Little Deaths gets limited release
DigiSPAA winner Little Deaths will receive a limited theatrical release at Cinema Nova in Melbourne.
“The season is a four to six week window to begin with; a platform release, with niche marketing. We’re looking for a great screen average, leveraging it onto to more screens if the numbers stack up,” producer Jason Byrne told Encore.
In Little Deaths, each of the 11 short stories – written by Giula Sandler – comments on and adds to the ones that came before and after. As a feature film, the story of the lonely tollbooth operator (Abe Forsythe) provides the thread that joins the interweaving tales. Whilst he imagines the love stories of those who pass through his toll gate, he discovers one of his own to explore and ultimately, the stories help guide him toward true love.
The shorts were directed by Ben Chessell, Sian Davies, Melanie Brunt, Giula Sandler, Chris Benz, Fin Edquist, Jarrah Gurrie, Genevieve Bailey, Geoff Hitchins, James Teh and Toby Angwin. The cast includes Magda Szubanski, Adam Zwar, Alexandra Schepisi, Abe Forsythe and even Animal Kingdom director David Michod in one of the leading roles.
The film won the DigiSPAA competition in 2008. Since then, “we applied to Screen Australia for completion funding to pay allcast and music rghts out. We did that successfully at the end of 2009,” said Byrne.
Little Deaths will begin this limited engagement on November 4. It will be released on DVD by Madman, and is represented by Odin’s Eye for international sales.
