Continue reading »]]> Sydney Indie Film Festival – Feature Film “Forgotten Man” + Short Films “Ineffable” “Mrs S” “The Skydiver & The Scarecrow”+ Q&A with Filmmakers Maxence Cazorla (INNEFABLE/FRANCE) Ren Thackham (THE SKYDIVER/AUSTRALIA) + Awards Night Events!

Awards Night Events!

Thursday, 28th of September 2017
Time: 7:40PM

SUGGESTED ARRIVAL TIME: 7:20PM
For the Red Carpet Meetings & Greetings Shananigans

Feature Film:

Forgotten Man (UK)

Director: Arran Shearing
Cast: Obi Abili, Eleanor McLoughlin, Jerry Hall, Toby Wharton, Tyler Dawson & Peter Gregson
Synopsis: A troubled young actor in an East London Theatre Company for the homeless romances a wealthy out-of-towner in the bustling streets of contemporary London.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/138187581

Short Films:

Ineffable (FRANCE)

Director: Maxence Cazorla, Hachem El Yamani
Cast: Maxence Cazorla, Jon Allen Russo, Shawn Roe, Olivier Raynal, Sandra Rosinsky, Yoann Audoin, Maya Raad
Synopsis: After the tragic death of Helie, Finn’s childhood sweetheart, he is overwhelmed by regret and grief. Finn becomes a despondent recluse, sheltering himself in his room for weeks. One night, locked in silent misery, he receives a mystifying phone call from his beloved Helie. With the help of a mysterious stranger, Finn embarks on a journey through time and space in search of Helie, and to restore the very fabric of his life…

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/224755570

Mrs. S. (AUSTRALIA)

Director: James R. Woods
Cast: Jay K. Cagatay, Gabrielle Scollay
Synopsis: A mismatched brother and sister find themselves lost in the Australian Alps, on the way to surprise their estranged mother. Unfortunately, by the time they reach her shack among the gumtrees, she’s dead, along with their chances of rekindling their maternal bonds. In search of help, they visit a nearby petrol station, where a laconic local gives them more help than they had bargained for.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/168294817

The Skydiver & The Scarecrow (AUSTRALIA)

Director: Ren Thackham
Cast: Sheree Zellner, Mal Bailey
Synopsis: A stage play takes over the theatre actors performing it and the tragic turns in the story are mirrored by even darker twists in the fate of the actors. The result is their greatest performance ever, albeit their last.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/233468537

Intermission

Awards Announcements!

Massive Prize Packs for Film Fans!

Just purchase tickets to any two separate Sydney Indie Film Festival sessions at Event Cinemas George St Inaugural Festival Space and hand your tickets over to be in the draw to win one of 5 amazing Prize Packs from extraordinary local businesses!

3 x “I LOVE INDIE FILM” prize packs valued at $300:

Double Movie Pass for Event Cinemas George Street
Breakfast for 2 by Dachshund Coffee Hunters Hill
$50 Gift Voucher by The Bayview Hotel Gladesville
Microdermabrasion Treatment by Pure Rose Bay (Valued $150)

2 x “GET ME INTO INDIE FILM” prize packs valued at over $1000:

10 Week Term of Part Time Advanced Level Acting Class from Screen Actors Workshop, $525 value
Personal photo shoot and 3 Professional Retouched Head Shots from Action Creative, $500 value

Just book your tickets at: http://www.sydneyindiefilmfestival.eventbrite.com/

Entries will run through 18th-28th September for everybody who purchase tickets to at least 2 sessions for the Sydney Indie Film Festival Screening Events at Event Cinemas George St Inaugural Festival Space.
All prizes will be drawn on the Awards night held on the 28th of September at Event Cinemas George Street.
Any winners not present on the night will be notified by email.
Just purchase your Tickets at http://sydneyindiefilmfestival.eventbrite.com
and when you handle your tickets at the events you get your name in the draw to win!
Prizes are not redeemable for cash.

