Mud Crab (2022)
Short Film
13mins

Director
David Robinson-Smith
Producers
Adam Daniel & Adam Finney

Set in NSW’s Central Coast, a woman reflects on her past and the effects she may have had on a local boy she used to know.

Nominations

AACTA Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts, Nominated - Best Short Film 2024

Awards

Australian Director’s Guild Award, Winner Best Direction in a Student Film 2022
CILECT CAPA Prize, Winner Best Fiction in Asia-Pacific 2022
St Kilda Film Festival, Winner Best Director 2023
St Kilda Film Festival, Winner Best Actor (Joshua Mehmet) 2023
St Kilda Film Festival, Winner Best Cinematography 2023
St Kilda Film Festival, Winner Best Original Score 2023
APRA AMCOS Screen Music Awards, Winner Best Music in a Short Film 2023
Flickerfest International Film Festival, Winner Best Original Music 2023
Stellar Short Film Festival, Winner Best Cinematography 2024

Festivals

Melbourne International Film Festival 2022
Raindance Film Festival London 2022
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2023
Aesthetica Short Film Festival York 2022
Dances With Films Festival Los Angeles 2023
Freshwave International Short Film Festival Hong Kong 2023
Flickerfest International Film Festival Sydney 2023
In The Palace International Short Film Festival Bulgaria 2023
St Kilda Film Festival Melbourne 2023
CinefestOZ Film Festival Western Australia 2023
INTERFILM 39 International Short Film Festival Berlin 2023
Canberra Short Film Festival 2023
Antipodes International Film Festival, Saint-Tropez 2023

Online

Vimeo Staff Pick 2024
Director’s Notes 2024
Short of the Week 2024