Close Distance

AFTRS

Director

Richard Vilensky

Producer

Cecilia Ritchie

Writer

Amin Palangi

Cast

Alan Flower
Beejan Olfat
Tara Morice
Amin Palangi

Synopsis

Isaac Levi goes to collect his son from soccer one night only to find he’s been violently beaten. He spots one of the perpetrators; a young Muslim man. With the police paralysed by protocol, Isaac decides to take matters into his own hands. Consumed with a desire for vengeance, his search leads him beyond his own sheltered world and into the streets of Islamic Sydney.

Awards

Winner, ATOM Award for Best Short Film – 2008