Desert Hopes
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Trapped in his draughty apartment on New Year’s Eve, Roko, a middle-aged Aboriginal, tries to protect a litter of newborn rabbits from the cold. In the meantime he watches recordings of previous years’ New Year and dreams of better times.
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Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2013
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2013
- Length
- 10'
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
- Language
- English
- Premiere status
- World premiere
- Director
- Michael Patten
- Producer
- Michael Patten
- Sales / World rights holder
- Michael Patten
- Screenplay
- Michael Patten
- Editing
- Michael Guggenheim