Screening of Bouchra (2024, Arabic/French/English) by Orian Barki and Meriem Benenni, curated by Alia Ardon through TDTF Youth Programming.

Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki’s latest award-winning feature film Bouchra submerges audiences into a meta-fictive story which follows a queer Moroccan filmmaker living in New York City and her mother Aicha, an orthodontist living in Casablanca. The twist? They are animated animals. Through a distinct blend of voice-note dialogue and Wong Kar Wai-esque 3D computer animation, the story follows Bouchra as she pieces a film together to understand her mother following the 9 years of silence their relationship endured after she came out. Following two sold-out runs at the 33rd Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival and the Melbourne International Film Festival, Gadigal-based filmmaker and film curator Alia Ardon is bringing Bouchra to Sydney's beloved Fairfield in the spirit of empathetic inter-generational mediation and dialogue. 

Bouchra is unclassified 18+.  

Alia Ardon is an emerging filmmaker and researcher with a deep interest in the plurality of historical narratives and the socio-political tools that shape them over time.  

Among her notable works are her collaboration as a co-director on the film 'Border Farce' (2023) with Safdar Ahmed, commissioned by documenta-fifteen. Her current project ‘Kalitus' investigates the 20th-century industrialisation of gum trees in Morocco, and their journey there from so-called Australia. Born at the Bouanani Archives in Rabat, the film in development was awarded first prize at the USU Creative Awards 2024, and her Honours thesis on the topic was awarded the University Medal at the University of Sydney in 2025.  

Most recently, as a member of the Gadigal-based Liberation Cinema collective, she was selected for the Melbourne International Film Festival’s Critics Campus program for emerging filmmakers and critics. She is the founder and curator of the forthcoming Cinema Dyalna cinema program with Think+Do Tank in Fairfield. In her spare time, she curates a weekly film club in her living room. 

Her work has been curated, shown, or commissioned by e-flux (New York City), MONAFOMA (Launceston), documenta-fifteen (Kassel), Think Tanger (Tanger), ZargaLab Ramadan Screenings (Marrakech), the Prague Quadrennial (Prague), and the State Library of NSW, Verge Gallery, Firstdraft, PACT Centre for Emerging Artists, UTP, Chau Chak Wing Museum, and the SWANA Film Festival on Gadi Country, among others. 

Cinema Dyalna is an initiative of Think+DO Tank Foundation to bring cinema around the world, through women’s eyes, and in the languages spoken by the communities around us in South Western Sydney. It is curated by Alia Ardon.

Funding for this project has been provided by the NSW Government through Multicultural NSW.

Every Wednesday During School Term

Supporting Students, Supporting Families

Do you want additional support for your child’s school or homework?

Our free Homework Club at the Community House in Fairfield is here to help. We provide after-school support for students from Kindergarten to Year 12, in English, Arabic, and other languages by arrangement.

It’s a calm, welcoming space where children can focus, ask questions, and build confidence.

Cost: Free.

Small Donations are welcome if you can give.

When and Where

Every Wednesday during School Term

Time: 3.30pm - 5:00pm

Community House

2/40 Harris Street, Fairfield

Register

Tel: 9727 3928

Every Wednesday During School Term

Supporting Students, Supporting Families

Do you want additional support for your child’s school or homework?

Our free Homework Club at the Community House in Fairfield is here to help. We provide after-school support for students from Kindergarten to Year 12, in English, Arabic, and other languages by arrangement.

It’s a calm, welcoming space where children can focus, ask questions, and build confidence.

Cost: Free.

Small Donations are welcome if you can give.

When and Where

Every Wednesday during School Term

Time: 3.30pm - 5:00pm

Community House

2/40 Harris Street, Fairfield

Register

Tel: 9727 3928

Every Wednesday During School Term

Supporting Students, Supporting Families

Do you want additional support for your child’s school or homework?

Our free Homework Club at the Community House in Fairfield is here to help. We provide after-school support for students from Kindergarten to Year 12, in English, Arabic, and other languages by arrangement.

