Selma Vilhunen is a multi-talented Finnish writer/director of both fiction and documentary films. Her latest is Hobbyhorse Revolution - a feel-good look at the obsessions and delights of Finnish teenage girls immersed in the competitive world of the hobbyhorse…
Read MoreWho are the cleaners, how much power do they have over what we see or don't see - and what kind of effect does this work have on a person?
In this gripping neon-lit documentary, all these questions and more will be asked, and possibly answered. Stronger Than Fiction's screening of The Cleaners will be introduced by Emerson Sanchez.
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Gabrielle Brady’s debut feature is amongst a strong lineage of films about asylum seekers, but it is wholly unlike any of them. Hypnotic and at times surreal, the film focuses on Poh Lin – a trauma therapist working at the Christmas Island Detention Centre.
Read MoreCatherine Scott is an Australian director, writer and producer with a long career in documentary for television. The Backtrack Boys is Scott's latest feature - Winner of the Audience Award at the Sydney Film Festival 2018. The film is a deeply moving study of three Aussie boys who join an extraordinary outback program as a way of staying out of jail.
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