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TUESDAY 6TH MARCH 2012 12.30pm to 1.30pm - (Free Event)
CUSTOMS HOUSE LIBRARY, 31 Alfred Street, Circular Quay. Ph: 9242 8595

WOW LAUNCH : Australian Shorts & Meet Festival Director & Filmmakers

AUSTRALIAN SHORTS 1 (45 mins approx)

WOW Introduction and Filmmaker Introductions


6thMarch

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1. Harold Holt is Dead - 5 min 40 sec

World Premiere

Drama

Alice Foulcher, Sally Storey, Producers
Alice Foulcher, Director / Writer

December 23rd, 1967 - a week since Australia's Prime Minister Harold Holt went missing. Jean's booked in for midday and nobody knows. But as the time draws closer to leave she begins to doubt... It's sink or swim. Stars Emily Thomas.

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slashed

2. Slashed - 11 min

Comedy

Graham Gates/Rogan Brown, Producer
Rebecca Thomson, Director
Claire D'Este, Writer
Gillian Page-Lee, Production Designer

Worlds collide when erotic fantasies cross the digital frontier. As Renata, “Star Police” enthusiast, writes an alternate showdown between space cop, Draker and his nemesis Thrax, a real life showdown occurs with Frieda. Stars Coco Whelan, Jane Stoddart (Cupcake,: A Zombie Lesbian Musical), Sara Cooper (My Brother Jack, Arctic Blast)

New York City International Film Festival 2011, , Razor Reel Fantastic Film Festival 2011 (Belgium), Mardi Gras Film Festival 2011 (Sydney), Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2011 Special Commendation & Audience Award for Favourite Australian Film, Dungog Film Festival 2011 (Aus), St. Kilda Film Festival 2011 & others


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peekaboo

3. Peekaboo - 10 min

Drama

Joe Weatherstone, Producer
Damien Power, Director / Writer
Katie Flaxman, Editor
Kristen Anderson, Production Designer

On the train home, a stranger plays peekaboo with a young child. When the toddler goes missing, her desperate mother searches frantically. A thriller. Stars Justine Clark (Look Both Ways, Bastard Boys)

Melbourne International Film Festival 2011, Sydney Film Festival - Dendy Awards 2011, Flickerfest 2012 (Sydney )- Avid Award for Best Editing


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distant

4. Distant Thunder - 7 min 19 sec

Australian Premiere

Comedy

Damien Prypchan, Producer
Venetia Taylor, Director / Writer

Pam and Richard are divorced. Richard has a new life, but there’s something on the horizon that will shake things up. An existential comedy about marriage and death. Stars Jan Langford Penny (Not even a Mouse,The Storymaker, Water Rats)
Holmfirth Film Festival011 (UK), Langsett Independent Film Festival 2011 (UK)


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5. 50-50 - 14 min 30 sec

World Premiere

Drama

Annmaree Bell, Producer
Megan Riakos, Director / Writer
Lauren Richards, Production Designer

50-50 follows Nellie Cameron, a real life prostitute famous on the streets of Kings Cross in the 1920’s and 30’s. Nellie is enjoying the perks of her world, the drugs, the money, the fame, but in her game she can’t afford to love. Stars Jessica McNamee (The Vow,The Loved Ones, Packed to the Rafters)

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