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2006 Newtown Flicks Film Festival - Program
Saturday 15 April 2006
Cityscapes
Family Tales
Twist & Shake
Cityscapes
 Dave
Producer: James St John Cox
Director: James St John Cox
Screenplay: Documentary
Cinematographer: James St John Cox
Editor: James St John Cox
Sound: James St John Cox
‘Dave’ is a look at the daily life of David Wilson, a Big Issue vendor on the streets of Sydney suburb, Newtown. David struggles with alcoholism, mental illness and chronic health problems, but still manages to keep his sense of humour. Together with his Chihuahua 'boyfriend', he is an iconic figure of his town, charming the local residence with his unique view of the world, and his extreme views on a man named John Howard.
.jpg) RSA in the Age of Terrorism
Director: Amanda Walsh
Producer: Pauline Bleach
Screenplay: Pauline Bleach.
Cinematographer: Amanda Walsh
Editor: Cliff Wilding
Sound: Michelle Barry
Actors: Connor, Michelle Barker, Trevor Collict, John Cook, Jon Holliday, Ian Little, Stoan, PJ Wallis
After a barrage of complaints from his neighbour, Jim, the barman, is on the verge of losing his liquor license. When two drunks refuse to vacate the beer garden, he feels he has only one choice!
 Australian Tails
Director: Sarah Spillane
Producer: Ben Gregg
Screenplay: Sarah Spillane
Cinematographer: Sarah Spillane
Editor: Sarah Spillane
Sound: Ben Gregg
Lighting: Ben Gregg
Actors: Sophie Gregg
Australian Tails is a mockumentary that satirically addresses social prejudice. Set in the inner city of Sydney, the story is about a young Jack Russell, called Jet who dreams about becoming a guide dog. Jet must overcome negative stereotypes surrounding the Jack Russell breed and has to prove himself to the examiner of LEADS, the prestigious Guide Dogs Association.
.jpg) Why Do People Catch Trains?
Director: Elena Lonergan
Producer: Ian Bickerton
Screenplay: Elena Lonergan
Cinematographer: Tim Kindler, Alban Zeka
Editor: Vee Malnar
Sound: Justin Gover
Actors: Greg Poppleton, Lisa Sciberras, Lisa Kowalski, Clayton Moss, Kristy Best.
This comedy mockumentary brings us a kaleidoscope of Sydney commuters. From the bloke with the broken-down car, to the schoolgirl, the bag-snatcher, the teenage runaways, the tradesman, the racist simpleton, even the train driver - many familiar characters flash before our eyes in this hilarious and honest look at ourselves.
 The Return
Director: Paul Searles
Producer: Paul Searles
Screenplay: Paul Searles
Cinematographer: Paul Searles
Editor: Paul Searles
Sound: Paul Searles
Lighting: Paul Searles
Rachmaninoff left Russia in 1917 to live in America. He stopped composing and embarked on a concert tour to feed his family. This short film (shot mainly on a mobile phone) takes a look at his journey and its confusions. It is a nod of gratitude to the man who inspired my miniature piano concerto 'The Return'.
 Blue
Director: Gabrielle Rogers
Producer: Luke Eve and Gabrielle Rogers
Screenplay: Gabrielle Rogers and Pete Neville
Cinematographer: Nicola Daley
Sound: James Smyth
Editor: Melanie Annan, Karen Pearlman
Actors: Rebecca McKeough, Gabrielle Rogers, Adam Grossetti and Barry Donnelly
A young woman looks to her parents and her boyfriend for understanding when she is depressed. They do not understand. She takes her mother’s sleeping pills and disappears. Too late, her boyfriend finds her, alone in caravan, dead.
 Turn
Director: Michael Lucas
Producer: Stuart Parkyn
Screenplay: Michael Lucas
Cinematographer: Shing Feung Cheung
Editor: Tamara Meem
Sound: Luke Mynott
Actors: Marny McQueen, Peter Templeton
Turn is a surreal comedy about traffic, survival and love. Two drivers - ambitious Christine and struggling Leo - find themselves stuck in a side alley whilst trying to turn on to an impenetrable motorway. As minutes turn to hours, and hours turn to days, Christine and Leo realise they are completely trapped together and must find a way to survive.
