DOCUMENTARIES
This years festival brings a combination of surfing and adventure-travel films, there are explorations of music, magic mushrooms, queer barbering, cult communities, state surveillance and environmental activism.
DOSED 2: The Trip of a Lifetime
sat 22 oct - palace cinemas
A loving mother of four is granted the right to legally use magic mushrooms to treat her end-of-life anxiety. She then embarks on a remarkable journey of personal transformation and healing while exploring lesser known possible cures for cancer, like cannabis oil. What happens next calls into question everything we think we know about the human body, mind, and spirit.
EVERY KOALA COUNTS
sat 22 oct - byron theatre
“Every Koala Counts” is an intimate exploration of the inspiring people who have taken a stand to save this species – past and present.
GLORIAVALE
sun 30 Oct - palace cinemas
An eye opening look at the widespread corruption of the infamous Gloriavale Christian Community cult and the institutional failures that have allowed the injustices to continue.
MANSCAPING
fri 28 oct - Palace cinemas
An intimate documentary portrait of three queer men who are reimagining the traditional barbershop.
my old school
sun 23 & sat 29 oct - palace cinemaS
SAT 29 - THE REGENT CINEMA
The astonishing true story of Scotland’s most notorious impostor.
Patou: In Black & White
sat 29 oct - byron theatre
SUN 30 - THE REGENT CINEMA
With a career that spans over four decades and across the globe, Jamaican singer Pat Powell (Patou) is one of Australia's most accomplished yet hidden vocal talents.
SAVAGE WATERS
thurs 27 oct - PALACE CINEMAS
A 19th century treasure-hunter’s journal inspires a captivating journey to seek out and surf a mythical, never-ridden wave in some of the most remote and dangerous waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
SEE MANDY RUN
MON 24 & TUES 25 OCT PALACE CINEMAS
An intimate behind the scenes portrait charismatic comedian and community activist Mandy Nolan as she runs a hugely popular campaign as Greens candidate in the Federal seat of Richmond during the worst climate change crisis her beloved Northern Rivers has ever faced.
BIRTH OF THE ENDLESS SUMMER
SAT 22 OCT - BYRON Theatre
SUN 30 OCT - PALACE CINEMAS
Birth of The Endless Summer follows Californian surf pioneer, Dick Metz, as he vagabonds the globe from 1958-1961-revealing the untold story behind one of the most watched and beloved documentaries of all time, The Endless Summer.
THE POWER OF ACTIVISM
sat 29 oct - BYRON THEATRE
Six highly spirited female activists are put under the microscope to ascertain the financial impact of their environmental solutions… and the results are astonishing.
The Road To Patagonia
WED 26 OCT BYron theatre - SOLD OUT
ENCORE SCREENING - SAT 29 PALACE - SOLD OUT
The lives of two strangers are changed forever when they cross paths on the surfing adventure of a lifetime, discovering love, downshifting and four Chilean horses.
UNSEEN SKIES
sat 22 & wed 26 oct - PALACE CINEMAS
FRI 28 OCT - THE REGENT CINEMA
Trevor Paglen, one of the 21st century most visionary artists, is creating one of his most audacious projects till date - the launching of an artwork into space to show that our skies are more than the exclusive playground of the military-industrial complex - or are they?
WATERMAN
sun 23 oct - lennox head cultural centre
Fri 28 + SAT 29 oct - palace cinemas
From modest roots in Waikiki, Duke Kahanamoku swam his way to fame, becoming the face of a changing Hawaii - and a vital part of its tourism industry - as it evolved from an independent Kingdom to the 50th American state. Yet relatively few outside Hawaii know the full extent of Duke’s impact on sports, lifesaving, and combatting prejudice.