Feature Film

From All Sides

Synopsis:

A mother's former life as a professional dancer resurfaces, catapulting each member of her family into parallel journeys of cultural and sexual awakening, unearthing a minefield of race relations, class tension and sexuality in the outer suburbs of Sydney. 

"American Beauty", but set in contemporary Australia in south-west Sydney, with a multi racial brown family at the centre, "From All Sides" is a dark suburban satire. 

The film tells the story of Indian-Australian Anoushka, a former Bharatanatyam dancer who made the crossover into contemporary dance and then soon after left, disillusioned. She’s now a middle-aged mother living in suburbia, balancing motherhood and a covert open relationship with her bisexual husband. 

The life of her family begins to unravel when her former career starts to resurface as her teenage daughter Nina prepares to audition for a state-level schools dance ensemble. .