 About Adam
Directors: Leslie March, Natalie Lopes
Producers: Leslie March, Natalie Lopes
Screenplay: Adam Fraser
Cinematographer: Natalie Lopes
Editor: Leslie Marsh
Sound: Leslie Marsh
Lighting: Natalie Lopes
Actors: Adam Fraser, Jenelle Pearce, Jarred Smith
We see a windscreen washer standing at the traffic lights. He is waiting as cars approach the lights. He goes up to two cars and it is implied they do not want their windscreens washed. We see the man in the third car notice him as he approaches. The windscreen washer indicates to wash his windscreen. The man squirts his windscreen water and wipers and drives off laughing and mocking the windscreen washer. The windscreen washer indicates that he is frustrated and annoyed by this. We cut to the windscreen washer at night approaching a shop. He walks past but has a good as he passes. He turns the corner, pauses, pull down his beanie to reveal a balaclava and enters the store. We the shop assistant looking concerned as she notices him. He grabs a container of glue and leaves the shop without paying. He waits at the traffic lights to change before crossing. As we walks down a quiet street, the window washer applies glue to the nozzles of the washers of the cars parked in the street. The next day, the window washer offers to wash the windscreen of the man he met the day before. who attempts to use his cars windscreen wipers only to find them not working. Accepting the offer from the windscreen washer, the windscreen washer gesticulates at the drivers in the queue.
 Get Polson
Director: Simon Robin, Christopher Robin Collins
Producer: Simon Chapman
Screenplay: Simon Chapman
Cinematographer: Christopher Robin Collins
Editor: Christopher Robin Collins
Sound: Christopher Robin Collins
Lighting: Simone Le Hart
Actors: Simon Chapman, Jason Glover
Tropfest has been and gone for another year, and despite the usual grumbling, those aspiring film makers not making the cut reluctantly move on. But what happens when they don't? Two annoyed individuals decide enough is enough and are looking for payback. Don’t get mad, get even. Get John Polson!
 The Station
Director: Karen Colston
Producer: Karen Colston
Screenplay: Karen Colston
Cinematographer: Paul Elliot
Editor: Karen Colston
Sound: Paul Elliot; Post: Paul Goddard
Lighting: None
Actors: Brandon Burke, Jeanette Cronin, Nick Simpson-Deeks, Joshua North
The Station follows a man and a woman as they make their way onto an inner city train platform. Throughout, the man harangues the woman. They appear to be a couple whose relationship is in crisis. He remains to make his point, there is a moment of reconciliation and he hurries off the station to make his way to work.
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Family Tales
 Men In Boxes
Director: Owen Elliott
Producer: Owen Elliott
Screenplay: Philip Ross
Cinematographer: Joe Hanlon
Editor: Owen Elliott
Sound: Joe Hanlon, Owen Elliott
Lighting: Joe Hanlon
Actors: Jason Paul Hayes, Brett Sedgwick, Barry Shepherd
Men in Boxes explores masculinity, relationships and male communication, or lack there of, in a world of societal expectations. Greg, Darren and Julian look at their roles as men. Each can be neatly boxed into a stereotype that flavours their journey, or can they?
 Embrace
Director: Kate Gaul
Producer: Kate Gaul
Screenplay: Kate Gaul and Les Chantery
Editor: Kate Gaul, Elliot and Lhara
Sound: Daryl Wallis
Actors: Les Chantery (and Family)
A young Lebanese man describes life in contemporary Sydney and the personal impact of post-9/11 on his life.
 About A Dog
Director: Enzo Tedeschi
Producer: Maria Tedeschi
Screenplay: Jordan Tedeschi
Cinematographer:
Editor: Enzo Tedeschi
Sound: Enzo Tedeschi
Actors: Jordan Tedeschi
A simple animated story about a little dog who goes looking for a bone and can’t find any. With a little encouragement and persistence he finds two of them.
