Sydney Indie Film Festival 2018 – 27th October 2:00PM – Short Films #5 – Comedy!
Sydney Indie Film Festival 2018 – 27th October 2:00PM – Short Films #5 – Comedy!
“Air rage” “Audition” “Bread Head” “Ladonna Marie” “Little Rocker” “Pink & Quilted” “Pizza Deliverance” “Please Do Not Feed The Ducks” “The Blank Page” “The Horse’s Ass” “Wayward Souls”
+ Q&A with the Filmmakers!
TICKETS:
Sat. 27 October 2018, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
SUGGESTED ARRIVAL TIME: 1:45PM
For the Red Carpet Meetings & Greetings Shananigans 
Air rage
Director: Olivier Bonenfant, Australia
Cast: Andrew Vial, David Kang, Bryan Fisher
Synopsis: A pilot has to deal with an unresponsive plane but in that flight path the plane difficulties may not be the worst thing about the situation.
Sydney Premiere
Audition
Director: Sarah Jean Kruchowski, Bulgaria, United States
Cast: Maria Bobeva , Marie Laurin, Zoran Radanovich, Vincent Alvas, Synopsis: Alexander Ivanov, Khrishna Grace, Desi Ivanova
An immigrant actress in Hollywood struggles to tackle a situation of going to another doomed audition and inability to find a sitter for her child, meeting with lack of appreciation for art as a profession, mom’s duties as a full-time unpaid job and the mocking attitude of a casting director. Suddenly, she is faced with the challenge of teaching her kid high morals in a typical Hollywood atmosphere abundant of fairly immoral stereotypes.
Bread Head
Director: Adam Chamberlain, United Kingdom
Cast: David Ferrone
Synopsis: A figure walks into an industrial back drop carrying something in a bag. What’s he doing & what is he carrying?
Is it an animal? Is it a small child? Has he kidnapped someone?
Is it still alive? Or is it something else?
Australian Premiere
Ladonna Marie
Director: Clare Pickering, Australia
Cast: Clare Pickering, Amanda McKay
Synopsis: Abandoned by her boyfriend, first time single mum Connie, sets out to prove she can live without him by entering the Annual Darling Buds Competition. Naïve but determined, her desperate need to win leads to tragic consequences.
World Premiere
Little Rocker
Director: Finnian Williamson, Australia
Cast: James Bingham
Synopsis: A kid accidentally kills his favourite rock-star in the backstage bathroom and must decide what to do with the body before the show starts.
Pink & Quilted
Director: Frédéric Chane-son, France
Cast: Anne Thorens, Cornélie Havas, Anthony Candellier, Chafik Benlebna, Emilie Druet
Synopsis: What could possibly happen to two girls in a graveyard late at night? Especially when they get back from a party, tipsy and loud… Gwen and Dora will learn it the hard way with the most unexpected outcome as they fail to pass their midnight stroll unnoticed.
Australian Premiere
Pizza Deliverance
Director: Charnstar Anderson, Australia
Cast: Shanay De Marco, Kyle McCallion, Rita Artmann, Danxia Yang
Synopsis: Model Pizza Palace employee Mike lives by the motto “when you’re loyal to your job, you’re loyal to your customers and your customers are loyal to you”. A regular delivery at the home of his favourite customer, Naomi Nakatomi, goes awry when he discovers something unsettling. Stuck with new trainee, Shenae; a no nonsense woman who’s had plenty of jobs, but never a career, the pair must put aside their differences to ensure ’100% Customer Satisfaction’, no matter the cost.
Please Do Not Feed The Ducks
Director: Tim Goodwin, Pearce Hoskinson, Australia
Cast: Gabriel Stoltz, Donnie Baxter
Synopsis: It’s a perfect day in the park and Guy wants nothing more than to feed the ducks at the pond. Sadly, an official sign forbids it. He is approached by a charismatic duck who tries to get him to hand over the bread. But Guy isn’t about to break the law.
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The Blank Page
Director: Lou Dubigeon, United States
Cast: Naomi Greene
Synopsis: A young writer fights off the intimidating blank page and others’ fantasies to discover her own voice.
The Horse’s Ass
Director: Max Fisk, United States
Brittany Palmisano, Matt Story, Sam Cobean, Skylend Roussell, Michelle Cast: Huynh, Rain Echo Scott, Glendon Ray Hobgood
Synopsis: When four wild bridesmaids lose the family engagement ring during a RAUCOUS bachelorette party, they bring to court the suspected thief–their stripper centaur.
Australian Premiere
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Wayward Souls
Director: Calum Rhys, United Kingdom
Cast: Mark Anthony Games, Tom Crilly, Lee Anthony Parnell
Synopsis: A neo-noir comedy caper following three shady characters who team up to pull off a chilling job.
@calrhys
Program subject to change without notice.
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