MUMA Film: Natasha Tontey Shorts

In the lead up to MUMA's latest exhibition Syncretic Wilds: Phasmahammer and Natasha Tontey, join us at Lido Cinemas for the inaugural MUMA Film. Enter the wild world of Natasha Tontey with a screening of the first two works from Tontey's Macho Mystic Meltdown trilogy. Styled as an episodic speculative anthology, this video art project plays across gendered mythologies, the exoticised, colonial fantasy and critical world building, all interwoven with Minahasan cosmology and a xenofeminist lens.

The screening will be followed by an in conversation with Natasha Tontey, Amanda Haskard (Curator, Indigenous, MUMA) and Kristi Monfries (CEO, Multicultural Arts Victoria) and hear further about the third and final chapter, currently showing on the occasion of Biennale di Venezia.

Screening Details:
Macho Mystic Meltdown Chapter 1: Oikouménē (2025). Run time: 16:08
Macho Mystic Meltdown Chapter 2: Monster; She Wrote (2025). Run time: 13:04

Event Details:

Wednesday 8 July 2026
6.30–7.30pm
Doors open 6.15pm, screening begins 6.30pm

Cinema 8, Lido Cinemas, 675 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn VIC 3122

Pricing:
Full $15
Concession/Student/Senior $12
Mob tix $10

Image: Natasha Tontey, Macho Mystic Meltdown, Chapter 2: Monster; She Wrote (2026) Courtesy of the artist.