Official selection
Flickerfest 2023
Sydney Film Festival 2023
Melbourne international Film Festival 2023
Brooklyn International Film Festival 2024
Blackstar Film Festival 2024
Honors
Best Australian Short Film - Flickerfest 2023
Best Australian Short Film - Melbourne International Film Festival 2023
Best indigenous Short Film - Cinefest Oz 2023
Best Achievement in Indigenous Filmmaking - St Kilda Film Festival 2024
Best Short Film - Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival 2024
Director
John Harvey
Producer
John Harvey, Gillian Moody
Writer
Walter Waia
Cast
Waangenga Blanco, Elma Kris, Tony Nixon
Cinematographer
Daniel MacArthur
Sound Designer
Andrew Belletty
Composer
Leon Rodgers
Editor
Patrick McCabe
Production Designer
Kevin O'brien
contact
Brown Cabs
Australian filmmaker John Harvey brings us the breathtaking aboriginal fantasy KATELE (Mudskipper), in which a Torres Strait Islander (Elma Kris) working in a dreary Aussie laundromat is visited by a being though the portal of a laundry machine, evoking memories of an earlier life. Winner of five awards to date on the festival circuit, including Best Australian Short at the Melbourne International Film Festival and Best Achievement in Indigenous Filmmaking at the St Kilda Film Festival. – Mitch Davis