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17 Minutes (2018)

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Directed by	Roderick Gadaev
Produced by	Roderick Gadaev
Written by	Roderick Gadaev
Starring	Matt DoranRyan Sobolski Brendan Clearkin Kirstie Bolitho
Music by	Rory Chenoweth
Cinematography	Angelo Velardo
Edited by	Michael Gee Lewis
Production companies	RodAndCo ProductionsVizzone Media
Running time	20 minutes
Country	Australia
Budget	AUD 35,000

17 Minutes is a 2018 Australian short dramatic science fiction film directed, written, and produced by Roderick Gadaev. The film is set in a dystopian future, in a research facility, Adam must decide between true freedom or the comfort of a controlling voice in his cell room, before his fate is sealed forever.

Plot

Adam is trapped in a futuristic cell room his entire life, until the automated controlling voice gives him 17 Minutes of free time. George, an employee at WorldCorp Research stationed to watch Adam, realises his entrapment in his 9-5 day job, sees himself reflected in Adam, and ultimately decides to break him out. Will Adam be able to conceive the idea of freedom after spending eternity entrapped?

Cast

• Matt Doran as George
• Ryan Sobolski as Adam
• Brendan Clearkin as Lieutenant Abner
• Kirstie Bolitho as Jennifer

Production

Crew

Roderick Gadaev – Director, Writer, Producer Beth Cappellazzo – Line Producer, First Assistant Director John Lu – Executive Producer Rongle Tang – Executive Producer Vincent Vizzone – Executive Producer Nancy Xin – Executive Producer Rory Chenoweth – Composer Angelo Velardo – Cinematographer Michael Gee Lewis – Editor Billy Wychgel – Colorist Esther Rosenberg – Production Designer

Eugenie Oh – Art Director, Costume Designer Vanessa Hopkinson – Makeup Department Head Christopher Starnawski – Art Department Assistant, Still Photographer Eleanor McCelhone – Graphic Designer Finlay Downes – Art Department Assistant Marcel Gemperle – Art Department Assistant Nicholas Wéber – Concept Artist (as Nicholas Weber) Tim Rossiter – Set Building Assistant Tim Ryan – Music Mixer Tony Lovett – Set Builder Weronika Razna – Sound

Aimee Correia – Matte Painter Finlay Downes – Motion Graphics Designer Jacob Inglis – Visual Effects Supervisor Nathanuel Ireland – Lighting Assistant Archy Kazwini – Gaffer Alex Lovas – First Assistant Camera Thomas Morphett – Lighting Assistant Declan Sinclair – Still Photographer Cat de Lound – Costume Assistant Cherry Luk – Costumer