Jimpa (2025)

Directed by

Sophie Hyde

Genre

drama film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

MA 15+

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A grandmother takes her nonbinary teenager to Amsterdam to visit the teen's grandfather, an aging gay man who came out later in life. The trip stirs up family history and conversations about identity and acceptance across generations.

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What happens

Jimpa is a 2025 drama film co-produced and directed by Sophie Hyde, who co-wrote it with Matthew Cormack. Based on Hyde's own family story after her father, Jim Hyde, came out to his wife as gay when they were married with young children, the film stars Olivia Colman, John Lithgow, and Aud Mason-Hyde. Jimpa had its premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on 23 January 2025. It had a limited theatrical release in the United States on 5 February 2026 and was released in Australian cinemas on 19 February 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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