The first festival ran for four days, from 16 April to 29 April 2019. The festival opened with the Australian premiere of the Canadian film
Edge of the Knife (''SG̲aawaay Ḵ'uuna''), the first film entirely made in the
Haida Gwaii language. The third edition of the biennial festival, which showcases films by indigenous filmmakers from around the world, runs for six days from 23 to 28 March 2023, with screenings at multiple venues, including
The Capitol (where the opening film was screened), ACMI,
Lido, and
Classic cinemas, the
Victorian Pride Centre, and
Federation Square. Its opening night film is Canadian film
Bones of Crows. As well as the dozens of
feature films being shown is
Arran 360°, a film project by six
Sámi artists from across
Sápmi, the cultural region extending across northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. Six films are screened at
Deakin University’s
Waurn Ponds campus in
Geelong, which has a specialised 360° screen. Other films include
A Boy Called Piano (New Zealand);
Sweet As (Australia);
Run Woman Run;
Muru, ''
The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson''. Several of the films explore
LGBTQIA+ themes. ==References==