Australian Feature Films 2008 - Part 2

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Sarah Chalmers as Katya Lipkova (Katusha). Photo: IG Distribution
Marty (Lee Mason). Photo: Apocalypse Films
The Independent
The Independent – One Man’s Shot at Politics is a
documentary-style drama about Marty Browning who
must get elected in 58 days or lose his house, his sanity
or even his life.
Cast Lee Mason, Tony Nikalokopoulos,
Sylvie de Crespigny, Chris Bunworth,
Georgia Bolton, Grant Piro, Jim Daly,
Jonathan Auf der Heide, Marita Wilcox
Executive Producer Neil O’Keefe
Producer Jim Xyga
Directors/Writers/Editors
Andrew O’Keefe, John Studley
Director of Photography
Wayne Aistrope
Production Designer Marko Anttonen
Composer Nick Batterham
International Sales Agent
Apocalypse Films
1A Council Street
Clifton Hill Vic 3068
Australia
Phone +61 3 9489 7799
Fax +61 3 9489 7774
sales@apocalypse.com
DIRECTORS
Andrew O’Keefe is partner and
the in-house writer/director at
Apocalypse Films. He attended the
VCA School of Film & Television
where he is currently the first
year lecturer. Andrew has written
and directed award-winning short
films, theatre and television, which
have been screened and staged,
in several countries. His short film
Wednesday has been broadcast on
cable television in the US and his
short play Uncomfortable Silences
won Short & Sweet, the world’s
largest short play competition. The
Independent is his debut feature film.
John Studley’s career began as an
in-house editor at one of Australia’s
largest advertising agencies.
He then moved to a small
production company, continuing
to edit commercials and music
clips. John soon moved into
directing where he shot television
commercials for some of Australia’s
biggest clients. John moved into
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86 min (16:9 HD)
the Apocalypse Films office to
concentrate on his own projects.
He teamed up with Andrew O’Keefe
to co-write and direct their debut
feature The Independent.
PRODUCER
Jim Xyga is partner and the inhouse producer at Apocalypse Films.
His 15 years experience in the
industry have provided the company
with a solid working knowledge
across all departments. In 2001,
he graduated from the VCA School
of Film & Television. He has
produced numerous short films
including the Tropfest finalist Wild
Thing, as well as various music
videos including the Australian
Blues Project for ABC television.
The Independent is his debut feature.
Katusha
89 min (1.85:1 35mm Digital Betacam, DVD, HD 1080p)
The year is 1943. Russian counter-intelligence intercepts
a radio transmission that indicates the Germans’ intention
to destroy the production line of a new type of weaponry
in the Ural region. Commander of the Special Unit, Captain
Greenhoff, arrives in the Ural region, but he is not the person
shown in his ID. Not many people know the technical name
of this weaponry, but it is known all around the world as the
rocket launcher Katusha.
Cast Greg Eccleston, Peter McAllum,
Sarah Chalmers, Peter Haleluka
Executive Producer Alexander Redkin
Producer/Director/Writer
Igor Grabovsky
IG Distribution Pty Ltd
PO Box 1262
Wahroonga NSW 2076
Australia
Phone +61 2 9489 4044
pastandpresent@optusnet.com.au
DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER
Igor Grabovsky was born in 1961
in Russia, and graduated from
the Radio College, School of Law
and Commerce, University of Art.
Between 1983 and 1990, Igor
produced nine stage plays, seven of
which he also directed. In Australia,
Igor has produced and directed two
feature films: Katusha and Conflict
of Interests. His current project,
a three-part intelligent thrilleradventure, has the working title CC.
Igor is also working on the script for
his film Honeymoon, which is slated
to be completed in September 2008.
Lizzie and Johnny go cruising in his ’68 Mustang GT,
looking for some action – and find more than they expect.
Lizzie trains in martial arts for spiritual strength. Johnny
escapes the Sydney underworld for a peaceful life.
But Lizzie’s friend is kidnapped and all hell breaks loose.
