On Wednesday 8th July at @mothership.marrickville, Miya Miya Film Club presents Turtles Can Fly (لاکپشت‌ها هم پرواز می‌کنند, Iraq/Iran, 2004), directed by Bahman Ghobadi.

Set in a Kurdish refugee camp on the Iraq–Turkey border in the days before the American invasion of Iraq, Turtles Can Fly follows a group of children waiting for a war they know is coming. Satellite, a resourceful boy and unofficial leader within the camp, navigates a landscape where survival depends on improvisation and where childhood has already been interrupted by forces far larger than those around him.

Miya Miya Film Club will be donating proceeds to @thepcrf and their Gaza Amputee Program.

Tickets on sale here.

On Wednesday 8th July, @mothership.marrickville, Miya Miya Film Club and Liberation Cinema present: Hit the Road (Iran, 2021) directed by Panah Panahi.

@liberationcinema_is a grassroots collective based on Gadigal Country dedicated to screening films that engage with anti-colonial, anti-imperialist, and liberation struggles. Their programming foregrounds cinema as a site of resistance, bringing together works that challenge dominant narratives and open space for political engagement.

Food will be shared from our friends @darband.syd. Darband is Western Sydney Persian restaurant with decades of history, their cooking is grounded in tradition, memory, and the shared rituals of the table. Food that feels familiar, carried across generations, and made to be eaten together.

Tickets on sale July 13th.