STRANGE COLOURS
Australia / 2017 / 85 min / DCP / Drama

Director : Alena Lodkina

Script : Alena Lodkina, Isaac Wall
Cinematography : Michael Latham
Editing : Luca Cappelli
Music : Mikey Young
Production : Kate Laurie & Isaac Wall

Cast : Kate Cheel (Milena), Justin Courtin (Frank), Daniel P. Jones (Max)

Venice Festival 2017

Milena travels to a remote opal mining community to see her estranged, ill father. Lost and alone, she falls into his bewildering world, where men escape society and share ideals of freedom. Soon, he doesn't want her to leave. Stuck in time, father and daughter try to mend their fractured bond, but their connection is fragile, like the strange, colourful gems he digs up from the earth.

Alena Lodkina

Alena Lodkina (1989) is a Russian-born filmmaker based in Melbourne. She has made fiction and documentary short films that have played at festivals around the world. She writes about film and has worked as an editor, editing Amiel Courtin-Wilson's performance film THE SILENT EYE (2016). STRANGE COLOURS is her first feature film.