For those unfamiliar, Tropfest films need to be less than seven minutes and have to touch on a particular theme to make sure they’re original creations for the festival. Winning Tropfest is one of our greatest honours. Our 2014 entry, Granny Smith, took out first prize and we’re incredibly proud of it.
This particular film came about because both Julian and his good friend, Jack White, had similar experiences of colleagues fabricating the death of a family member to get out of work. It didn’t take either of them very long to put aside the obvious immorality of it all and notice that there was potential for a great story built on empathy and humanity – as well as a little morbid fascination.
CREW—
Writers—Julian Lucas & Jack White · Director—Julian Lucas · Producer—Nicholas Cox · DOP—Jarred Osborn· 1st AC—Vanessa Cox · Gaffer—Patrick Neff · 2nd AC—Amy Dellar · Steadicam Operator—Glen Clayton · Sound—Ben Bomitali · Boom Operator—Geoff Sima · Editor—Julian Lucas · Hair & Makeup—Maren Holm & Anastasia Shuvalova · Clapper Loader—Asleigh Royale · Colourist—CJ Dobson
CAST—
Paul—Jack White
Sebastian—Sam Watkins
Geoff—Steve Vizard
Priest—Don Bridges
Vicky—Nikki Osborne
Patrick—Ray Tiernan
Receptionist—Madeleine Vizard
Choir Boy—Ryan Chiang
Colleagues—Elizabeth O’Callaghan, Kathy Nikolovski & Khoa Le
Girl in Bed—Maggie Baines
Brenda Jones—Lorraine Patterson
Funeral Director—Dianne Jones
Hearse Driver—Paul Coumihan
Organ Player—Nick Acquroff
Grandchildren—Miguel Kong, Claudia Hong, Nakyung Kim & Younghwa Lee
Funeral Guests—Suzanne Clarke, David Blackley, Josephine Nicholls, Frances ‘Cambo’ Nicholls, Gayla Maxwell, Peter Bright, Marion Lucas, Christina Chin, Kathryn Toomey, Louis Leonard-Dickens, Andrew Peters, Leaw Cheng, Jia Yu Wang, Sok-li Cheng, Val Price, Sheila Elliott, Norman Dunne, Patricia Dunne, Murray Ward, Glynis Ward, Perrian Robertson, Doris Robertson, Helen Teodor, Ping Yang, Mei Yin Zheng, Cheng An Shi, Meiying Liu, Li Juan Ding & Shu Hua Wang