Program subject to change without notice.

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Continue reading »]]> Sydney Indie Film Festival – Feature Film “Il Viaggio” + Short Films “Language is Dead” “The Return” + Q&A with Filmmaker Jermaine Manigault (LANGUAGE IS DEAD)!

Closing Night Events!

Red Carpet Arrival: 5:00PM
Thursday, 28th of September 2017
Time: 5:30PM

SUGGESTED ARRIVAL TIME: 5:00PM
For the Red Carpet Meetings & Greetings Shananigans

Feature Film:

Il Viaggio (ITALY)

Director: Alfredo Arciero
Cast: Marco Caldoro, Gaetano Amato, Farbio Ferrari, Maurizio Santilli, Daniela Terreri, Danila Stalteri, Angelo Orlando, lucianna de falco & Sergio sivori
Synopsis: Five people get the train of Carpinone-Sulmona railway before the disappearing of the line, that goes through enchanting and uncontaminated areas of Molise. There is a pure mind politician, who hates his rural roots and accepts black money from a shady entrepreneur for his electoral campaign. There is an oenologist who does not believe in himself and regrets a youthful love far away. There is an actress who dreams of straightening up her modest career and despises her homeland where she did not set foot for years. There is a university assistant who has an affair with the Chair holder head but she is tired of compromisin. There is nally an entrepreneur who lost everything and feels a loser even with his son and his wife. Through the eyes of our ve protagonists we will catch the beauty of nature that rises around the so-called ” Italy’s Trans-Siberian”. Through their words we will and out portions of their lives. Will the politician overcome the temptation of corruption? And what about the oenologist? Will he be able to regain trust in himself? Can he forgive her sister, the actress who came back to reveal an intimate secret? Will the young assistant and the courage to win the subjection to the powerful professor? And why the businessman got on board with a gun? Small and big conflicts will evolve along the way that will be full of surprises and “magic” encounters. The protagonists will cross Alfredo, a senior conductor on his last day of work who is suffering from the closure of the railway. There is also space for Palma, a volcanic and nice conductress, eternally unsatisfied, who falls in love with a darkened clandestine Arabic who came on board without a ticket. There are also Patrizia and Paola, two litigious girls who would like to get married and have a son, who confronts an enigmatic and silent priest. Another protagonist of the movie is the train and its wagons full of people who instead of surng with tablets and smartphones, decide to talk to each other, to confront, to quarrel. Accompanied by the train’s slow gait, each of them will be able to reveal something of themselves, forgetting the starting point of their journey to and a common road. Deepest. Traveling together
Trailer: https://www.facebook.com/490444384463493/videos/774167019424560

Short Films:

Language is Dead (USA)

Director: Jermaine Manigault
Cast: James Physick, Kim Krizan, Kacie Marie, Erika Citrin
Synopsis: When words fail to describe his feelings a man seeks the aid of a therapist; the two then embark on a journey exploring human connectivity and its limitations.

The Return (AUSTRALIA)

Director: Alexander Giblin
Cast: Jon Fabian, Adrian Pulvirenti, Simone de Dominicis, Eliane Morel
Synopsis: Salento, Italy, 1938. Pietro Benedetti, once a respected scholar and communist, lives in anonymity as a fisherman under an assumed name, with his wife and son, when he is visited by a former student who he betrayed to the Fascist police, and who has spent the last twelve years in prison.

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

Massive Prize Packs for Film Fans!

Just purchase tickets to any two separate Sydney Indie Film Festival sessions at Event Cinemas George St Inaugural Festival Space and hand your tickets over to be in the draw to win one of 5 amazing Prize Packs from extraordinary local businesses!

