Mosquitoes (Upcoming)
Feature documentary
Written, directed, and edited by Garden Reflexxx.
Featuring Evelyn Roth and Alison James
Caledonian Road (2016)
Short film, 22 min.
Written, directed, and edited by Garden Reflexxx.
Premiered at Pornfilmfestival Berlin; screened at Art, Not Apart (NFSA)
Grape Steak (2023)
Feature film, 99 min.
Written, directed, and edited by Garden Reflexxx.
Screened at Pink Flamingo Cinema (Eora), Miscellania (Naarm), Ancient World (Kaurna), Spectacle Theater NYC, Sideway (Ngunnawal), Golden Age Cinema (Eora), and ACMI ART+FILM (Naarm).
Mood Ring (2024)
Feature film, 71 min.
Produced by Garden Reflexxx as the debut feature of director Sereima Adimate.
Screened at Sydney Festival 2024, Golden Age Cinema (Eora), The Substation (Naarm), and presented as Mood Ring 360° at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre (Eora).
Immortal Memories (2020)
Experimental documentary, online vigil, 63 min.
Image, sound, and concept by Bhenji Ra and Garden Reflexxx.
A feature documentary financed by Sydney Mardi Gras, Amazon, and The Gender Centre; premiered online.
Trade Routes (2023)
Three-channel video installation.
Edited and co-produced by Garden Reflexxx for artist Bhenji Ra.
Co-commissioned by Plimsoll Gallery / University of Tasmania and TarraWarra Museum of Art.
Presented at TarraWarra Biennial 2023: ua usiusi faʻavaʻasavili and Plimsoll Gallery as part of Interfacial Intimacies.
Baby, Baby You’re a Natural (2025)
Two-channel video.
Cinematography and editing by Garden Reflexxx for Amrita Hepi.
Filmed across Bangkok.
Premiered at Mosman Art Gallery (Eora).
Biraddali Dancing on the Horizon (2024)
16mm work.
Edited by Garden Reflexxx for Bhenji Ra, working from digital scans of film stock.
Presented as part of Bhenji Ra’s solo exhibition at Auto Italia (London).
BIOSPHERE (2023)
Video work.
Edited by Garden Reflexxx for Sarah Rodigari.
Commissioned by Spaced as part of Rural Utopias.
Exhibited at the Art Gallery of Western Australia.
Club Ate’s Ang Idol Ko (2022)
Two-channel video.
Cinematography, co-production, and editing by Garden Reflexxx.
Premiered as part of The Ultra Unreal, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (Eora).
Dust (2021)
Two-channel video.
Cinematography and co-editing by Garden Reflexxx for Blake Lawrence.
Presented alongside Lawrence’s exhibition Haunting in Kensington at Firstdraft.
Music (2025)
Curated screening program
Sydney Opera House
Garden Reflexxx Presents: Music
featured NSW premieres of works by
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Bhenji Ra, Ryan Trecartin, Reetu Sattar, Mia Khin Boe, Sarah Rodigari, and Daniel Jaffe.
Curated and produced by Garden Reflexxx.
Poster by Alex Tanazefti
Party Girl (2024)
Curated screening program
State Library of NSW
Garden Reflexxx Presents: Party Girl
featured NSW premieres of works by Amrita Hepi, Ari Angkasa, Audrey Lam, and Priya Leigh.
Curated and produced by Garden Reflexxx.
Poster by Alex Tanazefti
SWARM (2023)
Film festival
Sydney WorldPride
Skyline Drive-In (Dharug Country) & Art Gallery of New South Wales
A large-scale, trans artist–specific film festival presented as part of Sydney WorldPride 2023.
Featured Australian premieres of works by Ahya Simone, Vaginal Davis, DIS, TELFAR TV, Bhenji Ra, and Gbenga Komolafe.
Co-curated and produced by Garden Reflexxx with Xuela and gi gi.
Poster by Emmett Aldred
Overshare Video Festival (2023)
Film festival
Melbourne Fringe Festival
A two-week video and film festival featuring screenings, installations, workshops, talks, and live events.
Headline artists included Bhenji Ra, Meriem Bennani, Orian Barki, Joel Spring, Enoch Mailangi, Priya Leigh, Kathryn Bigelow, Jimmy Nuttall, and Victoria Singh-Thompson.
