JULY 4-6 2025
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CDOC 2025 Trailer
Human Algorithm + Stelarc – Suspending Disbelief
Man with a Movie Camera + Live Score by Underground Lovers Moda Discoteca
Tracing Light
Writing Hawa
LOCALS + Nature Loves To Hide
Reas + Sugar Fed Leopards Gig
Blue Road – The Edna O’Brien Story
Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat
The Wolves Always Come at Night
Look Into My Eyes
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Blak Douglas vs The Commonwealth
Presented as part of the Central Victorian Indigenous Film Festival (CVIFF)
In partnership with Theatre Royal
Castlemaine: Thursday, 29th May. 7:30pm
Bendigo: Saturday, 31st May. 5:00pm
Renowned artist Blak Douglas uses his own story and searing artwork to reckon with Australia’s colonial past — a powerful, unapologetic exploration of truth and transformation.
When Blak Douglas sets out to paint a portrait of his grandmother, he uncovers a buried history that reshapes his understanding of family, identity, and country. Taken as a child and forced into domestic servitude, her story leads him to the haunting legacy of the Cootamundra Girls Home and the bureaucratic machinery that fractured generations of Indigenous lives. Through archival records, personal reflections, and bold, satirical art, the Dhungatti artist confronts intergenerational trauma with unflinching honesty. Blak Douglas vs The Commonwealth is a compelling exploration of truth-telling and transformation, told entirely in the artist’s voice, on his terms.
Complimentary entry for First Nations attendees. We kindly ask you to register so we can plan for numbers.