(Port) Adelaide Film Festival

(Port) Adelaide Film Festival

The (Port) Adelaide Film Festival returns with a stellar lineup of films at the Odeon Star Cinemas on both weekends of the festival, plus a very special event presented in collaboration with Yitpi Yartapuultiku. 

Odeon Star
Semaphore Cinemas
65 Semaphore Rd, Semaphore


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Screening at the Odeon Star Semaphore

Funk

Funk

Led by magnetic newcomer Duda Santos, Funk plunges us into Rio's wild kinky funk scene, where a young MC's dreams of stardom unfold amid infectious music, sensual performance and the race and class realities of modern Brazil. Sensual, propulsive and riotously alive, Funk received a Special Jury Mention for Best Performance in an International Feature at Tribeca.

Ruby, Ruby

Ruby, Ruby

A South Australian urban legend comes terrifyingly to life in this atmospheric horror from Ursula Dabrowsky. When two friends awaken the spirit of Ruby Bland in a remote cemetery, they find themselves trapped between a supernatural curse and a very real human predator.

We Are The Shaggs

We Are The Shaggs

The Shaggs are a band that defy description - formed by three New Hampshire sisters in the mid-1960s at the insistence of their controlling father to fulfil a psychic prophesy. Championed by Kurt Cobain, Patti Smith and Frank Zappa, now the Wiggins sisters tell their unlikely story in their own words.

Steal This Story, Please!

Steal This Story, Please!

Marvel as Democracy Now! anchor Amy Goodman reveals how she built the fiercely independent news program from a community radio-syndicated show run out of a broom closet into a globally watched TV broadcast without sacrificing her values and firm belief that the fourth estate should be a force for good.

Tangles

Tangles

How do you prepare for the worst when a family member is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease? Premiering at Cannes and nominated for Best Feature at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Leah Nelson’s gorgeous adaptation of Sarah Leavitt’s tender graphic novel about exactly that is a salve for sore hearts.

Made in SA

Made in SA

Made in SA showcases the best in local short films. Remember their names for when they’re famous, these filmmakers will make you laugh, cry and shudder.

Lucrum

Lucrum

Summoned to the secluded estate of a celebrated pianist, young adoptee June discovers a world of beauty and artistic brilliance sustained by a terrifying covenant. A haunting work of folk horror where refinement masks something far more insatiable.

Yumburra

Yumburra

After the shocking backlash against his 2014 truth-telling book, Dark Emu, the reclusive writer Bruce Pascoe retreats to the tranquil peace of his beloved farm, Yumburra. Inviting documentarian Grace McKenzie into his calm place, we all benefit from his immense generosity as this soul-replenishing portrait unfurls.

Victorian Psycho

Victorian Psycho

If bodies fall in the misty English countryside, do they make a sound? The answer is a blood-curdling YES in Zachary Wigon’s hilariously wicked, Un Certain Regard-nominated horror starring Maika Monroe. Adapting the Virginia Feito novel, it pits her governess against a creepy family ensconced in a spooky Gothic mansion.

The Best Summer

The Best Summer

Rediscovered Hi8 footage drops us straight into 1995, backstage at Australia’s Summersault tour with Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Bikini Kill, Pavement, Beck and more. Tamra Davis’s camcorder captures the music, fashion and unguarded energy of an alternative culture in full flight.

Tin Castle

Tin Castle

Alexander Murphy’s intimate observational documentary takes us into the lives of an Irish Traveller family, eking out an existence in a tiny mobile home. The ten children frolic in the fields and prepare for their elaborate communions attuned to but still free of the challenges their parents face on the fringes of an Irish village.

Phenomena

Phenomena

Inspired by his physicist father, Josef Gatti transforms scientific experiments into a sensory work of art. Captured entirely in camera without visual effects or digital manipulation, Phenomena reveals hidden worlds beyond ordinary perception. 

Bukal Bukal and campfire yarns at Yitpi Yartapuultiku

When: Sat 24 Oct, 5:30PM – 9:30PM

Where: 1300 Old Port Road, Port Adelaide

6:00PM Food Trucks

6:45PM Artists Talks, male & female fires 

7:30pm Bukal Bukal World Premiere

Free entry, register below

Come and join special guests from KUMARANGK: Sacred Women’s Business, Yumburra and Bukal Bukal at Yitpi Yartapuultiku on the banks of the Port River for a very special gathering and an unforgettable evening around the fire. Bring your picnic blanket or camp chair and enjoy the world premiere of Bukal Bukal, the extraordinary story of Auntie Henrietta Marrie Fourmile. Join guests in conversation beside the fire discussing portrayals of Aboriginal stories and histories in contemporary cinema and an opportunity for all to listen and learn.

Bukal Bukal

Bukal Bukal is a visually immersive documentary, shaped by the Seasons and Country we follow Yidinji woman Henrietta Marrie AM, whose life’ and transformed how governments, corporations and global institutions understand their s work has reshaped Indigenous rights responsibility to land, culture and custodianship.

Director:

Pauline Clague, Rhoda Roberts AO

Country:

Australia