This forceful debut feature from Cathy Brady frames a raw domestic drama against the backdrop of an Irish community bearing the scars of The Troubles. The story of two sisters who grew up on the fractious border, inseparable as children then torn apart after family tragedy set them on wildly different paths. When one of them, missing for years, suddenly returns home, frayed at the edges, their intense bond is re-ignited. Together, they unearth their late mother’s past and their family’s generational trauma, uncovering deeply buried secrets and reaffirming an inalienable bond as sisters never to be broken again. Winner Best Debut Screenwriter Cathy Brady, British Independent Film Awards. Ireland/UK 2020 (85 minutes)

Presented in partnership with Consulate General of Ireland, San Francisco and SF Irish Film

Oscar-nominated director Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas) shines a spotlight on Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood in this revealing documentary portrait. Still a gloriously photogenic interview subject at 72, with his cadaverously craggy features and perennially jet-black plume of crow-feather hair, the charming Wood muses on his career with the Stones, his passion as a painter and his struggles with drug and alcohol addiction. A genuine, 24-carat rock star guitarist, Wood has played hard, lived fast and somehow survived to tell the tale. With terrific archive footage and appearances by Mick Jagger, Keith Richard, Rod Stewart, Damien Hirst and more. 2019 UK (82 minutes)

Mike Figgis will introduce the film on Zoom

Aaron Falk (Eric Bana) is a strong silent type. A good guy. He is a city detective who returns to his hometown, Kiewarra (Australia’s Victoria) a parched, soulless place, for the funeral of his school friend who it appears shot his wife and kid and then himself. Investigating this crime unlocks dark memories of a crime from decades earlier which implicated Aaron, forcing his family to leave town. Haunted by guilt, told through flashbacks, Aaron delves into the crimes while the sinister, hostile bunch of locals, seethe with secrets and lies heightening the murky mood of the film. Excellent performances all around make this murder mystery totally absorbing. Australia 2020 (117 minutes)

Co-Presented by SFFILM

Sponsor: Australian Consulate General San Francisco