Animal Liberation Film Festival
The Animal Liberation Film Festival (ALFF) joins Cinema Nova with a carefully curated programme exploring the ethical, cultural and political dimensions of human–animal relations. Spanning documentaries, narrative film, animation and experimental work, ALFF brings together hopeful, imaginative, entertaining and thought-provoking stories from Australia and around the world — inviting audiences to see animals, and our shared world, from new perspectives.
ALFF26 Shepherd Boy + All The World Is Green
Opening Date: Friday, 6 Nov 2026
ALFF26 OPENING NIGHT: Friday November 6, 6.45pm Join animal rights activist and philanthropist Philip Wollen for a festival introduction and post-screening, in-cinema Q&A. SHEPHERD BOY (17:25) Abandoned on the outskirts of Doha, a dog named Shepher ... more
ALFF26 Hen
Opening Date: Friday, 6 Nov 2026
After escaping an industrial farm, a determined hen finds refuge in a crumbling Greek seaside restaurant. As she fights to protect her eggs, she becomes an unwitting witness to greed, people-smuggling and the moral failures of the humans around her. Györg ... more
ALFF26 Kinship
Opening Date: Saturday, 7 Nov 2026
IN CONVERSATION: Saturday November 7, 12.30pm Join us for a special Q&A after the World Premiere of KINSHIP with Edgar’s Mission founder Pam Ahern. Questioning whether his lifelong compassion for animals has made a difference, filmmaker Lucas Spiegel tr ... more
ALFF26 Shorts Program
Opening Date: Saturday, 7 Nov 2026
MEET THE FILMMAKER: Saturday November 7, 3.00pm. Join filmmakers Isabella Holgate and Jack Hinz for a post-screening Q&A, live in-cinema. A collection of shorts screening as part of the Animal Liberation Film Festival. RUNT (6:45): Seven-year-old Molly ... more
ALFF26 Empathy Project + Porkaganda
Opening Date: Saturday, 7 Nov 2026
IN CONVERSATION: Saturday November 7, 6.00pm Join Animal Justice Party MP Georgie Purcell for a post-screening discussion on animal rights. THE EMPATHY PROJECT (30:00) From farmers and French chefs to radical activists, twelve people re-examine their r ... more
ALFF26 Liberation + Animal Justice
Opening Date: Saturday, 7 Nov 2026
SESSION INTRODUCTION: Saturday November 7 ANIMAL JUSTICE filmmaker Danny Tesla will be attending to introduce his feature, which plays in conjunction with the short film LIBERATION. LIBERATION (04:40) A mysterious young girl races against time to fre ... more
ALFF26 Sentient
Opening Date: Sunday, 8 Nov 2026
Veteran Australian journalist Tony Jones enters the secretive world of laboratory animal research, following primatologist Dr Lisa Jones-Engel as she confronts the moral consequences of her former work. Combining rare access, testimony and undercover foot ... more
ALFF26 Rescue
Opening Date: Sunday, 8 Nov 2026
MEET THE FILMMAKER: Sunday November 8, 12.00pm Join Director & Producer Alessio Schiazza for a post-screening Zoom Q&A following the screening. As Russia’s full-scale war forces millions to flee Ukraine, animal rescuers move in the opposite ... more
ALFF26 Momo Garden + The Birds Who Lived Home
Opening Date: Sunday, 8 Nov 2026
MOMO GARDEN: The Cows Who Survived Fukushima (11:11) After the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, farmed animals left inside the ... more
ALFF26 Bears In Hot Tubs + Forever HOME
Opening Date: Sunday, 8 Nov 2026
ALFF CLOSING NIGHT: Sunday November 8, 6.50pm BEARS IN HOT TUBS (17:00) Black bears wander garden paths and soak in backyard tubs across suburban Los Angeles. Centring the bears’ own lives rather than treating them as problems to manage, this tender doc ... more
