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WoDC 3 – 2020

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Winners

Best Films

  1. 1stA Wreck in ParadiseThat cash? That is for the winner of the challenge.
  2. 2ndRubbish RobbersLet me kill the bastard!
  3. 3rdPerfect SpecimenYou know what – I love this!

Most Popular Films

  1. 1stRubbish RobbersI just think it’s a little strange that you’re speaking English, when we are all Norwegians.
  2. 2ndA Wreck in ParadiseYou’re a drinker, ain’t ya?
  3. 3rdPerfect SpecimenI’m a lawyer, I understand about u… using words.

What the audience said

The 15 films

Still from Zombies v the CWA

Zombies v the CWA

QLD / 8 min

A Country Women’s Association meeting is rudely interrupted by a sudden zombie outbreak, and the ladies must take up arms to battle the undead horde.

  • Director, Producer & Writer – Travis Bain
  • Cast – Andy Bramble, Marilyn Brack, Andy Bramble +
Still from Perfect Specimen

Perfect Specimen

NSW / 13:00

3rd, Best Films

3rd, Most Popular Films

Edward James is the proud founder, CEO and sole employee of Perfect Specimen, a digital platform via which he sells his sperm to want-to-be mothers looking to birth ‘exceptional quality offspring’. And, whilst he’s succeeded in building a reasonably successful business, his work has come between him and any kind of meaningful relationship with a female partner.

Thus alone, and increasingly lonely, in turmoil and with an uncertain path ahead, Edward is facing a uniquely potent midlife crisis.

  • Directors – Alex Weinress & Simon Lee
  • Writer – Simon Lee
  • Producers – Catherine Weinress & Alex Weinress
  • Cast – Simon Lee, Al Dukes, Eliza Logan
Still from Dinner For Two

Dinner For Two

WA / 5:43

A man prepares a roast chicken for a date – or so it seems.

  • Director, Producer & Writer – Finnian Williamson
  • Cast – Kevin Nguyen
Still from The Wheel of Satan

The Wheel of Satan

Denmark / 2:58

Faced by Satan demanding the ultimate sacrifice, three young satanists must make a choice of fatal consequence.

Photography – Asger Kjeldsen

  • Director, Producer & Writers – Jacob Fischer Laursen, Asger Kjeldsen, Jes Bergholt Bach & Magnus Lund
  • Cast – Jacob Fischer Laursen, Jes Bergholt Bach & Magnus Lund
Still from Little Rocker

Little Rocker

WA / 6:21

A teenage fan accidentally kills his favourite rock star in the backstage bathroom and must decide what to do with the body before the show starts.

  • Director & Writer – Finnian Williamson
  • Producer – Luke Morgan
  • Cast – James Bingham & Kyle Antony +
Still from Rubbish Robbers

Rubbish Robbers

Norway / 11:00

2nd, Best Films

1st, Most Popular Films

When a couple of badass guys are going to break into a bank, they quickly realise the terrible mistake it was to involve “Premium Idiot” Klaus as part of the group.

  • Director – Anders Teig
  • Writer – Linda Bolstad Strønen
  • Producer – Marie Fuglestein Lægreid
  • Cast – Calle Hellevang-Larsen, Sigurd Sele, Fredrik Hermansen +
Still from Maelstrom

Maelstrom

Spain / 3 min

Karl spins the spoon from his coffee. Something spins even faster inside Tony’s head.

  • Director, Producer & Writer – Carlos Gomez-Trigo
  • Cast – Antonio Pence & Carlos Canas
Still from Crack

Crack

QLD / 15:35

Crack is a black comedy short film about Douglas Hayes, a stoner who works for his father at their family-owned funeral home. When Doug mixes drugs with his work, he finds himself in a precarious situation after his stash finds its way into one of the bodies. Doug goes to extreme lengths in order to retrieve his stash, and thus, hilarity ensues.

  • Directors – Jake Leskarac & Sophie McDuff
  • Writer – Sophie McDuff
  • Producer – Samantha Ellis
  • Cast – Patrick Shearer, Mark Edwards, Bernadette Meenach
Still from Horn Hubb

Horn Hubb

NSW / 5:40

Two dedicated intelligence officers have discovered how international terrorists communicate & coordinate. Their findings will arouse more than just suspicion.

  • Director & Writer – Antony Yee
  • Producer – Bullet Pudding
  • Cast – Chris Dawes, Niall Connan-Jackson, Esther Rosenberg +
Still from Unleavened Bread

Unleavened Bread

France / 9 min

Vanessa is in love with Rémi. Rémi is in love with Vanessa. Only one damper: his bread won’t rise…

  • Director & Producer – Wilfried Meance
  • Writers – Loic Gaillard & Wilfried Meance
  • Cast – Pablo Pauly, Edith Le Merdy, Luc Antoine +
Still from Loose Narrative

Loose Narrative

US / 4:15

After his subject tosses him to the side, a disembodied narrator searches to find a new person to narrate.

  • Director, Writer & Producer – Jack McCafferty
  • Cast – Jack McCafferty, Kevin Davenport, Kevin Giles
Still from Why So Sirius

Why So Sirius

Czech Republic / 15 min

No help anywhere, no signal. Too far to reach anywhere on foot. Two scared women, one of whom ran over the husband of the other, will sooner or later have to deal with a situation in which no tested procedures apply. No natural patterns of behaviour. A black comedy about the absurdity of human interaction. About life and death. About cars, misunderstanding and a little bit about LARP.

  • Director & Writer – Karel Šindelář
  • Producer – Albert Otevřel
  • Cast – Martina Šindelářová, Marie Turková & Tomáš Turek
Still from Oddballs

Oddballs

VIC / 5:01

5.01 / Vic)

When members of the infamous Oddballs motorcycle club smell a rat in their crew, a witch hunt spirals out of control as they start to point fingers at each other.

  • Writer & Director – Lachlan McDonald
  • Cast – Aaron Gocs, Paul Tucker, Will Johnston +
Still from Not Suitable For Children

Not Suitable For Children

Spain / 6:22

A sad kid whose favourite toy has been broken by someone, or a man who wants vengeance for the brutal murder of an old friend? Everything depends on the point of view…

  • Writer, Director & Producer – Daniel Noblom
  • Producer – Gustavo Arens
  • Cast – Gael Cárdenas, Oriol Rafel, Nuria Florensa
Still from A Wreck in Paradise

A Wreck in Paradise

France / 15:34

1st, Best Films

2nd, Most Popular Films

A drunken man who crashed his car finds himself in a strange Faustian bar with a stranger set of rules, but he might get the girl…

Fate is about to offer him his last chance.

Will he be able to seize it?

  • Writer, Director & Producer – François Zaïdi
  • Cast – Bastien Guio, Léa Deneuville, Mamadou Gary +