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Desire

Year of completion
1992
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
Short
Genre
Comedy, Mystery
Duration
10 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

DESIRE is a short comic drama made in the Film Noir tradition. The film follows a lonely, pathetic laboratory worker, Dylan, who becomes obsessed with a parcel left behind by a strange woman on a commuter train, with deadly consequences.
Completion Year
1992
Genres
Comedy, Mystery
Format
Short
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Director

Emma-Kate Croghan

Producer

Emma-Kate Croghan, Kath Shelper

Writer

Emma-Kate Croghan

Director of Photography

Liz Hughes

Editor

Melissa Juhanson

Cast

Michael Lake, Nell Feeney

Awards

1993 — St Kilda Film Festival

1993 — St Kilda Film Festival

Screenings

1993 — Huesca Short Film Festival

1993 — Tokyo Int Cinema Students

1993 — Edinburgh International Film Festival

1993 — St Kilda Film Festival

1993 — St Kilda Film Festival

1993 — Hof International Film Festival

1993 — Uppsala International Short Film Festival

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