DRAMATIC FEATURES
From films you will see at next years Oscars to cutting edge indie films, Byron Bay International Film Festival is bringing you a range of compelling, creative and incredibly written feature length films bound to astound, entertain and surprise you.
2022 to sees the return of International Filmmakers attending the festival and we are proud to welcome acclaimed Director Piotr Zlotorowicz visiting from Poland with his debut feature length film Faithbreaker (Wiarotom).
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
OPENING NIGHT FRI 21 & SUN 30 OCT - PALACE CINEMAS
In Ruben Östlund’s wickedly funny Palme d’Or winner, social hierarchy is turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty. Celebrity model couple, Carl (Harris Dickinson) and Yaya (Charlbi Dean), are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged boat captain (Woody Harrelson).
DECISION TO LEAVE
SUN 23 OCT - PALACE CINEMAS
Winner of the Best Director prize at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, The Handmaiden) returns in masterful form in the seductive neo-noir romance.
South Korea’s Official Entry For Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards
EVERYBODY HATES JOHAN (ALLE HATER JOHAN)
SUN 23 & SAT 29 OCT - PALACE CINEMAS
An explosive comedy about the life of Johan, a small town loner with a flair for dynamite who finds himself in constant conflict with his rural community.
FAITHBREAKER (WIAROTOM)
sun 30 OCT - Palace cinemas
Anna comes back home after years away to take care of her mother in last months of her life. She left the village as a child and now she comes back as a young adult and meets her childhood love, Alko.
THE NOISE OF ENGINEs (Le bruit des moteurs)
SAT 22 OCT - PALACE CINEMAS
Alexandre, an instructor at the Canadian customs college, will finds himself under surveillance by police investigators trying to get to the bottom of the sexually explicit drawings that have been troubling the town.