27th FEBRUARY
LOST AND FOUND
(Bosnia & Herzegovina/ Bulgaria/ Estonia/ Hungary/ Romania/ Serbia – 2005)
Some of the most talented directors in Central and Eastern Europe come together. More…
19th MARCH
DOMESTIC
(Romania – 2013)
Director Adrian Sitaru puts an absurdist spin on a relationship we take for granted: people and the animals they love, they eat. More…
16th APRIL
LIFE IS A MIRACLE
(Serbia – 2004)
Director Emir Kusturica depicts the life affirming craziness and effervescence of a community trying to stay sane though tragedy. More…
22nd MAY
ELENA
(Russia – 2011)
Filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev delves into the vulnerabilities of human nature with middle-aged Elena and Vladimir. More…
26th JUNE
THE THIRD HALF
(Macedonia – 2012)
Director Darko Mitrevski brings to the screens one of Macedonia’s most treasured soccer stories, with a good dose of love. More…
24th JULY
SINCE OTAR LEFT
(Georgia/France – 2005)
Otar leaves his home town of Tbilisi in search of a better life in Paris. His mother, sister and niece are left behind, their hopes alive. More…
AUGUST
(no screening)
18th SEPTEMBER
EAST OF BUCHAREST
(Romania – 2006)
Corneliu Porumboiu’s acutely funny satirical comedy is set sixteen years after the Romanian revolution that overturned communism. More…
16th OCTOBER
IDA
(Poland – 2014)
This is a moving and intimate drama about a young orphan about to become a nun in 1960s Poland. More…
13th NOVEMBER
RODICAS
(Australia/Germany/ Romania – 2012)
Filmmaker Alice Gruia brings to the screen the extraordinary in the ordinariness of life in this documentary about Rodica Gruia and Rodica Grill, two women of Romanian-Jewish descent who made Sydney their home for the past 30 years and became best friends. More…
3rd DECEMBER
NIGHT WATCH
(Russia – 2004)
Modern day Moscow is governed by the forces of Light and Dark in this fantasy thriller. More…