Rajee Samarasinghe’s short film Lotus-Eyed Girl is set to screen at the 71st Melbourne International Film Festival, one of Australia’s most prestigious screen events and one of the world’s oldest film festivals. Lotus-Eyed Girl will screen in the “Experimental Shorts” program on August 8th at 6:15 PM (AEST) and again on the 13th at 10:45 AM (AEST).

Info and tickets here.

A description of the “Experimental Shorts” program.

Unconventional cinema that tests the boundaries of form and function.

Including a form-challenging 3D journey in search of a statue of Eros; the latest from MIFF 2022’s Best Experimental Short winner, nominated for the Cannes Queer Palm; and an autofictional retelling of a Buddhist folktale.

Films in this package: After Work (dir. Céline Condorelli, Ben Rivers), Blinded by Centuries (dir. Mai Parinda), Cave Painting (dir. Siegfried A. Fruhauf), Geometry of Faith (dir. Sabina Maselli), Grandma Galya and Grandpa Arkadiy (dir. Anna Kipervaser), Laberint Sequences (dir. Blake Williams), Lotus-Eyed Girl (dir. Rajee Samarasinghe), Mast-del (dir. Maryam Tafakory) and This Is Not Here (dir. Charlotte Mungomery).