THE GLEANERS & I
Screening in 35mm
Directed by Agnès Varda | 2000 | 82 mins | France | UNCL 15+ | In French with English subtitles
Awards & Festivals
2020 Cannes Film Festival
2020 Toronto International Film Festival
2020 BFI London Film Festival
When Agnes Varda passed away in 2019, world cinema lost one of its most vital and impassioned female voices. A humanist of the first order who left behind essential works like Cleo from 5 to 7, Vagabond and Faces Places, Varda’s creative flame burned brightly right up to her passing, with her final films just as impressive as her earliest ones.
Enlivened and encouraged by the rise of digital technologies, Agnes Varda is allowed to get up close and personal with her subjects as the iconic filmmaker explores the world of modern-day gleaners, namely those who live on the margins of society and survive by foraging amongst the detritus of what others have discarded.
Presented by Reverse Garbage
SCREENING WITH SHORT FILM:
HERMIT
Directed by Stephanie Begg | 2022 | 14 mins | Australia | UNCL G
An agoraphobic music composer, who writes custom songs for funerals, finds her life thrown off-key when an unexpected visitor knocks at the door.
