The Boys Are Back

Director: Scott Hicks

Year: 2010

When sports writer Joe Warr is suddenly widowed, he is determined to create a happy atmosphere at home for his six-year-old son Artie. But despite his best efforts, he can’t fill the emotional vacuum left by the loss of the boy's mother. Then Joe’s 14-year-old son Harry, from a previous marriage, descends. Having never visited his father before, Harry soon finds himself testing the limits of Joe's patience. Events spiral out of control when Joe has to leave the boys for a few days on business. The older beach kids move in with a riotous party at his home, and by the time Joe hears his elder son's desperate phone messages it's too late: the police have intervened, Artie has been rescued by his grandmother, and Harry has gone back home. Separated once again, Harry refuses to speak to his father. But Joe cannot accept their bond has been broken. To see his sons together again, he knows he must take dramatic action.

Director: Sandeep Kumar Paul

Year: 2026

Science teacher Swarna and her partner Driti move to a suburban town for a fresh start. When a student leaks intimate photos of Swarna online, school authorities turn her private life into a disciplinary issue. Official Selection Busan International Film Festival 2026 - World premiere

Director: Yv Shells

Year: 2026

When Arlo arrives to find Marcus has cooked someone else’s favourite meal, a single question begins to unravel an evening that refuses to stay in the present. Through a fractured timeline set entirely within one dining room, we move between Marcus and Arlo and the relationship that came before, with Una, the woman he met at a late-night bus stop and once talked about marrying. The same table, the same chairs, the same arguments about trust, honesty and what it means to truly see someone. As the timelines bleed together, it becomes clear that Marcus has never fully left the past, and that Una’s ghost sits at every table he sets. When Arlo asks what her own favourite meal is and he cannot answer, the film’s quiet devastation lands completely. CLOCKS is a portrait of a man who loves generously but sees poorly, and the women who carry the cost. It asks what we owe the person in front of us while we are still in love with someone we lost, and whether a feeling ever truly ends.