Summit at Lawson Flats
Floodland
'A multifaceted exploration of pressing global issues through a local lens.'
Film / Local stories / Documentary
Dates & Times
Tue 10 Feb
Doors 6pm
Film 6.30pm
Q&A 8pm
Duration 2hrs
Access
Tickets
Location
Lawson Flats, 4 Sherwood Ct, Perth WA 6000
Notes
Rated M – Coarse language
A deeply moving story of love and loss set in the northern NSW town of Lismore, Australia’s most flooded postcode and site of the nation’s most costly climate disaster.
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Biographies
Jordan Giusti
Director
Jordan Giusti is an award winning director based in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. He is best known for Floodland, a documentary feature film centred on the community of Lismore who live in Australia’s most climate affected area, which won the Sustainable Futures Award at Sydney Film Festival 2025, the world largest environmental film prize. Prior to Floodland, Jordan completed numerous short films including Grevillea (Berlinale’s Generation 14plus Competition, 2020) and Reptile (WINNER MIFF 2021 Emerging Australian Filmmaker award). Jordan is also twice Australian Directors Guild awards nominated for his short form work. Jordan’s films have since had notable screenings in competition at Sitges IFFFC and Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival. He is currently eyeing a transition into narrative filmmaking incorporating hybrid, docu-fiction techniques in the tradition of his short film work.
Meri Fatin
Moderator
An interviewer and WA Climate Leaders founder, Meri invites some of WA’s big thinkers to reimagine our future. Meri runs a regular program at Lawson Flats, Spaceship – vital conversations on reporting, activism and democracy in the climate space.