Join us for an intimate arthouse film experience

Explore our latest films screenings below.

We screen our films at Centrestage on Don Street, Invercargill.
Doors open at 6:30pm with the film starting at 7pm sharp.


Queer
Apr
9

Queer

Doors open at 6:30pm.
Screening starts at 7pm sharp.

Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey and Oscar-nominee Lesley Manville lead this William S Burroughs adaptation from director Luca Guadagnino. In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee (Craig), an American expat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.

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Becoming Led Zeppelin
Apr
30

Becoming Led Zeppelin

Doors open at 6:30pm
Screening starts at 7pm sharp.

Becoming Led Zeppelin explores the origins of this iconic group and their meteoric rise in just one year against all the odds. Powered by awe-inspiring, psychedelic, never-before-seen footage, performances, and music, Bernard MacMahon’s experiential cinematic odyssey explores Led Zeppelin’s creative, musical, and personal origin story. The film is told in Led Zeppelin’s own words and is the first officially sanctioned film on the group.

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All We Imagine As Light
May
7

All We Imagine As Light

Doors open at 6:30pm
Screening starts at 7pm sharp.

Award-winning filmmaker Payal Kapadia directs this romantic drama, the first Indian film to receive the Grand Prix at Cannes. In Mumbai, nurse Prabha is caught off-guard by an unexpected gift from her estranged husband; while her younger roommate, Anu, is desperate to find a spot in the city to be alone with her boyfriend. 

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My Favourite Cake
May
14

My Favourite Cake

Doors open at 6:30pm
Screening starts at 7pm sharp.

Mahin lives alone in Tehran since her husband’s death and her daughter’s departure for Europe, until an afternoon tea with friends leads her to break her solitary routine and revitalize her love life.

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The Salt Path
Jun
4

The Salt Path

Doors open at 6:30pm
Screening starts at 7pm sharp.

The screen adaptation of the best-selling memoir by Raynor Winn, starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs, directed by Marianne Elliott, THE SALT PATH is set against the stunning landscapes of the South West Coast Path in the UK. Beautifully capturing the rawness of nature, the challenges of the journey, and the profound connection between people and the natural world, it's a poignant exploration of survival, hope, and the power of the human spirit when faced with adversity.

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Small Things Like These
Jun
11

Small Things Like These

Doors open at 6:30pm
Screening starts at 7pm sharp.

Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy and Oscar-nominees Emily Watson and Ciarán Hinds star in this adaptation of Irish author Claire Keegan's novella.  It is 1985 in the run-up to Christmas in a small town in County Wexford, Ireland. Bill Furlong toils as a coal merchant to support himself, his wife and his five daughters. Early one morning while out delivering coal at the local convent, he makes a discovery that forces him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a town controlled by the Catholic Church.

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Maria
Jun
18

Maria

Doors open at 6:30pm
Screening starts at 7pm sharp.

Academy Award-winner Angelina Jolie is Maria Callas, one of the most iconic performers of the 20th century, in acclaimed director Pablo Larraín’s operatic masterpiece. The film follows the American-Greek soprano as she retreats to 1970s Paris after a glamorous and tumultuous life in the public eye. MARIA reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days as the diva reckons with her identity and life.

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The Last Showgirl
Apr
2

The Last Showgirl

Doors open at 6:30pm.
Screening starts at 7pm sharp.

Based on the true story of Eunice Paiva, a Brazilian activist of the anti-military dictatorship movement who spent years investigating her husband's disappearance.  In Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, during the dictatorship, former deputy Rubens Paiva was taken from his home by soldiers to be interrogated. He was never found again. The search for truth lasts 30 long years and when the answers begin to appear, Eunice Paiva feels the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.

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I’m Still Here
Mar
26

I’m Still Here

Doors open at 6:30pm.
Screening starts at 7pm sharp.

Based on the true story of Eunice Paiva, a Brazilian activist of the anti-military dictatorship movement who spent years investigating her husband's disappearance.  In Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, during the dictatorship, former deputy Rubens Paiva was taken from his home by soldiers to be interrogated. He was never found again. The search for truth lasts 30 long years and when the answers begin to appear, Eunice Paiva feels the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.

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Anora
Mar
19

Anora

Doors open at 6:30pm.
Screening starts at 7pm sharp.

Sean Baker's Palme d'Or winner ANORA is an audacious, thrilling, and comedic variation on a modern day Cinderella story. Mikey Madison captivates as Ani, a young sex worker from Brooklyn whose life takes an unexpected turn when she meets and impulsively marries Vanya, the impetuous son of a Russian billionaire. However, when Vanya's parents catch wind of the union, they send their henchmen to annul the marriage, setting off a wild chase through the streets of New York.

