A Day at the Movies | Ali's Wedding (dementia-friendly screening)
Sat
8
Sat 8 Feb 10:30 AM
Arc Cinema
Allocated Seating
110 Mins
February
2017 | M | DCP | Australia | D: Jeffrey Walker
A true story...unfortunately.
Ali dreams big. He wants to be with the girl he loves, but he's been promised to marry another girl at his father's mosque. He wants to be the great doctor that his community expects him to be, but he doesn't get the marks for university. And above all he wants to make his father proud. Really proud. So what will Ali do to live up to these impossible expectations? Fake it. Because as the son of the cleric, he doesn't have a choice.
An irreverent and warm-hearted comedy, Ali's Wedding is an entertaining, heartfelt and charming story about family, duty and love in multicultural Australia.
Winner of the Audience Award at Sydney Film Festival (2017), Ali’s Wedding is based on writer and lead actor Osamah Sami’s real-life experience of his arranged marriage… which lasted just one hour and forty minutes. Sami has described the Ali’s Wedding as the first Australian Muslim rom-com.
Part of A Day at the Movies: a dementia-friendly screening program at NFSA Acton.
This matinee event has been specifically designed for the enjoyment of community members living with dementia and their friends, families, carers and companions. This will be a relaxed screening, with plenty of time to arrive at the NFSA, enjoy refreshments in the courtyard, find a comfortable seat in the cinema and watch the film.
Event timings
What makes this event dementia-friendly?
If you are caring for a person living with dementia, please select a complimentary Carer ticket for yourself, kindly supported by Carers ACT.
A Day at the Movies was created by film and media academics Dr Jodi Brooks (Project Lead, University of New South Wales) and Dr Fincina Hopgood (University of New England), and independent screen culture and audience development specialist Karina Libbey. The program is funded by the ACT Government and aligns to its Age-Friendly City Plan, with in-kind support from the NFSA (Venue Partner), Carers ACT, Dementia Australia and the ACT Ministerial Advisory Council on Ageing.
A true story...unfortunately.
Ali dreams big. He wants to be with the girl he loves, but he's been promised to marry another girl at his father's mosque. He wants to be the great doctor that his community expects him to be, but he doesn't get the marks for university. And above all he wants to make his father proud. Really proud. So what will Ali do to live up to these impossible expectations? Fake it. Because as the son of the cleric, he doesn't have a choice.
An irreverent and warm-hearted comedy, Ali's Wedding is an entertaining, heartfelt and charming story about family, duty and love in multicultural Australia.
Winner of the Audience Award at Sydney Film Festival (2017), Ali’s Wedding is based on writer and lead actor Osamah Sami’s real-life experience of his arranged marriage… which lasted just one hour and forty minutes. Sami has described the Ali’s Wedding as the first Australian Muslim rom-com.
Part of A Day at the Movies: a dementia-friendly screening program at NFSA Acton.
This matinee event has been specifically designed for the enjoyment of community members living with dementia and their friends, families, carers and companions. This will be a relaxed screening, with plenty of time to arrive at the NFSA, enjoy refreshments in the courtyard, find a comfortable seat in the cinema and watch the film.
Event timings
10.15AM | Arrival – welcome tea and coffee in the NFSA courtyard |
10.30AM | Take your seat in Arc Cinema |
10.30AM | Introduction and film screening |
11.30AM | Intermission (10 minutes) |
11.40AM | Film screening resumes |
12.30PM | Afternoon tea in the NFSA courtyard (concludes 1.00pm) |
What makes this event dementia-friendly?
- Dementia Australia-trained venue staff and event organisers will be onsite to welcome and assist attendees, including guiding attendees around the NFSA.
- The film (Ali’s Wedding) has been selected in line with dementia-friendly screening guidelines and in consultation with community groups.
- There will be low-level house lighting in the cinema to allow people to move around, as well as additional wayfinding and information signage.
- The volume in the cinema will be slightly lower.
- There will be a designated quiet space for guests who need a break during the screening. The film will also screen at a low volume level in the quiet space, so you won’t miss a thing.
- The screening will have an intermission. Guests are also invited to socialise and enjoy pre- and post-screening refreshments in the NFSA courtyard. Complimentary ice-creams (courtesy of Bulla) will also be provided.
- For additional information about accessibility and planning a visit to the NFSA, visit nfsa.gov.au/visit-us
If you are caring for a person living with dementia, please select a complimentary Carer ticket for yourself, kindly supported by Carers ACT.
A Day at the Movies was created by film and media academics Dr Jodi Brooks (Project Lead, University of New South Wales) and Dr Fincina Hopgood (University of New England), and independent screen culture and audience development specialist Karina Libbey. The program is funded by the ACT Government and aligns to its Age-Friendly City Plan, with in-kind support from the NFSA (Venue Partner), Carers ACT, Dementia Australia and the ACT Ministerial Advisory Council on Ageing.
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