Petra Leslie

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Petra Leslie

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Petra Leslie, an award-winning cinematographer from Melbourne and Sydney, holds a Masters in Cinematography from AFTRS. Her notable works include 'Women Driving', 'Sleeping is Difficult', which premiered at the 2020 Human Rights Arts Film Festival, and 'Sunset Country', shown globally after its debut at the 2021 Melbourne International Film Festival. Renowned for her unique cinematographic style, Petra's work delves into themes of age, loss, and the cinematic sublime. She has contributed to 'Los

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Sound That Summons poster
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Some people have always heard the world a little louder than everyone else. Pablo returns to San Martín de los Andes after years away. The mountains are still there. So is the noise. Hypersensitive to sound, he moves through his hometown with a small recorder, building an aural cartography of a place that no longer feels like his own. Whispering what he sees, what he feels, attempting to hold the world at a distance he can survive. But home has changed. Or he has. When an unexpected moment of stillness finds him, what arrives is not comfort, but something closer to grace. Created in 10-days as a selected fellow of Paolo Sorrentino's PlayLab 2025 in Patagonia, Argentina, the power of this film is a quiet and physical reminder to all that stillness still exists if you only stop to listen for it.

Sound That Summons

2026

Sound That Summons poster
NR

Some people have always heard the world a little louder than everyone else. Pablo returns to San Martín de los Andes after years away. The mountains are still there. So is the noise. Hypersensitive to sound, he moves through his hometown with a small recorder, building an aural cartography of a place that no longer feels like his own. Whispering what he sees, what he feels, attempting to hold the world at a distance he can survive. But home has changed. Or he has. When an unexpected moment of stillness finds him, what arrives is not comfort, but something closer to grace. Created in 10-days as a selected fellow of Paolo Sorrentino's PlayLab 2025 in Patagonia, Argentina, the power of this film is a quiet and physical reminder to all that stillness still exists if you only stop to listen for it.

Sound That Summons

2026

Sunset Country poster
NR

On a scorching hot weekend in rural Victoria - love, loss and grief culminate leaving an aging father and his daughter to contemplate his impending mortality.

Sunset Country

2021

Sunset Country poster
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On a scorching hot weekend in rural Victoria - love, loss and grief culminate leaving an aging father and his daughter to contemplate his impending mortality.

Sunset Country

2021