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My Darling in Stirling
My Darling in Stirling (2023) © Innersense Productions

ACMI presents

My Darling in Stirling

Featuring a Q&A with director Bill Mousoulis

Bill Mousoulis | Australia | 2023 | Unclassified (15+)
Film

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Tickets

Full

$18

Concession

$14

ACMI Member

$12

When

Sun 22 Sep 2024

Join us for the Melbourne Premiere of Greek-Australian filmmaker Bill Mousoulis’ new feature film; a musical set in the Adelaide Hills.

A contemporary and innovative musical from Bill Mousoulis – one of Australia’s veteran independent filmmakers – My Darling in Stirling is his 11th feature in a career spanning 40 years. The film is a low-budget community effort, highlighting the town of Stirling situated in the Adelaide Hills. A fairy-tale but realist musical, where every line is sung, it is a joyful but also melancholic film, about lost innocence. My Darling in Stirling is inspired by the all-singing 1964 film directed by Jacques Demy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

There will be a filmmaker introduction prior to the screening and a Q&A after the film, moderated by film critic Philippa Hawker.

A dream film, a bittersweet celebration of ordinary life.

Frankie Kanatas, Senses of Cinema

Format: DCP
Language: English
Source: Innersense Productions
Courtesy: Innersense Productions
Runtime: 79 mins

Rating

Unclassified (15+)

Where

Cinema 2, Level 2
ACMI, Fed Square

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About Bill Mousoulis

Bill Mousoulis (1963–) has been one of the key figures in independent Australian screen culture over the last 40 years. As instigator of the Melbourne Super 8 Film Group, founding editor of Senses of Cinema, creator of the Pure Shit website, and co-curator of the screening series Unknown Pleasures, Mousoulis has demonstrated a tireless commitment to alternative screen culture both in Australia and overseas...

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