Beyond Bollywood
Westpac IFFM Awards Nominee
A Billion Colour Story
- India
- 2017
- 105 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
English
HOYTS Chadstone
Sunday, August 13, 08.30 PM
Sunday, August 13, 08.30 PM
Australian Premiere
Producer Satish Kaushik will be in attendance to talk about the film after the screening
Narasimhamurthy’s acclaimed debut feature, which won a 4 minute ovation at the London Film Festival, explores the personal ...Read More[+]
Westpac IFFM Awards Nominee
A Death in the Gunj
- India
- 2016
- 110 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
English
HOYTS Chadstone
Saturday, August 12, 04.00 PM
Saturday, August 12, 04.00 PM
Australian Premiere
Director / Actress Konkona Sen Sharma will be in attendance to answer your questions in a Q & A before the film.
An extended family gathers for New Years in late 1970s McCluskiegunj, a resort once imagined as a homeland...Read More[+]
Aapothkalin Trikalika (The Kali of Emergency)
- India
- 2016
- 79 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Bengali with English Subtitles
HOYTS Forest Hill
Saturday, August 19, 06.30 PM
Saturday, August 19, 06.30 PM
Australian Premiere
Film studies professor Avikunthak has made experimental films for 20 years now and his latest is the first feature-length fiction film from India to be selected for the Berlinale’s...Read More[+]
Asamapta (Incomplete)
- India
- 2016
- 119 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Bengali with English Subtitles
HOYTS Forest Hill
Sunday, August 20, 4.30 PM
Sunday, August 20, 4.30 PM
Australian Premiere
Based on a novel by prolific author Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Asamapta explores the many challenges facing contemporary ...Read More[+]
Baahubali 1: The Beginning
- India
- 2015
- 169 min
- MA15+
Telugu with English Subtitles
HOYTS Highpoint
Saturday, August 12, 4.30 PM
Saturday, August 12, 4.30 PM
An epic fantasy tale set in ancient India. Baahubali 1: The Beginning is the story of an adventurous and daring man, who becomes involved in a ...Read More[+]
Westpac IFFM Awards Nominee
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
- India
- 2017
- 197 min
- MA15+
HOYTS Highpoint IMAX
Saturday, August 12, 7.30 PM
Saturday, August 12, 7.30 PM
Finally, the answer to the question is here, “Kattappa ne Baahubali ko kyun mara?” (“why did Kattappa kill Baahubali?”). Find out how Amriendra Baahubali ...Read More[+]
Chor (The Bicycle)
- India
- 2016
- 85 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Assamese with English Subtitles
HOYTS Forest Hill
Sunday, August 13, 07.00 PM
Sunday, August 13, 07.00 PM
Australian Premiere
In the rural setting of a small village, the children are enchanted by Raju’s red bicycle which becomes the treasure of the village. Consumed with the desire to experience the exhilaration of it’s ...Read More[+]
Westpac IFFM Awards Nominee
Doctor Rakhmabai
- India
- 2016
- 124 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
English / Marathi with English Subtitles
Drum Theatre
Tuesday, August 15, 07.30 PM
Tuesday, August 15, 07.30 PM
HOYTS Broadmeadows
Wednesday, August 16, 07.30 PM
Wednesday, August 16, 07.30 PM
Australian Premiere
Celebrated actress Tannishtha Chatterjee will be in attendance to answer your questions in a Q & A after the film.
The inspirational true story of Rukhmabai who rose from humble beginnings to become colonial India’s first practicing female doctor. Married off at the age of eleven...Read More[+]
Gurgaon
- India
- 2017
- 108 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Hindi with English Subtitles
HOYTS Broadmeadows
Sunday, August 13, 06.00 PM
Sunday, August 13, 06.00 PM
Australian Premiere
Burdened by his own father’s lack of approval, Nikki, the son of a wealthy real estate mogul attempts to blow off steam by betting ten million loaned rupees ...Read More[+]
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Harikatha Prasanga (Chronicles of Hari)
- India
- 2016
- 105 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Kannada with English Subtitles
HOYTS Chadstone
Saturday, August 19, 09.00PM
Saturday, August 19, 09.00PM
Australian Premiere
An actor in a traditional all-male theatre group wrestles with his own sexual identity in Kasaravalli’s impressive debut feature. While Hari is revered for his female...Read More[+]
Hrudayantar
- India
- 2017
- 134 Min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Marathi with English Subtitles
HOYTS Forest Hill
Tuesday, August 15, 07.00 PM
Tuesday, August 15, 07.00 PM
Australian Premiere
Director Vikram Phadnis will be in attendance to answer your questions in a Q & A after the film.
