SETTING SUN FILM FESTIVAL – THE WESTERN STAR
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