 Birthday Present
Director: Or Handelsman
Producer: Bernhard Abraham
Screenplay: Or Handelsman
Cinematographer: Brendon Killen
Editor: Shaun Du Sart
Sound: Alex Kennedy
Lighting: Brendon Killen
Actors: Alex Brown, Eliana Isis Dona
In the midst of moving to a new country, Fede's birthday goes seemingly unnoticed. When Fede awakes he finds the most unlikely of presents. But, with his imagination, he and his gift travel far beyond the bare walls of his room.
 Yellow Tail
Director: Kya Blondin
Producer: Leonie Mansfield
Screenplay: Leonie Mansfield
Cinematographer: Jody Muston
Editor: Jeremy Gilroy
Sound: Marty Fitzpatrick
Lighting: Jody Muston
Actors: Ellie Rankine and Rob Steele
In the sleepy sea-side town of Woy Woy, NOEL, a lonely fisherman, is set in his daily routine, treading the boards of his private wharf and casting a line to try his luck. But can FARRELLY, a young girl on holiday with her family, be the lucky charm he needs to snag that elusive catch?
 Fairy Bread
Director: Garry Morton
Producer: Garry Morton
Screenplay: Richard Marvin
Cinematographer: Daniel Christie
Editor: Garry Morton, Daniel Christie
Sound: Daniel Christie
Lighting: Daniel Christie
Actors: Bronte Locke, David E. Woodley
A young father and his 7 year old daughter share the grief of a lost wife and mother. The father has taken to alcohol to seek solace. Through her insight the young girl finds the means to rescue him.
 Tackle
Director: Beth Armstrong
Producer: Luke Eve
Screenplay: Michael Lucas
Cinematographer: Shing Fung Cheung
Editor: Melanie Annan
Sound: Luke Mynott
Actors: Erik Thomson, Mark Piccles, Georgina Naidu
There are codes to football and there are codes to being a man. Unfortunately, fourteen-year-old Ryan Fletcher isn’t up to scratch in either. Tackle is the story of a crucial turning point in the relationship between a teenage boy and his father.
 Father’s Day
Director: Simon Blyth
Producer: Kate Millington
Screenplay: Simon Blyth
Cinematographer: Callan Green
Editor: Mathew Walker
Sound: Lucas Bone
Lighting: Callan Green
Actors: Peter Henton, Matt Tramontana
Ten year old Michael has never met his Dad. When his Dad finally promises to visit him, the day he has waited so long for doesn't quite go as planned.
 The Chess Set
Director: Alex Murawski
Screenplay: Alex Murawski
Cinematographer: Gareth Tilso
Editor: Adrian Rostirolla
Sound: Megan Wedge
Lighting: Peter Wood
Actors: Nathaniel Dean, Stewart Wagstaff, Frank Wilson
Karl and Tom are long time friends; who meet each morning to play chess in the park. However, shortly after a chance meeting with a young man, Tom dies. In an attempt to avoid the grief of Tom's death, Karl rids himself of the Chess Set and cuts himself off from everything and everyone. But strange happenings with the Chess Set lead him to an unexpected friendship and hope for the future. The Chess Set is a gentle story of grief, friendship and renewed hope.
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Twist & Shake
 The Word
Director: Sue Wicks
Producer: Sue Wicks, Lisa Stone
Screenplay: Sue Wicks
Cinematographer: Jose Valasquez-Cortes
Editor: Jose Valasquez-Cortes
Sound: Peter Pagac
Actors: Lisa Stone, Mikel Simic, Ian McColm, Hugh Devaney
A word mysteriously appears on the roller door of a woman's suburban home, She is shocked. Reaction to the offensive graffiti spirals into outrage and alarm, the word becomes a local attraction with truly surprising consequences…and the woman comes to know and love her Word.
 Lena Ruins Christmas
Director: Helen Meany
Producer: Jon Steiner
Screenplay: Jon Steiner
Cinematographer: Helen Meany
Editor: Jon Steiner
Sound: Jason Wild
Lighting: N/A
Actors: David Orwell, Olgney Pinto Da Silva
Richard wants to share the Aussie Christmas experience with his two colleagues from overseas. But Lena just can't seem to get into the spirit.
