Winner of three  2008 SA Short Screen Awards, a haunting tale of a terminally ill man's demise and journey into fantasy and the afterlife. Written/Directed by Dimitrios Pouliotis, produced by Matthew Salleh, with cinematography by Aaron Schuppan.  Completed.

(C) 2008 Urtext Film Productions Pty. Ltd.

Short Film
Completed / Released

Recipient: SASSA Awards 2008 - Emerging Producer Award: Matthew Salleh
Recipient: SASSA Awards 2008 - Best Cinematography Award: Aaron Schuppan
Recipient: SASSA Awards 2008 - People's Choice Award
Nominated: SASSA Awards 2008 - Best Film
Nominated: SASSA Awards 2008 - Best Drama
Nominated: SASSA Awards 2008 - Best Direction: Dimitrios Pouliotis
Nominated: SASSA Awards 2008 - Best Soundtrack: Daniel Varricchio
Nominated: SASSA Awards 2008 - Best Actor: Nick Bennett

Some quotes on the film:

Refreshingly unbound by convention, Dimitrios Pouliotis’ Hole in the Water is a deeply meditative, enigmatic and at times frustrating piece. In an extended short at 29 minutes and bereft of dialogue, a man suffering from a terminal disease faces up to his own mortality... Well-articulated pastel neon light slices through the frame with powerful effect, and the protagonist’s desolate dreamscapes are vividly rendered. The opening shot, gliding in extreme close up along a river’s surface to pull wide and reveal a rowboat engulfed in flame, is indicative of the production. Aaron Schuppan beat a vastly more experienced field to take home the Best Cinematography award. (Sandy Cameron, RealTime Arts Magazine, Issue 84)

A $1300 short film made with borrowed equipment is up against an Australian Film Institute Award winner for the honour of Best Film at the SA Short Screen Awards. Urtext Studios' self-financed film Hole In The Water is going head-to head with Anthony Maras's professionally produced, AFI Best Short Film winner Spike Up, which cost more than ten times as much. (Andrew Fenton, The Advertiser, 23rd Feb 2008)

Urtext Studio's Hole in the Water, which was made for just $1300, almost made its money back in a single hit when it won a $1000 cash prize for Emerging Producer Matthew Salleh. (Andrew Fenton, The Advertiser, 13 Mar 2008)