Geoffrey Conder

In 1983, a young mute woman with psychic abilities is held captive within the Arboria Institute, a secluded futuristic facility overseen by a sinister doctor with an unraveling mind and a growing obsession with her.

The students at Victoria Film School were given the opportunity to compete in a film making competition which promised to boost their careers after graduation, with a feature length contract at Tigers Portal Productions - and a distribution deal as the award. The class split into two opposing teams, and was given the task of creating a five minute short, with one month to shoot and a $500.00 budget.

Water is at the centre of the human experience. The source of life on earth, it is also a place of mystery and danger. For criminals, water is the perfect accomplice for the perfect crime: it erases, absorbs, and carries the bodies, conceals weapons and washes away evidence. For detectives, water is a crafty adversary. It never confesses, forcing the investigators to employ extraordinary measures to discover the truth. Dark Waters of Crime does not simply oppose the criminals and the investigators. It brings into play a third party, powerful, mysterious, and tenacious.