Pawno

Pawno is set in the multicultural suburb of Footscray, Victoria. A character-driven story, Pawno examines the intersecting lives of 14 local characters and their resident pawnbroker.

• John Brumpton as Les Underwood
• Maeve Dermody as Kate
• Damian Hill as Danny Williams
• Malcolm Kennard as Carlo
• Mark Coles Smith as Pauly
• Kerry Armstrong as Jennifer Montgomery
• Tony Rickards as Harry
• Daniel Frederiksen as Paige Turner
• Brad McMurray as Jason Spears

The film was independently-funded through a Pozible campaign,[2] and was shortlisted [3] for the $100,000 Cinefest Oz prize.

Pawno holds a 75% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Russell Marks in The Monthly gave the film a scathing review. "Australian cinema regularly produces better, funnier, more perceptive content than Pawno. The film's real quality is in its capacity to market both its multiculturalism and its localism, while reflecting a nostalgia among its audience for a mythic monoculture. Only about half the audience at the screening I was at were laughing, and a couple walked out partway through. I wanted to, but I also wanted to write about it."[4]

• Pawno on Internet Movie Database
• Pawno on Rotten Tomatoes