SMALL THINGS

SHORT FILM  |  Produced 2004  |  Shooting Gauge: Super 16mm  |  Duration: 9 minutes

Small Things is about youth, friendship and one boy’s fascination with beetles.  Primary school can be pretty tough, what with bullies and teachers, but with the support of a friend, Jack can get through anything.  This film has a sense of humour about being 10 that only being 10 years older can give you. “At the heart it’s showing that the little guys can win the small victories in life.  I think there’s something special about small things in general.  It’s not always the big things that are necessarily better, or the loudest people that always have the most important thing to say’ says writer-director Beneta Hadzi-Popovic.

CAST
Jack                         Harrison Bracken
Branson                   Ben Robson
Gordon                    Luis Power
Teacher                   Amy Moon
Jack's Mum             Andrea Close
Branson's Mate       Alastair Davis  
Branson's Mate       Chris Wodzinski
Branson's Mate       Rhys Allen
Beetle Racers          Aidan Dixon
                                Nathan Duck
                                Ray Fun Godfrey-Yik
                                Chris Stortz
                                Nick Wodzinski
Classmates             Will Brown, Ryan Carters, Sam Carters, Tabitha Mann, Alexandra Meldrum,Taidgh Hodgett, Matthew Stortz, Dakota Wainwright

CREW
Writer/Director       Beneta Hadzi-Popovic
Producer                    Marisa Martin
Producer                    Matthew Fallon
DoP                             Brook Rushton 
Editor                         Ben Nunney 
Music                          Munro Melano
Sound                         Doug Warouw
Sound Assistant         Sue Martin
Art Direction, Wardrobe & Makeup                                                Therese Engel
Art Direction               Paul Martin
Focus Puller                Joel Froome
Camera Assistant       Ben Nunney
Catering                      Sue Fallon
Runner                         Patrick Thompson
Script Adviser             Felicity Packard
Beetle Consultants     Kim Pullen &
                                    John Feehan
Beetle Photographs   Jane Davenport

AWARDS & SCREENINGS
Winner, Best Film
New Filmmaker Category, Shepparton Shorts Film Festival, VIC, 2005

Winner, Best Script
short::seasons film festival, ACT, 2004

Finalist
Scinema Film Festival, ACT, 2005

Finalist 
Reelife Film Festival, NSW, 2005

Finalist 
Snowyfest International Film Festival, NSW, 2004

Official Selection
Silent Cells Film Festival Touring Program, NSW, 2005