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Strangers
Synopsis: When aged-care facility workers find two residents in bed together, familial tensions rise.
Credits:
Writer and Director: Jamieson Pearce
Director of Photography: Alex Serafini
Production / Costume Designer: Isabella Andronos
Editor: Kathryn Alley
Sound Designer: Ryan Granger
Casting Director: Stevie Ray CGA
Starring: Melissa Jaffer, Jo Turner, and Angie Millkien.
Produced as part of the Lexus Short Film Fund ‘Strangers’ premiered at Sydney Film Festival in 2019
Film Festival Screenings:
Sydney Film Festival, 2019
Melbourne Film Festival, 2019
Iris Prize Festival, 2019
Flickerfest, 2020
Melbourne Queer FF, 2020
St Kilda Short Film Festival, 2020
Outfest LA, (US) 2020
Way Out West, (US) 2020
Kashish, Mumbai, 2020
Queer Film Festival Oldenburg, 2020
Queer Film Festival Bremen, 2020
Hamburg International Queer FF, 2020
Queer Filmfest Weiterstadt, 2020
Queersicht, Bern, 2020
QueerScope Online Festival, 2020
PinkPanorama, Luzern, 2020
Holebikort, Leuven, 2020
Side By Side International FF,
St. Petersburg, 2020Vinokino, Finland, 2020
Rainbow Reel Tokyo, 2021
Pink Apple FilmFestival, Zurich, 2021
Freiburger Lesbenfilmtage, 2021
Awards:
Lexus Short Film Fellowship Sydney Film Festival 2018
Best Short Film My Queer Career, 2020
Audience Award My Queer Career, 2020
Audience Award Proud! Filmfestival, Aarhus, 2020
Tweede Prijs Holebikort Festival, Leuven, 2020
Rosa Brille Award - Best Short Queersicht Filmfestival, Bern, 2020
Golden Tanna, Best Short Film Lesbian Film Festival, Freiburg, 2021
Audience Award, LGBT Festial, Poland, 2021
Winner, Best Casting in a Short Film Casting Guild Awards, 2019
Nominee, Best Short Production, Screen Producers Australia
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