Cast Marie Black, James Williams,
Francis Mauriks, Barry Te Aotonga,
Leanne Joseph, Nicholas Papademetriou,
Bruce Haynes, Joanne Taylor, Carlo Bassi
Executive Producer/Producer/
Director/Writer/Director of
Photography/Editor
Stephen Huthnance
Composer Various
Panther Productions Film Studio
Villa 2/26 Tyler Street
Preston Vic 3072
Australia
Phone +61 3 9471 1652
tiger999@pacific.net.au
Stephen Huthnance obtained his
cinema studies degree from LaTrobe
University in Melbourne, Australia,
and set to writing the script for
his current production, Lizzie and
Johnny, in 2000.
86 min (16:9 DVD, Betacam SP)
Photo: Plastique Productions
Francis and the croc. Photo: Stephen Huthnance
Lizzie and Johnny
Lovely Scary Wolves
Lovely Scary Wolves tracks a group of young, hyper-creative
and ultra-violent twentysomethings who take over a Sydney
office building and declare war on the Australian Government.
Cast Samantha Noble, James Tobin,
Shaun Hartas, Chum Ehelepola,
Sarah Willesee, Marti Keefer,
Bradley Tomlinson, Jemima Fallows
Rohan Michael Hoole
Director of Photography Marc Windon
Plastique Productions
Australia
rohan@plastiqueproductions.com
90 min (2.35:1 HD)
Rohan Michael Hoole is also the
writer, director and producer of the
feature film Court of Lonely Royals,
which was described as a “dazzling
debut” by Inside Film magazine.
It was released by Madman
Entertainment in Australia and by
Fabrication Films in the US and in
14 countries worldwide.
Photo: Star Baby Productions
Photo: Noibe Syme
Men’s Group
Paul, Freddy, Cecil, Lucas, Moses and Alex are complete
strangers when they join a men’s group. They have very
little in common and would never normally have cause to
speak, let alone share their innermost fears and desires.
They soon discover that they do have something in common:
being male. As trust grows between them they gradually
begin to share as they learn to listen to each other. It takes
tragedy for the men to finally understand that they must take
responsibility for their own lives and those of their loved ones.
Cast Grant Dodwell, Paul Gleeson,
Steve Le Marquand, Don Reid,
Steve Rodgers, Paul Tassone,
William Zappa, Matthew Waters,
Maria Simpson, Lily Kate Simpson,
Louise McCabe
Producer John L Simpson
Director Michael Joy
Writers Michael Joy, John L Simpson
Director of Photography Geoff Wharton
Editor Stuart Morley
Production Designer Alex Holmes
Composer Haydn Walker
Titan View Pty Ltd
PO Box 4798
North Rocks NSW 2151
Australia
Phone +61 2 8819 6724
Fax +61 2 8819 6731
john@titanview.com
104 min (16:9 HD)
DIRECTOR
Originally from Perth, Western
Australia, Michael Joy has worked
extensively in Australia, Asia, Europe
and North America, receiving
numerous awards for direction and
cinematography. Known for his
diverse and evocative work, Michael
draws from his cast risky and honest
performances. In 2006, he began
developing his first feature film,
Men’s Group, in collaboration with
producer John L Simpson.
PRODUCER
John L Simpson is an award-winning
creative producer with over 20
years experience in the arts. Festival
screenings include: Montreal, Palm
Springs, Sydney, Algarve, Tropfest,
Aspen and Rotterdam. John was
invited to be the co-producer on
Mike Bullen’s directing debut,
Amorality Tale, and was one of the
producers on Razzle Dazzle. As well
as producer, he is also co-creator of
Men’s Group.
Moonlight
& Magic
90 min (16:9 Digital Betacam)
A mohawk and a diabetic journey across Australia’s high
country searching for a home. With a kombi van and thousands
of dollars in black money, they are confronted with the dying
culture of their country as they spread their ‘moonlight and
magic’ through the land and the people they meet.
