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.

Dance on Film program (5:45 pm - 6:45 pm)

Nationally and internationally recognised dance artist, choreographer and producer, Liz Lea, presents three short films on dance and science. Over three decades, Liz Lea has toured her work internationally and been commissioned in India, UK, Australia, South Africa, Bulgaria, Singapore, USA and Kuwait. 

Dessaim (20 mins)
France, Maxime Pelletier-Huot
A choreographic project offers an intimate look at the interdisciplinary collaboration between artists, engineers, and researchers as they push the boundaries of robotic expressivity.

She Measures the Earth (18 mins)
Canada, Ching You
Four women scientists in Canada reshape who belongs to science.

Deus Ex Machina Doctrina - World Premiere (8 mins)
USA, Christopher Knowlton
An experimental dance film that examines the deification of new technologies, the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) for dance, and the extractive forces underpinning generative AI.

Program ends 6.45PM