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Year of completion
1998
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
Short
Genre
Comedy
Duration
6.5 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

Some people were just never meant to get together. A first date that goes horribly wrong.
Completion Year
1998
Genres
Comedy
Format
Short
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Director

Lynn-Maree Danzey

Producer

Susan MacKinnon

Writer

Judi McCrossin

International Sales Contact

Susan MacKinnon

Australian Sales Contact

Susan MacKinnon

Cast

Matt Day, Rebecca Frith, Mindy the Dog

Awards

1998 — Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films

1998 — Festival de Cinema International des Premieres Oeuvres

1998 — Eat My Shorts - Just For Laughs Festival

1999 — Film Fest New Haven

1999 — Noosa National Short Film Competition

1999 — San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival

1999 — Troia International Film Festival

1998 — Melbourne International Film Festival

Screenings

1999 — Homage to New Australian Cinema Festival

1998 — Auckland Film Festival

1999 — Australian Film Festival

1998 — Brief Encounters Short Film Festival

1998 — Brisbane National Short Film Festival

1999 — Brussels International Film Festival

1999 — Buenos Aires International Film Festival

1998 — Festival Internazionale Cinema Giovani

1999 — La Cittadella Del Corso Short Film Festival

1999 — Cleveland International Film Festival

1999 — Cologne Conference - Internationales Fernsehfest Koln

1999 — US Comedy Arts Festival

1999 — Dublin Film Festival

1999 — Femme Totale - Dortmund

1998 — Festival de Cinema International des Premieres Oeuvres

1999 — International Film Festival of Kerala

1999 — Kino Xenix Screenings

1998 — Eat My Shorts - Just For Laughs Festival

1998 — St Petersburg Internnational Film Festival "Festival of Festivals"

1999 — Manhattan Short Film Festival

2000 — Marcos Island Film Festival

1999 — Miami Film Festival

1999 — Milano Film Festival - International Cinema Competition and Festival of Milan

1998 — Mill Valley Film Festival

1999 — International Film Festival of Montecatini Terme

1999 — Mountain Film Festival

1999 — Mountain Film in Telluride

1999 — Film Fest New Haven

1999 — Noosa Film Festival

1998 — New York Film Festival

1999 — Odense International Film Festival

1999 — Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival

1999 — Ourense Film Festival

1999 — Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema

1999 — Portland International Film Festival

1999 — San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival

1999 — Short Films from Australia

1999 — Singapore International Film Festival

2001 — Solothurner Film Festival

1999 — Troia International Film Festival

1998 — Valladolid International Film Festival

1998 — Wellington Film Festival

1999 — St Kilda Film Festival

1998 — Cannes Film Festival

1998 — Cork International Film Festival

1999 — Creteil Film Des Femmes Festival

1998 — Hof International Film Festival

1998 — Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

1999 — Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen

1999 — International Film Festival Rotterdam

1998 — Telluride Film Festival

1999 — Uppsala International Short Film Festival

1998 — Melbourne International Film Festival

1998 — BFI London Film Festival

1999 — The Sydney Film Festival

1998 — The Sydney Film Festival

Production Company

Vivid Pictures Pty Ltd
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