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UPDATED: As if your watchlist wasn’t already long enough, check out these late additions!

UPDATED: As if your watchlist wasn’t already long enough, check out these late additions!

UPDATED LIST | 6 August:

Paper Tiger
A crowd favourite at Cannes this year, starring Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller, this film follows a suburban New York family who get caught up with the Russian Mob.

Perfect Strangers
Director Gaylene Preston describes this 2003 movie starring Sam Neill as her “wild child”. It’s easy to see why in this tense exploration of the fine line between love and pursuit, romance and danger, fear and obsession. 

The Red Hangar
A tightly-controlled Chilean thriller set in the 1970s reconstructs the tense hours following the coup d’etat that brought the Pinochet regime to power.

The Friend’s House is Here
In Tehran’s underground art scene, two young women build a blissful world of freedom and sisterhood. But when their creative circle is exposed, they must fight to save each other. 

Congo Boy
In Bangui, Central African Republic, 17 year-old Robert dreams of a career in music, but both his parents are thrown into prison and he is left to look after his four younger siblings while remaining determined to follow his dream.

Looking for Alibrandi
A classic Aussie panelwagon-angst coming-of-age movie from 2000 that’s funny, relatable and achingly sad at the same time. Now restored in 4K.

Extra Geography
A witty, sharply observed coming-of-age comedy about two inseparable teenage girls at an English boarding school whose grand plan to "fall in love" begins to test the boundaries of their friendship.

The Piano
Directed by Dame Jane Campion and starring Sam Neill, Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin, this unforgettable historical romance put New Zealand cinema on the map.

The Chronology of Water
"Kristen Stewart’s first feature, based on a memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch, packs great emotional power into its boldly original form." - Richard Brody, The New Yorker

Franz
"Premiering at TIFF, The Green Border director's non-chronological feature views the Czech-German-Jewish writer's life as if through a crystal prism.” -  Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter

Mockbuster
Capturing the insanity behind the making of low budget creature features, Mockbuster is a unique, in-depth and hilarious glimpse into filmmaking at its most absurd, chaotic and unpredictable. 

Palestine 36
An ambitious fresco detailing the Palestinian revolt against the British Mandate, Annemarie Jacir's Palestine 36 is a personal and powerful portrayal of a people's struggle through History. A film about the past that speaks to the present.

Portobello
Marco Bellocchio's six-episode TV series is a majestic cinematic work investigating the fall from grace of Italy’s most beloved TV host.

Tangles
“For all the sorrow that marks and bruises Tangles, it’s not a depressing film — colored as it is by warmly detailed familial observation and bittersweet humor” - Guy Lodge, Variety

The Cycle of Love
"Delicate and heartwarming, Orlando von Einsiedel’s stirring documentary The Cycle of Love is the kind of film whose sweet subject transcends time and borders." - Robert Daniels, RogerEbert.com 

The Man I Love
An actor, his partner and his new lover. Rami Malek delivers his most subtle performance in Ira Sachs' enveloping and sensuous chronicle set in the New York of the late 1980s.

Tin Castle
An army of twelve living in a mobile home on the side of a countryside road in Ireland. Shot over five years, Tin Castle is an affectionate and heartwarming portrait of a different way of living.

Women on Trial
"A movie that works perfectly well both as an historical document and as a powerful testament to the resilience of women through the generations.” - Veronica Orciari, Cineuropa

And stay posted, as there’s even more to come.

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