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The Coin

A supermarket trolley. A searcher and his quest to find a rare coin.

  • Thomas Baricevic
    Director
    Hope City
  • Cameron Moloney
    Writer
    The Fabric
  • Thomas Baricevic
    Producer
    Hope City
  • Hayley Beveridge
    Producer
  • Ror Akot
    Key Cast
    "Suli"
    Hope City
  • Bayak Joseph Omoli
    Key Cast
    "Dem"
    Hope City
  • Greg Fryer
    Key Cast
    "Lawrie"
    The Sapphires
  • Eva Seymour
    Key Cast
    "Alison"
    The True History of Billie The Kid
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Western, Mystery, Drama, Romance
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 12, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    50,000 AUD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    16mm Film
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Sydney Film Festival
    Sydney
    Australia
    June 12, 2018
    Australia
    Selection
  • New Haven International Film Festival
    New Haven
    United States
    International
    Official Selection
  • St Kilda Film Festival
    St Kilda
    Australia
    June 28, 2019
    Victorian
    Official Selection
  • West End Film Festival
    West End
    Australia
    June 28, 2019
    Queensland
    Official Selection
  • Official Selection Summer Shorts - Kyiv International Short Film Festival 2019
    Kyiv
    Ukraine
    European
  • Figari Film Festival
    Olbia
    Italy
    June 15, 2019
    Semi-Finalist
  • Los Angeles CineFest
    Los Angeles
    United States
    January 18, 2019
    Semi-Finalist
  • Rome Independent Prisma Awards
    Rome
    Italy
    June 13, 2018
    Semi-Finalist
Distribution Information
  • Jackson Black Films
    Country: Australia
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Thomas Baricevic

Thomas Baricevic – PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
Thomas began his days as an engineer and later studied sculpture and film at The Victorian
College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia. His first short film Ghost of Wannawong shot on
super eight, screened at The Buenos Aires International Film Festival in 1997. Since then he
has written/directed and produced short films, international documentaries and music
videos, including the award-winning documentary We Live through These Times about
students protesting against educational funding cuts in arts education.

Thomas has been a jury member for the AFI (AACTA) Awards and co-founded Short Trips and
Fitzroy Shorts monthly short film festivals that ran collectively over eight years. Which
showcased local and international short filmmakers, screening over 1000 short films in his
capacity as a curator.
Thomas began working with the Melbourne Sudanese community in 2008 on a documentary
titled Step by Step. It proved to be a success and was a catalyst to many projects such as the
short film The Fabric which is currently on the festival circuit, which in turn led to the making
of Hope City and The Coin. Thomas is currently in development of a follow up to The Coin
with a feature film version, titled Lost Boy.

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Director Statement

The Coin is a neo urban western adventure with Suli (18) our South Sudanese protagonist at its epicentre. He is a larger than life urban shopping trolley rustling pseudo cowboy. A modern hero in his younger brother Dem’s (12) eyes. Suli is shown throughout the film via low camera angles to highlight his larger than life character. When it comes to visualising The Coin , I drew inspiration from the films of filmmakers Wes Anderson and Sergio Leone. His films such as Once Upon a Time in the West and A Fistful of Dollars to create a wonderful sense of tension and escape.