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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
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