MARGOT NASH
Sydney Filmmaker, Screenwriter and Photographer
As If Productions
Undercurrents: meditations on power 2023
a new film by Margot Nash
Made from reimagined/recycled images and sounds from the filmmaker’s archive and other found materials, Undercurrents is a poetic essay documentary about the undercurrents of history playing out in the present. It is a meditation on the global rise of the far-right, war and the nuclear threat. It explores links between patriarchal power, the environmental crisis, racism and colonisation and pays tribute to the life affirming power of resistance.
Awards
2024
Critics Honourable Mention, Melbourne Women in Film Festival
Film Festivals and Screenings
2024
Festival International de Films de Femmes, Creteil
Antenna Documentary Film Festival, Australian Shorts competition.
Festival International de Films de Femmes, Creteil Paris
Melbourne Women in Film Festival
2023
Canberra Film Festival
Wauchope Arts 'Stories for the Future'
Adelaide Film Festival
Warsaw International Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF)
Producer, Director, Editor: Margot Nash
Sound mix, online and colour grade: Michael Gissing, Digital City Studios
Narration recording: Luke Bacon
Narrated by: Margot Nash
Archival restorations: Ray Argall
Music: Selected music from Shadow Panic, composer Elizabeth Drake; selected music from Vacant Possession, composer Alistair Jones
Completion date 2023
Genres Documentary, Short
Experimental, Hybrid
Shooting format HD, DV, 16mm, Super 8
Running time 19 minutes 22 seconds
Speed 24fps
Resolution 1920 x 1080
Aspect ratio 1:85:1
Screening Format DCP