One More Shot (Drama)

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Director: Nick Clifford
Producer: Virginia Whitwell,Nick Batzias,Elise Trenorden,Jim Wright
Screenwriter: Alice Foulcher,Gregory Erdstein
Cinematographer: Simon Ozolins
Composer: Justin Stanley
Editor: Julie-Anne De Ruvo
Production Designer: Carrie Kennedy
Costume Designer: Cappi Ireland
Key Cast: Emily Browning,Aisha Dee,Sean Keenan,Hamish Michael,Anna McGahan,Contessa Treffone,Pallavi Sharda,Ashley Zukerman

An end-of-millennium house party becomes an endless, tequila-fuelled time loop in this ingenious comedy starring Emily Browning.

On New Year’s Eve, 1999, with Y2K anxieties in the air and ‘Coco Jamboo’ on the radio, anaesthetist Minnie jumps at the chance to attend a party with her ex Joe, whom she still hasn’t gotten over. But everything goes wrong when she realises that Joe is there with a new girlfriend. One swig from a bottle of tequila after midnight and, in the blink of an eye, Minnie has travelled back in time to the beginning of the party – a process that, she discovers, repeats with every drink she takes. Each do-over presents a new opportunity to fix her mistakes or compound them further. But will any of them allow her to win back Joe’s heart, or understand what it means to live with the consequences of her actions?

A fresh twist on time-loop comedies like Groundhog Day and Palm Springs, Nick Clifford’s MIFF Premiere Fund–supported debut feature is as darkly funny as it is unpredictable. Starring Emily Browning (God Help the Girl, MIFF 2014), Sean Keenan (Nitram, MIFF 2021), Ashley Zukerman (In Vitro, MIFF 2024), Aisha Dee (Sissy, MIFF 2022), Pallavi Sharda (Save Your Legs!, MIFF 2012), Hamish Michael (Em 4 Jay, MIFF 2006) and Elias Anton (Of an Age, MIFF 2022) and full of 90s hits by artists like The Cranberries, James and Mr. President, One More Shot is a fun trip back in time that shows some nights out are better left in the rear-view mirror.

“A bright and sassy comedy with more on its mind than time loops … Emily Browning is effervescent.” – Screen Anarchy


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Key cast member Emily Browning is a guest of the festival and will be in attendance at the Saturday 9 August and Sunday 10 August screenings of the film.