Natalie Erika James
Her first feature film, Relic, premiered in the Midnight section of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. The film features performances from Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote, and Robyn Nevin and is produced by Carver Films and Nine Stories, with support from the Russo Brothers' AGBO, Screen Australia, and Film Victoria.
James's 2016 short film, Creswick, debuted at the Melbourne International Film Festival and won the 2017 AWGIE Award for Best Short Form Screenplay from the Australian Writers' Guild.
Relic
Natalie Erika James
Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote
When Edna—the elderly and widowed matriarch of the family—goes missing, her daughter and granddaughter travel to their remote family home to find her. Soon after her return, they start to discover a sinister presence haunting the house and taking control of Edna.
Relic
Apartment 7A
Natalie Erika James
Julia Garner, Dianne Wiest
In Apartment 7A, a psychological thriller set in 1965, Terry Gionoffrio, an aspiring dancer portrayed by Julia Garner, moves into the infamous Bramford apartment building after a career-altering injury. Seeking to revive her dreams of success in New York City, she finds herself in the home of a wealthy older couple. As Terry pursues her ambitions, she becomes embroiled in mysterious and unsettling occurrences that make her question the couple's motives and the dark history surrounding her new residence. The film explores themes of ambition, trust, and the supernatural, providing a fresh take on the legacy of Rosemary's Baby.
Apartment 7A
Burrow
Natalie Erika James
At a prestigious Beijing university, Weichen prepares for his first sexual encounter under the pressures of inflated expectation and nightmarish anxieties surrounding his mother. Set within the world of the post-'90s generation of Chinese youth, BURROW is a dark coming-of-age story about the paralyzing nature of self-doubt about the primal responses we have to our fear of failure.
Burrow
