Automata

is the eerie, black-humored story of Henry, the last in a long line of duck hunters. The film examines the connection between hunter and prey, and obsession in the face of extinction. Director Matt Richards asks the question 'what would happen to someone at the tipping point, the moment where they are directly responsible for the extinction of an entire species’’.

Featuring - Tom McCathie, Jon Yencken

Director - Matt Richards

Cinematography - Jeremy Rouse

Additional Photography - Matt Richards

Composition & Voice - Sez Wilks

Sound Design, Arrangement & Additional Voice - Christina Clar

Editor - Matt Richards

Production Design - Wandjina

Screenings

Dungog Film Festival - May 27th 2011 (Australia)
Downunder Berlin Film Festival - September 18th 2011 (Germany)
Cinema Perpetuum Mobile Film Festival - January 13-18, 2012 (Belarus)
Byron Bay International Film Festival - March 2-11, 2012 (Australia)
West End Film Festival - March 25th, 2012 (Australia)
Lewiston Auburn Film Festival (LAFF) - April 13-15, 2012 (USA)
Bideodromo International Experimental Film Festival - October 5th, 2012 (Spain)
DUKAFEST - November 15th, 2012 (Bosnia)

Awards

Nominated - Byron Bay International Film Festival (2012) 'Best Experimental'
Nominated - Lewiston Auburn Film Festival (2012) 'Best Experimental'
4th place - Bideodromo (2012) 'Best Experimental'

trailer

Four Anchor Island