Program 327 July – 17 September

July27 Mon 7.30 It Must Be Heaven28 Tue 7.30 Bait29 Wed 7.30 The Assistant30 Thur 7.30 Fracketty Frack Star

31 Fri 7.30 Talking About Trees9.30 House of Cardin

August1 Sat 7.30 It Must Be Heaven

9.30 The Assistant 2 Sun 7.30 Top End Wedding

Fundraiser for NT Writers Centre3 Mon 7.30 Weathering with You Star

4 Tue 7.30 Talking About Trees5 Wed 7.30 La Belle Epoque6 Thur 7.30 Fracketty Frack7 Fri 7.30 Bait

9.30 PersonalHistoryofDavidCopperfield8 Sat 6.30 NIMAs Live broadcast

9.30 Fracketty Frack BELL

9 Sun 7.30 Birds of Prey Fundraiser for Sanderson Middle School

10 Mon 7.30 The Skin of Others Darwin Festival screening11 Tue 7.30 Top Dog Film Festival12 Wed 7.30 Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour13 Thur 7.30 It Must Be Heaven BELL Star

14 Fri 7.30 The Assistant BELL

9.30 La Belle Epoque15 Sat 7.30 Spread Your Wings

9.45 Bait16 Sun 7.30 Abominable

Fundraiser for St Paul's Catholic Primary School17 Mon 7.30 Les Miserables18 Tue 7.30 PersonalHistoryofDavidCopperfield19 Wed 7.30 House of Cardin BELL

20 Thur 7.30 La Belle Epoque BELL Star

21 Fri 7.30 Blood Simple BELL

9.30 Les Miserables22 Sat 7.30 The Burnt Orange Heresy

9.45 The Invisible Man23 Sun 7.30 The Farewell

Fundraiser for Casuarina Swimming Club

24 Mon 7.30 Talking About Trees BELL

25 Tue 7.30 Rashomon BELL 70th anniversary of first screening: 25 August 1950!

26 Wed 7.30 Les Miserables BELL Star

27 Thur 7.30 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Fundraiser for Vox Crox Community Choir

28 Fri 7.30 Spread Your Wings BELL

9.45 The Burnt Orange Heresy29 Sat 7.30 Top End Wedding Tetum dubbed version

9.45 Babyteeth30 Sun 7.30 The Peanut Butter Falcon

Fundraiser for Speech Pathology Australia31 Mon 7.30 To Resist is to Win Premiere

September1 Tue 7.30 Babyteeth2 Wed 7.30 The Burnt Orange Heresy BELL OC

3 Thur 7.30 The Professor and the Madman Star

4 Fri 7.30 PersonalHistoryofDavidCopperfield9.45 Deerskin

5 Sat 7.30 Northern Territory Travelling Film Festival9.30 The Invisible Man BELL

6 Sun 7.30 Finding Nemo Fundraiser for RSPCA Darwin

7 Mon 7.30 The Professor and the Madman8 Tue 7.30 Yuli9 Wed 7.30 Deerskin Café Cinema Free to Members Star

10 Thur 7.30 The Professor and the Madman BELL

11 Fri 7.30 Adam9.30 PersonalHistoryofDavidCopperfield BELL

12 Sat 7.30 Weathering with You BELL

9.45 Adam13 Sun 7.30 Fisherman's Friends

Fundraiser for Darwin Chorale Inc.14 Mon 7.30 Adam BELL

15 Tue 7.30 Yuli BELL

16 Wed 7.30 Deerskin BELL

17 Thur 7.30 Babyteeth BELL Star

Fundraiser | Special screening Star +NT Short | BELL Last screening | OC Open caption

Program 3 of 4 | 2020

Babyteeth

2020, Shannon Murphy 118m, Australia MWhen seriously ill teenager Milla falls madly in love with small time drug dealer Moses, it's her parents' worst nightmare. But Milla's first brush with love brings her a new lust for life. Babyteeth joyously explores how good it is not to be dead and how far we will go for love.29 Aug, 1, 17 Sept

Bait

2020, Mark Jenkin 89m, UK MA15+Martin Ward is a fisherman, with no boat. His brother Steven has re-purposed their father's vessel as a tourist tripper, driving a wedge between the brothers. As his struggle to restore the family to their traditional place creates increasing friction with tourists and locals alike, a tragedy at the heart of the family changes his world.28 Jul, 7, 15 Aug

Blood Simple

1984, Joel and Ethan Coen 98m, USA R18+A retro screening of the first feature from the celebrated Coen Brothers. An unscrupulous private eye is hired by a Texas bar owner to murder his wife and her paramour, one of Marty's employees. But Visser is no more up-front with Marty than with anyone else.21 Aug

