Cargo (2013 film)

Cargo is a 2013 Australian short film directed by Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke, written by Ramke, and starring Andy Rodoreda as a father who must protect his young daughter (Ruth Venn) during a zombie apocalypse. It was made for the Tropfest short film festival, where it was a finalist. It went viral after it was uploaded to YouTube, and it was featured on many web sites.[1] By 2018 it had been viewed over 14 million times.

Cargo
Directed by
  • Ben Howling
  • Yolanda Ramke
Produced by
  • Daniel Foeldes
  • Ben Howling
  • Marcus Newman
  • Yolanda Ramke
Written byYolanda Ramke
Starring
  • Andy Rodoreda
  • Ruth Venn
  • Yolanda Ramke
  • Alison Gallagher
  • Kallan Richards
  • Effron Heather
  • Scott Wood
Music byHelen Grimley
CinematographyDaniel Foeldes
Edited byShannon Longville
Production
company
Dreaming Tree Productions
Release date
  • 17 February 2013 (2013-02-17) (Tropfest)
Running time
7 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Plot

After a car crash knocks him unconscious, a man wakes up to find that his wife has died and turned into a zombie. He leaves the car, grabs his young daughter from the back seat, and realizes that his wife bit him while he was unconscious. After an emotional goodbye to his wife, he sets off to find survivors.

Knowing that he does not have much time left before he turns into a zombie, he puts his daughter in a baby back-pack, binds his hands to a pole, and attaches carrion to the end of the pole. After he collapses, he rises again as a zombie, and, drawn by the lure of the carrion on the pole, continues his journey.

After a point, he notices the balloon he inflated for his daughter and is distracted by it. He is then shot by a sniper, and a group of survivors investigate his corpse, almost leaving before one of them discovers his daughter, who has 'My Name is Rosie' written on her stomach in permanent marker.

Cast
  • Andy Rodoreda as Father
  • Ruth Venn as Rosie, the father's baby daughter
  • Yolanda Ramke as Survivor
  • Alison Gallagher as Mother
  • Kallan Richards as Survivor
  • Effron Heather as Survivor
  • Scott Wood as Sniper

Release

Cargo was made for the Tropfest short film festival, where it was a finalist. After its release, it went viral and attracted millions of views on YouTube.[2]

Reception

Cargo was featured on Die Zeit,[3] The Week,[4] CNET,[5][6] IGN,[7] Film School Rejects,[8] and Bloody Disgusting.[9]

Remake

Cargo was remade as a 2017 feature length film starring Martin Freeman.[10] Netflix made the 2017 remake available in April 2018.[11][12]

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References
  1. Karl Quinn (3 May 2018). "When is a zombie film not a zombie film? When it's Martin Freeman's Cargo". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 May 2018. Cargo was written by Yolanda Ramke and co-directed by her and Ben Howling (they're mates, but not a couple). It's their first feature, an extended reworking of the seven-minute film they made for Tropfest in 2013, which became a YouTube sensation (it's been watched more than 14 million times).
  2. "Tropfest Australia is Calling For Entries". Tropfest. 3 July 2013. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  3. Kühl, Eike (30 June 2013). "Netzfilm der Woche: "Cargo"". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  4. Oneill, Therese (9 October 2013). "9 horror films under 9 minutes". The Week. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  5. Kooser, Amanda (14 October 2013). "Five great zombie short films you can watch online". CNET. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  6. Starr, Michelle (14 April 2013). "Short zombie film will break your heart". CNET. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  7. Grimm, Rae (13 April 2013). "Cargo: Der beste Zombie-Kurzfilm aller Zeiten". IGN (in German). Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  8. Beggs, Scott (9 April 2013). "SFotD: A Father Tries to Save His Baby Girl After He's Bitten by a Zombie in 'Cargo'". Film School Rejects. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  9. Miska, Brad (16 December 2014). "There's a Baby On This Zombie's Back…". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  10. Giroux, Jack (24 September 2016). "'Cargo' First Look: Martin Freeman Stars in the Zombie-Infested Drama". /Film. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  11. Josh Wise (23 April 2018). "Cargo". Slant magazine. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  12. Raz Robinson (22 April 2018). "The NetFlix film about a baby-toting dad Fighting Zombies is Apparently Good". Fatherly magazine. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
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