SWARM: a film festival inspired by Black, radical cinema. This event is [18+].

WHERE: Skyline Drive-In (Blacktown)

WHEN:  February 23rd 2023

TIME: 7:30pm-11:00pm


Xuela, gi and Garden Reflexxx in association with Sydney WorldPride present SWARM: a film festival inspired by Black, radical cinema, premiering at Skyline Drive-In on February 23rd 2023.

SWARM foregrounds the radical and desperately creative strategies of experi-personal filmmaking. Across multiple films that throw into relief our future and freedom, SWARM is a once-in-a-lifetime-immaculate-corpse-of-throat-grabbing-films screening at Skyline Drive-In (Blacktown). From the glamourous secrets of the girls outside the clock, by way of public sex culture, and through cinematic inventiveness of alternative identities, this film festival sets asunder what needs to be built versus what should be destroyed. Grating against scarcity with a lineup abundant in experiments, SWARM gestures towards a redemptive future built out of harrowing experiences. SWARM invites you to gather under the stars and crack out of history. This is a night not to be missed.

"SWARM foregrounds the radical and desperately creative strategies of experi-personal filmmaking. Across multiple films that throw into relief our future and freedom, SWARM is a once-in-a-lifetime-immaculate-corpse-of-throat-grabbing-films screening at Skyline Drive-In (Blacktown)."

The Filmmakers:

Ahya Simone - Tracey Moffatt - local music (e fishpool & sam miers) - Gbenga Komolafe & Tee Jaehyung Park - Cheryl Dunye - Karrabing Film Collective - Leilah Weinraub, Ryan Trecartin & Ian Isiah

+ more to be announced

TICKETS ARE PER CAR. First Nations attendees get in free + discounts for community. We're striving to make SWARM a welcoming event where safety + care is #1. Please contact gardenreflexxx@gmail.com with any concerns or requirements and we'll do our absolute best to help.

Poster design by Emmett Aldred


We acknowledge the Darug people as the traditional custodians of Blacktown City. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.