It’s a calm, welcoming space where children can focus, ask questions, and build confidence.

Cost: Free.

Small Donations are welcome if you can give.

When and Where

Every Wednesday during School Term

Time: 3.30pm - 5:00pm

Community House

2/40 Harris Street, Fairfield

Register

Tel: 9727 3928

Did you know?

Western SYD is home to over 100+ languages and the largest urban First Nations population in the country, making it one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse regions in Australia.

In collaboration with Think+DO Tank, SPEAKINGTRUTH is taking over 40 Harris Street, Fairfield on Saturday October 24 for Multi-lingual 4 Eva - inviting young people especially to celebrate linguistic diversity, think about what multiculturalism means on Aboriginal land and learn from multilingual creatives who celebrate language in their practice. Come as you are!

SPEAKINGTRUTH is a First Nations-led multilingual project, working to make truth-telling accessible with multilingual and multicultural communities in mind. We welcome anyone eager to learn and start conversations.

What can you do?

• Engage in our zine maker station, including access to multilingual zines and posters in 12 languages;

• Bring some clothes to up-cycle or create a tapestry with our pre-cut fabric to screenprint ‘We all live on Aboriginal land’ in 6 languages (Vietnamese, Arabic, Cantonese, Spanish, Farsi, Mandarin) at our printing station, and;

• Listen to talks from First Nations and migrant creatives on celebrating their language in graphic design, picture books, poetry, screen-printing and zines. 

The day is about celebrating our communities, hearing from a diversity of creatives and unpacking different approaches to sharing our cultures.

On-site there will be drinks and sweets available to purchase through cafe WAYWAY, a menu featuring iced long blacks/matcha/iced chocolate and herbal teas featuring native ingredients.

RSVP needed to estimate ink and drinks needed on the day.

This event is FREE TO ATTEND, however there are two ticket options at check-out:

• $15 paid tier that comes with a goodie bag to pick up on the day

• Free community ticket tier

There is also a donation tier at check-out for anyone who can't make the event IRL but still wants to support.

Funding for IN THIS HOUSE, OUR HOME has been provided by the NSW Government through Multicultural NSW.

Community Gardening Program

Every Wednesday During School Term

Supporting Students, Supporting Families

Do you want additional support for your child’s school or homework?

Our free Homework Club at the Community House in Fairfield is here to help. We provide after-school support for students from Kindergarten to Year 12, in English, Arabic, and other languages by arrangement.

It’s a calm, welcoming space where children can focus, ask questions, and build confidence.

Cost: Free.

Small Donations are welcome if you can give.

When and Where

Every Wednesday during School Term

Time: 3.30pm - 5:00pm

Community House

2/40 Harris Street, Fairfield

Register

Tel: 9727 3928

Contact Us to find out more

Join us in the first week of school holidays for a family fun day full of creative activities.

Use your Creative Kids Vouchers to cover the cost (we can help you apply if you have not already used your vouchers.)

Tuesday 29th September 2026

12.00pm – 4.00pm

Think+DO Tank Community House

2/40 Harris Street, Fairfield

To register give us a call on 02 9727 3928 or use the QR code link below.

En otras palabras: el español en primer plano 

In Other Words: Spanish in Focus

Event details

Date: Saturday 20th June 2026

Time: (Duration 4 hours) 11am - 3pm

Location: Think+DO Tank Foundation Community House

Participants will be provided with food and refreshments.

About this event

Think+DO Tank is proud to partner with DAAR (Decolonising Architecture Art Research) in their new program for the 25th Biennale of Sydney 2026, haṣīra (حصیرة): Framing and Unframing.

As part of the 25th Biennale of Sydney and in collaboration with DAAR (Decolonizing Architecture Art Research), Think+DO Tank Foundation has been inviting community members to gather on hașīra to practice being in dialogue with one another and finding the path to action together. We warmly invite you to join us for the final gathering in this chapter of the conversation.

