Big City

Vijay, a lonely taxi driver who recently moved to Melbourne, picks up a stray drunk, Chris. Vijay's distrust is slowly broken down as Chris befriends him. Over the course of the night Chris experiences some of Vijay's nightly troubles, and Vijay learns to see the city in a new light.

  • Jordan Bond
    Director
  • Lachlan Ryan
    Director
    Reverse Runner
  • Jordan Bond
    Writer
  • Jarrod Theodore
    Producer
    Reverse Runner
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 1, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    12,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Red
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Melbourne International Film Festival
    Melbourne
    Australia
    August 6, 2016
    World Premiere
    Accelerator Program for Emerging Directors
  • Austin Film Festival
    Austin, Texas
    United States
    October 13, 2016
    North American Premiere
  • Denver Film Festival
    Denver
    November 2, 2016
  • Tribeca Film Festival
    New York City
    United States
    April 20, 2017
  • Lorne Film
    Lorne
    Australia
    November 10, 2016
  • Freshflix

    Australia
    October 10, 2016
    Audience Award Best Short, Best Actor
  • Oxford Film Festival

    United States
    February 10, 2017
  • Dungog Festival
    Dungog
    Australia
    October 29, 2016
  • Fed Square
    Melbourne
    Australia
    March 1, 2017
  • Urban World Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    September 23, 2017
  • LA SHORTS
    Los Angeles
    United States
    August 17, 2017
  • Wandering Reel Traveling Film Festival

    Australia
    September 30, 2017
  • SHORT CUTS

    United States
Director Biography - Jordan Bond, Lachlan Ryan

Jordan is an award winning writer/director of short films and music videos, a graduate of Swinburne University’s Bachelor of Film and TV, an Alumni the Melbourne International Film Festival's Accelerator program for emerging directors, and from 2013-2016 was full-time writer/director at DPI Productions. His shorts have won him acclaim locally and internationally.

In 2015 he wrote/directed two music videos for TINY LITTLE HOUSES, winning an Audience Award in the SoundKILDA music video competition, and screening at the Los Angeles Music Video Festival in competition with some of the world’s biggest artists and music videos. His film SHE SELLS was screened at Flickerfest 2015 and subsequently picked up by Flickerfest distribution.

Also in 2015, Jordan wrote and directed BIG CITY, a short film for Open Channel’s Raw Nerve Initiative, which premiered at Melbourne International Film Festival and is being released on Australian TV in 2016.

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Director Statement

This is a film about moving to the city; how you can be surrounded by millions of people and still feel alone. It’s about trust, shedding your fear, and embracing new experiences. Our two lonely characters are thrown into an unexpected night of antics and must ultimately decide to take a chance on an unlikely friendship - to live in this world, or to merely exist alongside it.