Jimmy Shu’s Taste of the Territory : Screening as part of DIFF 2020 : Take One

Tickets include entertainment before the film from Alice Cotton

6pm : Deckchair Cinema Gates Open

6.30pm – Live Performance : Alice cotton
Alice Cotton takes centre stage, her depth of songwriting has been compared to Paul Kelly and Stella Donnelly by Triple J.

8pm – Jimmy Shu’s Taste of the Territory : an 8-part series that takes you on a culinary journey to the multicultural melting pot of Australia’s Northern Territory, hosted by celebrated chef Jimmy Shu!
After the success of its theatrical premiere on this year’s Territory Day at Deckchair Cinema, the hit SBS show is back on the big screen for a special 3-episode feature length screening. Followed by a Q&A with Jimmy Shu and producer/director Naina Sen. Also screening will be a preview of the ICTV series Our Bedtime Stories, Season 2.

For more Darwin International Film Festival events head over to https://diff.net.au/

Alice Cotton music Jimmy Shu
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Mad Gnome Film Club presents Mad Cuts: Australians on the Edge, a 40-year retrospective of Australians pushed to the edges of societal madness and despair. All satellite screenings will be hosted at the Mad Snake Cafe Darwin, Cavenagh Street, Darwin City

Bookings are essential.

5.30pm – Chopper : Standover man, repentant underworld executioner and inventive raconteur, Mark Brandon ‘Chopper’ Read is Australia’s most infamous ex-criminal. He is also one of the country’s most popular authors. Chopper is not a bio-pic, but a multi-sided examination of the pathology of a complex and violent man. A man who becomes a cult figure thanks to a colourful imagination and a wicked, old-world sense of humour.

For more Darwin International Film Festival events head over to https://diff.net.au/

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Junction 48 : Screening as part of DIFF 2020 : Take One

Tickets include entertainment before the film from Kaotik

6pm : Deckchair Cinema Gates Open

6.30pm – Live Performance : Kaotik
Kyle Doevendans AKA Kaotik is a 29-year-old MC from Darwin. He’s been a part of the NT hip hop scene for well over 10 years.

8pm – Junction 48 : the love story of two Palestinian hip-hop artists who use their music to fight against both the external oppression of Israeli society and the internal repression of their own crime-ridden, conservative community. It depicts a new generation of young Arabs who seek normality through their love and music – and against all odds.

For more Darwin International Film Festival events head over to https://diff.net.au/

Junction 48
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Mad Gnome Film Club presents Mad Cuts: Australians on the Edge, a 40-year retrospective of Australians pushed to the edges of societal madness and despair. All satellite screenings will be hosted at the Mad Snake Cafe Darwin, Cavenagh Street, Darwin City

Bookings are essential.

5.30pm – Animal Kingdom : Following the death of his mother, 17-year-old Joshua ‘J’ Cody (James Frecheville) moves in with his doting grandmother (Jacki Weaver) and her three criminal sons. When tensions between them and the police explode, J finds himself at the centre of a cold-blooded revenge plot that turns his family upside down and throws him directly into the path of senior homicide detective, Nathan Leckie (Guy Pearce).

For more Darwin International Film Festival events head over to https://diff.net.au/

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The Kneeling Devil : Screening as part of DIFF 2020 : Take One

Tickets include entertainment before the film from Septentriōnēs

6pm : Deckchair Cinema Gates Open

6.30pm – Live Performance : Septentriones
Septentriōnēs is the pseudonym of local composer and musician Edward Williams, focussing on solo guitar improvisation and textural electronics – the work draws from contemporary classical, jazz fusion, minimal and drone music in a performance of slowly evolving modulations.

7.30pm – The Kneeling Devil – Live Score By Mats Unden
A poor girl dreams of a devastating lover who gives her a glass of wine to drink. She wakes up drunk in her bed and vomits up a ring. She takes this as an engagement ring from ‘the man of her dreams’… Made entirely with a finger on a smart phone, and now blown up to the big screen! Levin A. Diatschenko’s quirky silent movie is a surreal apocalyptic romance with an analogue, electronic soundtrack by Mats Unden. On this debut, Mats will perform a new live sound track on the night.

For more Darwin International Film Festival events head over to https://diff.net.au/

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Loving Vincent : Screening as part of DIFF 2020 : Take One

8.45pm : Gates open

9pm Loving Vincent : Vincent van Gogh is the world’s most famous painter. His self-portraits and starry nights are among the most recognised images in our world. His tragic death has long been known; what has remained a mystery is how and why he came to be shot. Loving Vincent, the world’s first fully painted film, tells that story.

