I N S I D E O U T
Written and directed by Melanie Carlile
Cinematography Giuseppe Malpasso
Miriam suffers from agoraphobia and has not left her apartment in 2 years. Anything she needs, her pushy housekeeper Jodie takes care of. The day Miriam finally gathers the courage to leave her apartment, she meets a young woman named Megumi. Homesick for her native Japan, the two women bond. To create Miriam's reversed worlds, everyday indoor and outdoor sound effects have been switched to emphasize her disturbed state. (Short experimental drama)
B L A C K M A I L
Written by Melanie Carlile
Directed by Melanie Carlile & Cindy Smith
Cinematography Valentina Caniglia
London, 1890. Best friends, Aileen and Winnie are separated when one of them is forced into marriage with an older man in order to save her reputation. When newcomer Harrold finds out their secret, Aileen is forced to make a decision which will affect the rest of her life and Winnie's. (Short drama)
N E O N W E D D I N G
Directed by Maddy Lederman and Melanie Carlile
Cinematography by Jarrod Kloiber
Suzanne and Matthew travel to NY with a group of friends to escape the traditional southern wedding their mothers' have planned. Their plan is to elope
and get married under the neon lights of NYC. Wedding stress takes it toll on everyone and a health problem that Suzanne and Courtney have been concealing comes out. (Short drama)
THE CARNIVALESQUE OF FRIDA KAHLO
A musical journey into the understanding of the grotesque body, and the art of this iconic artist.
(Short documentary)
HOOPLA!*
A musical montage of a babysitter who tries all she can to get a moment's peace. (Short comedy)
H O M E
Cinematography Christo Bakalov
Uai makes a spontaneous trip to NYC with her neice, hoping that her husband will finally agree to havng a baby if her neice no longer lives with them. Uai turns up on her sister's doorstep with Makalina, not knowing whether Lana will accept the child she gave up at birth. (Short drama)
D R E A M K I S S C R Y
Are we all connected through life's little and meaningless occurances? Are they really so meaningless?
An array of characters from different communities
around Sydney are unknowingly connected through an overseas visitor. Does one person decide their destiny,
or are they in control of their own fate? The question being, do we determine our own fate or is it determined by the actions of complete strangers?
T H E C H A R A C T E R S
Jerome and Farrah runaway from their lives in Sydney's West, attempting to leave their family troubles behind.
Rose is slowly losing her hearing. Communication breaks down. Grandma Mere warns Rose about her choices.
Backpackers, Olivier, Marco and Alex make the wrong choices one night.
Lily comes face-to-face with her former best friend and has
to question her past actions all over again.
Theatre director, Tara, tries to get her life back on track
after a shocking accident.
Tamer is forced to come clean about his sexuality.
P R O D U C T I O N D E T A I L S
Written and Directed by Melanie Carlile
Assistant Director: Najee Tannous
Cinematography by: Aiko Mineishi, Ali Reggab, Nicolas Montano, and Francesco Chiari.
Sound by: Nicolas Montano, Tommy Larkin and Matt Chow
Production Coordinators: Nobuaki Shimamoto, Donna Te Kanawa, Marcellus Cook.
Length: Feature Film
Production: Australia/New Zealand
Release Date: 2011-2012
Genre: Drama (some elements of supernatural)
Language: English
English Subtitles for segments in other languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Japanese, Maori and Spanish.
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P R O D U C T I O N 2011-2012
N O M A D (Working title, feature film, drama)
Spanning 8 countries and 8 diary entries. We follow a traveller on a unique journey of emotions, experiences and adventures into the unknown. Who is the nomad? What is the nomad?
SQUAD ONE (Working title, feature film documentary)
September 2001, after the fall of the towers, and loss of almost the entire squad, Brooklyn's Squad One firehouse is about to be closed down. In 2011, we return ten years later to see where the firehouse and the families of the victims are, and how they are doing.
V I D E O P R O D U C T I O N
As well as short and feature film projects, Barefeet Films also specializes in the following :
- Corporate Video
- Annual Report Summaries
- Commercials
- Promotional Video
- Educational & Training Videos
- Documentaries
- Special Events Footage
- Showreels for actors (& other creative industries)
- Multilingual Video Translations
P H O T O G R A P H Y
We also specialize in Corporate Photography and Actor/Performer . Headshot Photography. Please view our photography portfolio at . . . www.zillistudio.com or click on the icon here.
C L I E N T L I S T & R E E L
Please contact us through our contact page if you would like to view our client list
and showreel link.
E Q U I P M E N T & C R E W
We have many cinematographers, sound recorders, foley artists, composers,
editors, writers, language translators, acting talent, voiceover talent, and motion graphics experts on our books, allowing our clients to choose the exact look and
feel they are after for their video production. Our crew are all highly skilled in their
fields and have experience from all over the world, ranging from short film projects through to documentaries, television commercials and feature films. We use the
most up to date HD video cameras and sound equipment, and your project is
edited on the latest industry standard editing software.
