Film Information
Year: 2023
Duration: 95'
Language: VOSE
Genre: Drama
Synopsis
Fleeing war, Tarek and Zaeed are two orphaned brothers who rely on each other to overcome their status as war victims. Unable to access public housing, Tarek pays for food and board by prostituting himself for his abusive pimp, Masi. Amidst all this misery, the murder of a local refugee serves as a cathartic event. The younger brother, Zaeed, wants to flee at all costs. Bobby, an Australian volunteer dedicated to saving the lives of refugees, hides out in a motel room. Her traumas have left her emotionally crippled. She must sell the seafood she harvests illegally before catching a plane back to Australia, the black market complicates her relationship with the sea and dangerously rekindles her memories of the past.
Director
Jason Raftopoulos is a Greek-Australian film director, screenwriter and producer. He studied film directing at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne. He has won awards at several festivals throughout his career. His film From Dope to Dalai Lama won the Best Documentary Short at the 2010 Inside Film Awards. Jason adapted his short film Father’s Day into a feature film, West of Sunshine, which had its world premiere at the 74th Venice International Film Festival (Orrizonti) in 2017 and was nominated for the Lion of the Future Award for a First Film and for Best Film. In 2018 he won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Film for West of Sunshine at the Festival des Antipodes in Saint Tropez, and Best Director at the Barcelona International Film Festival. Her latest project was Voices In Deep (2023), which premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival and screened in competition at the SXSW Sydney Screen Festival.
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