Tender

a film by Jessica Redenbach

15 min - 2012 - Australia

Max and Cate meet and straight away it’s on with no restraint. But are they fooling around or falling in love?

Australian Directors’ Guild Award - Best Short Film

Jessica Redenbach
Jessica is a writer, director and producer. She made her first short film as writer/director in her final year of study at the Australian Film, Television & Radio School (AFTRS). INVASION is a drama about the devastating impact of a home invasion on a young woman. It premiered internationally at Palm Springs and locally at Flickerfest and St Kilda.

At AFTRS Jessica also produced the short dramas LIEBERMANS IN THE SKY, which was nominated for the 2009 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Short Film, and FAMILY MAN, which premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival 2008.

Jessica’s second short film as writer/director, TENDER, was funded in post production by Screen Australia and premiered in Australia at Melbourne International Film Festival 2012, before being selected for Flickerfest 2013. TENDER premiered internationally in the International Competition of the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in France, February 2013.

Jessica is also an accomplished television screenwriter. Credits include hit police drama RUSH and the critically acclaimed cable series SPIRITED.

Cecilia Ritchie, Producer
Cecilia’s most recent credit is NEXT STOP HOLLYWOOD, a 6 x 30 minute observational documentary series for the Australian national broadcaster ABC1. Previous work includes thecritically acclaimed one-hour documentary SEARCHING 4 SANDEEP, which was selected for Hot Docs 2008, and the short drama POP, which was nominated for Best Australian Short Film at the 2011 Sydney Film Festival.