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Nonprofit film society established in Wollongong, NSW in 2012.

03/11/2026

Sunday 8 November at 7pm, the screens FIRST LIGHT (2024, Philippines/Australia).

Directed by James Robinson. Rated M. 112 minutes.

In the remote mountains of the Philippines, a young construction worker dies in unusual circumstances. An elderly nun, Sister Yolanda, is forced to reckon with his death and face questions about the religious order she's dedicated her life to.

27/10/2026

Sunday 1 November at 7pm, the screens JAWS (1975, USA).

Directed by Steven Spielberg. Rated M. 124 minutes.

Fifty years ago, Steven Spielberg's groundbreaking thriller took audiences on a heart pounding ride of suspense, fear and sheer cinematic brilliance. When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the seaside town of Amity, a police chief, an oceanologist and a veteran fisherman set out to stop it.

20/10/2026

Sunday 25 October at 7pm, the screens ICE MAIDEN (2024, Australia).

Directed by Nathaniel C T Jackson & James Blannin-Ferguson. Rated M. 101 minutes.

Courageous Australian adventurer and sailor Lisa Blair set out to become the first woman to sail solo and non-stop around Antartica. Featuring Blair's own raw footage of her journey, Ice Maiden takes you on the ride of a lifetime.

Nathanial Jackson, director of Ice Maiden will be joining us this Sunday 25 October for an audience Q&A.

12/10/2026

Sunday 18 October at 7pm, the screens HOW TO MAKE MILLIONS BEFORE GRANDMA DIES (2024).
Directed by Pat Boonnitipat.
Thai
Rated PG
126 minutes.

A university dropout low on money volunteers to take care of his terminally ill grandmother hoping to secure her fortune. An endearing portrait of a family grappling with clashing values as they face the impending loss of their matriarch.

06/10/2026

Sunday 11 October at 7pm, the screens THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (1958).
Directed by Akira Kurosawa.
Japanese
Rated PG
139 minutes.

In this thrilling and entertaining epic adventure, Toshiro Mifune is a general charged with guarding his defeated clan's princess as the two smuggle royal treasure across hostile territory. Accompanying them are two conniving peasants who may or may not be their friends. Not to be missed!

16/09/2026

Sunday 20 September at 7pm, the screens ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (1955). Directed by Douglas Sirk.
USA (English)
Rated G.
88 minutes.

This heartbreakingly beautiful indictment of 1950s American mores by Douglas Sirk follows the blossoming love between a well-off widow (Jane Wyman) and her handsome and earthy younger gardener (Rock Hudson).

09/09/2026

Sunday 13 September at 7pm, the screens two films, main feature DAHOMEY (Senegal/Benin/France 2024) supported by local short film THE SPARK ( Australia 2025).

THE SPARK
Directed by Eva Serafimovska. 22 minutes.

The Spark is a documentary postcard from the coastal community of 2515 on Dharawal Country, nestled on the South Coast of New South Wales. Celebrating the voices behind the Electrify 2515 Community Pilot, this film explores the vision to be one of the first fully electric communities in Australia.

DAHOMEY
Directed by Mati Diop. 68 minutes Rated G.

This lyrical hybrid doccumentary charts 26 stolen artefacts as they make their way from Paris to the Republic of Benin. Using multiple perspectives Diop questions how these artefacts should be received in a country that has reinvented itself in their absence.

03/09/2026

Sunday 6 September at 7pm, the IFS screens two films, main feature UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE (Canada 2024) supported by local short film BIN DAY (Australia 2026).

BIN DAY
Directed by Jane Fullerton-Smith. 14 minutes.

Household CEO, Janet, goes head to head with her octogenarian neighbour and serial city council complainer, Alice, over rubbish in the wrong bin.

UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
Directed by Matthew Rankin. 89 minutes. Rated G.

In a surreal interzone somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg, the lives of multiple characters are interwoven in surprising and mysterious ways.

Address

The Gala Cinema, 204 Cowper Street
Warrawong, NSW
2502

Opening Hours

7pm - 9:15pm

Website

http://www.ifs.org.au/

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