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12/06/2026

LA GRAZIA screens first on this weekend's award winning Double BillL

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The director of Oscar winner 'The Great Beauty' imagines the final days in office of a fictional President of the Italian Republic in this Venice Film Festival opener.

11/06/2026

Australian film-maker behind Picnic at Hanging Rock and Gallipoli celebrated for defining country’s culture and ‘global influence on craft, form and storytelling’

11/06/2026

MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN screens second on this weekend's award winning Double Bill

A primary school teacher in Russia pushes back on cruel nationalist propaganda in a fascinating and daring look at everyday encroachment

10/06/2026

LA GRAZIA screens first on this weekend's award winning Double Bill

The director has rediscovered his voice working again with actor Toni Servillo, who plays a president looking back on a career of empty rectitude

09/06/2026

Screening second n this weekend's award winning Double Bill
MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN
PG 90 mins Russia 2025
Dir: David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin

Oscar winner: Best Documentary Feature!
As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia are transformed into recruitment stages for the war. Facing the ethical dilemma of working in a system defined by propaganda and violence, a brave teacher films what's really happening in his own school.Directed by David Borenstein and co-directed by Pasha Talankin, this uniquely collaborative film is as captivating and joyful as it is eye-opening and sobering. MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN showcases rare footage that reveals the profound impact of Putin’s regime on the lives of everyday Russians, particularly its children.

08/06/2026

Screening first on this weekend's award winning Double Bill
LA GRAZIA
M 130 mins Italy 2025 Dir: Paolo Sorrentino
Stars: Toni Servillo, Anna Ferzetti, Massimo Venturiello
From Oscar-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino comes the highly anticipated new drama LA GRAZIA (“Grace”), following it's successful run at last year's ST. ALi Italian Film Festival.

The iconic Toni Servillo stars as Mariano De Santis, President of the Italian Republic (with no connection to any real-life presidents; he is entirely a product of Sorrentino’s imagination).

A widower and a Catholic, De Santis has a daughter, Dorotea (Anna Ferzetti), who is a legal scholar like himself. As his term draws to a close, amid seemingly uneventful days, two final duties arise: deciding on two delicate petitions for a presidential pardon. These are true moral dilemmas which become tangled, in ways that seem impossible to unravel, with his private life. Driven by doubt, De Santis will have to decide… and so with a deep sense of responsibility, that is exactly what this remarkable Italian President will do.

07/06/2026

Our Double Bill this weekend features a new drama from award winning film maker Paolo Sorrentino, and an Oscar winning documentary from Russia

07/06/2026

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 screens first on this weekend's Double Bill

The legacy sequel, The Devil Wears Prada 2, made me feel that nostalgia again and I cannot thank the creators enough. It’s one of the most perfect sequels I’ve seen, with highly-entertaining script…

06/06/2026

Have you booked your tickets yet for this powerful film, screening as part of the special event on Saturday 20 June at 1.00 pm?

06/06/2026

THE AMATEUR screens second on this weekend's Double Bill

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