Sydney Indie Film Festival - Official Selections 2018
The Sydney Indie Film Festival features some of the best of independent cinema from around the world, including a mix of award winning films and outstanding emerging talent in the film industry. The Festival program screens all genres of films: action, adventure, comedy, family movies, chick flicks, science fiction, thrillers, true stories, animations, documentaries, there is something for everybody! Join us for exclusive red carpet events, watch the movies, meet the filmmakers and participate in the Q&A sessions to find out how they made all the magic happen! The fourth edition Sydney Indie Film Festival (SIFF) will take place from the 22nd of October till the 1st of November 2018 Screening locations: Event Cinemas George St - Festival Space and Lane Cove Libraries. The Sydney Indie Film Festival mission is to unite, inspire & entertain, bringing opportunities for artists & great cultural events for the community.
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- DirectorPhil BlattenbergerStarsJamie RoyJimmy Ace LewisPhil BlattenbergerSet in Vietnam in April 1968 - three months after the tide-turning Tet Offensive and one month after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. - Point Man is the story of a U.S. Army fire team fractured by racial tensions, moral crises, and the crushing pressures of combat in a war nobody wants to fight. Andre "Casper" Allen, a rough-edged ideologue, finds his radical politics put him at odds with the squad's machine gunner, Silas Meeks. When their search-and-destroy mission in the Mekong Delta goes terribly wrong, both men find themselves pitted against each other and their recalcitrant platoon commander, Lieutenant Sutter. Point men die like flies in the bush, and as loyalties dissolve every step forward comes with a price.
- DirectorJohn PsathasStarsSam StraleyJohnny LimJames GuytonIn the summer of 1994, an awkward 15-year-old boy enlists the help of the Park District's least valuable employee--a local lothario and suburban legend--to win the heart of Bernadette, an 18-year-old French foreign exchange student, local lifeguard, and, according to all reliable reports, the most beautiful girl ever seen in the suburb of Forest Lake.
- DirectorAntoine LeStarsMatthew SolomonJohn SavageTim DrierTo gain more subscribers, a controversial social media influencer stays at a cursed hotel to terrifying results.
- DirectorSam UptonStarsKate VernonMark Boone JuniorCassi ThomsonA washed up, alcoholic ex-prizefighter makes a comeback to boxing after his top heavyweight contender son is wrongfully blinded in the ring.
- DirectorEdward A. PalmerStarsIngvild DeilaJonathan CobbTom LincolnRuby has been kidnapped, but her kidnapper doesn't want a ransom. He wants her to fall in love with him.
- DirectorGraham StreeterStarsBrittney PowellDarryl StephensMark EliasAn older woman suffering from dementia is convinced that her young live-in nurse is out to kill her and take her life's fortune. But people are not always who we think they are. And dementia has a way of unraveling the truth.
- DirectorKevin SchmutzlerTobias SchmutzlerStarsJeff BurrellAiden FlowersLeni AdamsA man of words is forced to become a man of action as John discovers the secret bucket list of his ill son Robin. The two abscond from the hospital to fulfill the boy's greatest wishes - as the police pursue John for kidnapping.
- DirectorCurtis Wyatt IIIStarsZach VeatchCurtis Wyatt IIIAndrew YackelTwo unlikely friends team up to steal money from their University.
- DirectorAxel AugustJordon Prince-WrightStarsMichael MuntzBen MortleySteve TurnerIn a remote and dark place in the outback of Western Australia, the wanted man Leon Murphey (Ben Mortley) leaves his family in a bid to ensure their safety. While being transported by Captain Dalton (Michael Muntz), Leon's daughter (Isabella Jacqueline) is captured by the cruel Maitland (Steve Turner). The journey soon becomes a chaotic tale of revenge and murder within the ever-changing terrain of Western Australia.
- DirectorNicholas GyeneyStarsLauren HollyYuji OkumotoNicholas GyeneyA meta drama described as a cross between Clerks and Entourage, following a real-life filmmaking team in an unfiltered look behind the scenes as they struggle to break down the doors of Hollywood.