3 x “I LOVE INDIE FILM” prize packs valued at $300:

Double Movie Pass for Event Cinemas George Street
Breakfast for 2 by Dachshund Coffee Hunters Hill
$50 Gift Voucher by The Bayview Hotel Gladesville
Microdermabrasion Treatment by Pure Rose Bay (Valued $150)

2 x “GET ME INTO INDIE FILM” prize packs valued at over $1000:

10 Week Term of Part Time Advanced Level Acting Class from Screen Actors Workshop, $525 value
Personal photo shoot and 3 Professional Retouched Head Shots from Action Creative, $500 value

Just book your tickets at:
http://www.sydneyindiefilmfestival.eventbrite.com/

Entries will run through 18th-28th September for everybody who purchase tickets to at least 2 sessions for the Sydney Indie Film Festival Screening Events at Event Cinemas George St Inaugural Festival Space.
All prizes will be drawn on the Awards night held on the 28th of September at Event Cinemas George Street.
Any winners not present on the night will be notified by email.
Just purchase your Tickets at http://sydneyindiefilmfestival.eventbrite.com
and when you handle your tickets at the events you get your name in the draw to win!
Prizes are not redeemable for cash.

Program subject to change without notice.

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Sydney Indie Film Festival – Feature Film “One Buck” + Short Films “Doll” “Happy Birthday Luke” “Once and Done” “The Inuring”!

Drama Thriller Night!

Wednesday, 27th of September 2017
Time: 7:40PM

SUGGESTED ARRIVAL TIME: 7:20PM
For the Red Carpet Meetings & Greetings Shananigans

Feature Film:

One Buck (USA)

Director: Fabien Dufils
Cast: John Freeman
Synopsis: Shifting from one pocket to another, from one man’s drama to
another, a lowly dollar bill, “one buck” takes us on an odyssey
through the heart of a forgotten town in Louisiana. Along the
journey of “one buck”, we encounter Harry who is immersed in
a downward spiral brought about by the sudden and violent
death of his wife. In its transitions from each hopeless hand to
another and each desperate character to the next, “one buck”
bears witness to different facets of irresistible vice enticed by
money. If money could talk, this is its disturbing tale of the dark
side and of moral disintegration in society. Harry’s self
destruction is the highlight of the stories and his demise serves
to be his redemption.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOMoHMo0SM

Short Films:

Doll (AUSTRALIA)

Director: Jia He
Synopsis: A girl trapped in a house where an evil nesting doll captures souls
Trailer: https://youtu.be/k9xkfsXW3QU

Happy Birthday Luke (CANADA)

Synopsis: An awareness short film for “Drunk Driving” among youth.

Once and Done (USA)

Director: Jacob Pettit
Cast: Jeff Stump, Jacob Pettit
Synopsis: This is the true story of Jeff as told by Jeff, who faces the repercussions of his choices, and learns from his mistakes.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/230028492

The Inuring (UK)

Director: James Hughes
Cast: Emily Haigh, Sarine Sofair
Synopsis: A bullied teenage girl finally confronts her sister to drag their fractured past out into the light.

Massive Prize Packs for Film Fans!

Just purchase tickets to any two separate Sydney Indie Film Festival sessions at Event Cinemas George St Inaugural Festival Space and hand your tickets over to be in the draw to win one of 5 amazing Prize Packs from extraordinary local businesses!

3 x “I LOVE INDIE FILM” prize packs valued at $300:

Double Movie Pass for Event Cinemas George Street
Breakfast for 2 by Dachshund Coffee Hunters Hill
$50 Gift Voucher by The Bayview Hotel Gladesville
Microdermabrasion Treatment by Pure Rose Bay (Valued $150)

2 x “GET ME INTO INDIE FILM” prize packs valued at over $1000:

10 Week Term of Part Time Advanced Level Acting Class from Screen Actors Workshop, $525 value
Personal photo shoot and 3 Professional Retouched Head Shots from Action Creative, $500 value

Just book your tickets at:
http://www.sydneyindiefilmfestival.eventbrite.com/

Entries will run through 18th-28th September for everybody who purchase tickets to at least 2 sessions for the Sydney Indie Film Festival Screening Events at Event Cinemas George St Inaugural Festival Space.
All prizes will be drawn on the Awards night held on the 28th of September at Event Cinemas George Street.
Any winners not present on the night will be notified by email.
Just purchase your Tickets at http://sydneyindiefilmfestival.eventbrite.com
and when you handle your tickets at the events you get your name in the draw to win!
Prizes are not redeemable for cash.

