9Lives Films

23/06/2023

REBEL WITH A CAUSE | Official Trailer

It will be the fight of his life. 🧨💥🔥

Full video dropping soon.

11/04/2020

A deadly fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic future.

MATURE WARNING: Strong violence.

Catch the full short-film:
https://youtu.be/Fcx5NrYWRIs

Featuring
Olga Miller as Ayana
Paul Pedersen as Cain
Angelina Volmer as Scarlet

Written, Directed, Edited, Shot by Ali Kadhim
Fight Choreography by Ali Kadhim, Olga Miller, Paul Pedersen
Camera Assist and Props Design by Rawand Salman
Sound Design by Douson Yuan
Grip by Laujine Yassin
Bts by Yousef Kadhim, Clement Lin, Damien Nguyen

© 9Lives Films 2019

23/02/2020

Presenting our official 7 minute action film, SAVING MERCURY. Now online after our international film festival run. Watch, share, enjoy! ☠️☣️💀

In the not too distant future, a young woman carries the key to humanity's survival, and she must survive at all costs. Starring Olga Miller, Paul Pedersen, ...

21/12/2019

2020 we're coming for you.

04/08/2019

Congratulations to Olga Miller for winning Best Actress at The International Action Film Awards! A lovely way to wrap up our film festival circuit on Saving Mercury 🏆👏🏼 More info on our next project coming soon.

17/02/2019

We're real excited to announce our next project and first feature film undertaking, "Fallen Kings". A dive into the world of street crime and drama. We're set to shoot this year and are looking for passionate people to join our cast and crew. More info coming soon.

13/02/2019

We’ve been nominated for best drama short film for the 2019 Oregon Short Film Festival, what an honour! Playing February 23rd at Portland State University.

Here’s a bts of stunt actor Paul Pedersen applying sunscreen to survive our Aussie weather 😌🤙🏼

11/12/2018

We’ve been officially selected for In-Short FILM Festival, Lagos playing Dec 20th in Lagos, Nigeria. This year is not over yet!

02/12/2018

We’ve been selected for the 3rd annual NEO Northeastern Ohio International Film Festival, playing in Akron, Ohio, Dec 10th 2018. A pleasure to be a part of another independent festival! 🎬

24/11/2018

Bloody hardwork, business as usual.
We’re so keen to rep tonight at the Made in the West Film Festival, can’t wait to see more cool films! 🎬

20/11/2018

Olga Miller with her deserving best actress nomination, she took on this challenge and went above and beyond.

20/11/2018

Saving Mercury has received 4 new award nominations, including Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematographer. Thanks so much to the judges of Made in the West Film Festival for the love. We’ll be playing this Sat 24th at Event Cinemas Liverpool!

19/11/2018

With 7 of our crew members and our camera gear sponsor hailing from Sydney’s West, we’re real proud to be one of the 14 finalist films selected for Made in the West Film Festival 2018! Mercury will be rocking the big screen at EVENT Cinemas Liverpool, Sat 24th Nov from 6:30pm, tix are already sold out...

17/11/2018

Sensory overload at the 50th Anniversary screening of Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. So lovely to meet both Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood, hearing them speak about working with the master Stanley Kubrick was just mind blowing. Quote of the night: “A great director casts greatly.”

30/10/2018

Discover what pushed her to the edge...

Join us tomorrow night at the Halloween Night Shorts by the Sydney Indie Film Festival at Event Cinemas George St! 5:30pm-7:30pm session. Tickets below, getting dressed up is optional.. 💀


https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/sydney-indie-film-festival-2018-halloween-short-films-10-thriller-2-tickets-51369122428

27/10/2018

Mercury is playing tonight as part of Friday Night Fright Shorts! 9:50pm - 11:50pm, at The Caribe Royale Hotel Orlando, Florida. (Next to Disney’s Hollywood Studios Theme park)

Image featuring Tommy Ropati

23/10/2018

Rawand: I wonder if these biceps will grow?

Ali: I wonder if that sun’s gonna get any hotter?

Olga: I wonder if these guys know what the hell they’re doing...

😂

20/10/2018

Get ready for a fright! We’ll be playing this month at the Spooky Empire’s International Horror Film Festival, the largest Horror Film Fest and Convention in Florida, attracting over 15,000 guests over 3 days. October 26-28, 2018

14/10/2018

Proud to be officially selected for the 2018 Sydney Indie Film Festival! We’ll be playing at Event Cinemas as part of HALLOWEEN NIGHT, showcasing 12 spooky shorts from around the world on Weds Oct 31st. For tickets visit https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/sydney-indie-film-festival-8511899110

10/10/2018

Mercury makes New York city’s latest HIT LIST.

This week's HIT LIST runs surprisingly extensive in some areas, and I even have a small batch of exclusives. This was awesome to assemble!

01/10/2018

Saving Mercury has been nominated for the Best Editing Award by the Sanford International Film Festival 2018. Playing this month as part of their Horror Friday program, Oct 19 in Sanford, Maine, USA. Go team go!

31/08/2018

Not a bad month, Mercury played at two American Film Festivals this month, and our biggest project yet is being written as we speak, with production scheduled to start later this year. More to come soon!

02/08/2018

Fresh news! We're among the 76 independent films chosen to play this year at the Worldcon 76 Film Festival in San Jose, California. Event runs this month 16-20 Aug and includes some of the best shorts, animations and features from around the world!

27/07/2018

Proud to be 1 of 150 short films from around the world officially chosen to play at the Oregon Cinema Arts Film Festival 2018 - Playing on Sat Aug 18 in Portland USA 🔥
Photo featuring Tommy Ropati

01/07/2018

Saving Mercury is playing on the big screen this Fri 6th + Fri 13th July at Luna Cinemas Leederville, Perth! We'll be accompanying the classic Australian horror feature - RAZORBACK (by Russell Mulcahy, Director of Highlander) What a combo, get your tix if you're keen for a fright!
Revelation Film Festival 2018
Featuring Olga Miller as Ayana Orlov

Tix: http://www.revelationfilmfest.org/film-information-new.php?filmId=878

01/06/2018

A fun time with our stunt friends catching Nash Edgerton's latest flick - GR**GO. So awesome to see them go from making shortfilms to rocking silver screen. @ Sydney, Australia

11/05/2018

We're real excited to announce that Saving Mercury is an official selection for the distinguished Revelation Perth International Film Festival! Included in the program are some of the best independent films from around the world. The festival attracts over 13,000 people viewing 200 films and will run this year from 5 - 18 July @ Luna Palace Cinemas, Perth. Revelation Film Festival

Set photo of Paul Pedersen as Cain.

22/04/2018

Thank you to the Moscow Indie Film Festival for the best film trailer award. We're glad you enjoyed it!

02/04/2018

Our first film review for Saving Mercury by Sydney Arts Guide after last weekend's film festival:

"My favourite on the night: SAVING MERCURY. A kick ass female protagonist and excellence in technique with great costuming, makeup and special effects." Judith Greenaway

01/04/2018

So we didn't get the win last night but they say we came close! The gasps and reactions from the audience did make the night fun, now onto the next festivals.