The Hidden Well has started shooting on location in and around Melbourne including St Kilda, Elwood and Brighton.

The second feature film from director Robert Chuter (The Dream Children), The Hidden Well is a portmanteau feature film, composed of six standalone chapters all united by a stylistic cinematic framework and a strong ensemble cast including Michael Maxwell Loder, Jem Nichola, Phoebe Jakober, Guillym Davenport, Tim Quabba, Lee Mason and Marie-Clare Anastasia.

The Hidden Well also boasts five different writers including Alex Broun, Angus Brown, Krista Dalby, Amanda Miha and Jane Miller united with one director.

Each chapter of The Hidden Well is a simple human story devoid of effects and set pieces, but engineered by emotion and intimacy. Each new character, each new story reflect some kind of surprising crisis: a couple looking for connection, a young man faces a life changing request, a sex worker finding her estranged father, a devoted husband harbours a burning desire and a woman suffering from an emotional disease – all of them affected when fate intervenes.

Meanwhile, Chuter’s debut feature film, The Dream Children is now available for Australian audience to watch via haView and Ozflix.

The Hidden Well will be released towards the end of 2017.

Guillym Davenport as William in The Hidden Well.

Gillym Davenport as William and Phoebe Jakober as Salome in The Hiddel Well.

Lee Masonas Rick in The Hidden Well.

Tim Quabba as Him – the young Aussie executive working at the World Trade Centre in The Hidden Well.

Jem Nicholas as Her – the efficient secretary wounded by past love affairs who works at the World Trade Centre in The Hidden Well.

Sanshey Perera as Finn – the young foul mouthed skater in The Hidden Well.

Director Robert Chuter with DOP Rudi Siira on the set of The Hidden Well.

Director Robert Chuter directing Guillym Davenport and Phoebe Jakober in The Hidden Well.

Clio (Marie-Clare Anastasia) with her lonely client – the Hipster, Rufus (Guillym Davenport) in The Hidden Well.

Marie-Clare Anastasia as Clio – a Greek sex worker jammed between two different cultures in The Hidden Well.

Michael Maxwell Loderas Ben in The Hidden Well.

Michael Maxwell Loder as Ben and Jem Nicholas as Lizzie in The Hidden Well.

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