“No Trace” short film
A short drama film which explores the abuse and haunting of the city, the daily struggle to maintain a shred of integrity amidst the pathetic cycles of people who need to run away and cover their tracks as the only way they can gain some control over their future.
These cycles are a mirror for Darryl Johnson, a black low-life private detective forever haunted by his previous abuse when in the army. He is addicted to his job specialising in finding other people’s children who have run away from home to escape their own hidden and secretive problems that threaten to engulf them. These sordid cases overlap with his own past, in a city where he is always painfully aware of the back-street disposability of all the characters he engages with. But there’s this case about a girl called Emma that gets to him, just one case too many, or maybe he just can’t hide from himself any longer…
Using an intelligent and driving narrative, “No Trace” explores issues around homelessness and pressures of the city with sensitivity and character.
Directed by Kooj (Kuljit) Chuhan Written by Peter Kalu
Produced by Kuljit ‘Kooj’ Chuhan & Linda Clarke
Camera – Stephen Wong Assistant Director – Mario Posada
Editing, Post-Production and Sound Design by Kooj Chuhan
Art Direction – Kooj Chuhan, Peter Kalu & Linda Clarke
Director of Photography and script-editing – Kooj Chuhan
Sound recording/boom – Simon Allott & Heather James
Make Up – Cindy & Chelcey Huxley Runner – David Beaumont
Darryl – Brian Morgan
Emma – Shauna Jackson
Jenny’s boyfriend – Karl Seth
Emma’s Dad – Raymond Dow
Jack – Anthony MacIntosh
Jenny – Karen Howarth
Emma’s Friend – Kimberley Glover
Street Guys – Chris Johnson & Jon Cockroft
© 2007, Metaceptive Media / Kuljit Chuhan
a Metaceptive Media production
in association with Living Colour productions