A moving family drama dealing with the age old tale of a marriage crumbling under the weight of an imbalanced work life balance. Vikram Phadnis’ directorial...Read More[+]
Joker
- India
- 2016
- 140 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Tamil with English Subtitles
HOYTS Chadstone
Friday, August 18, 08.45 PM
Friday, August 18, 08.45 PM
Australian Premiere
A frustrated activist makes himself heard by naming himself President of India. But when the actual President comes to his village to launch a 'Toilets For Everyone' scheme...Read More[+]
Kaul – Calling
- India
- 2016
- 118 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Marathi with English Subtitles
HOYTS Highpoint
Tuesday, August 15, 08.30 PM
Tuesday, August 15, 08.30 PM
Australian Premiere
A supernatural, thriller exploring a mind-wrecking journey of a school teacher in a village ...Read More[+]
Westpac IFFM Awards Nominee
Lipstick under my Burka
- India
- 2016
- 117 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Hindi with English Subtitles
HOYTS Melbourne Central | Opening Night
Thursday, August 10, 07.00 PM
Thursday, August 10, 07.00 PM
HOYTS Highpoint
Saturday, August 19, 06.30 PM
Saturday, August 19, 06.30 PM
Australian Premiere
Four women in Bhopal strike up double lives in this provocative comedy (the poster was a middle finger). From the rebellious student to the erotica-loving grandmother, ...Read More[+]
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Loktak Lairembee (Lady of The Lake)
- India
- 2017
- 91 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
English / Manipuri with English Subtitles
HOYTS Forest Hill
Sunday, August 20, 07.00 PM
Sunday, August 20, 07.00 PM
Australian Premiere
In the floating islands of Loktak Lake in Manipur, Tomba battles severe depression, overwhelmed by life. With his community under political oppression and a crumbling marriage, ...Read More[+]
Manhole
- India
- 2016
- 86 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Malayalam with English Subtitles
HOYTS Highpoint
Monday, August 14, 07.00 PM
Monday, August 14, 07.00 PM
Afraid of being excluded at school, Shalini tries to hide her caste identity and her father’s job as a manual scavenger. But when a tragedy exposes her double life, she must find a way to confront ...Read More[+]
Mantra
- India
- 2017
- 90 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Hindi with English Subtitles
HOYTS Broadmeadows
Saturday, August 19, 07.00 PM
Saturday, August 19, 07.00 PM
Australian Premiere
Emotionally uptight and revealing, Mantra is a family drama, woven with economic, political and sociological themes, a contemporary ...Read More[+]
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Minnamunugu (Firefly)
- India
- 2016
- 130 min approx
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Malayalam with English Subtitles
HOYTS Broadmeadows
Sunday, August 20, 06.30 PM
Sunday, August 20, 06.30 PM
Surabhi Lakshim won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her tour de force portrayal of a widow struggling to make ends meet. With debts piling up, an ailing father to take care of and daughter needing...Read More[+]
Westpac IFFM Awards Nominee
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Mukti Bhawan (Hotel Salvation)
- India
- 2016
- 102 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Hindi with English Subtitles
HOYTS Melbourne Central
Monday, August 21, 06.30 PM
Monday, August 21, 06.30 PM
Celebrated actor Adil Hussain will be in attendance to answer your questions in a Q & A after the film.
When asked by his dying father to take him to the holy city of Varanasi, Rajiv grudgingly leaves office ‘life’ behind to head to Hotel Salvation (life’s final station) where father and son...Read More[+]
My Son is Gay
- India
- 2016
- 155 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Tamil with English Subtitles
HOYTS Chadstone
Saturday, August 19, 05.45 PM
Saturday, August 19, 05.45 PM
Australian Premiere
When Varun comes out to his mother Lakshmi, a school’s head mistress, she is torn between relief at his honesty and fear of society’s reaction. But when he embarks on his first relationship,...Read More[+]
O! Taareee
- India
- 2016-17
- 121 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Gujarati with English Subtitles
HOYTS Chadstone
Thursday, August 17, 07.00 PM
Thursday, August 17, 07.00 PM
Australian Premiere
O! Taareee is about a group of friends, who, for love, friendship and wooing the most beautiful girl in the college, tumble into a politically driven plot ...Read More[+]
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Ottayal Paatha (The Narrow Path)
- India
- 2016
- 97 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Malayalam with English Subtitles
HOYTS Chadstone
Friday, August 11, 06.30 PM
Friday, August 11, 06.30 PM
Australian Premiere
Kerala’s hot streak of producing films which balance arthouse and commercial sensibilities continues with this moving father-son drama from brothers Satish and Santosh Babusenan....Read More[+]
Pelli Choopulu
- India
- 2016
- 124 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Telugu (No English Subtitles)
HOYTS Chadstone
Saturday, August 19, 02.00 PM
Saturday, August 19, 02.00 PM
When Prasanth and Chitra are accidentally locked in a room together at a ″pelli choopulu″ (matchmaking session) they reveal to each other their failed relationships ....Read More[+]
Pinky Beauty Parlour
- India
- 2017
- 130 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Hindi with English Subtitles
HOYTS Chadstone
Friday, August 11, 08.45 PM
Friday, August 11, 08.45 PM
Australian Premiere
Director Akshay Singh will be in attendance to do Q&A with audience.
