Fresh from its recent screening at the 2025 Adelaide Film Festival, Fear of Songs arrives at ILA, newly re-versioned and created bespoke for ILA’s Studio. There will be two (free) public screenings on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 November. 

The latest work by South Australian filmmaker Hannah Moore, Fear of Songs continues her bold exploration of social justice and inclusive storytelling. Developed with support from the prestigious Hanlon Larsen Screen Fellowship, the work reimagines a night in 2003 when asylum seeker Akram al Masri was released from the Woomera Detention Centre and the devastating aftermath that followed. 

 Presented as an immersive multi-channel installation, Fear of Songs blurs the line between truth, memory, and imagination, highlighting how a human life can get lost in mass media.  

Fear of Songs feels timely and resonant, confronting the ongoing realities of displacement, state violence, and media representation that continue to shape our world. Its screening on Saturday 15 November marks the anniversary of the Palestinian Declaration of Independence, inviting reflection on the struggles that remain relevant today.  

About the Hanlon Larsen Screen Fellowship 

The Hanlon Larsen Screen Fellowship (HLSF) supports an outstanding South Australian screen practitioner by awarding a fellowship that assists the creation or completion of an ambitious experimental screen-based work.

Co-chair of The Mercury Peter Hanlon created the HLSF to inspire and enable aspiring experimental and surreal filmmakers to develop their distinctive voice and create bold work for the screen to ensure that Cole’s commitment to think (and do) outside the square lives on.

The HLSF is a collaborative fellowship supported by philanthropist Peter Hanlon, Flinders University, Adelaide Film Festival, The Mercury and ILA.