Wine and cheese evening with a Q & A opportunity after the screening of the movie.

Spontaneous Combustion celebrates the legacy of Barry Brickell (1935–2016) and the realisation of his extraordinary dream, Driving Creek Railway & Pottery: a productive pottery with numerous kilns, a bush railway, a native bird and bush sanctuary, and a lively creative hub attracting artists from around the globe.

This film is a love-song, a paean to those things that Barry Brickell held dear: the bush, the railway, conversation, song, and art-making in all its varied practices.

It reflects the sensual attachment Brickell felt to the land and human form, as expressed in the ceramic sculptures that defined his creativity.

A cinematic montage of historic stills and film from present-day Driving Creek is woven with a spirited, poetic narration by Greg O'Brien.

The sumptuous soundtrack, performed by Robert Oliver and the Palliser Viols with renowned taonga pūoro player Mahina-Ina Kingi-Kaui, features compositions by Gillian Karawe Whitehead and Ross Harris.