Mira's Daughter (2022)
At once potently restrained and explosively oddball, Mira’s Daughter is an examination of narcissism, co-dependency and the exacting demands of fame from 2021 Flickerfest Outstanding Emerging Female Director Alisha Hnatjuk.
Top billed cast
Grace MilneViolet- Kiloran HiscockMira
- Ciara FarrellMyrtle
- Ashlee WeingartnerJune
Felicity YoungAnnie- Tom BattersbyEric
- Josephine WagstaffAuditionee
- Kirsty MilneAuditionee
- Charlie StafieldBoy
- Josh StafieldInterviewer
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