Cast Tim Burns, Maxine Klibingaitis,
Elspeth Ballantyne, Clinton Nain,
Dallas Palmer, Reylene Pearce,
Jessica Illichmann
Timothy Spanos
Michael Schoell
Editors Timothy Spanos, Tim Stobart
Composers Matt Thomas, Biddy Connor
Star Baby Productions
92 Durham Road
Surrey Hills Vic 3127
Australia
Phone +61 3 9830 4938
Fax +61 3 9830 4938
spank64@hotmail.com
Producer/writer/director Timothy
Spanos has made over 20 short
films that have accumulated
screenings in 60 festivals throughout
the world. In 2004, he completed
his first feature, Prisoner Queen,
and in 2005 he began collaborating
on feature films with a company
of actors. The first of these joint
projects were Nancy Nancy (2007)
and Moonlight & Magic (2007), both
of which won best comedy feature
at the Atlanta Film Festival.
Photo: Alchemy Film Productions
Photo: Newcastle Pictures
Newcastle
A coming-of-age/family drama/surfing movie. Sixteen-yearold Jesse lives in the shadow of his older brother’s failure to
become surfing’s Next Big Thing. Even when Jesse is in his
natural habitat of magnificent surf breaks, his blue-collar future
is brought home by the coal barges that line the horizon. Jesse
has the skills to surf on the international circuit, but can he
overcome his equally natural ability to sabotage himself?
Cast Lachlan Buchanan, Xavier Samuel,
Reshad Strik, Kirk Jenkins, with
Anthony Hayes, Shane Jacobson and
Barry Otto
Executive Producer Charles Hannah
Producer Naomi Wenck
Director/Writer Dan Castle
Richard Michalak
Editor Rodrigo Balart
Composer Michael Yezerski
Becker International UK
34/35 Berwick Street
London W1F8RP
United Kingdom
Phone +44-771 717 6092
ianc@beckers.com.au
The Nothing Men
106 min (1.85:1 35mm)
DIRECTOR
Newcastle is the eagerly anticipated
debut feature from award-winning
writer/director Dan Castle. Dan
has written and directed a number
of critically acclaimed short films,
including The Visitor, starring Barry
Otto, which received awards at
national and international festivals
including an Australian Film Institute
(AFI) nomination for Best Short
Fiction Film in 2003.
PRODUCER
Naomi Wenck is an independent
producer of Australian drama.
Newcastle is Naomi’s second
feature as producer, having recently
completed Ten Empty with director
Anthony Hayes. Naomi has an
extensive background in both film
and television drama with numerous
credits as post-production supervisor
on features including Gettin’ Square
(d: Jonathan Teplitzky); Somersault
(w/d: Cate Shortland); Three Dollars
(d: Robert Connolly); The Magician
(d: Scott Ryan); and most recently
The Silence (d: Cate Shortland).
90 min (2.35:1 Red One)
Six men wait idle in a factory for their redundancy payout,
but when a company spy arrives to cheat them out of their
money hostilities reach boiling point. However, he holds a
much darker secret. All hell breaks loose when the young
pacifist of the group discovers the secret and is sent over
the edge. What happens next makes headlines around the
country, changing the fabric of working-class Australia forever.
Cast David Field, Colin Friels
Producers Martin Dingle Wall,
Andrew Windsor
Director/Writer Mark Fitzpatrick
Alchemy Film Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
Phone +61 2 9371 9102
dingle.wall@gmail.com
Playing for Charlie is a visually poetic and uplifting film that
explores the delicate relationship between a young mother
and her teenage son after the recent death of his father.
Playing for Charlie captures a moment in 16-year-old Tony
Hobb’s life when, caught between duty, despair and hope
for the future, he is forced to make a life-changing decision.
Cast Jared Daperis, Jodie Rimmer,
Shane Connor, Mark Leonard Winter
Executive Producer Gordon Patrick
Producer Franziska Wagenfeld
Director/Writer Pene Patrick
Director of Photography Leilani Hannah
Editor Ken Sallows ASE,
Leilani Hannah ASE
Production Designer Julie Nelson
Composer Lisa Gerrard
Franziska Wagenfeld
Level 1, 21 William Street
Balaclava Vic 3183
Australia
Phone +61 3 9527 9999
franziska@netspace.net.au
DIRECTOR
Pene Patrick studied acting with
Uta Hagen before studying film at
New York University’s Tisch School
of the Arts. Pene’s short film Violet
screened at numerous film festivals
and at the Film Society of Lincoln
Center’s New Directors/New Films
series in New York. Pene wrote
and directed The Moggill Ferry,
which was nominated for Best
Short Screenplay at the Australian
Writers’ Guild (AWGIE) Awards, and
directed The White Nightie, which
also screened at international film
festivals. Playing for Charlie is
Pene’s feature debut.
