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EMO the Musical
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EMO the Musical is an upcoming feature film that was directed by Neil Triffett. The movie is based on a 2014 short film by the same name, also directed by Triffett, which received a Crystal Bear Special Mention for Best Short Film at the Berlin International Film Festival. It stars Benson Jack Anthony as a sullen high-school student that falls in love with a blindly optimistic Christian girl, much to the annoyance of his angst-filled band mates and her evangelistic brethren. Emo the Musical will release on 1 August 2016 at the Melbourne International Film Festival. Filming took place in the Melbourne metropolitan area throughout December 2015 and January 2016 and funding for the film was provided by a successful crowdfunding campaign, Screen Australia, Film Victoria, and the MIFF Premiere Fund. Plot Ethan is an Emo who has just been expelled from his private-school after attempting suicide in the courtyard. On his first day at his new school - the dilapidated Seymour High - he meets Trinity, a beautiful (but totally naive) Christian girl who is desperate to convert him to Jesus. But joining the Christian evangelists is the last thing on Ethan’s mind. What he really wants is to join the school alternative rock band, ‘Worst Day Ever’ and to be part of the Emo clique, led by the enigmatic and dangerous, Bradley. After a successful audition Ethan is welcomed into the Emo world and embraces his image - complete with black eye-liner and an violently possessive girlfriend, Roz. But Ethan can’t stop thinking about Trinity, who is herself stuck in a restrictive world of dogma and denial. With the upcoming rock competition bringing tensions in the school at to an all time high, and with the burgeoning turf war between the Christians and the Emo’s set to explode at any moment, Ethan is torn between factions and forced to confront the harebrained actions of his friends and question who he has become. Cast * Benson Jack Anthony as Ethan * Jordan Hare as Trinity * Rahart Adams as Bradley * Jon Prasida as Isaac * Lucy Barrett as Roz * Craig Hyde-Smith as Peter * Ben Bennett as Jay * Geraldine Viswanathan as Jamali * Kevin Clayette as Josh * Bridie Carter as Mrs Doyle * Natasha Herbert as Susan * Dylan Lewis as Doug Skeleton * Adam Zwar as Principle Stephens * Heidi Arena as Sister Kathleen References See Also
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