Feature Film

Roswell Delirium

Directed by Richard Bakewell

AFIN 2024 Finalist

  • 2024
  • 1h 50m
  • USA
  • English
  • PG
  • Sci-fi
  • Drama
  • Thrillers
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Music & Sound

Synopsis

During the 1980s the US is hit by a wave of nuclear attacks, and after the fallout those who remain pretend like everything is normal even though they are all experiencing radiation poisoning. A young girl named Mayday tries to make contact on a series of ham radios with her father who is in space on a shuttle mission. Instead of making contact she receives a intergalactic distress call from space that leads her on a journey to Spacerock, the land where Area 51 once was. She is exposed to severe levels of radiation and within days all of her organs start to fail. Knowing that medical treatment won't help her mother Wendy brings her back to Spacerock to give her to the aliens in hopes that they may be able to save her.

Director's Statement

Richard Bakewell, filmmaker portrait provided to AFIN.

My latest film Roswell Delirium makes bold connections between trauma, memory, history, and redemption, the result is an original feature that will impact audiences in unexpected ways. “Roswell Delirium” is likely to not only evoke nostalgia for a certain kind of character-based fantasy filmmaking that peaked in the 1980s, but also remind us that our own present-day existence is troubled, difficult, and harrowing - and may be creating traumas that we won’t fully understand for years to come.

What makes this one special

  • Australian PremiereThe filmmaker tells us this is where it happens

Director's Biography

Richard Bakewell, filmmaker portrait provided to AFIN. Richard Bakewell Director

Richard Bakewell, an award-winning Director and Director of Photography, attended Columbia College Chicago with a concentration in Cinematography. In 2003 Richard founded the film and television company Lightforce Pictures. Richard has spent the last 19 years working as a Director, and Director of Photography for commercials, branded content, narrative films, corporate, music videos, and documentaries. Richard and his Production Team have received over 26 Awards commending their work in Film & Television. Every film I make is inspired by what the greats have done before. My films tell the hero's journey about a flawed character, giving hints of humor along the way to make you fall in love with the protagonist, and in the end come grieve for them as they like us sometimes never had a voice, never felt they deserved love, or stood a chance in this world.

Trailer

Placings

Recognised in this category at AFIN 2024, as announced that season.

  • Best Supporting Performance Finalist

AFIN 2026

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Screening 1 at Dendy Cinemas Portside, Brisbane

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