Antidote is an annual festival of ideas, action and change. Watch inspiring conversations and creative solutions as thinkers, artists and change maker respond to these turbulent times.
Liminal is a contemporary music film series featuring eight Australian artists who created unique live performances for the screen –spotlighting BLESSED, Budjerah, Chris Abrahams, EGOISM, Liz Martin Band, Maina Doe, Ninajirachi and Young Franco.
‘In Session’ is a series of intimate, long-form music films, staged behind closed doors. In taking a highly stylised filmic approach, ‘In Session’ goes beyond the confines of a traditional performance film, giving audiences an entirely unique and close-up perspective on their favourite artists.
Travelling to a new Verse, we begin our story… A coming of age for this neo-outsider. A tragedy to some, a new hope for others. As she moves from her post-life-apocalypse. We extend an open invitation to anyone who wants to be their best.
Available worldwide from 30 Sep to 30 Oct 2023Dame Joan Sutherland's performance of Lucia in London in 1959 made her an almost immediate superstar. She returned to her signature role in 1986 in a season in the Concert Hall, directed by John Copley. (Stream Premiere)
Available worldwide from 29 Sep to 29 Oct 2023Whilst the 2018 Forecourt performances from the indie rock luminaries were not recorded for broadcast, this new concert film is taken from a range of camera sources, offering a unique and vital record of a much-loved performance. (Premiere)
Available worldwide from 28 Sep to 29 Oct 2023Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra bring Bach’s virtuosic masterpiece to life in the 2018 Australian premiere of Canadian conductor Bernard Labadie’s dazzling, colourful arrangement for strings, filmed in the Concert Hall. (Stream Premiere)
Available worldwide from 8 Sep until 11 Sep 2023In 1966, the London Symphony Orchestra was the first visiting orchestra to rehearse in the as yet unfinished Sydney Opera House. In 2023, they returned on their final tour with outgoing music director Sir Simon Rattle. (Premiere)
Available worldwide from 27 Sep 2023A leader in the Black Lives Matter movement, DeRay Mckesson places the idea of shared hope for a better future at the core of his activism, in this vital conversation with Faustina Agolley, filmed at Antidote 2019.
Available worldwide from 7 Sep until 7 Oct 2023The Australian Ballet presents a production by Erik Bruhn after August Bournonville’s nineteenth-century original, telling the tale of the Scottish dreamer James, who is fascinated by a woodland sprite and spurns his fiancée to follow her.
