THE NIGHT MOSES DIED, 2026 | email info@lilahbenetti to request the FULL screener and/or EPK.
THE NIGHT MOSES DIED
Year: 2026
Duration: 13.47minutes
Language: English
With no room left to breathe, nineteen-year-old Moses drifts downstairs to a retired showgirl, and one restless night under the flicker of sequins and cigarette smoke, Moses disappears.
A FILM BY LILAH BENETTI
REWRAN JOHN as Moses
JULIE LOUISE BATES AO as Carmel
LINA JOKY as Michelle
IVY BURNET as Mary
SERKAN TOKGOZ as Paul
Director LILAH BENETTI
Producer MIMO MUKII
Written by LILAH BENETTI AND MAXINE ELLAH
Director of Photography JESSE LANE
Production Design AJ CORONEL
Composer REIHARA
Editor LILAH BENETTI
Costume Designer SHAMILLAR MANHIKA
Hair and Makeup Artist TRINITY HILL
Presented by ADELAIDE FILM FESTIVAL INVESTMENT FUND
PRIDE FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA and UBUNTU PROJECT
© TEN DAYS
Credits
ARTIST Lilah Benetti
SOUND DESIGN Reihara
FEATURING Togbe; Colonel Abdoulaye Ndiaye; Professor Serigne Mor Mbaye; Julien Kalipe; Raki Cis; Bachita Banasse; Khaoula Ksiksi
END CREDITS MUSIC Ndeye Seck; Raki Cis
FORMAT Single-channel digital video, HD colour, sound, 08:33; Original footage shot on analogue film and tape
SUBTITLES English (French available on request)
LOCATIONS Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Ghana; Senegal
SUPPORT Creative Victoria; Ian Potter Foundation; Ubuntu Australia; Black Rock Senegal; City of Melbourne
Selected Exhibitions
Tate Britain, History Reverberates: Portraits of Identity, UK (2025)
IFC Centre x Queer Art, NYC (2025)
NOT/NOWHERE, UK (2025)
Art Gallery of New South Wales, AUS (2025)
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