BlVck Gold

(SHORT FILM, 2021)

LOGLINE

Tormented about his past by ongoing nightmares, amateur athlete Tino uses running as a way to escape old wounds. His attempts are foiled when a childhood friend presents Tino with a plan and a mysterious object wrapped in a paper bag.

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SYNOPSIS

Tino, a phenomenal athlete is the promise of his community and the kind of child every mother wants. Not wanting to let his community down he tries very hard to live up to their expectations and the responsibility that comes with it. His long time friend Frederick is ethereal in nature, a force to be reckoned with and fresh out of prison. He is a changed man but is haunted by the violence and deaths of his black community, and is trying to redeem himself by being a positive influence.

Both are seeking to find a way to liberate and unite their community through education and self-determination. However, they have grown apart over the years and have very different ways of going about it.

As Frederick seeks to reconnect with his childhood friend, their views on unity begin to clash when he tries to give Tino a mystery object. Intended as a gift from Tino's father, Frederick explains his plans regarding the mystery object. Tino refuses the proposition as he has worked too hard to rebuild himself and to be the opposite of his father.

One early morning, while out training, Tino gets stopped by police. All alone with no witnesses around he is brutally bashed and left for dead. The only sound he hears is the voice of his father, which guides him to realise that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and no matter how much of an angel he tries to be, in the eyes of the law he is always seen as a threat and never an asset.

Out of anger and desperation, Tino reaches out to Frederick to put to action the plan he once refused. Finally, the mystery object is revealed to us. Tino and Frederick both know that in order to succeed in their mission they have to learn that their own liberation is tied together and they cannot get it without each other.

festivals

Nominations

Best Actor (Ras-Samuel Welda’abzgi) for BLVCK GOLD at the St Kilda Film Festival 2022

Best Student Film at the Bronzelens Film Festival 2022

Best Actor (Ras-Samuel Welda’abzgi) at the Bronzelens Film Festival 2022

AWARDS

John Barry Australia Award for Best Cinematography in an Australian Short Film presented to (Victor Ng) at the 32nd Flickerfest International Short Film Festival 2023

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