DOWN UNDER
Prague
„Land Down Under“ – Australia and New Zealand. These are the two countries that we reserved the May screening for. Come and witness that there are not only kangaroos, tasmanian devils, Sydney opera or the Hobbit land but much more – namely amazing short films.
INFIDELITY (AUSTRALIA)
Screen Writer and Director: Simon Portus | producer: David Curzon
Star: Tully Portus Keen
Year: 2011 | Length: 7 min | Live action
A young boy tries to get his parents to divorce so he can get twice as many presents.
ONLY SON (NEW ZEALAND)
Screen Writers and Directors: Jarrod Holt, Ryan Hutchings, and Nigel McCulloch |
producer: thedownlowconcept
Star: Josh Thomson, Ian ‘Flash’ Gordan, Elizabeth McGlinn
Year: 2010 | Length: 8 min | Live action
An only son tries to woo the girl of his dreams with the unwanted help of his deceased father.
SAFE (AUSTRALIA)
Screen Writer and Director: Julietta Boscolo | producer: Janet Duncan and Fiona Leally
Star: Adrienne Pickering
Year: 2011 | Length: 20 min | Live action
Mia is eternally single because she is terrified of answering questions about her past. Then she discovers a way to keep her secrets hidden. The Secrets Safe. Can you let love in if you lock away your past?
THE GRACE OF OTHERS (AUSTRALIA)
Screen Writer and Director: Alexander Brunacci | producer: Elizabeth Sarsfield
Star: Maya Aleksandra, Sunday Barca Irving and James Beck
Year: 2011 | Length: 11 min | Live action
James is a man with of string of past lovers. He asks his current photographer girlfriend Chloe to take his family's annual portrait, but will she fit into the picture?
THE MAESTRO (AUSTRALIA)
Director: Adam Anthony | producers: Adam Anthony, Edward Copestick
Star: Gyton Grantley, Nick Maricic and Rory Williamson
Year: 2011 | Length: 5 min | Live action
A destitute man, living on city streets liberates a device and escapes to a symphony of light and sound.
STATUS (AUSTRALIA)
Screen Writer and Director: Richard Williamson | producer: Steve Jablonski
Star: James Ballard, Cat Commander and Ellen Grimshaw
Year: 2011 | Length: 19 min | Live action
A young man fights to protect his girlfriend from a terrifying new technology that uses our craving for love to violently reshape the world. Welcome to the evolution of social networking.
CHOICE NIGHT (NEW ZEALAND)
Screen Writer and Director: Christopher Dudman | producer: Vicky Pope
Star: James-Aaron McGregor and Jenny- Pearl McGlashan
Year: 2010 | Length: 15 min | Live action
Fifteen year-old James has everything before him. The catch? He has to choose between the two things he wants the most: love or mates.
MEATHEAD (NEW ZEALAND)
Screen Writer and Director: Sam Holst | producer: Desray Armstrong
Star: Jesse James Rehu Pickery, Greg Smith and Mick Innes
Year: 2011 | Length: 11 min | Live action
It's Michael's first day on the job at the local meat works. No one ever said it'd be easy.
MOTH (AUSTRALIA)
Director: Meryl Tankard | producer: Australian Film Television and Radio School
Star: Ashley Fairfield and Sophie Lowe
Year: 2011 | Length: 13 min | Live action
In 1970s Australia, when „care“ equalled repression, three girls escape from their institution for one brief moment of liberty.
Screening in English or with English subtitles. 108 min
