Indy Shorts Film Festival 2021

Sense of Place

Expired July 26, 2021 3:45 AM
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7 films in package
Coffin
A man comes home and wants to go to bed. A bunch of noisy roommates. A crowded city in southern China.
Red Taxi
As protests unfold in Hong Kong, “Red Taxi” shows a city in upheaval through the eyes of those who must traverse the streets day and night to make a living. Filmed by a Hong Kong crew, who remain anonymous due to ongoing safety concerns.
Closed captions available
Are You Still There?
A dead car battery leaves Safa stranded alone in a strip mall parking lot.
Lifeblood
Lifeblood is a film about the intersection of place, history, and Australian identity. Stop and look. Stay a while, and you will see.
Closed captions available
The Last Ferry From Grass Island
A Hong Kong hitman retires as a fisherman on the peaceful Grass Island. One day, his Chinese apprentice shows up, tasked to kill him before the last ferry departs.
Your Street
How do we commemorate the victims of history whose stories trigger pain and guilt?
The Better Angels
A young soldier trying to escape the horrors of war, finds an abandoned house and within it, the stories that might have been.
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Stories immersed in setting. 


Films: Coffin; Red Taxi; Are You Still There?; Lifeblood; The Last Ferry From Grass Island; Your Street; The Better Angels


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After the Europeans arrived in Australia, Aboriginal people in Bourke Shire were taken away, and others were brought here, to live in the missions. Today there are more than 20 tribes and clans represented in the region, so identity is a problem for a lot of Aboriginal people.


In English, with English subtitles.


Programming descriptions are generated by participants and are edited for length and clarity, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Heartland Film.


Film Contact:

Nicholas Tory

nicholastory@ampleprojects.com

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    20 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Australia
  • Premiere
    U.S. Premiere
  • Rating
    Suitable for All Ages,Frightening/Disturbing Images
  • Note
    Animated Short
  • Director
    Nicholas Tory
  • Screenwriter
    Phil Sullivan, Aunty Dot Martin, Nicholas Tory and Jonathan Nix
  • Producer
    Nicholas Tory
  • Executive Producer
    Phil Johnson
  • Cast
    Nardi Simpson
  • Animator
    Jonathan Nix, Oliver Abbott, Nicholas Tory
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