“In Absence” by Paul Nevison
Family fault lines are exposed when the sudden death of a beloved wife and mother, splinters a close-knit religious family. A quiet son on the threshold between childhood and adolescence, must hold together the fraying threads of his family, before an emotionally charged misunderstanding sees him take the fall as a result of an existential standoff between his grieving Father and a silent God.
FROM THE DIRECTOR
In Absence is a film that stems from a deep well of compassion and the grit of my own lived experience, having lost my mother when I was nine. In this film I was interested in exploring ideas around suffering and the possibility of restoration after tragic loss. This "bright sadness" is the paradoxical core of our film, the struggle to reconcile the present tearing down of grief with the bright hope of familial solidarity. I think Nick Cave put it best when he said "To love deeply is to suffer greatly, this is the pact".
-Paul Nevison
CREDITS
Cast
Christopher James Baker/ @christopher_james_baker
Jack LaTorre,
Ron Kelly/ @ron.kelly.37
Murran Kain/ @murrankain
May Jonelle Leota
Production Company// 13CO/ @ 13co_collective
School Road Films/ @schoolroadfilms
Writer & Director// Paul Nevison/ @paulnevison
Executive Producer
Roy De Giorgio/ @roydegiorgio
Charity Downing/ @charitydowning
Producers// Isobel Jones/ @isobel_jones_ and Paul Nevison
Director of Photography// Bjorn Amundsen/ @bjorn_amundsen_dp
Editor// James Ashbolt/ @the_flashbolt
Composer// Brett Anthony Shaw/ @brettanthonyshaw
Casting Director// David Newman CGA, Tom McSweeny CSA, CGA/ @mcsweeneynewmancasting
Production Designer// Jessica Lawry/ @ jessicarlawry
Costume Designer// Jamie Fodor/ @jamiefodor
1st AD// Nick Embery
B Cam Operator// Caleb Ware/ @calebware
A Cam Focus Puller// Josh Bailey/ @josh_bailey_camera
A Cam 2nd AC// Sarah Stone/ @sarah.stone.23
B Cam Focus Puller// Lachlan McGilp
Rachel Siegler/ @sieger_focuspuller
B Cam 2nd AC/DIT// Lachlan Mulheran/ @lachie.mulheran
Video Split// Kailani D'Amour/ @kdamour.film
Gaffer// Parker PJ Hilliard/ @philliard
Best Boy// Dan Vilimaa/ @_dvilm
Felix Lovell/ @trolleyfox_
Lighting Assist// Matt Vilimaa/ @mattvilimaa
Key Grip// Reece O' Hara
Grip// Alistair Deem
Set Dressers
Adele Scaysbrook
Joel Mordacz/ @the_plums
Ginnie Lee/ @curiouslee_ginnie
Graphic Design// Marcel Lim, Scarlett Nevison
HMU/Prosthetics// Taylor Scot/ @taylor.scot
Production Manager// Samuel Dunstan/ @samueldunstan
Sound Recordist// Damon Sheridan/ @damonsheridan
Acting Coach// Ellie Popov/ @ellie_popov
BTS Photographer// Elliott Deem/ @elliotwith2ts
Unit Manager// Carmelo Keating/ @melo_keating
Colourist// Matic Prusnik/ @maticprusnik
VFX Producer// Anna Greensmith/ (Vandal) @vandal_au
VFX Artist// Rosano Lepri (Vandal)
Title Design// Glenn Stewart/ @k_o_z_u_
Sound Design// Dee Gjedsted, Rob Stephens, Jackson Lister
Sound Mix// Simon Lister (SqueakeClean Studios)/ @scilista
Additional Sound// Thom Kellar, Richard Reade
Runners// Skye De Giorgio, Benjamin Rohan, Imogen Daly, Hugh Streit, Ethan Larkin
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