SEEDS OF GOLD

a short film by james elazzi

Salifa and her mother, Marta, have left behind the chaos of the Lebanese civil war in 1977 to start anew in rural NSW Australia. They struggle on a farm, until rumours start swirling about the discovery of gold on the farm.

Image by Teniola Komolafe
Poster design by Antony Makhlouf

written/directed/produced by James Elazzi

Producer/1st AD  Amanda Torrisi Executive Producer  Nola Bartolo

Cast 

Salifa  Violette Ayad

Hayda  Nola Bartolo

Boss  Simon Elrahi

Roger  Antony Makhlouf

Deena  Deborah Galanos

Marta  Viviane Makhouf

Layla  Antoinette Barbouttis

Extras

Farmer 1  Philip D'Ambrosio

Farmer 2  Giselle Makhlouf

Farmer 3  Harry Stacy

Famer 4  Bailey Sintras

Cinematographer  Nicolas Nalbandian

Editor Lachlan Clarke

Colour Grader Nicholas Andrews

Original Music Composition  Paul Nicolaou

Costume Designer  Tess Torrisi

Costume Standby  Amy-Rose Jackson

Sound  Dante Florez

Sound 2.   David Do

Post Production Sound Design Callum DavidsoN

Sound assistant Lachlan Clarke

1st AC Ian Tamawid jaja

1st AC  Chris Le Page

1st AC / Gaffer   Harry Holder

2nd AC  Lyndon McPherson

2nd AC/Gaffer  Hiruni Dharmasena

3rd AC  Marty Korn

Best Person  Ryan Casey

Production Designer Melinda Cluer

Design Assistant  Henriette Gabreal

Design assistant  Emma Kew

2nd AD  Natesha Ham

3rd AD  Matt Bostock

3rd AD Kate Wilson 

Gaffer/Best person  Nova Khang

Photography BTS/Stills  Teniola Komolafe

Hair and Makeup Designer Ann Hassarati

Hair Stylist  Jess Swed

Intimacy Coordinator & Location Trish Speers/ Peter Speers

Voice Coach.   Linda Nicholls-Gidley

Runner  Jessica Issa

Runner Alana Ambados 

Special thanks to Anthony Arrage for his unwavering dedication to the film.

Seeds of Gold trailer

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