Sydney Indie Film Festival 2019 – Made in Australia Short Films Part 2 – SATURDAY, 26TH OCTOBER, 4PM
Sydney Indie Film Festival 2019 – Made in Australia Short Films Part 2 – SATURDAY, 26TH OCTOBER, 4PM
The best selection of Short Films Made in Australia! Watch the films & Participate in the Q&As with the Filmmakers!
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Burden, Jake Mannix, Australia
Language: English
Cast: Christopher Sommers, Dean Reid, Bella Rose, Carolyn Dante
Synopsis: In the middle of a father-daughter lunch at their local café, Ben continues to shelter nine-year-old Kayla from everyday dangers, only to have her secretly taken hostage by an unwelcomed stranger.
Egg, Gabrielle Butler, Australia
Language: English
Cast: Tristan Balz, Andy Callaghan, Andreas Piechulik, Kate Elder
Synopsis: A man wakes from a strange, egg-like machine to find himself in the middle of a desolate wasteland. Lost and with no memory, he sets out to explore the strange world around him.
Humdingers, Alex Campbell, Australia, https://vimeo.com/306103432
Language: English
Cast: Kenneth Radley, Agnès Mohan
Synopsis: Humdingers is a big f*ck you to toxic masculinity and male entitlement.
One line synopsis: ‘A young, highly intelligent girl with an archaic mind tries to escape the confines of her overbearing parents’ control.’
The film is about a young, colourful, highly intelligent girl with an archaic mind.
She has been raised by overzealous parents who do everything in their power to keep her busy, hidden away and safe. She wants her freedom, but she is systematically ingrained by the rules they have created.
Until she witnesses something that will shake the conventions she abides by once and for all.
Pilgrimage, Peter Blackburn, Australia,
Language: English
Cast: Georgia Kelly, James Biasetto
Synopsis: On an annual bush walk, a couple are forced to confront harsh truths about their relationship when the question of children comes up. Across the backdrop of the Australian outback, they the journey towards their sacred site, but in so doing a much darker reality becomes apparent. One which forces them to reflect on memories and moments that are hard to let go.
ReFraction, Mirko Grillini, Australia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIYpWCNoRK8
Language: Bengali, English
Cast: Heath Bergersen, Kaushik Das
Synopsis: ReFraction follows Jay Cooper, a successful lawyer, raised by foster parents from the young age of eleven. As a child, the authorities separated him from his indigenous mother, after she killed his brother in a freak accident. Jay returns to his native homeland to bury his estranged mother whom he had not seen for the last thirty years, when an unexpected turn of events finds him hostage to a mad knife-wielding stranger. The unlikely duo embark on a dangerous journey of redemption that could lead them both to their eventual demise.
Remarkable, Declan Shrubb, David Trajanoski Australia
Language: English
Cast: Parker Nash, Lara Jean Marshall
Synopsis: A young boy searches for the truth about his identity and what connection it may have to his Mother’s mysterious shed.
Revolutions, Scott Johnston, Australia
Language: English
Cast: Corey Dohmen, Mark Anderson, Jay Bhosle, Luc La Rossa, Will Read
Synopsis: A group of school boys come home after attending school, and as the boys start talking everything begins to spin out of control.
The Widow, Brendan Young, Australia, https://vimeo.com/273803207
Language: English, Italian
Cast: Daniela Farinacci, Steve Bastoni, Joe Petruzzi, Frank Lotito, Nick Caraffa, Vincenzo D’Amico (aka Vince D’Amico), Luke Ryan
Synopsis: Melbourne, Australia in 1965, a Sicilian widow fights for her life when members of the local Calabrian mafia murder her husband and try to seize control of his produce business.
Program subject to change without notice.
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