Death's Requiem

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Death’s Requiem
Directed by	Marc Furmie
Written by	Marc Furmie & Ji Hao Lou
Starring	Jai Koutrae Raoul Agapis Darren Hawkins
Cinematography	Steven Hope, David Glasser
Release date(s)	2007
Country	Australia
Language	English
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Death’s Requiem is an Australian 2007 short film. It tells of Nathan Chapel, a terminally ill comic book artist with an obsession for death. But When the Grim Reaper himself pays Nathan comes to life to haunt him, Nathan's greatest fears are realized.

The film starred Jai Koutrae as Nathan Chapel. This role garnered him much fame and won him numerous awards including the Screen Actors Guild Awards , Method Fest Independent Film Festival Award and the Luciania Film Festival Award for Best Actor in a Short Film. Awards also went to the cinematographers Steven Hope and David Glasser an Australian Screen Sound Guild Award for Best Achievement in Sound for a Short Film.

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Nathan Chapel is a terminally ill comic book artist who possesses a lifelong obsession with death and a voyeuristic preoccupation with his self-destructive neighbor Sarah. When Death himself, comes to life to haunt him, Nathan must confront his greatest fear, leading him to an act of self-sacrifice.