Film Club: Shanon King

The Daughters of Fire (2018)

12 April 2020

Film Still: The Daughters of Fire, Albertina Carri 2019.

Shanon King is the Co-Director of Brisbane Queer Film Festival (BQFF). In 2017 Shanon and Co-Director Justin Marshman began producing the festival independently, screening at the refurbished New Farm Cinemas. BQFF is now in its 21st year in 2020, held in March annually, since its beginning, founded at the Brisbane Powerhouse in the year 2000. Shanon joined Brisbane Powerhouse in 2010, as Programming Coordinator for the Producing team and began working on BQFF from 2011 - 2013 as Festival Coordinator. The 2015 & 16 festivals saw Shanon take a curatorial role at the helm of BQFF. Shanon’s connection to BQFF goes back to 2005, undertaking a university placement with Brisbane Powerhouse during BQFF’s 6th year and since graduating, began working for Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) 2006 - 2009. Shanon stayed working in operational roles on the local film festival circuit at Sydney Film Festival in 2010 & 2016, Iranian Film Festival Australia 2011 - 2016; Channels The Australian Video Art Festival 2013 - 2019; Asia Pacific Screen Awards / Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival 2015; and Content Manager for Griffith Film School’s Asia Pacific Film Online course 2016. In 2017 Shanon began working at BlakDance, the national service and producing organisation for First Nations Dance in Australia, and from 2020 is its Chief Operations Officer. In October 2019, Shanon was invited to join NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema) as its Treasurer.

FILM: The Daughters of Fire (2018) (1hr 56mins) dir. Albertina Carri

ABOUT: Two female lovers reunite after a long time. One wants to shoot a porn film, the other wants to visit her family. As they happen upon a woman during a bar fight with homophobes, they decide to hit the road, embarking on a polyamorous journey across Patagonia, picking up other women along the way.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.