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Sydney Indie 2018 – Monday 29th 730PM Session SOLD OUT!

#EXTRAEXTRA: 730PM 29th October session #SOLDOUT !!!
G’day all #Filmmakers #Filmfans #Sydneysiders
If you haven’t booked your ticket in advance for our 730PM session tonight, you #missedout
Tickets still available for 530PM session:

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/sydney-indie-film-festival-2018-short-films-7-mixed-bag-2-tickets-51367656042

Looking forward to seeing you Sydney Indie Film Festival Event Cinemas (George Street)
#Sydneyindiefilmfestival will keep the indie fun going till Thursday 1st of November!
Come and say hi!

 

 

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Sydney Indie Film Festival 2018 – Short Films #8 – Mixed Bag #3!

“Baby Won’t You Please Come Home” “Being Good” “Longing” “Seeing Him” “The Curtain” “The Peculiar Abilities of Mr Mahler” “Traffic Opera” “What We Know”

+ Q&A with the Filmmakers!

TICKETS:

https://www.facebook.com/events/925773344282573

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/sydney-indie-film-festival-2018-short-films-8-mixed-bag-3-tickets-51358459535

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Mon. 29 October 2018, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

SUGGESTED ARRIVAL TIME: 7:15PM
For the Red Carpet Meetings & Greetings Shananigans :)

Baby Won’t You Please Come Home

Director: Christopher Piazza, United States

Cast: Michelle Hurst, Melanie Nicholls-King, Molly Camp, Frank De Julio, Jazzmeia Horn

Synopsis: Pearl Simmons (Michelle Hurst, ‘Orange is the New Black’), an aging jazz singer in brownstone Brooklyn, fights the early stages of Alzheimer’s. While she presents a strong front to her daughter Cynthia (Melanie Nicholls-King, ‘The Wire’), her sense of place and time begin to slip, and her memories of her days as a jazz singer in 1970s New York clash with the present. Cynthia, struggling to care for her mother, considers an offer to sell the family’s home.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/243861794

https://www.twitter.com/panopticonnyc

https://www.facebook.com/panopticonnyc

@babywontyoupleasecomehome

Being Good

Director: Jenny Harder, United Kingdom

Cast: Mona Marshall, Kate Barton, Darren Street The short film

Synopsis: BEING GOOD is about a teenage girl called Embry and her two guardians, the angel Ava and the demon Mal who act as her conscience. While Ava and Mal could easily be considered as “good” and “evil”, the film develops the idea of their humanity and flaws. Being Good is intended to highlight the importance of free will and identity.

Australian Premiere

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/266304401

https://twitter.com/BeingGoodfilm https://www.facebook.com/BeingGoodFilm https://www.instagram.com/beinggoodfilm/

Longing

Director: Christian Mushenko, United States

Cast: Daniel J O’Brien, Angela Carbone, Stuart Rudin, Charlotte Harvey, Patricia Mauceri

Synopsis: A disconnected, wealthy businessman has everything in life, except the one thing that matters most. Finding a letter from his dead father, he reads of his fathers regrets, and hopes for his son’s life. Through the letter, and a series of coincidences, a shared moment with a stranger reveals an unexpected connection that illuminates each of their emptiness. Sydney

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/219201585

https://www.facebook.com/LONGINGshortfilm/

@ChristianMushenko

Seeing Him

Director: Chris Jones, United Kingdom

Cast: Vanessa Bailey, George Taylor, Duncan Duff, Catherine Rowney

Synopsis: In the wake of an ultimatum a middle-aged woman is forced to confront personal boundaries and a disturbing truth about her relationship with her younger lover. Seeing Him is a bittersweet observation of the passion and commitment of two people in love. Australia

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/213053728

https://twitter.com/SeeingHimFilm

https://facebook.com/SeeingHimFilm

@vbaileyactor

The Curtain

Director: Crystal Lowe, Canada

Cast: Allyson Grant, Adrian Neblett, Albert Nicholas, Giles Panton, Sarah Dawn Pledge, Susan Puno, Sheila Tyson

Synopsis: Two hospitalized strangers develop an unlikely friendship by revealing painful, intimate details about their lives through the safety and anonymity of the room’s curtain divider. They bond through grief and humour, encouraging one another to make brave choices that hold personal consequences. Australian Premiere

https://facebook.com/TheCurtainFilm

The Peculiar Abilities of Mr Mahler

Director: Paul Philipp, Germany

Synopsis: East Germany, 1987: The special investigator Mahler is said to have paranormal abilities. The police assigns him to solve the case of the 6-year-old Henry Kiefer, who is missing for weeks now, before this issue leads to political tensions with the West. But then he brings something to light that makes this family tragedy especially political.

Traffic Opera

Director: Andrew Pochan, Sue Lange, United States

Synopsis: When a tractor trailer stalls in a busy intersection, road rage erupts into violence. The occupants of the trapped vehicles must quickly work together to defuse the situation, all while singing opera.

World Premiere

Trailer: https://youtu.be/_A7Opx64dXA

https://facebook.com/trafficopera

@amazingberks

What We Know

Director: Rob Sheens, Australia, United States

Cast: Samantha Bowyer Tagg, Thalia Castillion, Kenzie Klem, Samantha Skelton, Carol Elsden, Gemma Dart, Carina Herbert, Rob Sheens, Karina Warwick, Khanh Trieu, Rachel Young

Synopsis: Not everybody is what they seem.

World Premiere

https://www.facebook.com/youdontknowtheirjourney/

Program subject to change without notice.