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Wednesday15th October

Jimpa

Opening Night Gala

06:45 pm

Capri Theatre

Australian Premiere.

Guest in attendance.

Pink Carpet.

In Amsterdam, an Adelaide filmmaker and their non-binary teen reconnect with the family’s flamboyant patriarch. As old tensions resurface, Jimpa becomes a tender, emotionally precise portrait of queer family, care and the shifting boundaries between generations. Sophie Hyde’s most personal film yet, fresh from Sundance acclaim.

Thursday16th October

Fwends

06:00 pm

Palace Nova Eastend
Eximax

Em visits Jessie in Melbourne for a weekend of laughter, and late-night truths. What begins as easy reconnection slowly shifts. Fwends is a sharply observed, gently aching study of friendship, change, and the quiet distance that grows between the people who once knew you best.

Saturday18th October

Edge of Life

03:00 pm

The Piccadilly
Cinema 1

World Premiere.

Pink Carpet.

We all know our lives will end and yet act as if death is a mirage. A pair of palliative care specialists allow renowned Emmy Award-winning artist Lynette Wallworth an opportunity to explore death with calmness, and even joy, through their use of psychedelics in a world-first trial for palliative care patients.

Penny Lane is Dead

06:30 pm

The Piccadilly
Cinema 1

World Premiere.

Pink Carpet.

A sweltering beach house party in 1986 turns savage when a spiked cupcake, a jealous cousin, and a gang of violent men crash the scene. Penny Lane is Dead is a punk-fuelled, blood-soaked survival thriller laced with dark comedy and gendered rage.

Sunday19th October

The Colleano Heart

03:15 pm

Palace Nova Eastend
Eximax

World Premiere.

Pink Carpet.

A circus family’s hidden legacy unfolds as descendants reunite across continents, uncovering their Aboriginal ancestry, global stardom, and the extraordinary secrets they kept in order to survive. Through the Colleano family's remarkable home movies, never-before-seen footage, family interviews and archival recordings, their extraordinary story is brought to life.

It Was Just an Accident

04:15 pm

Capri Theatre

Despite bans and imprisonment, Iranian master filmmaker Jafar Panahi continues to make great humanist films. In the middle of the night a damaged car arrives at mechanic Vahid’s garage. He hears something that triggers him to believe that the driver of the car is the official who had tortured him. But as he never saw his face, can he really be sure?

Saturday25th October

Journey Home, David Gulpilil

03:00 pm

Palace Nova Eastend
Eximax

David Dalaithngu Gulpilil’s death in 2021 was the beginning of a journey home to his birthplace Gupulul in Arnhem Land. His Bäpurru (funeral ceremony) is a celebration of law, of country, of tradition, of kinship, of ceremony. Journey Home, David Gulpilil offers a rare glimpse into the strong culture that lives on in the heart of his people.

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