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Presented in conjunction with the QAGOMA exhibition, this cinema project features films selected by artist Patricia Piccinini alongside those chosen in response to her longstanding interests in science, storytelling and empathy. The project comprises four thematic programs and surveys a wide range of science fiction and horror classics, together with beloved animations and documentaries.

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE: INSECTS
6.00pm 7 April 2018 | Free

Join us for an event screening of Hmyz (Insects) 2018 by esteemed Czech filmmaker Jan Švankmajer. Based on an early work of Czech science fiction by the brothers Karel and Josef Čapek, the film is a satire of the line between insect and human behaviour.

SPECIAL SCREENING: OKJA
3.00pm 12 May 2018 | Free

Join us for a one-off cinema screening of Bong Joon-ho's celebrated Netflix film about a young woman caught up in the crossfire between animal activism, corporate greed and scientific ethics.

TALK & SCREENING: NÉNETTE
3.00pm 19 May 2018 | Free

Nicolas Philibert's documentary Nénette 2010 is an extraordinary portrait of a 40-year-old orangutan who has spent her life in captivity at the Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes Zoo in Paris. Barbara Creed, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor at the University of Melbourne will accompany the screening with an illustrated talk on the role of companion animals in human life.

MONSTROUS BEAUTY

'Monstrous Beauty' explores a world of mad science and misunderstood monsters, body horror and social anxieties, where the macabre is entwined with stories of difference and empathy.

James Whale Frankenstein 1931 M
Tod Browning Freaks 1932 PG
Hiroshi Teshigahara Tanin no kao (The Face of Another) 1966 Ages 18+
Werner Herzog Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser) 1974 M
Jim Sharman The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 M
David Cronenberg Shivers 1975 R18+
David Lynch The Elephant Man 1980 M
Clive Barker Nightbreed [Director's Cut] 1990/2014 M
Phillip Brophy Body Melt 1993 MA15+
Brandon Cronenberg Antiviral 2012 MA15+
Julia Ducournau Grave (Raw) 2016 R18+
Guillermo del Toro The Shape of Water 2017 MA15+

OTHER-WORLDLY ENCOUNTERS

'Other-Worldly Experiences' features stories of women in real and fantastical worlds. Some films re-interpret classic fairy tales, while others create mysterious contemporary fables about troubled relationships and childhood.

Peter Weir Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975 PG
Jan Švankmajer Něco z Alenky (Alice) 1988 M
Jane Campion The Piano 1993 M
Lars von Trier Breaking the Waves 1996 R18+
Lucile Hadžihalilović Innocence 2004 Ages 18+
Guillermo del Toro El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) 2006 MA15+
Adam Elliot Max and Mary 2009 PG
Benh Zeitlin Beasts of the Southern Wild 2012 M
Isabel Peppard Butterflies 2012 Ages 12+
Ryan Gosling Lost River 2014 MA15+
Agnieszka Smoczyńska Córki dancingu (The Lure) 2015 Ages18+
Amat Escalante La región salvaje (The Untamed) 2016 R18+

COMPANION SPECIES

'Companion Species' includes a wide range of films that explore the relationship between humans and animals, the use of anthropomorphism in allegories of human interaction, and inter-species relations.

Jean Cocteau La belle et la bête (Beauty and the Beast) 1946 PG
Joy Batchelor Animal Farm 1954 PG
Wolfgang Reitherman The Jungle Book 1967 G
David Lynch Eraserhead 1977 M
Noel Marshall Roar 1981 PG
Hayao Miyazaki My Neighbor Totoro 1988 PG
Werner Herzog Grizzly Man 2005 M
Robinson Devor Zoo 2007 R18+
Nicolas Philibert Nénette 2010 All ages
Yorgos Lanthimos The Lobster 2015 MA15+
Joon-ho Bong Okja 2017 M
Jan Švankmajer Hmyz (Insects) 2018 Ages 18+

EARTHLY SURVIVAL

'Earthly Survival' features stories of rebellion and renewal. From genetically engineered replicants to radical environmentalists, oppressed humanoids and pacifist eco-warriors, these films explore our relationships to technology and the environment.

René Laloux La Planète sauvage (The Savage Planet aka Fantastic Planet) 1973 M
Colin Eggleston Long Weekend 1978 M
Ridley Scott Blade Runner [The Final Cut] 1982 M
Hayao Miyazaki Kaze no tani no Naushika (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind) 1984 PG
Richard Kelly Donnie Darko 2001 M
Mark Romanek Never Let Me Go 2010 M
Lana & Lilly Wachowski Cloud Atlas 2012 MA15+
Kelly Reichardt Night Moves 2013 M
Aleksei Yuryevich German Trudno byt bogom (Hard to Be a God) 2013 Ages 18+
Lucile Hadžihalilović Évolution 2015 Ages 18+
Fabrizio Terranova Donna Haraway: Story Telling for Earthly Survival 2016 Ages 15+
Denis Villeneuve Blade Runner 2049 2017 MA15+