Sydney Indie Film Festival - Official Selections 2016
Sydney Indie Film Festival 2016: 13 days of film events showing 90 incredibly amazing films from around the world! 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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- DirectorJim GreayerStarsJoseph MillsonSarah-Jane PottsAmy MansonA serial killer begins to spiral totally out of control as three women interact with him in very different ways.
- DirectorMat de KoningStarsMat de KoningMatt DoustDave KavanaghA band of best friends, a roadie who wanted to be a rockstar, a documentary ten years in the making.
- DirectorAnthony Ash Brennan
- DirectorManinder ChanaStarsJulie RomaniukCraig CyrRomaine WaiteA female rookie armored truck guard is caught between her co-workers' plot to rob their own truck and greedy gangsters desperate to grab the cash.
- DirectorTristan BarrStarsTristan BarrAlly H. BjørnstadBen ClementsA young Melbourne man's illegal business takes off and is thriving until his pig-headedness sends everything awry.
- DirectorAndreas ClimentAndré HedetoftStarsRikard BjörkEmelia HanssonRafael PetterssonThree students at a Swedish university make a discovery that will change their lives forever. A story about love, ambition and finding yourself.
- DirectorFiona CochraneStarsLeverne McDonnellLeverne McDonnell was an Australian actor and a close friend and colleague. When she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer she wanted to make a statement about voluntary euthanasia, so we made a documentary together about how she lived her life and her death - both with great humour. While voluntary euthanasia has been legalised in some countries, it is not legal in Australia despite support for it by the majority of the population in opinion polls.
- DirectorGraham HigginsStarsAlex HumesMark ArnoldHeidi Agerholm BallePaul meets John while he's out running. A sinister chain of events arouses his suspicions about his new friend. But by then it's too late - their lives are bound together by a shared fate.
- DirectorShane T. HallStarsSimon LyndonPaul TassoneJoanne PriestMax, a struggling actor living in South Africa, has flown into Sydney, Australia for the audition of his life. As soon as he lands things start to go horribly wrong when his girlfriend Sallie disappears. Frustrated with the police's lack of of progress in finding her, Max embarks on a desperate search with the help of childhood friend Richard. The pair's search pushes them to both external and internal extremities in their desperate plight to find Sallie.
- DirectorCarlos MeléndezStarsHector KotsifakisSharon ZundelEnrique ArreolaA shy and feeble architect is victim of a violent and abusing surrounding. The pressure builds up until he is pushed to the limit of his own humanity.
- DirectorEmanuele VallaStarsLuca NuceraTania TuccinardiElena CurtiCertain stories are damn true and love is damn unstable: suddenly it brings you up and then it throws you down at the same speed, slamming you around, makes you want to scream, shaking your stomach... However, you want to try again. Like those tangles of iron, bolts and rails that we call roller coasters, for which we go along sometimes mileage queues. The parallelism between schizophrenia of love and iconic attractions from amusement parks is quite obvious: Rollercoaster Love is about that and the seemingly endless queue crossed by David, yet tried by his "last ride", before returning up on a roller coaster ride.
- DirectorMaha WilsonStarsNicholas BurtonKabir SinghMaha WilsonDamaged is the endearing tale of a friendship in the most remarkable of circumstances.
- DirectorLucas PavettoStarsJohn RobinsonBill MoseleyLloyd KaufmanAn alcoholic spends all his time spying on his neighbor, waiting for the right moment to kill him.
- DirectorChristopher LivingstonStarsBrian DroletHoyt RichardsTaylor ColeA former basketball star suffering from a knee injury looks to rehab himself at a rundown Los Angeles gym.
- DirectorRyan Michael BrownStarsErin CipollettiEmma GriffinElisabeth BennettJosephine is a bright spark in Claire's recently darkened reality, but when the two women find themselves in trouble with the law, Claire discovers Josephine is not all she seems.
- DirectorMichelle ClayStarsJaimie FauthGrant LandryAvie WeberFor years, Tony and Leo have been a happy couple. They had always talked about having a child... someday. So when a sickly infant is abandoned at a local hospital, Tony sees it as a sign. Suddenly, Leo is confronted with making good on his promise to start a family; he must face his deep-seeded fears of being a father, or risk losing Tony altogether.
- DirectorMichael McQuownVincent J. GuastiniStarsDavid BanksSara AreyanoCortney PalmA genre-defying mixture of horror, sci-fi, myth, mystery and thrills told as four interlocking tales in one intelligent anthology. Ghosts, spirits, creatures, demons and more from the paranormal world collide with rational curiosity.
- DirectorLee ChambersStarsBasil HoffmanPriscilla-Anne JacobCarl BaileyA high school teen stumbles into the aftermath of a bank robbery gone wrong and finds himself locked inside his school trying to keep himself and his teacher alive as one of the psychotic robbers hunts them down.
- DirectorKit McDeeStarsBrad McMurrayVincent B. GorceNicholas GunnMike is thrust into a world of murder and assassination after running into his best friend Ed, presumed killed in action 10 years ago. In order to keep themselves alive, Mike and Ed must now work together as members of - The Hunters Club.
- DirectorKarl Sterner IsakssonStarsNuno AmaralAnne CazenaveLucas GrenJohan's girlfriend, Annelie ,has dumped him one month before their wedding. His best friend, Markus, buys him an inter-rail ticket and sends him off alone on a journey full of challenges. Challenges both the natural once appearing from the nature of traveling but also certain challenges that Markus texts and forces him to do. The journey starts in Sweden and heads through Denmark, Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, Spain and ends up in Lisbon, Portugal. Along the way his encounters with other lost souls helps him see things from another perspective and a possible new romance with the Russian girl, Nadia, shows him that life together with Annelie wasn't so great after all. Later on when Annelie has another sudden change of heart and starts looking for Johan he no longer knows what he wants; whether to return to her or just go with the flow and maybe try something together with Nadia.
- DirectorJordy PollockStarsHebe SayceLukas SelbyChloé and Charlie are in love. At least, they are trying to be. The two are afraid to kiss, due to dangerous experiences of the past.
- DirectorRyan BergezMaceo GreenbergStarsParis DylanEugene NovaRenée BourkeA driven, career obsessed London girl, Emily (Renee Bourke) gets sent to LA for work. This cut and dry business trip takes a detour when she meets an easy going bar musician, Nick (Paris Dylan). Despite leading very different lives, the unlikely pair share an undeniable connection, but is it strong enough to overcome the distance Across the Pond?
- DirectorVictor PerezStarsMaría RuizNigel BarberDave FrostA pregnant married woman struggles to tell a much older man that their affair is over.
- DirectorMegan ChambersStarsRebecca BradleyCameron CaulfieldPia Jane O'ConnellThere's no how-to book for life.
- DirectorBhargav SaikiaStarsPrisha DabasJairaj DalwaniPalomi GhoshThe line between dreams and reality is blurred when a young woman in charge of two children is haunted by mysterious entities.