Enjoy a Mid-Winter FILM FEAST in Queenscliff

The Low Light Festival is in full swing, and as part of the event Bellarine Lighthouse Films will present a three-day Mid Winter Film Feast from June 28-30 at Queenscliff Town Hall.

This film feast will feature handpicked fine art films sourced from around the world.

First up is “A boy called Sailboat” (Australia/Mexico/USA) on Friday June 28 at 7pm.

A Hispanic family finds hope in their extraordinary son named Sailboat when a personal gesture awakens a global desire.

Armed with a “little guitar”, Sailboat leads an offbeat cast into the miraculous story of the greatest secret never told.

Enjoy complementary wine and cheese on arrival followed by a Q&A with producer Andrew Curry.

Next up is “Oh Lucy” (Japan) on Saturday June 29 at 1pm, where a lonely woman living in Tokyo decides to take an English class where she discovers her alter ego, Lucy.

“WAJIB – The wedding invitation” (Palestine) is on Saturday June 29 at 3.30pm.

After several years living abroad, architect Shadi reluctantly returns to his hometown of Nazareth to fulfil a traditional Palestinian custom: handdelivering hundreds of invitations to his sister’s wedding.

“Under the tree” (Iceland) on Saturday June 29 June at 7.30pm follows a man who is accused of adultery and forced to move in with his parents and is gradually sucked into a dispute between them and their neighbours over an old and beautiful tree.

What starts as a typical spat between suburban neighbours unexpectedly and violently reaches boiling point, soon spiralling out of control.

And lastly, Capharnaum (Lebanon) is on Sunday June 30 at 11am.

Receiving a 15-minute standing ovation as well as the Jury Prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Nadine Labaki’s fable centres on a child attempting to divorce his parent for giving him life.

Zain, born in a family overwhelmed by too many children, slum neighbourhoods, a sister sold into marriage, deprivation and roaming the streets as the sole caretaker of an abandoned toddler – his grievances against the world and those who
brought him into it reverberate with righteous fury.