Bethany Bruce & Lizzie Cooper

WOLF is a 15-minute short film written and directed by Liz Cooper and produced by Bethany Bruce. The story is about a homeless teenage girl known as ‘Wolf’ living on the streets of Redfern in Sydney. Seen through Wolf’s eyes, the film explores the lived experience of female rage, institutionalization, addiction, poverty, class, family cycles, and forgiveness.

SYNOPSIS

Wolf, 15, strong bodied; fierce lives on the fringe. She sleeps in a squat and sells drugs to survive. She has volatile relationships with those around her and one more wrong move on her probation and she will be in jail. One day in the squat Wolf finds an abandoned baby and she is faced with a decision that changes both their lives.

WHY THIS STORY

WOLF is an important story to us and to everyone who helped shoot the film. We are now graciously asking your help to finish the film. As a filmmaking team, Liz and Beth are passionate about telling stories of people and places not often seen on screen. Wolf explores a Sydney that is cold and isolating for anyone who isn’t privileged and powerful, a city that is fast being redesigned and redeveloped. We wanted to tell this story authentically, and to do that we looked to the community to cast Wolf.

RAW TALENT
Kerri Ragusa who was selected for the role after months of community casting (and who is pictured in all the stills as Wolf) blew us all away. Liz met Kerri in a Coles shopping centre and asked her to do a quick video audition. Liz spent many months rehearsing with Kerri to prepare her for her first role on screen. We can’t wait to share with you Kerri’s performance in the film, her raw talent has been unearthed. Her passion for the project energised all the cast and crew throughout the filming of Wolf and we're so thrilled for her break-out performance in this role.

HELP US FINISH THE FILM AND WIN REWARDS IN EXCHANGE!  
The short film was selected for a Screen NSW Emerging Filmmakers Fund of $30,000. Kristina Ceyton (producer, THE BABADOOK) and Sam Jennings are the Executive Producers of the film. Due to the film's budget being $35,000 we are seeking to raise an additional $5,000 for post-production. Our dream target is $7,000.  Any additional funds raised over $5,000 will be used for festival entries and for a website to promote the short film.

We have now shot the film and are grateful to all the cast and crew for generously donating time and discounted rates to get the film made. We now need the help of the flmmaking community, our friends and family to finish the film at a quality level. Transmission Films and  John Platt have generously donated to the Pozible campaign and  Definition Films is the film's post-production partner.

REWARDS REWARDS REWARDS

Every pledge will get you a reward. The more you pledge the better the rewards become. Here are just some of the goodies we have up for grabs:

-Thank you on screen in the end credits of Wolf

-Digital stream of Wolf

-Tickets to an exclusive donor screening of Wolf at the Chauvel Cinemas, Paddington

-A3 Wolf colour poster

-Wolf logo printed T-shirt (S, M, L, XL)

-Wolf logo printed hoodie (S, M, L, XL)

-A4 high quality print of renowned stills photographer John Platt’s (Mad Max: Fury Road, Happy Feet 2) selected still from Wolf, autographed, unframed

-A3 high quality print of renowned stills photographer John Platt’s (Mad Max: Fury Road, Happy Feet 2) selected still from Wolf, autographed, unframed (48x33cms)

***NOTE: ONLY FIRST 6 PLEDGES FOR $150 PACKAGE WILL RECEIVE A SELECTED WOLF PRINTED STILL.  

FOR THE ULTIMATE INDEPENDENT FILM LOVER AND WOLF SUPPORTER

Our generous partners at Transmission Films have donated a year’s supply of Transmission in-season double passes to films for 12 months. Titles will include Goldstone (by Ivan Sen), Love and Friendship (Whit Stillman), Julieta (Almodovar), It's Only the End of the World (Xavier Dolan), Silence (Martin Scorsese), starring Liam Neeson and Lion (Garth Davies), starring Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara and Dev Patel.

15-17 films are scheduled for release between June 2016 and June 2017. At $40 per double pass, the reward is valued at $680AUD.

Transmission Films is a leading independent film distributor bringing the best local and international films to Australian and New Zealand audiences. Transmission has released such films as The King's Speech, Amour, Samson & Delilah, The Railway Man, Calvary, Shame, Tracks, Mr Turner, Holding The Man, Suffragette, Carol and Brooklyn.

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