After the Rain: Putin’s Stolen Children Come Home (Dir: Sarah McCarthy – 80m)
Deep in a forest by the Baltic Sea, a group of Ukrainian families come together to start the healing process with the help of golden retrievers and palomino horses at an animal therapy retreat. In the safety of the forest, the children’s memories of being illegally deported to Russia and their families' struggles to rescue them are unravelled with the help of skilled and sensitive counsellors. The joy and humour the children discover during their time in the forest make it easy to forget that their stories are the reason the International Criminal Court recently issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin. Nearly 20,000 abducted children remain in Russian institutions.

The short film ‘Emerge: The Creative Journey of Visual Artists’ (Dir: maker Sacha Hulsebosch) to play before the feature –
The curiosity to understand today’s game changers in contemporary art, documentary film maker Sacha Hulsebosch has followed NotFair Art Fair - Australia’s Independent Art Fair - and recorded the stories about its humble beginnings, the challenges of Covid, and the behind the scenes of its major exhibitions; stories that are brought to life through the lens of the creative journey of 8 brilliant artists as they come together to exhibit at a major exhibition.