Lachlan Hamill

'Wake' is a poignant tale of two brothers Syd and Elijah, who are on their annual camping trip in the Australian bushland together. However, Elijah finds it hard to stay present during the trip with his older brother Syd, as there is an aching weight within himself that he does not want to face – Syd’s unforgiving battle with terminal cancer.

A surreal feminist satire sees history’s greatest patriarchs - Adam, Genghis Khan, Henry VIII, and Napoleon - undone by Lilith and a mischievous Goddess of the void. Through rich tableaux, symbolic food rituals, and playful myth-making, the film exposes the fragility beneath dominance and reimagines softness as a radical force.