For more Darwin International Film Festival events head over to https://diff.net.au/

Loving Vincent

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Ramen Shop : Screening as part of DIFF 2020 : Take One

Tickets include entertainment before the film from Jocelyn Tribe

6pm : Deckchair Cinema Gates Open

6.30pm – Live Performance : Jocelyn Tribe
Join Indonesian-Australian artist Jocelyn Tribe as she bathes the dry season airwaves in elements of house music, jungle and hip hop on the decks. Jocelyn is interested in what it is to be a mixed-raced creative in modern times challenging current societal structures that are built to separate us by bringing to light the fundamentals of what connects and unites us.

8pm – Ramen Shop : Masato, a young Ramen chef, leaves his hometown in Japan to embark on a culinary journey to Singapore to find out the truth about his past. He uncovers a lot more than family secrets and delicious recipes.

For more Darwin International Film Festival events head over to https://diff.net.au/

#DIFF2020TakeOne #ADifferentTake #FilmFestival #DeckchairCinema #NTAustralia #northernterritory #tourismnt #dothent #mytopend #darwinlife #ntlife #Holidayherethisyear Northern Territory – Australia Tourism Top End Tourism NT

The Japanese Film Festival Satellite (FKA Regional) Program will tour Alice Springs with three contemporary #Japanese films, screening for #free. Presented by The Japan Foundation, Sydney with Red Hot Arts and Alice Springs Cinema.

Free admission. Limited seating, reservations required.

Please see below for more information.

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EVENT DETAILS
#JFFAliceSprings2020
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*Due to social distancing regulations seating is limited. Please visit the DesFest or Alice Springs Cinema website for more details.

VENUE
Alice Springs Cinema
Todd Plaza, 11 Todd St,
Alice Springs
NT 0871

PROGRAM ENQUIRIES
japanesefilmfestival@jpf.org.au

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FILM PROGRAM & SCHEDULE
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SATURDAY, 26 SEPT; 6:30PM
*Join us at 6:00PM for the JFF Satellite and Desert Festival 2020 Launch Party

Shoplifters (万引き家族)

Registrations: https://desfestickets.square.site/product/shoplifters-japanese-film-festival/76?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false

2018 / Drama / 120 mins / Rating: M (sexual references and nudity)
In Japanese with English subtitles

“Piecing together family in the most unexpected ways”

A brilliantly humanistic masterpiece that intricately – and on occasion, boldly – explores what it means to be a family. Shoplifters focuses on a ragtag family who have slipped through the cracks of society, using petty crime as a means to survive. After one of their regular shoplifting ventures, Osamu and his son Shota come across a neglected little girl. Despite their own hardships, the family takes her in. They begin a happy, humble life together until an unforeseen incident unravels hard truths and their fragile existence is thrust into the spotlight, uprooting the bonds that hold them together.

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SUNDAY, 27 SEPT; 2:30PM
** UPDATE: SOLD OUT ONLINE **
Penguin Highway (ペンギン・ハイウェイ)

Registrations: https://desfestickets.square.site/product/penguin-highway-japanese-film-festival/72?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false

2018 / Anime, Adventure / 119 mins / Rating: PG (contains mild fantasy themes and animated violence)
In Japanese with English subtitles

“Where did all these penguins come from?”

Fourth-grade student Aoyama is a young boy sure of his own intelligence and place in the world; he spends his days buried in his notebooks and studying the world around him. But when penguins appear in his small town far away from any oceans, Aoyama knows there’s a mystery that only he can solve—a mystery that involves the woman he has a crush on.

An anime adaptation of Tomihiko Morimi’s award-winning novel of the same name, Penguin Highway is an unforgettable tale about growing up, love, and discovering yourself.

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SUNDAY, 27 SEPT; 7:30PM

Night is Short, Walk On Girl (夜は短し歩けよ乙女)

Registrations: https://checkout.square.site/buy/3DTRJHBJESITILW7JSENGKFY

2017 / Anime, Comedy, Coming of Age / 93 mins / Rating: Suitable for 15+ (contains moderate themes)
In Japanese with English subtitles

“An epic night out filled with chance encounters and strange romance”

A heroine known only as The Black-Haired Girl goes down the rabbit hole for a night on the town and meets new friends who show her an unexpected side of Kyoto’s nightlife. As their night moves from tipsy to boozy, they slide into a trippy world of drunk philosophers, lecherous book collectors and guerilla theatre-makers.

Meanwhile, fellow student Senpai (Gen Hoshino) is desperately searching for The Black-Haired Girl. As the night deepens and the challenges keep coming, will each hurdle crossed bring the two closer together?

