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Australian filmmaker Josh Tanner has created some of the most breathtaking short films of the modern era. Mastering character drama and fusing it brilliantly with genre filmmaking in sci-fi and horror, he is one of the most exciting filmmakers working today. Working with producing partner Jade van der Lei, Josh has overseen the transition of production company Perception Pictures to new filmmaking outfit Imposter Syndrome.

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THE LANDING - Sci-Fi Short Film
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THE LANDING - Sci-Fi Short Film

A man returns to the Midwestern farm of his childhood on a desperate mission to unearth the horrifying truth of what landed there in the summer of 1960. View trailer: https://vimeo.com/55338337 imdb.com/title/tt2831474 | www.thelandingfilm.com/ | facebook.com/thelandingQPIXFILM See our VFX featurette: https://vimeo.com/113455347 WINNER - Best Short Film - 46th Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival (2015 Academy Awards® Qualifying Win) WINNER - Best Foreign Film - 18th LA Shorts Fest (2015 Academy Awards® Qualifying Win) WINNER - Best International Short - 38th Cleveland International Film Festival WINNER - Youth Jury Award, Best Short - Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2014 WINNER - Best Short, Screamfest® Horror Film Festival, 2014 WINNER - Jury Award, Narrative Short - Beverly Hills Film Festival, 2014 WINNER - Octopus d'Or, Best International Short, Strasbourg International Fantastic Festival, 2014 WINNER - Short Film Category - Fade In Awards, 2015 WINNER - Prix du Public, Courts des Iles Festival, 2015 WINNER - Best Real Image Short Film, FANCINE, XXIV Fantastic Film Festival of Málaga WINNER - Best International Live-Action Short - 10th Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival WINNER - Best Of Fest & Best Sci-Fi Short - FilmQuest Festival 2014 WINNER - Best Narrative Short (50 minutes or less) 2013 IPAF ATOM Awards WINNER - Honorable Mention, Narrative Short, Fargo Film Festival, 2015 WINNER - Best Director, Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival, 2014 WINNER - Golden Tripod for Best Cinematography in Short Film, 2014 National ACS Awards NOMINATED - Best Direction in Short Film, 2014 Australian Directors Guild Awards NOMINATED - Best Editing in a Short Film, 2014 Australian Screen Editors Awards NOMINATED - Best Production Design, Original Score, Sound and VFX, 2014 St Kilda Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION HIGHLIGHTS Warsaw Film Festival, 2013 20th Austin Film Festival, 2013 Foyle Film Festival, 2013 Brisbane International Film Festival, 2013 Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, 2014 Byron Bay International Film Festival, 2014 Omaha Film Festival, 2014 Sarasota Film Festival, 2014 Imagine: Amsterdam International Fantastic Film Festival, 2014 Arizona International Film Festival, 2014 SCI-FI LONDON Film Festival, 2014 Newport Beach Film Festival, 2014 St Kilda Film Festival, 2014 Huesca International Film Festival, 2014 Festrioa International Film Festival, 2014 Revelation Perth International Film Festival, 2014 Fantasia Film Festival, 2014 Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2014 Hollyshorts Film Festival, 2014 Cambridge Film Festival 2014 MOTELx - Lisbon International Horror Film Festival, 2014 Shnit International Shortfilmfestival, 2014 KEY CAST Father | Henry Nixon Edward | David Roberts Young Edward | Tom Usher KEY CREW Director | Josh Tanner Producer | Jade van der Lei Written by | Josh Tanner & Jade van der Lei Executive Producers | Mat Petrenko, Rob Matheison & Murray Berghan Associate Producers | Alana Jessop & Jacob Livermore Production Design | Charlie Shelley & Christopher Cox Cinematographer | Jason Hargreaves ACS Composer | Guy Gross Sound Designers | Tony Vaccher & John Dennison Editor | Derryn Watts Visual Effects Supervisor | Richard Waterhouse © PERCEPTION PICTURES PTY LTD 2013
WANDERING SOUL | Horror Short Film
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WANDERING SOUL | Horror Short Film

During the Vietnam War, a Viet Cong soldier stationed in the claustrophobic Cu Chi tunnels is haunted by the ghost of a fallen comrade. WINNER - Best Horror Short, Hollyshorts Film Festival 2017 WINNER - Best Horror Short, 2017 Phoenix Film Festival WINNER - Best Director, Canberra Short Film Festival 2017 WINNER - Best Cinematography in a Short Film, 2017 Australian Cinematographer's Society Awards NOMINATED - Best Direction in a Short Film, 2017 Australian Director's Guild Awards NOMINATED - Craft Award, 2017 St Kilda Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION HIGHLIGHTS 49th Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival (world premiere) Screamfest Film Festival, 2016 Show Me Shorts, 2016 ZINEBI - Bilbao Short and Documentary Film Festival, 2016 Encounters Short Film Festival, 2017 Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, 2017 Newport Beach Film Festival, 2017 Brussels Short Film Festival, 2017 St Kilda Film Festival, 2017 Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival, 2017 Palm Springs International Shortfest, 2017 Moscow International Film Festival, 2017 Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, 2017 Revelation Perth International Film Festival, 2017 KEY CAST Dao | Lap Phan Quan | Henry Vo Deceased Soldier/Ghost | Cuong Nguyen KEY CREW Director | Josh Tanner Producer | Jade van der Lei Written by | Josh Tanner & Jade van der Lei Executive Producers | Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig Associate Producer | Alana Jessop Production Design | Matt Putland Cinematographer | Jason Hargreaves ACS Composer | Guy Gross Editor | Geoff Lamb Sound Design | Lachlan Harris & Thom Kellar © PERCEPTION PICTURES PTY LTD 2016 REPRESENTATION: United Talent Agency (UTA) Jordan Lonner Charles Farraro Jason Burns CONTACT: Jade van der Lei - Producer jade (at) perceptionpictures.com.au

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