Together, we will reflect on what has emerged, strengthen connections across community, and imagine what we can do together next.

Through multilingual conversations, shared provocations, and small group discussions, this gathering will create space to explore future possibilities, collective action, and the relationships needed to carry this work forward.

How we gather together

The haṣira (حصیرة) frames territory, creates a room without walls, and declares: Here we host. Here we belong for as long as we are here.

The haṣira (حصیرة) is a place of exchange, centred on hospitality and shared responsibility. It holds space for diverse perspectives and voices.

By participating in this event, we invite you to help build a core haṣīra (حصیرة) community. We ask that you bring an open heart and mind, with a willingness to engage in respectful, meaningful dialogue – listening actively and speaking thoughtfully.

Lost In Books Reading List

The Home is Now - Biennale of Sydney 2026 reading list, recommended by Think+DO Tank Foundation’s Lost In Books team, brings together works from leading Australian and international authors, tackling the legacies of colonialism and displacement. These are powerful stories of sovereignty, memory, and hope, bridging the political and the personal.

To activate the discount simply add any of the reading list to your card and use the code; BIENNALESYD26 at check out.

REFUGEE WEEK 2026

'Come and connect with the TDTF Flourish Collectives this Refugee Week through their Seed of Hope weaving activities. Experience the inspiring work they have created over recent months, learn about the meaning behind the weavings, and even try weaving yourself as we collectively contribute to our growing community hasira.

Later in the evening join us at PYT alongside Fair Foundation exhibition Nhà Alwan – Colours of Home joined with Home is Where we Gather - coming together to also experience the stories delivered by our TDTF Forked Tongues Storytellers, with catering by TDTF Seed of Hope Kitchen.

4.00pm until 6.00pm and then at PYT until 8.00pm

FRIDAY 19 JUNE 2026

TDTF Community House and onto PYT

Every Wednesday During School Term

Supporting Students, Supporting Families

Do you want additional support for your child’s schoolwork in English or Arabic?

Our free Homework Club at the Community House in Fairfield is here to help. We provide after-school support for students from Kindergarten to Year 12, in English, Arabic, and other languages by arrangement.

It’s a calm, welcoming space where children can focus, ask questions, and build confidence.

Cost: Free.

Small Donations are welcome if you can give.

When and Where

Every Wednesday during School Term

Time: 3.30pm - 5:00pm

Community House

2/40 Harris Street, Fairfield

Register

Tel: 9727 3928

Every Wednesday During School Term

Supporting Students, Supporting Families

Do you want additional support for your child’s schoolwork in English or Arabic?

Our free Homework Club at the Community House in Fairfield is here to help. We provide after-school support for students from Kindergarten to Year 12, in English, Arabic, and other languages by arrangement.

It’s a calm, welcoming space where children can focus, ask questions, and build confidence.

Cost: Free.

Small Donations are welcome if you can give.

When and Where

Every Wednesday during School Term

Time: 3.30pm - 5:00pm

Community House

2/40 Harris Street, Fairfield

Register

Tel: 9727 3928

Every Tuesday During School Term

Seed of Hope Collective is a community arts and wellbeing program for women from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The program welcomes women from many countries and walks of life, creating a vibrant space where multiple languages, cultures, and lived experiences are celebrated.

It promotes connection, community and creativity, as well as personal growth. Seed of Hope has several ongoing projects:

When and Where

Every Tuesday during School Term

Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Community House

2/40 Harris Street, Fairfield

Locations may change week to week.

Register

Are you new to Seed of Hope? Just drop in and we can assist or speak to one of our team.

Tel: 9727 3928

نادي الكتب المترجمة

النسخة العربية

كتاب الاختفاء / سفر الاختفاء، تأليف ابتسام عظيم، ترجمة سنان أنطون

انضم إلينا في السلسلة الثانية من الترجمة: نادي الكتاب، حيث نستكشف كتاب الاختفاء/ سفر الاختفاء، وهي رواية مثيرة ومؤثرة للغاية للكاتبة الفلسطينية ابتسام عظيم. اقرأ الكتاب إما باللغة العربية الأصلية أو بالترجمة الإنجليزية لسنان أنطون.

