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CENTERPIECE SELECTION - 2026 HSBC GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL (6–27 May)

Inspired by real events, the celebrated new film from Fatih Akin (The Edge of Heaven, In The Fade) is a deeply poignant drama about a 12-year-old boy torn between loyalty and compassion in wartime Germany.

OFFICIAL SELECTION - 2026 HSBC GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL (6–27 MAY)

Winner of the Audience Award at the 2026 Berlinale, Faraz Shariat’s electrifying, politically charged thriller follows a young state prosecutor drawn into the fight against increasingly visible far-right extremism in eastern Germany.

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE SEASON COMMENCES 21 MAY

Featuring Isabelle Huppert in a delicious, tailor-made role, writer/director Thierry Klifa’s film is freely inspired by the captivating real-life scandal surrounding Liliane Bettencourt, the heir to the L’Oreal fortune.

SPAIN, 2025

The winner of the five 2026 Goya Awards including Best Film, writer/director Alauda Ruiz de Azúa's quietly spellbinding drama captures the rupture within a family after a young woman defies expectations with her chosen vocation.

BRAZIL/FRANCE, 2026

The warm-hearted new drama from rising Brazilian filmmaker Gabe Klinger (Porto) stars Marina Person as a creatively frustrated 50-something São Paulo sommelier who stubbornly pursues her dream of opening her own natural wine bar.

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE SEASON COMMENCES 18 JUNE

Valérie Donzelli stars in the enchanting new comedy of manners from Grégory Magne (Perfumes) as a wealthy heiress whose plan to stage a landmark concert is derailed by the clashing egos of the virtuosos recruited for the performance.