Opening Night Film The Moogai - CinefestOZ Broome First Nations Film Festival

Broome rolls out the red carpet at Sun Pictures to open CinefestOZ Broome presented by Goolarri Media. A pre-screening cocktail style function includes a welcome drink and canapes, with Filmmaker introduction of CinefestOZ Film Prize Winning Film, The Moogai. Add on our afterparty option for entertainment and celebration at Matso’s Brewery.

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. 

The Moogai won CinefestOZ FIlm Festival's $100,000 Film Prize, the audience award at Sydney Film Festival and had it's world premeire at Sundance. 

Film Details

Rating: Mature Audiences 

Runtime: 86 Minutes 

Genre:  Drama, Horror

Cast: Shari Sebbens,Meyne Wyatt, Jahdeana Mary, Bella Heathcote, Clarence Ryan 

Director: Jon Bell

Producers: Kristina Ceyton, Mitchell Stanley, Samantha Jennings

Screenwriter: Jon Bell