A short film by Cloudy Rhodes
In Post Production
Blue, young and gender-queer, awakens through a dusty morning, binding their breasts, and smoking a joint as they watch the world from their window. A chance encounter with party girl Violet leads the pair to the ocean, where Blue watches her take to the waves in a daringly beautiful exhibition of soul-surfing, and the possibility of connection stirs. BEAUTIFUL THEY is a youthful, visually charged, uplifting non-binary love story; a queer surf-romance about the nuances of gender, and the refuge found in being truly seen.
Written and directed by Cloudy Rhodes
Starring Morgan Davies and Sariah Saibu
Produced by Ella Millard
Executive Producers Alexandra Burke, Lisa Shaunessy, Samantha Lang, Liana Cornell
Production Company Boobook Media
Distribution Company Arcadia Films
Cinematography by Jordan Maddocks
Edited by Stewart Arnott
Production and Costume Design by Emma White
Hair and Make Up Design by Gillian Campbell
A short film by Charlotte Mars
2019. 18mins 30secs
Financed with the assistance of Screen Australia
YURI did not see the fall coming. One moment, she was rehearsing for her graduation show. The next, she was on the floor, unable to get up. Now the young dancer finds herself partially paralysed in hospital, with no idea how or when she will dance again. As Yuri gives her body over to tests and rehabilitation, her world starts to splinter. When she encounters OLANDA, a puzzling young woman with juvenile diabetes, a chance for growth and connection stirs... GIRL AND BODY is an exploration of the fragile connective tissue that binds women to their bodies, and each other.
Written and directed by Charlotte Mars
Produced by Ella Millard
Starring Nancy Denis, Adele Perovic, Ling Cooper Tang, Sri Sacdpraseuth
Cinematography by Bonnie Elliott ACS
Edited by Ryan Haysom
Music by Nick Wales
Sound Design by Brooke Trezise
Production and Costume Design by Asia Swida
Hair and Make Up Design by Jennifer Lamphee
Choreography by Amrita Hepi
FESTIVALS / AWARDS
Official Selection 70th Berlin International Film Festival, Shorts Competition 2020
Official Selection Melbourne International Film Festival and MIFF Accelerator Lab 2019
Nominated Best Sound in a Live Action Short, Australian Screen Sound Guild
A short film by Alex Holmes
2017, 15 mins
Financed with the assistance of Screen Australia
“A powerful glimpse into the oppressive world of an extreme religious sect.” DAVID MILLER - Reviewer, Cambridge Film Festival
“Powerfully restrained, beautifully shot and fantastic performances.” MIKE O’BRIEN - Official Selector, Cambridge International Film Festival
A teenage girl living in an extreme Christian sect is driven into psychological turmoil by her Elders when she strikes up an innocent relationship with a boy.
Written and Directed by Alex Holmes
Produced by Kristina Ceyton and Ella Millard
Executive Producer Sam Jennings
Production Company Causeway Films
Main Cast Eliza Scanlen, Nicholas Bakopoulos-Cooke, Tony Barry, Martha Morgan, Ryan Atkins, Claire Jones, Will Usic
Director of Photography Dominic Egan
Editor Simon Njoo
Production Designer Sam Wilde
Costume Designer Wendy Cork
Sound Designer Liam Egan
Composer Nicholas Wales
Hair and Make Up Designer Sue Carroll
FESTIVALS / AWARDS
Winner Best Film Dublin Independent Film Festival 2018
Van Gough Award Best Short Screenplay Amsterdam Film Festival 2018
Winner Best Editing Diversity in Cannes Short Film Showcase 2018
Nomination Best Actress - Eliza Scanlen St Kilda Film Festival 2018
Nomination Best Supporting Actress in a Short Film- Martha Morgan World Cinema London Festival 2019
Nomination Best Supporting Actor in a Short Film - Tony Barry World Cinema London Festival 2019
Official Selection and Opening Night Screening St Kilda Short Film Festival 2018
Official Selection and Opening Night Screening Oz Film Festival London 2018
Semi-Finalist Los Angeles CineFest 2018
Official Selection Flickerfest Short Film Festival 2018
Official Selection Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival 2017
Official Selection KUKI International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth Berlin 2018
Official Selection Cambridge Short Film Festival 2017
Official Selection San Francisco International Festival of Short Films 2018
(Latin orig.) verb, dream; to dream of or see in a dream
A feature film by Charlotte Mars
In development with assistance from Screen Australia
What if you could see your dreams? Watch them back like a movie, as many times as you like.
Would you want to? Should you?
Somnio is a sensuous, romantic sci fi, in which a psychologist takes a job at a clinic where patients’ dreams are the focus of treatment. Once there, she becomes enthralled by the dreams of a patient with whom she has a history; a lover she thought she'd left in the past…
The film explores the question of human subconscious – how much are we really in control of our desires, our destinies? And is it ever possible to change who you are, and how you love?
Written by Charlotte Mars
Produced by Ella Millard
Production Company Boobook Media
VR Short Film
2017
Dur: 10 mins
PREHISTORIC VR drops you onto the ocean floor 200 million years ago, for an immersive encounter with the strange, wonderful and terrifying creatures of the prehistoric deep, from the Ediacaran to the Cretaceous periods. Commissioned by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, and developed with assistance from Create NSW, PREHISTORIC VR is a collaboration between award-winning visual artist and filmmaker Samantha Lang, and Erth Visual & Physical Inc, internationally renowned makers of large-scale puppetry experiences. An adaptation of Erth’s stage show "Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium”, this VR adventure has been made for and with kids, big and small.
An Erth Visual & Physical Inc. and Handmaid Media production. In association with the Australian Film, Television & Radio School, and Start VR
Commissioned by the Australian Centre of the Moving Image. Developed with assistance from Create NSW. Based on the stage show Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium by Erth Visual & Physical Inc.
Written by Scott Wright
Directed by Scott Wright and Samantha Lang
Produced by Ella Millard and Samantha Lang
Cinematography by Kim Batterham
Design by Steve Howarth
Edited by Roland Gallois
Sound Design and Composition by James Brown
FESTIVALS / SCREENINGS
Official Season 2018 Australian Centre of the Moving Image
Official Selection Adelaide Film Festival 2017
Official Season 2017 Australian Centre of the Moving Image
Proof of Concept VR Short
2018, 5 mins
BROWN LAKE VR is a short proof-of-concept work for a larger-scale, multi-chapter work ANTHROPOCENE VR, in development by Samantha Lang and Handmaid Media.
This is a story of place and an experience of bodies of water, rock, plants, air, creatures and other beings that have existed across deep time, and felt the impact of humanity’s existence on the planet. Working with live action, puppeteered landscapes filmed in miniature provide a sense of scale and presence. Our story-world is hand made from recycled materials, offering an imaginative abstraction of place and perspective, inviting the viewer to make the curious leap across the scales of time.
“Whilst this is not breaking news, very little reporting or media coverage of The Anthropocene seems to have provoked decisive action to slow the effects of man-made despoiling of the Mother Earth. Over the last decade more and more calls have been made for those working in the arts to address – in the form of new cultural narratives – a way of acknowledging and controverting the impact of capitalist modes of being. This project is a small step towards addressing the urgency of the issue.”
Samantha Lang
Produced with Handmaid Media and Erth Visual & Physical Inc
Written and directed by Samantha Lang
Produced by Ella Millard
Cinematography by Velinda Maxwell
Art Design by Steve Howarth
Edited by Lucca Barone-Peters
Sound Design and Composition by James Brown
Made with assistance from Create NSW
