DOROTHY (2014)
SHORT, DRAMA
"This short film is the perfect balance of raw intensity and maturity. Allen gives a terrific performance."
AFTER THE CREDITS PODCAST
A lone prisoner desperately attempts to recreate Dorothy Gale's journey through Oz so that he, too, may click his heels and return home.
The Prisoner | SAM ALLEN
Writer & Director | DAVID WARD
Producer | STEPHANIE WESTWOOD
Director of Photography | THOMAS HAYES
Production Design | SHALEE TREHARNE & KRIS KRUNES
Editor | JONATHAN STEVENS ONIANS
Sound Design | TIM MCCORMACK
Composer | LUKE HOWARD
Special Makeup Effects | TRISTAN LUCAS
WINNER | Best Cinematography | Thomas Hayes | Swinburne University of Technology | 2013
WINNER | Best Director | David Ward | Oregon International Film Festival | 2014
WINNER | Best Experimental Film | Stephanie Westwood & David Ward | IPAF ATOM Awards | 2014
NOMINATED | Best Cinematography | Thomas Hayes | ACS Awards | 2014
WINNER | Gold Award | Short Film Competition | California Film Awards | 2014
WINNER | Award of Excellence - Experimental Film | David Ward | Accolade Global Film Competition | 2015
WINNER | Remi Award - Graduate Level Student Productions | Worldfest Houston | 2015
FINALIST | International Short Film Competition | USA Film Festival | 2015
NOMINATED | Best Screenplay | David Ward | Maverick Movie Awards | 2015