CFF26 - To Hold a Mountain
<div><i>In Monetegrin language with English subtitles</i></div><div><br></div><div>Gara and her daughter Nada live deep in the Sinjajevina mountain range in Montengero, going about their hard but fulfilling lives farming cattle and making cheese, when they find that NATO are planning to start the operation of a military training ground on the mountain, upending decades of agriculture and community practice and the protection and nourishment Mother provides. </div><div><br></div><div>And while rousing, Gara’s strength in leading the protest against the base is just the first glimpse we see of the determination in this powerful woman’s story. By sharing memories with her family and community, a story of hardship, gendered violence, and unstoppable resilience from formidable matriarch Gara and the women in her surrounds unfolds. </div><div><br></div><div><b>ACT Premiere </b></div><div><br></div><div>Winner: World Cinema Documentary Prize, Sundance Film Festival </div><div><br></div><div>Screens with short film: Our Choir Has Always Been Travelling</div><div>Dir. Judith Pungarta Inkamala, Marjorie Nunga Williams, Nelson Armstrong | 9min | Australia | English, Western Aranda | 2025</div>DocumentaryPT1H54MCTC2026-10-24RSsrMileva Gara Jovanović
Nada Stanišić
Biljana Tutorov
Petar Glomazić
Quentin Laurent
Bianca Oana
Biljana Tutorov
Petar Glomazić
Rok Biček
Megan Gelstein
Dijana Cetina Mlađenović
Velisa Popovic
CFF26 - To Hold a Mountain"CFF26 - To Hold a Mountain"Showtimes
October 24, 3:15 pm
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