ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS

Synopsis

On an isolated island in the Indian Ocean, land crabs migrate in their millions from the jungle to the sea. The same jungle hides a high-security Australian detention centre where thousands of asylum seekers have been locked away indefinitely. Their only connection to the outside world is trauma counsellor Poh Lin Lee.

Director Biography

Gabrielle Brady (1984) is an Australian filmmaker who makes documentary and hybrid films. Gabrielle studied Documentary Direction at the Cuban international film school (EICTV). Gabrielle has lived nomadically for the past ten years, traveling between Cuba, Mongolia, Indonesia, the Australian central desert and Europe. Her short film ISLAND was commissioned as part of the Guardian documentary series and premiered at Sheffield festival 2017. ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS is her first feature film.