Sydney Indie Film Festival 2018 – 24th October 5:30PM – Short Films #2 – Science Fiction #1!

“Compatible” “Earthy Encounters” “Fine Dust” “Mia: A Rapture 2.0 Production” “Planet Tobler” “Signal/Void” “Siren” “SKIN” “The Mistress Of The Forest”
+ Q&A with the Filmmakers!

TICKETS:

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Wed. 24 October 2018, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

SUGGESTED ARRIVAL TIME: 5:15PM
For the Red Carpet Meetings & Greetings Shananigans

Compatible
Director Pau Bacardit, Spain
Cast: Carlus Fàbrega, Hugo Alejo, Gisela Arnao , Berta García
Synopsis: In the immediate future, where technology increasingly invades human existence, the Renewed® company offers personality and interest updates to live connected to the rest of the society. When Isaac checks that the domotics of his home does not respond to requests for his fingerprint due to a compatibility problem, he must go to Renewed®, where he will not only face a skilled commercial, but also all his doubts about the world In which he lives and the person he wants to be.

Earthy Encounters
Director Sam Johnson, United Kingdom
Cast: Fionn O’Shea, Jessica Barden
Synopsis: 15-year-old Kyle believes he can save his dying older brother with a plant he’s found in the garden centre he works at – problem is, there’s a shadowy government agency out to destroy it first.
Australian Premiere
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gGacOCLci8&t=2s https://twitter.com/FortyFootPics https://www.facebook.com/earthyencountersfilm
https://www.instagram.com/samjohnsondirector/?hl=en

Fine Dust
Director Austin G Mackell, Australia, Ecuador
Cast: Catherine Campion
Synopsis: A woman struggles with the burden of hope in a dying world.
Sydney Premiere.

Mia: A Rapture 2.0 Production
Director Gary J Hewitt, United Kingdom
In a post apocalyptic world, a young female named Mia arrives on Ray’s doorstep and a bond is created that questions the nature of what it is to be human.
Australian Premiere.
https://facebook.com/Rapture2.0/
@rapture2.0

Planet Tobler
Director Aran Quinn, United States
Cast: Christopher Llyod
Synopsis: An Alien wildlife mockumentary set on a distant planet, ‘Planet Tobler’. Travel with us to the furthest reaches of our galaxy, where for the first time in history, we bring you documented footage, of an alien planet, and it’s wildlife…never…seen…before.
Sydney Premiere
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/231301972
https://www.facebook.com/aran.quinn.7
https://www.instagram.com/aranquinn/?hl=en

Signal/Void
Director Scott Geersen, Australia
Synopsis: Signal/Void is about a darker view of the networks we belong to and take part in every day: some voluntary, some unseen.
The mechanisms of these networks are designed to keep us plugged in by delivering stories, information and images – hopes and dreams – that directly feed our own desires and version of reality.
But the cold truth is that the ultimate goal is often the collection, quantification, analysis and storage of our very selves, and so these networks are carefully maintained to best keep us blindly acquiescent. The system is addictive and hard to escape. It sucks up time, closes our eyes to the world around us, and blinds us to true human connection.
Credits:
Direction / Design / 3D: Scott Geersen
Edit: Joseph Morris
Music: David O’Brien
Sound Design: Geoff Case

Siren
Director Riley Maguire, Australia
Cast: Lauren Hamilton Neill, Olga Olshansky, Ryan Clifford
Synopsis: In a world of consumerism gone mad, a woman tries to live the best life she can lead, impeded constantly by a powerful and sadistic A.I installed in her phone.
Sydney Premiere

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI06J2qCoh8

SKIN
Directors Emma Blakey & Jason Lance David, Australia, New Zealand
Cast: Sharnee Tones, Gabriel Stoltz
Synopsis: SKIN is a fantasy drama based on Celtic folklore of selkies, seals that can shed their fur and walk ashore as humans. Ilias, a lonely fisherman stumbles upon a group of selkies dancing and celebrating in their human forms on land. After accidentally startling the group, they grab their furs and return to the water. Left alone and scared is a beautiful selkie woman who is unable to find her fur, therefore cannot return to the sea. Being taken in by Ilias, a romantic relationship quickly forms. Although the two develop a sense of love and companionship, they both have different understandings of each other leading them both to experience their ultimate fate.
Australian Premiere
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/239186786
https://twitter.com/skin_shortfilm
https://facebook.com/skinshortfilmaus
@skin_shortfilm

The Mistress Of The Forest
Director Nicholas Hiatt, Australia
Cast: Nicholas Hiatt, Eleanor Stankiewicz, Linden Wilkinson, Troy Honeysett
Synopsis: To meet an impossible deadline, a clueless illustrator must come face to face with his own creation: the mysterious Mistress Of The Forest.
https://twitter.com/HiattRiotFilms?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/TheMistressOfTheForest/

Program subject to change without notice.