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Women Make Film

Gender diversity is a year-round consideration for our film programmes, and in March we celebrate International Women's Day by kicking off our year round showcase of films by Women Directors.

Experience all this in this year’s WOMEN MAKE FILM festival.

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31 wins & 63 nominations including 2024 Cannes Grand Prix Winner.

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In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. A trip to a beach town allows them to find a space for their desires to manifest.

Ticket discount: Migrant Workers (including Foreign Domestic Workers) can enjoy $4 off weekend ticket prices for weekend screenings (Fri-Sun).

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Black Box DiariesNC16

-The Projector Exclusive-

BLACK BOX DIARIES follows director and journalist Shiori Ito's courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Unfolding like a thriller and combining secret investigative recordings, vérité shooting and emotional first-person video, Shiori's quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country's desperately outdated judicial and societal systems.

TW: This film has themes on sexual assault.

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Don't Cry, ButterflyNC16

4 wins & 7 nominations including 2024 Venice Film Festival Winner - Critics' Week Award - Best Film.

In a suburban town near Hanoi in the early 2000s, housewife Tam finds out that her husband is cheating on her. Instead of confronting him, she voodoos her husband back into love.

A coming-of-age story that depicts the love and friendship between two high-school girls, both daughters of police officers. Despite differing financial circumstances, the girls share a close bond. However, their relationship is tested when a young policeman moves into their flat. As the girls navigate the complexities of life, the story delves into the challenges of growing up.

From the studio that brought you "How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies".

Documentary

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11 wins & 11 nominations including 2024 Venice FIlm Festival Winner - Best Director (authors under 40 award)

Usually, when people say a film was the first to do something, they're just exaggerating. But with MISTRESS DISPELLER, Elizabeth Lo really has done something totally unprecedented. It's safe to say no other film has managed to capture this kind of intimacy, closely following a real-life couple (and the mistress) as they deal with their extramarital affair in a particularly unusual fashion.

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Desperate to save her marriage, a woman in China hires a professional to go undercover and break up her husband’s affair. With strikingly intimate access, Mistress Dispeller follows this unfolding family drama from all corners of a love triangle.

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When the glittering Las Vegas revue she has headlined for decades announces it will soon close, a glamorous showgirl must reconcile with the decisions she’s made and the community she has built as she plans her next act.

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The Substance M18

133 wins & 277 nominations including Winner for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (Demi Moore) at the 82nd Annual Golden Globes and Winner for Best Makeup and Hairstyling at the 97th Academy Awards.

5 Oscar nominations including Best Motion Picture of the Year.

A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself. Starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley.

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