Join us for Opening Night, where we’ll screen some of Australia’s best new short films and web-series, followed by a fun networking event designed to have you meeting other like-minded indie filmmakers and cinephiles. The after party includes catering and drinks!
Short film A Single Body (Un Seul Corps) by writer/director Sotiris Dounoukos* will be featured on the night. This film has won multiple awards including Best Film at the St Kilda Film Festival and inaugural Best International Short Film at the Toronto International Film Festival.
*PLUS don’t miss Sotiris in the Indie Gems Filmmaker Forum on 12 September, This is a must see session for filmmakers wanting the inside scoop on making their first feature film! Click here for more information.
The Opening Night line up includes:
A Single Body
Airlock (Web-Series)
Have You Seen My Stephanie?
A Day at the Park
Waterbourne
Classification: Festival Exemption 18+
Dates & Times:
Friday 11 September 7pm
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A Single Body
Best friends and abattoir workers David and Wani are saving to open their own butchery. Before they can realise their dream, the arrival of a new worker will test the bonds of their shared life.
Director and Writer: Sotiris Dounoukos
Airlock
(Web-Series)
A drifting rogue spaceship docks with an isolated space station. Inside is a dead crew and a band of stowaway refugees.Tasked with the investigation, Security Officer Jonah Ashbrook (Mark Coles Smith) is thrown headlong into a series of events that will turn life on the station into a life or death crisis.
Director: Marc Furmie
Creators: Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey
Producer: Enzo Tedeschi
Writers: Marc Furmie, Shiyan Zheng and Enzo Tedeschi
Have you Seen My Stephanie?
After feeling dejected by his workmates who have heard his impersonation of Stephanie Forrester one too many times Gerard take sot the streets of Parramatta to find a willing audience.
Director and Producer: Alison Richardson
Writers: Gerard O’Dwyer and Alison Richardson
Cinematographer and Editor: Brendan O’Connell
Starring: Gerard O’Dwyer
Featuring: Ria Liang, Jonathan Llewellyn, Simon Robinson, Victoria Perry, Jason Scott, Keith Hamilton, Ryan Phillips, Clr Scott Lloyd, Bel Evans, Sophie Lukersmith, Fleur Rappoport, Pam Thornton, Michelle Kotevski, Alison Richardson.
A Day at the Park
Will the Duchess get kidnapped but the villains, will she escape the clutches of an old drunk? A zany chase through silent films of a bygone era find our heroes on again saving the day.
Director, Cinematographer and Editor: Craig Anderson
Producer: Alison Richardson
Cast: Chris Bunton, Audrey O’Connor, Gerard O’Dwyer, James Penny, Rachel Sugrim, Digby Webster
Waterbourne
When a local ranger in a small country town finds an unidentified algae overwhelming the water supply, he knows that something’s not right…but it’s not until the sun goes town that he discovers the true extent of the danger . The town is about to experience the effects of a mysterious infection that turns not only humans – but animals too – into zombies. Australian wildlife has never been so terrifying…
Contaminated water in an Australian country town causes a virus that turns both humans – and animals – into zombies. Australian wildlife has never been so terrifying…
Director: Ryan Coonan
Producer: Marisa Brown
Writers: Ryan Coonan and Richard Barcaricchio
