Terror Nullius
Directors: Soda Jerk
Australia, 54 minutes, 2018, experimental, narrative fiction
Part political satire, eco-horror and road movie, Terror Nullius is a political revenge fable constructed entirely from samples pirated from the Australian cinema canon. The apocalyptic desert camps of Mad Max 2 become the site of refugee detention, flesh-eating sheep are recast as anti-colonial insurgents and the women of Australian cinema go vigilante on Mel Gibson.
Trigger warning: depiction of violence
Film screening dates: 23.11.2024 — 8.12.2024
Filmmakers
Soda Jerk is an Australian artist duo who create sample-based films with a rogue documentary impulse. They are fundamentally interested in the politics of images; how they circulate, whom they benefit and how they can be undone. Their recent feature Hello Dankness premiered at the Berlinale in 2023.