The Soft-Skinned
Corporal Kath Davison is suffering high-risk PTSD. She spends her days shooting roo's and drinking in the caravan behind her parents Melbourne suburban home. She spends her nights with random strangers. One day, a young Afghan man turns up on her doorstep: Ali Haidar. She doesn't remember him, but he remembers her.
Eight years after deployment, she must face the guilt and grief of war, and her buried memories from Afghanistan.
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Nicky Tyndale-BiscoeDirectorRipe (Foxtel/Cinemedia) Mohamed Ali's Happy Day Feast (SBSI)
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Nicky Tyndale-BiscoeWriterRipe (Foxtel/Cinemedia), Nell and Nugget, A Gentleman's Game
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Anastasia CharisiouProducer
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Phoebe GrahamProducer
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Hannah MonsonKey Cast"Kath"
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Kamran HaidarKey Cast"Ali"
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Susanne "Rudie" ChapmanKey Cast"Roma"
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Barry MitchellKey Cast"Brian"
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Drama, war, historical
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Runtime:20 minutes
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Completion Date:December 10, 2021
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Production Budget:15,000 AUD
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Country of Origin:Australia
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Country of Filming:Australia
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital, Arri
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:Yes - The Victorian College of the Arts
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VCA School of Film & TV Graduate award screeningsMelbourne
Australia
October 5, 2021
VCA
Best Film, Masters - Narrative 2021 -
Flickerfest International Film FestivalSydney
Australia
January 22, 2022
Australian premiere
Official selection -
Veterans Film FestivalSydney
Australia
November 5, 2022
Official selection -
Melbourne International Film Festival: MiffPLAYMelbourne
Australia
October 5, 2021
Best Film: VCA Masters Narrative -
Santa Barbara International Film FestivalSanta Barbara
United States
February 11, 2023
North American premiere
Official selection -
The Setting Sun International Film FestivalMelbourne
Australia
May 13, 2023
Best Australian Drama, Audience Choice Award, Best Actor (Hannah Monson) -
St. KIlda International Short Film FestivalMelbourne
Australia
June 10, 2023
In Competition, WIFT Selection Screening -
Refugee week festival screeningBallarat
Australia
June 18, 2023
Q&A with filmmaker -
Luleå International Film Festival, SwedenLuleå
Sweden
September 3, 2023
Best Director - Short Film -
Wallachia Film FestivalWallachia
Romania
September 15, 2023
Romanian -
AFIN International Film FestivalBrisbane
Australia
October 25, 2023
Queensland
Best Female director: nominee, Best Australian Actor: Hannah Monson, Best Australian Actor: Kamran Haidar -
Through Women’s Eyes International Film FestivalSarasota, Florida
United States
March 9, 2024
Official Selection
Distribution Information
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https://www.wearemovingstories.com/we-are-moving-stories-films/2023/3/2/the-soft-skinnedDistributorCountry: WorldwideRights: All Rights
Nicky Tyndale-Biscoe is an award-winning writer/director of narrative shorts and documentary. Her work has been broadcast on SBS, ABC and screened at local and international film festivals. She won ‘Short of the Issue’ in IF magazine, and Best Film and Best Director awards for her short films: ‘Ripe’ and ‘Nell & Nugget’. Her SBS ob-doc ‘Mohamed Ali’s Happy Day Feast’ was nominated for an AFI/AACTA award for Best Documentary. She works at Victorian College of the Arts (University of Melbourne) lecturing in documentary and is a jobbing script editor, theatre director and PhD candidate.
I wanted to make a personal and intimate story of friendship between two people from different worlds, who are drawn together through a shared memory. I also wanted to shine a spotlight on their two communities: Australian soldiers who were deployed to Afghanistan over the last 20 years and are suffering PTSD, and the Afghan asylum seekers in Australia who have been displaced by that same war. When the ADF pulled out of Afghanistan in 2020 the Australian veteran community raised the alarm at the fate of their interpreters who were left behind. It was this act of solidarity that inspired this story.