Adam

2020, Maryam Touzani 98m, Morocco CTCAdam explores the unlikely friendship between two very different women, one a lonely widow and the other unmarried and pregnant. When conservative values threaten both women’s freedoms as Samia struggles to prepare for her growing baby, the bond they grow to share could be the saving of them both. Arabic with English Subtitles.11, 12, 14 Sept

Deerskin (Le Daim)2020, Quentin Dupieux 77m, France MA15+A black comedy of middle-aged masculinity gone awry, Academy Award winner Jean Dujardin becomes obsessed with a vintage fringed deerskin jacket that begins to exert an uncanny hold on him. He falls into the guise of an independent filmmaker and begins a movie that will document a surprising new goal he sets himself. French with English Subtitles.4, 9, 16 Sept

House of Cardin

2020, P. David Ebersole, Todd Hughes, 97m, France GA rare peek into the mind of a man many call a genius, House Of Cardin is an authorized documentary chronicling the life and design of icon Pierre Cardin.31 Jul, 19 Aug

Fracketty Frack: It's the Frackpocalypse2020, Nathaniel Kelly 80m, Australia CTCNorthern Territory filmmaker Nathaniel Kelly explores the Territory fracking debate with a light-hearted sci-fi comedy. When Chief Minister Ben Slate has second thoughts about greenlighting a controversial mining technique, he teams up with an earnest conspiracy-nut and his activist niece to uncover the truth behind fracking. 30 Jul, 6, 8 Aug

It Must Be Heaven2020, Elia Suleiman 102m, Palestine, the world MES escapes from Palestine seeking an alternative homeland, only to find that Palestine is trailing behind him. From award-winning director Elia Suleiman, a comic saga exploring identity, nationality and belonging, in which Suleiman asks the fundamental question: where is the place we can truly call home? English, French and Arabic with English Subtitles.27 Jul, 1, 13 Aug

La Belle Époque

2019, Nicolas Bedos 115m, France MA man and his wife are married by law but very little binds them together in romance. After they split, the husband takes the opportunity to go back in time by using the latest technology for the experience, but what happens when he chooses the day he met his wife? French with English Subtitles.5, 14, 20 Aug

Les Misérables

2019, Ladj Ly 104m, France MA15Stephane joins the anti-criminality brigade of Montfermeil in a sensitive district of the Paris suburbs. Paired up with Chris and Gwada whose methods are sometimes 'special', he discovers the tensions between the various neighborhood groups. When an arrest gets out of hand, a drone is filming their every move. French with English Subtitles.17, 21, 26 Aug

Rashomon

1950, Akira Kurosawa 132m, Japan MThis Japanese masterpiece is Akira Kurosawa's cinematic examination of the subjective nature of truth. In feudal Japan, three men sheltering from a storm discuss an incident where a bandit raped a woman whose husband then somehow died. The film recounts that incident from four differing viewpoints. Japanese with English Subtitles.25 Aug

Spread Your Wings (Donne Moi Des Ailes)

2020, Nicolas Vanier 113m, France PGInspired by a true story, set in the beautiful wetlands of the Camargue region in Southern France. Thomas is slowly drawn into his father’s passion for a gaggle of newborn wild geese. Together, father and son train the birds for their first migratory flight, hoping to free them from captivity. French, English and Norwegian with English subtitles.15, 28 Aug

Talking About Trees2020, Suhaib Gasmelbari 90m, Sudan CTCThis beautiful documentary set in Sudan follows Ibrahim, Soliman, Manar and Altayeb – filmmakers and friends for more than 45 years. Reunited after long years of exile, and determined to leave a trace of their passage, they bring their old dream back to life: to make cinema a reality in Sudan. Arabic with English Subtitles.31 Jul, 4, 24 Aug

The Assistant

2020, Kitty Green 87m, USA MA recent college graduate and aspiring film producer lands her dream job as a junior assistant to a powerful entertainment mogul. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the abuse that colours every aspect of her work day, an accumulation of degradations against which Jane decides to take a stand.29 July, 1, 14 Aug

The Invisible Man

2020, Leigh Whannell 124m, Australia, USA MA15+When Cecilia's abusive ex commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turns lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia's sanity begins to unravel as she desperately tries to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.22 Aug, 5 Sept

The Burnt Orange Heresy2020, Giuseppe Capotondi 94m, Italy, UK MA15+The art world and the underworld collide in director Giuseppe Capotondi's elegant and erotic neo-noir thriller, The Burnt Orange Heresy. Set in present day Italy, art critic James Figueras is requested to steal a Debney masterpiece from the artist's studio, whatever the cost. 22, 28 Aug, 2 Sept OC

Yuli

2019, Icíar Bollaín 115m, Cuba MThe deeply affecting story of the Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta (Yuli), a legend in the dance world. From growing up on the streets to performing at London’s prestigious Royal Ballet, the story of this enthralling life is told through an interweaving of biopic and dance. English and Spanish with English subtitles.8, 15 Sept