Program subject to change without notice.

Continue reading »]]> Sydney Indie Film Festival – Feature Film “Isolani” + Short Films “5639″ “Lime Green As” + Q&A with Filmmakers!

Drama Thriller Night!

Wednesday, 27th of September 2017
Time: 5:30PM

SUGGESTED ARRIVAL TIME: 5:00PM
For the Red Carpet Meetings & Greetings Shananigans

Feature Film:

Isolani (UK)

Director: R Paul Wilson
Cast: Kate McLaughlin, Jim Sweeney, Catriona Evans, Gianni Capaldi, Atta Yaqub, Ian Watt, Paul Comrie, Ali Cook, Neb Chupin & Andrew McIntosh
Synopsis: When seventeen year old single mother, Isla Corrie witnesses the murder of a police informant she becomes a pawn in a dangerous game. Manipulated by an ambitious prosecutor and a corrupt police detective, Isla must find a way to protect her son before a killer realises there’s a new witness.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/222539329

Short Films:

5639 (AUSTRALIA)

Director: Justin Latimer
Cast: Mark Gadaleta, Kev Hannibal
Synopsis: Family man Jeremy embarks on a dark night to track down a certain taxi driver.
Tracing the route of the 5639 cab, Jeremy finds the driver Sid waiting in a secluded parking garage. With a handful of cash Jeremy manages to convince Sid to take him on one last ride.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_vNRGY2Pso

Lime Green As (AUSTRALIA)

Director: Helen Chun
Synopsis: You didn’t just pick up milk and bread from quirky Seu-Ling’s iconic lime-green cornershop. Nope. And despite the 100% jack up in her prices, the customers always return because they know they are buying a piece of her.

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

Massive Prize Packs for Film Fans!

Just purchase tickets to any two separate Sydney Indie Film Festival sessions at Event Cinemas George St Inaugural Festival Space and hand your tickets over to be in the draw to win one of 5 amazing Prize Packs from extraordinary local businesses!

3 x “I LOVE INDIE FILM” prize packs valued at $300:

Double Movie Pass for Event Cinemas George Street
Breakfast for 2 by Dachshund Coffee Hunters Hill
$50 Gift Voucher by The Bayview Hotel Gladesville
Microdermabrasion Treatment by Pure Rose Bay (Valued $150)

2 x “GET ME INTO INDIE FILM” prize packs valued at over $1000:

10 Week Term of Part Time Advanced Level Acting Class from Screen Actors Workshop, $525 value
Personal photo shoot and 3 Professional Retouched Head Shots from Action Creative, $500 value

Just book your tickets at:
http://www.sydneyindiefilmfestival.eventbrite.com/

Entries will run through 18th-28th September for everybody who purchase tickets to at least 2 sessions for the Sydney Indie Film Festival Screening Events at Event Cinemas George St Inaugural Festival Space.
All prizes will be drawn on the Awards night held on the 28th of September at Event Cinemas George Street.
Any winners not present on the night will be notified by email.
Just purchase your Tickets at http://sydneyindiefilmfestival.eventbrite.com
and when you handle your tickets at the events you get your name in the draw to win!
Prizes are not redeemable for cash.

Program subject to change without notice.

Continue reading »]]> Sydney Indie Film Festival – Sci-Fi Feature Film “Nephilim” + Short Films “8 Minutes” “”Hero” – a charity film project” “She Never Felt The Cold “
+ Q&A with Filmmakers!

Sci-Fi Night!