95 min (1.40:1 35mm)
PRODUCER
Franziska Wagenfeld works as
an independent producer within
the Australian film and television
industry. Playing for Charlie is
Franziska’s second feature film.
She co-produced the Australian
feature Irresistible, starring Susan
Sarandon, Sam Neill and Emily
Blunt, prior to which she produced
a number of documentaries,
television dramas and short films.
Her projects have premiered at
numerous international festivals,
many of them winning accolades
and awards.
Photo: Racing Team Productions
Tony (Jared Daperis). Photo: Queen Ant Films
Playing for Charlie
The Plex
96 min (1.85:1 35mm HD)
The Plex is a comedy about a group of cinema ushers
coming to terms with their station in life. AJ and Zeke are
unfairly fired and decide to make payback their ultimate goal.
With a cast of crazy customers, and crazier employees,
The Plex will be sure to have you rolling down the aisles.
Cast Matt Doran, Steve Bastoni,
Johnny Boxer, Jason Crewes,
Samantha Turner, Tori Hartigan,
Andy Caryofyllis, Brian Cobb,
Yvonne Strahovski
Executive Producer Marshall Cobb
Producers Tim Boyle, Brian Cobb
Director/Writer Tim Boyle
Director of Photography Caz Dickson
Editor Tim Boyle
Composer Justin Kearin
Racing Team Productions
C/- Optical & Graphic
5 Chuter Street
McMahons Point NSW 2060
Australia
Phone +61 2 9922 3144
boyletim@hotmail.com
Tim Boyle has been producing and
directing feature films since 1998.
He has written and directed three
features: The Big Night Out, Fink
(starring Sam Worthington) and his
current feature, The Plex. Tim’s next
project is a family-orientated feature
film titled Space Racer, which is due
for release early 2011, and he is
also working on a TV series spin-off
of The Plex.
PRODUCER
The Plex is Brian Cobb’s first
producing role.
Ben (Greg Nach) and Brad (Andrew Thatcher). Photo: Matthew Scott
Photo: Rats and Cats Productions
Rats and Cats
Actor Darren McWarren starred in soap, mini-series and film
before destroying his career with a series of indiscretions.
Now McWarren is out of the industry and living in a small
town in Western Victoria he can do whatever he wants.
When a journalist decides to write a ‘Where are they now?’
profile on McWarren, he finds the former star has become
a modern day Errol Flynn. The local girls want to fornicate
with him and their fellas want to fight him. He mightn’t
have found love - but it’s the next best thing.
Cast Jason Gann, Adam Zwar,
Paul Denny, Anya Beyersdorf,
Alexis Porter, Jess Beazley
Executive Producers Peter Bain-Hogg,
Ken Connor, Joe Connor
Producer Jason Byrne
Director Tony Rogers
Writers Jason Gann, Adam Zwar
Director of Photography Anna Howard
Jason Byrne Productions
Factory 35/91 Moreland Street
Footscray Vic 3011
Australia
Phone +61 3 9687 2161
cheesler@netspace.net.au
87 min (16:9 Digital Betacam, DVD)
DIRECTOR
Tony Rogers’ first seriously
acclaimed piece was Wilfred, a
seven-minute short for Tropfest
that went on to huge acclaim at
Sundance, Palm Springs and Cork
Film Festivals, and included runs on
television in the US, Australia and
Britain. He directed the TV series of
Wilfred, which won AFI awards for
Best Comedy and Best Actor. Most
recently Tony has completed Rats
and Cats, which is due for release
in mid-2008. He is currently working
on the second series of Wilfred.
PRODUCER
Jason Byrne is an independent
producer with numerous credits
to his name. He co-produced several
award-winning short films including
Roundabout and I Love You.
Other shorts include The Opposite
of Velocity, Fish, One Minute,
Booth Story and the AFC short
Storytime. In 2003, he co-produced
the feature film One Perfect Day,
which received multiple AFI and
IF nominations. In 2005, Jason
completed the short feature
The Heart Break Tour for SBS and
the feature film Rats and Cats.
