A headstrong journalist whose investigative podcast uncovers a strange artifact, an alien conspiracy, and the lies at the heart of her own story.A headstrong journalist whose investigative podcast uncovers a strange artifact, an alien conspiracy, and the lies at the heart of her own story.A headstrong journalist whose investigative podcast uncovers a strange artifact, an alien conspiracy, and the lies at the heart of her own story.
- Awards
- 4 nominations
Ling Cooper Tang
- Floramae
- (voice)
Ansuya Nathan
- Paula
- (voice)
Erik Thomson
- Dad
- (voice)
Terence Crawford
- Klaus
- (voice)
Matt Crook
- Scott
- (voice)
Rashidi Edward
- John
- (voice)
Brigid Zengeni
- Shiloh
- (voice)
Damon Herriman
- Jarad
- (voice)
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- TriviaOf this film, its director Matt Vesely has said: "The opportunity to make striking science fiction is one I've worked towards my entire life. I'm so grateful for this opportunity from the SAFC [South Australian Film Corporation] and the Adelaide Film Festival [AFF], and am stoked with the team we've put together. There's a real feeling of ownership from the entire cast and crew, and that's a really supportive place to make a first feature.''
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Monolith
A strong willed, but seemingly on the way out journalist runs a podcast covering unsolved mysteries from her parents' lavish, isolated home. When she receives an anonymous email she follows it up and is told of a strange black brick that had altered the life of an ex maid. Investigating further she discovers an art dealer who has acquired a few of the bricks and had them scanned - he sends the results to the journalist. As the investigation progresses further and more people contact her, she begins to realise that she may in fact be directly involved in the mystery herself.
A tense and interesting low budget independent sci-fi thriller filmed entirely in the house and with just one actor seen, the unnamed journalist, played convincingly by Lily Sullivan. The investigative element involving interviewing various affected characters over the phone is well done and is actually the best part, as the possible ways in which the brick might be affecting people slowly emerges leading in turn to how the mystery might be directly involving the journalist. It is sci-fi and inevitably it brings the threads together with a bit of out there weirdness, but it's well enough handled and overall this is a fascinating and tense 94 minutes.
A tense and interesting low budget independent sci-fi thriller filmed entirely in the house and with just one actor seen, the unnamed journalist, played convincingly by Lily Sullivan. The investigative element involving interviewing various affected characters over the phone is well done and is actually the best part, as the possible ways in which the brick might be affecting people slowly emerges leading in turn to how the mystery might be directly involving the journalist. It is sci-fi and inevitably it brings the threads together with a bit of out there weirdness, but it's well enough handled and overall this is a fascinating and tense 94 minutes.
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- henry8-3
- May 18, 2024
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- Also known as
- Монолит
- Filming locations
- Adelaide Hills, South Australia, Australia(main location: Balhannah)
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- Budget
- A$640,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $12,480
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.00 : 1
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