This screening block includes the web series nominated for science fiction and fantasy awards.
Dark Arcadia
Love. Revenge. Rebellion.
Dark Arcadia is a story about love. A story about revenge. And a story about the validity (or not) of taking justice into our own hands.
Examining the colliding worlds of rebelling teenagers and the adults charged with their care, inspired by world events and gender politics, this gothic fantasy is the next project from the universe of the internationally award-winning Shakespeare Republic, written and directed by Australian actor/writer/director, Sally McLean.
Dark Arcadia … something wicked this way comes …
ABOUT THE SERIES
Using Shakespeare’s original text, we meet seventeen different characters from seven different plays over a 24 hour period, set in the microcosm of an Australian high school, exploring power, relationships, the idea of outrage culture, #FakeNews and the Elizabethan equivalent of a Grimm’s faerietale.
Primarily utilising the perspective of Generation Z, Dark Arcadia features some of Shakespeare’s most iconic characters played by a range of talented established and emerging actors. With a focus on female, culturally diverse, disabled and LGBTQI+ (including trans) talent, using his undiluted, original words, we journey into human relationships and their consequences with a touch of magic realism and a dash of food for thought.
This digital series creates a cohesive world built from a range of Shakespeare texts, threading together scenes from several of Shakespeare’s plays, as written, to create a multiple story strand structure set in the 21st Century.
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To watch all episodes, and find out more about the series visit: https://www.darkarcadia.com
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Shot in 4k.
Dark Arcadia is produced by Incognita Enterprises and funded via grants from the City of Melbourne, the British Shakespeare Association, Creative Victoria, and Creative Australia through an Australian Cultural Fund BOOST Grant, as well as tax deductible donations from the general public via the Australian Cultural Fund.
Dark Arcadia is a story about love. A story about revenge. And a story about the validity (or not) of taking justice into our own hands.
Examining the colliding worlds of rebelling teenagers and the adults charged with their care, inspired by world events and gender politics, this gothic fantasy is the next project from the universe of the internationally award-winning Shakespeare Republic, written and directed by Australian actor/writer/director, Sally McLean.
Dark Arcadia … something wicked this way comes …
ABOUT THE SERIES
Using Shakespeare’s original text, we meet seventeen different characters from seven different plays over a 24 hour period, set in the microcosm of an Australian high school, exploring power, relationships, the idea of outrage culture, #FakeNews and the Elizabethan equivalent of a Grimm’s faerietale.
Primarily utilising the perspective of Generation Z, Dark Arcadia features some of Shakespeare’s most iconic characters played by a range of talented established and emerging actors. With a focus on female, culturally diverse, disabled and LGBTQI+ (including trans) talent, using his undiluted, original words, we journey into human relationships and their consequences with a touch of magic realism and a dash of food for thought.
This digital series creates a cohesive world built from a range of Shakespeare texts, threading together scenes from several of Shakespeare’s plays, as written, to create a multiple story strand structure set in the 21st Century.
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To watch all episodes, and find out more about the series visit: https://www.darkarcadia.com
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Shot in 4k.
Dark Arcadia is produced by Incognita Enterprises and funded via grants from the City of Melbourne, the British Shakespeare Association, Creative Victoria, and Creative Australia through an Australian Cultural Fund BOOST Grant, as well as tax deductible donations from the general public via the Australian Cultural Fund.
10 minutes
Power Up
Araia, 15, is an adolescent girl grappling with the typical challenges of her age – bullied, coping with divorced parents, and navigating the complexities of teenage romance, all while struggling in various aspects of her life. However, everything takes an unexpected turn when she discovers she has been endowed with superpowers from an old Arcade VideoGame Machine.
9 minutes
Eva. Connected Through Time (ep. 1_The Hairpin)
Eva, an android from the distant future, arrives in present day to meet Dima, a young scientist and her original inventor. Together they will save humanity from a man-made anomaly.
5 minutes
The Party
When a new player joins their D&D campaign under false pretenses, five friends must battle shifts in the group dynamic and navigate the perils of both the fantasy game and real life.
12 minutes
