A haunting metafictional tale about female artists pushed beyond their limits at a cursed artist residency. In 2022 the Locker Room, a NYC art collective hosted its annual artist residency by granting ten women artists free rein to pursue their dream projects, including film director Winnie Cheung, who used this opportunity to produce her first feature film. Tapping into the ethos of DIY punk cinema, Winnie called upon the gallery to double as the set and the residents as performers. Winnie documented the experience of the residency while crafting death scenes in secrecy. One by one, each artist disappears until the “final girl” confronts the darkness that haunts the gallery. Of course, the final girl is the director herself. Her own worst nightmare. Programmer's note: US director Winnie Cheung has made something uniquely hermetic here with her debut feature film. It follows a dozen or so artists at a real-life Brooklyn arts residency, mostly women from different backgrounds. Each has their own voice, their own chosen medium, their own fears and artistic anxieties. It’s also funny and you don’t quite know where it’s all heading but it builds in energy in a foreboding way until it smashes out of the documentary format into something frightful and unashamedly camp. I love the low budget NY No Wave aesthetic and the spotlight on artists, musicians, fashion designers, where those behind and in front of the camera intermingle, until the final girl is left to make sense of it all. —Michelle Carey A Q+A with director Winnie Cheung and producer Samara Bliss will follow the screening on Monday 16 Oct. The screening on Friday 20 Oct will be preceded by an extended introduction with director Winnie Cheung. Australian Premiere

A haunting metafictional tale about female artists pushed beyond their limits at a cursed artist residency. In 2022 the Locker Room, a NYC art collective hosted its annual artist residency by granting ten women artists free rein to pursue their dream projects, including film director Winnie Cheung, who used this opportunity to produce her first feature film. Tapping into the ethos of DIY punk cinema, Winnie called upon the gallery to double as the set and the residents as performers. Winnie documented the experience of the residency while crafting death scenes in secrecy. One by one, each artist disappears until the “final girl” confronts the darkness that haunts the gallery. Of course, the final girl is the director herself. Her own worst nightmare. Programmer's note: US director Winnie Cheung has made something uniquely hermetic here with her debut feature film. It follows a dozen or so artists at a real-life Brooklyn arts residency, mostly women from different backgrounds. Each has their own voice, their own chosen medium, their own fears and artistic anxieties. It’s also funny and you don’t quite know where it’s all heading but it builds in energy in a foreboding way until it smashes out of the documentary format into something frightful and unashamedly camp. I love the low budget NY No Wave aesthetic and the spotlight on artists, musicians, fashion designers, where those behind and in front of the camera intermingle, until the final girl is left to make sense of it all. —Michelle Carey A Q+A with director Winnie Cheung and producer Samara Bliss will follow the screening on Monday 16 Oct. The screening on Friday 20 Oct will be preceded by an extended introduction with director Winnie Cheung. Australian Premiere