imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival will be celebrating their 15th anniversary from October 22-26, 2014 with a spotlight on Indigenous films and filmmakers hailing from Australia. The Festival is also proud to announce the return of their successful initiative The Embargo Collective II, made up of five original short films. Kicking off the 15th anniversary for the festival will be the opening night film, What We Do In The Shadows.

Festival favourite Taika Waititi returns to imagineNATIVE with his latest blockbuster film featured as part of the Opening Night Gala, What We Do In The Shadows. Grab your garlic and wear your crucifix, What We Do in the Shadows is a dark and deadly funny romp with the undead. Join a documentary crew as they are given unparalleled access into the lives of a posse of vampires, the sweet Viago (Waititi), badboy Deacon (Jonathan Brugh), the lust-filled Vladislav (Clement), and the 8,000-year-old Petyr (Ben Fransham) as they quarrel over dirty dishes, discuss fashion, and hit the party circuit.

This year’s International Spotlight, presented work of Indigenous artists from Australia. Over the past 15 years, many artists from Australia’s vibrant and accomplished Indigenous media arts industry have been presented at imagineNATIVE. As part of this Spotlight, imagineNATIVE presents a selection of short works representative of different sectors of Native life in Australia. Included in the selection is Black Panther Woman, a story told by Rachel Perkins (Bran Nue Dae, Mabo, Redfern Now) about Marlene Cummins, a member of Brisbane’s short-lived Black Panther movement who struggled with sexism within the organization

Commissioned in celebration of imagineNATIVE’s 15th anniversary, the Festival is thrilled to present as its Closing Night Gala the world premiere of The Embargo Collective II, five short films.

The 15th annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival will be held October 22-26, 2014.

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