick Cassandra is a 27-year-old flight attendant for a low-cost airline. Sat 5 Feb 8:40pm
Fri 25 Feb 6:30pm
While the previous films of the France-based grandmother and spends his days foraging Based in Lanzarote, she’s always willing to take on extra hours and
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Argentinian filmmaker Gaspar Noé (Irréversible, for scrap metal and dabbling in petty crime. carries out her duties with robotic efficiency. She lives from day Sun 13 Feb 2:00pm
Climax) attracted notoriety for their One day he meets Mona, a timid teen from to day and splits up her life between flights, Tinder and dead-end
nightmarish and hallucinogenic imagery and a politically powerful and affluent family. As parties. But eventually she’ll have to confront the feelings she is
subject matter, Vortex is grounded in the real- Mona dreams of escaping the overbearing repressing and running away from.
world tragedy of an elderly couple in decline toxicity of her home life, she seeks refuge and Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Colour) is captivating
due to the onset of dementia. Shot in split opens herself up to Faruk, a boy from a world as Cassandra, portraying a person who has perfected a cool detached
screen, the humanistic film follows the daily entirely different than her own. persona for both her professional and personal lives. Her scenes
rituals of an unnamed elderly couple played to onboard the plane were shot alongside real life flight attendants
perfection by veteran French actor Françoise Bosnia and Herzegovina’s submission delivering an authentic insight into what goes on behind-the-scenes
Lebrun and cult Italian horror filmmaker Dario for the Best International Feature Film on board a discount airline flight. It is only later in the film that we
Argento, who is a revelation at the age of 80 in Academy Award. truly discover the full extent of her emotional burden, resulting in a
his first leading acting role. compassionate film about human connection.
MELB (CLASSIC CINEMAS)
Sun 6 Feb 2:00pm
SYD (RITZ CINEMAS) Tue 15 Feb 8:20pm
Sun 6 Feb 6:20pm Sat 19 Feb 4:00pm
Thu 10 Feb 6:20pm
Sat 12 Feb 1:30pm MELB (LIDO CINEMAS)
Thu 17 Feb 8:30pm Sun 13 Feb 8:40pm
Sun 20 Feb 4:00pm Sat 19 Feb 2:00pm
Sun 27 Feb 4:10pm
SYD (RITZ CINEMAS)
40 Sun 6 Feb 2:00pm 41MELBOURNE FILM PROGRAM MELBOURNE FILM PROGRAM
CLASSIC CINEMAS, ELSTERNWiCK — LIDO CINEMAS, HAWTHORN —
Fri 4 February 4:30PM The Souvenir 4:00PM Compartment No.6 Fri 4 February Sun 13 February Mon 21 February
6:30PM The Souvenir: Part II 6:30PM The Innocents 4:00PM Sanremo 8:30PM Europa 2:00PM The Game 6:30PM Murina
8:40PM The Restless 7:00PM The Souvenir: Part II 6:10PM Earwig 4:00PM Gerda 8:30PM Sweat
Sat 5 February
9:10PM The Innocents 8:50PM Europa 6:30PM Bird Atlas 6:30PM True Things
2:00PM The Pit Tues 22 February
9:20PM Compartment No.6 8:30PM The Innocents 8:40PM The White Fortress
Sat 5 February 4:20PM Olga 6:30PM Europa
Sun 13 February 9:00PM Fear
2:00PM Cow 6:30PM Io Sto Bene Mon 14 February 8:10PM The Innocents
2:00PM Bird Atlas 2:00PM Olga Mon 21 February 8:40PM Zero Fucks Given 6:30PM Natural Light Wed 23 February
4:00PM True Things 2:00PM Zero Fucks Given 6:30PM The Pit 8:40PM Murina
Sun 6 February 6:30PM The Souvenir: Part II
4:00PM Nö 4:20PM The Pit 6:30PM The Game
2:00PM On the Water Tues 15 February 8:40PM Brother’s Keeper
6:30PM Shelter 4:20PM Buñuel: A Surrealist 8:30PM Runner
