Airdate: Anonymous Club

Feature documentary Anonymous Club profiling singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett will premiere on ABC TV Plus.

The film had its world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2021, and screened at the Sydney Film Festival, Cinefest Oz and Brisbane International Film Festival, SXSW 2022, Hot Docs 2022, CPH:DOX 2022, Glastonbury 2022 and more.

It is written and directed by Danny Cohen, produced by Philippa Campey and Samantha Dinning, edited by Ben Hall, with a score by Courtney Barnett and Stella Mozgawa. Executive producers are Sue Maslin and Nick O’Byrne.

The AACTA nominated Anonymous Club is the antithesis of a rock biography. With unprecedented, intimate access to the private life of Courtney Barnett, this innovative and stylised 16mm feature documentary follows a paradoxically introverted performer and anti-influencer, who, at the height of success, is ready to walk away. Three years in the making, and shot on 16mm film, Danny Cohen’s feature documentary reveals a woman who finds power in sharing her vulnerability. Recording her innermost thoughts on a dictaphone, Courtney begins her slow acceptance of Danny Cohen’s camera. This unique filming process mirrors Courtney’s gradual search for purpose and emergence as an artist embracing her place in the world.

Anonymous Club is a Film Camp production, with principal production investment from Screen Australia in association with Film Victoria and the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) Premiere Fund. The film was financed with the assistance of The Post Lounge, Mind The Gap Film Finance and Film Art Media, alongside private investment. Anonymous Club is being distributed in Australia by Film Art Media.

Wednesday November 30 at 8.45pm AEDT on ABC TV Plus.