Newcastle
Film Society

This poignantly titled anthology production draws together film-makers from Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific to respond to the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook’s arrival in the region. The film reaches into the past, dramatising debates within communities.

The project consists of ten linked short films by ten Indigenous Australian and Maori film makers about the impact of settler colonialism on the region's Indigenous cultures.

The films span a range of approaches including historical war drama, futuristic speculative fiction and animation.

We Are Still Here premiered as the opening film of the 2022 Sydney Film Festival and had its North American premiere in the Contemporary World Cinema program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.