Go Home Now
Combining the talents of a filmmaker and music producer on opposite sides of the earth, ‘Go Home Now’ features melancholic beats by Athens-based Autow Nite Superstore and a dance narrative by New Zealand artist Natasha Cantwell, that hovers between wistful and creepy.
The music video captures the filmmaker’s take on the lyric “and we can both live out our lives and grow old” with one dancer succumbing to life’s inevitabilities and the other fighting against them.
Shot in December 2019, the lush colours of the Melbourne locations were captured vividly on 16mm film shortly before the Australian summer bushfires covered the city in a smoke haze, and the heat waves turned the parkland crispy brown. Here, even the landscape surrenders to the harsh reality that nothing lasts forever.
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Natasha CantwellDirector
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Autow Nite SuperstoreMusic
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Jack BatesKey Cast
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Kaela DaffaraKey Cast
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Jasmine DhakalKey Cast
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Andrea James LuiKey Cast
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Sean MolloyKey Cast
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Bella SkyriotisKey Cast
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Project Type:Experimental, Music Video, Short
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Runtime:4 minutes 6 seconds
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Completion Date:April 29, 2020
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Country of Origin:New Zealand
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Country of Filming:Australia
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:16mm
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Aspect Ratio:4:3
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Garofano Rosso FIlm FestivalForme
Italy
September 13, 2021 -
Moinho Cine FestCustóias, Leça do Balio e Guifões
Portugal
April 9, 2021 -
IMARPRibeirão Preto
Brazil
December 7, 2020 -
Experimental SuperstarsNovi Sad
Serbia
November 3, 2020
Jury Award for Best Music Video
Spanning music video, fashion photography and art projects, Natasha Cantwell’s work openly embraces awkwardness while drawing from the absurdity of human behaviour. Her 16mm experimental films have screened at festivals and exhibitions worldwide, including Experiments In Cinema in the U.S. and the European Media Art Festival and Stuttgart Filmwinter Festival For Expanded Media in Germany.
Holding a Bachelor of Graphic Design and a Postgraduate Diploma in Art and Design from the Auckland University of Technology, Cantwell has guest lectured at Unitec and the Manukau Institute of Technology in Auckland, New Zealand. She has also presented at Semi Permanent Design Conference in Sydney, Australia as the senior photographer for Frankie Magazine.
Alongside her art practice, she produces and curates for festivals and galleries, including the Auckland Underground Film Festival, Channels: The Australian Video Art Festival and the Victorian Archives Centre Gallery. She is currently based in Melbourne, Australia.