SWEET AS
Australia / 2022 / 87min / DCP / Adventure

Director : Jub Clerc

Script : Steve Rodgers, Jub Clerc
Cinematography : Katie Milwright
Editing : Katie Flaxman
Music : Liliya Grigorova, Mario Grigorov
Production : Liz Kearney, James Grandison

Cast : Shantae Barnes-Cowan (Murra), Tasma Walton (Mitch), Carlos Sanson Jr. (Fernando), Mark Coles Smith (Ian), Ngaire Pigram (Grace), Pedrea Jackson (Elvis)

Melbourne International Film Festival 2022
Introduced by Jub Clerc

Murra, a fifteen-year-old aboriginal girl, runs away from home and takes refuge with her policeman uncle. Seeing his niece's unhappiness, he signs her up for a week-long "summer camp". The aim of this expedition to the Pilbara region (WA) was to provide an escape for the "problem" youngsters taking part. Thanks to this therapeutic trip, supervised by Mitch and Ian, Murra will begin to open up to others. What's more, she will discover a passion for photography: the four teenagers each receive a film camera as a means of expression.

Jub Clerc

Jub Clerc is a Nyul Nyul/Yawuru from the Kimberley in Western Australia. After graduating with a degree in acting, she appeared as an actor on stage and in both film and television. As a writer and/or director, she has directed many shorts (Storytime, Min Min Light), documentaries and television series as well as directing an episode of the anthology drama The Turning which screened at the 2014 Berlinale. Sweet As is her debut feature film as a director.