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9 Feb 2025

Adapting Boy Swallows Universe

12:00 pm

9 Feb 2025

The House That Joy Built: Sparking Creativity with Holly Ringland

1:30 pm

8 Feb 2025

Working Dog... It's the Vibe

11:00 am

9 Feb 2025

Unpacking Zombie Plane - Sneak Peek and Q&A

3:30 pm

9 Feb 2025

Red Carpet Premiere of 'SPIT' with David Wenham

7:15 pm

8 Feb 2025

Australian Premiere - Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up

9:00 am

8 Feb 2025

Best-Selling Author Shankari Chandran

10:30 am

8 Feb 2025

Shane and Clayton Jacobson Present Filmmaking 101

3:30 pm

9 Feb 2025

Best-Selling Author Benjamin Stevenson

10:00 am

8 Feb 2025

AACTA Screen Careers Expo

9:00 am

7 Feb 2025

AACTA Awards Ceremony

1:00 pm

5 Feb 2025

AACTA Awards Industry Gala

4:00 pm

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12:00 pm

9 Feb 2025

Adapting Boy Swallows Universe

1:30 pm

9 Feb 2025

The House That Joy Built: Sparking Creativity with Holly Ringland

11:00 am

8 Feb 2025

Working Dog... It's the Vibe

3:30 pm

9 Feb 2025

Unpacking Zombie Plane - Sneak Peek and Q&A

7:15 pm

9 Feb 2025

Red Carpet Premiere of 'SPIT' with David Wenham

9:00 am

8 Feb 2025

Australian Premiere - Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up

10:30 am

8 Feb 2025

Best-Selling Author Shankari Chandran

3:30 pm

8 Feb 2025

Shane and Clayton Jacobson Present Filmmaking 101

10:00 am

9 Feb 2025

Best-Selling Author Benjamin Stevenson

9:00 am

8 Feb 2025

AACTA Screen Careers Expo

1:00 pm

7 Feb 2025

AACTA Awards Ceremony

4:00 pm

5 Feb 2025

AACTA Awards Industry Gala

For thousands of years, First Nations peoples have used stories as tools for recording and sharing their history, knowledge and culture – a rich history of storytelling carefully preserved and practised today across the page and screen. 


Sit down for an in-depth conversation with First Nations writers and filmmakers as they share how storytelling can empower truth-telling and reflection.  Moderated by Screen Queensland’s Head of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program Danielle Ah Boo – join Warren Mundine (activist) Tanith Glynn-Maloney (Finding Jedda, Robbie Hood), Benjamin Southwell (Dead Creek), Dena Curtis (Grace Beside Me, We Are Still Here) and Mykaela Saunders (Always Will Be) – as they discuss how narratives told across a variety of mediums and genres can allow for truth-telling and reflection. Unpacking why scripted stories might be uniquely positioned to confront Australia's past and how the practice of truth-telling manifests in each panellist's work.

Featuring
Benjamin Southwell
Danielle Ah Boo
Dena Curtis
Mykaela Saunders
Warren Mundine

This panel promises an insightful exploration of fiction’s unique ability to confront established “truths,” and uncover our country's ignored perspectives and dialogues on history.

Thursday, 6 February 2025
2:30 pm

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