FEATURE LENGTH FILMS
A MACHINE TO LIVE IN
MONDAY DEC 20 - PALACE CINEMAS
A Machine to Live In is about cosmic dreams and mystical architecture at the heart of Brazil’s remote wilderness. Through an emergent polyphonic text composed of four historical personalities, the film moves from the hyper-designed, space-age city of Brasília to the vast and flourishing landscape of UFO cults, spiritalist temples, and utopian outposts.
AWARE - GLIMPSES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
SUNDAY DEC 19 + TUESDAY 21 - PALACE CINEMAS
AWARE follows six brilliant researchers, approaching the greatest of all mysteries from radically different perspectives, from within and without: through high-tech brain research and Eastern meditation, by scientifically exploring inner space through psychedelic substances and by investigating the consciousness of plants. Scientists are arriving at new insights – some have been integral to Indigenous knowledge for millennia.
GREEN IS THE NEW BLACK
SATURDAY Dec 18 PALACE CINEMAS
A story of the passion and purpose behind an ambitious environmental feat of one of Australia’s leading heavy music acts, In Hearts Wake. Their fiercely loyal following has been forged from their relentless world–touring ethic, passionate ecological advocacy and hard-hitting, melodic-driven music. Join In Hearts Wake as they uncover unsettling truths, face human adversity and discover inspiring solutions for a new earth-aligned way forward.
i’m Wanita
sunday dec 19 - PALACE CINEMA
Wanita, the ‘Queen Of Honky Tonk’ is a chaotic, flamboyant force of nature who has sacrificed everything for music.
This is the story of a renegade country music singer, hell-bent on realising her childhood dreams of stardom. Her quest – to record an album in the country music Mecca of Nashville – but her inability to toe the line threatens to derail her plans. Can Wanita keep her date with destiny?
MEET THE WALLERS
Fri Dec 17 - Lennox Cultural Centre + SUN 19 - PALACE CINEMAS
Meet the Wallers …. A seemingly happy, aussie couple with two beautiful daughters, living the middle-class life by the beach at beautiful Lennox Head...what could possibly go wrong?
Artistic obsession, money, the mortgage, mysticism, sibling rivalry, the neighbours, rapacious developers, depression, not to mention cancer – Meet The Wallers abounds in issues that define our very existence.
only human (homo)
tuesday dec 21 - PALACE CINEMAS
Part black comedy, part thriller and part deep social drama - Ken Loach meets Quentin Tarantino as award-winning Macedonian Director Igor Ivanov explores the essence of humanity, personal and societal values, connection (and lack of), identity and self determination.
THE BOYS WHO SAID NO!
saturday dec 18 - PALACE CINEMAS
As the war in Vietnam raged, one of the largest and most successful youth-led resistance movements in American history was growing at home. Hundreds of thousands of young men opposed to an unjust war said NO to being drafted into the military, risking up to five years in federal prison. Their individual courage and collective nonviolent actions helped end a tragic war and the draft. The inspiring story and impact of the draft resistance movement.
THE SEEDS OF VANDANA SHIVA
monday dec 20 - PALACE CINEMAS
How did the willful daughter of a Himalayan forest conservator become the world’s most powerful opponent of Monsanto? The Seeds of Vandana Shiva, a feature-length documentary, presents the remarkable life story of the Gandhian eco-activist and agro-ecologist, Vandana Shiva. A classic David versus Goliath tale, the film shows how Vandana, a brilliant scientist, became Monsanto’s worst nightmare and a rock star of the international organic food movement.