To mark National Reconciliation Week, the National Film and Sound Archive is screening The Last Daughter, a documentary about Brenda Matthews’ journey to reconcile the two sides of her family, and Toomelah, a feature from Ivan Sen about a troubled 10-year-old who comes face-to-face with adult realities. Both will be screened on June 1.

Professor Shawn Ross will lecture on The Tundzha Regional Archaeology Project, the landscape archaeology and palaeoenvironments of Central and Southeast Bulgaria. Hellenic Club, Woden, May 30.

Arts National, the former ADFAS, will have calligraphic artist Gemma Black to talk about the Book of Kells, kept today at Trinity College in Dublin. National Library of Australia, June 3.

DocPlay, which streams top documentary films, is launching a new partnership with the National Film and Sound Archive, with 13 titles premiering from May 27.

The Japan Foundation’s Japanese Film Festival Online returns for its third edition. This year’s program features 23 films and 2 TV dramas, as well as four new Japanese horror shorts. Streamed free with subtitles in up to 16 languages at watch.jff.jpf.go.jp June 5 – July 3.

The Friends of the National Library will present two of Australia’s top crime writers, Sulari Gentill and Chris Hammer, to discuss The Craft of Crime with CityNews crime fiction reviewer, Anna Creer Steele. NLA, June 5.

Stage

• Directors Sammy Moynihan and Melissa Gryglewski of Rebus Theatre take us into the tumultuous world of activist theatre with The Art Of Disruption. It is the third play in Rebus Theatre’s Flair program, where the cast devises and performs a professional show. At ACT Hub, 14 Spinifex St, Kingston, May 30 – June 1.
• Terror by German lawyer and writer, Ferdinand von Schirach, will be performed by Mill Theatre at Dairy Road, Building 3.3, 1 Dairy Road Fyshwick. May 31 – June 4 (previews) season, June 5 – 15. Bookings at milltheatreatdairyroad.com

Galleries

• Robert Fielding is a contemporary artist of Pakistani, Afghan, Western Arrernte and Yankunytjatjara descent, who lives in Mimili Community in the remote Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands. The first artist from Mimili to create work in glass, Fielding’s exhibition of work follows a Glassworks supported residency in 2023. Canberra Glassworks, until July 27.
• Women in ICT will host a panel discussion centring around international artist Jordan Wolfson’s robotic art installation, Body Sculpture. The event will celebrate the intersection of art and technology. National Gallery of Australia, May 30.
• ANCA Gallery’s new upcoming exhibition, Relinquishing control by artists Jacklyn Peters & Tamsin McLure, opens at 1 Rosevear Pl Dickson, June 5.

Concerts

• The Australian National Eisteddfod’s 2024 season will commence with its Bands & Orchestras event on May 30-June 2. Performances in Llewellyn Hall and Lyneham High School Performing Arts Centre. The high point will be the Open Sections for Concert and Brass Bands on May 31. All details at nationaleisteddfod.org.au
• Polifemy will perform John Wilbye’s House Concert, Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest, June 1.
• Chris Latham’s Flowers of Peace project continues with The Mirror, music and projected images of WWII refugees who fled Europe. Wesley Music Centre, June 1.
• David Yardley will perform 12th and 13th century surviving songs of the medieval French troubadours, trobairitz and trouveres, as well as his original compositions, as part of the Drawn In series at the National Portrait Gallery, June 2.
• The Australian Youth Orchestra is inviting instrumentalists from around Australia to apply now for its 2025 programs. For information on the AYO programs for 2025 and how to apply visit ayo.com.au
• Geoff’s Jazz at Smiths has Wayne Kelly Trio at Smith’s Alternative, Civic, June 5.
• Blamey Street Big Band is about to present its latest offering – a concert showcasing swinging interpretations of many of the hits associated with Walt Disney.  Harmonie German Club, June 1.