Weathering With You2019, Makoto Shinkai 112m, Japan PGIn this astonishing animation, high school student Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. Then one day he meets Hina, a girl with a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky. Japanese with English Subtitles.3 Aug, 12 Sept

The Professor and the Madman2019, P. B. Sherman 125m, France MAn extraordinary true tale of madness, genius, and obsession about the two remarkable men who created history with the writing of the Oxford English Dictionary. Professor James Murray took on the challenge and enlisted the help of the public. Dr. W.C. Minor submitted more than ten thousand words before his shocking secret was revealed.3, 7, 10 Sept

The Personal History of David Copperfield2019, Armando Iannucci, 119m, UK, USA PGThe good-hearted David Copperfield is surrounded by kindness, wickedness, poverty and wealth, as he meets an array of remarkable characters in Victorian England. As David sets out to be a writer, in his quest for family, friendship, romance and status, the story of his life is the most seductive tale of all.7, 18 Aug, 4, 11 Sept

Special screenings& NT Shorts

To Resist is to Win Australian Premiere With special guest, Max Stahl2020, Max Stahl 58m, Timor-Leste CTCAn incredible and deeply confronting look at the days that changed the course of history of our northern neighbour, just 600 kilometers from Darwin. The view from inside Timor, in the words of the key players and the images of those who defied terror, as 250,000 Timorese put their lives on the line one last time. 31 Aug

Northern Territory Travelling film Festival2020, Various artists CTCThe Northern Territory Travelling Film Festival (NTTFF) is coming to Deckchair Cinema. The festival celebrates the outstanding short film, television and video productions from the Territory, capturing the stories, culture and landscape of our iconic region and the people that call it home.5 Sept

Top Dog Film Festival180m, Various artists CTCThe Top Dog Film Festival showcases the incredible bond between dogs and their people through independent films. Touring annually the Top Dog Film Festival screens over two hours of the most inspirational, heartwarming and entertaining films related to dogs and their human companions from independent filmmakers around the globe.11 Aug

Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour180m, Various artists CTCThe Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour aims to connect like-minded women and build a community of supportive adventurous women. By showcasing and celebrating the female adventurous spirit we hope to make women in the outdoors more visible. But a Gutsy Girls screening isn’t just for women – it is for everyone who loves adventure: young, old, men, women, boys and girls.12 Aug

Top End WeddingTetum dubbed version2019, Wayne Blair 102m, Australia MA special event brought to you by the Australian Embassy in Timor-Leste. The Timorese community in Darwin can enjoy the 2019 smash hit Top End Wedding in Tetum. Lauren and Ned have just ten days to find Lauren’s mother who is AWOL somewhere in the Territory, reunite her parents and pull off their dream wedding... 29 Aug

The Skin of OthersDarwin Festival screening2020, Tom Murray 91m, Australia CTCThe extraordinary life of Aboriginal WW1 soldier Douglas Grant, an intellectual, a journalist, a soldier and a bagpipe player with a fine Scottish accent. Featuring acclaimed Indigenous actor the late Balang Tom E. Lewis in his final performance, the film movingly interweaves the lives of Grant and Lewis.10 Aug

National Indigenous Music AwardsDarwin Festival screening90m, Various artists Join us for a live broadcast of the 2020 NIMAs at Deckchair Cinema. This event is free ticketed. Gates open at the earlier time of 5.30pm, the broacast begins at 6.30pm. Brought to you by Music NT and Darwin Festival.8 Aug

My Art, My Culture: Jimmy FrankBarkly Regional ArtsCultural liaison officer for Nyinkka Nyunyu Jimmy Frank talks about his carving of traditional instruments and what culture means to him. Screening 30 July & 13 Aug.

Our Bedtime Stories: Season 1Kiara BaileyThis ICTV program presents stories for children in language, using traditional storytelling techniques with animation, music and film. Screening 3 Aug.

Yuwani – MambaliClaudia Sangiorgi DalimoreVideo clip for the song Yuwani, by Numbulwar Band, Mambali. Screening 20 Aug & 3 Sept.

To The Rescue / Levin A. DiatschenkoAn alien beauty crash lands on a deteriorated earth and heals everything through her death. A love-struck musician recruits a dinosaur and robot to resurrect her. Screening 9 Sept.

Draftday – Mess I've MadeTully HemsleyMess I've Made is the poetic single from Darwin rock outfit Draftday. This music video was created by Tully Hemsley in the Darwin suburbs. Screening 17 Sept.

Let Us Stand Together – Warren H William / William ThomsonOfficial music video for Warren H William's Let Us Stand Together. Screening 26 Aug.