{"id":668,"date":"2020-03-22T14:50:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T14:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melbourneindiefilmfestival.com\/festival\/?p=668"},"modified":"2020-03-22T14:50:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T14:50:49","slug":"melbourne-indie-film-festival-2020-movies-awards-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/melbourneindiefilmfestival.com\/festival\/melbourne-indie-film-festival-2020-movies-awards-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne Indie Film Festival 2020 \u2013 Monday 24th March 6PM &#8211; Movies &#038; Awards Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-669\" src=\"http:\/\/melbourneindiefilmfestival.com\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MIFF20-tuesday-24mar20-6pm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2478\" height=\"1179\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melbourneindiefilmfestival.com\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MIFF20-tuesday-24mar20-6pm.jpg 2478w, http:\/\/melbourneindiefilmfestival.com\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MIFF20-tuesday-24mar20-6pm-300x143.jpg 300w, http:\/\/melbourneindiefilmfestival.com\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MIFF20-tuesday-24mar20-6pm-1024x487.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/melbourneindiefilmfestival.com\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MIFF20-tuesday-24mar20-6pm-768x365.jpg 768w, http:\/\/melbourneindiefilmfestival.com\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MIFF20-tuesday-24mar20-6pm-1536x731.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/melbourneindiefilmfestival.com\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MIFF20-tuesday-24mar20-6pm-2048x974.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2478px) 100vw, 2478px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t2jPftEUr5s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Melbourne Indie Film Festival 2020 \u2013 Monday 24th March 6PM &#8211; Movies &amp; Awards Ceremony<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1>&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<h1><strong> Book Your Tickets at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com.au\/e\/melbourne-indie-ff-2020-closing-night-events-movies-awards-ceremony-tickets-97441860227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com.au\/e\/melbourne-indie-ff-2020-closing-night-events-movies-awards-ceremony-tickets-97441860227<\/a><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The most eventful festival night packed with action featuring the best diversity of stories from Australia and World including Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Documentary + Q&amp;A with the Filmmakers + Awards Ceremony!<\/h2>\n<h2>SHORT FILMS:<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Portraitist&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211; Cyrus Neshvad \u2013 Luxembourg<\/h2>\n<h2>Writer: cyrus neshvad, guillaume levil<\/h2>\n<h2>Cast: albert delpy, herv\u00e9 sogne, lysa welschen, brigitte urhausen, old woman<\/h2>\n<h2>Synopsis: A grandfather at the edge of despair is called to care for his dying granddaughter. Through art, he kindles a relationship with her that brings beauty to the darkness in their lives.<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Being and Nothingness<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Ashley Avis &#8211; United States<\/h2>\n<h2>Writer: Ashley Avis<\/h2>\n<h2>Cast: Sascha Nastasi, Cloris Leachman, Betsy Brandt, Connor Weil, Sloane Avery<\/h2>\n<h2>Synopsis: When sixteen-year-old LOLA is forced to relocate to Casper, Wyoming with her anxiety riddled, Jean Paul Sartre obsessed mother HOLLY after a divorce, she fears nothing will ever happen to her there. Arriving on her estranged grandmother IVY&#8217;s (Cloris Leachman) dilapidated ranch in the middle of nowhere &#8211; Lola is immediately taken by Ivy&#8217;s surrogate son CODY, a handsome ranch hand a few years her senior.<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Brolga&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211; Adrian Powers \u2013 Australia<\/h2>\n<h2>Writer: Adrian Powers<\/h2>\n<h2>Cast: James Saunders, Tiarnie Coupland<\/h2>\n<h2>Synopsis: In a ravaged future-Australia, a solitary hermit guarding a priceless treasure is forced to offer sanctuary to a young girl who is fleeing murderous scavengers. With danger around every corner, can they learn to survive together?<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Icebergers&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211; Darcy Newton \u2013 Australia<\/h2>\n<h2>Cast: Ian Serpless, Doug Weir, Melinda Kemp, Stephan Jones<\/h2>\n<h2>Synopsis: The club of cold open ocean swimmers &#8211; Icebergers &#8211; houses a heartwarming, motivational &amp; supportive community full of inspiring stories.<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Road Train<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Tiahnn Heusmann \u2013 Australia<\/h2>\n<h2>Writer: Sebastian Angborn<\/h2>\n<h2>Cast: Sebastian Angborn, Stephen Hunter, Andrea Moore, Luke Ford<\/h2>\n<h2>Synopsis: Joey Lark (Sebastian Angborn; 500 Miles, The Elephant Princess, Sea Patrol) is running late. He&#8217;s on his twelfth day in the truck straight, and while he might be three trips away from being able to buy his very own rig, on this trip he&#8217;s not nearly as close to Winton as he needs to be. While battling the clock to appease his boss Jacko (Stephen Hunter; The Hobbit, Love My Way, Janet King) a strange voice begins to take over Joey&#8217;s dilapidated UHF radio. The voice (Hunter McMahon; Kokoda, All Saints, Flotsam Jetsam) begins to taunt Joey, bringing up figures and events from his past. While the maternal dispatcher Victoria (Andrea Moore; Mental, The Man Who Sued God, Oscar and Lucinda) grows more and more concerned for Joey&#8217;s state of mind, Joey is certain the voice is real, and when the mystery man states that Joey&#8217;s girlfriend Olivia (Marica Lemm) is under his captivity Joey has no choice but to slam on the brakes and turn around to face his demons.