Features
Deckchair Cinema Opening Night
A volcanic eruption and a lost Costa Rican holiday sound like a recipe for some serious holiday blues. But for Deckchair Cinema general manager Alice Body, getting stuck in Bali...
Q&A with Garin Nugroho
Garin Nugroho is a household name in Indonesia and is heading to Darwin as the Deckchair Cinema’s Opening Night guest of honour. The award winning filmmaker has two of his...
Off The Shelf – March
Alexis Wright - Tracker Welcome to my column where each month I’ll take a book from the shelf to share. By Kate Rendell It’s a review of sorts, but also...
NT Travelling Film Festival
Communities and regional centres will be transformed into outdoor cinemas during the Dry, as the inaugural NT Travelling Film Festival (NTTFF) showcases the high calibre of films coming out of...
Flix in the Wet
As the rain pours down, and the city steams up – there’s nothing better than grabbing some popcorn and sitting back in the air-conditioned comfort of Darwin’s BCC Cinemas to...
Travelling Film Festival
Bunker down for some quality Wet season screenings as Sydney Film Festival’s annual regional tour – the Travelling Film Festival (TFF) – returns this February. Complementing Darwin Film Society’s indoor...
Holiday Reads
My Home in Kakadu Author: Jane Christophersen | Illustrator: Christine Christophersen Through the eyes of her granddaughter, Tarrah, respected Bunitj Elder Jane Christophersen reveals the beauty of life in Kakadu...
Assault Your Ears – Dec/Jan Podcast Review
Welcome to Assault Your Ears, a monthly column dedicated to podcasts. By Jess Ong. Rough Translation is a podcast from NPR that takes listeners out of their everyday comfort zones...
Flix in the Wet
During the Wet season, the Deckchair Cinema closes its doors due to weather conditions. But don’t despair – Flix in the Wet is set to keep film buffs dry and...
Assault Your Ears – November Podcast Review
Welcome to Assault Your Ears, a monthly column dedicated to podcasts. By Jess Ong. There’s a lot of sadness, anger and fear in the world these days; interacting with the...
Q&A with Alice Body, Deckchair Cinema
How did it come around so fast? It’s been a packed year of films, special guests and festivals – including the biggest-ever Darwin International Film Festival (DIFF) – but there’s...
Eric Johnston Lecture
Sister Anne Gardiner AM is the 2017 Senior Australian of the Year and has dedicated 62 years of her life to supporting and empowering the Tiwi people. She has worked...
Assault Your Ears – October Podcast Review
Welcome to Assault Your Ears, a monthly column dedicated to podcasts. By Jess Ong. Maria James was a mother of two young children, Mark and Adam. She owned a second-hand...
Community Writing and Publishing Forum
JK Rowling’s Harry Potter was turned down 12 times before it was picked up by a publisher, and Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With The Wind was dealt 38 rejections. For most...
The Go-Betweens: Right Here
When I hear you saying / that we stood no chance / I would dive for your memory / we stood that chance sang the Go-Betweens in 1988. Although they...
Eurovisions
Three strikingly different contemporary stories from the Continent come to the Deckie this month – from a bright Spanish rom-com to Romanian tragedy and French-themed escapism featuring exquisite food. Starting...
Assault Your Ears – September Podcast Review
Welcome to Assault Your Ears, a monthly column dedicated to podcasts. By Jess Ong. The Messenger is a podcast that makes for uncomfortable listening. Produced by The Wheeler Centre and...
Writing Group Online with Sandra Thibodeaux
“Be brief and say everything,” said the poet Charles Simic. That’s one skill poet and playwright Sandra Thibodeaux wants to impart to those joining her writing group, which will cover...
Write Here
On a Saturday afternoon,⨠in a quiet backstreet of Coconut Grove, a dozen writers tap away at work they’ve put aside two hours of precious time for. Running from the...
Q&A with Alankrita Shrivastava
DIFF'S opening night film is Alankrita Shrivastava's hit feminist black comedy Lipstick Under My Burkha. The film was so shocking to some in India that it was threatened with non-classification...
