Matt Holcomb’s film ‘Flat Daddy’ picked for Opening Night at the 2015 St Kilda Film Festival

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FD_2.40_01.jpgThe new Australian short film, F​lat Daddy,​ one of three projects to be awarded production funding last year by Screen NSW via its Emerging Filmmakers Fund, has been selected for Opening Night at the 2015 St Kilda Film Festival ­­ one of the longest­ running and highest­ profile short film festivals in the world.

Starring AACTA and Logie award winning actress Kat Stewart (Offspring, Underbelly) F​lat Daddy t​ells the story of an Australian military family and how a life­size cardboard cut­out of the absent husband and father becomes a source of obsession, rupture and unrest.

Says Matt Holcomb, writer and director, Flat Daddy: “I’m excited to announce that Flat Daddy has been selected as one of the Opening Night films at this year’s St Kilda Film Festival. It’s one of the world’s great film festivals, and being selected for Opening Night is a huge honour and a wonderful reward for all those who contributed to the project.”

Flat Daddy​ was produced by accomplished TVC producer, Annie Kinnane, and executive produced by Al Clark (T​he Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,​ C​hopper)​, and Kristina Ceyton and Samantha Jennings of Causeway Films (T​he Babadook)​.

The rest of the Flat Daddy creative team includes director of photography, Geoffrey Hall, ACS (R​ed Dog,​C​hopper)​, composer, Guy Gross (T​he Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,​ A​Few Best Men)​, and Holcomb’s brother and long­time collaborator, Trevor Holcomb, serving as editor and co-­producer.