Friday Oct 10th | 7pm | A.S. Cinema

To lose a language is to lose a culture. This intimate documentary follows musician Marlon Williams on a four-year journey to record his first album in te reo Māori, blending music, culture and personal reflection in a portrait of Aotearoa at a pivotal moment.

Saturday Oct 11th | 2pm | A.S. Cinema

What begins as a minor accident sets in motion a series of escalating consequences in this Iranian thriller.

Saturday Oct 11th | 5pm | Araluen Art Centre

An immersive embodied experience of connection and Country — guided by Warlpiri teacher Wanta Jampijinpa, Elder & Songman Jerry Jangala Patrick OAM, and producer Marc “Monkey” Peckham.

Saturday Oct 11th | 7:30pm | Araluen Art Centre

Ziggy, a thirty-something Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) woman, lands her first influencer gig with a fertiliser company. Called back to the rez by her cousin, she’s pulled into a funny but deadly fight to protect her family’s seeds and her people’s legacy.

Sunday Oct 12th | 3pm | Araluen Art Centre

A Russian high-school teacher becomes an unlikely undercover activist in this brave documentary, exposing the poisonous spread of Putin's pro-war propaganda.

Sunday Oct 12th | 5pm | Araluen Art Centre

A Zambian family of women grieve a dead relative while confronting the legacy of abuse he leaves in his wake.

Wednesday Oct 15th | 7pm | Araluen Art Centre

Cactus Pears is a subdued, sensitive tale of bereavement and the quietly radical act of being queer in a rural, lower-class Indian community.

Thursday Oct 16th | 6pm | Araluen Art Centre

Following the sold-out success of last year’s Screen Territory SPARK Short Film Initiative, we return with our own curated program of Central Australian short films.

Friday Oct 17th | 7pm | Araluen Art Centre

March is mourning his wife Nat, discovers that her spirit has returned in the form of… a vacuum cleaner. Can their love be re-born?

Saturday Oct 18th | 4.30pm | Desert Park

A tender coming-of-age tale about a 15-year-old boy in a remote North Macedonian village who finds solace and rebellion through electronic dance music, while navigating forbidden first love, family expectations, and the conservative traditions of his Yuruk community.

Saturday day Oct 18th | 7.30pm | Desert Park

This rave-at-the-end-of-the-world opus follows a father searching for his missing daughter through the desert raves of Morocco. Driven by a techno soundtrack, Sirât explores existence, loss and grief through a raw, emotionally powerful lens.

Sunday Oct 19th | 4pm | A.S. Cinema

A shoe salesman struggles to save his small business and pass on his Igbo values to his son in this quintessentially Melbourne tale of life in a migrant community.

Sunday Oct 19th | 7pm | A.S. Cinema

When Australia’s most renowned Indigenous actor David Gulpilil passes away, his family struggle against huge logistical challenges to fulfill his final wish, to bury him on his Homeland, over four and a half thousand kilometres away. Featuring a special Q&A with the filmmakers.