Archipelago of Earthen Bones — To Bunya

Name: Archipelago of Earthen Bones — To Bunya
Director: Malena Szlam
Released: 2024
Duration: 20 min

Unclassified 18+

Dir. Malena Szlam / 2024 / 20 mins / Australia, Canada, Chile / No Dialogue / Experimental / Australian Premiere

Luminous images and hypnotic sounds from the Gondwana rainforest metamorphose into a landscape of ancient secrets and dazzling dreams.

Following her sensory portraits of the Andes (Altiplano, MIFF 2019) and Indonesia’s Mount Merapi (2021’s Merapi), Chilean filmmaker Malena Szlam turns her lyrical lens on eastern Australia for this shimmering shrine to the natural landscape, using 16mm in-camera editing, spectral superimpositions and the earth-shaking sound work of Australian artist Lawrence English to evoke evolution, geological formation and the shifting of tectonic plates.

Metro sessions

Sun 10 Aug 6:45pm ACMI 2

Past Session

Experimental Shorts (108 m)

Revolving Rounds (11 m)

Les Rites de Passage (15 m)

She Dolls With Dollies (3 m)

This Is Not Your Garden (13 m)

Another Other (9 m)

The World Doesn't End When You Do (10 m)

Shedding (4 m)

Our Lady Who Burns (8 m)

Remote Views (15 m)

Archipelago of Earthen Bones — To Bunya (20 m)

Experimental Shorts (108 m)

Revolving Rounds (11 m)

Les Rites de Passage (15 m)

She Dolls With Dollies (3 m)

This Is Not Your Garden (13 m)

Another Other (9 m)

The World Doesn't End When You Do (10 m)

Shedding (4 m)

Our Lady Who Burns (8 m)

Remote Views (15 m)

Archipelago of Earthen Bones — To Bunya (20 m)

Past Session

ACMI 2

Past Session

Tue 19 Aug 9:00pm ACMI 2

Past Session

Experimental Shorts (108 m)

Revolving Rounds (11 m)

Les Rites de Passage (15 m)

She Dolls With Dollies (3 m)

This Is Not Your Garden (13 m)

Another Other (9 m)

The World Doesn't End When You Do (10 m)

Shedding (4 m)

Our Lady Who Burns (8 m)

Remote Views (15 m)

Archipelago of Earthen Bones — To Bunya (20 m)

Experimental Shorts (108 m)

Revolving Rounds (11 m)

Les Rites de Passage (15 m)

She Dolls With Dollies (3 m)

This Is Not Your Garden (13 m)

Another Other (9 m)

The World Doesn't End When You Do (10 m)

Shedding (4 m)

Our Lady Who Burns (8 m)

Remote Views (15 m)

Archipelago of Earthen Bones — To Bunya (20 m)

Past Session

ACMI 2

Past Session

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