 Life Beyond
Director: Darren Kwan, Nicholas Chen
Producer: Darren Kwan
Screenplay: Darren Kwan
Cinematographer: JAmes Allworth
Editor: Darren Kwan
Sound: Nicolas Chen
Lighting: James Allworth
Actors: Renee Lim, Chris McNamara, Dean Kelly and Darren Kwan
Murder. A relationship lost - a girl dead. Far away, in rooms that noone can find, two people sit in solitude. How are they connected? Did he kill the girl? Or did she end it? Who is guilty? Conscience always finds a way to the truth.
 Human Vestige
Director: Leah Taylor and Ryan Osmond
Producer: Leah Taylor and Ryan Osmond
Screenplay: Leah Taylor
Cinematographer: Ryan Osmond
Editor: Leah Taylor, Ryan Osmond
Sound: Leah Taylor, Ryan Osmond
Lighting: Patrick Anderson, Dean Sheather
Actors: Iain PF McDonald, Emanda Percival
Lying on the ground slowly dying, a man's life flashes before his eyes. It's not the life he has lived, but a glimpse into what should have been his future.
 False Awakening
Director: Garry Morton
Producer: Garry Morton
Screenplay: Garry Morton
Cinematographer: Adam Fay
Editor: Dalibor Backovic
Sound: Stephen Philip
Lighting: Andrew Ward
Actors: Kendall Wheeler, Sarah Grant, Matthew Latham
A nursing student away from home for the first time takes a break from her studies and goes home to visit mum, dad and brother. From the moment she gets home, however, nothing is as it should be. The further she goes into the house the more unusual things become.
 The Killer
Director: Pepi Kokab
Producer: Pepi Kokab
Screenplay: Pepi Kokab
Cinematographer: Luke Nowell
Editor: Pepi Kokab
Sound: Sam Hayward
Lighting: Riz Muhammad
Actors: John Hancock, Nicole Kennedy, Stefan Villalabos
Set in the noir times a detective kidnaps his wife’s murderer. Locked in a prison cell with the accused, armed with a gun, overcoat and his fidaro the detective is not leaving without a confession.
 Ghost Death
Director: Catherine Traicos
Producer: Catherine Traicos
Screenplay: Catherine Traicos
Cinematographer: Ryan Amin
Editor: Kris Mileski
Sound: Ingrid Dieckmann
Lighting: None
Actors: Matthew Ford,Chloe Traicos
Ghostdeath is a black comedy about a man who cannot deal with life and chooses to believe that he is dead.
 Elemenopee
Director: Natalia Amoore
Producer: Annmaree J Bell
Screenplay: Natalia Amoore
Cinematographer: David Mirabella
Editor: Nick Lawrence
Sound: Tull Kovon
Lighting: John Frank
Actors: David Lyons
Jimmy, the jingle writer, has writer' block! That elusive last line just won't come to him. Then, the magnetic letters on the fridge start re-arranging and ultimately taunting him. Where will it end?
 Europe
Director: Brendan Cowell
Producer: Louise Alston
Screenplay: Brendan Cowell
Cinematographer: Luke Doohan
Editor: Luke Doohan
Sound: Daniel Miau
Lighting: Luke Doolan
Actors: Ryan Johnson, Gwyneth Price, Tim Richards
Craig's girlfriend Denise leaves for a six-month back packing trip. 'I love you' says Craig, but Denise doesn't reply. Craig mopes around the house where everything reminds him of her in Europe – with an attractive Foreign Man. Finally – as Denise makes passionate love to the man, Craig drinks himself mad and begins to smash up the place. Denise comes home to find the flat destroyed and Craig amidst it all in a bloody mess. Denise has forgotten her passport and Craig has imagined it all. Denise says 'I Love You' and leaves for the second time. Craig is happy.
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2007 Newtown Flicks Film Festival
