Full house for Community screening of LOST at the Narooma Kinema
The short film LOST, co-written and co-directed by Jane Gordon (Tanja) and Warren Foster Snr (Wallaga Lake) had its first cast, crew and community screening on Thursday 8 August with a full house at the Narooma Kinema.
Produced, cast ,shot and post-produced in 2023 on Djiringanj land on Yuin country on the Far South Coast of NSW Jane (Tanja) and Warren (Wallaga Lake) have been working on LOST as part of a slate of projects that brings together indigenous and non-indigenous Far South Coast creatives and community to tell stories of the region.
Set on a regional location on the Far South Coast of NSW, the film tells the story of two families, one indigenous and the other non-indigenous, whose two boys go missing on an adventure.
LOST was preceded by one of Warren’s previous short films, a documentary called “Bunaan” and with “Home Stretch- Walawaani” and “Our Way”, two music videos from Yuin choir Djinama Yilaga.
The films were followed by a Q&A with the Writer-Directors and Cast.
Co-Writer/Director Jane Gordon said “I couldn’t have been more pleased with last night’s screening. It was the final birthing of a collaborative, shared vision by Warren and I to make a film that spoke of Listening and Learning from each other to move forward as one into the future.”
“It was incredible to experience the excitement of this film coming to fruition and feel the energy of support from the community. “
“Having been in a fairly isolated position working through the post-production it was just extraordinary to share this moment with a full house in the cinema” said Jane.
“We can’t thank the community and the Narooma Kinema enough for supporting us last night. It was so amazing for us to hear and feel the response of the audience and know that our message came across loud and clear with cries from the audience that this film needs to be screened in schools throughout Australia, to promote healing and unity.”
Warren Foster Snr said “The reason why we came up with this film concept is to help people’s awareness and to bring two cultures that wouldn’t normally mingle together. The film brings two families and two cultures together.
I think it’s important to direct this film because it’s important getting our stories out and connecting with people in that way. We can tell our own stories and write them but it’s important to actually direct and make the film with our stories in it – then we can control the story that ends up being told.”
LOST is the first of Jane and Warren’s ideas to be realised for the screen – A second short film, BUSKER, will be going into development/preproduction this year with many of the locations set in the Bega Valley.
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