New Madman Titles at this year's NZIFF!
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Big Girls Don’t Cry
Winner of 2026 Nouvelles Vagues International Biarritz Film Festival Grand Prix, Paloma Shneideman's Big Girls Don't Cry is a tender portrait of 14-year-old Sid, as she tentatively traverses insecurity, identity and desire during the summer of 2006. It is a raw, lingering reflection on the clumsy bravado that is growing up, exploring queer adolescence, female shame and burgeoning sexuality.
Coward
Belgium director Lukas Dhont (CLOSE, GIRL) His new WW1 gay romance COWARD follows a gay love story in the Belgian trench warfare front of the World War I. Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne jointly won the Best Actor award at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival for their performances.
The Voice of Hind Rajab
A film by Kaouther Ben Hania. January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 6-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab.
Jim Queen
Unabashedly heterophobic, Marco Nguyen and Nicolas Athané's Jim Queen was the runaway laugh-out- loud hit of the Midnight Screenings at Cannes Film Festival. Jim Queen is a 2026 adult animated comedy film, It follows the outbreak of a virus in Paris that turns gay men into heterosexuals.
The Fox
Nick (Jai Courtney), affable heir to a wealthy rural landowner, discovers his fiancée, Kori (Emily Browning), is cheating on him and wants nothing more than to just fix the problem. One night, he captures a rogue Fox (Olivia Colman), and she offers him a trade-off: if Nick lets her live, the Fox will help him save his relationship.
Fatherland
A pristine masterpiece from Polish Academy Award winner Paweł Pawlikowski, reflecting on history and its shadows on the present, as well as on the undying bond of family ties.
Sheep in the Box
Sheep in the Box is a 2026 Japanese science fiction drama film written, directed and edited by Hirokazu Koreeda. It stars Haruka Ayase and Daigo Yamamoto as a couple who welcomes an infant humanoid robot, following the passing of their son.
Footrot Flats: A Dog’s Tale 4K Restoration
In 1986, the late, great cartoonist Murray Ball turned his hand to directing and adapted his phenomenally successful cartoon strip “Footrot Flats” into New Zealand’s first animated feature film. The film, now celebrating its 40th anniversary, has been remastered in 4K, and the result is a presentation that looks and sounds better than it ever has.
Whistle
An eccentric group of international whistlers descend on Hollywood to compete in the Masters of Musical Whistling, the world’s greatest whistling competition. Egos clash, notes soar, and tears flow, but only one can be crowned the best whistler of the whole entire planet.
Fjord
Winner of Mungui’s 2nd Palme D’or and FIPRESCI Prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival, featuring the industries golden girl Renate Reinsve and Sebastian Stan who both deliver astounding performances. Their lives descend into a devastating cultural clash when their children's strict, faith-based upbringing leads local authorities to investigate them for suspected child abuse.
