Megastructures: Knight’s Templar Castles
Sunday 24 September 7:30 PM
In Jerusalem, in 1120, the most fascinating religious and military order of the Middle Ages was born: The Templars.
These brother knights who stemmed from several European countries quickly spread and their convents soon became a vast network.
While popular history remembers their Eastern fortresses, less is known about their activity as builders in the West.
Thanks to recent archaeological research, spectacular 3D reconstruction, and the testimonies of international experts, we will reveal the secret building techniques of the Knights Templars.
You Can Go Now
Sunday 24 September 8:30 PM
You Can Go Now celebrates 50 years of First Nations activism in Australia seen through the lens of contemporary award-winning Aboriginal artist, activist and provocateur Richard Bell.
Examining Bell’s extraordinary life and work, You Can Go Now features a wealth of prominent cultural and political personalities such as proud Wiradjuri woman, Minister for Indigenous Australian, Linda Burney, Munanjahi and Yugambeh woman, professor and Indigenist Health Expert, Chelsea Watego, Kamilaroi and Ngemba man, community leader and political activist Bob Weatherall, and many more.
Bettany Hughes Eastern Turkey Treasures
Wednesday 27 September 7:30 PM
Professor Bettany Hughes travels via jeep through central Turkey to Cappadocia, visiting rock-carved settlements to understand how communities lived and used this strange landscape for centuries.
Bettany then makes her way to the 10,000-year-old temple and settlement at Gobeklitepe, revealing how hunter gatherers were far more sophisticated than previously thought.
Duran Duran: A Hollywood High
Saturday 30 September 7:30 PM
A unique and original docu-concert film celebrating Duran Duran’s four-decade career and their love affair with the city of Los Angeles.
The film features exclusive interviews with the four band members where they share memories of the early years and anecdotes about LA, rare archive material, and behind-the-scenes footage showing the moments leading up to a stunning rooftop set that was shot at The Aster in Hollywood in March 2022.