Monos : Screening as part of DIFF 2020 : Take One

9.15pm : Deckchair Cinema Gates Open

9.30pm – Monos : On a remote mountaintop in Latin America a rebel group of teenage commandos perform military training exercises. When their position is compromised after an attack they are forced deeper into the jungle. As their mission begins to collapse their situation spirals out of control. Allegiances shift and they have to do whatever it takes to survive.

For more Darwin International Film Festival events head over to https://diff.net.au/

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A DIFF Event hosted by Gareth Benson

Screen Territory and Darwin International Film Festival are proud to launch the SPARK Film Initiative with a complimentary Screen Development Workshop for Filmmakers and Content Creators!

We invite you to learn crucial Production skills to:

1. Understand the role of Copyright in Content (including excerpts of Australian and Hollywood films)
2. Understand Contracts and Chain of Title to license your film for commercial success.
3. Secure releases and clearances of all those who participate in your project and particularly for cultural and broadcast approval.

We will explore how you can use these skills to protect your project and participants and take your project from script to success on the screen at the VIBE Hotel nearby to Darwins Iconic Deckchair Cinema before the closing Night.

About the presenter:

Gareth Benson is a media lawyer who specialises in Intellectual Property and Commercial Law. He has worked in business affairs for some of Australia’s peak cultural broadcasters SBS Commissioned Content and Online and the Australian Centre of the Moving Image. For ten years he has run his own legal practice IP ASSIST.: www.ipassist.com.au

Gareth is passionate about the role of storytelling as a documentary and short film maker with broadcast credits with Foxtel’s History Channel. He has produced digital content for international brands and local business alike including Mercedes Bends, Victorian Spring Racing Carnival, World Trade Centre, Toshiba and TEDx: www.trueblue.tv

Schedule
1:00pm – 1:30pm Introduction to Spark Program
1:30pm – 2:30pm Copyright in Film – Film Development Workshop
2:30pm – 3:00pm Afternoon tea
3:00pm – 4:00pm Contracts and Chain of Title – Film Development Workshop
4:00pm – 5:00pm Cultural Considerations & Clearances (indigeneous content) – Film Development Workshop

The Japanese Film Festival Satellite (FKA Regional) Program will tour Alice Springs with three contemporary #Japanese films, screening for #free. Presented by The Japan Foundation, Sydney with Red Hot Arts and Alice Springs Cinema.

Free admission. Limited seating, reservations required.

Please see below for more information.

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EVENT DETAILS
#JFFAliceSprings2020
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*Due to social distancing regulations seating is limited. Please visit the DesFest or Alice Springs Cinema website for more details.

VENUE
Alice Springs Cinema
Todd Plaza, 11 Todd St,
Alice Springs
NT 0871

PROGRAM ENQUIRIES
japanesefilmfestival@jpf.org.au

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FILM PROGRAM & SCHEDULE
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SATURDAY, 26 SEPT; 6:30PM
*Join us at 6:00PM for the JFF Satellite and Desert Festival 2020 Launch Party

Shoplifters (万引き家族)

Registrations: https://desfestickets.square.site/product/shoplifters-japanese-film-festival/76?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false

2018 / Drama / 120 mins / Rating: M (sexual references and nudity)
In Japanese with English subtitles

“Piecing together family in the most unexpected ways”

A brilliantly humanistic masterpiece that intricately – and on occasion, boldly – explores what it means to be a family. Shoplifters focuses on a ragtag family who have slipped through the cracks of society, using petty crime as a means to survive. After one of their regular shoplifting ventures, Osamu and his son Shota come across a neglected little girl. Despite their own hardships, the family takes her in. They begin a happy, humble life together until an unforeseen incident unravels hard truths and their fragile existence is thrust into the spotlight, uprooting the bonds that hold them together.

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SUNDAY, 27 SEPT; 2:30PM
** UPDATE: SOLD OUT ONLINE **
Penguin Highway (ペンギン・ハイウェイ)

Registrations: https://desfestickets.square.site/product/penguin-highway-japanese-film-festival/72?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false

2018 / Anime, Adventure / 119 mins / Rating: PG (contains mild fantasy themes and animated violence)
In Japanese with English subtitles

“Where did all these penguins come from?”

Fourth-grade student Aoyama is a young boy sure of his own intelligence and place in the world; he spends his days buried in his notebooks and studying the world around him. But when penguins appear in his small town far away from any oceans, Aoyama knows there’s a mystery that only he can solve—a mystery that involves the woman he has a crush on.

An anime adaptation of Tomihiko Morimi’s award-winning novel of the same name, Penguin Highway is an unforgettable tale about growing up, love, and discovering yourself.

