Before What Comes After

(Le Dernier Souffle)

Q&A March 26, Palace Nova Cinema, Prospect, Adelaide

6:10pm Screening & Q&A w Briget Kelly, End-of-Life Doula, funeral celebrant & founder of Rhiannon's Service

Based in Adelaide, Briget is dedicated to enhancing death literacy and supporting individuals through end-of-life transitions.

Q&A March 31, Palace Como, Melbourne

8pm Screening & Q&A w Baci Hilyer, End-Of-Life Doula, founder of DEADICATE

& Jim Lavranos, Manager of Pastoral & Bereavement Services

Baci’s mission is to guide others to “Live Well and Leave Well” with compassion, clarity, and confidence.

Q&A April 2, Windsor Cinema, Perth

6pm Screening & Q&A w Dr Lauren Breen, Psychologist in grief and loss

Dr. Breen is a community psychologist, thanatologist, and Professor of Psychology at Curtin University, advocating for a grief-literate society.

Q&A April 12, Bunbury Rec Centre

130pm Screening & Q&A w Dr. Julianne Hilbers, grief psychologist

Registered psychologist, educator, and researcher with over 30 years of experience, Dr. Hilbers specialises in community-centered approaches to palliative care and bereavement support.

Dir. by Costa-Gavras | France | 100 Mins

Starring Kad Merad, Denis Podalydès, Charlotte Rampling, Hiam Abbass [Succession], and Karin Viard .

BEFORE WHAT COMES AFTER celebrates life through the lens of death, by renowned auteur Costa-Gavras.

What begins as a chance encounter during a routine checkup evolves into a profound friendship between acclaimed philosopher Fabrice Toussaint (Denis Podalydès, The President's Wife, AF FFF24) and head of palliative care Doctor Augustin Masset (Kad Medrad, The Big Hit, AF FFF21).

Step into several stories that explore the beauty, dignity, and humanity in how we face the inevitable. Through the lens of different cultures, customs, and personal choices, BEFORE WHAT COMES AFTER invites you to reflect, connect, and even find joy in the conversation we so often avoid. Thoughtful, moving, and unexpectedly uplifting—come see a film that reminds us that in understanding death, we truly embrace life.

Dialogical and Socratic in tone, yet never stuffy, this film lyrically grapples with unanswerable questions, responding to our existential fears with love and care. In the spirit of groundbreaking philosophical films like My Dinner with André, Costa-Gavras deftly teaches without instructing. Daring to ask life's biggest questions, BEFORE WHAT COMES AFTER invites us to listen closely—the answers may surprise us.