Weekend Schedule

2026 Program

Nine films across three days, drawn from Australia, Germany, Iceland, the UK, Sudan, Iran, France, and New Zealand — plus the Show Us Your Shorts awards. Click any poster to watch the trailer.

2027 Program under development - Stay tuned
Friday 12 June Saturday 13 June Sunday 14 June
7:30
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Opening Night
But Also John Clarke
Australia2025Documentary103 minM
An exuberant, intimate documentary about New Zealand-born satirist John Clarke (1948–2017). Directed by his daughter Lorin Clarke and structured around interviews she conducted with him, the film revisits his iconic character Fred Dagg and his mock interviews alongside Brian Dawe, as colleagues share fond memories of an irreverent but warm man who made Aussies laugh and politicians squirm.
Directed and written by Lorin Clarke
AACTA Award Nominee — Best Documentary
Q&A with special guest Lorin Clarke following the screening
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9:45
AM
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Saturday Morning
From Hilde, With Love
Germany2024Drama112 minMA15+
A gently devastating historical biopic about Hilde Coppi (Liv Lisa Fries), a medical assistant in 1942 Berlin who joins the Red Orchestra resistance movement against the Nazi regime and marries Hans Coppi (Johannes Hegemann). Picturesque and equal parts tender and hard-hitting, the film affirms the value of love and defiance, and how deeply intertwined they are, even in the darkest times.
Directed by Andreas Dresen
Winner — German Film Awards, Best Actress
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1:15
PM
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Saturday Afternoon
Touch
Iceland/UK2024Drama121 minM
Touch follows Icelander Kristofer (Egill Ólafsson), an elderly man with limited time, as he revisits his past in the hope of reuniting with his old love Miko (Yoko Nagahashi). Driven by love, longing, what-ifs, and trauma from Hiroshima, Touch is a globetrotting, multicultural drama.
Directed by Baltasar Kormákur
Winner — Edda Awards (Iceland): Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, among others
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4:15
PM
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Saturday Late Afternoon
Goodbye Julia
Sudan2023Drama120 minM
Goodbye Julia portrays the complicated friendship between Muslim North Sudanese singer Mona (Eiman Yousif) and Julia (Siran Riak), the Christian South Sudanese woman she hires as her maid. Tense, nuanced, and beautifully shot, the film is set just before the 2011 separation of South Sudan, but its call for reconciliation resonates across the globe.
Directed by Mohamed Kordofani
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6:30
PM
Saturday Evening
Festival Dinner
Festival Event

Spit roast · Arts Centre Warburton
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8:00
PM
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Saturday Night
I Swear
UK2025Biography/Drama120 minM
I Swear is a scrappy, endearing British biopic that shines a sympathetic light on Tourette syndrome. Robert Aramayo delivers a dynamic, committed performance as John Davidson, a young working-class man with Tourette's who overcomes his condition with the help of nurse Dottie (Maxine Peake) to aid and advocate for others with his condition.
Directed by Kirk Jones
Winner — BAFTA: Best Leading Actor, Best Casting; British Independent Film Awards: Best Leading Performance
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9:30
AM
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Sunday Morning
It Was Just An Accident
Iran/Luxembourg2025Drama103 minM
A darkly funny Iranian thriller, It Was Just An Accident follows a group of former political prisoners as they contemplate revenge on Eghbal (Ebrof Azizi), who they suspect of being their captor under the Iranian regime. A deeply personal film for Panahi, who has been imprisoned several times by the Islamic State and bravely made this film without official permission.
Directed by Jafar Panahi
Winner — Cannes Film Festival, Palme d'Or
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12:45
PM
Show Us Your Shorts Awards
Sunday Early Afternoon · Double Session
Show Us Your Shorts Awards
Competition

Awards Presentation · 2026 Judges: Maggie Sail, Meg Urquhart, Sarah Sloan, Aroon Naidoo, Regan Wood, Vicki Paris, Ryan Tews
The art of the short film is on display in this session, which features the announcement and screening of the major prize winners in the Show Us Your Shorts competition, including the $1,000 Golden Shorts Award.
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Continuing Double Session
The Stolen Painting
France2024Comedy/Drama103 minM
A brilliant, confidently crafted French drama based on a true story, in which ambitious art appraiser André (Alex Lutz) and his ex-partner Bettina (Léa Drucker) find an exceptionally valuable painting long believed destroyed by the Nazis. A sharp, quick-witted glimpse into the cutthroat art world and how something as simple as a painting can be an emblem of past evils.
Directed by Pascal Bonitzer
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3:30
PM
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Closing Session
Uproar
New Zealand2023Drama110 minM
Uproar is a funny, socially aware New Zealand drama about Josh (Julian Dennison), a bullied student of mixed Māori descent (mother played by Minnie Driver), who gets into acting and activism amid the controversial 1981 Springboks rugby tour. Dennison comes into his own as a strong dramatic actor in a sensitive, compelling drama with firm political conviction.
Directed by Paul Middleditch and Hamish Bennett
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