Documentary | European Premiere | 2024 | Australia | 82 min | English | Directed by Wendy Champagne

This screening will take place at Collosseum Kino.

Synopsis

In May 1973, 10,000 artists, activists, hippies and visionaries converged on Nimbin for 10 days that changed a generation. Amid bliss, drugs and drama, the Aquarius Festival sparked a movement and a blueprint for sustainable change. Using rare footage, Aquarius explores its creation, aftermath and enduring legacy, establishment versus alternative, community versus individual and the radical wisdom still shaping lives today.

Director’s Bio

Wendy Champagne creates films and stories that are off-beat, personal, and unafraid, exploring hidden lives and the threads that connect us all. Beginning as a freelance correspondent in Southeast Asia, she became a published author, screenwriter, and award-winning documentary filmmaker while raising her first child in Nepal. Her films; Aquarius, Women of the Earth, Taxi, Love Under Cuban Skies, and Bas, span themes of exile, justice, redemption, spirituality, and social change. Wendy’s fiction and non-fiction have appeared in publications and TV series worldwide.