My Cinema My Film Festival

REGIONAL AND RURAL SELECTION
19 November to 30 November 2020

My Cinema is delighted to partner with the Travelling Film Festival (TFF) to present the first My Cinema, My Film Festival program.

A unique selection of feature films and shorts with special introductions and film-maker interviews. You’ll find stories from diverse cultures from Australia to Saudi Arabia, including Indigenous communities. There are documentaries that conjure up the magic of musical performance, celebrate free-diving and explore sustainable living.

See participating cinemas below – for film selection, screening dates and times.

OPENING FILM: HIGH GROUND Screening all locations
Director: Stephen Maxwell Johnson. Australia. In English and Yolngu Matha with English subtitles. 104 mins. Classification 15+
A brand-new unmissable Australian drama set in Arnhem Land, selected for the 2020 Berlin Film Festival, starring newcomer Jacob Junior Nayinggul, Simon Baker and Jack Thompson, and directed by Stephen Maxwell Johnson (Yolgnu Boy).
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THE CLIMB Screening all locations
Director: Michael Angelo Covino. USA. In English. 94 mins. Classification M
A totally charming, and bittersweet comedy directed, written by, and starring Michael Angelo Covino, that follows two friends through different rocky times in their lives. A prize winner at Cannes 2019 and a favourite with critics around the globe. WATCH TRAILER

CHARLATAN Screening all locations
Director Agnieszka Holland. Czech Republic. In Czech with English subtitles. 118 mins. Classification 15+
Multi-award-winning director Agnieszka Holland’s latest drama focuses on the real-life story of an obsessive herbalist – a conman for some, a saviour for others – during the Nazi Occupation of Czechoslovakia and the subsequent lowering of the Iron Curtain.
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MAX RICHTER’S SLEEP Screening all locations
Director: Natalie Johns. UK. In English. 99 mins. Classification G
A unique, captivating documentary that follows acclaimed composer and musician Max Richter and the presentation of an ambitious open-air performance of his celebrated eight-hour ambient opus ‘Sleep’.WATCH TRAILER

THE PERFECT CANDIDATE Screening all locations
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour. Saudi Arabia/Germany. In English and Arabic with English subtitles. 104 mins. 15+
Oscar nominee and Saudi Arabia’s first woman director Haifaa Al-Mansour (director of festival favourite Wadjda), delivers an entertaining and revealing look at the changing roles of women in Saudi Arabia.WATCH TRAILER

JOURNEY TO UTOPIA
Director: Erlend E. Mo. Denmark/Norway. In Danish and Norwegian with English subtitles. 90 mins. Classification G
A forward-thinking family leading a picture-perfect life on their farm in Norway make the dramatic decision to move to a brand new self-sufficient, eco-village in Denmark, but the path to environmentally ethical living is less than easy in this heart-warming documentary.

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ADAM
Director: Maryam Touzani. Morocco/France/Belgium. In Arabic with English subtitles. 100 mins. Classification PG
A poignant story set in Casablanca’s old city, selected for Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, featuring superb performances, an evocative setting, classic Arabic music and unforgettable characters.

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ONLY THE ANIMALS
Director: Dominik Moll. France/Germany. In French with English subtitles.116 mins. M French director Dominik (Harry, He’s Here to Help!)
Moll’s engrossing, witty and slippery mystery thriller follows five characters over two continents who seemingly play a role in the disappearance of a sixth.

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KUESSIPAN
Director: Myriam Verreault. Canada. In French and Inu with English subtitles.117 mins. M
Multiple award-winning feature, adapted from an acclaimed Canadian novel by Naomi Fontaine, Kuessipan is a poignant coming-of-age story told through an Indigenous lens of two First Nation girls from a rural Quebec Innu community.

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IT MUST BE HEAVEN
Director: Elia Suleiman. Palestine. In Arabic with English subtitles. 97 mins. M
A comic saga from acclaimed Palestinian director Elia Suleiman, that asks the fundamental question – as he journeys across the globe – where is the place we can truly call home? Selected for the Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals.

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DESCENT
Director: Nays Baghai. Australia. In English and Dutch with English subtitles. 59 mins. PG
Winner of the Sydney Film Festival’s 2020 Documentary Australia Foundation Award, Nays Baghai’s strikingly beautiful film focusses on Kiki Bosch, a free diver in freezing water – not a pastime for the faint of heart, but for Kiki, it was a life saver.

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THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF
Director: Benjamin Ree. Norway. In English and Norwegian with English subtitles. 134 mins. 15+
A Sundance prize-winning documentary that exposes the curious friendship between an artist and the thief who stole her paintings, that offers a profound look at the art of healing — and the healing power of art.

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AUSTRALIAN SHORT FILM SELECTIONS

SAFETY NET – Screens with KUESSIPAN
Director: Anthea Williams. Australia. 12 mins. M
Thirteen-year-old Terry is in emergency care with guardians after his mother’s arrest. Cheeky and living with a disability, he’s able to outwit one guardian while finding exactly the connection he needs from the other.

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GROUNDHOG NIGHT – Screens with THE CLIMB
Director: Genevieve Clay-Smith. Australia. 16 mins. 15+
For carer Gary, moving on and keeping his family together isn’t always easy. Tensions run high when his late wife’s parents arrive unannounced after he brings home a date. A charming insightful comedy.

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DIVING IN – Screens with DESCENT
Director: Adam Bowes, Nina Oyama. Australia. 9 mins. PG
Will romance blossom for Alex? The competitive swimmer is madly in love with Jen, who works at the local pool. First, he needs to make a date, but his mischievous friends aren’t helping.

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OBSCURA
– Screens with THE PAINTER AND THE THIEF
Director: Emily Jordan, Hannah Jordan. Australia. 9 mins. 15+
An imaginative stop-motion animation that looks inside our cameras at the creatures within, who are living lives defined by what they see through the lens.

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