Best Documentary - Western Australian Screen Awards 2004
Best Editing - Western Australian Screen Awards 2004

Australia - 10', S-16mm, DigiBeta PAL 16:9, copyright VIDIOLA 2004

SYNOPSIS

Going to The Dogs is a highly stylised, half animated parody documentary that uses dogs as metaphors to examine multiculturalism and immigration policies in Australia.

The film is narrated by the Brazilian Director who observes the everyday life of both multicultural dogs and people of the exclusive suburb of Cottesloe, in Western Australia. His humorous descriptions of these Australian cultural practices lead to the re-creation of a popular local event: a doggy Christmas party, organised by character Mrs. Ping Bond, a Chinese migrant. At the party the comparison between "multicultural dogs" and the asylum seekers of Christmas Island Detention Centre is unavoidable.