First Contact
A father and daughter's calm yet monotonous world is shattered by the discovery of a mysterious stranger.
2012 / 21 mins / Guerin Group, Four Anchor Island & Victorian College of the Arts
Director / Writer: Matt Richards
Producers: Brendan Guerin & Matt Richards
Cinematographer: Matt Wood
Film Editor: Patrick McCabe
Production Designer: Daniel Buckland
Sound Designer / Composer: John Nguyen
Awards:
Unishorts New Zealand 2013 - Best Postgraduate Fiction - Winner
Unishorts New Zealand 2013 - Best Film, Audience vote - Winner
Australian Cinematographers Society Awards 2013 - Victoria & Tasmania 'Gold Award Fictional Short' - Winner
FIKE International Short Film Festival 2013 - Best Cinematography - Winner
FIKE International Short Film Festival 2013 - Special Mention - Winner
Evolution International Film Festival 2012 - Best Cinematography - Winner
Tbilisi International Student Film Festival 2012 - Best Cinematography - Winner
Lucerne International Film Festival 2012 - Award of Merit - Winner
Cinema Nova 2012 - Best Potential For Theatrical Distribution - Winner
Official Selection:
Heart of Gold Film Festival 2013 (Gympie, Australia)
Duka Fest 2013 (Banga Luka, Bosnia)
FIKE International Short Film Festival 2013 (Evora, Portugal)
Konstanzer 2013 (Germany)
Festival de Cine de Bogotá 2013 (Columbia)
Blue Mountains Film Festival 2012 (Australia)
St Kilda Film Festival 2013 (Australia)
Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival 2013 (Potsdam, Germany)
West End Film Festival 2013 (Australia)
Cluj Shorts International Film Festival 2013 (Romania)
Uni Shorts Film Festival 2013 (Auckland, New Zealand)
International Student Film Festival of Cergy Pontoise 2013 (Cergy, France)
The Shadow Electric's Long Shorts 2013 (Melbourne, Australia)
Byron Bay International Film Festival 2013 (Australia)
Georgetown Uni "Australian Short Film Today" 2013 (Washington, DC, USA)
Brisbane International Film Festival 2012 (Australia)
Oaxaca Film Fest 2012 (Mexico)
Lucerne International Film Festival 2012 (Switzerland)
ISVF Beijing Film Academy 2012 (China)
Starz Denver Film Festival 2012 (Colorado, USA)
Evolution International Film Festival 2012 (Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
FeSanCor International Short Film Festival 2012 (Santiago, Chile)
Raindance Film Festival 2012 (London, UK)
Down Under Berlin 2012 (Germany)
Melbourne International Film Festival 2012 (Australia)
Clapstick International Students Film Festival 2012 (Kolkata, India)
Palm Springs Shortsfest 2012 (Palm Springs, USA)
Asia Society New York "Australian Short Film Today" 2012 (New York, USA)
Tel-Aviv International Student Film Festival 2012 (Israel)
Tbilisi International Student Film Festival 2012 (Georgia)