A unique, intimate bond between mother and daughter becomes threatened when the mother helps her teenage daughter throw a party to impress new, more popular friends.
Short Film | 16 Min | Australia | 2018
‘Tangles and Knots’ was produced on the land of the Gadigal peoples of the Eora nation.
We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the lands on which we work and pay our respects to Indigenous Elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty has never been ceded. It always was and always will be, Aboriginal land.
Official Selection: 68th Berlinale Generation 14Plus Competition 2018 | European Premiere 2018 SXSW Narrative Shorts Competition 2018 Sydney Film Festival | Australian Premiere 2018 Palm Springs International Shortfest 2018 Melbourne International Film Festival | Victorian Premiere 2018 AACTA Shorts Fest 2018 Pluk De Nacht - Open Air Film Festival in Utrecht & Amsterdam 2018 Athens International Film Festival | Greek Short Stories Competition 2018 Adelaide Film Festival | South Australian Premiere 25th Greek Film Festival | Greek Australian Short Film Festival 41st Denver Film Festival 2018 17th Cinemaforum International Film Festival 2018 London Short Film Festival 2019 | UK Premiere Flickerfest 2019 | Best Australian Short Film Competition New Filmmakers Los Angeles 2019 | InFocus: Female Cinema Reelgood Film Festival 2019 Castlemaine State Festival 2019 | NOT YOUR SHEILA! Shorts Program Pera Museum 2019, Turkey | International Women's Day 'Shifting Perspectives' International Short Films Brooklyn Film Festival 2019 St Kilda Film Festival 2019 Athens Short Film Festival 2019 Hollyshorts Film Festival 2019 CinefestOz Film Festival 2019
Awards: Nominated for Best International Short Film & Leeanna Walsman for Best Performance in a Drama at the New Filmmakers Los Angeles 2020 Awards Winner of Best Female Director Award at Hollyshorts Film Festival 2019 Nominated for Best Achievement in Screenplay at the St Kilda Film Festival 2019 Nominated for the 2019 ADG award for Best Direction in a Student Short Film Winner of Canon Award for Best Direction in an Australian Short Film | Flickerfest 2019 Winner of Best International Student Filmmaker Award at the Denver Film Festival 2018 Nominated for AACTA 2018 Best Short Fiction Film Award Special Mention - Event Cinemas Australian Short Screenplay Award | Sydney Film Festival 2018 Winner of Best National Short Film | Greek Australian Short Film Festival 2018 Selected for ‘Student Selects’ & ‘Faculty Selects’ as part of the Columbia University Film Festival 2017 Received the ‘Audience Choice Award’ for Program E, Columbia University Film Festival 2017
Credits: Starring: Leeanna Walsman & Odessa Young Supporting Cast: Mitzi Ruhlmann, Toby Wallace, Govinda Röser-Finch, Bryn Chapman Parish Written and Directed by Renée Marie Petropoulos Produced by Janet Brown & Yingna Lu Co-Produced by Kristin Frost Associate Producer - Melina Maraki Executive Producer - Alexandra Petropoulos Direct
