Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
In English with Mandarin Subtitles
Rated PG13 for Some Coarse Language
When ten-year-old Arco steals a time-traveling flight suit to see dinosaurs, a miscalculation strands him in a climate-ravaged 2075. Stripped of the gemstone powering his suit, Arco allies with an imaginative girl named Iris to evade tracking siblings and a rigid robotic police force. As a devastating wildfire closes in, their race home becomes a cross-century fight for survival.
Evoking the whimsical wonder of Miyazaki, Ugo Bienvenu’s breathtaking animated debut Arco delivers a rich and imaginative odyssey about friendship, the climate crisis, and the enduring bonds that connect us.
Fireside Chat:
Join us on Saturday 18 July's session for a post-show Fireside Chat with local animatiors Jerrold Chong and Ervin Han.
In French with English subtitles.
Rated PG.
Presented in collaboration with SGIFF for SGIFF Replay:
Missed last year's edition of SGIFF? SGIFF REPLAY is here!
From 17 July to 8 Aug, SGIFF REPLAY takes over Filmhouse, screening five standout films from the 2025 season that deserve a second run. Snag a spot to our online Q&As with filmmakers Shio Miyake (Two Seasons, Two Strangers), Kent Jones (Late Fame), and Polen Ly (Becoming Human), and hang out with local filmmakers, animators, activists, and poets during our fireside chats and live poetry readings.
Cult legend Gregg Araki returns in full frontal, uninhibited style with a razor sharp erotic comedy that pushes all the right buttons!
When wide eyed Elliot (Cooper Hoffman) lands a dream job assisting boundary pushing artist Erika Tracy (Olivia Wilde), he is plunged headfirst into a raunchy, neon-drenched playground of art, obsession, and dangerously messy workplace dynamics in this glossy and campy sex comedy.
Sundance critics and audiences hailed "I Want Your Sex" as a "hilarious, horny, and unapologetic cure for a sexless generation"
In English
Rated R21 for Mature Theme and Sexual Scenes
On the grounds of a medieval German university town looms an imposing Ginkgo biloba, a tree whose longevity stands in marked contrast to three intimate, human-scaled stories. In 1908, the university’s first female student gains admission into the prestigious botany department, confronting the sexism of both professors and peers. In 1972, amidst counterculture movements, a reserved student finds his attention captured by a fellow housemate and the geranium plant she studies. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a neuroscientist from Hong Kong secures the help of a renowned botanist for an experiment on the old ginkgo tree.
In German, Cantonese and English with English subitles.
Rated M18 for Some Nudity and Drug Use.
Long before Parasite and Squid Game hijacked global pop culture, Park Chan-wook’s operatic, Cannes-winning masterpiece completely redefined what a thriller could be. Don't miss out this re-release of the 4k restoration, for a limited time only!
Oh Dae-su is abruptly kidnapped off the street and locked in a windowless hotel room for 15 years with no explanation. Just as suddenly, he is released, given a suit, a cell phone, and exactly five days to figure out who ruined his life and why. What follows is a pitch-black, hyper violent journey to the absolute brink of psychological vengeance.
In Korean with English subtitles.
Rated R21 for Mature Themes.
TW: Contains themes of Sexual Violence.
You’re cordially invited to the most chaotic dinner of the year.
Fresh from its buzz heavy Sundance debut, Olivia Wilde’s razor sharp relationship comedy hits right where it hurts. Joe (Seth Rogen) and Angela (Wilde) are stuck in a domestic rut, made worse by the aggressively loud, boundary pushing love life of their upstairs neighbors, Hawk (Edward Norton) and Pina (Penélope Cruz). Hoping to smooth things over, Angela invites them down for a casual dinner party. But as the wine flows, polite small talk is instantly traded for a chaotic, hilariously uncomfortable truth game where social etiquette completely crumbles.
In English
Rated M18 for Mature Content and Coarse Language.
Every now and then, a genre film arrives out of nowhere to completely rewrite the theatrical rulebook, and this year, that lightning strike is Curry Barker’s Obsession.
The story kicks off when hopeless romantic Bear uses a eerie "One Wish Willow" to make his long time crush, Nikki, fall for him. It works, but with a massive catch: her newfound "love" instantly mutates into a blood soaked, obsessive situationship.
Produced on a shoestring budget of under a million dollars, this relentless piece of supernatural terror has exploded into an absolute box office success in the US. At the center of the madness is breakout star Inde Navarrette, delivering an incredibly unhinged and nuanced performance, cleverly using the horror framework to look at deeper anxieties surrounding control, consent, and women's bodily autonomy. Judging by the squirming and collective nervous laughter from our team during our preview screening, you are going to want to witness this instant cult classic in a packed theater full of gasping, screaming filmhomies.
In English.
Rated M18 for Violence and Sexual Scene.