Safety House
Six months after the conclusion of World War III, six men
find themselves confined together in a secluded home …
a Safety House. How will they deal with the loss of
everything they knew and loved?
Cast Dane Millerd, Andrew Thatcher,
Matthew Scott, Greg Nach,
Derek J Huckel, Peter Boyd
Executive Producer Chris Scott
Producer/Director/Writer/Director
of Photography/Editor/Composer
Matthew Scott
Matthew Scott
20 Tweed Road
Lithgow NSW 2790
Australia
Phone +61 401 294 661
info@matthewscott.org
81 min (16:9 DV/MiniDV)
Matthew Scott, in collaboration
with his producing partner and
brother Chris, takes his inspiration
from maverick American filmmakers
Tim Burton and Robert Rodriguez.
PRODUCERS
The Scott brothers, Matthew and
Chris, have been making films
since they were kids – a childhood
agreement that has formed the
basis of a 15-year partnership in
film. With a do-it-yourself attitude,
they have made six feature films in
the last eight years.
Set in the outback wheat belt in 1968, September is
a coming-of-age story about two 15-year-old boys –
one black, one white – whose pure and unaffected
friendship falls apart under the pressures of the turbulent
social changes happening around them.
Cast Clarence John Ryan, Xavier Samuel,
Kieran Darcy-Smith, Kelton Pell,
Alice McConnell, Lisa Flanagan,
Mia Wasikowska
Executive Producers Tony Forrest,
Mark Bamford, Gary Hamilton
Producers John Polson, Lynda House,
Serena Paull
Co-Producers Lynda House, Serena Paull
Director Peter Carstairs
Writers Peter Carstairs, Ant Horn
Arclight Films International Australia
Building 103, Unit 1 (FSA #40)
Fox Studios Australia
38 Driver Avenue
Moore Park NSW 2021
Australia
Phone +61 2 8353 2440
Fax +61 2 8353 2437
info@arclightfilms.com
Shattered
90 min (2.35:1 35mm)
DIRECTOR
Peter Carstairs’ first film, Gate,
garnered numerous awards and
nominations, as well as screening
theatrically with the feature film
One Night the Moon. In 2001,
Peter attended the Australian
Film Television and Radio School
where he was honoured with
several awards including the ASDA
Award for Best Director and the
ScreenSound Australia Award for
Best Drama Director. September was
selected for the inaugural Tropfest
Feature Program.
PRODUCERS
John Polson is the founder and
creative director of Sony Tropfest.
From its inauguration in a small cafe,
Sony Tropfest is now considered the
world’s largest short film festival.
In 2006, John and the founders of
the Tribeca Film Festival created
Tropfest@Tribeca to provide an
audience for the work of emerging
filmmakers and recognise the role of
short films in the broader filmmaking
Andrew Walters (Johan Earl). Photo: Partisan Pictures
Ed (Xavier Samuel) and Paddy (Clarence John Ryan). Photo: Mark Rogers
September
world. John’s latest feature film,
Tenderness, is due out early 2008.
Lynda House is one of Australia’s
most successful and respected
producers. Her credits include Proof,
Muriel’s Wedding, The Missing and
the documentary Pozieres. Lynda
also produced Invincible, starring
Billy Zane, and the telemovie Secret
Bridesmaids’ Business, which
screened at festivals around the
world. In 2002/03, Lynda produced
Gregor Jordan’s Ned Kelly.
As project director of Sony Tropfest,
Serena Paull supervises annual
sponsorship management and
procurement, event delivery and
management, as well as the
production of festival trailers,
TVCs and cinema ads. In 2005,
Serena became project director of,
and was integral in establishing,
the Tropfest Feature Program.
Overseeing the selection process,
it was a natural progression to coproducer of September.
94 min (2.35:1 35mm)
Andy has the perfect life – beautiful wife, great job. One
catch: his illicit affair with Rachel, a sexually aggressive
colleague who likes to role-play. When Andy wakes up
bruised, groggy and shackled to a bed, Rachel reveals
her new game. For every lie Andy tells, the iron spikes
above his head will drop a little. With his wife watching
via remote LCD, Rachel starts her questions.
