National Sorry Day screenings Sunday May 26

Series of short films (PG)After the Apology (M)Undermined: Tales from the Kimberley (M)Venue: Theatre Royal Castlemaine 30 Hargraves Street, Castlemaine Time: From 1pm Cost: $30 for the day

Monday May 27

Murundak: Songs of Freedom

(M) A film by Natasha Gadd Venue: Bendigo Library 259 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo Time: 4pm with a Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony before film (official launch of Film Festival) Cost: Free

Samson and Delilah (NR) A film by Warwick Thornton Venue: Bendigo Cinemas 107-109 Queen Street, Bendigo Time: 6pm Cost: Free For tickets call 03 5434 5545

Tuesday May 28

Servant or Slave (NR) A film by Steven McGregor Venue: Star Cinema Town Hall, 2 Peg Leg Road, Eaglehawk Time: 7pm Cost $12 per ticket

Wednesday May 29

We Don't Need a Map (PG) A film by Warwick Thornton Venue: Discovery Centre and Planetarium, 7 Railway Place, Bendigo Time: 7pm Cost: Free

Thursday May 30

Gurrumul (PG) A film by Paul Damien Williams Venue: Bendigo Senior Secondary College Language Centre, Gaol Road, Bendigo Time: 3pm Cost: Free Afternoon tea provided, all welcome.

Seeing The Land from An Aboriginal Canoe (PG) A short documentary film Venue: Castlemaine Library 212 Barker Street, Castlemaine Time: 5.30pm Cost: Free

Ten Canoes (NR) A film by Rolf de Heer and Peter Djigirr Venue: Maldon Neighbourhood Centre 1 Church Street, Maldon Time: 7.30pm (doors open 7.15pm) Cost: $10 ticket or $5 concession Refreshments available for purchase.

Friday May 31

Warrigal Creek Massacre (M) Documentary on the Warrigal Creek massacre Venue: La Trobe Art Institute 121 View Street, Bendigo Time: 5.30pm Cost: Free Afternoon tea provided, all welcome.

Saturday June 1

Occupation: Native (PG) A documentary by Trisha Morton-Thomas With local guest speakers. Venue: Bendigo Bank Theatre The Capital, 50 View Street, Bendigo Time: 4pm Cost: Free

Sunday June 2

Bunjil the Eagle (G) A short children’s filmVisit through the Planetarium and hands on activities.Venue: Discovery Centre and Planetarium, 7 Railway Place, Bendigo Time: 11am Cost: Free

Monday June 3

Series of BDAC youth films (NR) Short films by local young people on the importance of Community, Country and Culture Venue: La Trobe Art Institute 121 View Street, Bendigo Time: 6pm Cost: Free For tickets call 03 5442 4947

INDIGENOUS FILM FESTIVALNow in its third year, the Central Victorian Indigenous Film Festival is showcasing an exciting range of Indigenous films from across Australia. Join us as we celebrate National Reconciliation Week 2019 and enjoy films created by, starring and telling stories about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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As part of this year’s Film Festival, a number of local organisations will also be hosting Indigenous film screenings for their staff and volunteers. Keep an eye out for information from your organisation about upcoming opportunities.

For further festival information contact Fiona at f.machin@bendigo.vic.gov.au

After the ApologyFour grandmothers fi nd each other and start a national movement to place Aboriginal children with their extended family, as a key solution to the rising number who are in out-of-home care.

Bunjil the EagleShort fi lm for children, alongside a trip to the planetarium and getting creative with some hands-on science activities.

GurrumulIndigenous artist Geo� rey Gurrumul Yunupingu was one of the most important and acclaimed voices to ever come out of Australia. Blind from birth, he found purpose and meaning through songs and music inspired by his country in far North East Arnhem Land. Living a traditional Yolngu life, his breakthrough album 'Gurrumul' brought him to a crossroads as audiences and artists around the world began to embrace his music.

Murundak: Songs of FreedomA documentary on The Black Arm Band, featuring some of Australia’s fi nest Indigenous musicians. From the concert halls of the Sydney Opera House to remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory, it brings together pioneering singers including Archie Roach, Bart Willoughby and the late Ruby Hunter, and a stellar lineup of emerging Indigenous talent including Dan Sultan, Shellie Morris and Emma Donovan.

Occupation: NativeAiming to engage all Australians in a national conversation about Australian history and what has been missing from our history books. In this country, the Aboriginal story is often buried deep beneath the accepted Australian historical narrative.

Samson and DelilahCharting a relationship between two impoverished people who live o� the map, both literally and symbolically, in an Indigenous community near Alice Springs. Addicted to sni� ng petrol, Samson begins his courtship by throwing pebbles at Delilah, whose grandmother’s traditional artwork is sold by white men in the CBD for exorbitant profi ts the family never sees.

Servant or SlaveBringing to light the heartbreaking experiences of Rita Wright, Rita Wenberg, Violet West, Adelaide Wenberg and Valerie Linow, Servant or Slave is a fi lm of courage, strength and the fortitude to pursue justice for the crimes committed against them after being stolen from their families, trained to be domestic servants and forced into indentured labour.

Seeing The Land from An Aboriginal Canoe This project explores the signifi cant contribution Aboriginal people made in colonial times by guiding people and stock across the river systems of Victoria.

Ten CanoesIn Australia's Northern Territory a man tells us a story of his people and his land. Through stories, can values be taught and balance achieved?

Warrigal Creek MassacreA passion project produced on a shoe-string budget, which looks unfl inchingly at a horrifying episode of Victorian history – one of the worst acts of indiscriminate killing of Indigenous Australians in the early colonies.

We Don’t Need a MapEver since colonisation the Southern Cross has been hotly-contested for ownership by a radical range of Australian groups, but for Aboriginal people the meaning of this heavenly body is deeply spiritual - a totem that’s deeply woven into the spiritual and practical lives of Aboriginal people.

Undermined: Tales from the KimberleyAustralia’s vast and unspoiled Kimberley region is under threat, with mining, pastoralism and irrigated agriculture driving an unprecedented land grab.

INDIGENOUS FILM FESTIVALC E N T R A L V I C T O R I A N

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