Flinders filmmakers are once again showcasing their exceptional talents at the Adelaide Film Festival this year.
From animations, to short and feature films there’s something for every moviegoer. Staff, students, alumni and friends of Flinders are encouraged to support the new releases showing in this year’s Festival.
Lesbian Space Princess is a laugh-out-loud adventure which follows Siara, an introverted space princess who is forced to leave her home planet on an inter-gay-lactic mission to save her ex-girlfriend from the Straight White Maliens. It is co-written and co-directed by Emma Hough-Hobbs (BCreatArts(DigitalMedia)’18) and edited by Benjamin Fernandez (BCreatArts(Screen)’19). Emma, her co-writer Leela Varghese and producer Tom Phillips were selected to undergo 12-months of mentoring and development through South Australia’s Film Lab: New Voices initiative to create Lesbian Space Princess. Read more
Wabi Sabi Rendezvous premiers as part of the AFF Moviejuice program which has been co-programmed by Flinders graduate Daniel Tune (BA’23) . The movie sees old school friends Monika and Yael sharing a series of sun-dappled rendezvous as they contemplate heartbreak, art and the mysterious workings of fate. Directed by Jordy Pollock (BCreatArts(Screen)’17, BCreatArts(Hons)’17), with cinematography by Sam Twidale ( BCreatArts(Screen)’18), and sound by Tim Carlier (BCreatArts(Screen)’17, BCreatArts(Hons)’17) & Daniel Clohesy (MEd(HighEd)’20). Cast includes Robbie Greenwell (BCreatArts(Drama)’15, BCreatArts(Hons)’16). Moviejuice presents two debut features by Australian independent filmmakers. Jordy Pollock, will be in attendance for the screening at The Mercury, followed by a night of local music. Read more
Tiah Trimboli (BCreatArts(Screen)’21) is this year’s Hanlon Larsen Screen Fellow, and the world premier of her new video installation work Strega will screen in the Made in SA Shorts program at ILA in addition to a launch event where Peter Hanlon and Tiah will officially open the film. Strega is a dance film dance film exploring the vulnerability and complex femininity of the Three Witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
The Hanlon Larsen Screen Fellowship is an award of $45,000 cash and in-kind to support the experimental film project. Applications open 14 October 2024.
The Hitcher is written and directed by Henry Reimer Meaney (BCreatArts(Screen)’22) and stars Connor Pullinger (BCreatArts(Drama)’23, BCreatArts(Hons)’24 and Ren Williams BCreatArts(Drama)’20, BCreatArts(Hons)’21). Showing in the Made in SA program this short film tells the story of how a grieving hitchhiker’s self-imposed isolation is interrupted after going viral. Read more
In Cordelia, Daughter of the Sea, we see a father delivering a wedding speech to his one and only offspring on her wedding day. Showing in the Australian Shorts program this film is produced by Flinders Early Career Alumni Award Recipient Madison Siegertsz (BCreatArts(Screen)’20) and features Drama lecturer Renato Musolino and Drama student Luca Sardelis in the cast. Read more
Co-Written by Ben Pahl Robinson (BCreatArts’06, BCreatArts(Hons)’18) with Cinematography by Aaron Schuppan (BA’22), Carnage for Christmas is a sassy, indie, no-budget spin on holiday horror which follows a trans true-crime podcaster returns home for Christmas only to uncover a bloody urban legend has come down the chimney to kill again. Read more
Counterpoise is a stirring dance film created at the height of the pandemic, forcing everyone to find ways to form connections when physical closeness was inherently dangerous. Directed by Matt Byrne (BA ’03). Read more
A struggling Hollywood actress returns home to beautiful Kangaroo Island where she confronts some ugly family truths in Kangaroo Island, showing at the AFF closing night Gala Red Carpet event. Flinders University Chancellor John Hood (Bec’84, DipAcc’85) is an Executive Producer and Bettina Hamilton (BA’20, BCreatArts(Hons)’04) a Co-Producer. Read more
Helen Carter (BA’89, PhD’24) graduate and Flinders Screen lecturer is the camera operator in Songs Inside, a touching doco about a group of incarcerated women signs up to learn an instrument and write their own songs, as part of a unique music program in an Australian prison. Read more
Mars Futures is Co-Produced by Flinders Screen Lecturer Cameron Nelson and tells the story of Ana, who sees a way out of her existential crisis when she hears of an opportunity to move to Mars. Screening in the Made in SA shorts program. Read more
Tania Michelle Nehme (BA ’86) has edited two films showing at the AFF this year. Every Little Thing follows retired writer and teacher Terry Masear over a summer as she takes in and rehabilitates injured hummingbirds https://www.adelaidefilmfestival.org/program/2024/every-little-thing and Graduation, a short film in which Dillon and his young English teacher test the boundaries of their relationship after a drunken text exchange on the eve of high school graduation. Read more
With or without you tells the moving mother-daughter story of Chloe and her free-spirited, alcoholic mother, Sharon. When their lives intersect with Dalu, a West African man, they find themselves on a journey of emotional discovery. Cinematography by Michael Tessari (BCreatArts’12, BCreatArts(Hons)’12). Read more
Congratulations also to AFF program coordinator Bridget McDonald (BCreatArts(Screen)’18, BCreatArts(Hons)’19), guest coordinator Jarrah Murphy (BCreatArts(Screen)’24), and interns, students Roxy Brown and Aubrey Porter on your work in helping to pull this exciting 2024 AFF program together.