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Friday11th October

Dust to Dust

Adelaide Fashion Week Premiere

06:30 pm

Palace Nova Eastend

Australian Premiere.

Guest in attendance.

Red Carpet.

Only the second Japanese designer invited to Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week, Yuima Nakazato is known for his ethereal designs and dressing music stars like Lady Gaga. With his next collection he is driven to merge his artistic vision with green technology. Starting in the landfills of Kenya, he plans a radical reimagining of fashion.

Wednesday23rd October

The Correspondent

Opening Night Gala

06:15 pm

The Piccadilly

Guest in attendance.

Red Carpet.

The Correspondent

Opening Night Gala

06:30 pm

The Piccadilly

Guest in attendance.

Red Carpet.

Based on the true story of Australian war correspondent Peter Greste’s imprisonment in Egypt in 2013, The Correspondent is a gripping biographical thriller, a story about the brutal war on truth. Join special guests at the AFF 2024 Opening Night Gala to mark the world premiere.

The Correspondent

Opening Night Gala

06:45 pm

The Piccadilly

Guest in attendance.

Red Carpet.

Based on the true story of Australian war correspondent Peter Greste’s imprisonment in Egypt in 2013, The Correspondent is a gripping biographical thriller, a story about the brutal war on truth. Join special guests at the AFF 2024 Opening Night Gala to mark the world premiere.

Thursday24th October

The Correspondent and the Global War on Truth

Screen Conversation

06:00 pm

Capri Theatre

Guest in attendance.

Hear Peter Greste in conversation with Kriv Stenders, director of The Correspondent, actors Richard Roxburgh and Julian Maroun, and the film’s producer and former journalist Carmel Travers.

Anora

08:00 pm

Capri Theatre

Winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes 2024, Anora reimagines Pretty Woman in a thrilling tragicomedy by Sean Baker. Anora, a young sex worker, marries a Russian oligarch's son, only to face his powerful family. Mikey Madison and Mark Eidelstein deliver electrifying performances in this must-see film celebrating womanhood.

Friday25th October

Emilia Pérez

Opening Weekend Gala

06:45 pm

Palace Nova Eastend

Red Carpet.

Overqualified and exploited lawyer Rita (Zoe Saldaña) pursues a lucrative offer from a cartel boss as a way out of her demoralising job. Manitas (Karla Sofía Gascón) enlists her to help him retire from the criminal underworld and disappear, with one driving motivation: to become the woman he’s always dreamed of becoming.

Emilia Pérez

Opening Weekend Gala

07:00 pm

Palace Nova Eastend

Red Carpet.

Overqualified and exploited lawyer Rita (Zoe Saldaña) pursues a lucrative offer from a cartel boss as a way out of her demoralising job. Manitas (Karla Sofía Gascón) enlists her to help him retire from the criminal underworld and disappear, with one driving motivation: to become the woman he’s always dreamed of becoming.

Saturday26th October

Blitz

03:30 pm

Capri Theatre

Australian Premiere.

Steve McQueen’s Blitz follows the epic journey of George (Elliott Heffernan), a 9-year-old boy in World War II London whose mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him to safety. George, defiant and determined to return home, embarks on an adventure, only to find himself in immense peril.

All We Imagine as Light

06:00 pm

Capri Theatre

All We Imagine as Light, directed by Payal Kapadia, makes history as the first Indian film in competition at Cannes in 30 years, the first by an Indian female filmmaker and the first Indian Grand Prix winner. The film follows two Mumbai nurses who escape relationship pressures and find renewal in a seaside town.

With or Without You

07:00 pm

The Piccadilly

World Premiere.

Guest in attendance.

Red Carpet.

With or Without You tells the moving mother-daughter story of Chloe (Melina Vidler) and her free-spirited, alcoholic mother, Sharon (Marta Dusseldorp). When their lives intersect with Dalu (Albert Mwangi), a West African man, they find themselves on a journey of emotional discovery.

Nightbitch

08:30 pm

Capri Theatre

A woman, thrown into the stay-at-home routine of raising a toddler, becomes increasingly aware of the bizarre signs that she may be turning into a dog. Starring Amy Adams and based on the acclaimed debut novel by Rachel Yoder.

Wednesday30th October

Young Hearts

10:00 am

Palace Nova Eastend

Australian Premiere.

In this charming film set in the Belgian countryside, young Elias falls in love for the first time when Alexandre moves in next door. Anthony Schatteman’s impressive feature debut about queer romance is a sweet and moving film for everyone.

AFF Youth Primary and Middle School Shorts

10:15 am

Palace Nova Eastend

Entries to the 2024 AFF Youth Filmmaking Competition from South Australian Primary and Middle School students have been shortlisted by an AFF Youth Jury made up of their peers and the AFF programming team.

AFF Youth Senior School Shorts

12:00 pm

Palace Nova Eastend

Entries to the 2024 AFF Youth Filmmaking Competition from South Australian Senior School students have been shortlisted by an AFF Youth Jury made up of their peers and the AFF programming team.

Future Council

12:00 pm

Palace Nova Eastend

Filmmaker Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) takes eight kids on the ultimate road trip across Europe to seek solutions to our greatest ecological challenges. Through heartfelt discussions about eco-anxiety, conversations with CEOs of multinational companies, and playful interactions with nature, both the kids and Damon learn from and inspire one another.

Becoming Filmmakers

AFF Youth Talk

01:15 pm

Palace Nova Eastend

Guest in attendance.

Hear local filmmakers discuss pathways into making shorts and features films, in this special AFF Youth talk.

Thursday31st October

Songs Inside

07:00 pm

Capri Theatre

World Premiere.

Guest in attendance.

Red Carpet.

A group of incarcerated women sign up to learn an instrument and write their own songs, as part of a unique music program in an Australian prison. The process opens deep scars around trauma and addiction, but can they prove that music has the universal power to heal, even in the complex world of prison? Join Nancy Bates, members of the Songbirds and ASO for a special performance accompanying the world premiere.

Friday1st November

We Bury the Dead

06:30 pm

The Piccadilly

Preview Event.

Guest in attendance.

Red Carpet.

Writer/director Zak Hilditch delivers a chilling, survival thriller that breathes new life into the apocalyptic zombie genre. Starring Daisy Ridley, (Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens), Brenton Thwaites and Mark Coles Smith, We Bury The Dead delivers unexpected twists that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats.

Saturday2nd November

Songs Inside

04:45 pm

Odeon Star Semaphore

World Premiere.

Guest in attendance.

A group of incarcerated women sign up to learn an instrument and write their own songs, as part of a unique music program in an Australian prison. The process opens deep scars around trauma and addiction, but can they prove that music has the universal power to heal, even in the complex world of prison? Join Nancy Bates, members of the Songbirds and ASO for a special performance accompanying the world premiere.
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