On this episode, filmmaker Molly Haddon talks about her brilliant indie family drama The Longest Weekend, which tells the story of three siblings Lou (Mia Artemis), Avery (Elly Hiraani Clapin), and Rio (Adam Golledge), who are each going through a personal crisis and congregate at their mother's (Tammy MacIntosh) home to support one another and work their way through familial tensions.

The Longest Weekend is a wonderful performed triple hander, with rich dialogue and narrative that comes from a script written by Jorrden Daley. On paper, this sounds like it might be a rather leaden experience, but there is frequent levity throughout the narrative, and the true to life bonds between each of the characters helps make the story of a family being gradually pulled back together after being stretched apart by the machinations of life feel genuine and grounded.

In the following interview, Molly talks about the production process of the film, how she worked with each of the characters, as well as talking about the support from Queer Screen Film Festival. The Longest Weekend has toured around Australia, and will be screened at the Queer Screen Film Festival on Thursday February 23, with Molly and Jorrden, and actor Tammy MacIntosh in attendance for a Q&A.

Tickets for Queer Screen are available here.

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