Strangers

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Poster designed by Elle Williams

Short Film

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, 2020

  • Vinokino, 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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