WHAT REMAINS

THE SELF AFTER RUPTURE

ABOUT

WHEN WHAT DEFINES US FRACTURES, WHAT REMAINS?

WHAT REMAINS is a three-day thematic film festival exploring identity after irreversible disruption. Across six films, audiences move through REMEMBER, RECONSTRUCT and RECLAIM—from grief and memory to unstable identity and the struggle to reclaim the self.

Every programme pairs two films around one shared question and concludes with a moderated discussion.

In the foyer, the evolving WHAT REMAINS Archive invites anonymous audience responses to TRACE, FRAGMENT and THRESHOLD. Selected responses return to the final closing reflection with each participant’s permission.

TWO FILMS. ONE QUESTION. ONE CONVERSATION.

REMEMBER.RECONSTRUCT.RECLAIM.

Audience seated in a cinema before a screening
Audience in theatre — Dr David Ingram / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0
FORMAT
Three comparative double bills
PLACE
Melbourne / venue to be confirmed
PARTICIPATION
Archive prompts / moderated conversations