Tangles and Knots (2017)
Set in the height of summer in Sydney, Australia, the story follows a unique, intimate relationship between a mother, Michelle and her teenage daughter, Laura. They act more like girlfriends together than parent and child. This relationship becomes threatened when the mother helps her daughter throw a house party to impress new, more popular friends. She gains admiring looks from her daughter's guests. Both of them notice it, and it makes them uncomfortable. As their relationship unravels throughout the night, a much more sinister threat emerges that will jeopardize their bond forever.
Director: Renée Marie Petropoulos
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Leeanna Walsman as Michelle |
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Odessa Young as Laura |
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Mitzi Ruhlmann as Jessa |
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Toby Wallace as Taylor |
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Govinda Roser as Sam |
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Bryn Chapman Parish as Nathan |
| Directing | Renée Marie Petropoulos | Director |
| Writing | Renée Marie Petropoulos | Writer |
| Production | Yingna Lu | Producer |
| Production | Alexandra Petropoulos | Executive Producer |
| Production | Janet Brown | Producer |
| Production | Kristin Frost | Co-Producer |
| Production | Melina Maraki | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Eli Cohn | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Ben Chesneau | Dialogue Editor |
| Editing | Chelsea Taylor | Editor |
| Crew | Tony Lynch | Stunt Coordinator |
| Directing | Oliver Levi-Malouf | Continuity |
| Art | Ella Morgan | Set Dresser |
| Editing | Renée Marie Petropoulos | Editor |
| Production | Stevie Ray | Casting Director |
| Production | Yingna Lu | Unit Production Manager |
| Camera | Zoë White | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Candice Hickson | Makeup & Hair |
| Crew | Melina Maraki | Post Production Supervisor |
| Art | Diva Abrahamian | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lucia Arias-Martinez | Costume Designer |
| Sound | Eli Cohn | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Maya Peart | Sound Effects Editor |
| Editing | Walter Radcliffe | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Pete Dulahunty | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Alexandra Petropoulos | Location Manager |
| Directing | Stefanie Foerster | First Assistant Director |