The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins

The 'art star' is renowned contemporary artist Vanessa Beecroft; this film follows her from Africa to New York and Europe in her efforts to adopt two orphaned Sudanese twins. How the process impacts on her art and personal life, and the contradictions of her mission, are provokingly documented by director Pietra Brettkelly. Art Star won best doco, director and editing at 2009's Qantas Film and TV Awards and was selected for multiple festivals, including Sundance. LA Times: "a brutally honest, remarkably self-critical reflection on foreign adoption".

...a brutally honest, remarkably self-critical reflection on foreign adoption that touches unexpectedly on issues of alienation and loneliness.

– LA Times reviewer Carino Chocano

Key Cast & Crew

Pietra Brettkelly

Writer, Director, Producer

Clare Burlinson

Colourist

Beth Tredray

Sound Design, Sound Mix

Jacob Bryant

Cinematographer

Irena Dol

Editor