Sci-Fi Short Film "The Draft" | DUST

THE DRAFT uses the exciting setting of a TV lottery to address the lack of freedom women can face when it comes to motherhood.

"The Draft" by Raphaela Wagner

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More About "The Draft":
In a future world under strict population control, a strong, independent, fertile Kate is drafted to have a baby. Unlike her best friend Jessica, Kate doesn’t want to be a mother and suffers. Her personal choice is taken away at each step and when she wants to gift her opportunity away to Jessica, she cannot because her fertility is a commodity and the presumed fairness of a lottery is society’s way of maintaining equality and exerting control. While the two best friends are ripped apart, unable to follow their dreams, they succeed in awakening the audience and reveal the faults in the system.

THE DRAFT is meant to evoke a debate around the lacking freedom of choice women still face today. A woman should have complete control over her body but we can be scorned for not doing what others - and society - consider to be our duty, our purpose as women. This film is about what can happen when our right to be childfree by choice is taken from us. Equality demands that we as women and men respect each other’s individuality and choices, whether that’s becoming a mother or not.

"The Draft" Credits:
Written by Kim Taylor
Directed by Raphaela Wagner
Produced by Anke Sabrina Beermann
Excecutive Producer Ramon Colomina
Associate Producer Angelita Aquino
Associate Producer Juan Colomina
Associate Producer Kim Taylor
Director of Photography Samira Oberberg
Sound Recordist Benjamin Christ
Dresses designed and provided by Sounita Rachel Chummun - Miashan
Edited by Roberta Bononi
Music by Sascha Blank

CAST
Kate Anke Sabrina Beermann
Amal Leah Charles King
Jessica Eve Cong
Sara Emilie Largier
Mary Anna Ivankovic
Mary's mum Nadine Schori
Nneka Samah Adam
Lydia Rebecka Selva
Engineer 1 Juan Colomina
Engineer 2 Alfie Mitchell
PCO female Nena Robertson
PCO male Dan March
Makeup Artist Ermar Alexander

Creative Consultant Hasko Sadrina
Production Manager Laura Gregory
1st AD Jane Davis
Script Supervisor Lefteris Parasyris
1st AC Irys Steel
2nd AC Rahul Pradeep
Gaffer Suzzette Ortiz
Spark Dylan Bruce
Boom Operator Felix Waverley - Hudson
Stunt Coordinator Ermar Alexander
Casting Anke Sabrina Beermann
Stage Design Michael Wagner - WD.io & Anne-Helois Dautel - WD.io
Additional Costumes Nina Caspari
Hair and Makeup Artist Iris Oshin & Rebecca Wheeler
Still Photography Marek Mucha
Production Assistant Hannes Biegel
3rd AD Zara Davina Mann
Driver / Runner Ethan Coyne
Runner Trainee Nancy Stapleton
Camera Trainee Anastassia Radtsenko
DIT / Assistant Editor Shahidul Khan
Sound Design Sebastian Dressel & Matt Crawford
Baby Dawn Advert Voice Manuela Wenger
Baby Dawn Advert Recording Patricia Morf
Marketing Angelita Aquino

CG Generalist Jake Newton
Visual Effects Artist Aidan Lonergan
On Set VFX Artist Alfie Mitchell
Animation - Lottery Balls Maria Robertson
Animation - Title Sequence Adam Tahir
Graphic Design Bethany Chambers

Special thanks to:
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