‘safe house’ (2024)
made as part of the vista foundation 48 hour film festival
currently in the festival circuit
drama | romance
two lovers on the run, neither one safe … her move, she’s watching.
safe house
Romance-Drama | 5 min | 2024 | HD
Made as part of the Vista Foundation 48 Hour Film Festival, this lovers-on-the-run short film captures the breaking point in a criminal couple’s relationship.
When the sun sets and the facade falls, how quickly will they turn against each other?
Clara and Leslie’s love is desperately tested as they run out of places to hide.
VISTA FOUNDATION 48 HOUR FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Written by: Rebecca Yuan
Directed by: Rebecca Yuan
Edited by: Rebecca Yuan
Starring: , Helena Murphy-Reid
Madeleine McCarthy
Audio Language: English
Subtitles language: English
film to be publicly available after the grand finals of the film festival, 7/29
writer, director & editor
rebecca yuan
about the director
after winning runner-up in her city in the 2022 48 hour film festival and being nominated for the ‘best editing’ and ‘best female filmmaker’ awards in the country as the youngest filmmaker in the pool, rebecca has entered one more time in this fast-paced competition.
‘safe house’ is a condensed culmination of her favourite elements in a film; suspense, drama, tight frames and fast-paced editing.
cast
helena murphy-reid
as ‘clara’
NZ model and actress known for my life is murder (2019), in deep (2021) and shortland street (1992).
madeleine mccarthy
as ‘leslie’
actress and dancer who has appeared in television series the bad seed (2018), as well as US features, don’t make me go (2022) as Jen and the convert (2023) as bethany.