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Malls
2025, Daniel Tune, 60 mins
Synopsis
Lou and Noodles are consumers. Adrift and empty, they are separate from each other and from the world. Ruled by desire and un controllable drives to excess, they spend their solitary hours in spaces both real and unreal. Occasionally, they are in the same part of the mall.
A deeply personal evocation of the alienation of consumer spaces and the loneliness that late capitalism both creates and feeds on, MALLS is a lament for a culture that is most alive in its doomed attempts to escape itself. Drawing equal inspiration from Tsai Ming-liang, the early work of John Waters, and the inevitable online brain-rot of its young creators, the film is a micro-budget testament to making your own fun in a world of fading possibility.
Screenings
February 20th 2025 - World Premiere at Mercury Cinema
May 31st 2025 - Melbourne Premiere - Brunswick Underground Film Festival 2025
September 11th 2025 - Adelaide University Film Society
February 6th 2026 - Brisbane Premeire - Five Star Cinemas Newfarm - with Adam C. Briggs
February 11th 2026 - Sydney Premiere - Pink Flamingo Cinema - with Collective of Underground Movie Lovers
March 8th 2026 - “Malls in the Mall” - Temporary Installation Screening in Rundle Mall
September 27th 2026 - Canadian Premiere - Destroyed Cinema, Victoria B.C.
Director Biography
Daniel Tune is a filmmaker, programmer and critic based in Adelaide, South Australia. He is a co-founder and programmer for the independent film collective ‘moviejuice’, a group dedicated to the screening, production, and distribution of independent and experimental Australian cinema. His work has screened in Adelaide, Melbourne (Brunswick Underground Film Festival), Sydney (Pink Flamingo Cinema), Brisbane (Five Star Cinemas Newfarm) and Canada (Destroyed Cinema). He is currently working on a PhD in community-based film production.
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