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Caught Short:
Independant Short Films

Date: Thursday December 4th

Time: 7.30pm

Caught Short’s Tassie Bits

Caught short’s final screening for 2008 will be a rockin’ Tasmanian adventure with two of our favourite filmmakers, sisters Harriet and Stella Macdonald, in town to present the latest, greatest, and possibly craziest, shorts films from their wee island home.

The multi-award-winning Tasmanian cineastes, whose work ranges from kooky animations to touching documentaries, have won the hearts of caught short audiences over the last four years. Following on from the success of their work, the Macdonald sisters were asked to curate a Tassie spectacular to wow Sydney audiences. Searching high and low, the girls have selected an exciting program, promising a “chocolate box of Tassie shorts.  Packed with soft centers, dark ones, sweets ones- but beware: some contain nuts...".

The Macdonald sisters present their program LIVE at caught short Thursday 4 December, at the Tap Gallery in Darlinghurst. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet the Macdonald sisters, check out the wonderful world of Tasmanian cinema and toast to another year of super flicks with caught short.

Program highlights:

Snow Petrel Down Under
Dir Matt Tucker
When Matt’s younger brother decided he wanted to sail to Antarctica he and his father volunteered to be his crew. But the danger of the voyage soon became clear when no one wanted to lend them a boat. Unperturbed they set off in their own boat, the smallest sailing vessel to attempt the voyage; navigating (with a faulty compass and GPS) ice- bergs and the howling arctic winds, that stay with you long after this chilling documentary ends….

Snail Tales
Dir Alex Machin
In this stop-animation a love sick slug is doing everything he can to catch the eye of a snooty girl snail…

Copy Warrior
Dir Simon Gross
Well, if Rocky hung up his gloves and went into the dog-eat-dog world of advertising his job application might look something like this…

Catnap
Dir Vivien Mason:
a short and very sweet catnap…

Boody Mary
Dir Simon Gross:
a Hitchcockian thriller shot in Super 8, about a man on a mission to buy a hammer…

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Caught Short is a non-competitive short film night that screens on the first Thursday of the month. Filmmakers are invited to submit their short films all year round. To submit films visit or find out more visit HYPERLINK "http://www.filmcaughtshort.com"www.filmcaughtshort.com

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Caught Short
po box 411 Surry Hills nsw 2010
tel: 0404 099 149
filmcaughtshort@yahoo.com.au
Caught Short is supported by the city of sydney