<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Think Fast&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211; Jan D Stanton -United States<\/h2>\n<h2>Writer: Jan Stanton<\/h2>\n<h2>Cast: Molly Stanton, T.J. Power, Jaz Sinclair<\/h2>\n<h2>Synopsis: &#8220;What happens when everything you&#8217;ve worked for all year is suddenly ripped apart by a ringing phone? In SARA WAGNER&#8217;s case, all hell breaks loose. The type-A agent, a rising-star at The Kane Agency, is rushing out to sign newbie singer JAYME MAC when ROBERT KANE calls. Her assistant DAN relays the boss&#8217;s message: he&#8217;s changed the deal but Sara is to sign the girl and say nothing. Protective and pissed, Sara makes a snap decision: get Jayme \u2013 backstage at a showcase \u2013 on FaceTime. Now! Sara&#8217;s got to warn her before Kane arrives there with the papers. Face-to-screen-face, Sara has Jayme&#8217;s trust and makes a bold move. But FaceTime freezes just before Jayme agrees to Sara&#8217;s big idea! Then RING! Sara answers, but it&#8217;s not Jayme. It&#8217;s a desperate Wrong Number Caller who misdialed a suicide hotline! Dan gets Jayme back on screen and both witness Sara juggle life lines and phone lines. A ready-to-jump teen on speaker, a Crisis Counselor via earbud, and a ticking clock as Jayme is paged to the stage. Now or never, if Sara must save a life to save her career, she&#8217;s got to THINK FAST!&#8221;<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>In My Head&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211; Dean Gild \u2013 Australia<\/h2>\n<h2>Writer: Dean Gild<\/h2>\n<h2>Cast: Jordie Race-Coldrey, James Parry, Davini Malcolm, Paulene Gibson<\/h2>\n<h2>Synopsis: When your head is full of insecurities, fear can rule reality.<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Dog is Dead&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211; Jordan Pert \u2013 Australia<\/h2>\n<h2>Writer: Tehya Nicholas<\/h2>\n<h2>Cast: Tehya Nicholas, Neil Pigot, Monique Fisher, Lee Cormie<\/h2>\n<h2>Synopsis: Synopsis: Twenty-something Nic is struggling to cope with a life changing loss. Living with her tight-lipped dad in the gritty outer suburbs of Melbourne, she heads out one night for a much needed escape with her best friend. Along the way, she becomes involved in a tragic accident with a strangers dog. Suddenly faced with a grim reality of a dead animal, she is forced to confront both her current reality and her own un-dealt grief.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>TICKETS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com.au\/e\/melbourne-indie-ff-2020-closing-night-events-movies-awards-ceremony-tickets-97441860227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com.au\/e\/melbourne-indie-ff-2020-closing-night-events-movies-awards-ceremony-tickets-97441860227<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>$12.00 + Booking Fee @ Eventbrite<\/h2>\n<h2>$15.00 door<\/h2>\n<h2>Seats are limited<\/h2>\n<h2>Advanced bookings highly recommended!<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>LOCATION INFO:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>The Screening Room Upstairs<\/h2>\n<h2>@ The Post St Kilda<\/h2>\n<h2>Directions:<\/h2>\n<h2>Tram Routes:<\/h2>\n<h2>Number 3 or Number 67<\/h2>\n<h2>Tram Stop 34<\/h2>\n<h2>More Directions at: https:\/\/www.ptv.vic.gov.au\/<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Please note it is a licensed venue and everybody under 18 must be accompanied by their parents or adult guardian.<\/h2>\n<h2><em>Program subject to change without notice.<\/em><\/h2>\n<h2>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Melbourne Indie Film Festival 2020 \u2013 Monday 24th March 6PM &#8211; Movies &amp; Awards Ceremony &nbsp; Book Your Tickets at: https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com.au\/e\/melbourne-indie-ff-2020-closing-night-events-movies-awards-ceremony-tickets-97441860227 &nbsp; The most eventful festival night packed with action featuring the best diversity of stories from Australia and World including Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Documentary + Q&amp;A with the Filmmakers + &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link block-button\" href=\"http:\/\/melbourneindiefilmfestival.com\/festival\/melbourne-indie-film-festival-2020-movies-awards-ceremony\/\">Continue reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,72,4,82,41],"tags":[33,51,34,35,24,20,27,22,28,57,25,23,10,19,18,8,17,7,26,14,12,16,9,15,13,11,43,44,31,6,32,21,56,42,30],"class_list":["post-668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-festival-program","category-film-festival-program-2020","category-latest-news","category-mixed-short-films-sessions","category-showing-now","tag-articles","tag-award-winners","tag-awards","tag-awards-nominations","tag-enter-your-film","tag-feature-films","tag-festival-programme","tag-festival-submissions","tag-festival-tickets","tag-film-awards","tag-film-competition","tag-film-entries","tag-film-events","tag-film-events-australia","tag-film-events-melbourne","tag-film-festival-australia","tag-film-festival-event","tag-film-festival-melbourne","tag-ilm-festivals","tag-independent-filmmakers","tag-independent-films","tag-indie-cinema","tag-indie-film-festival","tag-indie-film-industry","tag-indie-filmmakers","tag-indie-films","tag-melbourne-cbd","tag-melbourne-city","tag-melbourne-events","tag-melbourne-indie-film-festival","tag-press","tag-short-films","tag-st-kilda","tag-to-do-melbourne","tag-whats-on-melbourne","nodate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/melbourneindiefilmfestival.com\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/melbourneindiefilmfestival.com\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/melbourneindiefilmfestival.com\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melbourneindiefilmfestival.com\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melbourneindiefilmfestival.com\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/melbourneindiefilmfestival.com\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":670,"href":"http:\/\/melbourneindiefilmfestival.com\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions\/670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melbourneindiefilmfestival.com\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/melbourneindiefilmfestival.com\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melbourneindiefilmfestival.com\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melbourneindiefilmfestival.com\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}