Sydney Opera House

Presented in association with Blackfella Films and Screen Australia

MESSAGE STICKS INDIGENEOUS FILM FESTIVAL 2010
6 – 8 MAY 2010
See the best new films by Indigenous filmmakers. All film sessions are FREE*!

WELCOME
In Australia’s largest city, Blackfellas are profoundly overwhelmed. A tiny minority in a population of 4.5 million, our presence is only occasionally glimpsed, unless you live in Lapa (La Perouse) or Redfern. In the city our art hangs in the boardrooms of the CBD, a silent reminder of our presence, but only to be briefly admired on the way to do something else. The Message Sticks Film Festival is therefore precious as one of a small number of Sydney’s annual events that carves out a space, where for a moment we share the experience of Black Australians.

Film powerfully reveals the world of the storyteller, and our festival is unique in its exclusive focus on Indigenous storytellers. Over the past ten years, Message Sticks has gathered a loyal collection of people who come together to share this world as a family of sorts; both on screen, behind the camera and in the audience. For those who have been with us from the beginning, we welcome you back and for the newcomers, we are delighted to introduce you to the beginning of another decade of the best Indigenous films from here and around the world.

Darren Dale and Rachel Perkins
Curators
  

*A strictly limited number of tickets for the Message Sticks Gala Red Carpet Premiere & Party are available to purchase for $75 plus booking fees.