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Janet Planet

2023 | Coming of Age | Drama | Women | English | United States | Feature | Fiction | World Cinema | Annie Baker | Dan Janvey, Derrick Tseng, Annie Baker, Andrew Goldman | Sony Pictures Releasing | Annie Baker | Julianne Nicholson, Zoe Ziegler, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Sophie Okonedo | Maria von Hausswolf | Lucian Johnson

Sat 26 Oct 5:00 PM

The Piccadilly: Cinema 2

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...

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Cordelia, Daughter of the Sea

Cordelia, Daughter of the Sea

2024 | Drama | Family | English | Fiction | Short | Shorts | Australia | Maddie Grammatopoulos | Madison Siegertsz | Maddie Grammatopoulos | Luca Sardelis, Renato Musolino

Sat 26 Oct 5:00 PM

A father delivers a wedding speech to his one and only offspring on her wedding day.

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The Brutalist

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2024 | Drama | English | United States | Feature | Fiction | Special Presentations | World Cinema | Universal Pictures Australasia | South Australian Premiere | Brady Corbet | English, Hungarian, Hebrew, Yiddish, Italian | Trevor Matthews, Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, Andrew Lauren, D.J. Gugenheim | Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold | Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Isaach De Bankolé, Alessandro Nivola | Lol Crawley | David Jancso | Daniel Blumberg

Sat 26 Oct 6:45 PM

Brady Corbet’s American epic starring Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, and Joe Alwyn explores the humanity and artistry behind brutalist architecture.

$0.00 to $25.00

With or Without You

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With or Without You

2024 | World Premiere | Drama | Romance | Women | English | Feature | Fiction | Guest in attendance | Red Carpet | Feel-Good | AFF Investment Fund | World Cinema | Australia | Kelly Schilling | Icon Films | Su Armstrong, Carolyn Johnson | Kelly Schilling | Marta Dusseldorp, Melina Vidler, Albert Mwangi | Michael Tessari | David Banbury | Amanda Brown | Guest in attendance

Sat 26 Oct 7:00 PM

The Piccadilly: Cinema 1

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...

$0.00 to $25.00

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The Mercury

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91 Mins | 2024 | Short | Shorts

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Tackling big topics, everyday life and comical scenarios in under 30 minutes is no easy feat – the Australian Shorts filmmakers featured in the 2024 AFF program have done so through innovative filmmaking, fresh perspectives and passionate local storytelling.

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Cordelia, Daughter of the Sea

Cordelia, Daughter of the Sea

2024 | Drama | Family | English | Fiction | Short | Shorts | Australia | Maddie Grammatopoulos | Madison Siegertsz | Maddie Grammatopoulos | Luca Sardelis, Renato Musolino

Sat 26 Oct 5:00 PM

A father delivers a wedding speech to his one and only offspring on her wedding day.

Jason is My Dad

Jason is My Dad

2024 | World Premiere | Black Comedy | Comedy | English | Fiction | Shorts | Australia | Ashley Zukerman | Ashley Zukerman, Rachael Morrow, Pat Mooney | Ashley Zukerman | Darren Gilshenan, Jagger Serafin, Hannah Camilleri | Bonita Carzino | Kait Plum | Eli Keszler

Sat 26 Oct 5:00 PM

A middle-aged Uber driver picks up a private school boy who turns out to be on his paper run.

Luna and The Brain Tuna

Luna and The Brain Tuna

2024 | Drama | Family | Fantasy | English | Fiction | Short | Shorts | Australia | Aaron Lucas | Hugo Koehne, Henry Koehne, Jayden Rathsam Hua | Aaron Lucas, Mark Rogers | Ewen Leslie, Harriet GIbara, Heather Mitchell, Leah Purcell, Toby Blome | Lucca Barone-Peters | Grace O’Connell | James Mountain

Sat 26 Oct 5:00 PM

When 8-year-old Luna’s dad tries to tell her he has a brain tumour, her imagination runs wild.

2024 | Black Comedy | Comedy | English | Fiction | Shorts | Australia | Lindsay McDonald | Neisha Dallamora | AFTRS | Lindsay McDonald, Roslyn Zhang | Kathryn Hartman, Stephen Madsen, Emma Kew, Jonathan Lagudi, Bryn Chapman Parish | Sam Bader | Harrison Finch | Carla Dobbie

Sat 26 Oct 5:00 PM

Dining solo, Frances is denied access to the coveted set menu at an exclusive restaurant.

The Fix-It Man and The Fix-It Wooman

The Fix-It Man and The Fix-It Wooman

2024 | Animation | Comedy | English | Short | Animation | First Nations | Shorts | Australia | Nelson Armstrong, Cornelius Ebatarinja | Sophie Wallace | Rhonda Sharpe, Courtney Collins | Roxanne Petrick, Cornelius Ebatarinja, Vanessa Splinter | Nelson Armstrong | Vito Lucarelli, Vivian Ryan, Myles Turner, Coloured Stone

Sat 26 Oct 5:00 PM

In the ‘bright lights, big city,’ of Alice Springs two soft sculptures are brought together by their shared talent for fixing things.

2024 | Drama | Short | English | Fiction | Short | Shorts | Australia | Zoë Dubuc | English, French | Emilie Ziolkowski | Zoë Dubuc | Cai Fox Leplaw, Nicholas Borrott, Marie Gasc | Myles Caroll

Sat 26 Oct 5:00 PM

Family trauma and cyclical violence weave their way into a complicated family triangle in Sydney’s inner-west.

2024 | Drama | Politics | English | Fiction | Short | Shorts | Australia | Damian Walshe-Howling | Croatian, English | Damian Walshe-Howling, Kat Dominis, Mariana Rudan | Damian Walshe-Howling | Kat Dominis, Mariana Rudan, Damian Walshe-Howling | Kat Dominis, Goran Grgić, Tom Wilson

Sat 26 Oct 5:00 PM

In late 70s Sydney, Croatian born Marina must expose her secret relationship to help her family as an escalating political storm spills into their home.

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The Mercury

13 Morphett St Adelaide, South Australia, 5000