Strangers

Two elderly residents at a nursing home are found in bed together, naked and in an embrace. The family of one of the women, Lillian, is called in by the home's authorities, who must figure out what to do.

But as the discussion ensues, long-simmering familial tensions arise, revealing fractures between the siblings trying to decide the fate of their mother. At heart is the question: is it love, or is it the muddled delusions of a mind caught in dementia?

Available to watch on Omeleto

Writer/Director: Jamieson Pearce
Production and Costume Design: Isabella Andronos
Director of Photography: Alex Serafini
Design Assistants: Samantha Chebatte, Indiana Kwong
Producers: Liam Heyen, Cyna Strachan
Editor: Kathryn Alley
Sound Designer: Ryan Granger
Casting Director: Stevie Ray CGA
Cast: Melissa Jaffer, Jo Turner, and Angie Millkien.
Lexus Fellowship Australia 2019

SCREENINGS
Sydney Film Festival, 2019
Melbourne Film Festival, 2019
Iris Prize Festival, 2019
Flickerfest, 2020
Melbourne Queer FF, 2020
St Kilda Short Film Festival, 2020
Outfest LA, (US) 2020
Way Out West, (US) 2020
Kashish, Mumbai, 2020
Queer Film Festival Oldenburg, 2020
Queer Film Festival Bremen, 2020
Hamburg International Queer FF, 2020
Queer Filmfest Weiterstadt, 2020
Queersicht, Bern, 2020
QueerScope Online Festival, 2020
PinkPanorama, Luzern, 2020
Holebikort, Leuven, 2020
Side By Side International FF,
St. Petersburg, 2020
Vinokino, Finland, 2020
Rainbow Reel Tokyo, 2021
Pink Apple FilmFestival, Zurich, 2021
Freiburger Lesbenfilmtage, 2021

AWARDS
Nomination: APDG Award for Design For A Short Film or Music Video for Strangers. Production and Costume Design: Isabella Andronos, Australian Production Design Guild, 2019.
Lexus Short Film Fellowship, Sydney Film Festival 2018
Best Short Film: My Queer Career, 2020
Audience Award: Proud! Filmfestival, Aarhus, 2020
Tweede Prijs, Holebikort Festival, Leuven, 2020
Rosa Brille Award: Best Short, Queersicht Filmfestival, Bern, 2020
Golden Tanna: Best Short Film, Lesbian Film Festival, Freiburg, 2021
Audience Award: LGBT Festial, Poland, 2021
Winner: Best Casting in a Short Film, Casting Guild Awards, 2019
Nomination: Best Short Production Screen Producers Australia