The Rouge is Australia’s oldest female filmmaker program.
A selection of films directed Australian female filmmakers. Presented in partnership with Women in Film and TV (Vic) who will host a `meet the filmmaker session’ after the screening.

Get Home Safe
Thriller, 7:42
Dir. January Jones
Jane walks home alone at night. As the journey progresses we realise where the real danger lies.

Choice
Drama, 13:40
Dir. Cate Commisso
A pregnant couple’s last day together, as they grapple with terminal illness, grief & saying goodbye to the life they had envisioned.

Caroline
Drama, 12:09
Dir. Chanelle Hayden
Mixed race sisters Darcie (18) and Roma (30) navigate their complicated relationship and growing pains, as Darcie approaches 18. Roma finds herself struggling to let go of her parental relationship with her sister and navigate what it means to be a sister again.

Under the Water
Drama, 10:00
Dir. Isabella Andronos
When an eleven-year-old girl is confronted with misogynistic taunts and violence from the boys in her town, a series of strange happenings lead to her revisit a storybook about the sirens of the sea.

Bottleneck,
Drama, 9:17
Dir. Lotte Sweeney
A fight rampages through a quaint cocktail bar leaving three bartenders to process their shock and navigate newly raw relationships.

A Walk with Kate
Drama, 13:30
Dir. Gaia Mitting
Kate Kelly, sister of infamous Australian outlaw Ned Kelly, embarks on a bush walk which draws her through increasingly visceral memories of her own extraordinary, tumultuous life.

Over the Hill
Drama, 11:15
Dir. Chloe Nash
A fiercely independent grandmother, Pat, and her concerned granddaughter, May, spend the weekend together. However what is masked as a friendly visit from May, quickly dissolves into an argument.