Paul Anthony Nelson
2021Interchange
Paul Anthony Nelson
Perri Cummings, Sally McLean
Iraqi immigrant Samir (Majid Shokor) chooses an AFL team to support, as his fellow cabbie Michael (Phil Zachariah) attempts to sway him to the Magpie army. Young Philip (Jim Brogan) is being bullied by Shaun (Santo Tripodi), despite a common bond of which they’re unaware. Phillip’s mum, Lisa (Sally McLean) takes her cancer-stricken sister Beth (Perri Cummings), to watch their beloved Saints. In the game of life, we’re all on the same team.
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Scope
Paul Anthony Nelson
Perri Cummings, Cate O'Connor
Persephone Chase is a contract assassin with a difference. In a fond homage to 1970s drive-in action thrillers -- but set in modern-day Melbourne -- powerful criminals plot the downfall of a right-wing, devoutly religious political candidate... and each other.
Scope
Why Must The Show Go On?
Paul Anthony Nelson
Sally McLean, Perri Cummings
A documentary crew detail the struggle of Unbelievable Productions' visionary leader, Madeleine LaRoy, to stage a revolutionary reboot of Shakespeare's MACBETH (in space), with the help of her faithful best friend/choreographer/costume & set designer/tea lady/everything else, Deirdre Snowflake Fleckman. Madeleine enlists young drama school graduate Scott Johnson and alcoholic veteran of the stage Desmond Darke to help her mount her astounding vision.
Why Must The Show Go On?
Shotgun
Paddy Jessop
Anthony Borelli-Milliott, Alex Shevchuk
Robbed, fired, dumped and off his meds, he now sees things that aren't there. Insanity and hatred grow while his rage festers, his mind is chaos and he wants others to pay for it. Madness will take him and his shotgun will purge him.
Shotgun
Trench
Paul Anthony Nelson
Samantha Hill, Perri Cummings
Struggling stand-up Sam Slade and reclusive writer Becky Holt are thrown together when Becky experiences strange phenomena in her own home, and Sam, desperately broke, poses as a private eye - but will Sam's first case be the death of her?
Trench
Talkback
Paul Anthony Nelson
Perri Cummings, Katherine Halliday
A housewife (Perri Cummings) who becomes infected with the vitriolic words of a bigoted talk radio host, in this commentary on the culture of fear and distrust spread by the media post-9/11. Created for Drafthouse Films’ THE ABCS OF DEATH ‘26th Director’ competition.
Talkback
Apparitions
Paul Anthony Nelson, Perri Cummings
Cate O'Connor, Shanon Kulupach
With only nightmares for childhood memories, Lily Stone returns to her family home to find out what happened to her parents. Despite the locals' warnings about an evil presence cursing the house, Lily crosses the threshold and discovers not all the ghosts that haunt us are dead.
Apparitions
