''The Heist'' is a quirky crime-drama about two first-time jewel thieves who stage a bizarre diamond heist with seemingly disastrous results, written and directed by short-film director

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and presented in 2008. With The Heist

wanted to tell a character-driven story without dialogue and, to add to the complexity of the challenge, he also underscored the entire story to a

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, writing the story to the music. Consistent with his style, the film is full of twists and surprises. The action flows in harmony with Mozart's Minuet movement from Divertimento in D Major. The Leith Short Film Festival in Scotland called it a "Witty & engaging crime-drama". The Panorama International Film Festival of Patras, Greece are quoted as saying: "...(the) film is very beautiful!". In April 2009, the Magma Short Film Festival in Rotorua, New Zealand bestowed it a ''Highly Commended Award'' in the festival category of ''Self Funded Films''.

Screening history

Completed in March 2008, the film has screened at the following festivals: *''11th International Panorama of Independent Film'', Greece, October 2009 *''Magma Short Film Festival'', New Zealand, May 2009 *''Auckland Fringe Short Film Festival'', New Zealand, March 2009 *'' Hamilton Underground Film Festival, New Zealand'', December 2008 *''Allshorts Film Festival'', New Zealand, October–November 2008 *''

Big Mountain Short Film Festival The Big Mountain Short Film Festival is a short film festival based in Ohakune, New Zealand designed to encourage and celebrate creative short film making and storytelling. Entry is free and open to filmmakers internationally, who are encouraged ...

'', New Zealand, October 2008 *''

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'', USA, September 2008 *''Anonimul International Film Festival'', Romania, August 2008 *''Shaky Isles Festival of Aotearoa'', England, July 2008 *''

CinemadaMare Film Festival CinemadaMare Film Festival is the annual film festival for youth amateur short movie makers that is held in Italy. The event was first held in 2003. During the event, groups of participants travel along several cities of Southern Italy residing i ...

'', Italy, July 2008 *''Leith Short Film Festival'', Scotland, June 2008 *''Dunedin Fringe Festival'', New Zealand, April 2008 The Heist has also been purchased by The

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and premièred on Australian TV 4 August 2008.

Current characters

References

External links

* * http://www.independent.gr * http://www.dunedinfringe.org.nz/ * http://www.leithshortfilmfestival.co.uk/ * http://www.cinemadamare.com/home.php * http://www.festival-anonimul.ro/festival_progr_en * http://www.bigmountain.co.nz * http://www.allshorts.org.nz * http://www.rialtochannel.co.nz/ * http://circuit47.com/huff/ 2008 films New Zealand crime drama films 2008 crime drama films 2000s English-language films {{NewZealand-film-stub