Official Selection - Out of Competition

Went Up the Hill

Samuel VAN GRINSVEN
With Cast LGBTQIA+ 2024 100 Australia, New-Zealand
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Synopsis

A compelling meditation on loss and recovery

Jack ventures to remote New Zealand for the funeral of his estranged mother and meets her widow Jill. But his mother’s spirit returns to inhabit each of their bodies, instigating a life-threatening three-way nocturnal dance.

This film is eligible for the Audience Award

Cast/Avec

  • Dacre Montgomery
  • Vicky Krieps
  • Arlo Green

Screenplay

  • Jory Anast
  • Samuel Van Grinsven

Cinematographer

  • Tyson Perkins

Sound

  • Robert Mackenzie
  • Jessica Meier

Music

  • Hanan Townshend

Production

  • Causeway films
  • POP films

Screenings

Sunday 09 March 2025 17:30
Lieux : Cinémathèque
Audio : English
Subtitles : English
Screening : Public Screening
Tuesday 11 March 2025 18:30
Lieux : Ciné Utopia
Audio : English
Subtitles : English
Screening : Public Screening

Samuel VAN GRINSVEN

Samuel VAN GRINSVEN
Samuel VAN GRINSVEN

Samuel Van Grinsven is a New Zealand born writer and director based in Sydney, Australia. His debut feature film Sequin in a Blue Room world premiered at the Sydney Film Festival where it won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film. It soon became a festival hit screening globally at festivals including Palm Springs International Film Festival, Outfest LA, TIFF Next Wave and Melbourne International Film Festival. In late 2019 the film was nominated for an AACTA award for Best Indie Film. Went Up the Hill is his second feature.

Filmography

  • Went Up the Hill 2024
  • Sequin in a Blue Room 2019
  • Loved (short) 2017
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