Elders

Die Ältesten

Generation Kplus 2020

Insects so well camouflaged as to be invisible, until you look closely. Something scary and mysterious bubbling up from the water. A tree that suddenly looks alive. When you are alone in the bush, everything seems to bristle with a mystical life force. The elders have gone ahead, leaving the young boy behind to find his own way through the unknown – just like generations of boys before him. But is he ready for the challenge?

Trailer/Film Excerpt

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by Tony Briggs (Director), Tracey Rigney (Screenplay)
with Muraany Andy-Harrison, Uncle Wayne Atkinson, Uncle Rod Briggs Australia 2019 English 10' Colour recommendation: 5 years and up

With

Muraany Andy-Harrison (Boy)
Uncle Wayne Atkinson (Elder 1)
Uncle Rod Briggs (Elder 2)

Crew

Director	Tony Briggs
Screenplay	Tracey Rigney
Cinematography	Ryan Alexander Lloyd
Editing	Anne Carter
Sound Design	Chris Goodes
Sound	Mark Tarpey
Production Design	Jo Briscoe
Costumes	Jo Briscoe
Make-Up	Natalie Corteling
Assistant Director	Tom Jecks
Casting	Damienne Pradier
Production Manager	Helen Boicovitis
Producer	Damienne Pradier
Executive Producer	Charlotte Seymour

Produced by

Typecast Entertainment

Melbourne, Australia

Tony Briggs

The writer, director and producer is of the Yorta Yorta and Wurundjeri Nations and works in theatre and film. His feature film The Sapphires, based on the eponymous stage play, premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and won two Australian Writers’ Guild and eleven AACTA awards. He has also had a thirty-year career as an actor and is artistic director of the Birrarangga Film Festival in Melbourne which showcases the work of Indigenous filmmakers from around the world.

Filmography

2019 Elders; short film

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2020