A South London playground prompts an abstract meditation on work and play.

A hypnotic, futuristic reimagining of a Buddhist folk tale that speaks to our chaotic moment.

Amid bushfires, the pandemic and punters’ changing tastes, the family behind the Bells Family Carnival fight to preserve its century-long legacy.

Cave paintings collide with cinema in this breathtakingly immersive trip through space, sound and film texture.

Unconventional cinema that tests the boundaries of form and function.

This heartfelt Sofia Coppola–produced drama explores the intricacies of a father–daughter bond blossoming amid queer liberation and the AIDS crisis.

This multi-award-winning interactive VR experience shows the rise and fall of an entire civilisation.

A mystical experience unfolds as the movements of celestial bodies envelop the landscape and its inhabitants.

A jovial, dreamy rumination on love, time, what we collect and how we connect.

It’s the end of the world as we know it and no-one feels fine in Soda Jerk’s latest cinematic remix, which sassily swipes at deepfakes and Trumpism.

Divided by 4000 kilometres, a son and his dying father connect in this profoundly intimate documentary debut.

Bringing echoes of the Coen brothers and Tarantino to the mean streets of Morocco, this Cannes prize-winner is not the Casablanca you think you know.

The stakes are high but the cost of sitting idle is higher for a group of environmental activists who band together to disrupt the oil industry.

An intimate self-portrait of Black model, booking agent and fashion industry changemaker Bethann Hardison’s challenge to the colourist status quo.

A harrowing yet hypnotic true story from the frontline of North America’s abortion debates, told through hallucinatory episodes.

An immersive 3D trip into the heart of Barcelona’s Laberint d’Horta, where a statue of Eros awaits.

This trailblazing work – the first feature made by a woman from Sub-Saharan Africa – sets a story of love and land against a postcolonial backdrop.

First-time director Hsieh Wen-Yee presents a surreal trip through a post-apocalyptic Taiwan.

In this Annecy Best Feature–winning adaptation of the Le petit Nicolas comic books, a mischievous character meets the men who brought him to life.

This essential music documentary asks: why is the 1970s’ most original and ethereal folk singer almost forgotten today?

A pulsating, eerily ambient collage film exploring the impact of colonialism on human desire.

An unprecedented and enlightening chance to witness the world through an autistic child’s eyes.

In this exceptional debut feature, a supernatural discovery transfigures two teenagers’ world of graffiti, grief and suburban exploration.

The winner of Venice’s Best Immersive Experience award remembers Taiwan’s political detainees.

Forbidden desire, memory, revolution, and cinema collide in this queer feminist gem from Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.

MIFF Ambassador Robert Connolly presents a radiant 4K restoration of his debut feature: an entertaining, anti-capitalist caper of greed and deception.

In this sensitively told drama, a teenager’s battle with body image is a microcosm for the crushing weight of beauty standards on all young women.

This oeuvre of outré, starring a then-14-year-old Jennifer Connelly, is widely regarded as one of Dario Argento’s most eccentric and bizarre films.

First-time director Randall Park (Fresh off the Boat; Always Be My Maybe) takes on social mores with this fresh and fun misanthropic comedy.

Bong Joon-ho protégé Jason Yu’s clever horror debut stars South Korean favourites Lee Sun-kyun (Parasite) and Jung Yu-mi (Train to Busan).

A quest for personal and national healing, based on the experiences of a Khmer Rouge survivor.

The supernatural encroaches on a woman’s simple existence in this FIPRESCI Prize–winning tale of folklore, deception and retribution.

An immersive fairytale whose everyday heroes are mothers and children in Italian prisons.

A melancholic, erotic, ironic journey through the Peruvian Amazon, made with the guidance of Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

From the team behind epic environmental VR installation Gondwana (MIFF 2022) comes an intimate experience of (mis)perception.

Becoming one with nature takes a dystopian turn in this visionary rotoscoped romance.