Tuesday, 26th of September 2017
Time: 7:40PM

Feature Film:

Nephilim (USA)
Director: Danny Wilson
Cast: Ina-Alice Kopp, Victor Alfieri, Yuval David, Gulshan Grover, Noah Blake & Lana May
Synopsis: Nephilim is a supernatural action-thriller following an atypical young priest, Markus, into a mystical world of blended realities as he is cast between the ultimate confrontation between good & evil.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/218196791

Short Films:

8 Minutes (GEORGIA)
Director: George Gogichaishvili, David Abramishvili
Cast: Slava Natenadze, Giorgi Sharvashidze, Ani Bebia
Synopsis: After apocalyptic information leaks about the sun going out, meaning the earth will get dark in eight minutes, forever, chaos covers the whole world except for Gia – a single man under sixty with a boring, poor life. In this crazy moment he calls his son to ask how is he handling this situation, despite having a rare and cold relationship with him for a long while. But during the phone call Gia finds his son is in north pole for an expedition with his fiancée, and not aware of the coming total black out. Father hesitates to tell his son how the world is about to end and hangs up the phone. But he can’t just sit and do nothing about it. After a moment he gets hit by an idea. Obsessed with clearly something more than just a call to his son again to inform him about the real apocalypse.

“Hero” – a charity film project (AUSTRALIA)
Director: Kerryn Williams
Cast: John Jarratt, Charlie Jarratt, Sheridyn Fisher, Chad Bennett, Justin Banks
Synopsis: In the quiet countryside of Yarramalong two quirky POLICE OFFICERS happen across a young woman seemingly terrified by an incident she had just witnessed. The OFFICERS invite the woman into the car just as a radio call comes through about reports of a crashed aircraft. Linking the radio report and the claims of the young woman the OFFICERS decide to investigate. It’s not until the woman claims that it may have been a “spacecraft” and that a man “walked out of the fire” that the two police officers form their doubts.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yD-s7i75TI

She Never Felt The Cold (USA)
Director: JD Gardner
Cast: JD Gardner
Synopsis: A fishing girl sees something strange appear in her cold paper world.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/205160317

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

Continue reading »]]> Sydney Indie Film Festival – Sci-Fi Short Films “Appellation” “Eden” “FILS” “FTL”
“Haley” “Neuroplastic” “Real Artists” “Windows” + Q&A with Filmmakers!

Epic Shorts – Sci-Fi!

Tuesday, 26th of September 2017
Time: 5:30PM

Short Films:

Appellation (UK)
Director: Tracy Mathewson
Cast: Syrus Lowe, Charlotte Beckett, Richard Albrecht
Synopsis: A scientist’s secret research is threatened when a neighbour reports his suspicious behaviour.

Eden (UK)
Director: Brodin Plett
Cast: Emma Liegler
Synopsis: After a cataclysmic event makes Earth uninhabitable, clones are sent to space to preserve humanity. They are released in groups when Earth is ready to sustain life again, but due to a malfunction a clone girl lands on the planet’s evolved surface alone. Forced to adapt to the forest wilderness on her own, she learns to survive but yearns for human interaction.

FILS (LUXEMBOURG)
Director: cyrus neshvad
Cast: hervé sogne, brigitte urhausen
Synopsis: Sébastien, who cannot come to terms with his son being in a coma, begins to question his reality.

FTL (CANADA)
Director: Adam Stern
Cast: Ty Olsson, Aliyah O’Brien, Karin Konoval
Synopsis: A lone astronaut testing the first faster-than-light spacecraft travels farther than he imagined possible.

Haley (CANADA)
Director: Corey Sevier
Cast: Corey Sevier, Sarah Smyth, Andrew Dunbar
Synopsis: After an alien invasion leaves the world in chaos, a young father treks across the dying planet in a final act of humanity.

