Project Description

Sometimes dreams don't come true...

 

Genre: Short Drama

Duration: 15 minutes
Shoot Gauge: Digital HD
Finish Format: HDCAM SR
Location: Sydney

SYNOPSIS

Middle-aged Giles wakes in the night and realises his wife’s chihuahua Colin has taken off. Half asleep, he reluctantly heads off in the wintery night in search of the cheeky mutt. As Giles wanders the streets alone, the search for the missing chihuahua becomes a search for himself as flashbacks of his failing marriage come home to roost.

Based on a short story by Julie Koh, ‘Colin the Dog’s Fabulous Midnight Adventure… and Another Story’ is a tale about lost dreams, the petty foibles of marriage and the painful acceptance of a life that didn’t turn out as planned.

KEY CREATIVES

GRANT SCICLUNA – DIRECTOR
Grant is the award-winning writer and director of several short films, including ‘Neon Skin’, and the former Australian Film Commission funded ‘Fast Lane’. His films have garnered awards at International festivals including Berlin, Sydney Film Festival, ATOM Awards, Port Shorts and Kaleidoscope and his short film script ‘Rabbit’ was nominated for a AWGIE award. In 2007, Grant was selected as part of Melbourne International Film Festival’s Accelerator Program for emerging talent and recently completed an internship with Bruce Beresford on the 2009 Australian box office phenomenon ‘Mao’s Last Dancer’. Grant is collaborating with director Tony Ayres and producers Trevor Blainey and Jannine Barnes on his first feature ‘Scratch The Surface’ and will direct the Film Victoria funded drama ‘Golden Girl’ in 2010.

JIAO CHEN – PRODUCER
Jiao studied filmmaking at the University of Technology Sydney and soon afterwards began working as a crew member on a variety of local and international feature films, TV series and TV commercials. His production credits include: “Children of The Silk Road”, “Hunt Angels”, “Justice League of America”, “Mao’s Last Dancer”, “East of Everything 2” and “Rescue Special Ops”. Jiao also spent a year working for a boutique production company See Pictures where he worked with a producer-writer team to develop a slate of feature film projects. In addition to gaining valuable filmmaking expertise by working with some of the industry’s best, Jiao is also actively developing a slate of his own stories for the big and small screens. He brings to any project both storytelling skills and a thorough understanding of the practical side of production.

BETHANY BRUCE – PRODUCER
Bethany is an emerging independent producer with a passion for social justice and telling stories that engage, move and challenge. Bethany has produced short films and documentaries and was Associate Producer on community TV program ‘Dare I Ask?’ broadcast on TVS and winner of Program of the Year and most Outstanding Factual, Current Affairs and Interview Program in the 2010 Antenna Awards. ‘She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not’, a coming of age film produced with writer/director Linda Mirabilio had its 2010 Australian premier at the St Kilda Film Festival and also screened at the 2010 Dungog Film Festival.

PROJECT HISTORY

Producer Jiao Chen first read Julie Koh’s short story of the same title 7 years ago. Since that day he’s always wanted to turn it into a short film. Almost 3 years ago he met Grant Scicluna on the set of “Mao’s Last Dancer”. Jiao showed Grant the short story and immediately the two began developing the script. A few years later after a couple of unsuccessful attempts at getting the film made, Producer Bethany Bruce read the script and fell in love with the project. With her sharp eye for story and her can-do attitude, Bethany breathed new life into the project and quickly got it back on its feet. The film will be shot at the end of August 2010. Post production will be completed by the end of the year.

STATUS

We have a fantastic cast and crew attached to this project. Everyone came on board on the strength of the script. The film is a labour of love for us all and so far it is completely self funded. Being a 15 minute film with a 5 day shoot, the expenses on this production will be quite significant so we’re hoping YOU can help us raise some money to reduce the cost.

While we have most of the budget in place, we need you to get us across the line, particularly at the post production and marketing stages. The money raised will be used to pay for things such as:

• Some production costs such as location fees and insurances
• Professional conform, colour grade and mastering
• Tape stock for mastering and dubs
• Film festival entry fees
• Film festival shipping costs
• Marketing materials – flyers, DVD jackets printing etc.

Every dollar will help!