Highly commended at the 15th International Festival of Fantastic
Films, Crash Test tells the story of a writer who is kidnapped and
transformed into human crash test dummy 171096. Captive to
Motorkore, an automobile corporation, 171096 must learn the
tricks of survival in an industry where any day could be your last.
But there's one thing Motorkore hasn't counted on. With the
guidance of his cellmate, 171096 prepares to beat the system by
mastering the perfect crash. Strap yourself in place and get ready
to burn, because one test dummy will fight back.

A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, Sam Voutas was raised in Beijing, where he lived for 10 years. His first short film Crash Test was awarded 2nd prize at the Melbourne Fringe Festival, before securing a foreign sales agent and an Australian TV sale. The feature film version has been even more successful, screening at over a dozen international festivals in 2004. Sam now focuses on sino-centric films for the international market.

Melanie Ansley spent much of her youth living in Shanghai and Taipei, where she learnt fluent Mandarin and Cantonese. The Last Breadbox, a documentary about Beijing cab drivers during the Olympics bid, was Melanie's first film as producer. At 23 she pitched her next project Shanghai Bride at the Australian International Documentary Conference in Byron Bay, winning the $20,000 Pitch 'n' Punt competition.