The Bends (2021), Short Film
Drama, 14:00 minutes

A Mixed Martial Arts fighter wrestles with the news she is pregnant in the lead up to the most important fight of her career.

The Bends is an impressionistic docu-drama hybrid that dramatises the truth of real people, events and settings to feature a nuanced first-time performance by pro-amateur MMA fighter, Annie Thatcher.

Director: Tom Campbell
Story: Tom Campbell & Annie Thatcher
Screenplay: Adam Spellicy
Producer: Alexandra George
Cinematographer: Sam Chiplin
Editor: Maria Papoutsis
Composer: Mikey Young
Casting: Fiona Dann CGA
Production Design: Asia Swida
Colourist: Trish Cahill
Sound Designer: Folklore Sound
Executive Producer: Declan Cahill, Leah Churchill-Brown

Supported by EXIT Films, ACSA, Panavision Asia, The Editors, Folklore Sound, Alt.VFX

Contact
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alex@exit.com.au
exitfilms.com
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