AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF CINEMA AND TELEVISION ARTS AWARDS
NOMINATED FOR BEST SHORT FILM (2022)

Production Company Sugarland Productions
Produced with Generous Assistance from Creative Head Rentals, Mezzanine Films, Small Dog Designs

"Director Riley Sugars is a serious talent and a filmmaker to keep an eye on. Stephen Curry and Jackson Tozer are dynamite in this superb comedy." 
​Matthew Eeles - Cinema Australia

"Mob stories are a dime a dozen, so when something neat and entertaining plays around with the format, it’s worthwhile taking notice. Such is the case for co-writers Riley Sugars and Chloe Graham’s darkly comedic Hatchback. Sugars takes directing duties, immediately situating himself as a filmmaker on the rise to keep an eye on, harnessing the acting brilliance of Stephen Curry and Jackson Tozer to tell an affable tale of a mob cleaner Vince (Curry) who enlists his less-than-bright brother-in-law Ted (Tozer) to help dispose of a body. Things immediately go awry when instead of nicking a van, Ted steals a hatchback, causing an escalating series of comedic exploits from trying to fit the rapidly stiffening corpse into the boot of the car, to one of the best tomato sauce gags in a long while. Hatchback delights with the push-pull relationship between Vince and Ted, two mismatched fools in a situation that simply cannot end well. ​I cannot wait to see where Sugars, Graham, and Tozer go from here." 
​Andrew F Pierce - The Curb's Best Australian Films of 2022 (#30 Ranked)

SYNOPSIS

Vince (Stephen Curry - The Castle) attempts to clean up a dead body for the mob, but when he enlists the help of his dim-witted brother-in-law Ted (Jackson Tozer - Deadloch), things don’t go to plan.

CAST

Stephen Curry, Jackson Tozer
​also starring Andre Godson, Eleanor Webster & Madeleine Rivalland

CREW

Directed by Riley Sugars
Screenplay by Chloe Graham and Riley Sugars
Story by Chloe Graham
Produced by Riley Sugars, Anthony Littlechild, Chloe Graham, Jon Grosland
Executive Produced by Darren Collinson
Director of Photography Anthony Littlechild
Edited by Stig Wemyss
Original Score by Leon Ross
Sound Design by Gemma Stack
Production Design by Phoenix Waddell
Costume Design by Phoenix Waddell
Assistant Director Liam Kelly
Assistant Produced by Charlotte DePedro

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

Nominee Best Short Film at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AUS) (2022)
Winner Best Director & Nominee Best Actor (Jackson Tozer) at CineFest OZ Film Festival (WA, AUS) (2022)
Winner Best Comedy at Canberra Short Film Festival (ACT, AUS) (2022)
​Winner 2nd Prize at Peninsula Film Festival (Melb, AUS) (2023)
Winner Audience Choice Award at Blackbird Film Festival (NY, USA) (2023)
Winner Best Actor (Jackson Tozer) at Capricorn Film Festival (QLD, AUS) (2023)
Nominee Young Filmmaker of the Year (Riley Sugars) at Byron Bay International Film Festival (NSW, AUS) (2022)
Nominee Best Editing (Stig Wemyss) & Opening Night Film at St Kilda Film Festival (Melb, AUS) (2022) – Oscar Qualifier
Nominee Best Performance (Stephen Curry, Jackson Tozer) at Stellar Short Film Festival (Melb, AUS) (2023)
Opening Night Film at Revelation Perth International Film Festival (WA, AUS) (2022)
Official Selection at Cinefest OZ Film Festival (WA, AUS) (2022)
Official Selection at Cinefest OZ Albany Short Film Festival (Albany, WA, AUS) (2023)
Official Selection at San Diego International Film Festival (CA, USA) (2022)
Official Selection at SCAD Savannah Film Festival (GA, USA) (2022)
Official Selection at Bushwick Film Festival (Brooklyn, USA) (2022)
Official Selection at Oxford International Film Festival (Oxford, UK) (2022)
Official Selection at Byron Bay International Film Festival (NSW, AUS) (2022)
Official Selection at Sydney Underground Film Festival (NSW, AUS) (2022)
Official Selection at Poco Film Festival (2022)
Official Selection at Brisbane International Film Festival (QLD, AUS) (2022)
Official Selection at SIPFEST – Gold Coast Film Festival (QLD, AUS) (2023)
Official Selection at Canberra Short Film Festival (ACT, AUS) (2022)
Official Selection at Peninsula Film Festival (Melb, AUS) (2023)
Official Selection at Stellar Short Film Festival (Melb, AUS) (2023)
Official Selection at Blackbird Film Festival (NY, USA) (2023)
Official Selection at Capricorn Film Festival (QLD, AUS) (2023)
Official Selection at Victoria Film Festival (BC, CAN) (2023)
Official Selection at Reelgood Film Festival (VIC, AUS) (2023)
Official Selection at Bass Coast Film Festival (ViC, AUS) (2022)
Official Selection at Film Shortage (2023)

Photos by Oliwier Gesla, Anthony Littlechild, L