short shorts
CHLORINE DREAMS
A lonely girl is delighted to find a ghost living in her swimming pool. Underwater tea parties, pranking her dad, her obsession with the ghost pushes her to make a choice, live underwater forever with him, or return to dry land?
Written and Directed by: Sofya Gollan
Produced by: Ali Peck
Director of Photography: Anna Howard
Underwater Camera: Martin Turner
Editor: Geordie Anderson
Art Designer: Imogen Ross
Original Music: Veren Grigorev
Sound Designer: Peter Gacic
Production Designer: Imogen Ross
Auslan Interpreter: Della Goswell
cast
Bridie: Trilby Beresford
Boy: Eoin McMillan
Mum: Jennifer Kent
Dad: Sean O’Shea
Medics: Caroline Farrell & Simon Freestone
Pool Man: Rick Groves
CHLORINE DREAMS
A lonely girl is delighted to find a ghost living in her swimming pool. Underwater tea parties, pranking her dad, her obsession with the ghost spushes her to make a choice, live underwater forever with him, or return to dry land?
Written and Directed by: Sofya Gollan
Produced by: Ali Peck
Director of Photography: Anna Howard
Underwater Camera: Martin Turner
Editor: Geordie Anderson
Art Designer: Imogen Ross
Original Music: Veren Grigorev
Sound Designer: Peter Gacic
Production Designer: Imogen Ross
Auslan Interpreter: Della Goswell
cast
Bridie: Trilby Beresford
Boy: Eoin McMillan
Mum: Jennifer Kent
Dad: Sean O’Shea
Medics: Caroline Farrell & Simon Freestone
Pool Man: Rick Groves
Awards
Grand Prize of the City of Portimao, Algarve International Film Festival
Festivals
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France
Young Filmmakers Fund Festival, NSW Film and Television Office
American Cinematheque, Los Angeles, USA
Korte Festival, Germany
Algarve International Film Festival, Portugal
Flickerfest, Sydney Australia
St Kilda Film Festival, Melbourne Australia
Bilbao International Film Festival, Spain
Surry Hills Short Shots, Sydney Australia
Not The Usual
Victim
Logline
The Victim and The Hunter exchange roles.
Written and Directed by: Sofya Gollan
Produced by: Alison Hopkins
Director of Photography: Cordelia Beresford
Editor: Geordie Anderson
Original Music: Veren Grigorev
Sound Designer: Daniel McNulty
Production Designer: Deb Riley
Not The Usual
Victim
The Victim and The Hunter exchange roles.
Written and Directed by: Sofya Gollan
Produced by: Alison Hopkins
Director of Photography: Cordelia Beresford
Editor: Geordie Anderson
Original Music: Veren Grigorev
Sound Designer: Daniel McNulty
Production Designer: Deb Riley
cast
Deaf Chick: Sofya Gollan
Angry Young Man: Joel Edgerton
Festivals
Tropfest Film Festival, Sydney 1998
Slamdance, Park City, Utah 1999
Invincible Summer Paralympic Arts Festival, Sydney 1999
Awards
Finalist Tertiary Short Fiction category, ATOM Awards (Australian Teachers of Media), Melbourne, Australia, 2000
SWALLOWING
Logline
They’re not going to the pool until his daughter learns to swallow her medicine whole.
Written and Directed by: Sofya Gollan
Produced by: Sofya Gollan
Producer: Sacha Horler
Production Designer: Gavin Barbey
Director of Photography: Mark Lapwood
Editor: Jackie Munro
Original Music: Edward Primrose
CAst
Dad: Bruce Spence
Daughter: Trilby Beresford
SWALLOWING
They’re not going to the pool until his daughter learns to swallow her medicine whole.
Written and Directed by: Sofya Gollan
Produced by: Sofya Gollan
Producer: Sacha Horler
Production Designer: Gavin Barbey
Director of Photography: Mark Lapwood
Editor: Jackie Munro
Original Music: Edward Primrose
Script Supervisor: Cate Blanchett
CAst
Dad: Bruce Spence
Daughter: Trilby Beresford
Festivals
Tropfest Film Festival, Sydney 1997
St Kilda Film Festival, Melbourne 1998
DRESSING DAD
A short documentary where the filmmaker explores how her relationship with her father was transformed by his confession her was a cross-dresser. Featuring interviews with her father and his cross-dressing friends, the work dispels many of the common preconceptions about cross-dressing and transvestitism while being an engaging study of how families cope with aspects of individual difference and gender exploration.
Directed by: Sofya Gollan
Written by: Lynne Vincent McCarthy
Produced by: Isabel Perez
Director of Photography: Murray Lui
Production by AFTRS
Awards
Best Student Short Documentary ATOM Awards
LEFT LANE ENDS
Not paid sex, not Sleep-Eez, not working the late-night shift can help Danny sleep. Not until his ritual gets invaded by a girl.
Director: Sofya Gollan
Writer: Alice Addison
Producer: Steve Pasvolsky
Director of photography: Murray Lui
Sound designer: Katy Wood
Production designer: Kristen Anderson
Editor: Jacqueline Cosgrove
Music score: Jan Preston
Production company: Australian Film Television and Radio
School
LEFT LANE ENDS
Not paid sex, not Sleep-Eez, not working the late-night shift can help Danny sleep. Not until his ritual gets invaded by a girl.
Director: Sofya Gollan
Writer: Alice Addison
Producer: Steve Pasvolsky
Director of photography: Murray Lui
Sound designer: Katy Wood
Production designer: Kristen Anderson
Editor: Jacqueline Cosgrove
Music score: Jan Preston
Production by AFTRS
cast
Danny: Sam Lewis
Pat: Kris McQuade
Kate: Kate Beahan
Pat’s boyfriend: Russell Cheek
Festivals
Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia, 2000
St Kilda Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia, 2001
roses
Roses are an old woman’s only continuum ... a link to the past, an anchor in the present.
Director: Sofya Gollan
Writer: Lynne Vincent-McCarthy
Producer: Isabel Perez
Director of photography: Mark Lapwood
Sound designer: Paul Miskin
Production designer: Shaun Patten
Editor: Tinzar Lwyn
Music score: Jan Preston
Production company: Australian Film, Television
& Radio School
CAst
Dawn: Lois Ramsey
Tom: Martin Vaughn
Rose: Liz Burch
roses
Roses are an old woman’s only continuum ... a link to the past, an anchor in the present.
Director: Sofya Gollan
Writer: Lynne Vincent-McCarthy
Producer: Isabel Perez
Director of photography: Mark Lapwood
Sound designer: Paul Miskin
Production designer: Shaun Patten
Editor: Tinzar Lwyn
Music score: Jan Preston
Production company: Australian Film, Television
& Radio School
CAst
Dawn: Lois Ramsey
Tom: Martin Vaughn
Rose: Liz Burch
Festivals
Women on Women Film Festival, Sydney, Australia, 1999
Cork International Film Festival, Ireland, 1999
Cinema delle Donne, Turin, Italy, 2000
ATOM Awards (Australian Teachers of Media), Melbourne, Australia, 2000
ABC Television, Australia, 2000
