Jirga premiered at the Sydney Film Festival on 8 June 2018 where it was the only Australian film in competition . Afterwards it was screened at the New Zealand Film Festival and then various other Film Festivals across Australia including CinefestOz , Melbourne International Film Festival and the Adelaide Film Festival . Jirga had its North American premier at the Toronto International Film Festival . It was released in Australian cinemas on 27 September 2018 . Jirga has a mixed but mostly positive critical reception . The film currently has a 67 % critic rating on Rotten tomatoes and an 86 % audience enjoyment . Luke Buckmaster of The Guardian gave the film 4/5 Stars . Harry Windsor of the Hollywood Report said the film " feels a little obvious and even patronizing : a redemption story by an Australian filmmaker that lets its Australian protagonist off the hook in a manner too neat to be dramatically interesting . " Paul Byrnes of the Sydney Morning Herald gives the film 4/5 and calling Gilmour a film maker " with a strange combination of talents : he ’s very passionate about trying to make a better world ; a little redemptive perhaps , being the son of an Anglican preacher , but crazy brave . " Jirga has grossed $ 110,056 across 9 cinemas as of 14 October 2018 . In the first week of release in Australia it was only screened in one cinema , where it made $ 2 495 in its first weekend , placing it as the 33rd highest-grossing film of the weekend within Australia . In its second weekend of release it expanded to eight cinemas and grossed $ 13 859 , placing it as the 30th highest-grossing film of the weekend
Adelaide Film Festival
Adelaide Film Festival
Jirga (film)