There are still plenty of great films to see at the Bangalow Film Festival – highlights include Eskawatã Kayawai – The Spirit of Transformation, the story of the cultural and spiritual renaissance of the Huni Kuin people from the Brazilian Amazon forest through their connection with Ayahuasca, and Freud’s Last Session when on the eve of the Second World War, two of the greatest minds of the 20th century, C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud converge for their own personal battle over the existence of God – both on Wednesday.
On Thursday there is Big Wave Guardians and on Friday Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, Radical, and Nosferatu (Live), a special live music-and-film event that brings together the multi-talented Jai Piccone and F.W. Murnau’s iconic 1922 silent film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror.
Saturday has a great film for kids with The Muppets Take Manhatten and the festival closes out with Common Ground, Deep Rising, Posso Entrare? An Ode To Naples and last but not at all least, Trilogy: New Wave.
This week there will also be two special live events. On Thursday the much-loved choir Dustyesky return to the stage with their very first film concert. The choir will accompany the screening of the Aleksandr Dovzhenko’s 1930 masterpiece Earth (Zemlya) for an extraordinary meeting of voices and film; and on Friday, the Shire Choir will feature in the premiere of A Love Letter to Musicals, an ode to the magic of musicals and to singing your heart out. Expect a feature-length singalong mash-up made of some of the most famous songs from iconic musicals with each song sung live by a chorus.
Find out all you need to know at bangalowfilmfestival.com.au.
