SYNOPSIS

Director｜Adrian Chiarella

Screenwriter｜Adrian Chiarella

Cast｜Jason Chong, Bryn Chapman Parish, Adam Marks

Producer｜Bec Janek

Cinematographer｜James L. Brown

Genre｜Short, Drama

Length｜15min

Year｜2018

Dialogue｜English, Mandarin

Subtitles｜English

Region｜Australia

Production Company｜Brick Road Pictures

Synopsis

A Chinese immigrant in Australia lives a solitary life of routine, but an unexpected journey lead to a new understanding of himself.

Director Biography

Adrian Chiarella grew up in Sydney and is a graduate of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. His career began editing previsualisation for Baz Luhrmann on the feature film Australia. Following this, he edited short films Ostia: La Notte Finale, The Burnt Cork, Gimpsey and The Love Song of Iskra Prufrockfor which he won an Australian Screen Editors Award. His most recent feature film credit as editor, Teenage Kicks, premiered at the Sydney Film Festival in 2016, where it received both audience and critical acclaim.

Adrian’s first short film as director, Touch, earned him an Australian Directors Guild nomination after screening at numerous festivals around the world. His second short film, Black Lips, was funded by Create New South Wales and SBS and screened on SBS as part of their Queer For Short showcase of emerging LGBT filmmakers.

Black Lips has played at festivals around the world including Palm Springs, Rhode Island, New Orleans, Santa Barbara, Flickerfest, St Kilda, BFI Flare and Outfest Fusion. He is currently working as a development assistant at producer Tony Ayres’ recently formed company, TAP.

Director’s Statement

None.