2022 Festival

2022 CASTLEMAINE DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL

Real stories. Real issues. Real characters. Real conversations.

Realise the Possible

Theatre Royal – 30 Hargraves St, Castlemaine.

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AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

LETTERS FROM BAGHDAD

10.30AM SAT 2ND JULY

The True Story of Gertrude Bell and Iraq. Spy, explorer, political powerhouse - Gertrude Bell was as controversial as the history she made. With Tilda Swinton as the voice of Gertrude Bell.
Followed by Panel Discussion
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AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

WRITING WITH FIRE 

1.30PM SAT 2ND JULY

A rousing documentary about tenacious grassroots reporting and galvanising resistance. 

Armed with smartphones and tenacity, a fearless group of trailblazing journalists from India's only women-led news outlet risk it all, including their own safety, to confront social injustice while fighting for marginalized voices in the world's largest democracy.
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VICTORIAN PREMIERE

TELEVISION EVENT

4.30pm SAT 2nd JULY

With irreverent humour and sobering apocalyptic vision Television Event views the dramatic climax of the Cold War through the lens of a commercial television network, as it narrowly succeeds in producing the most watched, most controversial made-for-TV movie, THE DAY AFTER (1983)
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THE RUMBA KINGS

FOLLOWED BY RUMBA PARTY

7.30PM SAT 2ND JULY

Congo’s real treasure does not lie underground. A powerful musical experience showing us why Congo is one of the motherlands of music.
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AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

REBELLION

10:30AM Sun 3rd July

The compelling story of a group of ordinary people who form the Extinction Rebellion and stop playing by the rules, embrace civil disobedience and sound the alarm to climate breakdown. 
Followed by Panel Discussion
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I AM SAMUEL

2:00PM SUN 3RD JULY

An intimate and tender portrait of a Kenyan man torn between balancing duty to his family and their traditions – and wanting to live his truth – of openness about his sexuality along with his dreams for his future with Alex, the man he loves. 
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NAIDOC WEEK

THE LAKE OF SCARS

4.30PM SUN 3RD JULY

An ancient site, a ticking clock and the unlikely allies calling for change. In a corner of regional Victoria is Lake Boort, a place of astounding natural beauty and rare archaeological and environmental significance – and it’s being degraded on an annual basis. As the clock ticks, an unlikely partnership could see it saved for future generations.
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Closing Film

RIVER

7:30 PM SUN 3RD JULY

A breathtaking musical odyssey that explores the intrinsic relationship between humans and rivers.

From mountain high to river deep, director Jennifer Peedom follows her 2017 hit Mountain with a stunning new cine-sonic journey along the world’s waterways – the arteries of our planet.

Narrated by Willem Dafoe.
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