Country Arts SA pays respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and recognises their continuing connection and spiritual relationship to these lands, waters and skies. We are committed to listening and helping care for Country, and to safeguard, share and celebrate First Nations’ living cultures.
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Nunga Screen returns for its 15th year of powerful storytelling, celebrating First Nations culture, language and creativity through film. Presented annually between Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week, free community events bring together audiences of all ages to experience stories of history, humour, community and connection to Country.
This year’s program features a dynamic mix of short films from emerging and established First Nations filmmakers across Australia. From the cheeky, fast-paced adventures of Red Dirt Riders to the gentle, funny tale of The Fix-It-Man and The Fix-It Wooman and a music video collaboration between Dem Mob and Fregon Anangu School; the program offers plenty for family audiences.
The lineup also includes moving documentaries such as Anangu Way, following a father and son reconnecting through culture on Country, and Blakprint for Success, which highlights the importance of education, identity and Kaurna knowledge in shaping future generations. Dramas like Catchin’ Mumoo, The Secret and False Narrative bring raw emotional depth, exploring the complexities of family, truth and healing.
Nunga Screen is a celebration of culture, a chance to listen deeply and to come together in recognition of First Nations voices and stories.
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2026 Program
Red Dirt Riders
Filmmaker: Tyson Mowarin
Duration: 14 minutes
Rough and ready, fast and furious – a bunch of cheeky off-road Red Dirt Riders from Western Australia’s remote Pilbara Region show you a thing or two about riding and share stories about their world.
The Fix It Man and The Fix It Wooman
Filmmaker: Rhonda Sharpe and Courtney Collins
Duration: 8 minutes
A gentle, funny tale of love and connection is built under the bright lights of Alice Springs, as two soft sculptures find each other through discovering a shared talent, featuring artwork by Yarrenyty Arltere Artists.
Anangu Way
Filmmaker: Tace Stevens
Duration: 12 minutes
Keenan, a Noongar and Spinifex man, drives 10 hours from Perth to Cundeelee to spend a week on Country with his father Lydon. Together they make a woomera (a traditional artefact) and Keenan learns more about his culture and family.
Making a Pulgi
Filmmaker: Cedric Varcoe
Duration: 4 minutes
Join Narungga and Ngarrindjeri artist Cedric Varcoe as he shares Ngarrindjeri culture through the building of a traditional shelter, a Pulgi, at the Goolwa wharf.
Kaltjiti Travellers – Stuck in the City
Filmmaker: Sophie Wallace & Fregon Anangu School
Duration: 4 minutes
Through workshops facilitated by hip hop group DEM MOB, students at Fregon Anangu School wrote and created this music video for their song Stuck In The City. The song expresses their longing for home after spending time in the city.
Blakprint for Success
Filmmaker: Elijah Bravington
Duration: 10 minutes
Follow an ancestral journey from forced eviction to returning home, coming back to a place that has changed so much but still has an ancient energy. Explore the importance of sharing cultural practices and stories from lived experiences.
The Secret
Filmmaker: Lilla Berry
Duration: 12 minutes
A raw and intimate examination of the pressure and shame placed on women, how the choices we make for ourselves and our bodies are always under assault, but that despite everything we are not alone.
False Narrative
Filmmaker: Travis Akbar
Duration: 10 minutes
When a father and businessman is falsely accused of heinous crimes online, he must survive a night of escalating terror as a vigilante descends on his home, putting him and his family at risk.
Catchin’ Mumoo
Filmmaker: Dylan Coleman
Duration: 11 minutes
When a Great White Pointer shark keeps taking a fisherman’s catch, his 7-year-old son Stevo takes it upon himself to try and fix the problem to support his family. When tragedy strikes, fate takes an unexpected turn.