Program 1

Program 17 April – 5 JuneProgram 1 of 4 2021April6Tue6.00 Members Soirée12Wed7Wed7.00 Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra13Thur 7.00 Kajillionaire 8Thur 7.00 Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie’s Dead Aunt)11Sun7.00 The Croods: A New AgeFundraiser for Autism NT12Mon7.00 Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie’s Dead Aunt)13Tue7.00 Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs 14Wed7.00 Only the Animals Alliance Francaise Film Night15Thur 7.00 Miss Juneteenth BELL16Fri7.00 Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs BELL 8.20 AmmoniteStarStarSun7.00 Girls Can’t Surf Fundraiser for Sea Shepard19Mon7.00 Pinocchio20Tue7.00 Ammonite BELL21Wed7.00 The End of the Century22Thur 7.00 Pinocchio15Sat 7.00 The Dry National Trust Herritage Festival Sc.9.10 The Witch of Kings Cross16Sun7.00 Cool Runnings Fundraiser for Razzle Basketball17Mon7.00 High Ground18Tue7.00 Nomadland BELL19Wed7.00 The Witch of Kings Cross BELL 20Thur 7.00 My Salinger YearStarStarAlliance Francaise French Film Festival21Fri7.00 De Gaulle9.00 Bye Bye Morons22 Sat 7.00 Delicious9.00 Love Affair(s)17Sat 7.00 Northern Territory Travelling Film Festival9.00 Long Story Short18Star14Fri7.00 The Witch of Kings Cross9.00 Nomadland9Fri7.00 Miss Juneteenth NT Youth Week Screening8.50 The End of the Century10Sat 7.00 Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs 8.20 Miss Juneteenth7.00 Banff Mountain Film Festival23Sun7.00 The Big Hit24Mon7.00 The End of the Century BELL25Tue7.00 Heroic Losers26Wed7.00 RamsFundraiser for the Rotary Club of Darwin South27Thur 7.00 Kajillionaire BELL Star23 Fri7.00 Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra8.50 Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie’s Dead Aunt) BELL28 Fri7.00 The Tracker8.50 Gunda24 Sat 7.00 Walkabout 50th Anniversary Screening8.45 Long Story Short29 Sat 7.00 My Salinger Year8.50 Heroic Losers BELL25Sun7.00 High GroundFundraiser for Nightcliff Seabreeze Festival30Sun7.00 Godzilla vs. KongFundraiser for St John Parap Cadets26Mon7.00 Nomadland31Mon7.00 Ema27Tue7.00 Zappa 28Wed7.00 Pinocchio BELL29Thur 7.00 Lunana: A Yak in the ClassroomStarJune1Tue7.00 Gunda Café Cinema 30 Fri7.00 Long Story Short BELL8.45 Only the Animals BELL2Wed7.00 High Ground BELL OC3Thur 7.00 Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra BELLMay4Fri7.00 Ema8.55 My Salinger Year BELL1Sat 7.00 Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom BELL9.00 Zappa BELL5Sat 7.00 Gunda BELL8.45 Ema BELL2–9Darwin International Film Festival 2020: Take TwoTickets and info at diff.net.au10Mon7.00 Kajillionaire11Tue7.00 Banff Mountain Film FestivalFundraiser Special screeningStar NT Short BELL Last screening OCOpen captionFree to Members

Welcome to thenew DeckchairCinema seasonThat's right, it's hard tobelieve it's already that timeof year again! In ProgramOne you'll find a real festivalflavour – we've squeezed in theNorthern Territory TravellingFilm Festival, Banff MountainFilm Festival and the AllianceFrancaise French Film Festival.Then to top it all off, our veryown Darwin International FilmFestival is back, taking over thebig screen for eight days in Maywith DIFF 2020: Take Two.See diff.net.au for more details.So, fill your boots, and enjoy!Ammonite2021, Francis Lee117m, UK Ellie and Abbie (andEllie’s Dead Aunt)MA15 A beautifully shot period dramaset in 1840s England. A youngwoman is sent to convalesce withthe acclaimed but overlookedfossil hunter Mary Anning.They begin a passionate andall-consuming love affair that willdefy all social bounds and alterthe course of both their livesirrevocably.16, 20 Apr2020, Monica Zanetti82m, Australia 2021, Wayne Blair100m, Australia MThis is the story of how three young Aboriginal brothers, Stephen,David and Russell Page, turned the Bangarra dance group into a FirstNations cultural powerhouse. Firestarter explores loss, the reclamationof culture, the burden of intergenerational trauma, and the power ofart as a messenger for social change and healing.7, 23 Apr, 3 Jun2021, Pablo Larraín107m, Chile MA15 17 year old Ellie is strugglingto find the courage to ask herclassmate, Abbie, to the formal.Luckily her Aunt Tara – a lesbianwho died in the 80s – has shownup as a 'Fairy Godmother' to dishout advice whether Ellie wantsit or not!8, 12, 23 AprAfter a shocking incident upends her family life and hermarriage to a tempestuouschoreographer, Ema, a reggaetondancer, sets out on an odysseyof personal liberation in thisincendiary drama about art,desire, and the modern familyfrom director Pablo Larraín.Spanish with English Subtitles.31 May, 4, 5 JunGundaHeroic Losers2021, Viktor Kossakovsky93m, Norway Firestarter: The Story of BangarraMEmaGExperiential cinema in itspurest form, Gunda chroniclesthe unfiltered lives of a motherpig, a flock of chickens, and aherd of cows with masterfulintimacy. Its stark black andwhite cinematography and theambient soundtrack of its ruralsetting invite the audience toslow down and experience life atthe pace of its subjects.28 May, 1, 5 Jun2021, Sebastián Borensztein117m, Argentina MWhen a group of friends andneighbours lose all of theirsavings to an unscrupulous bankmanager they band togetherand put a plan into actionto recover what’s rightfullytheirs. The highest grossingArgentinian Film of 2019.Spanish with English Subtitles.25, 29 May

