Sydney Indie Film Festival Feature Film “Love is Dead” + Short Films “Stick To Your Gun” “Swipe Left”
“Tears of Valhalla” “That’s Life” “Vows “+ Q&A with Filmmakers!

Romantic Comedies with the Kicks!

Saturday, 23rd of September 2017
Time: 6:00PM

Feature Film:

Love is Dead (FRANCE)
Director: Eric Capitaine
Cast: Benjamin Lavernhe, Elisa Ruschke & Aïssa Maïga
Synopsis: Mathias Lonisse is a young entrepreneur, proud founder of “Love is Dead” a business providing a peculiar service to its costumers as it offers to take care of their break-ups for them. One day however, Mathias successful business backfire as his own mother asks him to break up with his father for her.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GShthh9pJVQ

Short Films:

Stick To Your Gun (NZ)
Director: Joe Hitchcock
Cast:Jodie Rimmer, Levi Holley
Synopsis: A gun-loving woman aspires to cook breakfast for the man handcuffed to her bed, but first she has to stop a wild chicken from destroying everything.
“A seriously twisted variation on a Tom and Jerry cartoon, with a side of bondage. A wild blend of live action and animation.”
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/168139479

Swipe Left (AUSTRALIA)
Director: Caroline McQuade
Cast: Izzy Stevens, Jay Kallaway
Synopsis: Tinder meets The Hunger Games when a group of singles download a new dating app.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/rfQWjAoxcbM

Tears of Valhalla (NZ)
Director: David Allen
Cast: Ilena Shadbolt, Sarah Munn, Daniel Rathbonn, Brendan West, James Bennet, Stephanie Sinclaire
Synopsis: When a young Viking princess inherits the sacred amulet from her dying clan king father over her older brother, she must defend her position, avenge his death, become a great warrior, and unite the fueding tribes, all in 8 minutes,

That’s Life (AUSTRALIA)
Director: Katharine Rogers
Cast: Alix Armstrong, Kaeng Chan
Synopsis: Beth is having ‘one of those days’ where nothing is going right; she’s woken up in bed with one night stand, she can’t remember his name and she’s late for a new job. As things continue to go down hill an unexpected discovery and the return of a stolen item save the day.

Vows (USA)
Director: Mark McKinsey
Synopsis: Vows is the story of a man on one of the biggest days of his life – he is incredibly excited, but is suddenly reminded of a deep sadness that plagues this very happy day with the person he loves most.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/219768290

Films introduced by Filmmakers followed by Q&A after screenings.