FISHGIRL (Dir: Javier Cutrona; Ecuador, 103 mins) VICTORIAN PREMIERE

BEST FILM, BEST ACTRESS – 2025 Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival

Played with a heartbreaking honesty by the remarkable Jessica Barahona, Camila suffers from amnesia. She recalls little of her childhood on the coast and in the sea, because of a traumatic event. To remain sane, she fills her pain and emptiness with an imaginary world where the perception of reality is unique and extraordinary; where details are brought to life; and, where a giant fish is her guardian.

Screens with short film IMPRINT (Dir: Rafael Martínez-García; Mexico, 15, mins) AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE. Alicia uses "Imprint," a service that allows her to revisit three minutes of her past, to relive the last time she spoke with her missing daughter.