Live Session 1: Formation
12pm
We start by tuning our dials to the past; ancient storylines and live conversations carrying the formative tales of the West Coast landscape and lore.

• Witness box: Ancient Geology
  With geologist Keith Corbett
• palawa creation story film (6 min)
  Originally commissioned by the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery for the 2020 exhibition WEST: Out on the Edge
• Panel discussion: palawa artists
  Hosted by journalist Jillian Mundy with palawa kani researcher Theresa Sainty and musician Denni Proctor
• Statement for Country (7:21 min)
  By Theresa Sainty
• University of Tasmania student video works
  Sensory Imprints by Lawrence Ellis (2:50 min)
  Rebirth by Callum Cusick (1:45 min)

Live Session 2: Digging Up
2pm
Historical video signals of our industrial golden age; and live studio interviews about the oscillating fortunes of the land and its people.

• Witness box
  Poetry by Richard Wolfe
• Panel Discussion: Why We Dig
  Hosted by Rick Snell with former miner Richard Wolfe and geology artist Chris Wilson
• Mt Lyell Centenary video (1983, 10 min)
• Discussion: Shift Change
  Hosted by Kat Young with musician and composer Andrew Callaghan
• Tasmania’s Road West (1970, 12:33 min)
• Bad River (2023, 23 min)
• University of Tasmania student video works
  Old by Tash Bradley-Cross (1:36 min)
  Restore Pedder by Liam Meagher (3:28 min)

Live Session 3: Lights Out
4pm
Observe the dark matter of a town shutting down in 1994; detecting voices and visions emanating from the shadows at an epoch’s end.

• ABC Stateline: Seagulls (2010, 6:20 min)
• Discussion: End of an Era
  Hosted by Kat Young with former miner Graeme Mee
• Mt Lyell, a Century of Copper – The 1994 Lights Out Ceremony (1994, 13 min)
  Introduced by writer Patsy Crawford
• Expanded Cinema – The Golem: How He Came Into The World (68 min)
  Timothy Hodge
  Musician Timothy Hodge performs a live score for the 1920 German Expressionist classic, creating a new context for the film and exploring ideas of creation.

University of Tasmania student video works
6.20pm
1983 Toyota Crown by Tash Bradley-Cross (2021, 3:50 min)
Welcome To Heartland by Sofie Münster (2023, 5:08 min)
Nemegt Formation Trail Cam by Ayla McIntyr (2022, 0:31 min)

Eden Alone Surpasses Thee (2022, 20 min)
6.30pm
An award-winning short film set on the rugged West Coast of lutruwita/Tasmania, delving into profound themes of solitude, nature’s beauty, and the resilience of the human spirit.

UNTV: Primetime Returns (2020, 84 min)
7pm
The original UNTV, recorded and re-transmitted: retold histories, speculative sci-fi, grand designs, gardening with gravel ... and a search for ‘the event’.

The Last Man on Earth (1964, 86 min)
8.30pm
A lone survivor of a global pandemic battles nocturnal vampire horrors in this haunting cinematic masterpiece.

Live Session 1: Signal from the Mountain
12pm
We launch day two ascending the mountain, our instruments set to detect signals from the future – human stories of cosmic creation.

• Discussion: Unrise
  Hosted by Travis Tiddy with pakana writer and former ranger Adam Thompson
• Long May She Rain (2023, 15:45 min)
• Panel Discussion: The River
  Hosted by Travis Tiddy with chemist Brenda Mooney and contemporary artist David Haines
• University of Tasmania student video works
  Of Ones And Zeros by Lawrence Ellis (2022, 5:58 min)
• Statement for Country (7:21 min)
  By Theresa Sainty

Live Session 2: Sportuality
2pm
Seeking a meaningful future in a world losing faith in religion, we hear from those looking to sport for both communion and transcendence.

• Alive and Kicking (2008, 25:45 min)
• Discussion panel: Gravel and Grit
  Hosted by Peter Gee with football coaches Deb Reynolds and Toby Lutwyche, and mountain biker Aaron Stewart
• University of Tasmania student video works
  The Ashes by Scott Lleonart (2021, 13:43 min)

Live Session 3: Lights On
4pm
We shine a laser light into tomorrow, hear from those preparing for a harsh new era and those manifesting a beautiful future reality.

• Discussion: Future Proofing
  Hosted by Nick Maher with author Linda Cockburn
• Discussion: Earth's Black Box
  Hosted by Phil Evans with Earth's Black Box project collaborator Henry Curchod
• Expanded Cinema – Discontinued Space (60 mins)
  Dylan Banks, Dani Kirby and Mat Ward
  Utilising vocals, keyboards, bass and the noise-making Intonarumori as inspired by Italian futurist Luigi Russolo, the trio performs live scores to works by avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren (1917–61)

University of Tasmania student video works
6.28pm
It’s Just A Matter Of Time by Lawrence Ellis (2021, 1:15 min)
Out Of The Box by Adam Hsieh (2021, 0:41 min)

Finding Paradise (2022, 50 min)
6.30pm
Set to the music of EWAH and The Vision of Paradise, a washed-up musician chases after the new sound in a post-apocalyptic wilderness

UNTV: Nightscene Resurfaces (2020, 60 min)
7.30pm
The original UNTV, bootlegged and re-broadcast: a sci-fi mashup of original, curated and guest- programmed content; rage for the unconformist lockdown generation

Warning Shadows (1923, 84 min)
8.30pm
In this silent German expressionist film, shadows weave a surreal tale of human desires, illuminating the enigmatic facets of human nature

The Unconformity Cup
11.30am
With a midday kick off and expert commentary, watch The West take on The Rest at Queenstown’s iconic gravel football oval and see why the players consider gravel rash a badge of honour.