The Amber Amulet

Liam knows everything about the positive energy of gemstones and minerals. At night, dressed as a masked avenger, he wanders the streets seeking to do good deeds in secret. He makes anonymous contact with an unhappy lonely woman and gifts her an amber gem which will lift the curse of her misfortune. Unfortunately, the gem has come from his mother’s jewellery box. She soon discovers it is missing and now she's the one who could do with a knight in shining armour. The short film THE AMBER AMULET by Matthew Moore is a literary adaptation of the work of the same name by Craig Silvey. THE AMBER AMULET was awarded the "Crystal Bear" for Best Short Film at the Berlin International Film Festival. "Beautifully written, photographed, directed and acted, THE AMBER AMULET is one of the best short films I've seen." (theindependentcritic.com)

Keywords

  • interfilm Berlin
  • Childhood
  • humor
  • literary adaptation
  • literature

Actors

  • Ed Oxenbould
  • Genevieve Hegney
  • Eliza Logan
  • Nash Edgerton

Director

  • Matthew Moore

Kids & Family, Shorts


23min


6 FSK

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Australia
2013
Little Liam becomes a superhero at night with the power of a gemstone.

Little Liam becomes a superhero at night with the power of a gemstone.


Liam knows everything about the positive energy of gemstones and minerals. At night, dressed as a masked avenger, he wanders the streets seeking to do good deeds in secret.


He makes anonymous contact with an unhappy lonely woman and gifts her an amber gem which will lift the curse of her misfortune. Unfortunately, the gem has come from his mother’s jewellery box. She soon discovers it is missing and now she's the one who could do with a knight in shining armour.


The short film THE AMBER AMULET by Matthew Moore is a literary adaptation of the work of the same name by Craig Silvey. THE AMBER AMULET was awarded the "Crystal Bear" for Best Short Film at the Berlin International Film Festival. "Beautifully written, photographed, directed and acted, THE AMBER AMULET is one of the best short films I've seen." (theindependentcritic.com)

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