Boys are front and centre in our August 5th Screening, with five films honing the male perspective on love, death, mid life crisis, affairs and even identity theft. Some drama and plenty of comic twists promise an evening of great entertainment. Filmmakers will be on hand for a question and answer session after their films. Plus there will be free South Solitary tickets to give away courtesy of our friends at Icon Films.
Program Highlights
Award winning comedy Run Granny Run is an entertaining sprint to the nearest park bench and will have you on the edge of your seat with anticipation. German filmmaker Nikolaus Von Uthmann shows us his funny side with this amusing romp.
Martin Williams’ seven minute film Little Wet Things tells the story of a man searching for love in all the wrong places until he finds he has a very particular way of getting turned on.
We Men Do, directed by John Osmond, depicts the very real pressures and responsibilities that come with marriage and parenthood. Will it all be too much to cope with or is there light at the end of the tunnel?
Winner of the Director’s Choice Award at Newtown Flicks 2010. Identity Theft is a comic gem based around the question ‘who is the real Stuart White’. Stuart White returns to the Caught Short screen for the third time, with another creative and highly original film.
May 16th, 2010
May 6th saw an action packed evening with Alphabetterlucknexttime opening the night, showing us 26 completely different meditations on death as provided by 26 Kino filmmakers. Matt Ravier from Kino was on hand to provide insight into everything Kino related. Did you know that the next Kino is May 17th and entry is $15, but then all your food and drinks are free, oh and you get to make and/or see great short films. We also screened a black and white thriller 4907 and capped off the evening with a moving and intimate drama, Dark Horse.
Plus of course there were oodles of prizes provided by our friends at Metroscreen, Icon and Sydney Silent Film Festival. Caught Short’s next screening is June 3rd! Program details coming soon!
Left: Matt Ravier and Karina Libbey from Kino speak to Caught Short’s Katharine Rogers. Right: Producer Simon Ritch and Director Marc Furmie talk to Katharine Rogers about their short film Dark Horse.
April 14th, 2010
Caught Short delivers a sack full of twisted little films for our annual April Fools Day special.
Opening the night was The Ballad of Betty and Joe, a stylish short embracing the joys of musical talent, and lack thereof. Director Martha Ansara along with the writer and producer provided a detailed insight into the shooting process and fielded a range of questions including a diplomatically handled “what was it like shooting with your daughter?”
In true Caught Short fashion, the buoyant mood was smashed by Michael Chrisoulakis’ dark twist on street crime “Interchange”, which flipped typical victim/stalker roles on their head and concluded with a satisfyingly violent confrontation that had the audience cheering.
Andrew Morgan’s “Big in Japan” was next and showcased a demented toy maker indulging in his sickening creations. The questions that followed focussed largely on the logistics of mounting a real human head on a jack in the box and to his credit Andrew answered everything satisfactorily.
Our guest speaker for April was Lauren Edwards, a freelance production co-ordinator responsible for recent films like Cedar Boys, The Square and Sampson and Delilah. It was a pleasure to watch our stand-in host Kate grill her on the minute details involved in the daily running of a film set, and great to see someone so obviously passionate about their work and the Australian film industry.
“Crying Game” was up next, written and produced by Natalie Lopes and directed by Leslie Marsh, who fielded an energetic Q&A exploring the gamut of problems facing indie filmmakers shooting budget free under the flight path that is the inner west.
Rounding the night off was “The Last Cherry”, a lusty romp into the exciting world of teenage virginity by Lisa Kowalski, followed by our usual display of greed and materialism thanks to the myriad of prizes supplied by our friends Icon and Metroscreen. Audience members wily enough to get through the hardcore Caught Short mini trivia took home a range of DVDs and Metroscreen memberships.
All up a great night with some extended post screening drinks and discourse in the TAP Gallery bar.
March 11th, 2010
Caught Short wants to send a big thank you to everyone who came and enjoyed the films at the last screening. It was a great night with a truly mixed bag of films and a great ‘give and get’ Q&A between audience, filmmakers and our guest speaker.
The night kicked off with Burleigh Smith’s quirky take on unrequited love “Then She Was Gone”, followed by the fascinating Aussie Hermit doco “Helmut’s House” by Jess Dickson.Team Australia was David O’Donnell’s first go at a mockumentary and had the audience throwing all manner of questions at him from “Are the actors acting?” to “Did you spend all your budget on Weet Bix packets?”. Admirably he answered all the questions most satisfactorily.
Mullinar’s Casting expert Emma Dockery made a great presentation on the process of casting and fielded a wide range of questions from how to stand out from the crowd, to what to look for in an actor. It was a candid discussion from a refreshingly frank member of the industry.
Amber Wright’s innovative portrait of the Stolen Generation “Dreaming Man” wrapped up the night and led to a lively post screening discussion which was rounded off by our monthly quiz which yielded prizes including “Amelie” DVDs and double passes to “A Single Man”.
We look forward to next month and would love to hear from you in the meantime - don’t be afraid to send us ideas on programming themes or guest speakers or any other random bits of trivia we can use in our quizzes!
Above Image: Caught Short’s Katharine Rogers interviewing Mullinar’s Casting expert Emma Dockery