Cast Johan Earl, Heidi Houghting, Amelia
Kaldor, Joe Estevez
Executive Producers Sam Kuohal, Jith
Sen, Johan Earl
Producers Johan Earl, Jith Sen
Associate Producers Katherine
Giovenali, Kristy Vernon
Director Jith Sen
Writer Johan Earl
Director of Photography Marc Windon
Partisan Pictures
Sydney NSW
Australia
Phone +61 2 9699 3476
submissions@partisanpictures.com.au
Jith Sen has a long and varied career
having worked in both film and
television on numerous successful
productions including feature films,
light entertainment, commercials
and documentaries. His experience
covers lighting, pre- and postproduction, directing short films and
commercials and working as 1st
Assistant Director on many feature
films. He has an overwhelming
love for his art and his 22 years
experience gives him an in-depth
understanding of the production
process. Shattered is his feature
film directorial debut.
PRODUCER
During the 1990s, Johan Earl studied
film production in New York where
he worked with writing/producing
team Melanie Cavin and Michael
Massen. He worked on various
productions in association with
New York University’s Tisch School
of the Arts and US distributor Di
Lorenzo Inc. Johan starred in two
award-winning short films, Bullet
and Intermezzo. He recently finished
work on The Fort – Reign of the
Wolf, Giuliani Sterrantino’s latest
movie The Mystery, the Japanese
comedy Onshinfutsu and Gabrielle.
In a frontier village in Pakistan, a Pashtun boy longs
to go to school rather than follow his father into the
gun-making business.
Cast Niaz Khan Shinwari,
Sher Alam Miskeen Ustad
Executive Producer
Hayat Khan Shinwari
Producer Carolyn Johnson
Co-Producers Jeff McDonald,
Benjamin Gilmour
Director/Writer Benjamin Gilmour
Fortissimo Film Sales
Van Diemenstraat 100
Amsterdam 1013 CN
Netherlands
Phone +31-20627 3215
Fax +31-20626 1155
info@fortissimo.nl
92 min (16:9 35mm)
DIRECTOR
Benjamin Gilmour’s day job is as
an ambulance officer, helping to
fix injured bodies. But his passion
and his future lie in contributing to
the health of our society through
telling empathetic stories. He is also
a published poet, and has worked
on film shoots from set nurse to
second-unit directing. Son of a Lion
is his first feature film.
PRODUCER
Carolyn Johnson moved from
merchant banking into film
production in 1993. She is an
Australian Film Television and
Radio School (AFTRS) graduate,
who has produced six awardwinning short films. Carolyn has
worked as a producer, production
manager and script editor in
documentary and drama, and
teaches courses in producing and
production management.
James Misbrener © 2007, Shanks’ Pony Pictures © 2007
Niaz Afridi (Niaz Khan Shinwari) and Sher Alam Afridi (Sher Alam Miskeen Ustad).
Photo: Carolyn Johnson Films
Son of a Lion
Streetsweeper
A man walks out of the sea at dawn. He works his way
across a small industrial harbour city, pushing and pulling
his beloved buggy and broom, zigzagging from one zebra
crossing to another. Inspired by the ephemeral things he
finds on ordinary streets – lost love letters and modest
moments – and liable to spontaneous poetry, this princely
pedestrian rambles on. Unnoticed by most passers-by, he
strolls through the sleepy CBD, wanders between ordinary
suburban bungalows, dances in the cemetery, and takes the
highway through the swamp out of town … until, three days
later, at sunset, his odyssey ends by a river.
Cast Marin Mimica
Producer Toby Ralph
Co-Producer Neil Mansfield
Director Neil Mansfield
Writers Neil Mansfield, Marin Mimica
Director of Photography Toby Ralph
Editors Neil Mansfield, Bernard Zelvis
Composers James Misbrener,
Matthew Duffy
77 min (16:9 HDCAM 1080)
DIRECTOR
Neil Mansfield is a 40-year-old
filmmaker who lives and teaches
in Newcastle, Australia. His debut
feature film Fresh Air was released
in 1999. Neil has been developing
Streetsweeper for 10 years.
