07/08/2025
LAST DAYS FOR AGOG DISCOUNT!
Dungog’s annual Feast of Foreign Films is only weeks’ away!
Early Bird price ends this Friday!
Don’t miss out - buy tickets now!
AGOG 2025 - A Feast of Foreign Films Opening Night Movie:
TiNĀ (MOTHER) (M)
-New Zealand
22 Aug 2025, 7:00 pm
Drama, 2hr 05m
Directed by Miki Magasiva
TINĀ is a powerful, inspirational crowd pleaser about the healing power of music.
Samoan teacher Mareta Percival is struggling following a huge personal loss in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
Reluctantly taking on the role of substitute teacher at an elite, wealthy private school - she is surprised to find children crying out for guidance, inspiration and love.
Using the symphony of her culture to empower her students, she forms a choir, bringing them together while unexpectedly rediscovering her passion again for being a teacher and mother.
Tinā was chosen to open the 2024 Hawai’i International Film Festival.
Starring Anapela Polataivao, Antonia Robinson, Beulah Koale, Dalip Sondhi & Nicole Whippy
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FLOW (G)
- Latvia
Saturday 23 August, 10am
Animated Adventure. 1hr 24m
A wondrous journey, through realms natural and mystical. Flow follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood. A thrilling animated spectacle as well as a profound mediation on the spirit of community.
“A stunning visual masterpiece of epic, shifting proportions “
“A feast for the senses and a treasure for the heart”
“Beautiful, inspiring storytelling. A must see!”
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ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (M) - India.
Saturday 23 August, 1pm
Drama. 1 hr 55m
The light, the lives, and the textures of contemporary, working-class Mumbai are explored and celebrated by writer/director Payal Kapadia, who captures the bustle of the metropolis and the open-air tranquility of a seaside village with radiance.
“A soulful study of the power of friendship in all its richness”
“It takes a lot of skill to make cinema seem this effortless”
“A slow poetry and casual sensualness that feels deeply intimate”
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I’M STILL HERE (M)
-Brazil
23 Aug 2025, 3:30 pm
Drama 2hr 16m
Directed by Walter Salles
Oscar nominee Fernanda Montenegro and her daughter Fernanda Torres deliver powerhouse performances in Walter Salles’ (The Motorcycle Diaries, Central Station) long-awaited return to narrative filmmaking with I’M STILL HERE, a gripping historical drama set against the backdrop of Brazil’s oppressive military dictatorship in the 1970s.
Brazil’s official selection for Best International Film at the 2025 Academy Awards, the film is based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s acclaimed memoir, bringing to life a powerful true story of unwavering courage, profound sacrifice, and enduring resilience in the face of systemic oppression.
Set in 1971, the film follows Eunice Paiva (Torres), a mother of five whose life is shattered when her husband is forcibly taken from their home by the military police, disappearing into the brutal machinery of the dictatorship. Left with no answers and mounting danger, Eunice must navigate a society fraught with fear while transforming herself into a relentless activist, challenging the regime’s violence and secrecy to fight for her husband and her family’s survival. Montenegro’s role as Eunice’s mother-in-law brings added poignancy and gravitas to the multi-generational story.
Through Salles’ masterful direction and a script by Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega, I’M STILL HERE captures the anguish of personal loss amidst national upheaval, creating a deeply human portrait of a woman’s fight for justice in the darkest of times. With stunning cinematography and a visceral score, the film is both an unflinching historical drama and a moving tribute to the women who defy oppression to seek truth, no matter the cost.
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MONSIEUR AZNAVOUR (M)
France/Belgium
Saturday 23 August, 7pm
Drama. 2hr 14m
Directed by Mehdi Idir
Just as Marion Cotillard was to La Vie en Rose, Golden Globe-nominated actor Tahar Rahim is to MONSIEUR AZNAVOUR transforming into the iconic singer-songwriter for this hugely entertaining rise-to-stardom biography of the man who beat all odds to not only become one of France’s best-loved entertainers, but personified French culture to the English-speaking world. Led by its star’s astonishing performance and stunning vocal prowess, Mehdi Idir and Grand Corps Malade’s emotional and lavishly-mounted film is a true tour de force as intimate as it is spectacular.
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