EARLY SUNDAY MORNING

13min / color / 16mm / Australia
A Griffith Film School Production
Supported by the Singapore Film Commission

SYNOPSIS
Synopsis
Jane is a 35 year old housing agent who lives in an idyllic suburb in Brisbane (Australia) with her sick mother and her younger brother Douglas. She is torn between her family responsibilities and her own desire to be free. When Douglas announces his plan to move to Sydney one day, she feels as if the final metal cuffs are clamped on her hands. She wants to escape. She doesn't want to wait anymore. Her life must begin now.

CAST AND CREW

CAST
Tanya Schneider..........Jane
Adam Fawns..........Douglas
Marie Millette..........Mother
Catherine Glavacic..........Grace
David Corrie..........Girl's Father
Donna Woollard..........Girl's Mother
Taylah Woollard..........Girl
Matt Bell..........Motorbike Buyer
Paul Adams..........Douglas's Friend

CREW
Producer..........Justin Kardi
Writer & Director..........Ong Chao Hong
1st Assistant Director..........Steve Bishop
Director of Photography..........Amelia Su
Camera Assistant..........Mauricio Leiva-Cock
Gaffer..........Benjamin Kilin
Grip..........Sebastian Carew Reid
Grip..........Cameron Frazer
Production Designer..........Kathleen Barker
Props Assistant..........Aleisha Decsi
Mother's Makeup..........Charmaine Orchard
Sound Designer..........Tendayi Nyeke
Sound Recordist..........Tendayi Nyeke
Boom Swinger..........Timothy Blackburn
Music Composer..........Darren Ng
Continuity..........Bard Rossvold
Catering..........Josh Gannon

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

In my previous short film, Strings (2001), I told the story of a 10 year old boy who goes in search of his deceased grandfather and finds a connection with his father in the end. With Early Sunday Morning, I am continuing the exploration of this theme (of the search for connection within the family), this time, from the point of view of a 35 year old Australian woman who lives with her sick mother and younger brother.

I have always been interested in the theme of a small family dealing with the loss of a family member. To a child, the family seems like an unchanging and stable unit. Experiencing a death in the family changes that impression forever. For me, that moment was the death of my paternal grandfather. When my father picked me up to look at my grandfather lying in his coffin, a tear rolled down his cheek. For the first time in my life, I saw my father cry. For the first time in my life, I feared for my own father’s death…

Ong Chao Hong

SCREENING & AWARDS INFORMATION

FIRST TAKE - SUBSTATION SCREENING (Singapore)
Venue: Substation Theatre, Singapore
Date: 4th February 2008
Review of films screened:
http://sindieonly.blogspot.com/2008/02/first-takes-of-year-2008.html

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL HOLLYWOOD
Official Selection
Venue: Beverly Garland's Theatre, North Hollywood
Date: 16th November 2007 (Festival runs Nov 14th - 18th 2007)

QUEENSLAND SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Official Selection
Venue: Queensland University of Technology, Creative Industries Precinct
Date: 19th October 2007

FILM SCHOOL FESTIVAL, CIESZYN, POLAND
Official Selection
Date: 12th July 2007

GRIFFITH FILM SCHOOL GRADUATE FILM SCREENING 2006
Venue: Palace Centro Cinemas, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
Date: 27th November 2006

GRIFFITH FILM SCHOOL GRADUATE INDUSTRY SCREENING & AWARDS NIGHT 2006
Venue: Queensland Conservatorium
Date: 23rd November 2006
Winner of Palace Cinemas Award for Best Achievement in Direction
Winner of Warner Roadshow Studios Award for Best Overall Production