Film-Forward

Australian

Shayda | TIFF 2023

Australia’s submission for the Best International Feature Film Academy Award.

The Dry

Eric Bana stars as a cop who returns to his dusty hometown to solve multiple murders, with red herrings aplenty.

H Is for Happiness

A preternatural emotionally mature 12-year-old learns a lesson well, heals years of pain, and brings everyone together.

Buoyancy

Based on the true stories of Cambodian fishermen survivors, the drama brutally depicts indentured servitude and slavery in Thailand’s fishing industry.

Babyteeth

Part teen romance, disease-of-the-week weepies, and quirky comedy, Shannon Murphy’s debut film has a sheer sense of life that gives it a rare power.

Judy & Punch

The script walks a sometimes uneasy line between genuine darkness and a Monty Python–esque embrace of anachronism and the bizarre.

The Australian Dream | TIFF 2019

An arresting and alarming documentary scrutinizes racism on the football field and throughout Australian culture, as experienced by one of the country’s star players.

The Nightingale

If Jennifer Kent’s first film, The Babadook (2014), had a sinister undercurrent, her new and more multifaceted film unleashes it in full force.

Sweet Country

A slow-burning game of cat-and-mouse through the outback.