Call out for crew attachments on short Feature

For all you film makers out there who wanna expand your credits, this is the opportunity for you!

Information and Cultural Exchange is shooting a 50 minutes short feature over four weekends starting on 12th of June and ending on 4th of July. We are seeking attachments for the production phase of this project who are able to commit

The positions available are for, Continuity, Production Designer, Sound Designer, Sound/boom operator, Composer, Make up, etc. Please apply by emailing your current CV and addressing which area you would like to be considered for and why.

Application will close on Monday 7th June.

Email: amin.palangi@ice.org.au

Due to time constraints, only successful applicants will be notified of acceptance.

CHAIN

WHAT IS IT?

CHAIN – ICE’s first foray into the world of dramatic feature-film storytelling – tells the story of those chains that link us – and sometimes bind us, for good or for ill.

This short feature project is the outcome of STUFF | THE DRAMA OF IT ALL, a filmmaking master class for emerging screenwriters and filmmakers from the wider Parramatta LGA to the world of dramatic, character-based screen storytelling.

TREATMENT

A chain is a series of connected links – a symbol of both strength and slavery. A chain may be used for lifting something up or for locking someone out. Chains appear in many guises. There are chains of events, and chains of ancestry and history. There are chains of thought, and chains of ignorance. A chain is a repeatable pattern. Something whose breaking might lead to either freedom or death.

Told through seven, inter-linked stories, the film dramatises a sampling of some of the cultural and generational challenges and conflicts that confront the multi-cultural community that is Sydney’s western suburbs. The focus for this exploration is the family, more specifically, the primary relationship of parents and children.

Working from the tribal origins of each of the writer/directors, the film reveals not only what is common to “the human family”, but also how cultural values and individual, generational differences within cultures, are capable of promoting strength and respect as well as prejudice and resentment. Through the actions and interactions of a diversity of tribally-specific characters, the film demonstrates that far from being an impediment to growth and empathy, diversity is an essential element in the cultivation and expression of tolerance and mutual respect.

THIS PROJECT IS PART OF THE PARRAMATTA SCREENING THREE-YEAR INITIATIVE BUILDING FILM SKILLS AND PRODUCTION IN PARRAMATTA. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY PARRAMATTA CITY COUNCIL, ICE RECEIVES CORE SUPPORT FROM ARTS NSW, AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, AND SCREEN NSW. THIS PROJECT UTILISES THE FACILITIES OF SWITCH DIGITAL ARTS CENTRE, A PARTNERSHIP WITH PARRAMATTA CITY COUNCIL.