Sunshine Coast Film Society USA 2024, 119 min, Drama Director: Scott McGehee Starring: Bill Murray, Naomi Watts, Cloé Xhauflaire What’s going to happen to the dog? That becomes the central question in this gently paced exploration of friendship and grief, both human and canine. The film stars Naomi Watts in a nuanced performance as Iris,...
Sunshine Coast Film Society Northern Macedonia 2025, 99 min, Drama/Comedy Director: Georgi M. Unkovski Starring: Arif Jakup, Agush Agushev, Dora Akan Zlatanova Turkish and Macedonian with English subtitles Ahmet is a 15-year-old boy living in a remote village in northern Macedonia, who is trying to find his own way amidst the strictures of his father’s...
Germany 2025, 112 min, Drama Director: Ido Fluk Starring: Mala Emde, Susanne Wolff, John Magaro German with English subtitles The title refers to the staging of an historic Keith Jarrett concert in Köln, Germany in 1975, which took place seemingly against all odds. The story is a biographical account of Vera Brandes, who somewhat accidentally...
UK/Germany 2024, 117 min, Drama Director: Nora Fingscheidt Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Paapa Essiedu, Nabil Elouahabi Rona, brilliantly played by Saoirse Ronan, tells us that “the past follows us.” But can we outrun our past demons and find redemption? After living a wild life in London, Rona returns to her home on the wild Orkney Islands...
Sunshine Coast Film Society USA/Australia 2024, 93 min, Documentary Director: Sally Aitken This delightful documentary showcases the work of Terry Masear, who has turned her spacious home in the Hollywood Hills into a rehabilitation centre for injured hummingbirds. Bird lovers from all over the Los Angeles area bring the tiny patients to her for help....
Sunshine Coast Film Society Canada 2025, 119 min, Drama/Comedy Director: Philippe Falardeau Starring: Rose-Marie Perreault, George Khabbaz, Paul Ahmarani French and Arabic with English subtitles Pulling off a wedding can be stressful to anyone, but in the case of Alain and Virginie’s big day, just about everything that could go wrong does, yielding scenes both...
Sunshine Coast Film Society USA 2024, 115 min, Drama Director: Kelly O’Sullivan, Alex Thompson Starring: Keith Kupferer, Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Tara Mallen Dan is a middle-aged construction worker whose grief at the death of his only son manifests as rage, causing his employer to put him on leave. At the same time his daughter Daisy’s...
Sunshine Coast Film Society Brazil 2025, 89 min, Drama Director: Gabriel Mascaro Starring: Denise Weinberg, Rodrigo Santoro, Miriam Socarras Portuguese with English subtitles Sometime in the future, the Brazilian government has implemented a policy of sending persons of 75 and older to a colony, to conserve resources and presumably to comfortably live the last years...
Sunshine Coast Film Society UK 2025, 100 min, Drama Starring: Michaela Coel, Ian McKellen, Jessica Gunning, James Corden Director: Steven Soderbergh Julian Sklar, a once-popular London artist nearing the end of his life, is convinced by his son and daughter to hire Lori Butler as his personal assistant. However, the siblings, played by James Corden...
Sunshine Coast Film Society Canada 2025, 87 min, Drama Starring: Ellyn Jade, Star Slade, Shawn Doyle Director: Eva Thomas Nika and Madison are cousins who have chosen very different paths. Nika has remained on the reservation while Madison has gone off to university in Toronto. When Madison comes home on a visit, she is arrested...