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A Real Pain
Mar
12

A Real Pain

Doors open at 6:30pm.
Screening starts at 7pm sharp.

A REAL PAIN follows mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) as they reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

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Sing Sing
Mar
5

Sing Sing

Doors open at 6pm to allow for new members.
Screening starts at 7pm sharp.

Based on the remarkable true story of Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, who finds purpose by acting in a theatre group with other incarcerated men. When a wary outsider joins the group, the men decide to stage their first original comedy, in this stirring true story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art, starring an unforgettable ensemble cast of formerly incarcerated actors.

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Kneecap
Nov
20

Kneecap

Winner of the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival 2024, KNEECAP is set in west Belfast in 2019, and chronicles how fate brings the trio together and how they then go on to “change the sound of Irish music forever”.  Based on the origin story of the riotous and ground-breaking Irish-language rap trio Kneecap, the film stars the band’s Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí in their acting debuts.

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Origin
Nov
13

Origin

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay uses a blend of drama and non-fiction to adapt Isabel Wilkerson's novel Caste: The Origins of our Discontents, which explores the roots of racial and social hierarchies. While grappling with tremendous personal tragedy, Isabel (Ellis-Taylor) sets herself on a path of global investigation and discovery. Despite the colossal scope of her project, she finds beauty and bravery while crafting one of the defining American books of our time.

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Run Lola Run
Nov
6

Run Lola Run

Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.

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Copa ‘71
Oct
23

Copa ‘71

Tells the story of the 1971 Women’s World Cup, which saw soccer teams from all over the world gather in Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium to compete in front of more than 100,000 spectators. It was the last women’s World Cup until the official FIFA event 20 years later. Dismissed by the male-dominated football associations around the world, the event was written out of history — until now.

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Io Capitano
Oct
16

Io Capitano

BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah) won the Best Director Silver Lion at Venice 2023 for this contemporary odyssey of two young men who leave Senegal for Europe. To do so, they must contest with the dangers of the desert, the perils of the sea, and the ambiguities of the human soul. Nominated for Best International Film at the 2024 Academy Awards.

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Radical
Sept
25

Radical

Winner of the Sundance Film Favourite Award, Radical is based on the true story of an inspiring educator who refused to let his students be defined by their circumstances.

In a Mexican border town plagued by neglect, corruption, and violence, a frustrated teacher (Eugenio Derbez) tries a radical new approach to break through his students’ apathy and unlock their curiosity, their potential… and maybe even their genius.

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The Taste of Things
Sept
18

The Taste of Things

France, 1885. The talented cook Eugenie has worked for the preeminent gourmet Dodin for the last two decades. Their mutual admiration turns into a romance, and gives rise to dishes, one more delicious than the next, that confound even the world’s most illustrious chefs. But Eugenie is fond of her freedom and has never wanted to marry Dodin, so he decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her.

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Late Night with the Devil
Sept
11

Late Night with the Devil

31 October, 1977. Johnny Carson rival, Jack Delroy, is the host of ‘Night Owls’, a once hugely popular syndicated talk show. A year on from the tragic death of Jack’s wife, ratings have plummeted and sponsors are getting nervous. Desperate to turn his fortunes around, Jack pulls out all the stops for his annual Halloween special, booking a psychic, a professional skeptic, a parapsychologist and a young girl allegedly possessed by the devil. What could possibly go wrong?

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The Boy and the Heron
Sept
4

The Boy and the Heron

Fantasy drama from Studio Ghibli master Hayao Miyazaki. While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one.”

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Ka Whawhai Tonu
Aug
28

Ka Whawhai Tonu

Amidst the chaos of the infamous 1864 siege of Ōrākau in the Waikato, two rangatahi must seize command of their destinies, and fight for their freedom. Facing insurmountable odds, Māori defiantly stand their ground against the relentless advance of colonial forces in a struggle for sovereignty. Presented in te reo Māori, this ambitious historical drama tells the story of a pivotal moment in the New Zealand land wars from a Māori perspective. Alongside seasoned actors Temuera Morrison, Cliff Curtis and Brit Jason Flemyng, the lead roles are played by newcomers Paku Fernandez and Hinerangi Harawira-Nicholas.

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Joika
Aug
21

Joika

Talia Ryder (Never Rarely Sometimes Always) and Diane Kruger (In the Fade) lead writer-director James Napier-Robertson's (The Dark Horse) telling of the true story of Joy Womack, who made history as an American ballerina accepted into the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. At fifteen years old she left her family home in Texas to travel to Moscow to follow her dream – to become a Prima Ballerina at the world's most renowned ballet company. Little did she know just how brutal that journey would be.

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Monster
Aug
14

Monster

When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong in this Cannes award-winning suspense drama from filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters).

Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms into the school demanding to know what's going on. But as the story unfolds through the eyes of mother, teacher and child, the truth gradually emerges.

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Kinds of Kindness
Aug
7

Kinds of Kindness

KINDS OF KINDNESS is a triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.

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Robot Dreams
Jul
31

Robot Dreams

Nominated for Best Animated Feature at this year’s Oscars, ROBOT DREAMS is the story of Dog, a lonely canine who builds himself a robot for companionship. Their friendship blossoms as they embark on adventures (and misadventures) across the city, from taking the subway to Chinatown to roller skating in Central Park. But they are soon separated on the beach. Dog, devastated at the loss of his friend, does everything in his power to get Robot back.

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Civil War
Jul
24

Civil War

Oscar nominee Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog) stars alongside Wagner Moura (Narcos) and Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla) in this action-drama written and directed by Alex Garland (Annihilation). Set in the near future, where civil war has torn through America, the film follows a group of war journalists who hit the road and travel across the country in the hopes of capturing the most important—and most dangerous—story of the conflict.

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Afire
Jun
19

Afire

A seaside vacation takes an unexpected turn when Leon and Felix show up at Felix’s family’s holiday home to discover Nadja, a mysterious woman, already there. As an ever-encroaching forest fire threatens their well-being, relationships are tested and romances are kindled.

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How to Have Sex
Jun
12

How to Have Sex

Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday, drinking, clubbing and hooking up in what should be the best summer of their lives. Winner of the Un Certain Regard prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, HOW TO HAVE SEX is a vibrant and authentic depiction of the agonies, ecstasies and ride-or-die glory of young female friendship.

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The Old Oak
Jun
5

The Old Oak

The great Ken Loach and his regular writer Paul Laverty reunite for this Palme d'Or-nominated drama centred on the last remaining pub in an area that's become ideal for housing Syrian refugees. The Old Oak is the last pub standing, and the only remaining public space where people can meet in a once-thriving mining community that has seen thirty hard years of decline. TJ Ballantyne, the landlord, hangs on to The Old Oak by his fingertips, and his predicament is endangered even more when the pub becomes contested territory after the arrival of Syrian refugees who are placed in the village without any notice. In an unlikely friendship, TJ meets a curious young Syrian woman, Yara and so unfolds a deeply moving drama about their fragilities and hopes.

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Fallen Leaves
May
15

Fallen Leaves

Award-winning Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki landed yet another Palme d'Or nomination, and the Jury Prize, at Cannes with FALLEN LEAVES. It tells the story of Ansa, a supermarket shelf-stocker on a zero-hour contract, later a recyclable plastic sorter, and Holappa, a sandblaster, an alcoholic, later an ex-alcoholic, whose paths have accidentally crossed and who, despite adversity and misunderstandings, try to build some kind of relationship on the harsher side of the welfare state.

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Before Sunrise
May
8

Before Sunrise

A step back in time to watch Richard Linklater’s award-winning film that started a beloved trilogy.  Young American lad Jesse manages to convince beautiful French stranger Celine to hop off the train with him and spend the next few hours wandering Vienna. But what starts as a brash, impulsive move soon turns into a night of fleeting romance, one that threatens to end when they have to part in the morning.

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Riceboy Sleeps
May
1

Riceboy Sleeps

In this touching drama set in the 1990s, a Korean single mother raises her son in the Canadian suburbs. Over the course of an especially tumultuous decade, both must navigate the difficulties of fitting in, growing apart, and attempting to find each other again.

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The Iron Claw
Apr
10

The Iron Claw

The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports.

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May December
Apr
3

May December

Despite what began as a shocking affair, then 36-year old Gracie and 13-year old Joe now lead a seemingly picture-perfect suburban life some 20 years later. Their domestic bliss is disrupted when Elizabeth, a famous actress, arrives in their tight-knit community to research her upcoming role as Gracie. As Elizabeth ingratiates herself into the everyday lives of Gracie and Joe, the uncomfortable facts of their scandal unfurl, causing long-dormant emotions to resurface. In May December, director Todd Haynes explores one of the great talents of the human species: our colossal refusal to look at ourselves.

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Perfect Days
Mar
27

Perfect Days

Hirayama seems utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo. Outside of his very structured everyday routine he enjoys his passion for music and for books. And he loves trees and takes photos of them. A series of unexpected encounters gradually reveal more of his past. A deeply moving and poetic reflection on finding beauty in the everyday world around us.

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Priscilla
Mar
20

Priscilla

When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a gentle best friend. Through Priscilla’s eyes, Sofia Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American myth in Elvis and Priscilla's long courtship and turbulent marriage, from a German army base to his dream-world estate at Graceland, in this deeply felt and ravishingly detailed portrait of love, fantasy, and fame.

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