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The Contract: PROJECT Waterman (2021)
Finalist –
2021 Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift Canada
2021 Lift-Off Global Network Sessions, Pinewood Studios UK
Semi-Finalist –
2021 Boden International Film Festival Sweden
Official Selection –
2021 Lift-Off Global Network Sessions, Pinewood Studios UK
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Producer(s)
Sean MCINTYRE (Callumny Films)
Synopsis
TAGLINE: get the inside view from the industry outsider
Australia’s future – now more than ever – needs public transport infrastructure
PLOT OUTLINE:
When the safety of local kids in WATERMAN’s community is put at risk by train & public transport sector works around a local football oval, the infrastructure consultant must choose between his job and his own moral code.
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Sacrifice (2016)
Official Selection –
2017 On Vous Mont Mockumentary Film Festival (Lyon, France)
2016 On Vous Mont Mockumentary Film Festival (Lyon, France)
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Producer(s)
George KALPA (Inaway Productions), Gene KALPA (Inaway Productions), Sean MCINTYRE (Callumny Films)
Synopsis
TAGLINE: Ask not what art can do for you. Ask them what they’re willing to do for their art.
PLOT OUTLINE:
Like flies on a wall, we join ALITHIA watching as they arrive to play at prominent inner city venue in Melbourne, Australia. At face value TIBOR, JONNIE, JEFF, DANNY and VAL are good mates – seasoned professionals who go about the business of set-up and sound-check with a minimum of fuss.
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film producer | bio | Callumny Films | showreel
CALLUMNY FILMS | currently being approached by distribution platforms for their buyers for our film, webseries and video content. A new, recent development, this new demand for a global distribution outlook from new partners is a great fit.
Since 2015, Wise Words Media and Callumny Films has set their competitive advantage towards:
- international co-production
- to seek international creatives as collaborators / production partners
Description
CALLUMNY FILMS | storytellers with a commercial outlook | our stories are: authentic, engaging, unique, relatable, sustainable. Overall, approx 30 titles in the slate are listed as ‘Projects in Development’ on IMDBpRO. To development producers, sales agents, distributors and producers engaged by our stories, we welcome expressions of interest.
Pitch documents detail intended audience markets & suggested funding sources with consideration given to suggested ongoing, sustainable income streams.
Consulting, content licensing and distribution queries welcome.
Callumny Films TV
Production Objective
Callumny Films’ express explicit goal and established, competitive advantage is to pursue stories via international co-productions on a global scale, both in the telling and in production.
The human experience is the key driver of this outlook. Seeking international co-production partners shooting Melbourne, Australia and overseas.
As a business-model and competitive advantage, Callumny Films pursues international co-productions using free trade and other international agreements.
In Development
Suburban Odyssey | Documentary
A story about growing up in Melbourne or a story about refugees in Melbourne? You decide.
Refugees, multiculturalism, inclusiveness and diversity. How the lives of others can profoundly impact others young lives.
A documentary exploring the story of three families whose lives intersect in Melbourne, Australia: Vietnamese, El Salvadoran and Australian.
KIDS (or Games Before Hometime) | TV Movie (60 mins)
Told through the eyes of seven children drawn from diverse local and ethnic multicultural backgrounds, ‘KIDS’ delves into pressing issues facing Australian society.
‘KIDS’ was selected for Melbourne Theatre Company’s prestigious 2015 NEON Festival – held in partnership with Multicultural Arts Vcitoria (MAV) -as part of MTC Connect. ‘KIDS’ performed to a sold out audience at The Lawler Theatre in Southbank, Melbourne (Aust).
‘KIDS’ takes inspiration from the classic Latin-American play ‘Juegos A La Hora De La Siesta’ (‘Games During Naptime’), by Polish-born Argentinean playwright Roma Mahieu, a critical, subversive and highly political commentary on the Argentinean dictatorship.
By turning the focus to Australia, ‘KIDS’ tackles ideas and themes around identity, empathy and migration, exploring Australia’s attitude to immigration, and the ways in which refugees may contribute to and enrich a country’s culture.
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Description
CALLUMNY FILMS | storytellers with a commercial outlook
our stories are: authentic, engaging, unique, relatable, sustainable. Overall, approx 30 titles in the slate are listed as ‘Projects in Development’ on IMDBpRO. To development producers, sales agents, distributors and producers engaged by our stories, we welcome expressions of interest.
Pitch documents detail intended audience markets & suggested funding sources with consideration given to suggested ongoing, sustainable income streams
Objective
PRODUCTION OBJECTIVE | Callumny Films’ express explicit goal and established, competitive advantage is to pursue stories on a global scale, both in the telling and in production.
Seeking international co-production partners shooting Melbourne, Australia and overseas.
We also seek global distribution partners in the OTT, VOD, SVOD and AOD online content marketplace spaces. As a business-model and competitive advantage, Callumny Films pursues international co-productions using free trade and
Filming
under construction
Released
The Contract: PROJECT Waterman [season 1] (2021) | Web Series, Mockumentary
A uniquely original concept – Australia’s newest webseries. This landmark achievement has been released for international audiences around the globe by Wise Words Media and Callumny Films.
Consulting, content licensing and distribution queries welcome.
festival credits
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episode list | documentary, mockumentary, docufiction
Web Series | 2021 PG | Season 1 | 17 Episodes Runtime: 11 x 0hr10m, 6 x 0hr11m
Producer(s)
Sean MCINTYRE (Callumny Films)
Synopsis
TAGLINE: get the inside view from the industry outsider.
Australia’s future – now more than ever – needs public transport infrastructure
PLOT OUTLINE:
When the safety of local kids in WATERMAN’s community is put at risk by train & public transport sector works around a local football oval, the infrastructure consultant must choose between his job and his own moral code.
Sacrifice (2016) | Mockumentary
Follows a Melbourne-based art-rock/alt-rock band.
festival credits
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Producer(s)
George KALPA (Inaway Productions), Gene KALPA (Inaway Productions), Sean MCINTYRE (Callumny Films)
Synopsis
TAGLINE: Ask not what art can do for you. Ask them what they’re willing to do for their art.
PLOT OUTLINE:
Like flies on a wall, we join ALITHIA watching as they arrive to play at prominent inner city venue in Melbourne, Australia. At face value TIBOR, JONNIE, JEFF, DANNY and VAL are good mates – seasoned professionals who go about the business of set-up and sound-check with a minimum of fuss.
Leatherdaddy (2019) | Drama / Coming-of-Age / Comedy
A micro-budget indie film in English & French inspired by Aussie classic ‘Wake in Fright’ as well as Kevin Smith’s ‘Clerks’ and Richard Linklater’s ‘Dazed and Confused’.
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Producer(s)
Sean MCINTYRE (Callumny Films), Nicky MURPHY (Rare Amazing)
Synopsis
TAGLINE: You’re invited to the party. The house party that is, was or will be your 20’s.
PLOT OUTLINE: An American exchange student who has pressing obligations with the immigration department finds herself trapped at a house party in Paris which she cannot leave.
SMELLS LIKE: Clerks meets Dazed and Confused meets Snatch
WHOSE EYEBALLS: teenagers, males and females aged 15 to 35
THEMES: Fashion & trends, Post coming-of-age, life transitions: coming of age/self acceptance from adulthood to maturity, pros and cons of partying, The line between socialising and judging.
In this twisted, bilingual coming-of-age tale, various stories of youthful affection collide at a promiscuous Parisian house party of nonchalant 20-somethings.