Tender Funerals is a not-for-profit social franchise establishing around Australia. Currently there are 3 operating sites in Canberra and NSW. Tender Far North Queensland aim to establish an operational site so our community can access affordable and meaningful funerals. Tender Funerals FNQ Website

This free film screening tells the story of how Tender Funerals began and will be followed by light refreshment and community discussion.

Set against the stunning backdrop of the industrial seaside town of Port Kembla, a feisty and resilient community group have determined to take back the responsibility that most of us leave to someone else - to care for their own dead. Scattered throughout are stories that cut to the core revealing why this small band have decided to take on a practice that for most is taboo.

As their plans for community-based funerals gather momentum one of their own is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. Tender is at once a heartbreakingly beautiful and funny glimpse of an extraordinary community taking on one of the most essential challenges of human life...its end.

Director: Lynette Wallworth Producer: Kath Shelper

The film screening kindly donated by the filmmakers

A Hive Fund Film

Produced with the assistance of the Adelaide Film Festival, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Council for the Arts & Screen NSW

(c) 2013 Scarlett Pictures Pty Ltd, Lynette Wallworth and Adelaide Film Festival