Sydney Indie Film Festival 2018 – 25th October 5:30PM – Short Films #4 – Thriller #1!
Sydney Indie Film Festival 2018 – 25th October 5:30PM – Short Films #4 – Thriller #1!
“Cells” “Der dunkle Reigen” “Emmanuel” “O.I.” “Petrel” “Repentance” “Russian Six”+ Q&A with the Filmmakers!
Tickets:
Thu. 25 October 2018, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
SUGGESTED ARRIVAL TIME: 5:15PM
For the Red Carpet Meetings & Greetings Shananigans 
Cells
Director Raymond Wood, United States
Cast: Mark Ashworth, Ben Owen
Synopsis: When a reputable doctor finds himself being held captive by a group of masked intruders, he struggles to understand their motives while being forced to answer why billions of dollars go wasted each year in the name of medical research.
“A guerilla PSA.”
-Scott Phillips, Way Down Film Festival
“Well shot and paced, cinematic, tight and contained like a short should be, gripping and engaging the whole way through, and touching on an important subject matter without being preachy. Well done!”
-Jason Fitzgerald, Lonely Sheep Productions
Australian Premiere
Der Dunkle Reigen
Director Dominik Bücheler, Austria, Germany
Cast: Anne Gleich, Isabella Jeschke, Wolfgang Hundegger, Elisabeth Rass, Martin Ploderer, Hannah Jaitner, Alexander Heindl
Synopsis: In the turmoil after the First World War, young Agnes and her mentor Jadwiga reach an isolated, Austrian village. Although they are initially rejected and denounced by the villagers, the two curative women help with their medical knowledge. They heal the blindness of Frieda, the sacristan’s daughter. In the process Frieda and Agnes get closer. So close that the village won’t accept the sacrilege. In the fight for respect, morals and social norms, everyone loses in the end. Australia
Emmanuel
Director Rodrigo Torres, Australia
Cast: Michael Grocholsky, Luke Ford, Samm Cluff, Nic Darrigo
Synopsis: After joining an extremist religious cult, Emmanuel is faced with the reality of the pending apocalypse. After failing to maintain the purity required for the rapture he is sent away to cleanse himself before the final day. There he is tested one last time.
O.I.
Director N’cee van Heerden, Canada
Cast: Ben Cotton, Kett Turton, Paul McGillion, Toby Hargrave, Jennifer Nicole Stang
Synopsis: Chris revisits the Tiki bar where he made his first ever deal. He wants to celebrate the biggest deal he’s ever made by drinking down memory lane. It is early morning and there is only one other customer, Barry, and the Barman.
Barry is drinking to forget and is in no mood to celebrate anything. Only Chris’ offer of free drinks for a week if he can’t solve Barry’s problems makes Barry change his mind. Barry has a unique problem. He came up with a truly original idea. And he is the only one immune to it. Chris doesn’t believe a word of it and is determined to prove Barry a liar and win the bet.
Australian Premiere
Petrel
Director Charles Broad, Australia
Cast: Jordan Schutt, Isabel Dickson, Christopher Coleman
Synopsis: In the middle of rural Australia a man is running away from his past. He soon becomes stuck inside an empty petrol station, hoping to escape. But the station is more certain of his chances than he is….
@cdbroad
Repentance
Director Jack Welch, Australia
Cast: Harriet Chomley, Stephen Mahy
Synopsis: A woman who has been beaten and abused by her husband kills him and spends her final day of freedom making peace with her friends.
World Premiere
Russian Six
Director Michael M. Arkhipov, Russian Federation
Cast: Kirill Batishta, Angelina Mazanova, Anton Bystryakov, Dmitry Krivosheev, Sergey Zharkov, Sergey Yashin
Synopsis: Four strangers are playing «Russian Six» for money. The rules are the same as in Russian Roulette, but here each roll of the dice defines the number of bullets in the gun drum one has to charge. What made them play such a deadly game?
World Premiere
Program subject to change without notice.
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