Monday Shots

Body Swap

Director: David Pineo
Producer: David Pineo
Screenplay: Peter Daniels
Cinematographer: Adam Barrett
Editor: David Pineo
Sound: Greg Dickerson
Lighting: Clint Reynolds

Actors: Andrew LeRaj, David Pineo, Sarah Smith, Grant Williams, Shane Davidson

'Body Swap' is the story of a love-struck guy who transforms himself completely to get the attention of his gorgeous co-worker, only to find that all is not as it seems. Undeterred he goes to even greater lengths in his quest to win her heart.

Site Projection I & II

Director: Michael Roseth
Producer: Michael Roseth
Screenplay: Michael Roseth
Cinematographer: Michael Roseth
Editor: Michael Roseth
Sound: Michael Roseth
Lighting: Michael Roseth


Beauty Heroine

Director: Katie Lee Preston
Producer: Katie Lee Preston
Screenplay: Katie Lee Preston
Cinematographer: Katie Lee Preston
Editor: Katie Lee Preston and Joey Buller
Sound: Bryon Boubloulas
Lighting: Katie Lee Preston and Clinton Toepfer

Actors: Zoe Bivkinshaw

Poetic film. A story of love lost which describes those feelings and portrays them on film. Shot in shades of grey.

Pomegranate

Director: Shoair Mavlian
Producer: Shoair Mavlian
Screenplay: Shoair Mavlian
Cinematographer: Shoair Mavlian
Editor: Shoair Mavlian
Sound: Mitch Lewis and Gary Aghabekian
Lighting: Shoair Mavlian

Actors: Shoair Mavlian

Pomegranate is a short experimental film that interlinks the story of an ancient traditional pre wedding custom with a woman's recollection of her first experience in Australia, a new country and a new culture. The film explores how this affects her relationship with her children, provoking feelings of isolation and self doubt.

Taxi

Director: Glenn Lockitch
Producer: Glenn Lockitch
Screenplay: Glenn Lockitch
Cinematographer: Glenn Lockitch
Editor: Glenn Lockitch
Sound: Glenn Lockitch
Lighting: Natural Lighting in Taxi

Actors: Passengers in Taxi

Photojournalist Glenn Lockitch photographed his passengers while driving between sunset and sunrise. His photos are a Screenplay of his passengers' life journey and extend over a two year period compacted into 'one night'. The photo series are accompanied by audio recordings and blues slide guitar and digital music.

Making of Love Doesn't Stand a Chance

Director: Raymond Toms
Producer: Raymond Toms
Cinematographer: Raymond Toms
Editor: Raymond Toms
Sound: Raymond Toms
Lighting: Raymond Toms

Actors: Bryce Wilson

The 'Making of Love Doesn't Stand a Chance', is a fly-on-the-wall observation of a 14 hour day spent making a video clip for new Australian singer-song Screenplay, Bryce Wilson. The original clip, was directed by film director Peter Templeman, recent award winner at the 'Slamdance' Film Festival in the USA.

Wake Up

Director: Dane Owen
Producer: Dane Owen
Screenplay: Dane Owen
Cinematographer: Peter Borosh
Editor: Mitchell Burkitt
Sound: Eli Murray
Lighting: James Ford, Peter Borosh

Actors: Andy Cunningham

A man wakes up alone in a bare room with no sign of entry or exit. The only thing to be seen in this room is an empty birdcage on the floor, And a barred window on one wall. As the man stands up to explore this room he is momentarily bombarded by a hallucination or vision. 'Wake Up' follows the account of a young man's journey into darkness, through the mind's power and his own hallucinations, it brings forward his darkest fears, Turning them into reality.

