Tangles and Knots

Short Drama | Australia | 2018 | 16 Min | <br />
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A unique, intimate bond between mother and daughter becomes threatened when the mother<br />
helps her teenage daughter throw a party to impress new, more popular friends.<br />
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'Tangles and Knots' is this week's Staff Pick Premiere. Read more about it on the Vimeo Blog: https://vimeo.com/blog/post/tangles-and-knots-renee-marie-petropoulos/<br />
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‘Tangles and Knots’ was produced on the land of the Gadigal peoples of the Eora nation.<br />
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We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the lands on which we work and pay<br />
our respects to Indigenous Elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty has never been<br />
ceded. It always was and always will be, Aboriginal land.<br />
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Festivals:<br />
68th Berlinale: Generation 14Plus Competition 2018<br />
SXSW: Narrative Shorts Competition 2018<br />
Sydney Film Festival 2018<br />
Palm Springs International Shortfest 2018<br />
Melbourne International Film Festival 2018<br />
Athens International Film Festival 2018<br />
Pluk De Nacht Open Air Film Festival 2018<br />
Adelaide Film Festival 2018<br />
41st Denver Film Festival 2018<br />
17th Cinemaforum International Film Festival 2018<br />
London Short Film Festival 2019<br />
Flickerfest 2019<br />
Reelgood Film Festival 2019<br />
New Filmmakers Los Angeles 2019<br />
Brooklyn Film Festival 2019<br />
St Kilda Film Festival 2019<br />
Athens Short Film Festival 2019<br />
CinefestOz Film Festival 2019<br />
Hollyshorts Film Festival 2019<br />
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Awards and Nominations:<br />
Winner of Best International Short Film at the New Filmmakers Los Angeles 2020 Awards <br />
Winner of Best Female Director Award at Hollyshorts Film Festival 2019<br />
Winner of Canon Award for Best Direction in an Australian Short Film | Flickerfest 2019<br />
Winner of Best International Student Filmmaker Award at the Denver Film Festival 2018<br />
Nominated for Best Achievement in Screenplay at the St Kilda Film Festival 2019<br />
Nominated for the 2019 ADG award for Best Direction in a Student Short Film<br />
Nominated for AACTA 2018 Best Short Fiction Film Award<br />
Special Mention - Event Cinemas Australian Short Screenplay Award | Sydney Film Festival 2018<br />
Winner of Best National Short Film | Greek Australian Short Film Festival 2018 <br />
Selected for ‘Student Selects’ & ‘Faculty Selects’ as part of the Columbia University Film Festival 2017 <br />
Received the ‘Audience Choice Award’ for Program E, Columbia University Film Festival 2017 <br />
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Credits:<br />
Starring: Leeanna Walsman & Odessa Young<br />
Supporting Cast: Mitzi Ruhlmann, Toby Wallace, Govinda Röser-Finch, Bryn Chapman Parish<br />
Written and Directed by Renée Marie Petropoulos<br />
Produced by Janet Brown & Yingna Lu<br />
Co-Produced by Kristin Frost<br />
Associate Producer - Melina Maraki<br />
Executive Producer - Alexandra Petropoulos<br />
Director of Photography - Zoë White, ACS<br />
Production Designer - Diva Abrahamian<br />
Casting by - Stevie Ray, CGA<br />
Costume Designer - Lucia Arias-Martinez<br />
Hair & Makeup - Candice Hickson<br />
Editors - Renée Marie Petropoulos & Chelsea Taylor<br />
Sound Designer - Eli Cohn<br />
Colour by - Kath Raisch<br />
Production Manager - Yingna Lu<br />
1st Assistant Director - Stefanie Foerster<br />
Stunt Coordinator - Tony Lynch<br />
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A Jars Productions & Paper Moose Production