Neuroplastic (AUSTRALIA)
Director: Scott Mooney
Cast: Eliza St John, Jaymie Knight, Donna Sizer, Atlas Adams, Graham Yates, Savannah Wiley, Celia Kelly, Craig Walker, Tom Burt, Jay Duncan
Synopsis: A cavalier hacker and his jaded companion delve into London’s desperate underworld and pitch three criminals a weapon too good to be true: a device that could restore their ability to lie.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/212845101

Real Artists (USA)
Director: Cameo Wood
Cast: Tamlyn Tomita, Tiffany Hines
Synopsis: Against all odds, Sophia Baker just scored her dream interview at the world-famous Semaphore Animation Studios — who’d have thought a fan edit of one of their hit films could land her a shot at a job? But when she meets arch, mysterious executive Anne Palladon, she soon learns all is not as she expects behind the curtain. Every instinct Sophia has ever had about art in filmmaking is about to be challenged.
Based on Nebula, Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning author Ken Liu’s short story of the same name, Real Artists asks a poignant question: In a dystopian near-future where big data, AI and natural language processing learn and create quickly and at massive scale, what role can a single artist play? Is Sophia a creative rebel who can make a difference? Or is the situation more serious than that?
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/183600832

Windows (USA)
Director: Maru Buendia-Senties
Cast: Gabriela Ostos, Krista Vendy, Rich Paul
Synopsis: Two isolated women bond by sharing their lives from a distance through their apartment windows. They are blocks apart, but despite their efforts, will never meet. Two women. Two windows. Two realities.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/203377146

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

Continue reading »]]> Sydney Indie Film Festival – Feature Film “Blank 13″ + Short Films “Magnus” “My Year With Suicide” “Shiver” + Q&A with Filmmakers!

Drama Thriller!

Monday, 25th of September 2017
Time: 7:40PM

Feature Film:

Blank 13 (JAPAN)
Director: Takumi Saitoh
Cast: Issey Takahashi, Lilly Franky, Misuzu Kanno & Sairi Ito
Synopsis: Koji is bewildered by a sudden phone call from his brother telling him that he has located their father. You see, it has been thirteen years since their dad stepped out of the house never to return. Moreover, Koji is stunned to hear that their father has cancer and been given three months to live. When the inevitable day of their father’s funeral arrives, Koji and his brother must confront both the thirteen-year blank created by his absence as well as a collection of odd acquaintances who have come to pay their last respects.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlIZRDOBgGE

Short Films:

Magnus (UK/NORWAY)
Director: Melina Pettersen
Cast: Andreas Haaseth, Eva Louise Langholm
Synopsis: A deformed, mute hermit lives alone in the fjords of Norway. Tormented by the local villagers, he secludes himself from everyone until one day, a mysterious girl shows up on his doorstep.

My Year With Suicide (AUSTRALIA)
Director: Jayden Dickman
Cast: Tallis Clarke, Sophie Renae, Daniella Haddad, Timothy James Cooper
Synopsis: Plagued with self doubt and struggling to find a reason to keep on living, PhD student Michael sets himself a task. Everyday for an entire year he will keep a diary explaining all the reasons he wants to die. Should there be a day where he has nothing to write, he will give up on the diary and choose life; but should he make it to the end of the year with an entry for every day, he will give up on life instead.

Shiver (AUSTRALIA)
Director: Damian Overton
Cast: Ryan Light, Rosie Keogh, Luke Cosgrove, Kieton Beilby, Andrew Ian Pope, Beau Jones, Brandon Sherwood
Synopsis: “In the darkness of the night, Riley returns to the broke down and desolate part of the city he once inhabited. Riley, a young drifter, searches for a new future among the violent and unforgiving ruins of the past.”
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/205497052

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

Continue reading »]]> Sydney Indie Film Festival – Short Films “A Little Memor” “A Universal Love Story” “Call Me Mrs Chan”
“Cosplay: Behind The Mask” “Dear Kate” “Masterpiece” “Olfactory” “Think Fast” “UnTitled” + Q&A with Filmmakers!

Epic Shorts – Mixed Bag!

