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19th December 2025

Mooncake

On the night of her family’s Moon Festival gathering, Lydia, a nervy Chinese-Australian, comes out via interpretive song—unleashing chaos, generational reckoning, and a torrent of long-buried family secrets, all while her younger brother films every second of this family-altering evening. WORLD PREMIERE

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19th December 2025

They Loved Us The Most

When his sister goes missing in Japan, a brother teams up with her teddy bear to solve the mystery. WORLD PREMIERE

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19th December 2025

Listen

A misfit 17-year-old high school viola student pursuing a coveted position at the conservatorium is faced with making an unorthodox decision in order to be truly heard. WORLD PREMIERE

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19th December 2025

Writers In Love

A comedy about two writers whose romantic entanglement takes a sharp turn when they realize they have conflicting ideas about the ethics of writing. As their boundaries clash, the line between storytelling and manipulation begins to blur.. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

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19th December 2025

The Eviction

A group of university dorm students tackle the ethical dilemma of whether or not to evict one of their own over a morally ambiguous offence. Does the punishment fit the crime? NSW PREMIERE

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19th December 2025

The Gathering Light

Based on ‘Birds and Fish’, the non fiction account of the life of acclaimed Australian poet Robert Adamson, The Gathering Light follows Clive, a poet and fisherman living on the Hawkesbury river north of Sydney, as he meticulously prepares to catch a jewfish. They say the original name for them was “jewel-fish” because if you […]

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19th December 2025

Mango Seed (芒果芯)

After an ordinary day at the produce markets, a Chinese working-class father is met with the announcement that his daughter is moving to another city to pursue her dreams. Faced with the approaching separation, they struggle to express to each other the words in their heart.

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19th December 2025

Little Addy

A rowdy singer, sleeping with her guitarist, is blindsided when he quits the band. In all kinds of denial, Addison struggles to write a song to prove to her record label she’s worth keeping solo. ‘Little Addy’ sheds light on the grey areas of consent, and speaks to the hurt inner child – literally. NSW […]

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19th December 2025

Songbird

Charlie, an ambitious Asian-Australian musician is determined to get signed. With her demo tape in hand and an A&R executive in town, she’s ready to hustle her way to the top. But Charlie may have underestimated the glass ceiling she is under. WORLD PREMIERE

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19th December 2025