Reel Conversations: Warning Shadows

This dialogue-free cinematic experience explores a 19th-century dinner party where a wealthy Count is driven to jealousy by his wife's interactions with their guests. A shadow puppeteer entertains the group, using silhouettes and reflections to mirror the characters' duplicitous actions.

The film works entirely with light and shadow, without any text or intertitles to direct meaning. In alignment with our values of celebrating great works of art and human creativity, the film will be accompanied by a newly composed, live performance by David Bailey on the Gallery’s 1929 Wurlitzer organ, and it is always a joy to experience human creativity through his art.

Content & Thematic Warning
Participants are advised that this film (rated Ages 12+) contains mild violence and utilizes supernatural allegories and symbols. As Humanists guided by evidence and rational thought, we view these themes through a realist, analytical lens. Our Reel Conversation post screening is an opportunity to consider how storytelling can produce realist insights in the the human condition.

Tickets:
Please purchase admission directly via the QAGOMA website prior to meeting.

Buy Tickets:
https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/cinema/screening/live-music-and-film-warning-shadows-2026-10-25

Meet outside Cinema A at 11:15 for 11:30am screening. To be followed by discussion at the GOMA café.