———-

SUNDAY, 27 SEPT; 7:30PM

Night is Short, Walk On Girl (夜は短し歩けよ乙女)

Registrations: https://checkout.square.site/buy/3DTRJHBJESITILW7JSENGKFY

2017 / Anime, Comedy, Coming of Age / 93 mins / Rating: Suitable for 15+ (contains moderate themes)
In Japanese with English subtitles

“An epic night out filled with chance encounters and strange romance”

A heroine known only as The Black-Haired Girl goes down the rabbit hole for a night on the town and meets new friends who show her an unexpected side of Kyoto’s nightlife. As their night moves from tipsy to boozy, they slide into a trippy world of drunk philosophers, lecherous book collectors and guerilla theatre-makers.

Meanwhile, fellow student Senpai (Gen Hoshino) is desperately searching for The Black-Haired Girl. As the night deepens and the challenges keep coming, will each hurdle crossed bring the two closer together?

Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky : Screening as part of DIFF 2020 : Take One

Tickets include entertainment from 5:30pm with Foldback’s BBQ Sessions live on the deck

5.30pm – BBQ Sessions
Foldback are dishing up a sizzling assortment of Territory music served in a slice of the best in Top End comedy. Featuring East
Journey, RachelRachel, Danielle Andrews & Amy Hetherington – Comedy.

8:00pm – Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky – Theatrical Premiere: A fresh, funny and provocative look at the Cook legend from a First Nations’ perspective. Six diverse and distinctive commissions in Indigenous Language and English come together to create a new songline for 21st century Australia – one of spirituality, of cultural resistance and survival. The film features outstanding Indigenous music producer Daniel Rankine P.K.A. Trials (founding member of AB Original) as well as Indigenous singer/songwriters Mo’Ju, Alice Skye, Kev Carmody, Birdz, Fred Leone and Mau Power. The weaver of the story – outstanding poet and performer – Steven Oliver. His question – in the year 2020, does Australia have a blurred history of Cook?

For more Darwin International Film Festival events head over to https://diff.net.au/

#DIFF2020TakeOne #aDifferentTake #FilmFestival #DeckchairCinema #NTAustralia #northernterritory #tourismnt #dothent #mytopend #darwinlife #ntlife #Holidayherethisyear Northern Territory – Australia Tourism NT Tourism Top End

The Japanese Film Festival Satellite (FKA Regional) Program will tour Alice Springs with three contemporary #Japanese films, screening for #free. Presented by The Japan Foundation, Sydney with Red Hot Arts and Alice Springs Cinema.

Free admission. Limited seating, reservations required.

Please see below for more information.

———-
EVENT DETAILS
#JFFAliceSprings2020
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*Due to social distancing regulations seating is limited. Please visit the DesFest or Alice Springs Cinema website for more details.

VENUE
Alice Springs Cinema
Todd Plaza, 11 Todd St,
Alice Springs
NT 0871

PROGRAM ENQUIRIES
japanesefilmfestival@jpf.org.au

———-
FILM PROGRAM & SCHEDULE
———-

SATURDAY, 26 SEPT; 6:30PM
*Join us at 6:00PM for the JFF Satellite and Desert Festival 2020 Launch Party

Shoplifters (万引き家族)

Registrations: https://desfestickets.square.site/product/shoplifters-japanese-film-festival/76?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false

2018 / Drama / 120 mins / Rating: M (sexual references and nudity)
In Japanese with English subtitles

“Piecing together family in the most unexpected ways”

A brilliantly humanistic masterpiece that intricately – and on occasion, boldly – explores what it means to be a family. Shoplifters focuses on a ragtag family who have slipped through the cracks of society, using petty crime as a means to survive. After one of their regular shoplifting ventures, Osamu and his son Shota come across a neglected little girl. Despite their own hardships, the family takes her in. They begin a happy, humble life together until an unforeseen incident unravels hard truths and their fragile existence is thrust into the spotlight, uprooting the bonds that hold them together.

———-

SUNDAY, 27 SEPT; 2:30PM
** UPDATE: SOLD OUT ONLINE **
Penguin Highway (ペンギン・ハイウェイ)

Registrations: https://desfestickets.square.site/product/penguin-highway-japanese-film-festival/72?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false

2018 / Anime, Adventure / 119 mins / Rating: PG (contains mild fantasy themes and animated violence)
In Japanese with English subtitles

“Where did all these penguins come from?”

Fourth-grade student Aoyama is a young boy sure of his own intelligence and place in the world; he spends his days buried in his notebooks and studying the world around him. But when penguins appear in his small town far away from any oceans, Aoyama knows there’s a mystery that only he can solve—a mystery that involves the woman he has a crush on.

