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.

Best Short Films of 2026 Program

12.00 Women in STEM at the Royal Australian Mint (5 mins)
Australia, Leigh Adey
Meet the inspiring women helping shape the future of Australian coin-making and discover the diverse STEM careers that keep the Mint innovating.

12.05 - B-Cells: A Chemotherapy Poem (4 mins)
USA, William Doan
A visual and poetic journey through the experience of chemotherapy for Large B Cell Lymphoma.

12.10 - Soraya in the Land of Nod (3 mins)
India, Leela Dutta
A girl named Soraya is sent to sleep by a Sleep Sprite - based on the scientific stages of sleep.

12.15 - Trading Cards (15 mins)
Australia, Radheya Jang
Dark fantasy animated film about the weight of living with Obsessive-compulsive disorder.

12.30 - Overlooked : A Silent Extinction (25 mins)
UK, Cathy Ellington
Decline in giraffe populations explored.

12.55 - Burnt Country (17 mins)
Australia, Kirsten Slemint
Traditional Indigenous techniques for land management through fire.

Session ends 1.15PM

Full weekend screening program can be found at https://www.scinema.net/milltheatre22august