Docked is a short film by Amie Batalibasi starring emerging South Sudanese actress Nyawuda Chuol with vale Damian Hill (PAWNO, West of Sunshine).
DOCKED explores the notion that feeling lost can be a universal melancholy with the potential to bring two strangers together.
DOCKED reviews 2019:
The Age: “… Amie Batalibasi’s Docked (3 and a ½ stars, 15+, 20 minutes), a nocturnal black and white sojourn through the corners of inner-city Melbourne shared by a South Sudanese-born bartender, Chubath (Nyawuda Chuol), and a despairing customer, Dale (Damian Hill). Happenstance and the conciliatory comfort of strangers allow for moments of accommodation, which Batalibasi threads with spiky charm.”
ArtsHub review: “Docked is a small film that glows quietly with poignancy and power, not least due to the performances of the two leads.”
The film follows Chubath, a young South Sudanese aspiring actress works late nights at a bar and meets an older guy, Dale, who is at a crisis point in his life. They spend the night walking around together in this story about two people from different worlds who find an unlikely connection, one night in Melbourne.
The film is an independent micro-budget short, shot over two nights around Docklands and Footscray in Melbourne. Littlefoot Bar in Footscray provided one of the film’s locations for the bar scenes.
Docked Facebook page: www.facebook.com/dockedfilm
SCREENINGS:
• Melbourne Women in Film Festival, Feb 2019
• Trenton Film Festival, NY, USA 2018
• Mexico International Film Festival, Mexico 2018
• Noosa International Film Festival, Australia 2018