The Critters Are Going 'Back to the Outback'
Tired of being cooped up in their cages, the critters escape the Australian zoo and try to find their way to the outback.

Made for the 20th anniversary of London’s Close-Up Film Centre, Close Up was created as part of a programme inviting fifty filmmakers to respond to a place dedicated to cinema. Rivers’ two-minute 16mm miniature becomes an intimate reflection on the cinema as both a physical space and a shared experience – a place for looking, gathering and keeping film culture alive.
Tired of being cooped up in their cages, the critters escape the Australian zoo and try to find their way to the outback.
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