Monday, 25th of September 2017
Time: 5:30PM

Short Films:

A Little Memory (USA)
Director: Nancy Wennan Zhang
Synopsis: In a story about finding oneself, this four-minute erasure animation takes us through a young woman’s life who in the beginning is facing depression, but then upon returning to her childhood home and is uplifted by the memories of her grandmother. This independent animation is inspired by remembering loved lost ones. This is an animation which freezes time to capture the most fond moments of the young girl.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/205005932

A Universal Love Story (GERMANY)
Director: Natalie MacMahon
Cast: Francisco Montero, Tomoko Inoue, Alastair Graham, Annegret Steioff, Christina Siemoneit, Orazio Manzella, Brett Ortgiesen, Asel Lobanchenko, Christoph Fortman, Natalie MacMahon
Synopsis: “A Universal Love Story” is a short Sci-fi drama about the possibility of finding love in an impersonal world in the distant future, where everyone is so focused on himself, that it seems almost impossible to connect to another person.
All that’s left is the memory of love and the hope to experience it one more time. It seems that sometimes it takes a miracle from a different universe to start a revolution.
As the title suggests, it is a universal story about characters with different backgrounds in an undefined time and space. It is a very visual and symbolic film that can be watched several times and each time, one can find a different meaning.
“A Universal Love Story” is one of the few films with Esperanto elements.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/192899040

Call Me Mrs Chan (HONG KONG)
Director: Chan Hau Chun, Chui Chi Yin
Synopsis: No one knows the slope of a refuse chute, the angle a worker bends to pick up a garbage bag. No one heard the noise from the refuse room, is it the glass broken or the worker fallen? 10 years of collecting the waste, being disrespected, having a sore waist and an aching back. It is a degrading job, but I will still go on.

Cosplay: Behind The Mask (USA)
Director: Hendricksen Armand
Cast: Ashley Morisette, Ciara Rodriguez, Taylor Nelms, Dan Siebert, Shane Morris
Synopsis: A look into the life of cosplayers who try to shatter the boundaries of reality by transforming themselves into characters from comic books, TV shows, and movies.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/215589982

Dear Kate (CANADA)
Director: Ilona Elizabeth McCrea
Cast: Elizabeth Shepherd, Julian Black Antelope, Ilona Elizabeth McCrea, Barb Mitchell
Synopsis: Lorna’s attempt to reach out to her estranged daughter reveals some stark truths, in this drama about a retired vocalist who finds comfort and companionship through memories.

Masterpiece (AUSTRALIA)
Director: William Hadinata
Cast: Rita Kara, Adam Boys, Oliver Patry
Synopsis: After a stinging reminder of the passions she’s lost over the years, an adrift ex-painter looks within herself to try and paint again.

Olfactory (USA)
Director: Christopher Piazza
Cast: Kieran Mulcare, Alison Barton, Molly Camp
Synopsis: Olfactory is a system that allows users to re-experience memories. Brian, an app programmer, hacks the system so he can alter his memories, but in doing so, he loses his grip on his current reality.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/182619972

Think Fast (USA)
Director: Jan D Stanton
Cast: Molly Stanton, T.J. Power, Jaz Sinclair
Synopsis: “What happens when everything you’ve worked for all year is suddenly ripped apart by a ringing phone? In SARA WAGNER’s case, all hell breaks loose. The type-A agent, a rising-star at The Kane Agency, is rushing out to sign newbie singer JAYME MAC when ROBERT KANE calls. Her assistant DAN relays the boss’s message: he’s changed the deal but Sara is to sign the girl and say nothing. Protective and pissed, Sara makes a snap decision: get Jayme – backstage at a showcase – on FaceTime. Now! Sara’s got to warn her before Kane arrives there with the papers. Face-to-screen-face, Sara has Jayme’s trust and makes a bold move. But FaceTime freezes just before Jayme agrees to Sara’s big idea! Then RING! Sara answers, but it’s not Jayme. It’s a desperate Wrong Number Caller who misdialed a suicide hotline! Dan gets Jayme back on screen and both witness Sara juggle life lines and phone lines. A ready-to-jump teen on speaker, a Crisis Counselor via earbud, and a ticking clock as Jayme is paged to the stage. Now or never, if Sara must save a life to save her career, she’s got to THINK FAST!”
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/225765651

