FOLLOWED BY Q&A WITH SPECIAL GUEST YUKI HOKARI AND CO-DIRECTORS ANDREW PIKE AND ANN MCGRATH

Discover the life and transformative work of Japanese historian and anthropologist Minoru Hokari, who came to Australia’s Northern Territory to study Indigenous history and culture first-hand after being inspired by the Gurindji people’s Wave Hill Walk-off in 1966.

The film traces the spiritual connection Minoru – who was given the “skin name” of Japarta by the community – developed with the Gurindji Elders. Before his untimely death at age 32 in 2004, they tasked him with the extraordinary mission of sharing their unique historical worldview with an international audience.

Co-directed by ANUFG founding member Andrew Pike and Professor Ann McGrath, the documentary incorporates Minoru's own footage and powerful interviews with his colleagues, family, and the Gurindji people he lived with. It's a testament to cross-cultural understanding and a vital piece of Australian and Indigenous history.

Jeffrey Manchester (Channing Tatum) is a former Army Ranger and struggling father who earned the eponymous nickname for his unique method of robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs. After being sentenced to prison, and then escaping, he secretly lives inside a Toys “R” Us for six months, surviving undetected while planning his next move. When he falls for Leigh (Kirsten Dunst), a divorced mother who works at the store, he soon finds himself concocting a precarious double life.

Based on a stranger-than-fiction true story, Roofman is a wildly entertaining crime caper which sees Oscar-nominated Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines) return to the director’s chair for the first time in nine years. Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst both deliver incredible performances as the star-crossed lovers, alongside a supporting cast that includes Peter Dinklage, LaKeith Stanfield, Juno Temple and Ben Mendelsohn.