Screening  11th

12 Noon – 40 Minutes

Next up

Director Marian Van

1pm – 90 Minutes

People of the West

People of the West is a ten-part, premium documentary
series that tells the history of California from
the perspective of the tribes themselves. Blending oral storytelling, tribal archives, and cinematic recreations, the series spans from creation stories and pre-contact culture through centuries of colonization, survival, and resilience, culminating in the diverse lives of Native Californians today. Both epic and deeply personal, it reframes the story of the Golden State for classrooms and contemporary audiences alike.

Director Biography – Brad Munoa, Christopher Nataanii Cegielski, Phillip Montgomery, Josh Baker

14.30pm – 90 Minutes

Disposable Humanity 

 A family’s investigation into the history and memory of the Nazi Aktion T4 program which targeted over 300,000 disabled people and catalysed the Holocaust.

Directed by Cameron S. Mitchell

16.15pm – 11 Minutes

Tango in Twilight

This film explores the life of a 74 year old man, a chemist, who developed blindness at age 28 presumably from an innocent post graduate party prank, going awry at some point. Although this is a presumptive diagnosis one can’t rule out glaucoma as a primary illness.

Director Teresa Herminia Mular MD

16.30pm – 15 Minutes

Trova  

In 1935 Cuba, María Teresa Vera, a gifted female troubadour with a complicated past, sends for Lorenzo Hierrezuelo, a skilled singer and guitarist of the Justo García Quartet.

At her home, María shares the story of her journey, sparking flashbacks of her bohemian days performing with a male orchestra and her spiritual awakening through Yoruba traditions, which compelled her to abandon her life as a Trova musician.

Directed by Jake Ajamian

5pm – 90 Minutes

Forgive me Mom

FORGIVE ME, MOM” is a documentary about a young man from Crimea who endured Russian captivity and later became part of the Ukrainian resistance. After surviving torture and being released, he devoted himself to supporting other political prisoners. With the outbreak of the full-scale war, he voluntarily joined the front line, where he was killed.

Directed By  Yevhen Lesnoy