Zombie Kangaroos Have Become Waterborne
Zombie kangaroos? Really… did we just get a press release about zombie fucking kangaroos? You see? Every day is like a fortune cookie! Today we’ve been blessed.
We normally don’t do stories on when films get awards… but anything featuring the aforementioned hopping dead is worthy of our attention, if only to show you the artwork!
From the Press Release:
Australian zombie kangaroo short ‘Waterborne’ has been awarded Best Australian Short at the Monster Films’ ‘Monster Fest’ in Melbourne.
While Monster Fest was Waterborne’s first home-town screening, the short has received rave reviews and enthusiastic audiences at numerous international genre festivals including Fantasia International Film Festival (Montreal), Fantastic Fest (Austin), and Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia. The film has also recently won several international awards including Best Short at the Abertoir Horror Festival in Wales, Best Microshort Zombie Film at Fear Fete in Missouri, and Best International Horror Short at Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Fest.
“It has been amazing to see the reaction of international audiences to the film over the last few months,” said director Ryan Coonan, “but it was an even greater honour to be recognised with this award in our home town”.
The film, which features a ‘zombie kangaroo’ that attacks a ranger on a deserted bush road, was produced by Melbourne producer Marisa Brown and was written by Ryan Coonan and Richard Barcaricchio. It had its world premiere at Fantasia Fest in Montreal in July and has since screened at over 40 festivals internationally.
Whilst Waterborne is a stand-alone short, it is being used as a proof-of-concept for a feature length film and has already attracted international production interest.
Ryan Coonan directs. Martin Blum and Don Bridges star. Here’s the pitch video below. The project obviously has been funded.
Synopsis:
Years of drought, flood, and fluctuating environmental conditions have taken their toll on a small country town. When a local ranger finds an unidentified algae multiplying in the water supply, he knows that something’s not right – but it’s not til the sun goes town that he realises the true extent of the danger.
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