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The Moogai - Film Prize Premiere Event
FILM PRIZE JURY SCREENING AND PARTY
Fri
6
Fri 6 Sep 8:15 PM
Reading Cinemas Busselton: Cinema 1
General Admission
Doors open 8:15pm
This is your last chance to attend a CinefestOZ Film Prize finalist screening, so don't miss the cinema action joining the filmmakers on the red carpet at Reading Cinemas with this exciting late evening screening of The Moogai.
Follow up the screening with a get together at the festive Friday venue of The Busselton Pavilion with canapes and drinks to round up an evening of spectacular screenings.
Event Inclusions:
Pair this Premiere event with Saturday's In Conversation lunch at Clairault Streicker. Hear from filmmakers and attending talent on the film's screening at Sundance Film Festival and it's creation from short to feature film over a delicious meal. Buy your tickets here!
Synopsis:
Sarah and Fergus, a hopeful young Aboriginal couple, give birth to their second baby. But what should be a joyous time of their lives becomes sinister when Sarah starts seeing a malevolent spirit she is convinced is trying to take her baby. Fergus, who can’t see it but desperately wants to believe her, grows increasingly worried as she becomes more unbalanced. Is the child-stealing spirit real or is she in fact the biggest threat to the safety of their family?
Adapting his own outstanding short film, multi-award winning screenwriter-director Jon Bell brings this compelling and utterly unique film to Australian screens. The Moogai has a clear-sighted view of how the trauma of the Stolen Generations blends with motherhood-anxiety. Genre films have long dealt with ideas of grief and loss; with The Moogai, Australia now has one of the finest examples, all of our own.
Starring Shari Sebbens, Meyne Wyatt, Tessa Rose, Jahdeana Mary, Clarence Ryan, with Toby Leonard Moore and Bella Heathcote.
Please note: Runtime includes screening and function. This film will run across multiple screening rooms at the same time so please check your cinema screen number.
Why not plan a South West adventure at the same time as CinefestOZ? We recommend making accommodation, restaurant and tour bookings early to avoid disappointment. Plan your stay and 'wander out yonder' with Western Australia in Australia’s South West and Your Margaret River.
CinefestOZ Ticketing team will assist with access enquiries, ticket and companion card bookings. This service exists to assist anyone with an access or special requirement to make the most of CinefestOZ events.
For more information visit https://cinefestoz.com/about/access-and-inclusion/ or please reach out to ticketingsupport@cinefestoz.com
Please note:
This is your last chance to attend a CinefestOZ Film Prize finalist screening, so don't miss the cinema action joining the filmmakers on the red carpet at Reading Cinemas with this exciting late evening screening of The Moogai.
Follow up the screening with a get together at the festive Friday venue of The Busselton Pavilion with canapes and drinks to round up an evening of spectacular screenings.
Event Inclusions:
- Screening of Film Prize finalist The Moogai at Reading Cinemas
- A drink on arrival at the Busselton Pavilion after party along with delicious canape style food. The bar will be open for the purchase of additional drinks.
- DJ Entertainment at the Busselton Pavilion after party
- Shuttle bus to various Busselton locations when the party concludes.
Pair this Premiere event with Saturday's In Conversation lunch at Clairault Streicker. Hear from filmmakers and attending talent on the film's screening at Sundance Film Festival and it's creation from short to feature film over a delicious meal. Buy your tickets here!
Synopsis:
Sarah and Fergus, a hopeful young Aboriginal couple, give birth to their second baby. But what should be a joyous time of their lives becomes sinister when Sarah starts seeing a malevolent spirit she is convinced is trying to take her baby. Fergus, who can’t see it but desperately wants to believe her, grows increasingly worried as she becomes more unbalanced. Is the child-stealing spirit real or is she in fact the biggest threat to the safety of their family?
Adapting his own outstanding short film, multi-award winning screenwriter-director Jon Bell brings this compelling and utterly unique film to Australian screens. The Moogai has a clear-sighted view of how the trauma of the Stolen Generations blends with motherhood-anxiety. Genre films have long dealt with ideas of grief and loss; with The Moogai, Australia now has one of the finest examples, all of our own.
Starring Shari Sebbens, Meyne Wyatt, Tessa Rose, Jahdeana Mary, Clarence Ryan, with Toby Leonard Moore and Bella Heathcote.
Please note: Runtime includes screening and function. This film will run across multiple screening rooms at the same time so please check your cinema screen number.
Why not plan a South West adventure at the same time as CinefestOZ? We recommend making accommodation, restaurant and tour bookings early to avoid disappointment. Plan your stay and 'wander out yonder' with Western Australia in Australia’s South West and Your Margaret River.
CinefestOZ Ticketing team will assist with access enquiries, ticket and companion card bookings. This service exists to assist anyone with an access or special requirement to make the most of CinefestOZ events.
For more information visit https://cinefestoz.com/about/access-and-inclusion/ or please reach out to ticketingsupport@cinefestoz.com
Please note:
- Cinema 3 (8:15pm) will screen with Open Captions
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