Winner of the prestigious International Iris Prize, 2014.
Winner, Best Film and Best Director, 2014, Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival.
Nominated, Best Australian Short Film, Dendy Awards - Sydney Film Festival 2013.
Asher and Charlie are two very different brothers. Asher likes fishing, swearing and meat pies. Charlie likes tea parties, crafts and refuses to eat “anything that has a face”. In the summer of 1987 – the first since their father walked out of their lives – their already divergent ideologies will be splintered by a traumatic event. Asher’s frustration and anger towards his family finally boils over into a mindless act of cruelty against an eel, and their relationship undergoes a test of almost mythic proportions. The fall-out will determine the men, and brothers, they will become.
‘All God’s Creatures’ is a drama, with touches of offbeat humour; about the fragile ecosystem we call ‘family’. When two brothers occupy opposite ends of the social, emotional and moral spectrum – someone, or something, has to give. The story explores the notion of humanity’s desire for dominion over all other creatures. Does an ugly repellent animal deserve to die? Eels are, after all, the “rats of the sea.”
Can Asher and Charlie find common ground again? When the only thing remaining that truly connects you is your DNA, what steps must be taken to find synthesis again? ‘All God’s Creatures’ traverses those formative moments of maturation where value systems collide - and essences emerge.
Written by Brendon McDonall and Jessica Paine
Produced by Taylor Litton-Strain
Directed by Brendon McDonall
Cinematography by Jack McAvoy
Production Design by Bethany Ryan
Edited by Kelly Cameron and Mary Elizabeth-Hutson
Music by Adam Moses
Sound Design by Alex Francis
Mixed by Lachlan Harris.
Nicolas Baudin Award for Best Short Film, at Festival des Antipodes in St Tropez (2015)
Audience Choice Award - Best Australian Short film at Melbourne Queer Film Festival (2015)
Best Film at IRIS Prize Film Festival (2014)
Best Student Film at Heart of Gold Film Festival, Gympie (2014)
Best Narrative Film: Be Film The Underground Film Festival NY (2014)
Best Film: West End Film Festival, Brisbane (2014)
Best Film: Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival (2014)
Best Direction: Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival (2014)
Best Film: Canberra Short Film Festival (2014)
Best Performance, Ed Oxenbould: Canberra Short Film Festival (2014)
Special Jury Prize, for Ed Oxenbould's performance: Nashville Film Festival (2014)
Special Jury Award, for Ed Oxenbould's performance: Flickerfest 2014
Highly Commended: for Screenwriting at WOW Film Festival (2014)
Special Mention: for Editing at WOW Film Festival (2014)
Nominated: ASE Award for Best Editing in a Short Film (2013)
Silver: ACS Award for Cinematography (2013)
Special Mention: for the performances at Sydney Film Festival, The Dendy Awards (2013)
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Sydney Film Festival, The Dendy Awards (2013)
Flickerfest, Sydney (2014)
Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival (2014)
WOW Film Festival, Sydney (2014)
West End Film Festival, Brisbane (2014)
St Kilda Film Festival, Melbourne (2014)
Nashville Film Festival (2014)
BeFILM The Underground Film Festival in New York (2014)
Palm Springs International ShortFest and Short Film Market (2014)
Rhode Island International Film Festival (2014)
Canberra Short Film Festival (2014)
Dungog Film Festival (2014)
IRIS Prize Film Festival (2014)
Down Under Berlin Film Festival (2014)
Austin Gay & Lesbian FF (2014)
Scone Film Festival (2014)
Heart of Gold Film Festival (2014)
UK Film Festival (2014)
Shorts Film Festival, Adelaide (2014)
Melbourne Queer Film Festival (2015)
OUT North Festival - Yukon Queer Film Alliance, Canada (2015)
Reel Shorts Film Festival, Canada (2015)
Cannes Film Festival, in the Cannes Cinephiles sidebar as part of the Cinema des Antipodes selection (2015)
Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival, USA (2015)
PROUD! Film Festival, Aarhus, DENMARK
Festival des Antipodes, St Tropez, FRANCE (2015)
