Six shorts to be supported

Screen Australia today announced production investment of $446,000 in six short films through its Short Animation and Shorts Completion programs.

Screen Australia's Head of Production, Sally Caplan, said, Out of many applications, we are delighted to have been able to support these six projects. The filmmakers are all talented teams from diverse backgrounds, and the projects are an eclectic mix with distinctive stories. We are very much looking forward to seeing the finished works.

The Short Animation program will support two projects. The first, My Little Sumo, is set to showcase the talents of South Australian animation directors Ana Maria Mendez Salgado and Carlos Manrique Clavijo, and writer Lee Sellers. Supported by writer/producer Marion Pilowsky, the film will charmingly visualise the story of Daisy, a little girl with a big dream: to become a champion sumo wrestler.

The former lead animator of UK smash Charlie and Lola, Joseph Brumm, will direct the quirky and satirical short Revolution, in which a group of tiny creatures makes an attempt at civilization in the warmth of a massive lit cigarette. Laura DiMaio will produce.

Through the Shorts Completion program four projects will be funded.

Writer/director Dave Edwardz and producer Peter Magdas will be enabled to complete the drama The Trophy Thief, a simple and moving tale of a young soccer player who takes matters into his own hands in order to regain whats rightfully his.

Writer/director Brooke Goldfinch and producer Brietta Hague will undertake a detailed edit of their sumptuously shot Red Rover, an end-of-days drama in which two teens break away from their fundamentalist families and in so doing uncover their own final meaning.

Completion funds will also allow director Rudolf Fitzgerald-Leonard and producer John Tummino to find the best finished form for Coral, a piece that takes an oblique look at the conditions underpinning explosive male violence.

Finally, writer/director Leonie Savvides and producer Elise Annetts will complete Black Cat, a subtly provocative film that explores an adolescent girl's fascination with black magic as a means of dealing with her repressive masculine household.

SHORT ANIMATION

MY LITTLE SUMO

Genre Family

Directors Ana Maria Mendez Salgado, Carlos Manrique Clavijo

Producer Marion Pilowsky

Writers Lee Sellers, Marion Pilowsky

Synopsis Daisy is a little girl with a big dream, to become a champion sumo wrestler.

REVOLUTION

Genre Action/Adventure, Family

Writer/Director Joseph Brumm

Producer Laura DiMaio

Synopsis A group of tiny creatures make an attempt at civilization in the warmth of a massive lit cigarette.

SHORT COMPLETION

BLACK CAT

Genre Drama

Writer/Director Leonie Savvides

Producer Elise Annetts

Synopsis Teenage Aila explores black magic as an outlet for her growing sexuality and to find autonomy within a repressive masculine household.

CORAL

Genre Drama

Writer/Director Rudolf Fitzgerald-Leonard

Producer John Tummino

Synopsis When the floodlights at his twilight soccer training fail to light his path, Kevin allows the surrounding darkness to consume him.

RED ROVER

Genre Drama

Director Brooke Goldfinch

Producer Brietta Hague

Executive Producer Erin Wakelin

Synopsis After being told by their parents that the end of the world is nigh, two teenagers from a rural religious community travel into town to discover what is really happening.

THE TROPHY THIEF

Genre Drama

Writer/Director Dave Edwardz

Producer Peter Magdas

Synopsis Ben is a young soccer player who misses out on winning his teams MVP (most valuable player) trophy and takes matters into his own hands in order to regain whats rightfully his.

Media enquiries

Annaliese Zuzarte T: 02 8113 5833; M: 0404 877 887

annaliese.zuzarte@screenaustralia.gov.au

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