A tense psychological drama, inspired by real-life events, set in the rich landscape of Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges (ancestral home of the Wurundjeri people) soulmates, Danny (a well-known journalist) and Emily (an award-winning filmmaker) are dealing with their four-year-old daughter’s disclosure of a confronting event involving a young boy, who happens to be the nine-year-old son of their best friends, the Chalmers.

This charming documentary set deep in the forests of Italy’s Piedmont region follows a handful of eccentric, often squabbling, locals who forage for the rare and expensive white Alba truffle—which can’t be farmed or grown in a lab.

Set in New Zealand over six decades, this poignant story (based on a novel by Patricia Grace) follows the lives of three female cousins who share a strong bond even as they are separated by unfortunate events. SCREENING WITH SHORT FILM, BARNA.

Martin is a morose high school history teacher who seems to have lost his mojo and enthusiasm such that it affects his students, wife and kids. He hangs out a bit with three other middle-aged teachers contemplating their current lives and paths. They start obsessing over an obscure theory by Norwegian psychologist Finn Skårderund, who argues that humans require alcohol in their system to thrive and they begin a drinking experiment: upholding a constant low level of intoxication.

Maryam is a doctor in a Saudi hospital, the only one in town with emergency facilities. Despite her qualifications, she struggles to earn the respect of male colleagues and patients every day. After Maryam is prevented from travelling to Dubai in search of a better job, a bureaucratic mix-up leads her to run for the local elections.

Rosa is about to turn 45 and realises that she's always lived her life to serve everyone else. So she decides to leave it all behind and take charge of her life and fulfil her dream of starting her own business

Shot with solar powered batteries in the Himalayan village of Lunana (population 56), this glorious directorial debut takes place in one of the most secluded and undeveloped areas of the entire world. Ugyen is an aspiring singer living in Bhutan’s capital. He dreams of moving to Australia but first he must finish his final year of teaching service. Slacking on his duties, he is punished by being assigned to “the world’s most remote school”. After an eight-day trek, Ugyen reaches the high-altitude village with more yak dung than people, few amenities, and a bunch of eager-to-learn kids who’ve never seen a car.

Viggo Mortensen (Green Book, The Lord of The Rings Trilogy) directs and co-stars in this touching tale of a weary son’s attempts to reconcile with his formidable father, Willis (a fiery Lance Henriksen, Aliens). Beautifully alternating between past and present, this engaging and thought-provoking drama follows John as a boy, forced by his father into regular tests of masculinity, and John as an adult living happily as a married gay man. It’s clear that John has long been the target of his father’s frustrations. When Willis, in the first stages of mental decline descends back into John’s life, his usual harshness and bitter prejudices flow unchecked. As a son still bound by duty, John must care for the man who hurts him the most. SCREEING WITH SHORT FILM, DWARF PLANET.