Rebel Wessex, Sarah-Mace Dennis' debut short film, investigates the invisible places of perception – things that are not seen or heard, only sensed through the strange force they leave inside our consciousness.  Do we become who we become because of the way that the histories associated with certain landscapes and the social structures related to those histories impact on how we do and can construct our sense of self, or is human existence more than a brain inside a body that moves through time and space?  What sort of energies exist beyond logic, beyond rationalization, beyond the material world as we know it? Is there an 'other' world, another place, another country that we can't see?

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAGHY Evan Papageorgiou, GAFFER AND KEY GRIP Willis Yee, MAKEUP Gina Rutherfurd, COSTUME DESIGNER Suzanne Dennis, EDITOR Adrian Rostirolla, COMPOSER Lawrence English, SOUND DESIGN AND MIX Linda Campbell, DIGITAL FX SUPERVISOR Luke Goddard, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER David Opitz, SUPERVISING PRODUCER Annmaree J Bell, PRODUCER Dejay Vi Nguyen, STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER Annalee Fortunado
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Sarah-Mace Dennis.
©Metro Screen and Sarah-Mace Dennis 2009

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Rebel Wessex was produced and developed with the support of Screen Australia and Metro Screen through the Raw Nerve initiative.

Rebel Wessex was shot on location in Hill End, a Historic Site owned by the Department of Environment and Climate Change managed by the Parks and Wildlife Division.  Parks and Wildlife are acknowledged for the ownership of the properties used and appreciation of the use of.  The film was made in conjunction with Bathurst Regional Art Gallery’s Hill End Artist in Residence Program.  Participation in this program was funded by the Parks and Wildlife Division, Hill End and supported by Hill End Gold Limited.
 

Dancers by: Ozscot Australia Highland Dance.