David Wenham's feature film directorial debut is a touching love letter to Sydney. This World Premiere is an im rovised ex eriment about the random meeting of two strangers.Conceived, worksho ed and shot in just ten days, Elli sis begins with an accidental meeting between Viv (Emily Barclay; Prime Mover, 2009) and Jas er (Benedict Samuel) on the streets of Sydney. The two literally bum into each other, leading to conversation, a coffee and a nightlong adventure. They travel through the city from Bondi to Kings Cross, from a sex sho to bars and arks revealing more to each other and growing closer. Reminiscent of Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise, Elli sis is refreshing and a great deal of fun, taking full advantage of its im rovisational, loose nature. It's an affecting and longing love letter to Sydney at its most seductive: at night
