2019 Proceedings Report

Sideline Activities
Private Film Screening Series
Mountain
Initial release: 30 November 2017
Director: Jennifer Peedom
Gurrumul
Release date: 26 April 2018 (Australia)
Director: Paul Damien Williams
All for one
Initial release: 17 August 2017
Director: Marcus Cobbledick, Dan Jones
A unique cinematic and musical collaboration
between the Australian Chamber Orchestra and
BAFTA-nominated director Jennifer Peedom,
Mountain is a dazzling exploration of our obsession
with mountains. Only three centuries ago,
climbing a mountain would have been considered
close to lunacy. The idea scarcely existed that wild
landscapes might hold any sort of attraction. Peaks
were places of peril, not beauty. Why, then, are we
now drawn to mountains in our millions?
Mountain shows us the spellbinding force of high
places – and their ongoing power to shape our lives
and our dreams.
Celebrated by audiences at home and abroad,
indigenous artist Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu was
one of the most important and acclaimed voices to
ever come out of Australia. Blind from birth, he found
purpose and meaning through songs and music
inspired by his community and country on Elcho
Island in far North East Arnhem Land. Living a
traditional Yolngu life, his breakthrough album
‘Gurrumul’ brought him to a crossroads as audiences
and artists around the world began to embrace his
music. Gurrumul is a portrait of an artist on the brink of
global reverence, and the struggles he and those
closest to him faced in balancing that which mattered
most to him and keeping the show on the road.
All For One follows the first five years of the
GreenEDGE cycling journey. United by their
renegade spirit and a determination to win against
substantial odds, these riders take on the
international circuit. The film offers unique insights
into the first five years of their journey, bearing
witness to the ethos of the team as embodied by
all – from the strongest to most embattled
members. Out of a culture that embraces a deeply
human approach to sport, unlikely champions
are born, and seemingly improbable team and
personal goals are achieved.
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