SFFF26 The Eagle Obsession
With an introduction by SPACE 1999 star, Australian actor Nick Tate. THE EAGLE OBSESSION (Dir: Jeffery Morris; USA, 87 mins) VICTORIAN PREMIERE A cinematic odyssey by filmmaker Jeffrey Morris, exploring how the Apollo program and visionary science fiction of the 1960s and ’70s inspired a generation of thinkers, dreamers, and creators. At the centre of the film is the Eagle Transporter—the fictional spacecraft from SPACE: 1999 that served as a symbol of bold, reasoned, humanistic futures. Screens with THE ART OF LOOKING (Dir: Andris Gauja; Estonia, 17 mins) VICTORIAN PREMIERE Two seemingly different groups of people - astrophysicists and slime researchers - explore the nature of things and conclude that the main drive of humanity is our natural curiosity.