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How Deep is Your Love

Saturday 27th of June 2.00pm ELEANOR MORTIMER | UK | 2025 | 100″ With deep-sea mining looming, biologists race to collect and name the undiscovered species of the abyss, the last wilderness on earth. HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE follows biologists as they explore the deep sea, where 70% of our planet lies hidden. As […]

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The Golden Spurtle

Saturday 27th of June 11:00am CONSTANTINE COSTI | AUSTRALIA | 2026 | 75″ Once a year, contenders from around the globe descend on a picturesque village in the Scottish Highlands to compete for the title of World Porridge Champion. Amid intense rivalries, steaming bowls of porridge, and the lives of charmingly eccentric  locals, we see

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Tracing Light

Saturday 5th of July 11:00am (Australian Premiere) THOMAS RIEDELSHEIMER | GERMANY / UK | 2024 | 99′ Where quantum physics meets art, light reveals its magic. Light, without which life itself is impossible, is the working medium and obsession of director Thomas Riedelsheimer. Light, seen only in interaction with matter, allows us to explore the

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The Bend in the River

Saturday 27th of June 5:00pm ROB MOSS | USA | 2025 | 82″ Following and filming friends for nearly fifty-years. THE BEND IN THE RIVER is an exploration of the inexorable flow of aging and the unfinished project of living. The Bend in the River chronicles five close friends over nearly fifty years. Starting in

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Writing Hawa

Saturday 5th of July 2:00pm (Victorian Premiere) NAJIBA NOORI | AFGHANISTAN & FRANCE | 2024 | 90′ Hazara women write their fate Filmed over five years, Writing Hawa is the story of three generations of Hazara women from the same family in Afghanistan. With unique access and empathy, director Najiba Noori films her mother, Hawa,

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LOCALS + Nature Loves To Hide

SOLD OUT Saturday 5th of July 4:30pm NATURE LOVES TO HIDE LEONIE VAN EYK | AUSTRALIA | 2025 | 22′ Nature Loves to Hide follows artist John Wolseley as he paints the hidden habitats of desert animals across Australia. Filmed in the Tanami, Great Sandy Desert, and the Wimmera, the documentary captures Wolseley—often in camouflage—stealthily

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Reas + Sugar Fed Leopards Gig

Saturday 5th of July 8:00pm (Victorian Premiere) LOLA ARIAS | ARGENTINA / GERMANY / SWITZERLAND | 2024 | 82′ A CASTLEMAINE DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL SPECIAL EVENT. The power of wishing. Reas flips the script on the prison film, blending gritty reality with explosive musical fantasy. Yoseli has a tattoo of the Eiffel Tower on her back

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