An anime adaptation of Tomihiko Morimi’s award-winning novel of the same name, Penguin Highway is an unforgettable tale about growing up, love, and discovering yourself.

———-

SUNDAY, 27 SEPT; 7:30PM

Night is Short, Walk On Girl (夜は短し歩けよ乙女)

Registrations: https://checkout.square.site/buy/3DTRJHBJESITILW7JSENGKFY

2017 / Anime, Comedy, Coming of Age / 93 mins / Rating: Suitable for 15+ (contains moderate themes)
In Japanese with English subtitles

“An epic night out filled with chance encounters and strange romance”

A heroine known only as The Black-Haired Girl goes down the rabbit hole for a night on the town and meets new friends who show her an unexpected side of Kyoto’s nightlife. As their night moves from tipsy to boozy, they slide into a trippy world of drunk philosophers, lecherous book collectors and guerilla theatre-makers.

Meanwhile, fellow student Senpai (Gen Hoshino) is desperately searching for The Black-Haired Girl. As the night deepens and the challenges keep coming, will each hurdle crossed bring the two closer together?

Presented by Araluen Arts Centre and Flickerfest

29th International Short Film Festival – Electrifying Short Films!

Celebrating 29 years, FLiCKERFEST is Australia’s leading Academy® Award accredited and BAFTA-recognised Short Film Festival, and the country’s largest Australian & International short film competition, screening the best of shorts from Australia and around the world, hand-picked from 3,500 entries.

FLiCKERFEST screens for 10 days under the summer stars at Bondi Beach in January 2020, with selected highlights touring Australia on a national tour from January through to May.

FLiCKERFEST remains a platform for celebrating the most entertaining and innovative short filmmaking from Australia and around the world.

Bring your chair or picnic blanket to the the Araluen Circus Lawns for a night of short films under the stars. Food and drink will be available on site, but please leave your dogs at home.

2 day passes available | Gates open at 7.00pm

Children under 15 must be accompanied by an adult

#araluen2020 #flickerfest2020

A unique and inspiring collection of short films that celebrate the awesome women of the adventure world.

Featuring a unique selection of films of varying lengths and styles, covering topics relevant to women in the outdoors, the Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour will enthral both the avid adventurer and the armchair adventurer alike.
The 2020 tour is excited to showcase the winner of the first Gutsy Girls Adventure Filmmakers grant, alongside a variety of films, including those that delve into life behind the scenes as a female ski professional, films that celebrate those that inspire us, and a film which will see us join a trio of adventurers on an expedition to learn more about our environment, wilderness and our own personal limits.
By celebrating the female adventurous spirit, we aim to make women in the outdoors more visible. But a Gutsy Girls screening isn’t just for women – they are for all of us to celebrate diversity and inclusion and the rad ladies of the adventure world.
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!!!
For more details visit www.gutsygirlsadventurefilmtour.com.au
The Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour is exempt from classification but the films are suitable for all ages and would obtain a G rating.
SORRY NO REFUNDS : SEATING IS NOT ALLOCATED BUT IS DRASTICALLY REDUCED TO KEEP COVID COMPLIANT
Photo from the film Deer 139 by Jayme Dittmar

A collection of films from around the globe that capture the spirit of mountain adventure. The original & the best Mountain Film Fest! The 2020 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is a 3 hour celebration of the mountain and adventure sport world. Sharing over 2 1/2 hours of the most exhilarating short films from explorers, mountain bikers, skiers, paddlers and climbers from around the globe.

The tour is hot on the heels of the largest and most prestigious mountain festivals in the world, the Banff Mountain Festival, which takes place every November in the mountain town of Banff, in Canada.

More than 300 of the world’s best mountain sport, culture, environment, adventure, and exploration films are shown during the week-long event. A selection of award winners and audience favourites then tours the globe, visiting 390 communities and 35 countries as part of the festival’s official world tour.

This year, the Australian line-up features two-and-a-half hours of captivating short films shot in some of the most wild and remote corners of the world. The program is packed full of mesmerising cinematography, thought-provoking storylines and adrenaline-inducing action sequences.

The original and the best mountain film festival is presented by World Expeditions, and will be screening at the Araluen Arts Centre in Alice Springs.

For more details visit www.banffaustralia.com.au

SEATING IS ALLOCATED.
SORRY NO REFUNDS.

The Banff Mountain Film Festival is exempt from classification, but all coarse language has been beeped out, there is no nudity or adult themes.

*Adventure Reels does not take responsibility for any holidays, mountain bikes, ski gear, paddling equipment or adventure related purchases that result from attending the Banff Mountain Film Festival