MARGOT NASH
As If Productions
NEWS
REVENANTE FILMS a Paris-based film agency dedicated to the promotion, exhibition, and international circulation of restored and overlooked cinematic works of the past, have selected Vacant Possession ( Nash 1994), Shadow Panic (Nash 1989) and We Aim To Please (Laurie, Nash 1976) for international distribution.
See: https://www.revenantefilms.com/programs/she-dreams-of-revolt-three-by-margot-nash
SCREENINGS
We Aim To Please (Robin Laurie & Margot Nash, 1976) 13min
Screening: Art Gallery of NSW Cinematheque, Legends of the Sydney Filmmakers Co-op 12 noon Sunday 29th March
Introduced by Margot Nash Click here for the introduction.
Vacant Possession (Margot Nash 1994) 95 min
Currently screening on SBS On Demand
A story of two families - one white, one Indigenous - both living in the shadow of the past. A story of conflict and the complexities of reconciliation.
We Aim To Please
(Robin Laurie & Margot Nash, 1976) 13min
a film about female sexuality and the representation of women
Screening at La Clef, an artist run cinema in Paris.
Introduced by Maureen Gueunet.
https://laclefrevival.org/project/vacant-possession-we-aim-to-please
We Aim To Please (Robin Laurie & Margot Nash, 1976) 13min
Screening: Rotterdam International Film Festival 29 Jan - 8 Feb 2026
celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of NOW
(National Organisation for Women), a major moment in
the history of the Civil Rights movement as well as
Second Wave Feminism.
See: https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2026/films/we-aim-to-please
Vacant Possession a film by Margot Nash 94 min 1994
Newly restored
VACANT POSSESSION is a story of two families - one white, one Indigenous - both living in the shadow of the past. A story of conflict and the complexities of reconciliation.
The Brussels International Women's Film Festival
7-15 Oct 2025 screening
We Aim to Please and Vacant Possession in
Retrospective – Traces and Horizons: The Legacies of Maldoror, Mangini and Nash
Screening
St Tropez Cinema des Antipodes 19 October 2025
Jeonju International Film Festival, South Korea 30 April - 9 May 2025
The Other Australian Cinema- 1890s to now, Curated by Guest Cinephile Adrian Martin
Synopsis
VACANT POSSESSION is a story of two families - one white, one Indigenous - both living in the shadow of the past. A story of conflict and the complexities of reconciliation.
See Press Kit
See: https://www.margotnash.com/vacant-possession
Undercurrents: meditations on power 2023
a film by Margot Nash 19 min
Jeonju International Film Festival, South Korea
30 April - 9 May 2025
The Other Australian Cinema- 1890s to now ,Curated by Guest Cinephile Adrian Martin
Synopsis
A meditation on the global rise of the far-right, war and the nuclear threat which explores links between patriarchal power, the environmental crisis, racism and colonisation and pays tribute to the life affirming power of resistance.
See: https://www.margotnash.com/undercurrents
See: Press Kit
Distributed by Ronin Films, Canberra.
Stream On Demand: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/undercurrentsmop