29 Poisons

Director: Owen Elliott
Producer: Owen Elliott
Screenplay: Owen Elliott
Cinematographer: Owen Elliott
Editor: Owen Elliott
Sound: Bob Scott
Lighting: Owen Elliott

Actors: Inga Liljestrom

Talk To Anyone Anytime

Director: Angelo Polizogopoulos, Tim Anastasi
Producer: Angelo Polizogopoulos, Tim Anastasi
Screenplay: Angelo Polizogopoulos, Tim Anastasi
Cinematographer: Angelo Polizogopoulos
Editor: Angelo Polizogopoulos, Tim Anastasi
Sound: Dean Cameron
Lighting: Angelo Polizogopoulos, Tim Anastasi

Actors: Kriss Jones

Talk to anyone, anytime follows a man who has recently lost his partner of twelve years. Battling his inner demons, he decides to leave for overseas to start a new chapter. However he finds himself to emotionally attached to his past…

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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The winning categories

Lolly Bag

Embrace

Director: Kate Gaul
Producer: Kate Gaul
Screenplay: Kate Gaul, Les Chantery
Cinematographer:
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. 

Bad Date

Director: Wendy Hanna
Producer: Lisa Gray
Cinematographer: Kush Badwhar, Christy Lee
Editor: Wendy Hanna
Sound : Manny Hollhan
Lighting: None

Actors: A variety of candid punters who have had a, 'Bad Date'.

The Bad Date: – a phenomenon that strikes fear into the hearts of singles everywhere, who shudder with regret and repulsion. How can something that started out so well intentioned go so horribly, horribly wrong? Find out in this short documentary, which proves that not all is fair in love and war.

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.

The Man With The Golden Beanie

Director: Ash Brennan, Alan Scott
Producer: Ash Brennan, Alan Scott
Screenplay: Ash Brennan, Alan Scott
Cinematographer: Anthony Newman
Editor: Ash Brennan
Sound : Rob Stankovich, Jeff Lee
Lighting: Col Larsen, Anthony Newman

Actors: Alan Scott, Naomi Scott, Debbie Gimbert, Natasha Brennan, Belinda Rose

Bazza McKonkey is a 'no questions asked' private detective. Some diamonds he is minding for clients are stolen by an all female underground group called The Succubus Army. Bazza is led on a wild chase involving various extreme sports to get the diamonds back. Get your seat belt on and hit 'PLAY'.

Taxi

Director: Glenn Lockitch
Producer: Glenn Lockitch
Screenplay: Glenn Lockitch
Cinematographer: Glenn Lockitch
Editor: Glenn Lockitch
Sound: Glenn Lockitch
Lighting: Natural Lighting in Taxi

Actors: Passengers in Taxi

Photojournalist Glenn Lockitch photographed his passengers while driving between sunset and sunrise. His photos are a Screenplay of his passengers' life journey and extend over a two year period compacted into 'one night'. The photo series are accompanied by audio recordings and blues slide guitar and digital music.

The Little Creek

Director: Daisy Edwards
Producer: Daisy Edwards
Screenplay: Daisy Edwards
Cinematographer: Animation
Editor: Daisy Edwards
Sound: Daisy Edwards
Lighting: Animation

Actors: (Voice over) Richard Parkes

Reflecting on his past, Bill remembers his childhood, the little creek, the games he played and his first love, Mary. But as you grow up things have to change, whether you like it or not. But it's not just the innocence of childhood that we lose along the way, it's also the valuable resources we take for granted. Fairytales never last as long as you would like them to. 

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.

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. 

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.

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Chocolate Box

The Faking Game

Director: Damon Herriman
Producer: Coeli Cutcliffe and Damon Herriman
Screenplay: Damon Herriman
Cinematographer: Damon Herriman
Editor: Luke Doolan
Sound: Damon Herriman
Lighting: Damon Herriman

Actors: Michael Booth, Nash Edgerton, Diana Glenn, Susan Prior, Sam Worthington

'Darren Kendall' is determined to make his own mockumentary. Funded by his parents, we see Darren detailing the process, with all its problems. But things go awry. Does he finally get to produce and show 'his' mockumentary?

At The Edge of the Bed

Director: Mark Lee
Producer: Mark Lee, Peter J. Slee
Screenplay: Frank Gauntlett
Cinematographer: Hugh Miller
Editor: Martin Thorne
Sound: Rainier Davenport 

Actors: Belinda Giblin, Tony Martin, Patrick Trumper

Husband and wife in name only, a wealthy couple return to their apartment after a scene. Weary of philandering, he wants to rekindle their relationship, but she demands re-negotiation on terms closer to those enjoyed by his former lovers.

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.

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.

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