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Garden Reflexxx is an independent video collective, facilitating resourceful/less realistic filmmaking specifically with untrained, queer filmmakers. Their mission statement was coined by collaborator Bhenji Ra: ‘be vulnerable or die’.
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Mood Ring
PRESENTED BY THE SUBSTATION
Join us at The Substation for the Victorian premiere of Mood Ring.
Mood Ring is a documentary observing the interactions that best friends Sereima Adimate and Chiara Garrett-Saladrau experience in Viti Levu, Fiji's largest island.
The film features stories from residents of each place the two visit. Between Bubu Vani (Grandma), Uncle Mana (Uncle), Iman (Friend), and Freddy (Father), we’re shown exchanges that cover resilience, addiction, holy spirits, premonition, lineage, and the ongoing challenges of the diasporic experience.
The film, which premiered to the world recently at Sydney Festival, to much critical acclaim, is seen through Sereima and Chiara’s point of view, with a keen focus on the influence of location, Fijian custom, its unspoken expectations and the grief pervading conversations around displacement.
As the first feature length film directed by a Fijian woman, shot entirely in Fiji, Mood Ring provides unfiltered access to settlements and villages – including the families who live there – in a bid to understand the responsibilities of knowing home.
Featuring poetry from Apimeleki Rainima, Mood Ring answers the unanswered by allowing artists known for their perspectives in Australia the chance to return to familial roots in the daring shadow of taboo.
ARTIST TALK
There will be a special Artist Talk following the film, with two of Mood Ring's stars Sereima Adimate/Stelly G and Apimeleki Rainima.
DJ SET
DJ set by Lakatoi.
WARNINGS
This event is suitable for all ages. Mood Ring is rated PG. It contains mild coarse language, references to drug use and mental health, and depictions of blood.
ACCESS
This event is subtitled, in English.
This event is wheelchair accessible and gender neutral accessible toilets are available.
The runtime of the film is 70 minutes.
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Directed by Sereima Adimate.
Produced by Sereima Adimate, Garden Reflexxx, Chiara Garrett-Saladrau.
Written by Sereima Adimate, Chiara Garrett-Saladrau, Apimeleki Rainima.
Cinematographers, Editors: Garden Reflexxx.
Featuring appearances by:
Chiara Garrett-Saladrau
Sereima Adimate
Quewyn Duchesne
Apimeleki Rainima
Vani Marama
Siliva Nasau
Alifereti Welekoto
Davina Kay
Iman Khan
Timoci Waitruturu aka Jenifer Lepest
Manasa Saladrau
Vani Marama - Bubu Vani
Original Score by: Ripley
Sound Mix: Adam Connelly.