The obsession with fairer skin provides the spark for actor-director Akshay Singh’s poignant black comedy. When a dead body is found hanging in their beauty parlour, in the holy city of Banaras no less....Read More[+]
Pinneyum
- India
- 2016
- 122 min
Malayalam with English Subtitles
HOYTS Chadstone
Saturday, August 19, 05.30 PM
Saturday, August 19, 05.30 PM
Australian Premiere
Pioneering Malayalam director Gopalakrishnan, whose career spans 50 years, makes a melancholic return with this cautionary tale about a family whose past crime drags....Read More[+]
Poorna
- India
- 2017
- 100 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Hindi with English Subtitles
HOYTS Forest Hill
Saturday, August 12, 06.30 PM
Saturday, August 12, 06.30 PM
Australian Premiere
Celebrated Actor / Director Rahul Bose will be in attendance to answer your questions in a Q & A after the film.
Rahul Bose works both sides of the camera to recreate the historic moment when a 13-year-old from Telangana who became the youngest girl in history ....Read More[+]
Railway Children
- India
- 2016
- 120 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Kannada with English Subtitles
HOYTS Chadstone
Wednesday, August 16, 06.30 PM
Wednesday, August 16, 06.30 PM
Australian Premiere
After 12 year old Raju jumps on a train to run away from home he falls under the control of a gang. Along with fellow recruit Jollu, he stalks the station, dreaming of a better life, naive to the danger he’s ....Read More[+]
Reservation
- India
- 2016
- 130 min approx
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Kannada with English Subtitles
HOYTS Broadmeadows
Thursday, August 17, 06.30 PM
Thursday, August 17, 06.30 PM
Australian Premiere
"Winner of best Kannada film at 64th National Awards
India's affirmative action programme was launched in 1950 and is the oldest such programme in the world. Nikhil Manjoo addresses the side effects ....Read More[+]
Closing Night
Shab
- India
- 2017
- 120 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
English / Hindi / Bengali with English Subtitles
HOYTS Melbourne Central
Tuesday, August 22, 07.30 PM
Tuesday, August 22, 07.30 PM
Victorian Premiere
Director Onir will present the film along with his cast - Raveena Tandon, Ashish Bisht and Raj Suri
Shab is Onir’s recently released film, dominated by themes of desire, human relationships and the intensity at which we coexist ...Read More[+]
Sonar Baran Pakhi (Golden wing)
- India
- 2016
- 85 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Rajbangshi with English Subtitles
HOYTS Broadmeadows
Sunday, August 20, 04.35 PM
Sunday, August 20, 04.35 PM
Australian Premiere
The life story of legendary folk singer Pratima Baruah-Pandey told in three parts by three actresses. From her early years in Calcutta to the riverbanks of Assam....Read More[+]
Sonata
- India
- 2017
- 104 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
English and Bengali with English Subtitles
HOYTS Forest Hill
Wednesday, August 16, 08.30 PM
Wednesday, August 16, 08.30 PM
Australian Premiere
Three middle aged, single women in a Mumbai high rise, share laughter, tears and no small amount of wine in Aparna Sen’s ...Read More[+]
Tope (The Bait)
- India
- 2016
- 87 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Bengali with English Subtitles
HOYTS Forest Hill
Friday, August 18, 07.00 PM
Friday, August 18, 07.00 PM
Australian Premiere
The lives of a faded aristocrat of questionable means, a tree-dwelling soothsayer of dubious ability, and a pre-teen nomad with dazzling tightrope skills all converge in their search for fulfilment in this ravishing ...Read More[+]
Trapped
- India
- 2017
- 105 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Hindi with English Subtitles
HOYTS Chadstone
Saturday, August 12, 08.00 PM
Saturday, August 12, 08.00 PM
Multi talented actor Rajkummar Rao will be in attendance to answer your questions in a Q & A after the film.
When a man accidentally locks himself in a high rise apartment without food, water or electricity, it sets in motion a battle for survival that will push him to the brink. From such a simple premise...Read More[+]
Wrong Side Raju
- India
- 2016
- 145 min
- Recommended for 15 years or above
Gujarati with English Subtitles
HOYTS Highpoint
Sunday, August 13, 06.00 PM
Sunday, August 13, 06.00 PM
Australian Premiere
Part-time bootlegger Raju aims to go legit by opening his own travel agency. But he’s on a one way trip to hell after witnessing a fatal car crash. Caught between powerful corporate interests...Read More[+]