Drawing together Japanese cult favourites (House) and ‘60s comedies alongside Anangu animation and Malayalam folktales, this series unites a diverse range of representations of more-than-human lives on screen. In some films, animals are scene-stealing stars (The awful truth); in others, they’re beloved childhood companions (Kes, Celia) or metaphors for collective anxieties, as in Bulgarian director Binka Zhelyazkova’s rarely screened satire The tied-up balloon.
The Critter series screens every Wednesday and Sunday in the Art Gallery Cinema from 10 April – 2 June 2024. Tickets are free (as they always are in the Art Gallery Cinema!), but bookings are recommended. To read the full program and to book tickets, see the Art Gallery website.
