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The Fox

Directed by Dario Russo
Australia
2025
90 mins

Synopsis

Jai Courtney and Emily Browning star alongside Olivia Colman as a talking fox and Sam Neill as a magpie in this absurdly comic Australian folktale from Dario Russo (Danger 5). SXSW 2026.

Jai Courtney (Dangerous Animals, SFF 2025) stars as Nick, a small-town, himbo fox catcher and heir to a large estate. But his personal life is a mess – his fiancée, Kori (Browning, Sleeping Beauty, SFF 2011), is caught sleeping with her boss, Derek (Damon Herriman, Together, SFF 2025), who is the husband of her best friend Diana (Claudia Doumit, The Boys). This entangled foursome of adultery and toxic relationships gets upended when Nick catches a mysterious Fox (voiced by Colman) who promises him the perfect wife in exchange for freedom. Nick accepts the Fox’s proposal but soon gets more than he bargained for. A devilish folktale made with remarkable animatronic puppetry for the titular Fox and Magpie (Neill).

“It’s inventive in its savagery, almost always perturbing, but succeeds at the kind of absurd genre blend that made Yorgos Lanthimos a household name.”
Zachary Lee, RogerEbert.com

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Tickets

Thu 4 June 2026, 6pm
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Sydney Opera House Playhouse
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Sat 6 June 2026, 5:15pm
Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace - Cinema 4
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Sun 7 June 2026, 6:15pm
Ritz Cinemas Randwick - Cinema 1
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  • Program Strand
    Features
  • Year
    2025
  • Classification
    Unclassified 18+
  • Country
    Australia
  • Language
    In English
  • Director
    Dario Russo
  • Producer
    Kristina Ceyton, Samantha Jennings, Carly Maple
  • Cast
    Jai Courtney, Emily Browning, Olivia Colman
  • Screenwriter
    Dario Russo
  • Cinematographer
    Matthew Chuang
  • Editor
    Dario Russo
  • Genre
    Australian, Comedy, Fantasy & Sci-Fi
  • Premiere
    NSW Premiere
  • Company Credits
    Australian Distributor: Madman Entertainment

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