The talents of more than 20 Flinders University alumni will be showcased in this year’s Adelaide Film Festival (AFF), which will run in theatres from 14 to 25 October.
Dr Nicholas Godfrey from the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences has scoured the program for Flinders inputs, and put together a summary of films featuring graduates from our University – including opening night film (2067) edited by Sean Lahiff. Click through to the films below for more information, with brief summaries included under the short films.
In addition, Professor John Long will deliver the event’s Bettison & James Oration after winning the Jim Bettison and Helen James Award earlier this year.
Visit the Adelaide Film Festival website to find out more or register for an event, but be quick with restricted capacity this year.
Flinders University discount
Flinders is a partner of the 2020 AFF, and staff can use an exclusive discount code to obtain 10% off all screenings and events included in the program.
Simply select a film on the website, the date and time you wish to attend, select seats on the map, then click ‘buy’. You will be presented with ticket options, scroll past this and insert your partner discount code into the promotion code field. Click validate, then ‘add to cart.’ The exclusive Flinders University code can be found on the Flinders in Touch email newsletter dated 29 September 2020.
Opening night film
Editor: Sean Lahiff
Feature films
Editor: Tania Nehme
Editor: Tania Nehme
Video Nasty: The Making of Ribspreader
Co-director/screenwriter/producer: Matt Bate
Director/screenwriter: Daniel J Phillips
Cinematographer: Michael Tessari
Editor: Sean Lahiff
Director: Nicole Miller (screening after the festival, in November)
Director/screenwriter Granaz Moussavi
Director: Craig Lahiff
Producer: Helen Leake
Short films
Some of these are playing with features, so scroll down for more information.
Writer/director: Tamara Hardman
Editor: Bryce Kraehenbuehl
Billie is a rambunctious teen ready to take on the world. When she returns from holidays everything is different with students at her school wearing ‘Electrophobes’ – devices used to moderate emotions.
Writer/directors: Bryce Kraehenbuehl and Alex Salkicevic
In this Cronenberg-esque horror, Carrie – an aspiring game developer – discovers a ferocious conspiracy where young people are being brainwashed in her town.
Caring for Ngarrindjeri Sea Country and Caring for Meintangk Country
Director: Benno Thiel
Producer: Benno Thiel, Tom Young
Editor: Lewis Costin
Thoughtful and compelling, discover the importance of regrowing and repairing colonial farming land being done by Indigenous Elders.
Director/producer/screenwriter: Garry Stewart
Presenting a daily cycle of nature through mesmerising performances from the Australian Dance Theatre. Delving into the secret lives of creatures through powerful movements and images.
Director/screenwriter: Jeremy Nicholas
Editor: Bryce Kraehenbuehl
In this delicately performed drama, a seventeen-year-old demystifies his father after learning of his infidelity amidst a family breakdown.
Director: Garry Stewart
Featuring Australian Dance Theatre talent, this experimental excavation of human emotions brings the audience into a lifetime’s worth of experiences painted through the kinetic brush of dance.
Secret Pretty Things Jija Mooga Gu
Editor: David Scarborough
Set in assimilationist Australia, Aboriginal sisters Grace and Eva long to understand their identities. They meet in secret and find refuge from the mission on the beach.
Director/screenwriter/producer/cinematographer/editor: Lucy Gale
Created in isolation, this charming stop-motion animation explores one girl’s imaginative quest to hold a birthday party in COVID times. Winner of the Helpmann Home Alone film festival.
Editor: Sam Matthews
In this magical realist short, Alex is shocked to discover his cat Miriam has transformed into a human! Feelings spark as Miriam seeks to find her place in the human world.
Director/screenwriter: Marcus McKenzie, Daniel Principe
This documentary hybrid interrogates capital punishment through death row inmates’ final meal requests. Through mesmerising cinematography, food becomes a larger than life symbol to explore the life and crimes of incarcerated individuals sentenced to death. This captivating film unveils the neglected truths of execution and legal justice.
Director/screenwriter: Matt Veseley
Producer: Kirsty Stark
Cinematographer/editor: Bryan Mason
George the service robot lives a monotonous life working a convenience store. Until one day, George is thrown into disarray when Sid the human attempts to make a connection.
Director: Indianna Bell, Josiah Allen
Cinematographer: Sam Twidale
In this sinister thriller about filmmaking, Andrew, a sound recordist, fuels his obsession with a young actress through nefarious means. A sound recordist’s job is one that’s often overlooked or forgotten on set, no matter how essential. When Andrew’s flirtations are turned down by actress Amy, he swiftly takes advantage of his ability to listen in on any conversation in a twisted bid for control.
Cinematographer: Nick Berry-Smith
In this historical short, an English settler’s wife and First Nations woman develop a special and enduring friendship through difficult circumstances.
Flinders participant Aaron Schuppan