High Ground2021, Stephen Johnson104m, Australia MA15 Jacob Mimmi andthe Talking Dogs2019, Edmunds Jansons70m, Latvia This stunning revenge thrillerset in 1930s Arnhem Land isan absolute must see. YoungAboriginal man Gutjuk teamsup with former soldier Travisto track down Baywarra – themost dangerous warrior in theTerritory, who is also his uncle.Screening with Open Captions onJune 2nd.25 Apr, 17 May, 2 Jun (OC )This beautifully drawn animationhas themes suitable for youngchildren and finishes at 8.10pm.Lunana: a Yak inthe ClassroomKajillionaireG2020, Miranda July105m, USA Long Story ShortM2020, Josh Lawson94m, Australia MTheresa and Robert have spent26 years training their daughterto swindle, scam and steal atevery opportunity. When sheforms an unlikely connectionwith a stranger her odd and stoicreality is challenged – and shefinds herself suddenly caughtbetween the only family she hasever known and the prospect oftotal freedom.10, 13, 27 MayWhen time-poor Teddy wakes upthe morning after his wedding todiscover that every few minuteshe's jumping forward to thenext year of his life, he must useevery precious moment wiselyto keep from losing the love ofhis life, and to learn to love thelife he's losing.17, 24 & 30 AprilMiss JuneteenthMy Salinger YearNomadland2019, Pawo Choyning Dorji110m, Bhutan CTC2020, Channing Godfrey Peoples100m, USA M2020, Luc Dery, Kim McCraw101m, Canada M2020, Chloé Zhao108m, USA A young teacher in modernBhutan is sent to the mostremote school in the world.After an arduous eight daytrek he finds no electricity, notextbooks, not even a blackboard.As he learns of the hardship inthe lives of the beautiful childrenhe teaches a personal transformation begins to unfold. Dzongkhawith English Subtitles.29 Apr, 1 MayMiss Juneteenth draws us deepinto South Texas. Turquoise wasonce crowned Miss Juneteenth,a title commemorating the dayslavery was abolished, but lifedidn’t turn out as beautifullyas the title promised. NowTurquoise is cultivating herdaughter, Kai, to become MissJuneteenth – even if Kai wantssomething else.9, 10, 15 AprWhen Joanna gets hired as anassistant to the literary agentof JD Salinger, her main taskbecomes processing Salinger’svoluminous fan mail. As she readsthe heart-wrenching letters hereceives from around the world,she becomes reluctant to sendthe agency’s impersonal standardletter and impulsively beginspersonalizing the responses.20, 29 May, 4 JunBest Drama Picture and BestDirector Award Winner from thisyear’s Golden Globes, Nomadlandis a poetic character study onthe forgotten and downtrodden.After the economic collapse of acompany town in rural Nevada,Fern packs her van and setsoff on the road exploring a lifeoutside of conventional society.26 Apr, 14, 18 MayWhen Jacob and Mimmi findout that the local park is aboutto be transformed into newskyscrapers they decide to stopthe development with help of apack of local dogs that. can talk!English dubbed version.10, 13, 16 AprM

Only the Animals2021, Dominik Moll118m, France PinocchioMA hit from the Travelling FilmFestival this year, Only TheAnimals is set following thedisappearance of a woman duringa snowstorm. Five strangers ina remote mountain town arecaught up in a mystery thatspans continents and which noneof them expected. French withEnglish Subtitles.14. 30 Apr2020, Matteo Garrone125m, Italy The End of theCenturyMA visually stunning reimaginingof the well-known story thatstays faithful to the original taleby Carlo Collodi. Geppetto’spuppet comes to life and setsout on a quest to become a realboy. Be warned – it’s a bit darkerthan the Disney versions – notfor small children. Englishdubbed version.19, 22, 28 Apr2020, Lucio Castro84m, Spain The TrackerR18 David Gulpilil’s first lead role.A story of contempt for firstAustralians, their humanityand understanding of the land,but in an understated way.Rolf de Heer uses a rich mix ofvisuals, music by Archie Roachand paintings by Peter Coad todepict the violence in this story.28 MayWalkaboutZappa1971, Nicholas Roeg100m, Australia 2020, Sonia Bible78m, Australia MA15 In 1950s Sydney, bohemian artist Rosaleen Norton hit the headlineswith allegations of satanic rituals, obscene art and sex orgies. Sheworshipped the god Pan and practiced trances and sex magic – but didthe scandals mask her genius? A fantastic debut feature from SoniaBible, who was once a long term Darwin resident.14, 15, 19 MayMTwo men meet by chance whilein Barcelona. What seems likea one night encounter betweentwo strangers becomes an epic,decades-spanning relationshipin which time and space refuseto play by the rules. Spanish withEnglish Subtitles.9, 21 Apr, 24 May50th Anniversary ScreeningThe Witch of Kings Cross2002, Rolf de Heer98m, Australia MTwo city siblings stranded inthe Australian outback aresaved by an Aboriginal boy onhis 'walkabout'. This was thefirst time we got to see DavidGulpilil on screen. This screeningcelebrates both 50 years forWalkabout and five decadesof prolific acting from thiscelebrated, multi-award-winningYolngu man.24 April2020, Alex Winter128m, USA MA15 With its makers grantedunfettered access to the ZappaVault and the archival footagecontained within, Zappaexplores the private life behinda mammoth musical careerthat never shied away from thepolitical turbulence of its time.27 Apr, 1 May