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Fred is Cold | Award Winning Short Film

Fred, a despondent household fridge, struggles to connect with the people around him until a repairman arrives to fix his light, and through their unexpected bond, Fred finds a newfound will to live. Directed by Ben Wilson & Mark Chayanat Whittet Starring Ben Ashby and Albert Latailakepa A New Lens Award - https://mhfilmfest.org.nz/mhffilmfest/posts/film-festival-award-winners-announced Subscribe for more.

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5 days ago

[Music plays] I want to kill myself. Oh, you must be the repairman, right? Great. The money's on the bench. Just do whatever you need to do. Cool. [Phone rings] Hi, Mum. - Happy birthday Joshy Thanks, Mum. - The big 28. Seems like yesterday I was in Kenepuru Hospital pushing you out two weeks earlier than I should have, you always were a trouble maker. Yep. Still making trouble, Mum. - I bet you are Joshy. Look, I won't keep you away from the boys too long but, did you get anything special for y
our big day? Yeah, I got heaps. - Naw. Anyway, love you so much. Get back to your celebrations and don't do anything too crazy aye. I won’t mum, thanks b.. [Phone call ends] At least my day's not as bad as yours. [Music plays from phone] [Josh hums to music] [Fridge joins in] - Man, I love this song. Who's there? [Plays music again] [Fridge scats] [Josh scats back] [Josh and Fred scat back and forth] You can scat? I can talk too! You can talk? You can hear me? What the f— No one ever hears me. T
his is crazy. This is awesome. Am I crazy? Am I awesome? [They scat together] My name's Fred, by the way. You're telling me that you prefer, 'In a Silent Way' to 'A Kind of Blue'? Yes. That.. That's ridiculous. 'In a Silent Way' is Miles Davis best album. Yeah, 'A Kind of Blue' is the world's best album. You're crazy, man. And I was just starting to like you as well. Okay, okay. Well, give me a chance to redeem myself. This song will put a fire in your belly. I doubt it. And not because I'm a fr
idge, because I'm doubting your taste. [Laughter] Hey, question. The humming sound fridges make in the middle of the night. What is it? It's snoring. Oh. So, have you heard this before, Mr. Jazz Encyclopedia? [Nostalgic music plays] Fred. Fred. Don't bother. With what? Flixing me don't bother. Why not? Your owner will be sad if you don't light up. She won't care. Just don't bother, all right? Are you sad that you're alone on your birthday? I'm not alone. Why don't you go see other people, like y
our friends or your family? I'm working. Why would you choose to be here on your birthday? What do you know about it? You don't understand. Yeah, you're right. I don't understand. I couldn't understand because I'm a fridge, right? Nothing but the function of cold, unwanted and used only when necessary. What would people want with me? People will disappoint you. You haven't. We've just met. Yeah. And I'm never going to get this again and I have waited so long for you. So if I'm stuck, I'd rather
just not be here at all. I feel stuck too. Sometimes.. Sometimes I feel like I'm sitting on the shelf just waiting for someone to pick me. My mum, my friends, they open the door and they look right past me. I'm just gathering dust. Because that's what you do when you're stuck. Gather dust until you just can't breathe anymore. Can I tell you about this dream that I had? Hello, little one. Aren't you a cutie? Can you say fridge, darling? Frid! Okay. Let's call him Fred the fridge. Oh no, don't gra
b the cheddar! Trust me. Use the mozzarella. All right. It's your funeral. Pasta la vista! [Laughter] Hey, puppy. Hey, what's your name? Come on. What's your name? Hey. Hey. Hey, Janet. What's your new dog's name? Come on. What is it? It's out of tune. It's out of tune. It's out of tune. It's out of TUNE. Guys. Come on. Didn't get a good sleep last night. Can you just take this to your room or something. What'd you get, Tom? I can't quite see from here. Tom? did you get a nerf gun? did you get m
e a present this year? Just kidding. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday, dear Fred. Happy birthday to me. Hip-hip, hooray. Have you ever had someone turn the light off when you're still in the room? I can't fix you. The light won't come back on. It's busted, sorry. Hi, Granddad. I did lots of pictures, it was really cool. All right. Let's take you home and you can show me your pictures [Coughs] Don't worry about not being able to fix me. You've already helped me more than
you know. Sorry. There's nothing I could do. Did you know If you wrap the paper towel around the warm beer and put it in the freezer for 10 minutes, it will be ice cold when you take it out. Of course I know that. I'm a fridge. You know, you can put your beers in my freezer. It's what I'm here to do. You're not a fridge anymore. You can barely make ice. [Laughter] Turn it up. I love this movie. You've seen it before? Yeah. I'm a massive movie buff.

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@JackDaHomie

such a beauty