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Fwends

Two friends reunite over a weekend in Melbourne in this freewheeling and hilarious portrait of friendship, which navigates the ups and downs of early-twenties life.

The Kidnapping of Arabella

This wacky, funny and fresh road movie chronicles the misadventures of a young woman on the run with a seven-year-old girl.

More Life

Framed within the hyper-performative world of Instagram livestreaming, this is an impressive fresh and beautifully observed debut from actor-director Bradley Banton.

Olmo

Family tensions come to the fore within a migrant family in a small New Mexico town when a bedridden father is left at home alone.

She’s the He

Siobhan McCarthy’s laugh-out-loud film is a much-needed subversion of gender-swap comedies featuring a cast of largely trans, non-binary and queer actors.

Twinless

Winner of two awards at Sundance Film Festival, James Sweeney’s film is an unpredictable and original comedy about grieving, starring a never-better Dylan O’Brien.

Untamable

French-Cameroonian comedian Thomas Ngijol ventures into drama with this fast-paced and dryly humorous detective thriller, which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival.

What Marielle Knows

This sharply observed and darkly comic tale of familial relations will leave you rolling in the aisles and perhaps reassessing your own bond with your loved ones.