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Life After

Directed by Reid Davenport
United States
2025
99 mins
Unclassified 18+
Sundance Award-winning documentarian Reid Davenport exposes the tangled web of moral dilemmas and profit motives surrounding assisted dying in this gripping investigation.

Davenport (I Didn’t See You There, SFF 2022) is raising the alarm about disability and the “right to die”. In this powerful and personal film, he probes the life of Elizabeth Bouvia, a disabled Californian woman who sought the “right to die” in 1983, igniting a national debate about autonomy and the value of disabled lives. But what happened to Bouvia? In his search for answers, Davenport uncovers shocking abuses of power. Life After amplifies the missing voices of the disability community in the ongoing debate around assisted dying, platforming this fight for justice and dignity in what truly is a matter of life or death. Winner of a Special Jury Award at Sundance.

Limited seats are available for patrons requiring access for wheelchairs, low vision and hearing loop. Please contact our ticketing team directly on 1300 733 733 or tickets@sff.org.au to complete your booking.

“Davenport weaves an engrossing, moving and most importantly confrontational movie about the right to die and disability justice.”
Murtada Elfadl, Variety
“Davenport both challenges an able-bodied audience's preconceptions about the lives of disabled people, as well as upends the expectations of how documentaries are supposed to unfold.”
Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire
“Davenport weaves an engrossing, moving and most importantly confrontational movie about the right to die and disability justice.”
Murtada Elfadl, Variety

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Dark Matter

Wheelchair-bound and in the late stages of multiple sclerosis, Melbourne-based filmmaker Leo Berkeley contemplates existence and observes his neighbours – who remain oblivious to him in this observational essay film. Winner, Best Documentary Short 2024 Global Shorts Awards. Screens with Life After

Tickets

Sat 7 June 2025, 4pm
Past Event
Dendy Newtown - Cinema 2
Dendy Newtown - Cinema 2
Audio DescriptionWheelchairOpen CaptionedAssisted Listening
Thu 12 June 2025, 6:30pm
Past Event
Dendy Newtown - Cinema 2
Dendy Newtown - Cinema 2
Audio DescriptionWheelchairOpen CaptionedAssisted Listening

Limited seats are available for patrons requiring access for wheelchairs, low vision and hearing loop. Please contact our ticketing team directly on 1300 733 733 or tickets@sff.org.au to complete your booking, or see our Access & Inclusion page for more information.

  • Program Strand
    Screenability
  • Year
    2025
  • Classification
    Unclassified 18+
  • Country
    USA
  • Language
    In English
  • Director
    Reid Davenport
  • Producer
    Colleen Cassingham
  • Cinematographer
    Amber Fares
  • Editor
    Don Bernier
  • Genre
    Human Rights, Documentary, Award Winner, Disability
  • Premiere
    Australian Premiere
  • Company Credits
    Festival Contact: Colleen Cassingham
  • Official Website
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