180+ Film Festivals, 60+ Awards Short Film Palme d'Or – Cannes Film Festival 2018 An adolescent boy attempts to untangle his memories of a mysterious infestation, the unravelling of his father, and the little creatures inside us all. "All These Creatures" is this week's Staff Pick Premiere! Read more about it here: https://vimeo.com/blog/post/staff-pick-premiere-all-these-creatures-from-charles-williams AWARDS * Short Film Palme d'Or – Cannes Film Festival 2018 * Best Short Film – Australian Academy Award (AACTA) 2018 * Best Australian Short Film – Melbourne International Film Festival 2018 * Best Short Fiction Film – Tirana International Film Festival 2018 * Best Film Youth Competition 12+ – Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2018 * Best Short Film – Festival Du Grain à Démoudre 2018 * Best Short Fiction Film – NDU International Film Festival 2018 * Best Short Fiction Film – 2ANNAS Riga International Film Festival 2018 * Small Golden Camera 300 award – Manaki Brothers International Cinematographers Festival 2018 * Best Screenplay – Soria International Film Festival * Cinematic Achievement Award – THESS International Short Film Festival Thessaloniki 2018 * Best Screenplay – Black Canvas International Film Festival 2018 * Youth Jury Award – Cellu l’art Short Film Festival 2019 * Best Short Film – Akbank Short Film Festival 2019 * Firebird Award (Grand Prize) – Hong Kong International Film Festival 2019 * Best Editing in an Australian Short – Flickerfest 2019 * Best Fiction Film, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography – Redline Film International Festival 2019 * Best Narrative Short Film – Minneapolis St Paul International Film Festival 2019 * Best Narrative Short Film – Underexposed Film Festival yc 2019 * Best Film – ReelGood Film Festival 2019 * Best Youth Short Film – Cinema In Sneakers - International Film Festival for Children and Youth 2019 * Sogni d'Oro Award for Best International Short Film – Corti Da Sogni International Short Film Festival 2019 * Best Screenplay, Best Direction – Civitanova Film Festival 2019 * Dendy Award for Best Live Action Short, Rouben Mamoulian Award for Best Director – Sydney Film Festival 2019 * Best Young Actor – St Kilda Film Festival 2019 * Best Short Film – Periferia dell'impero International Short Film Festival 2019 * Audience Award – Lago Film Festival 2019 * Best Direction – Toko Film Festival 2019 * Best Direction – Out of Bounds Film Festival 2019 * Best Short Film, Best Cinematography, Best Editing – Lenola Film Festival 2019 * Best Short Film – Seoul international Extreme-Short Image Film Festival 2019 * Best Direction – Metricamente Corto Film Festival 2019 * Best Direction – Pentedattilo Film Festival 2019 * Best Short Film, Best Writing, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Design – PRINDIE - Princeton Independent Film Festival 2019 * Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Original Soundtrack – Valdarnocinema Film Festival 2019 * Audience Award – Curtocircuíto International Film Festival 2019 * Best Cinematography – Tacoma Film Festival 2019 * Best Short Fiction – Tegenstroom Film Festival 2019 * Best Film – Aquerò Film Festival CAST Tempest: Yared Scott Mal: Mandela Mathia Winta: Helen Hailu Isabella: Melody Demessie Narrator: Melchisedek Nkailu CREW Writer, Director: Charles Williams Producers: Elise Trenorden, Charles Williams Casting: Fiona Dann CGA Editors: Dan Lee, Charles Williams Original Music: Chiara Costanza Cinematographer: Adric Watson Production Designer: Eleanora Steiner 1st Assistant Director: Andrew Power Sound Designer: Craig Conway Sound Mixer: Paul Shanahan Re-Recording Mixer: David Williams Costume Designer: Stephanie Hooke Hair, Make-up: Rikki Lee Norman Standby Props: Dan Cato, Bianca Milani Sound Recordists: Juan Martinez, Alex Wakefield Stills Photographers: Matthew Lynn, Emma Buglisi Colourist: CJ Dobson Community Advisors: Tesfaye Gebrehana, Fiker Gebrehana, Tesfaye Endeshaw Gebressilasel, Daniel Zewdu Sponsors: Panavision Melbourne | Kodak | The Butchery | Soundfirm | Final Sound | Casting Sugar | Refinery VFX | Savage Rentals | City of Greater Dandenong | Park Road Post Production | Cine Lab Marketing assistance provided by Screen Australia A Simpatico Films Production CONTACT Production Company / Simpatico. Films / contact@simpaticofilm.com / simpaticofilm.com Festival Distribution / Some Shorts – Wouter Jansen / +31 622 076 717 / info@someshorts.com / someshorts.com International Sales / New Europe Film Sales – Marcin Łuczaj / +48 882 119 890 / shorts@neweuropefilmsales.com / neweuropefilmsales.com WEBSITE https://allthesecreaturesfilm.com https://www.facebook.com/allthesecreaturesfilm/

Photo © Mathew Lynn

Photo © Mathew Lynn

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