Opening Night: Silenced
- Wednesday 3 June from 7pm to 10pm
This post #MeToo documentary reveals how defamation laws are weaponised to silence survivors. Featuring human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson, Amber Heard and Brittany Higgins.
In this eye-opening documentary, courtroom footage and behind-the-headlines interviews reveal how the legal system is being used to victimize, discredit and financially ruin survivors, and journalists reporting on their stories. From Amber Heard at London’s Law Courts to journalist Catalina Ruiz-Navarro in Colombia, and Brittany Higgins’ experience in our own backyard, women globally face a new kind of silencing at the hands of perpetrators of sexual violence.
It’s a legal backlash Australian Jennifer Robinson is committed to fighting, inspired by her courageous grandmother who was also a survivor. With unrivalled access, director Selina Miles (Martha: A Picture Story, _SFF 2019) _challenges the flaws in the justice system that make this silencing possible, while simultaneously revealing the personal cost to those who speak up. A Sundance World Premiere.
Be there for the Opening Night gala and red carpet premiere, alongside Australian and international industry guests.
OPENING NIGHT AFTERPARTY
Follow up the screening with Sydney’s most cinematic celebration, the Opening Night Afterparty at Sydney Town Hall. Feel that post-premiere buzz with canapés, cocktails and DJ sets, and rub shoulders with fellows fans and the biggest names in the industry.