beDevil

Visual artist, photographer, multimedia artist, and director Tracey Moffatt, is perhaps the most influential and nuanced voice in the artistic world of the Aborigines of Australia, while her work has been exhibited in institutions like Tate and the MoMA in Los Angeles. In beDevil, what unfolds is three stories dominated by the metaphysical element and by references to the Australian tradition. Rick, an Aborigine boy living by the marsh, is haunted by the image of an American soldier drowning in quicksand. Ruby and her family live in a house on the side of some abandoned railway lines, a site where anyone could see ghosts wandering around. A landlord is struggling to evict the tenants of an old warehouse, a couple that has been dead for years. Modern reality, the colonial past, historic traumas, legends, and doctrines intertwine in an immersive, delusional film.

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Direction: Tracey Moffatt

Script: Tracey Moffatt

Cinematography: Geoff Burton

Editing: Wayne Le Clos

Sound: Frank Lipson

Music: Carl Vine

Actors: Diana Davidson, Jack Charles, Ben Kennedy, Daphne Byers, Lavinia Phillips, Desarae Morgan, Jordan Hammond, Haley McGovern, Benjamin Collard, Tracey Moffatt, Banula (David) Marika, Pauline McLeod, Auriel Andrew, Shaun Sanders, Mawuyul Yanthalawuy, Cecil Parkee, Les Foxcroft, Karen Saunders, Lex Marinos, Dina Panozzo, Riccardo Natoli, Pinau Ghee, Patricia Handy, Debai Baira, John Conomos, Kee Chan, Luke Roberts, Midiana Daniels, Joseva Ratu, Benjamin Moffatt, Flyn Cuthbertson

Production: Australian Film Finance Corporation, Anthony Buckley Productions

Producers: Anthony Buckley, Carol Hughes

Costumes: Rosalea Hood

Production Design: Stephen Curtis

Sets: Glen W. Johnson

Make Up: Lesley Rouvray

Format: HD

Color: Color

Production Country: Australia

Production Year: 1993

Duration: 87'

Contact: Ronin Films

Awards/Distinctions: Best OST – Sitges Catalonian IFF 1993

Tracey Moffatt

Tracey Moffatt is one of Australia’s most renowned contemporary artists. Working predominantly in photography, film, and video, Moffatt is known as a powerful visual storyteller. The narrative is often implied and self-referential, exploring her own childhood memories and fantasies, and the broader issues of race, gender, sexuality, and identity. Tracey Moffatt represented Australia at the 57th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale 2017 with her solo exhibition My Horizon in the Australian Pavilion, curated by Natalie King. In 2012, a retrospective program of her films was held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Moffatt first gained significant critical acclaim when her short film Night Cries was selected for the official competition at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. Her first feature film beDevil was also selected for Cannes in 1993.