AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF CINEMA AND TELEVISION ARTS AWARDS
NOMINATED FOR BEST SHORT FILM (2024)

Production Company Stewart Haig Productions
Produced In Association with Sugarland Productions, JJ Splice Films

SYNOPSIS

Bereft after the loss of her beloved father James, Frances misses the appointment to pick up his ashes. Through a bizarre posthumous prank, can James rectify his daughter’s habitual lateness, even after he’s gone? Ashes is darkly comedic story about grief, tough love and the unexpected ways those who have passed continue to influence us.

CAST

Georgina Haig, Michael Caton and Michala Banas
​featuring Toby Truslove

CREW

Directed and Written by Georgina Haig
Produced by Georgina Haig, Dean Francis, Daisy Betts Miller, Riley Sugars, Charmaine Kuhn
Director of Photography Dean Francis
Production Design and Art Direction by Bob Shea
Edited by Ben Joss
​Costume Design by Annabel Marshall-Roth

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

NOMINATED FOR BEST SHORT FILM - AACTA Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (2024)
2nd Prize Winner at Peninsula Film Festival (VIC, AUS) (2024)
3x Award Nominee at KINO London Short Film Festival (LON, UK) (2024) - BIFA Qualifier
Official Selection at St Kilda Film Festival (VIC, AUS) (2024) - Oscar Qualifier
Official Selection at Flickerfest International Short Film Festival (NSW, AUS) (2024) - Oscar Qualifier
Official Selection at Tweetfest Film Festival (LON, UK) (2024) - BIFA Qualifier
Official Selection at Dances with Films LA (LA, USA) (2023)
Official Selection at Victoria Film Festival (BC, CANADA) (2024)
Official Selection at LA Shorts International Film Festival (LA, USA) (2023)
Official Selection at CineFest Oz Film Festival (WA, AUS) (2023)
Official Selection at DC Shorts International Film Festival (WAS, USA) (2023)
Official Selection at LA Femme International Film Festival (LA, USA) (2023)
Official Selection at Byron Bay International Film Festival (NSW, AUS) (2023)
Official Selection at Heart of Gold Film Festival (QLD, AUS) (2024)
Official Selection at Dublin International ComedyFilm Festival (DUB, IRE) (2023)
London Australian Film Society Screening Selection (May, 2024)