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Short Film Triple Bill
15 – 16 January 2025
Part of Emergence Festival
Contemporary Music And Performance
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The Short Film Triple Bill presents three films by MFA CCT graduating artists:
Never Hike Alone, two interlocking short films, “Upcycled” and “Composting” by Beth Gallagher and Alison Kertz;
NIGHTSHIFT by Chris Ginesi.
Never Hike Alone (Upcycled + Composting)
“Never Hike Alone” is made of two distinct yet interlocking short films, “Upcycled” and “Composting”.
In “Upcycled”, a crafty vigilante on the hunt to restock her yarn is attacked by a predator but refuses to let the experience—or the predator—go to waste. In “Composting”, a popular true crime podcaster discovers a dangerous clue while searching for her missing brother, forcing her to decide where her morals begin and end.
Individually, each film is a full, independent arc, but they exist in the same world and on the same storyline. They can be viewed independently, or one after the other, in either order.
NIGHTSHIFT
Remember the kid who built a nuclear reactor in his garage? That was Hank Evers. He was a legend – the youngest professor at Pacific Tech, with a mind that blazed like a supernova.
But genius is a fickle flame, and now Hank’s just a ghost in his own lab, fuelled by coffee, regret, and the desperate hope that tomorrow might be different. Plagued by insomnia, he’s haunted by hyper-realistic dreams of portals and the incessant call of a blackbird, beckoning him towards the unknown. Each sleepless night pushes him further from reality, while his friends, geniuses in their own right, watch in terror as he unravels. Desperate, they offer him a lifeline: the Ziggy Project, a risky experiment, a strange machine, and their last hope to reclaim Hank from the brink. But when the switch flips and the lights go out, Hank finds himself face-to-face with a challenge greater than any equation he’s ever solved: saving the world.
Cast and Creatives – Never Hike Alone
Alison Kertz (Actor, Director, Screenwriter)
Beth Gallagher (Actor, Director, Editor)
Chris Neal (Actor)
Jayme Bartlett (Upcycled Directory of Photography)
Kieran McLaughlin (Composting Directory of Photography)
Merlin Bonning (Sound Recordist)
Pete Smith (Sound Recordist)
Rob Myles (Fight Choreographer)
Sandra Szczuchniak (Special Effects Makeup)
Riley Burke (Composer)
Leah Huskey (Social Media Manager)
Cast and Creatives – NIGHTSHIFT
CAST (in order of appearance)
Chris Ginesi (Hank Evers)
Lauren Bryn (Auggie Lewis)
Yui Minari (Grace Tomomi)
Andrew Mundt (AJ)
Alison Kertz (Tammy)
Camille Clossum (Maeve)
Ryan Kane (Farro)
Beth Gallagher (Black Boots)
Samuel Pashby (Soldier)
CREATIVE
George S. Rosenthal (Sound Editor)
Jared Newman (Composer)
Written by Chris Ginesi and Mathew Carr
with additional material by Lauren Bryn
Special Thanks
Josh Armstrong
Marc Silberschatz
RCS
RCS costumes, props, AV
DINER, OFFICE, any other locations
CEDO IDEAS FUND
CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts
Runtime: 35 mins
Price: £4 – £5
Suitable only for 15 years or over.
Contains violence, strong language and discussions of abuse.
Bright/Flashing lights, Loud/Sudden noises, Firearms/Gunshots.
Perilous Situations, Suggestions of Violence, Laser Fire, Mental Illness.