Drop Pocket

Nominated for:Best Short Drama

Film Info

Film Year: 2018

Film Duration: 9 min

Country: Australia

Language: English

Director

Margaux Hemard

Film Category
Synopsis

An estranged middle aged father arrives back into his childhood town after 20 years for the first time. He attempts to reconnect with his son, whom he abandoned as a toddler, over a high stakes pool game. The son is not aware oft the stranger’s true identity. As the game progresses, the tension mounts and the conversation crystalizes both mens’ emotional states and how they dealt with abandonment. Haunted by their past, a reconnection is questionable whether there is a future between them or not.