After losing her beloved father, Helen finds herself saved by an unlikely friendship with a stubborn hawk named Mabel. Through the bond, Helen rediscovers the beauty of being alive.

Four lifelong friends realize that somewhere between careers, relationships, families and everyday responsibilities, they have forgotten how to take care of themselves and each other. Burned out and overdue for a break, the women escape to a luxury spa retreat for what turns out to be an unforgettable weekend dedicated to fun, laughter, and a lot of really bad decisions.

Aamir Ali, a notorious gold smuggling kingpin who inherited his multi-million dollar criminal enterprise from a lineage of gangsters, is drawn into a web of vengeance, legacy and power.

Bull riding is eight seconds of fast and furious tension – with the chance of a prize – preceded by months of determined graft. It’s a risky sport for youthful dreamers like Peter Jnr, living in remote Doomadgee with his ex-bull rider father; tenacious Camicka, hustling on a feedlot; Mount Isa local favourite Donovan; and talented larrikin Darcy. Filmed over three years, this engrossing documentary captures the grit and determination of the four Queenslanders, with their stories accompanied by a soulful score from Sam Teskey (Teskey Brothers).

Unsurprisingly, whistling as a competitive sport attracts an eccentric crowd. Wrangling this multifarious mob, is ‘Whistling Diva’ producer Carole Anne Kaufman, a contentious figure, who’s on a mission to elevate the artform and the competition. Directed by Christopher Nelius (Girls Can’t Surf, SFF 2021), this highly entertaining documentary in the tradition of Best in Show and The Golden Spurtle, celebrates persistence and lip-pursing talent as it captures the highs and lows of competitive musical whistling.

Romanian-Norwegian couple Mihai (Stan, A Different Man, TFF 2024) and Lisbet (Reinsve, Sentimental Value, TFF 2025) relocate with their five children to a fjord village in Norway. As they settle in, their daughter Elia befriends a rebellious local teen. When Elia arrives at school with bruises, scrutiny of her parents’ conservative parenting methods escalates into crisis in the village and far beyond. With Fjord Mungiu challenges the audience to contemplate the limits of secular contemporary societies in dealing with minorities and, as always, poses resonant ethical questions.

An animal protagonist to rank alongside the heroes of Red Dog and Babe, Hen begins life as a black-feathered outcast in an ocean of golden chicks bound for slaughter. Capturing the personality of this creature, Pálfi charts the funny adventures and hair-raising escapes along the Greek coast. As the humans around Hen come into focus, Pálfi delivers a sobering study in human nature and a commentary on burning social issues. Made without CGI, animatronics or AI, Hen is technically brilliant and boldly innovative. With extraordinary sensitivity, Pálfi imbues our avian protagonist with a vivid inner life, drawing us into her terror, curiosity and defiance as she is swept into a series of wild encounters and breathless escapes. Her journey carries her across strange and shifting terrains, eventually washing her up at a crumbling taverna on the Greek coast - but this is no gentle fable. As the humans around Hen come into focus, the film transforms into something far more unsettling: a piercing reflection on human behaviour and callousness.

Kabul, 2021. In the lead up to the Taliban’s return to power, Naru is the sole camerawoman at Kabul’s main TV station. Having left her cheating, abusive husband, and struggling to gain custody of her young son, it is no wonder that Naru feels that there are " no good men " left in Afghanistan. Assigned to a major news story, she partners with journalist Qodrat, and an unexpected connection forms. Adeptly playing with rom-com conventions, with the backdrop of a society on the brink of tumult, Sadat has made a film as daring as it is delightful.

A mighty gingko tree in a German university town witnesses the intertwined lives of three generations. In 1908, a pioneering botanist becomes the institution’s first female student. In 1972, two classmates bond over a geranium in politically charged times. In 2020, a lonely neuroscientist (Leung Chiu-wai), stuck on campus, seeks meaning from the tree’s electromagnetic signals under the guidance of a French biologist (Seydoux). Returning in resplendent form, Ildikó Enyedi crafts a perceptive, time-spanning exploration of humanity’s enduring connection to nature.

Said to be the "true and twisted tale of a deceiver of land and folk, who, defying her birth as a woman, comported herself as a man and committed many a wicked deed," what follows is far more complex. Battle-worn, 'the soldier' arrives in a village, and lays claim to an abandoned farmstead. As the soldiers is pressured to marry – a series of surprising and tragic events unfold. Based on historical characters, and with a wry humour, this is an ode to a gender non-conforming stalwart.

Only a few years before, a territorial dispute over the Falkland Islands led to war between the United Kingdon and Argentina, leading to hundreds of casualties on both sides. At the Cup, players and team management of each country insist that politics will have no role in this sporting fixture, the reality proves more complex. Revealing and humorous – and featuring interviews with players from the game like Gary Lineker, John Barnes and Jorge Valdano – The Match is joyous and poignant.

This epic documentary tells an incredible true story of adventure and romance. In Delhi, 1975, young street artist PK meets Lotta, who is visiting from Sweden, and paints her portrait. Certain she is the true love foretold to him by an astrologer, PK embarks on the mission of his life – to cycle from India to Sweden. Award-winning director Orlando von Einsiedel (Virunga) tells this rousing story through sumptuous, vivid reenactments and wonderful interviews with PK and Lotta.

Gemma, a young mother raising her daughter in the house she grew up in, discovers she can travel into The Further, where she possesses an ability to bring what lives there back to the real world.

After his billionaire industrialist boss is murdered in front of him, Cole Reed is set up to take the fall for the crime — leaving him on the run as he works to uncover an international conspiracy.

Set in a bygone era, this gripping tale unfolds in the coastal paradise of Goa, where a powerful drug cartel pulls the strings behind a facade of sun-soaked beaches and vibrant culture.

After a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighborhood to someplace unknown, a family soon discovers that their very survival depends on them sticking together as they navigate their now unrecognizable surroundings.

Two love-starved strangers crash into each other on the one night of the year when single people are allowed to have sex.

During a chase inside a museum, Tom and Jerry find an ancient magical compass and end up being transported through time. Lost in a distant era, they will need to work together to find a way back home.

Four years after the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Peter Parker is no more and Spider-Man is at the top of his game keeping New York City safe. Things are going well until an unusual trail of crimes pulls Spider-Man into a web of mystery larger than he's ever faced before. In order to take on what's ahead, Spider-Man not only needs to be at the top of his physical and mental game, but he must also be prepared to face the repercussions of his past!

Odysseus, the legendary Greek king of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War, chronicling his encounters with mythical beings such as the Cyclops Polyphemus, the Sirens, and the witch-goddess Circe, while attempting to reunite with his wife, Penelope.

When young Brian discovers plans to close a convent of delightfully eccentric nuns, he sets off with them on a wild road trip across New Zealand to save their home.

When Bonnie receives a Lilypad tablet as a gift and becomes obsessed, Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang's jobs become exponentially harder when they have to go head to head with the all-new threat to playtime.

In “Moana,” Disney’s live action reimagining of the beloved Oscar®-nominated animated adventure, Moana (Catherine Lagaʻaia) answers the Ocean’s call and, for the first time, voyages beyond the reef of her island of Motunui with the infamous demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) on an unforgettable journey to restore prosperity to her people.