Welcome THIRDROW Films!
What a surprise! Turns out one of our members is Nigel Karikari. Funky looking dude with English accent who the other day drops a DVD in for Sarah to check out. I happen to be on and learn that Nigel is a writer/director and his 15 minute short ‘The Deal’ won him Best Director at the 2006 “In The Bin” Short film festival and premiered in the Opening Night slot at Melbourne’s St Kilda Film Festival in 2006.
Wow! Nigel has donated a copy of The Deal for us at APPLEBOX. You can see it in the system (just search for ‘The Deal’) and I highly recommend it. Starring some familiar faces: Glenn Robbins, Tim Draxl (Swimming Upstream) and Jane Allsop (Blue Heelers), it’s a nicely paced thriller that reminded me a bit of Noise in the way it built tension slowly without loosing the viewer.
Nigel is a founder of THIRDROW Films along with Olivia Peniston-Bird. Rebecca Peniston-Bird produced the film. THIRDROW have a few other award winning shorts that we’ll try and get hold of.
This is great because I’ve always seen APPLEBOX supporting independent and short film makers. We can offer a way of displaying their work beyond youtube clips and online streaming. We say full resolution and great sound is how all movies (shorts or otherwise) should be viewed (and David Lynch thinks so as well).
So welcome Nigel and THIRDROW Films! We are proud to begin our short film collection with The Deal.
April 11th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Great film! As someone who struggles to watch enough films to keep up with what we get in let me say that this was a great watch, I think a short film collection could be a winner for time starved individuals who need a lift! Well crafted with lots of great twists and turns ….and that’s just the hero car. It is worth noting that Nigel works as an editor as his day job and I think there is something to be said about a writer/director doing their own editing, the film had great flow. Such talent in our community and I know there are more of you out there. The Deal is one of those shorts that stick with you like Rachel Griffith’s short film starring Bud Tingwell, “Tulip” (I might try and get my hands on that film it left such an impression on me).