Sydney Indie Film Festival 2019 – Thriller Drama & True Stories – WEDNESDAY, 23RD OCTOBER, 7:30PM
Sydney Indie Film Festival 2019 – Thriller Drama & True Stories - WEDNESDAY, 23RD OCTOBER, 7:30PM
True Events Inspired, Thriller & Drama from Australia & World! Watch the films & Participate in the Q&As with the Filmmakers!
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“Benefited”, Clare McCann, AUS, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ei-6IeATk0
Cast: Clare McCann, Ryan Bown, Cristian Borello, Tim Ross, Shalane Connors, Chris Broadbent, Alex Romano
Synopsis: Benefited is a disturbing eye opening montage detailing the intertwining lives of a young single mother, a man trying to be a father, and an adolescent thief. These three lives clash together in this didactic drama set in the Western Sydney government housing area.
Written and directed by award winning actress and filmmaker Clare McCann, Benefited is an unflinching look at the lower socio economic areas of Sydney Australia shinning a spotlight on social stigma and those suffering living below the poverty line.
Inside Water, D’Arby Deck, Australia,
Language: English
Cast: Jake Speer, Myles Pollard, Maggie Dence
Synopsis: After his father commits suicide in the midst of the most severe drought on record, Matthew has to take on the responsibilities of managing a faltering sheep station and caring for his younger brother and grandmother. Set against the backdrop of the harsh and unforgiving Australian bush, Matthew must protect his family and his most precious resource, water, from a rising and unexpected threat.
Rise n’ Shine, Silver Kim, Canada, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7lY0GlnLTE
Language: English
Cast: Ashley Evans, Silver Kim, Tamara Hamilton, Marcio Moreno
Synopsis: During the Klondike gold rush, Tagish First Nation, Skookum Jim, hid millions of dollars’ worth of gold around the Yukon. 100 years later, Amanda, a small town wife/mother, dreams of opening Rise n’ Shine bakery on the Alaska Highway in memory of her mother. When her loan application is rejected because of her husband’s gambling problem she is spiritually crushed, and kicks Jim out. Later, when she returns to work at Mukluk Annie’s, two armed masked men hold up the restaurant and steal the historic relic “Charlie” believing that there’s gold in its snout. Amanda recognizes the men are her husband Jim and his shady friend, Randy. She volunteers herself as a hostage. After they dodge the RCMP and find a hideout, gold fever inevitably takes over, and Randy tries to steal the gold for himself. Jim and Randy fight, causing Jim to fall 100 feet into a river. Just as Randy is about to run away with the gold, Amanda catches him o guard and knocks him out. As the gold falls into the river, Amanda must choose between saving her good-hearted but very flawed husband or retrieving the sinking gold…
Program subject to change without notice.
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