SCINEMA is a science film festival screening across Australia as part of National Science Week. The Mill hosts a special weekend of free film screenings featuring the best of the SCINEMA program.

Festival Director Cris Kennedy introduces each session, with some special guests popping up to say hello. This program is curated as a 'Director's Choice' from the 300+ film entered into SCINEMA in 2026. The standard of films is very high, but we promise an intimate and informal screening environment in the beautiful Mill Theatre.

The 'Medical Docs' session starts at 12.45 pm

'Medical Docs’ Program:

12:45 - Social Anxiety Disorder (5 mins)
Chih Hao Shen
A pastiche of animation styles create a sense of anxiety.

12.50 ‘C’ is for Cherry (9mins)
Italy, Francesco Piro
Intimately follows the day-to-day routine of Andrea, an elderly man living with Parkinson’s disease.

1.00 Imperfect Days (27mins)
Ireland, David Qualter
How clinical trials and patient and public involvement (PPI) are helping to shape better diabetes care.

1.25 Giving Back Breath (20mins)
USA, Courtney Crowder & Chad Cohen)
The long road from cystic fibrosis suffering to discovery and the lives changed along the way. +

1.45 Blue Blood (23 mins), UK, Neeve Ó Flynn-Mundin)
Horseshoe Crab blood is the basis of numerous injectable medical innovations.

Session ends 2.05 pm

Full weekend screening program can be found at https://www.scinema.net/