Sophie Robinson & Dunstan Bruce | UK
88 min | Full Captions
***IN-PERSON ONLY***
Co-presented by Brewers Supply Group & Hillside Festival
Dunstan Bruce is 59 and he’s struggling with the fact that the world seems to be going to hell in a handcart. Where did it all go wrong? For him. For humanity. Twenty years after his fall from grace, the former frontman of the anarchist band Chumbawamba is angry and frustrated. But how does a middle-aged, retired radical, who now feels invisible get back up again?
In this punk version of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Dunstan is visited by the antagonistic ghost of his anarchist past. His alter ego, “Babyhead,” forces him to question his own life, sending him on a search for his long-lost anarchist mojo.
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Royal City Brewing Co.
Tickets: $20/PWYC
Event: A performance by Hellion Ton — a band who won't be knocked down!
Hellion Ton is an effort in melody, art, and drive that is from the mind of Nathan Coles who fronted the Nathan Coles Outfit (Circa 04’-07’). Coles is a performer known for his big voice and unique finger style guitar playing, with songs that seem to skirt along the edges of multiple genres. Coles has now added Dan Drysdale on guitar / vocals, Josh Broadbent on percussion/ vocals, and Kent Macmillan on bass / vocals to complete a full band sound. Hellion Ton is always delivering a performance that seems to leave the audience wondering why they feel amazing.
DIRECTOR BIOS
Sophie Robinson
Sophie Robinson (co-director and producer) is an award winning filmmaker with a strong reputation for telling impactful and powerful stories through the emotive characters that are at the core of her films. She specialises in working collaboratively with her subjects to create outstanding documentaries which provide a platform for a wide variety of previously unheard voices. Her feature documentary, a Netflix Original ‘My Beautiful Broken Brain’ was executive produced by David Lynch and nominated for an Emmy as well as winning other documentary awards including the IDFA DOCU Award, The Ahftaz Festival Documentary Award, TRT and received a special mention from the Alliance of Women Film Journalists for best female director. More recently she was awarded an RTS award and a BAFTA for her film “Living Donor,” one of four films made for the Netflix series, Surgeons Cut. She is committed to excellence, engaging wide audiences, working with diverse teams and always creating extraordinary, thought- provoking stories.
Dunstan Bruce
Dunstan Bruce (co-director) was the vocalist with Chumbawamba; famous for their worldwide hit Tubthumping (I Get Knocked Down) of 1997. His soundtrack for Whatever: A Teenage Musical was nominated for an RTS Craft Award for Best original Soundtrack. He produced Daisy Asquith's “Clowns” and Exec produced Jeanie Finlay's “Sound It Out” and Toby Amies' “The Man Whose Mind Exploded.” His documentary This Band Is So Gorgeous was nominated for the IDFA Melkweg Best Music Documentary 2012 and his last film “A Curious Life” was number 2 in the DVD music chart in Spring 2015.
