Melissa Anastasi

Melissa Anastasi is an award-winning writer/director who works across multiple disciplines including; film, documentary, music videos and commercials. Melissa’s short films have screened worldwide at major international film festivals including; Uppsala, Tampere, Cannes Cinema Antipodes, St Tropez, Oldenburg, Brisbane International, Flickerfest, and New Directors New York. As a writer, Melissa’s feature film screenplays have been shortlisted for the Sundance Lab, and previously selected for the Binger FilmLab in Amsterdam. She is currently developing the feature screenplay Bluebirds with support from Screen Australia and Screen NSW.

Filmography

2013 By this River (short)
2016 An Honest Way (short)
2018 Sleepwalking (short)
2019 Clorine (short)

Sleepwalking

Υπνοβατώντας

On an isolated property, a teenage boy must help his mother escape his fanatical stepfather, testing his loyalties and ideas about the outside world.
Screening Schedule

No scheduled screenings.

Direction: Melissa Anastasi
Script: Melissa Anastasi
Cinematography: Thom Neal
Editing: Bernadette Murray
Sound: Alex Francis, Lachlan Harris
Music: Jed Palmer
Actors: Ned Morgan, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Stephanie King
Production: Wild Child
Producer/Producers: Eva Di Blasio
Sets: Ella Carey
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Australia
Production Year: 2018
Duration: 19´
Contact: Wild Child
Awards/Distinctions: Socrates Dimitriadis Award for the Best Film from the «Greeks of the World» Program – Drama Short FF 2019