FILMS BY THEMES 2019 PROGRAM
WORLD OF CHANGE
TasmaNet has been helping Tasmanians connect to the world, protect data, and adopt innovative ICT since 2004. As a proudly local business, they’re at the forefront of a wave of islanders competing on the world stage with cutting-edge homegrown tech expertise. Who better to bring you these fascinating films on changes in the way we live, look for solutions to problems, bring up our kids, and deal with global issues.
DOCUMENTARY
OF FATHERS AND SONS
HOBART | SATURDAY 11 MAY | 12:30PM
LAUNCESTON | FRIDAY 17 MAY | 10AM
Winner of the special Documentary prize at the Munich Film Festival, as well as the Jury Award at Sundance, this amazing, immersive film, provides us with an insight into an issue that is so resonant world-wide today.
DOCUMENTARY
ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS
HOBART | SUNDAY 12 MAY | 3:15PM
LAUNCESTON | SUNDAY 19 MAY | 10AM
Winner of the Best Documentary at both the Adelaide Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival, this remarkable film explores Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean.
DOCUMENTARY
SOUFRA
LAUNCESTON | SATURDAY 18 MAY | 10AM
Executive produced by Susan Sarandon, this revealing documentary is about the oldest existing refugee camp south of Beirut, established in 1948 housing Palestinian refugees.
DOCUMENTARY
INVENTING TOMORROW
LAUNCESTON | SUNDAY 19 MAY | 2PM
Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, and winner of Best Documentary at the Seattle International Film Festival, this film follows the scientific experimentation performed by 4 teenagers from 4 different countries.
DOCUMENTARY
THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS
LAUNCESTON | SUNDAY 19 MAY | 2:30PM
This amazing, much acclaimed and multi-award-winning documentary at Sundance, begins with the story of a man who discovers in 1980 that he has a twin brother. As he relates his story, he then discovers that there is actually a third brother.
