Lesbian Space Princess.

After a massive six days, including a sold-out Opening Night film The Correspondent with guests including Richard Roxburgh and Peter Greste, a spectacular Mexican fiesta following the Opening Weekend Gala screening of Cannes winner Emilia Peìrez, Australian icon Marta Dusseldorp walking the red carpet for the World Premiere of With or Without You and Dacre Montgomery being flocked by fans at the Australian premiere of Went Up the Hill,  the Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) has announced a series of encore screenings to satisfy audience demand.

With sold out screenings across the Festival, AFF will now present encore screenings from November 4 at Palace Nova Eastend of some of the Festival’s sold out favourites, including South Australia’s own Kangaroo Island, Lesbian Space Princess and Songs Inside. 

Lesbian Space Princess

Tuesday November 5 at 8pm 

Introverted space princess Saira is devastated when she is unexpectedly dumped by her girlfriend Kiki for being needy. Saira is thrown a lifeline when Kiki is kidnapped by the Straight White Maliens. They’re holding her ransom for the one thing Saira doesn’t have: the most powerful weapon known to lesbian kind – her royal Labrys! With 24 hours on the clock, Saira sets out to save and win back Kiki. Along the way, a problematic spaceship and a gay-pop runaway join Saira’s inter-gay-lactic space quest. Directed by Leela Varghese and Emma Hough Hobbs.

Full details here.

Lesbian Space Princess.

Kangaroo Island

Wednesday November 6 at 6pm

In a feature debut imbued with emotional depth and natural humour, South Australian Timothy David explores the fragile balance between the destructive and healing powers of family. Lou Wells has hit rock bottom after a promising start in Hollywood. She reluctantly returns home to the ruggedly beautiful Kangaroo Island. What begins as a reunion to foster reconciliation turns complicated when Lou and her sister learn their father’s secret. Years of tension surface,and Lou must decide whether to run away from her problems or confront the traumatic events that tore her family apart.

Full details here.

Kangaroo Island.

Songs Inside

Wednesday November 6 at 8.15pm

Adelaide filmmaker Shalom Almond’s artistry at offering audiences unique access to a closed world shines through in her latest exceptional documentary. In Songs Inside, a group of incarcerated women sign up to learn an instrument and write their own songs, as part of a unique music program in an Australian prison, including collaboration with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (ASO). The process opens deep scars around trauma and addiction, but can they prove that music has the universal power to heal, even in the complex world of prison? Almond’s intimate, direct style and dedication to her participants results in a journey that is both confronting and deeply moving.

Full details here.

Songs Inside.

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