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SONGS INSIDE
TRADES CLUB
Saturday 21 March Doors 10:00 AM | Session 10:20 AM | End 12:30 PM A compelling documentary chronicling the transformative journey of a group of women from the Adelaide Women’s Prison who discover the healing power of music, culminating in a historic concert.
Followed by a Q&A with Shalom Almond (director) Director: Shalom Almond | 2025 | Australia | 93 mins | 15 | Documentary |
LITTLE AMÉLIEPICTURE HOUSE
Saturday 21 March Doors 10:00 AM | Session 10:30 AM | End 11:50 PM For little Amélie, every day is a new adventure, full of mystery, humour and wonder. A stunning and visually enchanting tale of curiosity, courage and the healing power of human connection.
Directors: Maïlys Vallade & Liane-cho Han | 2025 | France | 77 mins | PG | Animation | French with subtitles |
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THE BLUE TRAILTRADES CLUB
Saturday 20 March Doors 1:00 PM | Session 1:20 PM | End 2:50 PM To maximize economic productivity, the Brazilian government orders elderly people to move to remote housing colonies. A 77-year-old woman refuses and embarks on a journey through the Amazon that will change her destiny forever.
Director: Gabriel Mascaro | 2025 | Brazil/Mexico/Chile/Netherlands | 86 mins | 15 | Portuguese with subtitles |
YURLU I COUNTRY
PICTURE HOUSE
Saturday 21 March Doors 1:00 PM | Session 1:30 PM | End 3:25 PM A vivid ode to Country and an intimate portrait of an Aboriginal elder's final year as he strives to preserve his culture and heal his homeland, scarred by the largest contaminated site in the Southern Hemisphere.
Followed by a Q&A with Yaara Bou Melhem (director) Director: Yaara Bou Melhem | 2025 | Australia | 79 mins | 12A | Documentary | Some Banjima with subtitles
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SINGING WINGSTRADES CLUB
Saturday 21 March Doors 3:40 PM | Session 4:00 PM | End 5:20 PM This beautiful and moving film weaves a poetic parallel between animal and human migration and gives an insight into the inevitable changes coming to a remote rural Kurdish village.
Director: Hemen Khaledi | 2025 | Iran/Georgia/Belgium | 73 mins | PG | Documentary | Kurdish with subtitles |
KÖLN 75PICTURE HOUSE
Saturday 21 March Doors 4:00 PM | Session 4:30 PM | End 6:50 PM In 1975, 18-year-old Vera Brandes (Mala Emde) overcomes impossible odds to book US jazz pianist Keith Jarrett (John Magaro) for what becomes the legendary Köln Concert. This is Vera’s story.
Followed by a Q&A with special guests Director: Ido Fluk | 2025 | Germany/Poland/Belgium | 110 mins | 15 | German with subtitiles
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AND SHE DIDN’T DIE
TRADES CLUB
Saturday 21 March Doors 7:20 PM | Session 7:40 PM | End 10:00 PM Kethiwe Ngcobo tells the story of her mother’s journey from rural South Africa to political exile in the UK and becoming a feminist writer, celebrating the power of storytelling as an act of resistance and healing.
Followed by a Q&A with Kethiwe Ngcobo (director) Director: Kethiwe Ngcobo | 2025 | South Africa / UK / Saudi Arabia | 102 mins | 15 | Documentary | Some Zulu with subtitles |
BROKEN ENGLISH
PICTURE HOUSE
Saturday 21 March Doors 7:45 PM | Session 8:15 PM | End 10:30 PM The story of Marianne Faithfull, pop icon, singer/songwriter and artist extraordinaire, using a fictional 'Ministry of Not Forgetting' to call out the habit of erasing women artists from history.
Directors: Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard | 2025 | UK | 99 mins | 15 | Documentary
Followed by a Q&A with Ed Harcourt, Marianne Faithfull's long time musical collaborator |
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