سيتم تقديم كلتا الجلستين من قبل علا غنوم.

قم باختيار الموقع المناسب و سجل اليوم

الجلسة الأولى: السبت 9 مايو 2026، الساعة 1.30-3.30 مساءً

Programs Room B2.10. Liverpool City Library, 52 Scott St, Liverpool

الجلسة الثانية: السبت ١٦ مايو 2026، الساعة 1.30–3.30 مساءً

Think+DO Tank Foundation Community House

2/40Harris Street, Fairfield

The Book of Disappearance / سفر الإختفاء, by Ibtisam Azem, translated by Sinan Antoon

Join us for the second series of In Translation: A Book Club, where we explore The Book of Disappearance/ سفر الإختفاء, an evocative and profoundly moving novel by Palestinian author Ibtisam Azem. Read the book in either the Arabic original or in the English translation by Sinan Antoon.

Both sessions to be facilitated by Oula Ghannoum

Choose your location and register today

Session 1: Saturday 9 May 2026, 1.30pm - 3.30pm

• Programs Room B2.10. Liverpool City Library, 52 Scott St, Liverpool.

Session 2: Saturday 16 May 2026, 1.30pm - 3.30pm

• Think+DO Tank Foundation Community House, 2/40 Harris Street, Fairfield.

This event is proudly supported by Fairfield City Council, Liverpool City Council and Liverpool City Library and Copyright Agency.

We’re unfolding the hasiras - woven grounds for gathering and opening up the night. An extension of our 25th Biennale of Sydney experience — carrying the energy, the conversations and the connections into Parramatta Square. Join us for an evening of music, food and community - set around our Think+DO Tank Foundation Universe of Possibilities caravan.

WHAT’S HAPPENING

• DJ Gemmayyylana sets across the evening

• Affordable Fresh bites by the Seed of Hope Kitchen

• Bilingual storytelling with Forked Tongues in Vietnamese, Farsi, Arabic, English

• Creative workshops for all ages

• A Multilingual book shop

• Caravan hangout + pop-up moments

• Space to gather, connect and move

When ; Thursday 14 May 2026

Time: 5.00pm until 8.00pm

Location: Parramatta Square

Every Wednesday During School Term

Supporting Students, Supporting Families

Do you want additional support for your child’s schoolwork in English or Arabic?

Our free Homework Club at the Community House in Fairfield is here to help. We provide after-school support for students from Kindergarten to Year 12, in English, Arabic, and other languages by arrangement.

It’s a calm, welcoming space where children can focus, ask questions, and build confidence.

Cost: Free.

Small Donations are welcome if you can give.

When and Where

Every Wednesday during School Term

Time: 3.30pm - 5:00pm

Community House

2/40 Harris Street, Fairfield

Register

Tel: 9727 3928

Every Tuesday During School Term

Seed of Hope Collective is a community arts and wellbeing program for women from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The program welcomes women from many countries and walks of life, creating a vibrant space where multiple languages, cultures, and lived experiences are celebrated.

It promotes connection, community and creativity, as well as personal growth. Seed of Hope has several ongoing projects:

When and Where

Every Tuesday during School Term

Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Community House

2/40 Harris Street, Fairfield

Locations may change week to week.

Register

Are you new to Seed of Hope? Just drop in and we can assist or speak to one of our team.

Tel: 9727 3928

نادي الكتب المترجمة

النسخة العربية

كتاب الاختفاء / سفر الاختفاء، تأليف ابتسام عظيم، ترجمة سنان أنطون

انضم إلينا في السلسلة الثانية من الترجمة: نادي الكتاب، حيث نستكشف كتاب الاختفاء/ سفر الاختفاء، وهي رواية مثيرة ومؤثرة للغاية للكاتبة الفلسطينية ابتسام عظيم. اقرأ الكتاب إما باللغة العربية الأصلية أو بالترجمة الإنجليزية لسنان أنطون.

