WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY : Nicholas Anthony
About the Film
Channelling Frances Ha via the French New Wave and shot on an iPhone 13 Pro Max, Nicholas Anthony’s debut feature is a cinema verité trip centred on Max, fast-approaching her thirties, and doing her best to deflect the existential crisis she perpetually runs headfirst into. All the while her life rolls along. Living with her best friend Emma, scrambling to find work, having her writing constantly rebuffed, enduring the success of seemingly everyone around her, and dealing with a cavalcade of often awkward, abrupt and somewhat frustrating social interactions and reconstructed memories that pepper her life. As the year passes by, Max finds it harder and harder to ignore that she’s not at all okay, and the unsettling realisation that her mental state and recognition of time is unravelling.
Cast:
Bronte Charlotte - Max
Domenica Garrett - Emma
Antoinette Tracey - Jordan
Sunanda Sachatrakul - Sumit
Film Details
Completed : 2023
Running Time : 93m
Country of Origin : Australia
Screener Link : Click HERE (password required)
Genre : Comedy & Drama
Festivals & Awards:
Melbourne Queer Film Festival
San Francisco Independent Film Festival
Golden State Film Festival
San Francisco Frozen Film Festival
New Filmmakers NY
Blow-Up Arthouse Film Fest · Chicago - Semi-Finalist
SF3 - Smartphone Film Festival - Finalist
Director’s Statement:
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happiness and failure, friendship and isolation. It's a story full of characters that we either identify with in so many ways or characters that immediately remind us of friends we know. This is a story that people will feel like is their story.
A story with a lo-fi aesthetic that's influenced by French New Wave and Italian Neorealism as well as more modern indie films like Frances Ha, Girlfriends, Tangerine, Stranger Than Paradise, Manhattan and Paterson that capture the essence of a time and place.
Shot in a messy, raw cinema verite style to convey the messiness of time and the uncertainty of existence. Shooting entirely on an iPhone 13 Pro Max. Our aim is to create a story that feels pulled away from contemporary times to feel more like reconstructed memories. Additionally, think of films like Tangerine, Following and Pi in terms of production style and process. A ground level view of life, of a city like Melbourne. Of the stories we capture in between the grand moments.
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