Mise en Place
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Charlie is a dishwasher who works in one of Sydney’s most up-market restaurants, but she has exceptional talent for plating dishes. When she posts pictures of her work on social media, her vindictive colleague, the Plater, puts her in her place as a ‘dish-pig’, a term she uses to berate Charlie constantly, while asking her to clean up her knives. Charlie, as a dutiful employee, prioritises the dishes asked for by the Chef, which frustrates the Plater further. Karma strikes as the Plater carelessly cuts her hand open with her own knife, resulting in the Chef marching her out. With orders still to go out, Charlie has to step up to plating dishes, which she does brilliantly, impressing and surprising everyone.
Directed by Julian Neuhaus and written by Jacinta Marshall, Mise en Place was one of three finalists at CinefestOz for Best Screenwriting in 2023.
Mise en Place was produced by Bus Stop Films, post-produced by Ironbark Films and supported by Optus, Panavision, AFTRS & Actors Centre Australia
Mise en Place | Trailer
Watch the trailer for Mise en Place. The film is currently on the international film festival circuit.
Mise en Place | Behind the Scenes
Join students from Bus Stop Films Accessible Film Studies Program and director Julian Neuhaus as they team up with Miguel Maestre to cook up some drama in the kitchen.
Mise en Place on the world stage
After it’s world premiere at CinefestOz in 2023, where it was one of three finalist films nominated for Best Screenplay, Mise en Place has toured the world, screening at numerous film festivals, and events for companies such as Nine Entertainment, Canva & Qantas, as well as a very special screening to an audience of 1,800 alongside Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins at the Westpac OpenAir cinema on Sydney Harbour in January 2024.
In September 2024, it screened at Darwin International Film Festival (DIFF) on closing night at the world-famous Deck Chair Cinema alongside Adam Elliot’s Memoir of a Snail. The evening was introduced by Julian Neuhaus. Julian also spoke to ABC Radio Darwin about the screening event, and the Bus Stop Films program which was to launch in Darwin in 2025, which can be listened to here.
Credits
Director - Julian Neuhaus
Executive Producer - Tracey Corbin-Matchett
Producers - Dianna La Grassa, Cyna Strachan
Writer - Jacinta Marshall
Cast - Ashley Kuhle, Miguel Maestre, Lianne Mackessy, Micaela Phillips, Nataly Thomson
Director of Photography - Shane Parsons
Production Designer - Alyssa Cook
Costume Designer - Ella Deane
Hair & Makeup - Kuldeep Kuar
1st Assistant Director - Michael Santos
Script Supervisor - Therese Ellis
Camera Assistant - Christine Anderson
Gaffer - Nathan Grant
Sound Recordist - Martin Demain
Design Assistant - Josh Kind
Interns - George Moussa, Nataly Thomson
Support Workers - Monica Power, Lucky Chen
Editor & Colourist - Julian Neuhaus
Composer - Caleb Jacobs
Stills Photographer - Julia Firak
BTS Videographer - Tuesday Rovere
Post Production Sound - ZigZag Post Production
Sound Design & Mix - David McCarthy
Production Assistants - Benjamin Briggs, Adam Capps, Lily Crawford, Georgia DiLaudo, Ciaran Ellis, Zakaria Ghomri, Giuliano Mitru, Audrey O’Connor, Michael Oblati, Rae Pastuszak, Rawley Reynolds, Matthew Sheather, Matilda Thompson, Oliver Williams
Thanks to - Kate Vinen, Optus, Australian Film Television & Radio School, Panavision, ZigZag Post, Ironbark Films, Dr Marty Murphey, Natalia Stawyskyj, Michael Wray, Anthony Keirann, Actors Centre Australia
Client - Bus Stop Films
This project was Inclusively Made
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