The Royal Hotel
Friday 22nd March, 7:00pm
Cinema 2, ACMI
Canadians Hanna and Liv are best friends backpacking in Australia. After they run out of money, Liv, looking for an adventure, convinces Hanna to take a temporary live-in job behind the bar of a pub called ’The Royal Hotel’ in a remote Outback mining town. Bar owner Billy and a host of locals give the girls a riotous introduction to Down Under drinking culture but soon Hanna and Liv find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.
Image: Kitty Green courtesy of Transmission Films.
Australia, 2023, 91 mins, MA15+
Director: Kitty Green
Writers: Kitty Green, Oscar Redding
Producers: Kath Shelper, Liz Watts, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning
Join us for a special event screening with an introduction to the film the incomparable, Nadine Whitney, film critic extraordinaire and MWFF 2024 Critics Lab mentor, reflecting on it's intersecting themes of gender dynamics and Australian culture.
Nadine Whitney is an experienced film critic who works in the intersection of consumer reviews and academic writing. She is the co-chair of The Australian Film Critics Association, a Rotten Tomatoes accredited critic, a member of the Online Film Critics Society, and the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Nadine is also an international voter for The Golden Globes, The Independent Spirit Awards, and an occasional film festival judge. Nadine is passionate about uplifting underrepresented voices in film criticism and filmmaking. Women, gender diverse folks, queer folk, disabled people, and POC have for too long existed in the margins. Her motto is, “Raise your voice and claim your space.”