On the eve of its release, ROMERÍA writer/director Carla Simón was profiled by The Guardian's Philip Oltermann: "No film-maker working in Europe now is as capable of turning birthday gatherings, garden parties or poolside barbecues into thrillingly sprawling canvases of human virtue and vice as the 39-year-old rising star of Spanish Cinema. She makes you leave the cinema with renewed faith that having relatives and keeping in touch with them may actually be a wonderful thing." 

Touring nationally from 9 July to 16 August, the 13th Nordic Film Festival presents an exceptional lineup of contemporary cinema from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Highlights include Elle Sofe Sara's powerful new Sámi drama ÁRRU, Anders Thomas Jensen's outrageous Danish black comedy THE LAST VIKING starring Mads Mikkelsen, and Hlynur Pálmason's THE LOVE THAT REMAINS, a tender, frequently hilarious portrait of an Icelandic family weathering separation.

🏆 Andrey Zvyagintsev’s MINOTAUR, winner of the 2026 Sydney Film Prize and the Grand Prix at Cannes, continues its festival run this August at the Melbourne and New Zealand International Film Festivals. Ticket information coming soon. From the acclaimed director of Leviathan and Loveless, this gripping portrait of a Russian businessman’s emotional and moral collapse under mounting personal and political pressures is already one of the year’s most talked-about films.