WAIYIRRI (SHORT FILM)
WRITER: Kate Bonney
PRODUCER: Jodie Kirkbride
DIRECTORS: Kiara Milera & Charlotte Rose
RELEASE: 2023 - Online
SYNOPSIS: Two women - a Missionary’s wife, Mary, and Ngarrindjeri woman, Lacardi, meet in a changing world, 1860s South Australia. Tragedy strikes leaving Mary questioning her need to ‘save souls’ and instead finding solace in Lacardi‘s culture and connection to Country.
Funded by: the Mercury CX (at the time Media Resource Centre)
Total budget $11,000
ACCOLADES:
Official Selection: Adelaide Film Festival 2020
Official Selection: Flickerfest 2021
Official Selection: WIFT V-Fest 2021
Official Selection: St Kilda Film Festival 2021
Official Selection: Illuminate Adelaide - Music and Art After Dark 2021
Official Selection: Cinefest Oz 2021
Offical Selection: Soul Punch Film Festival
Official Selection: South Australian Screen Awards 2021
Official Selection: Sydney Lift Off Film Festival 2021
Official Selection: Sydney Women’s International Film Festival 2021
Official Selection: Melbourne Women in Film Festival 2021
Official Selection: 4theatre Film Festival 2021
Official Selection: Byron Bay Underground Film Festival 2022
Official Selection: ACMI Naidoc Week Screenings 2023
Winner: Best Indigenous Film - WIFT V-Fest 2021
Winner: Audience Choice Award - WIFT V-Fest 2021
Winner: Best Short Film - Sydney Women’s International Film Festival 2021
Winner: Best Screenplay - South Australian Screen Awards 2021
Finalist - Australia's Top 100 Short Films 2021
Finalist: Byron Underground Film Festival 2022
Semi Finalist - Best Cinematography - WIFT V-Fest 2021
Nominee: Best Achievement in Indigenous Filmmaking - St Kilda Film Festival 2021
Nominee: Best Production Design - South Australian Screen Awards 2021
Nominee: Best Sound Design - South Australian Screen Awards 2021
Nominee: Best Hair and Makeup - South Australian Screen Awards 2021
Nominee: Best Performance - South Australian Screen Awards 2021
Nominee: Best Directing - Sydney Women’s International Film Festival 2021