Petrol
2022, 95’, English & Russian
Australia
Eva, an impressionable film student of Russian background, befriends an enigmatic performance artist named Mia who quickly takes hold of Eva’s imagination. As Eva moves in with Mia and their lives grow more and more entwined, Eva sets off on a surreal journey of awakening, haunted by dreams, fantasies and ghosts.
Starring the exciting new talents Nathalie Morris and Hannah Lynch, set in contemporary Melbourne, Petrol is the story of a haunted friendship between two young women, and the discovery of the world and self through a strange bond.
“Its ambiguities and its quizzical open-endedness is an open door to the cinematic future… I’m impatient for whatever Lodkina will do next.”
PAST SCREENINGS
75th Locarno Film Festival, Cineasti del Presente competition, Switzerland
New Directors/ New Films, USA
Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia
Cinefest Oz, Australia
Marrakech Film Festival, Morocco
IFFA Independent Film Festival of Athens, Greece
Container Film Society Brisbane, Australia
Cinema Jove, Spain
Festival Film Subversif Metz, France
Seoul International Women’s Film Festival, South Korea
Contemporanea International Film Festival, Italy
Fantaspoa, Brazil
Spectacle NYC
Metrograph, NYC
Cinemas across Australia