T H E P R O C E S S
With each client we sit down and talk about the marketing and advertising
aspects of the video in detail, and most importantly we pin point the exact goals
for the project, and how best to reach those goals from an audio-visual and
marketing persective. The client is able to be involved with the process all the way through, from pre production stages to the final editing stages. We also have lists of
voiceover and acting talent to choose from and we can organise and run auditions
in state of the art meeting rooms and facilities.
I N T E R N A T I O N A L L O C A T I O N S
Barefeet Films has crew in the US, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Europe, India,
and Latin America. We are able to assist your production with talent and locations in each country you require those services for. Please feel free to contact us for a quote and any questions you might have.
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P R O D U C T I O N S T I L L S - S H O R T F I L M S
T H E F O U R T H B L O C
Written by Dennis Whiteman
Political Drama, 2035.
Feature length
Location: Australian outback, New York, Sydney
C A N O E I N T H E M I S T
Drama
Feature Length
Location: New Zealand, England
N O M A D
Location: Spanning Eight Locations
T H E T A B L E
Location: France, New York, New Zealand
T H E M O O N T H A T N E V E R R I S E S
Short feature
Location: Australia, India.
C I N E G E N T E W O R K S H O P S
Each year Barefeet Films hosts an intensive workshop, know as the CineGente Workshop. CineGente meaning, 'cinema people' in Spanish and Portuguese, and that is exactly what it is! A workshop for the people. The workshops are in screenwriting, acting and filmmaking, and have already taken place in a number of countries over the years. The workshops are aimed at people who are interested in acting, writing and filmmaking but are unable to enter the industry due to finances, lack of community support, language and/or literacy skills . The workshop fees are very minimal in comparison to other similar programs, although most programs are run completely free of charge. The workshops are run by volunteers, and CineGente/Barefeet Films has so far been 100% self-funded in its efforts over the years. For more info please contact us through our contact page.
CineGente welcomes and encourages creative people from indigenous and immigrant backgrounds, women, the unemployed, and people with physical disabilities to join. The workshop aims to educate people in the basics of filmmaking, giving participants the confidence to go out and tell their stories, and to educate others in their own communities with their newfound skills. The point of the workshop is to teach people to voice their thoughts through modern media and the internet. The workshops implement health and human rights aspects, through our local NGO partners.
O U R F I R S T W O R K S H O P S
San Jose, Costa Rica
Paris, France
Brooklyn, New York
2 0 0 8 - 2 0 1 0 SYDNEY
The first workshop took place in Sydney, Australia, with participants haling from such diverse backgrounds as: Maori, Aboriginal, Argentinian, English, French, Italian, Lebanese, Chinese, Nepalese, Salvadorian, and Moroccan. Participants attended the workshop 3 times a week for 4 months, and each completed a minimum of four screenplays based on assignments given to them. The screenplays will be featured in a book of CineGente Screenplay compilations. Some of the participants spent time working in the production office and on-set of our first feature film, 'Dream Kiss Cry'.
2 0 1 1 - 2 0 1 2 I N T E R N A T I O N A L
The next set of workshops will be held partially online, as 'international web-contact' workshops. Participants from a number of different countries will share their screenwriting assignments online with one another in this online workshop. The filmmaking workshops will then be held in each country, for one week.
C I N E G E N T E
J O I N B A R E F E E T F I L M S
Barefeet Films accepts applications all year around from talented professionals in the following areas:
- Cinematographers
- Sound Recordists & Foley Artists
- Motion Graphics Experts
- Editors
- Composers
- Translators (all languages)
- Writers
- Actors & Voiceover Talent (only with showreel)
- Production Assistants
S H O W R E E L
To be considered for an interview you must be highly skilled in your field, and you must have a reel that we can view. We must see your showreel before calling you in for an interview.
L O C A T I O N S
We accept applications from all over the world, as many of our projects are shot in different countries. We have project managers in Sydney, New York, Paris, Tokyo, Mumbai and Mexico City that can interview you and answer any questions you may have.
I N T E R N S H I P S & T R A I N I N G
If your experience in limited, you can contact us with a letter of interest and resume, regarding internships.
Also, please read about CineGente, a section of Barefeet Films, where we run international screenwriting, acting and filmmaking workshops. Generally, in different locations each year. One workshop minimum, per year. The workshops are not expensive, and usually culminate in a final short or feature film project. These workshops are a great way to get involved in film, receive a film credit, get exposure, and learn the ins-and-outs of pre production all the way through to post production and beyond.
