Sydney Indie Film Festival 2019 – Political Thriller Movies Night! TUESDAY, 29TH OCTOBER, 7:30PM
Sydney Indie Film Festival 2019 – Political Thriller Movies Night! TUESDAY, 29TH OCTOBER, 7:30PM
Political Thriller Movies from Australia-Switzerland-Macedonia! Watch the films & Participate in the Q&As with the Filmmakers!
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“The Hague Witness”, Mitko Panov, MACEDONIA, SWITZERLAND, https://vimeo.com/269361939
Language: English, Serbian
Cast: Bruno Ganz , Marthe Keller , Podraic Delaney, Natasha Petrovic
Synopsis: At the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Colonel Pantic is accused of crimes against humanity, but no one dares to testify against him. Vince Harrington, ambition driven officer of the court, decides to go to Ex-Yugoslavia in search of the only man able to confront the colonel, former General Nikola Radin. The journey turns into a fierce manhunt as no one wants Radin to testify at The Hague. No one, except general Radin’s daughter…
Logline: A romantic political thriller about a nerdy junior officer from The Hague War Tribunal discovering affection while pursuing justice.
Carcerem, Jason Trembath, Australia
Language: English
Cast: Jeremy Lindsary Taylor, Matthew Pearce
Synopsis: A young officer wants to leave the desolate planet of Carcerem after completing his required tour of duty, but he is manipulated into staying by his obsessed Commanding Officer, who believes a war is coming.
This short film is a concept scene from a feature film in development.
The Writer/Director has extensive in filmmaking and VFX. He combined this with his 13 years experience as an Infantry Officer (current rank: Captain) in the Army Reserves and 4 years full time service at Army Headquarters’ specialised Future Warfare Unit (a unit assembled to project and study future warfare).
This story utilises his experiences, lessons learnt and observations, in order to create gritty realism in the story and the characters.
The White Limbo, Ali Vaziri, Australia, https://vimeo.com/318104380
Language: English
Cast: Baha Jamali, Marjan Lotfali, Shayan Askari, Ali Elhamimanesh, Delaram Admadi, Ali Vaziri
Synopsis: An asylum seeker who is waiting for a protection visa is witnessing the lost of his beloved ones.
Program subject to change without notice.
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