A tender and unflinching coming-of-age drama about queer adolescence, desire and the belonging.

Summer 2006, rural New Zealand. Fourteen-year-old Sid Bookman is caught between childhood and adolescence, navigating a burgeoning sexual curiosity and a desperate desire for acceptance. Her coastal town is quiet and contained, but glimpses of life beyond — reality TV, American pop culture and the occasional seedy chatroom — ignite a restless longing for something more.

Each summer, wealthy out-of-towners arrive, carrying with them a world Sid can only imagine. Drawn to their effortless glamour and an older group of teens, she shapeshifts through versions of herself, hoping one might be enough. But everything changes when her sister returns from university with Freya, a magnetic American whose attention awakens something Sid can’t yet name.

As New Year’s Eve approaches, Sid enters a space between consent and non-consent, where desire and danger blur and she finds herself pushed into a deeply compromising situation she doesn’t yet have the tools to navigate. Sid must confront the painful gap between who she is and who she’s pretending to be.

Executive produced by Academy Award winner Jane Campion.

Accompanying Short: G.O.A.T.

Director: Kimberley Benjamin | Year: 2025 | Rating: Unclassified 15+ | Runtime: 11 mins | Country: Australia | Genre: Comedy/First Nations | Language: English

Hilarious small-town hijinks ensue as a young queer Aboriginal woman falls head over heels for an apparently indifferent new colleague.

In her regional hometown of Broome, Lilah struggles to reconcile her queerness with a narrow small-town mindset – until she falls for a new co-worker and puts her desire to the test. Yawuru, Bardi and Kija filmmaker Kimberley Benjamin turns the parochial workplace comedy upside down, delivering a blast of comedic fresh air that’s full of warm, vibrant performances.

Doors Open: 4 pm | Screening Starts: 4:30 pm