Careful with that Axe

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT - Jason Stutter: “Careful with that Axe is inspired by a song written by Pink Floyd. I listened to the song one day on my iPod and the idea for this film just kinda fell into my head. Most of my...

New Zealand Production

Short 2008 Comedy 2.00 minutes

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A young boy tries his hand at chopping firewood with his father’s razor sharp axe. He finds that the axe is incredibly heavy, so heavy that he balances himself by resting one bare foot on the chopping block…

2008 - Edinburgh International Film Festival

Melbourne International Film Festival

Expresion en Corto Film Festival

Valladolid International Film Festival, AFI Festival

2009 - New York International Children's Film Festival

Flickerfest, Australia

Directors

Jason Stutter

Producers

Jason Stutter

Screenplay Writers

Jason Stutter

Cast

Cameron Stevens
Boy

Crew

Matt Stutter | Sound

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