The Moogai
A malicious spirit enters the home of a young Indigenous couple with a newborn baby. Based on his SFF-winning short of the same name, writer-director Jon Bell’s striking feature debut arrives direct from SXSW and Sundance.
The haunting history of the Stolen Generations looms large in this psychological horror and SFF 2024 Audience Award winner from Jon Bell (The Chuck In, SFF 2013). When successful city lawyer Sarah (Shari Sebbens) and husband Fergus (Meyne Wyatt) become parents for the second time, their joy is short-lived. Lurking in the shadows is a whispering creature that wants to steal their baby. Artfully weaving the story of Sarah’s difficult family background into the nightmarish terror that begins to consume her, Bell delivers an eerie tale that unfolds at the intersection of primal fear, generational trauma and supernatural horror.Special Guest: Director Jon Bell
Films showing at this event:
First Horse
It's 1826, and Aotearoa is on the cusp of colonisation. A Young Māori girl's encounter with a dying man and his horse exposes her to the best and worst of her rapidly changing world. Inaugural First Nations Award winner, Sydney Film Festival 2024.
Tickets
Fri 9 Aug
7pm
Newcastle - Event Cinemas Kotara
- Year
- 2023
- Classification
- M
- Country
- Australia
- Language
- In English
- Director
- Jon Bell
