Abebe-Butterfly Song
Australia2023documentary98'Międzynarodowy konkurs DocFilmMusic (2024)
It starts with a warning: this film features dead bodies. Then, we set off on a journey to Papua-New Guinea, whose music scene needed a long time to step out of the shade. To a large extent, it was possible thanks to George Telek, an artist singing in native languages who combined Papuan and Western sounds. It is also a story of his 30-year long creative friendship with Australian musician David Bridie, which was marked by tragic events, both in Telek’s life and in the island’s history. Thanks to music, a remarkable intercultural meeting takes place, which defies the colonial past.
- directed by
- Rosie Jones
An award-winning documentary writer, director and editor. Her latest work as director is "The Cult of The Family", a three-part series for the ABC (ADG Award for Best Series Director, ATOM Best Documentary Award). Earlier works as director include the feature documentary, "The Family" that premiered at MIFF 2016 (Best Feature Documentary, FCCA; Best Documentary Director, OzFlix Awards), "The Triangle Wars" about an epic struggle over development on an iconic Australian foreshore (Best Australian Documentary, Antenna); "Westall ‘66: A Suburban UFO Mystery", an investigation of Australia.
- cinematography
- Joey Knox, Nathan Guy
- script
- Ian Foster
- protagonists
- David Bridie, George Telek, John Phillips, Helen Mountfort, James Southall, Rowan Mckinnon, Russel Bradley, Tim Cole, Paulie Stewart, Greg Seeto, Pius Wasi, Suzanne Dowling, Caroline Tiriman, Namila Benson, Tania Nugent, Gideon Kakabin, Ben Hakalitz, Martin Flanagan, Phil Wales, Vika Bull, Linda Bull, Ian Boas, Izikel Lulu
- music
- George Telek, David Bridie
- sound
- Paul Shanahan
- editing
- Sara Edwards
- production
- Jason Byrne, Michael Agar (Positive Ape), Jake Coombes
- Photo
