THE SURVIVAL OF KINDNESS
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THE SURVIVAL OF KINDNESS

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96 Mins | Rolf de Heer
April
NOMINEE · GOLDEN BEAR · BERLINALE
WINNER · FIPRESCI PRIZE · BERLINALE


Subversive Australian film visionary, Rolf de Heer (Ten Canoes, Charlie’s Country), will present the NSW Premiere of his first feature film in nine years at SWIFF’23, The Survival of Kindness.

BlackWoman (Mwajemi Hussein), locked in a cage under the desert’s scorching sun, has been abandoned by her masked captors. Escaping, she ventures through apocalyptic landscapes, entering new scenarios, up the Mountain, and on to the City, where BlackWoman is pressed to reckon with her identity, her mission, and her will.

Watching Rolf de Heer’s The Survival of Kindness is like extrapolating beautiful poetry, punctuated by moments of action, brutality, sincerity – and kindness.

"An elegant reverie about the violence and the stoicism beneath the surface of ordinary life." - The Guardian