Emotion is Dead film screening

Description

Join us for an exclusive screening of Emotion is Dead, directed and produced by local filmmaker Pete Williams. Following the film, stay for a panel discussion where Pete and others involved will dive into the making of the film. 

EMOTION IS DEAD

BROCK is a teenage skateboarder suffering from a recent family tragedy connected to the Holden Elizabeth Plant (Australia’s last auto factory). He comes up with a unique money-making scheme that tangles him up in Adelaide’s criminal underworld and only his Peter Brock obsessed mum & emo ex-girlfriend can save him from a terrifying fate. Based on true events.

Pete Williams

Pete grew up in Elizabeth, South Australia. His pop was an amateur cameraman and Pete loved to borrow his gear from a young age. He moved to London in 2006 to attend Met Film School (Ealing Studios) and had immediate success after graduating, first in commercials; winning three consecutive Mofilm awards at Cannes Lions and then with docs. Pete created MAKERS (2015) for Channel 4, UK and his debut feature doc THE NEW BREED (2020) premiered at the Sustainable Living Film Festival. Pete Wrote, Directed and Produced the narrative feature film EMOTION IS DEAD (2024), which world premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival.

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