The Saudi Film Commission, in partnership with Australian production company Blacksand Pictures, is bringing Saudi Film Nights to The Sydney Opera House and Sofitel Melbourne on Collins from June 26 - 28. Aimed at fostering collaboration between the Australian and Saudi film industries, the event comprises two separate screenings with two films each. In Sydney, there will be Abu Bakr Shawky's Hajjan, represented by producer Majed Samman and actor Ibrahim Alhasawi, and Sara Balghonaim's short film Me & Aydarous, represented...

Agnès Varda’s highly influential French new wave music drama Cléo from 5 to 7 will screen at The Capitol on Wednesday, July 24 as the next title in The Best Films You've Never Seen series. Set across one evening in wistful, summertime Paris, young singer Cléo Victoire traipses around city streets, cafes, and apartments, awaiting the results of a biopsy that she is certain will reveal cancer. Cléo visits a fortune teller, goes shopping with her maid, attends band practice, interacts...

The Taiwan Film Festival in Australia is back for its seventh edition, travelling to six cities from July to September, For the first time, Adelaide will join Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Hobart, and Melbourne in hosting more than 50 sessions and 20 Australian premieres, along with a pitching competition, Taiwanese bookshelves, and a short film competition. Highlights include opening night film Old Fox from Hsiao Ya-Chuan, as well as a range of international co-productions including Hsiao Ya-Chuan's Love is a Gun,...