AGOG! 23 A Feast of Foreign Films.
Returned to the James Theatre Dungog on the 15 & 16 September 2023.

Starting at 7pm on Friday 15 September with The Quiet Girl, a beautiful and deeply moving film set in rural Ireland.

The full program was:

Friday 15 September

7:00 – 8.35 pm, 1h 35m – THE QUIET GIRL (M) Ireland (Gaelic), Drama

Saturday 16 September

9:30 am – Noon, 2h 28m, – BURNING (M) South Korea/Japan, Mystery/Thriller
Noon – 1:00 pm, 1h 00m, – LUNCH Grab yourself a bite to eat from the feast of local eateries
1:20 – 3:00 pm, 1h 40m, – NOVEMBER (M) France, thriller/drama
3:30 – 5:30 pm, 2h, – ALCARRAS (M) Spain/Catalan, Drama
5:30 – 7:00 pm, 1h 30m – DINNER Book directly with participating restaurants and enjoy a local feast
7:30 – 9:32 pm, 2h 2m – THE BLUE CAFTAN (M) Belgium/Morocco (Arabic/English), Drama/Romance

Thank you to all the local cafes, restaurants, pubs and clubs for supporting AGOG!23

While you are attending the AGOG program, please support our local businesses, enjoy a bite to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner or have a peruse our shops and galleries. Remember to kindly let them know you are here for AGOG and if it is time sensitive tell the time of your next session.

MAP KEY

1. Dungog Pizza – 260 Dowling St
2. Lovey’s IGA – 229 Dowling St Dungog
3. Trading Post – 234 Dowling St
4. Stella Bistro – 205 Dowling St
5. Settlers Arms – 45 Brown St Dungog
6. Dungog Bowling Club – 56 Brown St
7. Dungog RSL – 98 Lord Street,
8. The Barn Dungog – 172 Dowling St
9. The Long Room Cafe – 122 Dowling St
10. Tinshed Brewery – 109 Dowling St
11. Royal Hotel – 80 Dowling St

AGOG Filmography

DRAMA
Friday 15 September, 7pm

THE QUIET GIRL (M)

Ireland (Gaelic) (2022) 1h 35m

Cáit is a nine year-old girl from an overcrowded and impoverished family in rural Ireland. Quietly struggling at school and at home, she has learnt to hide in plain sight from those around her. As summer arrives, Cáit is sent to live with distant relatives, farming people, like her own, but hard- working and wanting for nothing. She slowly blossoms and discovers a new way of living, but in this house where affection grows and there are meant to be no secrets, Cáit discovers one painful truth.

MYSTERY / THRILLER
Saturday 15 September, 9:30am

BURNING (M)

South Korea/Japan, (2022) 2h 28m

Burning is based around an enigma – a vanishing – whose solubility or otherwise becomes progressively less important to the protagonist than his hurt feelings, his wounded love, his damaged soul and his male envy.

THRILLER / DRAMA
Saturday 15 September, 1:20pm

NOVEMBER (M)

French, (2022) 1h 40m

After the Paris attacks in November 2015, the police formed a secret anti-terrorist unit. Led by Fred, the unit is under tremendous pressure to identify and track down the perpetrators as quickly as possible.

DRAMA
Saturday 15 September, 3:30pm

ALCARRAS (M)

Spain / Catalan, (2018) 2h

For generations, the Solé family has made a living from the summer harvest of their peach orchard in the Catalan town of Alcarrás. However, after the death of the owner of the property, his heir wants to sell the land.

DRAMA / ROMANCE
Saturday 15 September, 7:30pm

THE BLUE CAFTAN (M)

Belgium/Morocco (Arabic/English), (2023) 2h 2m

A love story. The love of craft & beauty, love of another person, love of life itself & the love for the simplest things in life that give life meaning.