SBS On Demand in June – quick links
SBS On Demand: new in June
Pasa Faho – 1 June
Film (2025). Azubuike is a charming shoe salesman who is just making ends meet in Melbourne. When his 12-year-old son, Obinna, moves across the country to live with him, the estranged pair struggle to find stability in an already turbulent time.
With the news that Azubuike’s shop is to be sold to developers, the two must find answers or risk losing more than just the shoe shop. Winner of the Best International Feature Film at the 2025 AFRIFF Globe Awards. Made in association with SBS.
This Is Not A Murder Mystery – 4 June
Series. A unique, visually stunning and surprising whodunit set in the flamboyant 1930s. Young René Magritte’s (Pierre Gervais) life is about to change when he’s invited to participate in a private art exhibition at an opulent English estate, owned by the flamboyant Lord James (Aoibhinn McGinnity).
It’s 1936 and the art world is abuzz with the rise of surrealism. Fellow guests include Salvador Dali (Iñaki Mur), Lee Miller (Florence Hall), Man Ray (Frank Bourke), and Max Ernst (Mike Hoffman) – all artists on the brink of global fame.
Dinosaur Season 2 – 6 June
Series. Eight months after we last saw her, Nina (Ashley Storrie) is knee-deep in mud on an Isle of Wight dig site, living her palaeontology dream. Or at least, that’s what she tells herself. Truthfully, she’s exhausted, missing Glasgow, her family, Lee – oh, and her home comforts, namely sausage rolls.
Coldwater – 10 June
Series. Coldwater is a blackly comic thriller from the inimitable playwright David Ireland. John (Andrew Lincoln, The Walking Dead) is shocked to find himself in middle age, secretly raging at his life as a stay-at-home dad.
When his failure to intervene in a violent confrontation in a playground brings his identity crisis to a head, John up and moves his family to the small Scottish rural idyll of Coldwater, to live as far away from London as possible.
Fifa World Cup 2026 – from 12 June
Sport. Featuring 104 matches across 16 cities in three countries, and the first ever final halftime show, the FIFA World Cup 2026 tournament will be the largest in the competition’s history. Hosted by respected football presenters Niav Owens and Claudio Fabiano, SBS’s coverage will begin on Friday 12 June with the Opening Ceremony from Mexico City Stadium, followed by the first match between co-host nation Mexico and South Africa.
Refugee Week Collection – 15 June
SBS On Demand celebrates stories of hope and resilience to mark World Refugee Week.
To A Land Unknown – Chatila and Reda are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens. But when Reda loses their hard-earned cash, Chatila hatches an extreme escape plan to pose as smugglers.
Baghdad Messi – Iraq, 2009. Little Hamoudi (10) is totally obsessed with football. Luke the rest of the world, he and his friends are eagerly looking forward to the Champions League finale FC Barcelona–Manchester United. But then Hamoudi’s television breaks down …
Warsha follows Mohammad, a Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut. One morning he volunteers to take on one of the tallest and notoriously most dangerous cranes. Away from everyone’s eyes, he is able to live out his secret passion and find freedom.
Freemont – Formerly a translator for the United States military in Afghanistan, Donya rebuilds her life in San Francisco. She works for a Chinese fortune cookie factory and decides to send out a special message in one of the cookies.
The Brigade Season 2 – 18 June
Series. Following a shoot-out between drug traffickers and police, Saïd’s elite team of young officers finds itself at the centre of a major investigation that turns out to be far more complex than expected. As they do everything they can to take down one of Europe’s biggest traffickers, a ruthless and mysterious gang of armed robbers emerges, threatening to derail their mission.
Gomorrah: The Origins – 25 June
Series. The prequel to the worldwide phenomenon Gomorrah reunites the creative team that brought you the acclaimed crime series based on Roberto Saviano’s best-selling novel.
Naples, 1977. Pietro (Luca Lubrano), 15 years old, grew up without his father or mother and was raised in extreme poverty. His desperation for a better life emerges as a fascination with Angelo the Siren (Francesco Pellegrino), the neighbourhood’s young ‘king’.
SBS On Demand: recent highlights
The Dry Season 3 – 29 May
The Dry. Image: ITV / SBS On Demand.
Series. The Sheridans are back and about to face their biggest challenge yet – a long-held family secret that blows up all their certainties. Will this shocking revelation upend already fragile relations for good, or could this be the missing piece that will finally fix this most dysfunctional of Irish families?
Maxima Season 2 – 21 May
Series. For most princesses, the fairy tale ends with a wedding. For Máxima (Delfina Chaves), it was only the beginning. From her marriage to Willem-Alexander (Martijn Lakemeier) to the coronation 10 years later, she seeks to find balance between love, power and protocol. She soon realises that keeping the love of the Dutch people is far more difficult than winning it.
The new season follows Máxima’s journey from mother, wife and future queen to a woman who finds her own voice.
