Penny wants to revive the love in her long-term relationship with Aly, but when Aly suffers a stroke and her hidden affair is revealed, Penny is forced to discover what true love means to her. Love Rewind is an independent feature film set against the back drop of the same-sex marriage postal vote.
Drama Rated M (Adult themes, coarse language and sex scenes) 70 minutes English,
Made in Melbourne, Australia
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Writer & Director: Demetra Giannakopoulos
Cast: Ruth Katerelos, Maria Papas, Janelle Da Silva, Alec Gilbert, Loraine Fabb
SCREENING, STREAMING, AND EVENTS
Melbourne, Australia
Sat, 26 April 2025
Love Rewind: the Movie, the Music, and Lesbian Visibility Day
@ The Victorian Pride Centre, 79 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, Vic
SELECTED for the Greek Film Festival Melbourne
INTERVIEW with Demetra Giannakopoulos on SBS GREEK RADIO (English)
INTERVIEW with Demetra Giannakopoulos on SBS GREEK RADIO (Greek)
INTERVIEW with Maria Papas, Ruth Katerelos, and Demetra Giannakopoulos on OUTTAKES JOY 94.9 RADIO
INTERVIEW in NEOS KOSMOS newspaper (English)
INTERVIEW in NEOS KOSMOS newspaper (Greek)
INTERVIEW with Demetra Giannakopoulos on TAKE ME TO YOUR READER on JOY 94.9 RADIO
WATCH the trailer launch at Chapel off Chapel for the Midsumma Festival
Cast
Ruth Katerelos
Maria Papas
Janelle Da Silva
Lorraine Fabb
Alec Gilbert
Crew
Writer/Director: Demetra Giannakopoulos
Producers: RiViD Media
Director of photography: Vicki Jones
Long synopsis
Althea and Penny find each other, and despite opposition, promise to be together forever. 17 years later, Australia is preparing to vote on same- sex marriage, but their relationship is strained. Pen struggles to hold it together, as she feels the distance growing between them. Unknown to Pen, Ali is having an affair.
One night, wondering where Ali is, Pen receives a phone call telling her that Ali has had a stroke. Pen rushes to the hospital and clashes with Sophia, Ali’s mother, about who has the right to determine Ali’s care. Pen asks their lawyer friend Dom for help. That night Ali’s lover Narvi visits the hospital and the two women meet. When Ali regains consciousness, there are gaps in her memory, lost moments between her present and her past, but Ali remembers Pen; and she remembers Narvi. While Australia is debating and then voting in support of same-sex marriage, Pen realises that Ali is in love with Narvi and tries to salvage their relationship.
In an attempt recapture their connection, Pen and Ali take a holiday to the scene of an earlier time to see if they can rewind time; to rewind love.