سيتم تقديم كلتا الجلستين من قبل علا غنوم.

قم باختيار الموقع المناسب و سجل اليوم

الجلسة الأولى: السبت 9 مايو 2026، الساعة 1.30-3.30 مساءً

Programs Room B2.10. Liverpool City Library, 52 Scott St, Liverpool

الجلسة الثانية: السبت ١٦ مايو 2026، الساعة 1.30–3.30 مساءً

Think+DO Tank Foundation Community House

2/40Harris Street, Fairfield

The Book of Disappearance / سفر الإختفاء, by Ibtisam Azem, translated by Sinan Antoon

Join us for the second series of In Translation: A Book Club, where we explore The Book of Disappearance/ سفر الإختفاء, an evocative and profoundly moving novel by Palestinian author Ibtisam Azem. Read the book in either the Arabic original or in the English translation by Sinan Antoon.

Both sessions to be facilitated by Oula Ghannoum

Choose your location and register today

Session 1: Saturday 9 May 2026, 1.30pm - 3.30pm

• Programs Room B2.10. Liverpool City Library, 52 Scott St, Liverpool.

Session 2: Saturday 16 May 2026, 1.30pm - 3.30pm

• Think+DO Tank Foundation Community House, 2/40 Harris Street, Fairfield.

This event is proudly supported by Fairfield City Council, Liverpool City Council and Liverpool City Library and Copyright Agency.

Every Wednesday During School Term

Supporting Students, Supporting Families

Do you want additional support for your child’s schoolwork in English or Arabic?

Our free Homework Club at the Community House in Fairfield is here to help. We provide after-school support for students from Kindergarten to Year 12, in English, Arabic, and other languages by arrangement.

It’s a calm, welcoming space where children can focus, ask questions, and build confidence.

Cost: Free.

Small Donations are welcome if you can give.

When and Where

Every Wednesday during School Term

Time: 3.30pm - 5:00pm

Community House

2/40 Harris Street, Fairfield

Register

Tel: 9727 3928

Every Wednesday During School Term

Supporting Students, Supporting Families

Do you want additional support for your child’s schoolwork in English or Arabic?

Our free Homework Club at the Community House in Fairfield is here to help. We provide after-school support for students from Kindergarten to Year 12, in English, Arabic, and other languages by arrangement.

It’s a calm, welcoming space where children can focus, ask questions, and build confidence.

Cost: Free.

Small Donations are welcome if you can give.

When and Where

Every Wednesday during School Term

Time: 3.30pm - 5:00pm

Community House

2/40 Harris Street, Fairfield

Register

Tel: 9727 3928

Every Tuesday During School Term

Seed of Hope Collective is a community arts and wellbeing program for women from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The program welcomes women from many countries and walks of life, creating a vibrant space where multiple languages, cultures, and lived experiences are celebrated.

It promotes connection, community and creativity, as well as personal growth. Seed of Hope has several ongoing projects:

When and Where

Every Tuesday during School Term

Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Community House

2/40 Harris Street, Fairfield

Locations may change week to week.

Register

Are you new to Seed of Hope? Just drop in and we can assist or speak to one of our team.

Tel: 9727 3928

Every Tuesday During School Term

Seed of Hope Collective is a community arts and wellbeing program for women from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The program welcomes women from many countries and walks of life, creating a vibrant space where multiple languages, cultures, and lived experiences are celebrated.

It promotes connection, community and creativity, as well as personal growth. Seed of Hope has several ongoing projects:

When and Where

Every Tuesday during School Term

Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Community House

2/40 Harris Street, Fairfield

Locations may change week to week.

Register

Are you new to Seed of Hope? Just drop in and we can assist or speak to one of our team.

Tel: 9727 3928