Flip

When we meet Flip she is living in a cycle of abuse with a beastlike soldier, Helmet. She has managed to keep her daughter Plug relatively safe, fed, alive and so far Helmet has not turned his attentions towards her. Plug is the light in...

New Zealand Production

Short 2019 Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 13.00 minutes

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Flip is a sci-fi, action/adventure film about a mother and a daughter kept prisoner in a post-apocalyptic compound, who must destroy their oppressor if they are to survive.

ConCarolinas Short Film Festival

Best Science Fiction Film Award

2020: Underground Indie Fest Florida

Best Science Fiction Film Award

2019: Toronto After Dark Film Festival

2020 Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film

2021: Wairoa Māori Film Festival

Grimmfest

Leeds International Film Festival - Fanomenon Shorts: Sci-Fi Programme

Directors

Jessica Grace Smith

Producers

Tom Boniface-Webb

Screenplay Writers

Jessica Grace Smith

Executive Producers

Sara Wiseman

Cast

Jessica Grace Smith
Flip

Mia Van Oyen
Plug

Shane Rangi
Helmet

Crew

Jessica Charlton | DOP

Alex Boyd | Editor

Steven Toulmin | Composer

Ben Milsom | Art Director

Michelle Perry | Make-up Designer

Fifi Coulston | Costume Designer

Damian Del Borrello | Sound Designer

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