The Players

Summer. 1994. Emily is cast as the youngest member of an avant garde theatre production. She is immediately entranced by the bohemian lives of her fellow actors and feels like she has found a surrogate family, but as the lines between artistic and personal relationships blur, Emily becomes trapped in the complex power dynamics within the group.

"The Players is a poignant, tense and distressing exploration of power dynamics, manipulation and coercion. It can be slightly overwhelming at times and creates a very strong atmosphere of naivety and vulnerability. There’s a terrific cast at work and the directorial style is confident and purposeful.”

- Film Carnage

"Countless stories have surfaced of powerful people using their influence to manipulate and control employees within the creative industries, with some of the most notorious being turned into feature films and documentary series. Writer-director Sarah Galea-Davis draws upon her own experiences as a teenager to tell another provocative warning about the toxicity within the arts in The Players."

- TheUpComing