Red Carpet Films has produced two award winning short films.

Pentuphouse and Flowergirl

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FLOWERGIRL
a 16 mm short film - 1999
A Red Carpet Production
Director - Cate Shortland, Producer - Anthony Anderson

SYNOPSIS

Daisuke, Hana and Tetsu are three young Japanese sharing an apartment at Bondi Beach in Sydney. After a year of carefree living, Daisuke has to return to Osaka to work in his father's butcher shop. He is secretly in love with his flatmate Hana. A lyrical vignette of final days and home videos.

 

 

 

FESTIVALS

Sydney Film Festival	Australia	1999
New Zealand Film Festival	New Zealand	1999
Pusan International Film Festival	South Korea	1999
Uppsala Film Festival	Sweden	1999
London International Film Festival	UK	1999
Sao Paulo Film Festival	Brazil	1999
Women on Women Australian Film Festival	Australia	1999
Flickerfest Short Film Festival	Australia	2000
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival	France	2000
Aspen Shortfest	USA	2000
Sydney Asia Pacific Film Festival	Australia	2000
Oberhausen Short Film Festival	Germany	2000
PIA Film Festival	Japan	2000
St Kilda Film Festival	Australia	2000
Cork Film Festival	Ireland	2000
KinoFilm Festival	UK	2000
Brooklyn Academy Next Wave	USA	2001

 

AWARDS

Sydney Film Festival - 1999
Dendy Award for Best Short Film (over 15 minutes)

Women on Women Australian Film Festival - 1999
Best Short Film

Flickerfest International Short Film Festival - 2000
Best Director - Cate Shortland
Best Sound - Sam Petty

Film Critics Circle of Australia - 1999
Best Short Film

Oberhausen Film Festival - 2000
City of Oberhausen Prize

Aspen Shortfest - 2000
Special Commendation

St Kilda Film Festival - 2000
Best Short Film

St Kilda Film Festival - 2000
Best Director - Cate Shortland

 

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Film Title	FLOWERGIRL
Year of Production	1999
Duration	19 Minutes
Country of Production	Australia
Film Type	Short Fiction / Drama
Format	16mm  (1:1.33)
Sound Format	Mono Optical Sound
Language	Japanese, with English Subtitles

CAST AND CREW

CAST

'Daisuke'	Toshiyuki Chiba
'Hana'	Mikiko Ooka
'Tetsu'	Jun Iwasaki

PRINCIPAL CREW

Director	Cate Shortland
Producer	Anthony Anderson
Writers	Cate Shortland and Jun Tagami
Director of Photography	Robert Humphreys
Production & Costume Designer	Melinda Doring
Editor	Scott Gray
Sound Designer	Sam Petty
Composers & Musician	Nic Dalton, Martin Craft & Nick Craft

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