‘Like the lovechild of ‘Round the Twist’ and David Lynch, PETROL summons the inherent mystique of youth and other people.”

Another Australian filmmaker featured in this years 70th MIFF is Alena Lodkina, a Melbourne based writer and director who had her much-acclaimed debut feature ‘Strange Colours’ premiere at the Venice Film Festival 2017. She is back with a follow-up from that film which tells the story of an idealistic film student who is drawn into an enigmatic performance artist’s shadowy world.

Listen to Flick Ford’s chat with Alena about her film PETROL which is currently screening at MIFF.