The shorts that will be presented at this year’s Show-Fest in either digital or film projection.
Pulling the Ropes
[ DUR 7:13 | DV ]
[ WRI, PROD, DIR, ED Michael Kosmider| DOP Rick Pearce | MUSIC L.A. Pointless ]
Documentary about Eleanor Boden, the first female boxer to be registered in NSW and her journey to become a professional fighter in a state that has banned female boxing.
With Kings
[ DUR 11:00 | DVCPRO 50 ]
[ WRI Andy Rodoreda | PROD Iain Crossing | DIR Gabrielle Rogers | DOP Dan Freene | ED Melanie Annan | COMPOSER Pete Neville ]
[ CAST Andy Rodoreda, Daisy Tester ]
A young, working-class Australian builder (Rodoreda) living in modern-day Sydney realises his relationship is in tatters. As his actress girlfriend (Tester) auditions for the lead role in Much Ado About Nothing, he stumbles upon her favourite Shakespeare sonnet, finding it accurately reflects his own life.
Last Drinks
[ DUR 8:07 | HDCAM ]
[ WRI Aaron Scully, Az Jackson, Wayne Bassett | PROD A. Scully, A. Jackson, W. Bassett, Tony Chu | DIR, ED Gabriel Dowrick | DOP Marc Windon | COMPOSER Troy Zarb ]
[ CAST Aaron Scully, Az Jackson, Wayne Bassett ]
An ordinary night in an ordinary downtown bar… or, is it? The clock is ticking, but have they the time for one last drink?
A Chair With a View
[ DUR 7:20 | DIGITAL BETACAM ]
[ WRI Bill Harding | PROD B. Harding, John Paramor, John Moyle | DIR, ED Nigel Abbott | DOP Justin Brickle ]
[ CAST Mark Trevorrow, Jane Markey, William Yang, Nell Schofield ]
Lachlan Macquarie (Trevorrow) is remembered by history as the New South Wales Governor who, through his energy and vision, turned the corrupt, rum-ruled, tent-and-dirt-track settlement of Sydney Town into the beginnings of a city. What history fails to record is his beloved wife’s (Markey) vision of an opera house at Bennelong Point.
Snookered
[ DUR 2:20 | DVCPRO HD ]
[ WRI Roy Faulkner | PROD Gabrielle Briger | DIR Daniel Knight | DOP Graeme Ross | ED Phil Horn ]
[ CAST Tim Richards, Justin Smith ]
A men’s locker room is a minefield of unspoken protocol passed down through the generations. Now a brief moment of confusion will leave two men truly snookered.
The Mouse That Ate My Brain
[ DUR 7:00 | 35mm | 35mm projection ]
[ WRI, DIR Phillip Middleton | PROD Nicholas Goldsworthy | DOP Judd Overton | ED Katie Flaxman | COMPOSER Iva Davies ]
[ CAST Max Cullen ]
A homeless man (Cullen) tells how the loss of his ear during a vicious mugging began a terrible downward spiral of fear and obsession, in which he grew a replacement ear on the back of a mouse, slowly losing his sanity when he believes the dead rodent has returned to claim its ear.