- DirectorTabaré BlanchardStarsManny PerezPepe SierraRichard DouglasThe origin and rise of the most famous Dominican wrestler of all time, Rafael Sánchez aka Jack Veneno, and his arch-nemesis, José Manuel Guzmán aka Relámpago Hernández.
- DirectorEryn WilsonStarsJacob LeezakJennah LeezakProfile of Jacob Leezak's Canine Behaviour Expert Dog Psychology Centre, located in outer Sydney, a place where traumatised dogs and traumatised humans can heal one another.
- DirectorIsrael CannanTwo burnt out businessmen with no experience at sea attempt to rekindle their inner fire with one life altering mission - Crossing the North Atlantic Ocean, alone in a little wooden row boat.
- DirectorEmil AgopianThe True North Project is a celebration of Canada's multiethnic society and its ongoing process of reconciliation with the indigenous community. In this celebration of diversity, artists from vastly different backgrounds are brought together to create a collaborative work for orchestra. The documentary focuses on national identity and the idea of where "home" is, in a country where 20 percent of the population is foreign born. The film offers insights into the creative processes of artists from different cultural backgrounds and from different regions of Canada, as they work together towards a common goal. The documentary is about hope for the future, and brings attention to the enrichments brought by the coexistence of different peoples and cultures within the framework of a nation.
- DirectorRichard PrendergastStarsJolie LennonBenjamin HartleyGaynor FraserA loving family set off in their car on what seems like a carefree family outing. They sing, stop for ice- creams and play eye-spy. However, it becomes clear that this isn't a happy outing after all and only once the car arrives does the actuality of the narrative fully manifest.
- DirectorStuart BirchallStarsPixie Le Knot"Emergence of a hybrid human-alien consciousness from the void" APEX explores the emergence of a higher life form, the convergence of intelligence and higher consciousness in the primordial void of infinite potential. A portal through which something far more sinister has emerged.
- DirectorRichard GoldgewichtStarsChristian OliverElke SommerSeparated by the fear of prosecution in the Nazi Germany of 1933, a young Jewish couple in Berlin make loose plans to reunite on the safe tropical shores of Brazil.
- DirectorJordan DevitreStarsAnthony ThomasDamian HempsteadAnthony DarvallTen years after a tragic accident, two cousins must mend a rift in their relationship before their past robs their future.
- DirectorEdward LyonsStarsRenaye LorymanTristan McKinnonChristian CharisiouWhen Emily's boyfriend abandons her in the night, her only way home is through an alleyway where she is terrorised by the mysterious entity Alfred J Hemlock.
- DirectorJoel ErkkinenDuring a mission on the moon, an astronaut and an extraterrestrial inadvertently form a mutual attraction.
- DirectorSarah KruchowskiStarsMarie LaurinZoran RadanovichDesi IvanovaAUDITION is a short film about the punishment and the rewards of being an actress in Hollywood from a mother's point of view.
- DirectorChristopher PiazzaStarsIsa AndersonSara Ruth BlakeMolly CampPearl Simmons (Michelle Hurst, 'Orange is the New Black'), an aging jazz singer in brownstone Brooklyn, fights the early stages of Alzheimer's. While she presents a strong front to her daughter Cynthia (Melanie Nicholls-King, 'The Wire'), her sense of place and time begin to slip, and her memories of her days as a jazz singer in 1970s New York clash with the present. Cynthia, struggling to care for her mother, considers an offer to sell the family's home.
- DirectorJenna SutchStarsTony BonnerGabriel Govinda Gilbert-DeyGil makes an unplanned trip home to see his fading Pa, who lays motionless in bed. As the past and present begin to blur the saddened reality of the situation must be faced. What happens next is mystical- something bigger than us.
- DirectorJenny HarderA teenage girl and her two guardians, the angel Ava and the demon Mal who act as her conscience. While these two struggle to keep the stubborn punk girl that can't see them safe they are also figuring out their own differences and preconceptions about each other.
- DirectorMandella SaaidStarsMichael LeeBrionny FaganAlia LievoreBenny, a Bipolar suffering hitman, seeks therapy to get his life back on track. As he begins to recount memories about his love-life, things begin to take an unlikely turn.