Archive

WoDC 1 – 2018

The darkest shorts down under.

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The 10 films

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Shopping for One

Sweden / 10:43

A young woman, Rebekka, has to deal with an ‘event’, and now in a hardware store buys supplies to ‘clean up’. She is interrupted by v. helpful employee Soren who is clearly interested in assisting. But before long she realises she really does need help.

  • Director – Sune Kofod Maglegaard
  • Producer – Charlotte B. Moore
  • Cast – Charlotte Amalie Kehlet & Sune Roholt Mortensen
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Trypyophan

WA / 10:37

Where do you go when a relationship is cracking because of an addiction… That support group ‘CA’?

  • Co-directors – Augustin Lobet & Keren Schlink
  • Script – Keren Schlink
  • Co-producers – Joshua Walker & Angela McDonald
  • Cast – Dacre Montgomery, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Claudia Ware
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Dirty Work

Hungary / 9:54

Bar owner Jozsi is in an unpleasant situation. Somebody caused a problem and now he needs a ‘clean-up’. But poor communications can sometimes lead to unusual results.

  • Director – Dániel Füzes
  • Script – Ferenc Dobi
  • Producer – Geza Kis
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FVcked

Woefully out of their element, old friends Danny and Andrew find themselves in deep shit when they try to buy weed from a man they’ve never met.

  • Director – Chad Hehr
  • Script – Rick Anthony
  • Producer – Bryce Schlamp
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#MurderSelfie

UK / 8:20

A young couple update their home invasion nightmare via social media as a quiet night in turns into carnage.

  • Director & Script – Tobias Tobbell
  • Producer – Keith Arnold
  • Cast – Nikki Runeckles & Karl Hughes
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The Honeymoon

UK / 12:35

A newlywed Christian couple go on their honeymoon to what they believe to be a quaint B&B in the Welsh countryside. But the cottage turns out to be a sex den, and events go horribly wrong.

  • Director & Writer – Ruth Pickett
  • Producer – Square Cat Films
  • Cast – Sophie Pelham, Richard Kiess & Abi Roberts
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Grandma’s Day

Poland / 30:00

Tomek needs money. He tries to pull a ‘grandparent scam’ on an elderly woman. When it seems that everything is going according to plan, the woman suddenly exposes the scammer and locks him in her apartment. She has a deal for him. Tomek will get the money if he pretends to be her grandson when a social worker comes to visit. If the social worker decides the infirm woman is not under her family’s care, she may find herself being moved to a nursing home…

  • Director – Miłosz Sakowski
  • Writer – Miłosz Sakowski, Marcin Kubawski
  • Producer – Leszek Kopeć, Jerzy Rados
  • Cast – Anna Dymna & Mateusz Nędza
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The Dinner Party

Canada / 7:52

Two thieves get the surprise of a lifetime after breaking into the wrong house.

  • Director & Producer – Chris Ball
  • Writers – Kurt Harder, Chris Ball & Onyx Shelton
  • Cast – Onyx Shelton, Chris Ball & Camilo Lopez
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Beyond The Bubble

NSW / 7:05

As rents skyrocket in the inner city, three friends must contemplate life outside their ‘bubble’. Do they dare to go out there?

  • Director & Producer – Anna Hildebrandt
  • Writer & Producer – Cec Parnel
  • Cast – Alice Ansara, Jared Jekyll, Michelle Lim Davidson, Maxi Shield
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Le Doigt D’Honneur (The Finger)

Switzerland / 13:05

Theodore, Jeanne and Gabriel are gathered in the family living room for their father’s funeral. What could they possibly invent to help them remove his expensive ring, stuck on his middle finger? Each rival in imagination, until…

  • Director – Malika Pellicioll
  • Script – Elsa Melquioni
  • Producer – Flavia Zanon
  • Cast – Michel Rossy, Viviana Aliberti, Julien George