THE WHITE RIBBON
Starring: Christian Friedel, Ulrich Tukur, Josef Bierbichler
Director: Michael Haneke
Length: 144mins
Genre: Drama
Language: German
Rating: M- Mature theme and sexual references
    




Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery.
from 15th July

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Starring: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist
Director: Daniel Alfredson
Length: 120min
Length: Swedish
Genre:Crime, Thriller
Rating: TBC
   




Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation.
From 23rd September

ME & ORSON WELLES
Starring: Zac Efron, Christian McKay, Claire Danes, Ben Chaplin
Director: Richard Linklater
Length: 107mins
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Rating: PG
    




In November 1937, high school student and aspiring thespian Richard Samuels takes a day trip into New York City. There, he meets and begins a casual friendship with Gretta Adler, their friendship based on a shared love and goal of a profession in the creative arts. But also on this trip, Richard stumbles across the Mercury Theatre and meets Orson Welles, who, based on an impromptu audition, offers Richard an acting job as Lucius in his modern retelling of Julius Caesar, which includes such stalwart Mercury Theatre players as Joseph Cotten and George Coulouris. Despite others with official roles as producer John Houseman, this production belongs to Welles, the unofficial/official dictator. In other words, whatever Welles wants, the cast and crew better deliver. These requests include everything, even those of a sexual nature. Welles does not believe in conventions and will do whatever he wants, which includes not having a fixed opening date, although the unofficial opening date is in one week's time. In turn, Welles realizes that his name will either be strengthened or ruined in the theater community by this production. Richard is taken under the wing by the production's Jane-of-All-Trades, Sonja Jones. Known as the Ice Queen by the male cast, Sonja deflects much of the unwanted sexual attention by jokingly implying that she and Richard are having a fling, which Richard wants nothing more than to be the truth. As the end of the week and opening night approaches, Richard, having seen Welles' behavior, has to decide if acting in this production is worth it at any cost.
from 12th August

HEDGEHOG
Starring: Josiane Balask, Garance Le Guillermic, Togo Agawe as Kakuro Ozu
Director: Mona Achache
Length: 100min
Language: French
Genre: Comedy, Music
Rating: M - Mature Themes
   




Paloma is a serious, but deeply bored 11-year old, who has decided to kill herself on her twelfth birthday. Fascinated by art and philosophy, she questions and documents her life and immediate circle, drawing trenchant and often hilarious observations on the world around her. But as her appointment with death approaches, Paloma finally meets some kindred spirits, in her building's grumpy concierge, and an enigmatic, elegant neighbor, both of whom inspire Paloma to question her rather pessimistic outlook on life.
From 8th July.

SECOND HAND WEDDING
Starring: Geraldine Brophy, Holly Shanahan, Patrick Wilson, Ryan O'Kane, Tina Regtien
Director: Paul Murphy
Length: 94min
Language: English
Genre: Comedy Drama
Rating: PG
   




A small film with a big heart, SECOND HAND WEDDING is a bittersweet dramatic comedy set in the present, in a time when trademe and e-bay threaten the primeval urge for a firsthand crack at the second-hand. Jill keeps the dream alive until she is forced to confront the habits of a lifetime and concede that no bargain is worth her daughter's happiness. Father of the bride, Brian, quips that Cheryl's upcoming wedding will be the first time anyone in the Rose family has given something away - and that's the crux of it.
From 5th August

MOTHER & CHILD
Starring: Naomi Watts, Annette Bening, Kerry Washington, Jimmy Smits, Samuel L. Jackson
Director: Rodrigo García Barcha
Length: 125mins
Genre: Drama
Rating: MA15+ Strong sex scenes and coarse language
   




Almost forty years ago, a young girl of 14 has sex, gets pregnant, and gives her baby up for adoption. Fast-forwarding to the present day, we meet three very different women, each of whom struggles to maintain control of their lives. There's Elizabeth (Naomi Watts), a smart and successful lawyer who uses her body to her advantage. Any time she feels that she doesn't have the upper hand, and cannot control the situation, she uses her sex appeal - whether that be starting a romance with her boss (Samuel L. Jackson) when she suspects he is trying to start one himself, or finding some way to control her overly friendly neighbor and husband (Carla Gallo and Marc Blucas). Karen (Annette Bening), meanwhile, is a bitter health care professional who obviously has a lot of heart but never shows it. She gave up a daughter at the age of 14 (wonderfully shown rather than told, she is the young girl and mother of Elizabeth), and has never gotten over it - her bitterness inspiring her to lash out at everyone around her - even the gentle man at work who is undeniably drawn to her (Jimmy Smits). Finally, Lucy (Kerry Washington) is a woman who has failed to conceive with her husband, so she turns to adoption to make the family she desires.
From 8th July

