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A Grief Encounter

Directed by James Ashley McLaren
Australia
2026
12 mins
Unclassified 15+
A dark romantic comedy starring Deborah Mailman and Wayne Blair, where a taxidermist’s flirtation with a customer spirals into a macabre reckoning with grief, desire, and loss.

'A Grief Encounter' is screening with

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Sat, 29 Aug 7:45pm

Huskisson Pictures
  • Year
    2026
  • Classification
    Unclassified 15+
  • Country
    Australia
  • Language
    In English
  • Director
    James Ashley McLaren
  • Producer
    Hannah French
  • Cast
    Deborah Mailman, Wayne Blair
  • Screenwriter
    James Ashley McLaren
  • Cinematographer
    Robert Humphreys
  • Editor
    Margi Hoy
  • Genre
    First Nations
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