Rolf de Heer and Mwajemi Hussein on the set of The Survival of Kindness.
Umbrella Entertainment and Luna Palace Cinemas will host a Q&A screening of Rolf de Heer’s The Survival of Kindness, following its premiere in the Main Competition of the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival where the film was nominated for the prestigious Golden Bear.
This cinematic must-see experience from one of Australia’s most visionary and acclaimed filmmakers will screen on Thursday, April 27 with a live-in-cinema appearance by Rolf de Heer and lead actress Mwajemi Hussein following the 6.30pm session at Luna Cinemas, Leederville.
Written, directed and produced by award-winning auteur filmmaker Rolf de Heer (Dingo, Bad Boy Bubby, The Tracker) The Survival of Kindness uses allegory to analyse race and privilege, as it follows protagonist BlackWoman (South Australian Mwajemi Hussein), abandoned in a cage in the middle of the desert. Following her escape, she walks through pestilence and persecution, from desert to mountain to city, only to find more captivity.
Filmed across various stunning Australian landscapes in South Australia and Tasmania, Survival of Kindness is led by Australian producer Julie Byrne (AACTA Award-winning The Babadook) alongside de Heer and is co-produced by Ari Harrison (The Furnace).
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De Heer’s perspective, both distinctive and unique, has produced a filmography unlike any other. Films by Rolf de Heer have been invited to the world’s top three film festivals – Cannes, Venice, Berlin – a total of eight times.
His work has been invited twice to Main Competition at the Berlinale (Alexandra’s Project 2003, The Survival of Kindness 2023), twice to Cannes In Competition (The Quiet Room 1996, Dance Me To My Song 1998), won major awards twice in Cannes Un Certain Regard (Prix Un Certain Regard Ten Canoes 2006, Best Actor Un Certain Regard Charlie’s Country 2013 for David Gulpilil), and selected twice In Competition at Venice (Special Jury Prize winner Bad Boy Bubby 1994, The Tracker 2002).
Among many personal career highlights, de Heer is the only filmmaker to have directed legendary jazz musician Miles Davis on screen (Dingo 1991). The Survival of Kindness is his 15th work as feature director.
You can find more details about the screening here. The The Survival of Kindness season starts May 4 at Luna Leederville and Luna on SX.
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