4:10PM The Innocents 6:30PM Brighton 4th Thurs 24 February
6:30PM Compartment No.6 Filmmaker 8:40PM Gerda
6:30PM Compartment No.6 8:30PM The Storms of 6:20PM Nö
8:30PM After the Winter 6:30PM Fear Tues 22 February 8:40PM After the Winter Jeremy Thomas 8:50PM Bloody Oranges
8:40PM Bloody Oranges 6:30PM Nightride 6:30PM Cow
8:30PM Nö Mon 7 February Wed 16 February Fri 25 February
Sun 6 February 6:30PM Natural Light
6:30PM Sweat 6:30PM Cow
8:40PM The Innocents 8:30PM On the Water 6:30PM Zero Fucks Given
2:00PM The Restless 8:40PM The Innocents 8:30PM Gomorrah New
2:00PM The White Fortress Mon 14 February 8:40PM Olga 8:50PM Earwig
Tues 8 February Edition
4:00PM Brother’s Keeper 6:30PM Cow Wed 23 February Sat 26 February
4:15PM Sundown 6:30PM Shelter 6:30PM Cow Thurs 17 February 2:00PM The Legionnaire
6:30PM After the Winter
8:30PM Sweat 8:30PM Murina 6:30PM Bird Atlas 4:00PM Shelter
6:30PM Europa 6:30PM Murina
8:40PM Runner Wed 9 February 8:30PM The Innocents 6:00PM Naked
6:30PM Sisterhood 8:30PM The Innocents
8:20PM The Innocents Tues 15 February 8:40PM Earwig 6:30PM The Restless Fri 18 February 8:40PM The Innocents
8:30PM Natural Light 6:30PM Brother’s Keeper 8:40PM Buñuel: A Surrealist 6:30PM Buñuel: A Surrealist Sun 27 February
Thurs 24 February
Filmmaker Filmmaker
Mon 7 February 6:30PM Libertad 6:00PM Naked 2:00PM Cow
8:20PM The White Fortress Thurs 10 February 8:20PM Nightride 4:00PM The Souvenir: Part II
6:30PM Copilot 6:30PM Sweat
6:30PM Nightride 8:40PM Sisterhood 8:40PM Cow 6:30PM Fear Sat 19 February 6:30PM France
8:30PM Zero Fucks Given Wed 16 February 9:10PM The Legionnaire 8:40PM Copilot 2:00PM The White Fortress 9:00PM Murina
8:50PM Cow 6:30PM The Legionnaire Fri 11 February 4:00PM Compartment No.6
Fri 25 February
6:30PM True Things Accompanied by an event
Tues 8 February 6:30PM The Restless 6:30PM Copilot 6:30PM After the Winter
8:20PM Cow 8:40PM The Innocents 8:40PM Runner
6:30PM Libertad 6:30PM Brighton 4th
6:30PM Compartment No.6 8:50PM Fear 8:30PM The Innocents Sat 12 February Sun 20 February
8:40PM Gerda Thurs 17 February 8:50PM Buñuel: A Surrealist 2:00PM Sanremo 2:00PM Sisterhood
8:50PM The Innocents 6:30PM Runner Filmmaker 4:00PM Copilot 4:00PM Libertad
6:30PM Sundown
Wed 9 February 6:30PM Sundown Sat 26 February 6:30PM Sundown
8:20PM Compartment No.6 8:20PM Sweat 8:20PM The Storms of Jeremy
6:30PM The Storms of Jeremy 2:00PM Sanremo
8:30PM The Pit Thomas
Thomas 2:00PM Brother’s Keeper
6:30PM On the Water Fri 18 February 4:00PM Cow
8:30PM Bird Atlas 6:30PM The Souvenir: Part II 4:00PM Io Sto Bene
8:40PM Shelter 6:30PM Murina 6:30PM Nö
Thurs 10 February 8:30PM Bloody Oranges 6:30PM Compartment No.6
6:30PM Cow 8:40PM Zero Fucks Given 8:40PM Libertad
6:30PM Io Sto Bene Sat 19 February 8:50PM Nightride
8:30PM Earwig 1:40PM On the Water Sun 27 February
8:40PM Murina 1:40PM Copilot 2:00PM Murina
Fri 11 February 4:00PM The White Fortress 2:00PM The Pit
6:30PM Gerda 4:10PM The Game 6:30PM France
6:30PM True Things 6:30PM The Legionnaire 9:00PM Sweat
8:40PM Sweat 6:30PM Brighton 4th 9:00PM The Storms of Jeremy
8:50PM Bloody Oranges 8:20PM Io Sto Bene Thomas
8:30PM Sweat
Sat 12 February
Sun 20 February Accompanied by an event
2:00PM Gomorrah New Edition
2:00PM Cow 2:00PM Olga
4:00PM Sisterhood 2:00PM Cow
42 Select films screen with digital director Q&As. See the full list of special events at Europafilmfestival.com.au. 43You can also read
