A Grand Mockery
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Exclusive to Golden Age in Sydney | Filmmaker Q&A on 31 Jan & 1 Feb
Overview
One of the most exciting independent films to come out of Australia in recent memory, A Grand Mockery is a spiral into subtropical suburban madness shot on gorgeous, grainy Super 8 film. Leading an aimless wine-soaked existence in Brisbane’s hilly sprawl, casual cinema worker and cemetery haunter Josie (co-director Sam Dixon) is plagued by contagious psychic ills that slowly drag this dark comedy into something sinister and strange.
Join us for a special Q&A with filmmakers Adam C. Briggs and Sam Dixon on Saturday 31 January and Sunday 1 February.
Winner: Best Direction
Winner: Best Feature Film
“A brash, complex film of feverish power; beautiful and grotesque”
“A Grand Mockery is a dream space, a living hangover bad party breakup nightmare. Intense and effecting. Relax and let it drag you through the mud and sediment of regret and the sweet shame of a 3 day bender. Technically a marvel of Super 8 goodness”
“A wholly singular earthy, (sub)urban strand of Australian avant-garde filmmaking, A Grand Mockery is alive with a kind of pure, youthful energy that is far too rare”
Why See This Film
Winner of Best Direction award at Sitges and Best Feature Film at SXSW Sydney, this frenzied fever dream from Brisbane filmmakers Adam C. Briggs and Sam Dixon – also starring Kate Dillon of Full Flower Moon Band – is a wildly creative and inspiring work of true underground community-driven filmmaking. What begins as a drunken ode to the woes of casual labour and Brisbane mundanities soon goes thrillingly, hilariously and disturbingly off the deep end and into the gaping void behind modern existence.
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