UnTitled (AUSTRALIA)
Director: Ben Bauchet
Cast: Ben Bauchet
Synopsis: After a breakup, a young wannabe comedian retreats into his shell in a search for perspective.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/Mvecml9SX2Y

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

Continue reading »]]> Sydney Indie Film Festival Feature Film “The Orchard” + Short Films “Beyond the Bubble” “Mug Shot”
“Three of A Kind” “War In Heels” + Q&A with Filmmakers!

Romance Comedy & New Homes!

Sunday, 24th of September 2017
Time: 6:00PM

Feature Film: The Orchard (CANADA/USA)
Director: Kate Twa
Cast: Matt Angel, Morgan Taylor Campbell, John Cassini, Sean MacLean, Chris McNally, Brandi Alexander & Brendan Taylor
Synopsis: Brash Los Angeles talent agent Max Roth unexpectedly inherits a small peach orchard from an eccentric Aunt – in Canada. Max travels to British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley expecting to make a quick sale to foreign developers and move on. His life changes as he becomes enchanted with the countryside, the old house, and a firebrand activist named Olive who is hell-bent on stopping the sale.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/174438260

Short Films:

Beyond the Bubble (AUSTRALIA)
Director: Anna Hildebrandt
Cast: Alice Ansara, Jared Jekyll, Michelle Lim Davidson, Maxi Shield, Evan Thornton
Synopsis: As rents skyrocket in the inner city, three friends must contemplate life outside their ‘bubble’. Do they dare go out there?
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/209847672

Mug Shot (AUSTRALIA)
Director: Darcy Sullivan, Joel Spreadborough
Cast: Lara Dignam , Kate Fraser
Synopsis: Gemma’s morning ritual is sacred; an uninterrupted and therapeutic period of calm and solitude featuring a steaming hot coffee- drank from her favourite mug. When her new housemate Bella moves in and begins using her mug, the ritual is shockingly interrupted. As things get worse, Gemma is left to consider her options and ask herself just how far she will go to reclaim her favourite coffee mug.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/229941271

Three of A Kind (USA)
Director: Jorge Arana
Cast: Jeff Polaschek, Virginie Bresson
Synopsis: A short glimpse into the psyche of a man struggling with the fact that getting a second chance on love isn’t always a possibility. So when he finds, “the one,” he can’t let her get away.

War In Heels (AUSTRALIA)
Director: Trent Cliffe, Lily Connor
Cast: Amy Elizabeth Price, Genevieve Brock
Synopsis: Emily, who after being dumped by Tom, attempts to take matters into her own hands with the help of her unwilling friend, Tiffany, who has a secret plan of her own…

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

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Comedy Adventure!

Sunday, 24th of September 2017
Time: 4:00PM

Feature Film:

Grand Unified Theory (CANADA)
Director: David Ray
Cast: Kendall Cross & Scott Bellis
Synopsis: During one fateful weekend, the family of brilliant astrophysicist Albert James has a complete meltdown, setting in motion a raucous and hilarious series of events that mirror his radical theories of the behavior of the universe.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/161267172

Short Films:

Jinxed (AUSTRALIA)
Director: Sam Eather
Cast: Cameron James, April Rose Pengilly, Jared Jekyll, Caitlin Caulfield, Garth Russell, Zachary Garred, Allira Jaques, Allison Boyd
Synopsis:Jason is jinxed when it comes to dating. Attending a party, he quickly discovers just how disastrously hilarious his jinx can be.

Man on Pier (AUSTRALIA)
Director: Ebony Maree
Cast: Stefan Aleksander, Cate Feldmann, Andrew Farr
Synopsis: An artist receives a visit from one of her old paintings come-to-life when she must choose between truth or vanity.

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