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CULT FAVOURITES

A selection of strange and familiar pleasures
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Dogtooth
Kynodontas​​

Yorgos Lanthimos
Greece  ·  2009

Perverse parents take elaborate measures to shield their adult children from the outside world, in this brilliantly demented fable of power and control – the breakout film for Yorgos Lanthimos.

“Profoundly original, deliciously surreal”​ – Dazed and Confused

​​Screening times, reviews and trailer >>

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Lake Mungo

Joel Anderson
Australia  ·  2008 


Cult Aussie found-footage creeper on the big screen for the first time, this haunting and exceptionally well crafted mockumentary blurs reality and fiction.

“A spine-tingling atmosphere of dread” – Guardian
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​Screening times, review and trailer >>

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Run Lola Run
​Lola rennt

Tom Tykwer
Germany  ·  ​1998

Tom Tykwer’s high-octane thriller of existential pop-art futurism sets Lola in a desperate race against time to save her boyfriend.

​“More exhilarating than ever” – Variety

​​Screening times, review and trailer >>
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The Science of Sleep
​La science des rêves

Michel Gondry
France/Italy  ·  2006

With ingeniously handmade puppets and creative stop-motion animation, cinemagician Michel Gondry creates a vibrant love letter to cinema’s power to invade the subconscious.

“Beguiling… profoundly idiosyncratic” – New York Times
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​​Screening times, review and trailer >>

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    • WELLINGTON
    • NELSON
    • CANTERBURY
    • TIMARU
    • OAMARU
    • QUEENSTOWN
    • DUNEDIN
    • WESTPORT
  • 2026 SEASON
    • MIKHAIL KALATOZOV
    • HONG KONG CLASSICS
    • MUSICAL NOT MUSICAL
    • 70s THRILLERS
    • CONTEMPORARY JAPAN
    • KIWI CINEMA
    • RETRO CLASSICS
    • CULT FAVOURITES
    • FRENCH CONNECTIONS
    • GERMAN CINEMA
    • WORLD CINEMA