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SPOTLIGHT ON
GENRE FILM

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YOLANDA RAMKE AND BEN HOWLING
ON CARGO AND THE ZOMBIE FILM

A QUINTESSENTIALLY AUSTRALIAN TAKE ON THE POPULAR
ZOMBIE-APOCALYPSE SUBGENRE, CARGO WEAVES ELE-
MENTS OF INDIGENOUS CULTURES INTO A STORY ABOUT
A WORLD FALLEN INTO RUIN. BEYOND THIS, IT’S ALSO
A RARE CASE OF A PROJECT THAT HAS MADE THE LEAP
FROM SHORT FILM TO FEATURE – WITH HOLLYWOOD
BACKING TO BOOT. BRIONY KIDD SPEAKS TO DIRECTORS
YOLANDA RAMKE AND BEN HOWLING ABOUT HOW THIS
UNIQUE PIECE OF CINEMA CAME TO LIFE.

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