Film Programme

JONAH AND THE VICARIOUS NATURE OF HOMESICKNESS
fiction , Mon, 20:00
Germany, 2010, 13'
Director: Bryn Chainey
Producer: Anna Wendt
Director of photography: Marc Achenbach
Writer: Bryn Chainey
Animation: Trikk 17
Composer: Ilja Coric
Editor: Courtney O'Brien-Brown
Synopsis: One day Jonah left his wife and daughter. He gave no explanation and no goodbye, only a telephone number that redirected to an answering machine. High above earth in his homemade spaceship, Jonah records his family’s messages via a tin-can-phone with an extraordinarily long string. Drifting deeper into the abyss, his connections to time, reality and home are all falling prey to the vacuum of space. Is it too late for Jonah? Only home can save him now.
Director: Bryn Chainey
Born, London 1986. Graduated from Griffith Film School, Brisbane, 2006. Primary interests include peanut butter and making films. Was named 'Best Director' at 2007 Queensland New Filmmakers Awards. Later received 'Berlin Today Award' at 2010 Berlin International Film Festival. Once swallowed a live spider but please don't mention this.