Curated and produced by Garden Reflexxx.
Poster image by Lily Bennett
Secrets (2022)
Curated screening & fundraiser
Pink Flamingo Cinema (Eora)
Garden Reflexxx Presents: Secrets was a fundraiser screening for the upcoming feature film Mood Ring by Stelly G, Kiki Oner, and Garden Reflexxx.
Screened works by Amrita Hepi, Sione Monu, Justine Youssef, Junglepussy, Tommy Misa & Enoch Mailangi, Mykki Blanco, Patti Harrison, Charlie Freedman, Sarah Jessica Parker & Doris Fish, with inflatables by Evelyn Roth.
Curated and presented by Garden Reflexxx.
Poster by Alex Tanazefti
Garden Reflexxx Presents: 4 (2021)
Curated screening & performance program
Mothership Studios, Marrickville (Eora)
Garden Reflexxx Presents: 4 was a one-night screening and performance program presented at Pink Flamingo Cinema’s Mothership Studios site.
The program featured works by Destiny Deacon, EO Gill, Evelyn Roth, Bhenji Ra, Stelly G & Kiki Oner, LOVEDAVID, Grace Barr, and Weyón, followed by a live sound performance staged inside an inflatable sculpture by Evelyn Roth.
Curated and presented by Garden Reflexxx.
Poster by Alex Tanazefti
Worth It! (2020)
Curated screening program
Pink Flamingo Cinema, Marrickville (Eora)
Garden Reflexxx Presents: Worth It! was a one-night screening program presenting a collection of low-core and experimental films at Pink Flamingo Cinema.
The program featured works by Jimmy Nuttall, Nunzio Madden, Emmett Aldred, Pia Borg, Harley, Oates Wu, Feng Chen, Victoria Singh-Thompson, Lily, Max and Mia, with a DJ set by Xnorpowka.
Curated and presented by Garden Reflexxx.
Poster by Alex Tanazefti
Talkies Challenge (2019)
Film festival
Pink Flamingo Cinema (Eora)
Talkies Challenge was a short film festival foregrounding experimental form, rapid production, and emerging voices.
Featured works by Jesse Kanda, Kenesha Sheridan & Will Glasspiegel, Mireille Eid, Bentley Brown, Martin Brüch, Freya Aisbitt, Ellie Bailey, Yousuf Khan Noor, André Shannon, Ray Farkas, and Kymon Palau.
Curated and presented by Garden Reflexxx.
Poster by Alex Tanazefti
Last Minute Challenge (2019)
Film festival
Pink Flamingo Cinema (Eora)
Last Minute Challenge invited filmmakers to conceive, shoot, and edit new short works within a strict time limit.
Featured films by Sione Monu, Jodie Mack, Brontez Purnell, Morgan McGlothlin, Francesca Levi & Mica Levi, Kilia Tipa × Jack Jen Atherton, Ryan Trecartin & Lizzie Fitch, Lily Bennett, Nao Bustamante, Enoch Mailangi × TJ Barton-Vaofunua, and Maddy Norris.
Curated and presented by Garden Reflexxx.
Poster by Alex Tanazefti
Garden Reflexxx
Contact
gardenreflexxx@gmail.com
Instagram: @gardenreflexxx
Vimeo: vimeo.com/gardenreflexxx
Garden Reflexxx is the creative studio of artists Jen Atherton and André Shannon. Dubbed Australia’s “picture provocateurs” (The Guardian), their practice spans film, video, and expanded cinema, operating across production, collaboration, and curation.
They co-host the ongoing radio program Movies, Movies, Movies on FBi 94.5, and have appeared as critics across broadcast and print, including ABC’s The Mix, Berlin Critics’ Week, Flickerfest, and The Guardian.
Their sold-out debut book Eyes Wide Open was published by No More Poetry in 2025.
Selected writing and press:
Berlin Critics’ Week — André Shannon, feature essay (2021)
Sissy Screens — Interviews with Leilah Weinraub and Miranda July (2020)
Soft Stir — “Welcome to Gay Beach Town” (2022)
ABC — The Mix, film criticism appearances
FBi Radio — Movies, Movies, Movies (2018–2025)