Synopsis
Making friends is a dangerous venture.
Two young brothers trespassing on a building site are chased and cornered by a guard dog. Rescued by the dog’s unlikely master, Floyd, the boys enter his worldly ‘playground’, where a fragile friendship is formed and tested.
Cast
Milton: Sam Gorman
Byron: Isaac Gorman
Floyd: Tom Walters
Key Crew
Cinematographer: David Burr
Designer: Felicity Abbot
Editor: Tanya Trouchoulias
Composer: Tom Rice
World Premiere
2007 Berlin Film Festival, In Competition – Generation
Awards
Best Fiction, WOW Film Festival, Australia
Best Director & Best Screenplay, Fulmarxx Shortsfest, India
Best Short – Open Category, Newtown Flicks, Australia
Best Short – Children’s Jury, Reggio Film Festival, Italy
Special Mention, Busho – Budapest, Hungary
Shortlisted, National Competition, Canberra Short Film Festival
Screening – Highlights
Krakow Film Festival, Poland (AA)
Sydney Film Festival, Australia
Odense International Film Festival, Denmark
LA Short Film Festival, USA (AA)
Shhh Children’s Film Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cinemagic Film Festival for Children & Youth, Northern Ireland, UK
Athens Int. Film Festival, Ohio, USA (AA)
St. Kilda Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
Auburn Int. Film Festival for Children and Young People, Australia
Screenings – History
Taipei Film Festival, Taiwan
Divercine, International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Montevideo, Uruguay
Lola Kenya Screen, Kenya
Mumbai International Film Festival, India
Victoria Film Festival, Victoria, Canada
Tiburon Int. Film Festival, Tiburon, USA
Sguardi Altrove Festival, Milan, Italy
AFIA Film Festival, Aarhus, Denmark
KAN Film Festival, Wroclaw, Poland
GLIMMER, Hull Int. Short Film Festival, UK
B-Est International Film Festival, Romania
Festival der Nationenen, Austria
Independent Producers Film Festival, Romania
Carrousel, International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada.
Sefton International FF, Liverpool, UK.
Victoria Independent Int. Film Festival, Vic, Australia.
Kathmandu Int. Film Festival, Nepal.
Seen & Heard FF, Sydney Australia
International Children’s FF, Bangladesh
WOW Winners National Tour – Sydney, Bourke, Adelaide, Deniliquin, Dubbo, Innisfail, Lake Macquarie, Broome, Nambucca Heads, Yamba, Melbourne, Fremantle, Byron Bay, Cairns, Hobart, Western Sydney, Darwin, Kempsey – AUSTRALIA.
