Join us for the Australian Premiere screenings of Sang-il Lee’s epic new drama KOKUHŌ, as it opens the 2025 Japanese Film Festival. These Premiere screenings are being held 7.30pm Thu 6 Nov in Bris (nb: additional session, 7pm session SOLD OUT!), 7.30pm Wed 12 Nov in Canb, 7.30pm Tue 18 Nov in Per, 7.30pm Tues 25 Nov in Melb (SOLD OUT!) and 7.30pm Thu 27 Nov in Syd, with encore screenings to follow. Spectacularly bringing the intricate style and all-consuming dedication of the Japanese Kabuki artist to the big screen, KOKUHŌ stormed the national box office in 2025 to become a true cultural phenomenon. Hurry - tickets selling fast!

Screening across Australia until 22 Oct, the 26th annual Italian Film Festival arrives on the back of a bumper year. Among the line-up of Australian Premieres are: Paolo Genovese's hilarious comedy-of-manners SOMEBODY TO LOVE; Ferzan Özpetek's couture comedy-drama DIAMONDS; Gabriele Salvatores' compelling new period drama NAPOLI-NEW YORK; Mimmo Calopresti's evocative docu-drama GIANNI VERSACE - EMPEROR OF DREAMS, and Mario Martone's elegant biopic of writer Goliarda Sapienza FUORI, among many others.

The resounding audience favourite of the 2025 Alliance Française French Film Festival, writer/director Emmanuel Courcol's feel-great new comedy MY BROTHER'S BAND follows the warm, funny, and deeply affecting journey of two very different siblings - one a renowned orchestra conductor, the other the trombonist in a community brass band - who after being separated by fate, are reunited by music.