SETTING SUN FILM FESTIVAL – THE WESTERN STAR

SETTING SUN FILM FESTIVAL – THE WESTERN STAR

Rating: CTC

SUNDAY MAY 05, 12.15pm

 

 

Pool side

Emily is a shy, young swimmer, rejoining her team after some time away. When she has an awkward encounter with Janine, an open and confident older woman, she finds she has more in common with her than she thought.

Director:  Maisy Sutcliffe

Dur. 7.25

 

The Bull     drama

Heavily pregnant on an isolated farm, a young woman both embraces and endures the strange magic that burdens her reality. This is a fairytale about creatures with bonds that transcend their shapes and lovers who share the same space but not always the same form.

Director: Kelsey Egan

Dur. 15.00

 

Humdingers   comedy

The film is about a young, colourful, highly intelligent girl with an archaic mind.

She has been raised by overzealous parents who do everything in their power to keep her busy, hidden away and safe. She wants her freedom, but she is systematically ingrained by the rules they have created.

Until she witnesses something that will shake the conventions she abides by once and for all.

Director: Alex Campbell

Dur. 7.05

 

My Art – My Culture: Joseph Williams

A new series from Barkly Regional Arts, ‘My Art, My Culture’ looks into the local artists of the Barkly region.  This video we talk to Joseph Williams, a Wurrumungu man, presenting his painting about a man on his journey and life choices.

Director: William Thomson

Dur. 2.12

 

Subscription-based  science fiction

One woman will not be able to renew a subscription to an essential service. Her friend is ready to do anything to help her.

Director: Olivier Bonenfant

Dur. 3.00

Afia   animation

In unforgiving circumstances, a father and his daughter, Afia, search for safety.

Director:  Nelson Dean

Dur. 2.02

 

A Man and a Woman   drama

A woman tells her lover a plot to murder her husband, whose sleeping with someone that looks like her. But the phone won’t stop ringing.

Director: Zane Borg

Dur.  11.49

 

A Darker Kind of Mind  drama

Online journalist Veronica Graves seems to be obsessed with the recent surge of missing persons cases in Melbourne. When trying to push for more exposure of her work she is declined by her boss. Upon arriving home somewhat deflated, Veronica goes through her nightly routine where something darker seems to be going on.

Director: Nathan Klooger

Dur. 6.15

 

The Disability Pride Wall  documentary

Artist Larissa MacFarlane gathers together disabled artists to publicly celebrate Disability Pride with a series of paste ups on the Footscray Telephone Exchange Building.

Director: Naomi Chainey

Dur. 9.28

 

Oblivion  Drama   Iran

Mehrbanoo tries everything to make her husband’s life, who is suffering from Alzheimers Disease, worth living. Rental issues and the absence of their children and grandchildren take their toll in this sensitive portrayal.

Director: Fatemeh Mohammadi

Dur. 15

 

Words of a Teenage Writer  drama

A teenager struggles to escape his own thoughts as he writes his short story.

Director: Luke Robson

Dur: 4.47

 

The True History of Billie the Kid   drama

Billie visits her ageing father in jail, revealing that her childhood in his care was not as safe and happy as he might have believed. Will she get her revenge?

Director: Leticia Caceres

Dur. 8.01