'Inside' and 'All These Creatures'

Exploring resilience, vulnerability and the complexities of the human spirit, Bunjil Place presents two films by acclaimed filmmaker Charles Williams: his Palme d’Or-winning short All These Creatures and debut feature Inside. Together, these powerful works examine the choices, relationships and circumstances that shape who we become. Followed by a Q&A with Williams, led by Gabriel Carrubba.

All These Creatures (unclassified)

​​​​​An adolescent boy attempts to untangle his memories of a mysterious infestation, the unravelling of his father, and the little creatures inside us all.  

Winner of the ‘Short Film Palme d’Or’ at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and ‘Best Australian Short Film’ at the 2018 Melbourne International Film Festival.

Inside (MA15+)

Guy Pearce stars in this prison-set portrait of institutionalisation and salvation – the feature debut from Charles Williams. When Mel Blight (Vincent Miller) is transferred from juvenile detention to a maximum-security adult jail, he’s assigned to share a cell with one of Australia’s most infamous inmates, Mark Shepard (Cosmo Jarvis, Shōgun). eizing an opportunity, the hardened Warren Murfett (Pearce) recruits Mel to kill Mark, who has a contract on his head. As Warren nears parole and a reunion on the outside with his son Adrian (Toby Wallace), the relationship between the three men grows more entangled and intimate. Who can make amends for their crimes? And who is beyond saving?