*Australian Academy of Cinema & Television Arts Award for Best Short Film 2021 (Nominated)
*POCO Film Fest Australia 2022 Jury Prize (Winner)
*Short of the Week 2022 (Online Premiere)
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A SHORT FILM BY TOM CAMPBELL
A Mixed Martial Arts fighter wrestles with the news she is pregnant in the lead-up to the most important fight of her career in this AACTA Award-nominated Australian short film.
A docu-drama hybrid propelled by a reticent yet affecting performance from pro-amateur MMA fighter Annie Thatcher, The Bends is an elevated, empathetic portrait of a person accustomed to pushing their body to its limit, but who now must choose between conquering it or keeping it safe for another.—MIFF (2021)
DIRECTOR Tom Campbell
PRODUCER Alexandra George
WRITER Adam Spellicy
STORY BY Tom Campbell, Annie Thatcher
INTRODUCING Annie Thatcher
DOP Sam Chiplin
EDITOR Maria Papoutsis
COMPOSER Mikey Young
PRODUCTION & COSTUME DESIGN Asia Swida
CASTING Fiona Dann CGA
COLOURIST Trish Cahill
SOUND FACILITY Folklore Sound
FEATURING
Mitchell Carter, Thomas Ruderman, Dr Jenny Jobst, Arizona the Cat and the ACSA Melbourne fighters
1AD John Sandow
PM Justine Pitcher
PA Isabelle Graham
RUNNER Albert Gray
1AC Lucas Brown
2AC Sarah Jo Fraser
GAFFER Han Palmer
SOUND RECORDIST Brendan Muller
DRAMA COACH Miranda Harcourt
STUNT COORD Thomas Ruderman
HMUA Natalie Burley
ART DEPT ASSISTS Jacob Caswell, Jordan Pert, Chloe Thomas
ADDITIONAL GRADE & ONLINE Chris Tomkins
FLAME OP Antony Newton
SOUND DESIGN & MIX Thom Kellar, Thalia Colettis
ADDITIONAL FOLEY Lachlan Harris
TITLE DESIGNER Niama Wessely
TRAILER EDITOR Andrew Chaplin
SUPPORTED BY
ACSA Melbourne, Panavision, The Editors, Alt.VFX, Exit Films
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
2021 Melbourne International Film Festival, Accelerator Program (World Premiere)
2021 Australian Academy of Cinema & Television Arts Award for Best Short Film (Nominated)
2022 POCO Film Fest Australia Jury Prize (Winner)
tomcampbell.com.au/
imdb.com/title/tt10923116/)
Captions provided by CCTubes – Captioning the Internet! *Melbourne International Film Festival 2021, Accelerator Program (World Premiere)
*Australian Academy of Cinema & Television Arts Award for Best Short Film 2021 (Nominated)
*POCO Film Fest Australia 2022 Jury Prize (Winner)
*Short of the Week 2022 (Online Premiere)
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A SHORT FILM BY TOM CAMPBELL
A Mixed Martial Arts fighter wrestles with the news she is pregnant in the lead-up to the most important fight of her career in this AACTA Award-nominated Australian short film.
A docu-drama hybrid propelled by a reticent yet affecting performance from pro-amateur MMA fighter Annie Thatcher, The Bends is an elevated, empathetic portrait of a person accustomed to pushing their body to its limit, but who now must choose between conquering it or keeping it safe for another.—MIFF (2021)
DIRECTOR Tom Campbell
PRODUCER Alexandra George
WRITER Adam Spellicy
STORY BY Tom Campbell, Annie Thatcher
INTRODUCING Annie Thatcher
DOP Sam Chiplin
EDITOR Maria Papoutsis
COMPOSER Mikey Young
PRODUCTION & COSTUME DESIGN Asia Swida
CASTING Fiona Dann CGA
COLOURIST Trish Cahill
SOUND FACILITY Folklore Sound
FEATURING
Mitchell Carter, Thomas Ruderman, Dr Jenny Jobst, Arizona the Cat and the ACSA Melbourne fighters
1AD John Sandow
PM Justine Pitcher
PA Isabelle Graham
RUNNER Albert Gray
1AC Lucas Brown
2AC Sarah Jo Fraser
GAFFER Han Palmer
SOUND RECORDIST Brendan Muller
DRAMA COACH Miranda Harcourt
STUNT COORD Thomas Ruderman
HMUA Natalie Burley
ART DEPT ASSISTS Jacob Caswell, Jordan Pert, Chloe Thomas
ADDITIONAL GRADE & ONLINE Chris Tomkins
FLAME OP Antony Newton
SOUND DESIGN & MIX Thom Kellar, Thalia Colettis
ADDITIONAL FOLEY Lachlan Harris
TITLE DESIGNER Niama Wessely
TRAILER EDITOR Andrew Chaplin
SUPPORTED BY
ACSA Melbourne, Panavision, The Editors, Alt.VFX, Exit Films
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
2021 Melbourne International Film Festival, Accelerator Program (World Premiere)
2021 Australian Academy of Cinema & Television Arts Award for Best Short Film (Nominated)
2022 POCO Film Fest Australia Jury Prize (Winner)
tomcampbell.com.au/
imdb.com/title/tt10923116/
