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The Origin Of Evil

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Dir. by Sebastien Manier | 2022 | France |125 Mins | CTC

In Cinemas April 2023

Official Selection at:
The Alliance Francaise French Film Festival 2023
Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival 2023

In this wickedly funny French thriller, shady relatives scheme for family fortunes through a succession of ingenious twists.
Stéphane’s volatile lover is halfway through her prison sentence while she’s stuck working in a fish cannery. One day Stéphane boldly decides to reach out to her wealthy, estranged father. […]

The Blue Caftan

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Dir. by Maryam Touzani | 2022 | France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark | 122 Mins | CTC

WINNER – Fipresci Prize – Un Certain Regard. Cannes Film Festival 2022
WINNER – Grand Jury Prize, Golden Star – Marrakech International Film Festival 2022
WINNER – Grand Jury Prize- International Feature – NewFest LGBTQ+ Film Festival NYC
WINNER – Audience Award – Athens International Film Festival 2022
WINNER – Greek Film Critics Association Award – Athens International Film Festival 2022
WINNER – Best Director | Silver Hugo – […]

Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey

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A “cineramic” roller coaster ride through the rise, fall and rebirth of projected film.

Dir. by Robert Murphy | 2022 | Australia | 119 Mins | E for Exempt

Direct from the Melbourne International Film Festival and DOC New York City.

MEET THE FILMMAKER Q&A’s IN SELECT CINEMAS:

Sun Theatre, Yarraville, Friday Nov 25, 2022. Movie at 630pm.
New Farm, Brisbane, Sunday Nov 27 2022. Movie at 4pm. 

The Ritz, Randwick, Tuesday Nov 29 2022. […]

The Night Of The 12th in NZ Cinemas

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Directed by Dominik Moll | 2022 | France | 115 Mins | M

IN NZ CINEMAS October 27

In the corridors of the criminal police, it is said that all the investigators have a crime that haunts them. One day or another, they come across a case hurting them more than the others, without always knowing why. It starts spinning in their heads to the point of obsession. Young and ambitious Captain Vivés has just been appointed group leader at the Grenoble Criminal Squad when Clara’s murder case lands on his desk. […]

Furia | Norwegian | 8 Episode Thriller

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FURIA is a tense, eight-episode thriller with a dark, twist-laden plot, set against the backdrop of two of Europe’s most distinguished capital cities – Oslo and Berlin – as well as rural western Norway.

An edge-of-your-seat mix of undercover thriller and prescient political drama, the story centres around RAGNA, an undercover operative who has penetrated a far-right extremist terror cell, hellbent on carrying out an atrocity the likes of which Europe has never seen before.
Elsewhere, former special ops officer ASGEIR is living the quiet life in western Norway after escaping from the Russian underworld and assuming a new identity. […]

The Night Of The 12th

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Directed by Dominik Moll | 2022 | France | 115 Mins | M

WINNER | Best Film | Lumiere Awards 2023
WINNER | Best Screenplay | Lumiere Awards 2023

IN CINEMAS October 13

See Full Cinema listings HERE -New Zealand and HERE -Australia

In the corridors of the criminal police, it is said that all the investigators have a crime that haunts them. One day or another, they come across a case hurting them more than the others, […]

The Sketch Artist on DVD and On Demand

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French Canadian TV Series | 2022 | 10 Episodes

Eve Garance is a remarkable sketch artist capable of “reading” people. In the Investigation Unit of the Police Department, she uses her talents to create composite sketches to catch criminals. Her colleagues include Maryse Ferron, the methodical director whose disability has never stopped her; Bernard Dupin, the seasoned investigator who keeps the dark regions of his life under wraps, and Anthony Kamal, the new technician who doesn’t know what he is getting into. This is the team assigned to solve a laundry list of sordid crimes. […]

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy | NZ June 9

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Dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi | 2021 | Japan | 121 Mins | M

WINNER of the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize –  71st Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival)

An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding. WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY explores three female-centred short stories thematically linked by coincidence, regret, and imagination.

“In the place where dialogue and words usually end, the dialogue of this film only begin. That’s when they go deeper, so deep that, […]