JIMPA

// In Cinemas February 19th //

From acclaimed director Sophie Hyde (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande), JIMPA is an uplifting multi-generational family story starring award-winning favourites Olivia Colman & John Lithgow. In Amsterdam, an Adelaide filmmaker (Colman) and their non-binary teen (Aud Mason-Hyde) reconnect with the family’s flamboyant patriarch (Lithgow). As old tensions resurface, Jimpa becomes a tender, emotionally precise portrait of queer family, care and the shifting boundaries between generations

Offical selection Sundance 2025
Year

2025

Genre

Drama

Run Time:

113mins

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Director
Writers
Producers
Starring
  • Olivia Colman
  • John Lithgow
  • Aud Mason-Hyde
  • Daniel Henshall
  • Kate Box
  • Eamon Farren
  • Zoe Love Smith
Cinematographer
  • Matthew Chuang ACS
Production Designer
  • Bethany Ryan
Costume Designer
  • Renate Henschke
Editor
Composer
  • Nick Ward

"It earns every emotion and then some, breaking the heart open with such breathtaking truthfulness that you get bowled over just before you land softly in its final frames"

The Wrap

"An abundantly luminous film unafraid of speaking its feelings."

Screen Hub

"...an all-around daring ensemble"

Variety

"Hollywood definitely needs more depictions of families that love and support trans children — and when they're as good as Jimpa, it's even better."

Out magazine

"Hyde proves that she knows how to get the best from actors and tell stories of pure humanity, even as some of these lifestyles are on attack in daily politics."

Deadline

"Hyde’s fifth feature is an affectionate, perceptive observation about the quiet difficulties of family"

Screen Daily

"beautifully cinematic storytelling"

First Showing

"John Lithgow Gives a Career-Defining Performance in Jimpa"

Slug magazine

"Colman, as one would expect, is a pure tour de force"

College movie review

"if there is a breakout star in the film, it is Aud Mason-Hyde"

The Wrap

Screen Australia
Viking Film
Align
Netherlands Film Fund
Aurora Studios
Cineart
Mad Ones Films
South Australian Film Corporation
Adelaide Film Festival

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