We will be announcing our entire 2026 programme next week! Until then we wanted to give you a peek at another few titles to get you even more excited for the great year of cinema ahead.
Each year, our programme is broken down into several series focusing on a theme, region, director or genre. Last year’s series included Akira Kurosawa and Dancing on the Edge.
Today we’re announcing the full details of two key series within our 2026 programme.
Disappearing Acts
One of our most exciting themes this year is Disappearing Acts. This collection of uncanny tales of disappearances, reappearances, and doublings starts with our opening night film of Picnic at Hanging Rock and includes the Kiwi sci-fi film The Quiet Earth, which we announced last week. It continues with:
- Don’t Look Now – A married couple grieving the recent death of their young daughter are in Venice when they encounter two elderly sisters, one of whom is psychic and brings a warning from beyond. This 1973 chiller by UK director Nicholas Roeg based on a story by Daphne Du Maurier will scandalise and stun on the Embassy screen.
- Lake Mungo – Cult Aussie found-footage creeper on the big screen for the first time, this haunting and exceptionally well crafted faux documentary blurs reality and fiction.
- Vertigo – James Stewart plays a detective with agoraphobia who becomes entranced by a mysterious blonde woman after rescuing her from San Francisco Bay. Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 classic is often cited as the best of all time, it is our closing night film for 2026.
Hong Kong Classics
Despite being just over 1,100 square kilometres of land, Hong Kong has had a significant impact on global cinema – especially in the 1980s and 90s. We’re excited to be playing three classic films from different genres.
We couldn’t miss the chance to play one of Hong Kong’s most important exports – action cinema! We’ve already announced that we’re screening Ringo Lam’s City on Fire, in which an undercover cop infiltrates a gang planning a major jewellery heist. We’re also playing:
- Fallen Angels – Director Wong Kar-Wai is one of Hong Kong’s most significant auteurs, and this 1995 film is one of his best. In the neon-washed underworld of present-day Hong Kong, Fallen Angels intertwines two exhilarating tales of love and isolation in a blitz of ultra-hip style and classical cinematic sensibilities.
- Boat People – in Ann Hui’s 1982 film, a Japanese photojournalist in postwar Vietnam uncovers the brutal reality of poverty and repression beneath the government’s utopian facade.
We’ll be back next week with the full line up of over 30 titles!