Dark Mofo Films
Unravelling dreams and hallucinatory feverish realms. Resurrected, our film program twists the knife into our deepest anxieties and desires.
Presented in partnership with the State Cinema
A punk-metal drummer’s world fractures when he begins to rapidly lose his hearing, forcing him to confront inner demons and past addictions.
2019
Rated (M)
Directed by Darius Marder
A young father discovers the abject horrors of parenthood in David Lynch's cult debut feature, born from the American underground. Since its midnight premiere in 1977, Lynch’s nightmarish vision has seeped into the subconscious of cinema, art, and culture.
1977
Rated (M)
Directed by David Lynch
In this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.
2022
Rated (M)
Directed by Mike Cheslik
In the 80s, three migrant school kids in Sydney's western suburbs form a punk band. The Hard-Ons fight racism, the music industry and the rise of grunge in this documentary origin story.
2024
Rated (MA15+)
Directed by Jonathan Sequeira
A scathing portrait of rural Australia in the late nineteenth century, that can end only in violence. Penned by Nick Cave and directed by John Hillcoat.
2005
Rated (MA15+)
Directed by John Hillcoat
A poet falls in love with an art student who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle—and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.
2006
Rated (MA15+)
Directed by Neil Armfield
In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.
2014
Rated (MA15+)
Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour
Two lighthouse keepers get cabin fever in this tale of obsession, violence and mermaid fornication. From visionary filmmaker Robert Eggers, a hypnotic tale unfolds on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
2019
Rated (MA15+)
Directed by Robert Eggers
A landmark Australian film, presented in a glorious 4K restoration. A young outback schoolteacher’s summer holiday becomes an alcohol-fuelled descent into violence and despair. Since its appearance at the Cannes Film Festival in 1971, Kotcheff’s menacing masterpiece has gone on to influence artists and filmmakers the world over.
1971
Rated (M)
Directed by Ted Kotcheff
After being kept a prisoner in his own home for 30 years, Bubby escapes into the real world. Winner of best film at the 1993 Venice Film Festival, this is Rolf De Heer's dark cult comedy masterpiece.
1993
Rated (R18+)
Directed by Rolf De Heer
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
2011
Rated (M)
Directed by Lars von Trier