Online Movie Club

 This Online Movie Club is free to join, and even better, the movies selected are free to view channels.

Sign up here for the next Online Movie Club. 

NOTE: Movies are to be watched in advance at your own leisure, and then we discuss them at the session dates listed.

Please see the movies we will be discussing in the next session: 

Thursday 28 August at 11am:

Agent of Happiness  1hr33mins  2024  Nepali  DOCUMENTARY

https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/agent-of-happiness/2394700867786

Happiness agent Amber Kumar Gurung travels the Bhutanese Himalayas surveying people's happiness. On his remote mountain journey, he searches for fulfilment.

and

A short film about Killing  1hr22mins  1988 Polish  Drama

https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/a-short-film-about-killing/333161539646

A lawyer is tasked with defending a young drifter, after he is accused of murdering a cab driver.

Thursday 11 September at 11am:

Betania  2hrs03mins  2025  Portuguese  Drama

https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/betania/2433555011983

After her husband's death, an elderly midwife is persuaded by her daughters to return to her village, where the rest of her family lives. Leaving behind a simple, agrarian life, she arrives in a place where tradition and modernity collide.

and

Copenhagen does not exist  1hr34mins  2024  Danish  Thriller

https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/copenhagen-does-not-exist/2436145731869

Sander and Ida's love is intense and all-consuming. When Ida disappears, her father and brother demand answers. In an empty apartment in the middle of town, they interrogate Sander, who is trying to make sense of it all.

Thursday 25 September at 11am:

Jazzy Misfits.  1hr28m  2020  Korea  Drama

https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/jazzy-misfits/2391935555841

A singer and her mother, whom she just met, try to find her sister, who stole money from the family. However, both the singer and her mother are shocked when they figure out the sister's secrets.

and

Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story  1hr18mins  2023  Malagasy  Drama

https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/disco-afrika-a-malagasy-story/2417523779720

Young Kwame struggles to make a living in the clandestine sapphire mines. When an unexpected event takes him back to his hometown, he reunites with his mother and friends, but finds himself confronted with the rampant corruption plaguing his country.

Thursday 09 October at 11am:

Costa Brava, Lebanon  1hr41mins  2021  Arabic

https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/costa-brava-lebanon/2405676099799

A family escapes the toxic pollution and social unrest of Beirut by living in a utopic mountain home. Without warning, the government begins construction of a garbage landfill that brings the trash and corruption of a country to their doorstep.

and

Doppleganger  1hr55mins  2023  Polish  Drama

https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/doppelganger/2437452355853

Hans and Jan Bitner live on opposite sides of the iron curtain. Hans lives in France, he leads a quiet life. Bitner is a Pole, involved in the fight for a free Poland. Their lives are different, but there is one detail that links them.

This event is hosted by the Older Women's Network (OWN) NSW using Zoom. 

Best wishes,

OWN NSW Team
 

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