SHOWING AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 3 | Oscar-nominee Sandra Hüller narrates this cinematic adaptation of Robert Macfarlane’s bestselling book, UNDERLAND. The documentary voyages into worlds rarely glimpsed by human eyes to explore the world beneath our feet. One not of fear and darkness, but rather of knowledge and wonder that can be found nowhere else. Beginning in the shallow soils beneath an old ash tree, we travel alongside several ‘astronauts of the underworld’ into ancient sacred caves, flooded storm drains, melting glaciers, underwater burial chambers and a deep underground laboratory built to solve the mysteries of the Universe. UNDERLAND dives deep into the Earth to present a groundbreaking vision for rethinking our lives on this fragile surface.

SHOWING AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 3 | The great Willem Dafoe lends his delicate gravitas to the role of Ed Saxberger, a forgotten New York poet who works in the post office. After an eager and flattering young admirer (Edmund Donovan) appears on his doorstep, Saxberger is beckoned into a coterie of twentysomething admirers who anoint him as a rediscovered genius.

SHOWING SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 / PRAIRIE PRIDE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 **WE ARE PAT explores the evolution of gender identity and comedy from the ‘90s to the present day through the lens of the iconic “Saturday Night Live” sketch, It’s Pat. The film examines Pat’s origins as a joke rooted in the cultural anxiety of the ‘90s around gender while drawing striking parallels to today’s culture wars around transness and queerness.

SHOWING SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 / PRAIRIE PRIDE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 **Just before graduation, Ethan and Alex pose as trans women in a last ditch effort to quell gay rumors about them. It’s all a joke until Ethan realizes: she really is trans. As the school year ends, the two best friends must reckon with their changing friendship, coming out, and coming-of-age.

SHOWING SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 / PRAIRIE PRIDE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 **Every Christmas in Penjamillo, Michoacán, the annual jaripeo, or central Mexican rodeo, draws locals and returning migrants from the U.S., celebrating what it means to be a cowboy from Michoacán. It evokes nostalgia and reinforces cultural norms, reminding the diaspora of “what it means to be a man” in rural Mexican society.

SHOWING SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 / PRAIRIE PRIDE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 **A laugh-out-loud adventure through the far reaches of queer outer space, Lesbian Space Princess showcases the incredible talents of South Australian writers/directors, Leela Varghese and Emma Hough Hobbs.