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This film is delightful as it follows a community of swimmers at Hampstead Ponds throughout the year. It has a look and feel of a home movie, but so entertaining!

Meticulous thief Tom Carter (Liam Neeson) has stolen $9 million from banks while managing to keep his identity a secret. But after he falls in love with Annie (Kate Walsh), Tom decides to make a fresh start by coming clean about his criminal past, only to be double-crossed by two FBI agents.

When Zoe (Rose Matafeo) and Tim (Matthew Lewis) find out they are having a baby, they resolve to not let parenthood change them. Tim runs towards being a dad, while Zoe runs away from being a mum. Terrified that her life won’t be her own anymore, Zoe is still determined to tick off a list of their wildest dreams before the baby arrives. Zoe’s increasing denial about her impending birth pushes her, and her relationship, to the limit. 

 DIRECTOR : Curtis Vowell  

 WRITER :  Sophie Henderson 

 CAST : Rose Matafeo, Matthew Lewis, Emily Barclay, Rachel House, Nic Sampson, Madeleine Sami, Alice Snedden, Angella Dravid 

2020 marks the sixth year of The Run Nation Film Festival. The festival is an original, inspiring event that has been attended by running celebrities, thousands of runners and non-runners around Australia, New Zealand & many parts of the world. We receive film submissions from Australia & across the globe and curate it into an incredible two-hour screening. It is not just about running; It is about the celebration of the human spirit, using running as medium of story telling.

Run Nation Film Festival 2020/21 will feature world premieres among many other captivating, fast-moving and emotive short films. Two hours of heart-pounding running – you won’t break a sweat, but you may wipe a tear. From the elite athletes’ experience through to the back of the pack runners, you’ll live the good, the bad and the painful. Because it’s more than just tracks and trails, roads and ultras; these are films that will inspire us all to put on our sneakers and pound the pavement.

Documentary charting the rise of Greta Thunberg, the 15-year-old student on the autism spectrum whose protest for action against the coming climate crisis started with one sign. Now, she’s a world-famous activist heading a global movement.

The perfect film for lovers of literature and intrigue alike, writer/director Rémi Bezançon (A Happy Event) presents a riddle wrapped in an enigma, packed into a cheese-stained pizza box, that begs the questions: Who is Henri Pick, and how did this supposedly illiterate pizza cook write an acclaimed bestseller?

“Henri Pick is an easily digestible and highly cultivated whodunit” – Hollywood Reporter

“Rémi Bezançon has fun creating a hybrid film detailing a story-within-a-story literary investigation conducted by the great Fabrice Luchini.” – Cineuropa

French with English Subtitles

Kit (Henry Golding, Crazy Rich Asians, The Gentlemen), a gay man in his 30s, returns to Ho Chi Minh City for the first time since he was six years old when his family fled the country in the aftermath of the Vietnam war. Struggling to make sense of himself in a city he’s no longer familiar with, he embarks on a personal journey across the country that opens up the possibility for friendship, love and happiness.

DIRECTOR: Hong Khaou

STARRING: Henry Golding, Parker Sawyers, David Tran

A family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his estranged wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and young son Nathan make a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary. Amid terrifying news accounts of cities around the world being leveled by the comet’s fragments, the Garrity’s experience the best and worst in humanity. As the countdown to global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.

In the heart of Chinatown, New York, an ornery, chain-smoking, newly widowed 80-year-old Grandma is eager to live life as an independent woman, despite the worry of her family.

When a local fortune teller predicts a most auspicious day in her future, Grandma decides to head to the casino and goes all in, only to land herself on the wrong side of luck…….

suddenly attracting the attention of some local gangsters. Desperate to protect herself, Grandma employs the services of a bodyguard from a rival gang and soon finds herself right in the middle of a Chinatown gang war.

A young woman can’t let go of everyday items her ex-boyfriends left behind in this romantic comedy. Desperate to let go, she opens a gallery for trinkets from past relationships and opens it up to the public.

Cast:  Geraldine Viswanathan, Dacre Montgomery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Nikki Duval

From the pen of BAFTA award-winner, Jo Brand and starring Sheridan Smith, Mark Addy, and Ella Hunt, THE MORE YOU IGNORE ME is a big-hearted, comedy-drama about an unconventional British family.

Gina (Smith) is a vibrant and loving young mother whose declining mental health separates her from her husband Keith (Addy) and daughter Alice (Hunt).  As she grows up, Alice struggles to connect with her mum but finds common ground with their love for Morrissey. When Alice hatches a plan to bond with Gina, she inadvertently causes chaos that threatens to divide the family forever.

Set to the songs of The Smiths, THE MORE YOU IGNORE ME is a comical, yet sometimes stark insight into life within this quirky and colourful household, and one family’s search for hope and happiness. Don’t miss THE MORE YOU IGNORE ME in cinemas October 8.

100% WOLF is the must-see animation title for the whole family these school holidays. Starring
New Zealand’s own Rhys Darby.

Following the destruction of their spaceship, ten-year-old William gets separated from his parents while traveling through the galaxy. As his rescue capsule lands on a wild and unexplored planet he befriends the friendly robot Buck and kooky alien Flash. Together they adventure through the wild and mysterious planet, discovering its wildlife and beauty but also the dangers that lie beneath!

It’s OLD SCHOOL vs NEW COOL! Starring Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Rob Riggle, Oakes Fegley, and Christopher Walken – this truly is the family comedy for the school holidays. When Grandpa (De Niro) moves in with the family, Peter (Fegley) is forced to give up his bedroom. Determined to get it back, Peter devises a series of crazy pranks to drive him out. But, Grandpa doesn’t give up easily and before long, it’s an all-out war!

It’s been 10 years since the creation of the Great Truce, an elaborate joint-species surveillance system designed and monitored by cats and dogs to keep the peace when conflicts arise. But when a tech-savvy villain hacks into wireless networks to use frequencies only heard by cats and dogs, he manipulates them into conflict, and the worldwide battle between cats and dogs is BACK ON. Now, a team of inexperienced and untested agents will have to use their old-school animal instincts to restore order and peace between cats and dogs everywhere.

An action epic revolving around international espionage, time travel, and evolution. Possibly about a man trying to prevent World War 3 through time travel and rebirth.

Cast: Michael Caine, Kenneth Branagh, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Clémence Poésy, John David Washington, Dimple Kapadia

Director and Producers: Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas

Action, Drama, Thriller

A girl (Dixie Egerickx, The Little Stranger) discovers a magical garden at her uncle’s house in this family fantasy based on the classic children’s novel. When a young orphan is sent to live with her uncle (Colin Firth) and his strict housekeeper (Julie Walters) in a mysterious country mansion, she discovers an enchanted garden that has long been hidden. Together with a local boy, her sick cousin and a stray dog, she explores the limitless wonderland, unlocking secrets from the past which reveal a whole new life of hope and friendship.