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CineGente holds a minimum of one workshop per year. The workshops are very low cost and often free. The workshops are in screenwriting, acting, cinematography, editing, production and marketing, and are geared towards individuals interested in the different aspects of filmmaking. The workshops are especially geared towards women, indigenous people, people with disabilities, new immigrants and people who are passionate about films but simply cannot afford the fees of a regular course of study or lack the encouragement within their community to try for a creative career as such. Courses are taught in various languages, depending on the host country. In the screenwriting workshops new immigrants are able to write in their own language and have someone translate their texts before meetings. Labguage skills are not the goal, so much as expression, and voice. The first CineGente workshop took place in San Jose, Costa Rica, and since then has also been to New York and Sydney. Our Sydney workshop was the first workshop to produce a film. 'Dream Kiss Cry' was based on the short screenplays written in the CineGente workshops. The diversity in the workshop was well reflected in the short screenplays each participant wrote. A few scenes written by participants were selected and included in our feature film, Dream Kiss Cry, for which these participants will receive a feature film credit. The screenplays written in this workshop ranged from drama, to comedy and science fiction. Some participants were taught additonal skills with various roles on-set and off-set. The CineGente workshops incorporate health education and human rights education within its program, and within the material we write and produce. As well as filmmaking skills, we teach languages, photography, dance, reading and writing skills, computer and internet skills.
MELANIE CARLILE - Workshop Director
Nationality: New Zealand/France
Roles: Producer, Script Editor, Workshop Director, Actor.
Screenplays: Key Change, Grandma Mere, The Breach,
Mr Chang's Skate Shop, Held Down, The Rose.
LULA CHALK - Workshop Assistant
Nationality: Argentina/Italy
Roles: Asst. Script Editor, Workshop Asst., Extra.
Screenplays: Night Road, Invasion Day, Stains, All iIn A Summer's Night, The Journey Between The Worlds.
SUSHIL SUBEDI - Workshop Participant
Nationality: Nepal
Roles: Workshop Participant, Production Asst (Casting)
Screenplays: The Gallery, Brazilian Love, An Eye For An Eye, The Grocery Shop, Success.
PIKIHUIA- Workshop Finalist
Nationality: New Zealand
Roles: Workshop Participant, Production Asst.
Screenplays: Valentine Cake, Maui, Independent Youth, Tiger Clown, Blue Bubbles, Brother, Fish n Chips (co-writer).
KRISTI BARTLETT- Workshop Finalist
Nationality: Australia
Roles: Workshop Participant, Production Asst. (Locations), Actor.
Screenplays: Little Rebel, Office Daze, The Nightclub,
The Secret, Lady by day.
CEDRIC MARUANI- Workshop Finalist
Nationality: France
Roles: Workshop Participant, Production Asst. Actor.
Screenplays: Not More, The Bible, Mother, Breakdown, Postcard.
TREVOR RYAN - Workshop Participant
Nationality: Australian/Aboriginal-Noongar
Roles: Workshop Participant
Screenplays: DVD Night, Curiosity, Dreamtime, Viagra, Predictions, Fish n Chips (co-writer).
SANDY GREENWOOD - Workshop Participant
Nationality: Australian/Aboriginal-Gumbayngrri/Dunghutti
Roles: Workshop Participant, Actor.
Screenplays: Redfern Daze, LoveLost, Lilly White, Deadly Times
RENATA YACCOUB- Workshop Finalist
Nationality: Australian/Lebanese
Screenplays: For Sale, Double Life, Different Worlds, Shaping Our Citizens Of The Future
MAZ KOO - Workshop Participant
Nationality: Australian/Chinese
Screenplays: Perspective, Generation,
In Jars of Clay, Drinking tea
W O R K S H O P S 2 0 0 9 - 1 1
CineGente holds a minimum of one workshop per year. The workshops are very low cost and often free. Due to the continual filming of our first feature film, 'Dream Kiss Cry', workshops in 2009-2010 were incorported into the actual making-of the film. A number of participants joined the production office and the crew on-set, where they were taught the necessary skills in the position they had chosen. The workshop skills were taught by both Melanie Carlile, and one of the highly skilled crew which each participant was paired up with. Some of the participants which came on board, already had skills in filmmaking and acting, but had never experienced working on a feature film set until 'Dream Kiss Cry'. All of these applicants will receive a feature film credit. You can also see some of their faces in the current CineGente promo video on the CineGente website.
Workshops will resume in 2011, in Fiji, New York, Mumbai and Brazil.
B A R E F E E T F I L M S I N 2 0 0 9
Donate $500+ to Barefeet Films and your name will appear on the film's official website with a producer credit. Donate $2000+ and you will receive a producer credit on the official website AND in the film's end credits as well. We are currently raising funds for the feature film, Nomad.
Eight Countries.
Complete Strangers.
All Connected.
© 2011 Nomad, Barefeet Films
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