THE BLUFF

Image by Felix Lovell

GALLERY

A man is missing. Do you save face or face the town?

Hidden in a seaside town at the bottom of Australia, a community shuffles through the days, each the same as the last. The ladies gather in the tearoom of the church charity-shop as their familiar world whirls around them like clockwork. 

When the pillar of the town, Charles Fortsmith, goes missing, his wife is left to face the community he left behind. She must decide between hope and truth, undeterred by the watchful eye of righteous neighbours.

Watch as the salty air erodes the town’s comfortable facade, and the grotesque underbelly is revealed; an examination of what we bury to be part of something bigger than ourselves. 

Two men stand against a black background, one appears younger with curly hair and a dark sweater, the other older with gray hair and a beard wearing a navy blue zip-up shirt.
A young man with curly hair wearing a dark sweater, adjusting earphones in a dark setting.
A serious woman with curly blonde hair and a cross necklace, wearing a blue cardigan over a blue dress, standing against a dark background with subtle white diagonal lines.
Young man with curly hair wearing headphones, dressed in a dark sweater, striking a pose with an arm bent, against a black background with white geometric lines.
A woman with short dark hair wearing a purple shirt, looking contemplative with one hand on her face and the other on her chest, against a black background with white lines.
A young man with curly brown hair wearing headphones looking up against a black background with white lines.
A middle-aged man with a beard and mustache, dressed in a brown blazer and green sweater, standing against a black background with white diagonal lines.
A smiling man with a beard and light brown hair, wearing a navy blue zip-up sweater, stands against a black background with white geometric lines.
A portrait of a middle-aged woman with short dark curly hair, wearing a purple button-up shirt and a gold necklace, standing against a black background with white diagonal lines.

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