Program of screenings followed by
conversations with the film makers
Inspiration from the helm.
Helm is a program of Australian films, presented by filmmakers, for filmmakers.
A monthly evening, in partnership with The Golden Age Cinema, Helm screens visionary films, hearing from the minds of their directors, who have all been in the thick of it, at the creative Helm of filmmaking.
Dir. Jennifer Peedom & Joseph Nizeti
A cinematic and musical odyssey that explores the remarkable relationship between humans and rivers. Written by Robert Macfarlane with music by Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) and featuring music by Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead and narration by Willem Dafoe.
Hearts and Bones
THU JULY 7th 6:15pm ︎︎︎ Tickets
Dir. Ben Lawrence
A war photographer has just returned home to prepare for his latest exhibition when a South Sudanese refugee appears at his door with a request – that he not exhibit any photographs of the massacre in his village, taken 15 years earlier. What emerges is an unlikely friendship between the two men. Featuring Hugo Weaving and Andew Luri.
Cargo
THU AUGUST 4th 6:15pm ︎︎︎ Tickets
Dir. Yolanda Ramke & Ben Howling
In the aftermath of a global pandemic, Andy (Martin Freeman) is focused on keeping his wife and their infant daughter alive as they travel across the Australian Outback. A terrible accident, however, forces him to set off on foot: A zombie bite has given Andy a mere 48 hours before he, too, is undead.
Helm is a program of Australian films, presented by filmmakers, for filmmakers.
A monthly evening, in partnership with The Golden Age Cinema, Helm screens visionary films, hearing from the minds of their directors, who have all been in the thick of it, at the creative Helm of filmmaking.
River
THU JUNE 2nd 6:15pm ︎︎︎ TicketsDir. Jennifer Peedom & Joseph Nizeti
A cinematic and musical odyssey that explores the remarkable relationship between humans and rivers. Written by Robert Macfarlane with music by Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) and featuring music by Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead and narration by Willem Dafoe.
Hearts and Bones
THU JULY 7th 6:15pm ︎︎︎ Tickets
Dir. Ben Lawrence
A war photographer has just returned home to prepare for his latest exhibition when a South Sudanese refugee appears at his door with a request – that he not exhibit any photographs of the massacre in his village, taken 15 years earlier. What emerges is an unlikely friendship between the two men. Featuring Hugo Weaving and Andew Luri.
Cargo
THU AUGUST 4th 6:15pm ︎︎︎ Tickets
Dir. Yolanda Ramke & Ben Howling
In the aftermath of a global pandemic, Andy (Martin Freeman) is focused on keeping his wife and their infant daughter alive as they travel across the Australian Outback. A terrible accident, however, forces him to set off on foot: A zombie bite has given Andy a mere 48 hours before he, too, is undead.