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Thu Jun 8 at 12:00pm State Theatre

While We Watched

Documentary Indian TV journalist Ravish Kumar fights to keep independent reporting alive in the age of misinformation. A prize winner at Toronto and Busan – essential viewing for media watchers everywhere.

Thu Jun 8 at 2:30pm State Theatre

Riceboy Sleeps

Feature A strong-willed Korean single mother and her young son start a new life in 1990s Canada. Anthony Shim’s semi-autobiographical drama has won more than 20 international awards.

Thu Jun 8 at 6:00pm Dendy Newtown - Cinema 3

Who I Am Not

Documentary Follow the trials and triumphs of two intersex people, beauty queen Sharon-Rose Khumalo and male-presenting activist Dimakatso Sebidi – a winner at Thessaloniki and a hit at SXSW and CPH:DOX.

Thu Jun 8 at 6:00pm Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 9

After the Smoke

Short Film Wendy Farmer, housewife turned activist and founder of Voices of the Valley, recounts how the devastating Hazelwood mine fire led her to find her voice as an activist.

Thu Jun 8 at 6:00pm Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 9

Babanil

Short Film Filmmaker Marlikka Perdrisat forms a dreamlike expression of her intergenerational connection to Country. A connection available to everyone who loves and cares for a place.

Thu Jun 8 at 6:00pm Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 9

For Frogs' Sake!

Short Film The story of two female conservationists fighting against time to save the endangered and elusive Giant Burrowing Frogs in regional Victoria.

Thu Jun 8 at 6:00pm Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 9

Mad About Maggots

Short Film One third of the food produced every year is thrown away. Because of this, food waste makes up 30 percent of global emissions. Luke Wheat has decided to do something about it.

Thu Jun 8 at 6:00pm Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 9

Mamirnikuwi

Short Film After discovering that her home on the Tiwi Islands is at risk from a huge gas project, Antonia Burke mobilises her community creating the first ever Tiwi Women’s Ranger group.

Thu Jun 8 at 6:00pm Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 9

Nyarrpararla Malaju? (Where have all the Mala gone?)

Short Film Mala (the Rufous Hare-Wallaby) are very important ancestors in Warlpiri people’s Jukurrpa (Dreaming). So what happens when there are no more Mala?

Thu Jun 8 at 6:00pm Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 9

Power To Country

Short Film A portrait of life thrown into crisis by energy insecurity, Power to Country tells the story of Garrwa woman Shirley’s displacement from traditional homelands and her yearning to return.

Thu Jun 8 at 6:00pm Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 9

Road Kill Warriors

Short Film 400,000 animals are killed on Tasmanian roads every year. Meet the women who are tackling this issue in unique and sometimes controversial ways.

Thu Jun 8 at 6:00pm Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 9

The Number 2 Solution

Short Film Brisbane-based scientists build Australia’s first facility to transform human waste into renewable energy and a sustainable product called Biochar.

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Anatomy of a Fall

Feature Winner of the Cannes Palme d’Or 2023, Justine Triet’s tense psychological drama stars a brilliant Sandra Hüller (Toni Erdmann, SFF 2016) as an author accused of murdering her husband.

May December

Feature Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore are customarily brilliant, and biting, in Todd Haynes’ (Carol, Far from Heaven) playful exploration of an American scandal, direct from the Cannes Competition.

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

Feature An independent woman embarks on a bittersweet autumn romance, in this endearing Georgian feature that’s chock full of passion, charm and wry humour. Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, 2023.

Tiger Stripes

Feature Winner of the Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prize 2023, Tiger Stripes is a feisty body horror, set in the Malaysian jungle, in which a rebellious girl experiences a strange metamorphosis.

Inshallah A Boy

Feature An award-winner at Cannes Critics’ Week 2023, this rare film from Jordan is the gripping story of a woman who fabricates a pregnancy to fight for her inheritance in a society pitted against her.

Club Zero

Feature Mia Wasikowska stars in an edgy and absurdist film direct from the Cannes Competition 2023, as a teacher who whips up a cult like following from her students as they practice “conscious eating”.

The Persian Version

Feature Winner of the Audience Award at Sundance, this joyous crowd-pleaser follows an Iranian-American woman as she explores love, sex, pregnancy… and what her family vocally thinks about all three.

Anselm

Documentary Wim Wenders’ portrait of the artist Anselm Kiefer is a mesmerising cinematic experience in 3D and a stunning exploration of Kiefer’s life, work and methodology. Cannes 2023 Special Screening.

Four Daughters

Documentary This documentary prize winner at Cannes 2023 follows a Tunisian mother whose daughters have gone missing… or may have even joined the Islamic State. A genre-defying and courageous film not to be missed.

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