Sydney Indie Film Festival 2018 – 29th October 7:30PM – Short Films #8 – Mixed Bag #3!
Sydney Indie Film Festival 2018 – 29th October 7:30PM -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:
Mon. 29 October 2018, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
SUGGESTED ARRIVAL TIME: 7:15PM
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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.
@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
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
@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
@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
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
@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
Program subject to change without notice.
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