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Man with a Movie Camera + Live Score by Underground Lovers Moda Discoteca

Friday 4th of July 8:00pm DZIGA VERTOV | RUSSIA | 1929 | 64′ A CASTLEMAINE DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL SPECIAL EVENT. No actors, no script — just the rhythm of life. Dziga Vertov’s playful 1929 Soviet silent documentary Man With a Movie Camera revolutionised cinema with dazzling never before seen techniques and playful energy.  Filmed by his

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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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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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Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat

Sunday 6th of July 2:00pm JOHAN GRIMONPREZ | BELGIUM / FRANCE / NETHERLANDS | 2024 | 150′ History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes. Soundtrack to a Coup d’État is a powerful archival documentary that dives into one of the 20th century’s great untold stories — how jazz, politics, and colonial power collided in

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Look Into My Eyes

Sunday 6th of July 8:00pm (Victorian Premiere) LANA WILSON | USA | 2024 | 106′ Is it performance? Is it ‘real’? Does it matter? A group of New York City psychics conduct deeply intimate readings for their clients, revealing a kaleidoscope of loneliness, connection, and healing. In this intimate film, director Lana Wilson (‘Miss Americana’)

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Community House Pop-up Kitchen

A fundraiser for Castlemaine Community House’s food pantry SOUP TO WARM YOUR SOUL Available across the weekend in the Theatre Royal Garden Friday: 6pm – 8pm Saturday: 12pm – 2pm, 5pm – 8pm Sunday: 12pm – 2pm, 5pm – 8pm The Castlemaine Community House’s Pop-up Kitchen is your cosy festival haven, tucked into the backyard

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