$11 SESSION | $50 SEASON PASS
after dark
SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER,
7pm - 9pm
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15+
deadeye
"they used to place coins on the eyelids of the dead so they could not follow the lives of the living ... surrounded by ocean we find no clear water ... in the absence of fire our soft tissues are burning ... yet our eyes stay open ..."
Beginning in March 2025, large areas of South Australian coastal waters have been devastated by a harmful algal bloom, leading to mass mortalities of uncountable numbers of fish, invertebrates and other marine life. The causes are complex but all arise from the unmitigated effects of anthropogenic climate change.
Directed & produced by: Ian Gibbins
Directed by:
Roy Jeevadaran & Lewis Machen
produced by:
Isaac Nimmo & Rachel Wyndham
love and treat yourself
As a man’s life falls apart, he begins to go back to his cannibalistic ways, leading him to a life of blood and gore.
Sydney, 2004. Leo, a young film buff, comes across a mysterious VHS tape while working the nightshift at a DVD store. He soon realises his mistake, upon discovering its contents are obscurely edited snuff films, that only he can see.
Directed by:
Lulu Forti
produced by:
Taylah Barbeitos & Lulu Forti
tape ‘96
On a bustling film set, a nameless extra is thrust into the spotlight when the Director decrees they must deliver a single line: “Was that all?” What begins as a simple moment in a spy thriller quickly devolves into chaos as the extra battles stage fright, the tyrannical crew, and the Director’s monstrous presence.
Directed by: Zachary Benn & Sebastian Benn
produced by:
Jodie Kirkbride & Jasmine J. Leech
extra
A trans woman performs a satanic ritual to get a vagina, but unwittingly invites a demonic presence into her home which demands a terrible sacrifice.
Directed by:
Kylie Aoibheann
produced by:
Oliver Ellis
the dysphoria
lipstick on a pig
When teenager Dotti prepares for a first date, a misogynistic voice in her vanity mirror quickly turns her beauty routine from bubblegum to horror.
Directed & produced by: Isla Grace Bentham
An enigmatic man journeys back in time to find his younger self, seemingly to revisit the nostalgia of trading cards. An exploration of identity, mental health and the erosion of childhood innocence, Trading Cards is a dark fantasy animated film about the weight of living with Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Directed by:
Radheya Jang
produced by: Radheya Jang & Jay Jay Jegathesan
trading cards
Eugene is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and only has one month to live. After befriending another cancer patient, Lachie, the pair begin an unpredictable adventure with the goal of living their last days to the fullest.
Directed by:
Dylen Blyth
produced by:
George Little
piss head
Directed by:
Alessia Pugliese & Fernando de Miguel Fuertes
produced by: Freya Brunning & Alexandra Taylor
screech
In a tense therapy session, Rosario relives the toxic dynamics of her two housemates turning against a third, determined to exile her. Pressured to pick a side, Rosario's inability to speak
up triggers a descent into a surreal inner world.