MATCHING JACK
Starring: Jacinda Barrett, Richard Roxburgh, Tom Russell, Yvonne Strahovski
Director: Nadia Tass
Length: 103mins
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Rating: M - Mature theme and infrequent coarse language
    




A woman struggles with her son's illness and her husband's infidelity, but, after a chance encounter with an Irish sailor and his son, her life is turned upside down in a love story that defies explanation and breaks all the rules.
from 19th August

ANIMAL KINGDOM
Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce
Director: David Michôd
Length: 112mins
Genre: Crime Thriller
Rating: MA15+ - Strong violence, drug use and coarse language
   




A youngster is given an inside look at a criminal empire that also happens to be his family in this independent drama. Teenage Joshua Cody (James Frecheville) is suddenly on his own after his mother's drug habit catches up with her, and he's taken in by his grandmother Smurf (Jacki Weaver), usually regarded as the black sheep of the family. Joshua quickly learns Smurf's reputation is well deserved; she and her four sons are members of a mid-level crime syndicate that operates out of her home in Melbourne. Baz (Joel Edgerton) looks after the money and is urging Smurf to move into something legit, Pope (Ben Mendelsohn) is a criminal jack-of-all-trades who never lets go of a grudge, Darren (Luke Ford) is an enforcer with an unfortunate weak streak, and Craig (Sullivan Stapleton) is a drug dealer who has become addicted to his own product. When Baz is murdered, the family's voice of reason is gone, and the unstable Pope takes the lead in the family's hierarchy; as a war breaks out between rival families, Joshua is moved out of the house to keep him safe. But Nathan Leckie (Guy Pearce) is a police detective who has found out who Joshua is and what he knows, and he tries to convince the teenager to help him put the Cody family behind bars, though Joshua isn't certain about his loyalties to these outlaws who are also his blood.
From 17th June

FOOD INC.
Starring: Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan
Director: Robert Kenner
Length: 93mins
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Rating: PG
    




The film's first segment examines the industrial production of meat (chicken, beef, and pork), calling it inhumane and economically and environmentally unsustainable.[2][5] The second segment looks at the industrial production of grains and vegetables (primarily corn and soy beans), again labeling this economically and environmentally unsustainable.[2][5] The film's third and final segment is about the economic and legal power of the major food companies, such as food libel laws, whose livelihoods are based on supplying cheap but contaminated food, the heavy use of petroleum-based chemicals (largely pesticides and fertilizers), and the promotion of unhealthy food consumption habits by the American public.
from 19th August

SKIN
Starring: Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige
Director: Anthony Fabian
Length: 107mins
Genre: Biographical
Rating: M- Mature themes and infrequent violence
    




Skin is a 2009 biographical film about Sandra Laing, a South African woman born to white parents but was classified as "coloured" during the apartheid era. Anthony Fabian directs this biopic, and Sophie Okonedo was chosen to portray Laing in the movie.

LEAVING (PARTIR)
Starring: Sergi López, Kristin Scott Thomas
Director: Catherine Corsini
Length: 85mins
Genre: Drama
Language: French
Rating: MA15+ - Strong Sex Scenes
    




Suzanne is a well to do married woman and mother in the south of France. Her idle bourgeois lifestyle gets her down and she decides to go back to work as a physiotherapist. Her husband agrees to fix up a consulting room for her in their backyard. When Suzanne and the man hired to do the building meet, the mutual attraction is sudden and violent. Suzanne decides to give up everything and live this all engulfing passion to the fullest.

FAREWELL
Starring: Guillaume Canet, Emir Kusturica
Director: Christian Carion
Length: 113min
Language: French
Genre: Thriller
Rating: M - Mature themes and infrequent coarse language
   




The French intelligence service alerts the U.S. about a Soviet spy operation during the height of the Cold War, which sets off an unfortunate chain of events. .
From 22nd July