Film festival honours veterans
FIFTEEN original short films were honoured at the inaugural Veterans Film Festival awards held last night at the Australian War Memorial. Two films stood out in the Red Poppy Awards for Best Australian Film and Best International Film went respectively to “Brass...
Veterans Film Festival Red Poppy Awards
Best International Film - Birthday (USA) Best Australian Film - Brass Razoo (Australia) Best Film Commemorating WWI - No Man’s Land (Finland) Best Film Commemorating ANZAC’s in WWI - Trench (Australia) Best Director Chris King - Birthday (USA) Best Cinematography -...
The Haircut
The Haircut // 15min // Drama // 2014 // USA
Director: Alexis O Korycinski
Writer: Julia Cox
It’s 1976 and petite 18-year-old Amy is among the first class of female cadets accepted into military service academy.
The Last Night
The Last Night // 16min // Drama // 2014 // New Zealand
Writer/Director: David Strong
Isolated at night in mountainous Afghanistan and surrounded by militia, a young United Nations military advisor struggles to negotiate with a powerful warlord.
Birthday
Birthday // 11min // Drama // 2015 // USA
Writer/Director: Chris King
When a young military wife gets news that her marine husband has been severely wounded in combat, she discovers that life ahead for them is going to be a difficult and yet amazing journey.
Trench
Trench // 10min // Drama // 2015 // Australia
Writer/Director: Nathan Hunt
An Australian and a Turkish soldier come across one another in the trenches of Turkey during the First World War.
Brass Razoo
Brass Razoo // 9min // Drama // 2015 // Australia
Director/Cinematographer: Troy Honeysett
A character study based on a fictional returned service man adjusting to reality after his time in Afghanistan.
Friend or Foe
Friend or Foe // 18min // Drama // 2015 // Malta
Director/Producer: Shirley Spiteri Mintoff
Writer: Anthony Mintoff
Malta, 1941. RAF Squadron Leader James Alden is given the order to escort a German child to safety. His success or failure will decide the outcome the war. When seeking shelter from a night-time air-raid, James is confronted by a stranger.
Ricochet
Ricochet // 14min // Drama // 2014 // Netherlands
Writer/Director: Wout Malestein
A young soldier returns from a mission of months in Afghanistan. The reunion with his girlfriend is difficult for him. The happiness of coming home contrasts too starkly with the traumatic loss of a pal in the theatre of war.
At the End of the Road
At the End of the Road // 9min // Drama // 2014 // Australia
Writer/Director: Chloé Hetzel
It’s World War III. A grand father is on the road with his grandson. What can he do to save him?