Fantastic Film Festival Australia (FFFA) has invited David Lorensene from Melbourne Horror Film Society (MHFS) to introduce and host a Skype Q&A with creator-director-producer Talal Selhami for the Australian premier of his Moroccan-French creature-feature film Achoura (2018).
FFFA is at the Lido Cinemas in Hawthorn from 20 February to 4 March 2020. Festival Director, Hudson Sowada, describes the festival as: “A home for mind-breakers, trend-setters, razor-walkers, loose-wires, truth-talkers, trailblazers and envelope-pushers”. Check out the program here.
Achoura deals with childhood trauma and how it resurfaces in adult life. Memories are distorted as well as minds, and past friendships are reunited. It wears its influences on its sleeve, echoes of Stephen King’s novels and film adaptations of his work. The story follows four children who encounter a creature who is so horrific it alters their lives forever. Filmed around Casablanca, this is the first Moroccan creature feature!
Book your ticket to see Achoura and Q&A with Director Talal Selhami on Monday 2 March at 7pm at Lido Cinemas, Hawthorn.
