Into the Deep: World Science Festival Brisbane 2025 Film Program
This six-movie lineup dives into seafaring cinema, from 'Jaws' and 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' to 'Ponyo' and 'Playing with Sharks'.
Overview
Science is everywhere, and Brisbane has an annual festival dedicated to that fact — an event that features everything from the physics of skateboarding through to the Antarctic landscape in 2025. For movie lovers, World Science Festival Brisbane also delivers an annual treat in the form of a dedicated cinema lineup, taking over the Gallery of Modern Art's Australian Cinematheque for a few days each March.
From Friday, March 21–Sunday, March 24, this year's film program is all about seafaring cinema. Sharks and other sea creatures, Studio Ghibli and Disney, lingering under the ocean's surface: covering all of the above, Into the Deep has a flick on the bill for everyone. It all kicks off with The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, so with one of Wes Anderson's greats — and if you want to make it a double feature, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is also playing on the Friday night.
Come Saturday, it's animation time — and viewing for all ages, too — via Ponyo and Moana 2. Then, you just might be afraid to get into the water after Sunday's sessions, with documentary Playing with Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story and classic blockbuster Jaws hitting the screen.
Session times vary each day, but this is one of the cheapest cinema dates on offer right now, with tickets costing $10 — or $7 for GOMA members.
Playing with Sharks: Digital Scanning by Oscans in 2019 on authority of Carl Reinecke of WildBear Entertainment.
