Sydney Indie Film Festival - Official Selections 2019
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 fifth edition Sydney Indie Film Festival (SIFF) will take place from the 21st till the 31st of October 2019. 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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- DirectorMichael Shaun ConawayStarsMiki AgrawalIbrahim AlHusseiniMichael BeckwithWe live in a world of outrageous pain. We are challenged by extinction level problems. Everywhere we look we see unbearable suffering. In the face of pain we close our hearts. We also live in a world of outrageous beauty. Everyday, we see acts of kindness, generosity, courage and creation. The only response to outrageous beauty is outrageous love. We are living in an extraordinary time when a small group can make a difference in the lives of a billion people. We stand at the tipping point of a new future. All around us, people are rising up, taking matters into their own hands, committing acts of outrageous love, and daring to reshape the world. We are creating the future we want, a world that works for everyone. We are evolving the source code of evolution. Now the question is: What will you do?
- DirectorArthur BalderStarsSusan SarandonTigran TsitoghdzyanFlorence FaivreOscar-winning screen icon Susan Sarandon and Armenian painter Tigran Tsitoghdzyan discuss time and identity, and how the apparently in conflict values of beauty and aging are perceived in our modern society dominated by social media, as he limns her portrait during a timeless sitting session. With this film the director sets in motion his film theory on poetics of cinematic art, by re-creating a set of sense memories of an artist in a non-linear, challenging, yet intriguing story-telling scheme.
- DirectorMark KennyStarsJohn Micheal FoulgerMaria DouglasGraham SaxonObnoxious love-rat, Chris has the foundations of his lie meticulously planned for his wife, Gemma to not suspect a thing. All he has to do now is grab a quick shower, wash the car and set off on his drive out of town to the romantic getaway location to meet his floozy. What could possibly go wrong for this arrogant city-boy as he negotiates his way through the very unfamiliar countryside and rural villages?
- DirectorMitko PanovStarsBruno GanzNatasha PetrovicPádraic DelaneyAn action drama about an enthusiastic junior officer from the Hague War Tribunal in pursuit of justice.
- DirectorStefen HarrisStarsMark HadlowJed BrophyOlivia HadlowHorace Jones is flat broke and working a dead boring night-shift. When half a million dollars of stolen drug money drops miraculously into his hands he makes a snap decision that will change everything.
- DirectorJeremy DylanStarsTommy EmmanuelFrom the Australian outback to Music City USA, a child guitar prodigy dedicates his life to become the world's greatest acoustic guitarist, even as revelations of dark family secrets send him into a battle with addiction that threatens to destroy his career, his family and his life.
- DirectorNick GraalmanA young couple decided to find out how (or even if) they could drastically reduce their carbon footprint for one year.
- DirectorRupam SarmahStarsTamela D'AmicoSiedah GarrettJonathan StoddardAn American neurologist (Tamela D'Amico) uproots her life to study music therapy in India and ends up helping people with disabilities by bringing them together through music.
- DirectorJesse HaajaStarsKristofer GummerusRami RusinenRenne KorppilaA Finnish superhero, a masked vigilante Rendel seeks for revenge and fights against VALA, the huge criminal organization.
- DirectorEw HelmickStarsHunter JamesTakoda ShaneEw HelmickA 2400 km journey of hope down Australia's longest river.
- DirectorJeremy LavalStarsGuillaume DuhesmeBérangère Mc NeeseChristophe PerezA man deafened by an accident begins to hear the thoughts of other people and uses the ability to investigate the disappearance of a missing girl.
- DirectorMarilyn EdmondStarsKevin GuthrieSiobhan ReillyStephen McColeIn a small town in Scotland, a young man must overcome his depression and the voice that haunts him daily. From a cliff top, a man in a hoody leaps to his death.
- DirectorJonathan ZuckStarsDave CoyneNick DePintoNadia MohebbanHarvey has led a cautious and conscientious life until he gets fired and finds out he has one month to live. Throwing caution to the wind, he meets Luke at a bar and confesses he's never broken any rules. Luke responds "Do you want to?," and so the quest begins. Along the way, they accidentally kidnap a woman who joins them on their adventure, but she might prove to be more trouble than they are looking for. "Meant to be Broken" is a crazy journey of law breaking and discovery that culminates in Miami where competing forces catch up to the unlikely trio.
- DirectorJustinas KrisiunasStarsAndrius AlesiunasMantas BendziusDeividas Breive"I don't want to stay alive; I want to live..."
- DirectorClare McCannStarsClare McCannRyan BownShalane ConnorsDity has just found out she is pregnant but to a past abusive lover. Will is only 15 years old but is learning to break into homes. Ray struggles to overcome his violent past to become a father. Each must fight to just survive somehow.
- DirectorJoe Murphy-RoeStarsSimon EckertMartin HamannWill Hearle
- DirectorSangeetha GowdaStarsKyffin BrownGeoff CordnerJohanna Goldshmid"Lost Focus" follows Samuel, an aspiring adolescent filmmaker, as he is faced with the trauma of potentially losing his Grandfather whom he is very close to. As his Grandfather's condition worsens, Sam too struggles further with intense depression, as he faces a strained relationship with his strict father and bullying along the way.
- DirectorWilson HuangStarsThor CarlssonCris CochraneNathaniel KellyA former Underworld Enforcer must decide between a path of redemption or an act of vengeance when his partner is brutally murdered by a crime syndicate.
- DirectorEmily O'BrienStarsRyan ClelandBettie Belle KayTristan McKinnonBased around a primary school talent show - ALISTAIR, an introverted 10 year old is thrown into the world of magic when he comes across a leather bound magician's book by MAGIC ETOLIES' - one of the most famous magicians to have practiced. Alistair meets MARGARET, an outspoken witty 10 year old with the confidence of an 85 year old man - who helps him on his endeavour.
- DirectorJames Florian QuinnStarsDajana RajicIeva AgnosticKrist MortA witch fulfills a blood ritual in the woods to revive her daughter. Presented in 70mm and IMAX, Daughter of Dismay is a meditative mood piece depicting the simple moment of an occult ritual in an immersive format, aiming to utilize the 70mm/IMAX format to convey a quiet atmosphere of dread.
- DirectorVanessa BaileyStarsDaniel Quincy AnnohMatthew JureVanessa BaileyTwo strangers find themselves forced into a tense and painful conversation at an isolated bus stop.
- DirectorMirko GrilliniStarsPaul BishopKaushik DasHeath BergersenAn Indigenous Australian man finds a connection with his past in a chance encounter with a foreigner who has nothing to lose.
- DirectorAdrian PowersStarsJames SaundersTiarnie CouplandJames ShepherdIn a ravaged and lawless future-Australia, an isolated hermit is forced to offer sanctuary to a young girl, as she tries to escape a pair of murderous scavengers.
- DirectorArtem MakarevichStarsVilen BabichevYuriy KasmyninStanislav KisilevskiyThe young guy is going to the most important meeting in his life. To arrive at this meeting, he must get to the future, rise to the sky, break through all his fears, try to defeat them, and most importantly - find the inner strength to change.