CEDAR BOYS Australia Tarek, Sam and Nabil are friends from way back, and as they enter adulthood, each follows a different path. Tarek is a mechanic, Sam is a small time drug dealer, and Nabil works for his family’s cleaning business. When the latter spots a possible top-tier drug operation in one of the buildings…
Sit. Stay. Love. Australia After three years away from home, aid worker Annie Blake finally returns to her family’s hometown of North Haven, Vermont in time for Christmas. Even surrounded by loved ones, Annie can’t help but be distracted by her desire to help those in need and hopes of an impending promotion. This soon…
Mistletoe Ranch Australia Upon learning her hometown’s holiday celebrations have been put on hold, international photographer Aimée Tremblay returns to the town of Snowy Oak to restore the seasonal spirit. There, she reunites with her ex-fiancé, James Hunt, and discovers her family property, Mistletoe Ranch, is in debt. As Aimée faces a choice between returning…
You, Me and the Penguins Australia Tilly Monterey works at the NYC Animal Discovery Institute and dreams of getting out of the office and into the field, so when the Crystal Bay Penguin Centre is threatened with closure and its colony of fairy penguins scheduled to be rehomed 2,500km away, Tilly’s seizes the opportunity. Determined…
It only takes a night Australia In one London night, four girlfriends will have their hearts broken and mended again. Before the sun rises, they will drink, dance, make love and end up in the hospital….as all life-changing nights tend to go. Ruby can’t seem to shake her ex who continues to show up through…
HERE BE DRAGONS Australia David Locke, a former British soldier turned UN war crimes investigator, faces the prospect of an early retirement. One night, David is approached by a ghost from his past – a victim of the Yugoslav wars named Emir Ibrahimovic. Emir believes he’s located the notorious and previously presumed dead paramilitary commander…
STREETS OF COLOUR Australia After being blamed for the death of his best friend in a racist street fight. Tez, a 25-year-old drug dealer with a cultural identity complex loses custody of his son. Battling a drug addiction and coming to terms with losing his friend, he’ll need to clean himself up fast before his…
THE RED SHOES: NEXT STEP Australia The Red Shoes: Next Step follows Sam, a gifted young dancer whose world spirals after an unexpected, life-changing event. Sam walks away from dancing and ballet, but the art form is in her blood, and she can’t resist the temptation to return. Life eventually leads Sam back to her old dance school – but not as a dancer.…
OLGA Switzerland / France / Ukraine 2013. A 15-year-old gymnast from Ukraine is torn between Switzerland – where she is training for the European Championship in preparation for the Olympics – and Kiev, where her mother works as a journalist, reporting on Euromaidan. Winner – Best Screenplay – Cannes Film Festival Critics Week Winner – Audience Award – Brussels International Film…
THE LAND Australia Jeremy is an apparently happily married family man. The curious listlessness and distance of his wife Neets, however, hints that things might not be quite as rosy as they seem. When Jeremy’s long absent best mate Simon arrives for a visit, however, the fissures in Jeremy’s seemingly mundane suburban existence are slowly,…
THE FLORIST United States / Australia Unlikely tale of Annika, a flaky but garishly ambitious twenty-something who runs a fine line in funky sunglasses and t-shirts (“Legalize Dreams” hilariously reads one, though the best cheekily proclaims “Ask Me…I Might”) and makes a living selling buzz-inducing edible flowers to LA’s hip eateries. Desperate to make it…
The Curious Case of Dolphin bay Australia A group of friends are spending the summer working as interns at a research centre, which is researching unnatural changes in the local reef. After strange events begin to occur, the friends suspect a local legend may be tied to the reef’s problems. Credits PRODUCERS Steve Jaggi Kelly…