Spin the bottle | Amiel Courtin-Wilson | 2003 | ACMI collection

This Stylised documentary film material follows a group of teenagers at a party that gradually disintegrates over the course of a night. An inspiring miniature, it traces the rhythms of an adolescent gathering with a sense of poetry, intimacy and remarkable simplicity.

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Credits

creator

Amiel Courtin-Wilson

Production dates

2003

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1005945

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Documentary

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Desire

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Love

Holdings

Mini DV; Sub-master

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

DVD [PAL]; Exhibition Copy

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