Launceston Film Society

MA 15+ (Strong violence and themes)

Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy) is a young Scottish doctor who capriciously goes to Uganda following medical school. In Africa, Garrigan can escape the homeland he finds stifling, help people in need and, most of all, find a bit of fun.
 
All the while, he knows nothing about Uganda, its people or […]

M (Moderate coarse language)

Bubble is a small, intimate story about three doll factory workers in a bleak Ohio town. Martha (Debbie Doebereiner) is a middle-aged worker in a doll factory. Her existence is one of routine, and its sameness offers her comfort. There are two men in her life, but no romance. Her infirm father […]

M (Moderate themes)

Chinese born Australian filmmaker, Tony Ayres drew deeply on his childhood memories to create The Home Song Stories. Set in the 60’s, Tom (Joel Lok) juggles the weight of the world on his young, vulnerable shoulders. His glamorous, flighty and unstable mother, Rose (Joan Chen), a Shanghai nightclub singer, heads for Melbourne after […]