Features
Darwin International Film Festival
Got an idea for a short film? The Darwin International Film Festival (DIFF) is calling for original short film screenplays of five to 10 pages in length. Five winning entrants...
Q&A with film director Ros Horin
Deckchair Cinema is opening its 2017 season with a screening of the incredible documentary The Baulkam Hills African Ladies Troupe. Four African women escaping violence and abuse find a safe...
Writing in Ngukurr
When Courtney Collins' partner took a job running the Ngukurr Arts Centre, she moved from Victoria to the remote community. Collins had the bones of a second novel but, despite...
Flix in the Wet
During the Wet season, Deckchair Cinema closes its doors due to weather conditions. Flix in the Wet allows film buffs to continue to enjoy an interesting and eclectic program –...
NT Writers' Centre Stocking Fillers
NT Writers' Centre have got some hot picks to fill those Christmas stockings...and the best part is, they’re all penned by local writers. NT Writers' Centre memberships also available!
Q&A with Wayne Lennox Miles
Darwin artist Wayne Lennox Miles has been creating art for over 30 years. OTL had a chat with Wayne about his work, following the release of his newest coffee table...
Q&A with Deckchair Manager Alice Body
2016 saw the appointment of a new General Manager at the Deckchair Cinema. We caught up with Alice Body for a chinwag about the year that was. Being the Deckie...
Blazing Saddles
What better way to pay tribute to the recently departed Gene Wilder, than with one of his movies at the Deckie? Although he’s known worldwide as Willy Wonka, there was...
Turn It Up Youth Mag
Turn It Up is an Off The Leash publication for and by young people in the Top End. At the beginning of 2015, Off The Leash Inc. collaborated with City...
Q&A with writer Natalie Sprite
Former Darwinite Natalie Sprite has established a writing career spanning over 20 years, with a whole heap of accolades under her belt. Off The Leash caught up with Natalie ahead...
Q&A with actor Miranda Tapsell
Darwin actor Miranda Tapsell features in this year's Darwin International Film Festival (DIFF) program, gracing the Deckie screen where she spent many a night watching films under the stars with...
Words and Ideas
This year’s Darwin Festival Words & Ideas program is bound to get you thinking. Tackling global issues with a series of talks and discussions, a line-up of international experts explore...
Q&A with Lisa Nicol
SCREENING AT THE DECKIE THIS MONTH IS DOCUMENTARY WIDE OPEN SKY. WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE FILM’S DIRECTOR LISA NICOL TO CHAT ABOUT THE FILM, KIDS AND DR. BOOGALOO. In...
Transitions Film Festival
THE TRANSITIONS FILM FESTIVAL RETURNS TO DARWIN showcasing inspirational documentaries about social and technological innovations, revolutionary ideas and trail-blazing change makers that are leading the way to a better world...
Q&A with Louise Wadley - Director, All About E
JUNE IS LGBTQ PRIDE MONTH AND THE DECKIE IS SCREENING ALL ABOUT E – A FILM in which the title character is gay, but not what the film is about...
NT Writers' Festival - WORDSTORM
Held over four days, the NT Writers' Festival showcase the talents of writers, poets and spoken word artists from across the Northern Territory. Add to this visits, workshops, book launches...
A DIFFerent Direction - Meet Tim Parish
HELD OVER EIGHT TROPICAL DAYS AND NIGHTS AT THE DECKIE EACH SEPTEMBER IS THE DARWIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. THIS YEAR SEES THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW FESTIVAL DIRECTOR – MEET...
The 22nd Delphi Bank Greek Film Festival
THIS WONDERFUL FILM FESTIVAL RETURNS IN 2016 to showcase and celebrate Greek film over three nights. Koulla Roussos, the festival's organiser, says the festival is an important opportunity to celebrate...
BANFF Film Festival
The Banff Mountain Film Festival is the most prestigious international film competition about mountain culture, sports and environment in the world. This month, Banff returns to the Deckchair Cinema, giving...
Q&A with Hunter Page-Lochard | SPEAR
Deckchair Cinema celebrates its much-anticipated 2016 season opening with a screening of SPEAR – the groundbreaking debut feature film by renowned choreographer and Artistic Director of Bangarra Dance Theatre, Stephen...
