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2024

Kangaroo Island

Closing Night Gala

World Premiere.

Guest in attendance.

Red Carpet.

A struggling Hollywood actress returns home to beautiful Kangaroo Island where she confronts some ugly family truths.

Director

Timothy David

Runtime

113 Minutes

Country

Australia

Classification

Unclassified 15+

A struggling Hollywood actress returns home to ruggedly beautiful Kangaroo Island and confronts the love triangle that tore her family apart.

In a feature debut imbued with emotional depth and natural humour, South Australian Timothy David explores the fragile balance between the destructive and healing powers of family. Actor Lou Wells (Rebecca Breeds) has hit rock bottom after a promising start to a career in Hollywood. Her ex needs her to move out, her friends are distancing themselves from her and her talent agency “just isn’t excited by her anymore”. Truth is, Lou Wells isn’t excited about Lou Wells either. Broke and aimless, she reluctantly accepts a ticket from her estranged father, Rory, to return home to South Australia’s ruggedly beautiful Kangaroo Island. But what begins as a reunion to foster reconciliation turns complicated when Lou and her sister Freya (Adelaide Clemens) learn their father’s secret. Years of tension come to the surface, and Lou must decide whether she will continue to run away from her problems or confront the traumatic events that tore her family apart.

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Film Credits

Director

Timothy David

Year

2024

Country

Australia

Language

English

Type

Feature & Fiction

Program Strand

AFF Investment Fund & World Cinema

Producer

Peter HanlonTimothy DavidBettina HamiltonDaniel Rosenberg & Leona Cichon

Writer

Sally Gifford

Cinematographer

Ian McCarroll

Editor

Jamie Rusiti

Cast

Rebecca BreedsAdelaide ClemensErik Thomson & Joel Jackson

Music

Ariel MARX

Film Source

Pouch Potato Productions Pty Ltd

Genre

DramaFamily & Women

Closing Night Gala Red Carpet

Join the filmmakers and cast, including Rebecca Breeds, Erik Thomson and Joel Jackson, on the red carpet.

Red carpet — from 6:30pm
Screenings — staggered from 7pm

When: Sunday 3 November
Where: The Piccadilly

Closing Night Gala After Party

Celebrate the world premiere of Kangaroo Island and the finale of Adelaide Film Festival 2024 at the Closing Night Gala After Party.

When: following the screening
Where: The Piccadilly

Purchase Tickets

Sunday 3 Nov 2024

07:00 pm

Kangaroo Island

Closing Night Gala

Guest in attendance

Red Carpet

The Piccadilly:

The Piccadilly: Cinema 1

07:15 pm

Kangaroo Island

Closing Night Gala

Guest in attendance

Red Carpet

The Piccadilly:

The Piccadilly: Cinema 2

07:30 pm

Kangaroo Island

Closing Night Gala

Guest in attendance

Red Carpet

The Piccadilly:

The Piccadilly: Cinema 3

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