Fell

Kasimir Burgess : 2014

Whilst on a camping trip in the Victorian Alps, Thomas's only daughter, Lara, is killed by a logging truck in a hit-and-run accident for which the driver, Luke, serves a prison sentence. Stricken with grief, Thomas sheds his urban life and his identity, and moves to the remote town where Lara was killed. There he takes on a new name, Chris, and finds work as a logger. When Luke is released from prison and returns to work, Chris connives to work as his partner in dangerously high tree-logging work. Every time Luke climbs, Chris holds his life in his hands. As the tension rises, the two men, both damaged, grow closer through their affinity for nature, with the forest seemingly exerting a strange power over them. An entrancing and enigmatic drama – a dreamlike, visually resplendent tale of nature, revenge and redemption. Kasimir Burgess's feature debut premiered in competition at Sydney Film Festival 2014, and had its international premiere at Glasgow Film Festival 2015.