PRODUCER
Toby Ralph has been working in
documentaries for the BBC and
Channel 4 in London for the past
10 years and is now living in Sydney.
Toby collaborated with Neil Mansfield
on a catalogue of no-budget music
videos shot on 16mm several
years ago, and they have renewed
their working relationship for
Streetsweeper.
Shanks’ Pony Pictures
18 Chinchen Street
Islington NSW 2296
Australia
Phone +61 2 4962 1771
toby@camerabloke.net
Iris (Rose Byrne). Photo: Carolyn Johns
Photo: Pisces All Media
Sweet Cyanide
A young woman invites her four suitors to an abandoned
family home to announce which one she has decided to
spend her life with! When a gangster crashes the party,
murder and mayhem ensue!
Cast Karen Hurley, Valentino Costa,
Mary M G Vidovic, Alan Archer,
Greg Smith, Brian ‘Dipper’ Diplock
Executive Producers Greg Smith,
Mary M G Vidovic, Jonathan Nolan,
Anthony Hassell, Michael Devers
Producers/Writers Jonathan Nolan,
Mary M G Vidovic
Director Jonathan Nolan
Greg Smith
PO Box 5200
Kingston ACT 2604
Australia
Phone +61 2 6296 7609
greg@piscesallmedia.com
89 min (16:9 DV/Mini DV)
Jonathan Nolan is a barrister,
screenwriter and investigator who
divides his insanely busy schedule
between managerial roles in his
many investments with authoring
new media projects. His major
influences are F W Murnau and
John Carpenter. Sweet Cyanide is
his first film in two years. His next
projects are a full slate of interactive
movie and computer game projects.
PRODUCER
Mary M G Vidovic is a production
designer and qualified interior and
fashion designer. Sweet Cyanide is
her debut feature film both in front
and behind the camera.
The Tender Hook
In 1920s Sydney, as the arch of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
progresses towards completion, a beautiful young woman,
Iris, rises to the apex of a love/power triangle. Iris resists
becoming embroiled in the business affairs of her roguish
English lover McHeath as she falls in love with McHeath’s
new protégé, Art, an earnest young boxer. In a flawed moral
landscape each struggles to retain their personal sovereignty.
McHeath is provoked to acts of jealousy and violence and
Art persists in the only course he knows, while Iris’s desires
lead them all to an unexpected and destructive final destiny.
Cast Hugo Weaving, Rose Byrne,
Matt Le Nevez
Executive Producers John Cairns,
Bjorg Veland, Mike Klein
Producers Michelle Harrison,
John Brousek
Director/Writer Jonathan Ogilvie
Geoffrey Simpson ACS
Editor Ken Sallows ASE
Production Designer Pete Baxter
Composer Chris Abrahams
Parkland Pictures
Riverbank House
One Putney Bridge Approach
London SW6 3JD
United Kingdom
Phone +44-207 384 2229
Fax +44-207 610 6630
john@parklandfilms.com
DIRECTOR
Jonathan Ogilvie was born in
Christchurch, New Zealand, where his
immersion in its independent music
scene led to him making numerous
music videos for influential
Antipodean bands including
Straitjacket Fits and Hoodoo Gurus.
He graduated from the Australian
Film Television and Radio School in
1989 and his first 35mm short film,
Despondent Divorcee, was selected
for Official Competition at the Cannes
Film Festival in 1995. Jonathan shot
some Super 8 footage in Cannes,
which then became integral to his
next short, This Film Is a Dog, which
was itself selected for Competition
in Cannes the following year.
PRODUCERS
Michelle Harrison is a highly
respected creative executive with a
slate of films in development and
production through her company
Mandala Films. Credits include
producer of The Tender Hook and
executive producer of Black Water.
105 min (1.85:1 35mm)
In 2006, Michelle project managed
the establishment of the new
National Indigenous Television
(NITV) service and has formerly
worked as a lawyer, the head of
development and production for the
NSW Film and Television Office, and
as a Project Manager for the AFC.
John Brousek is an established
independent Australian producer,
with credits including the Australian
commercial hit The Wog Boy and
Hating Alison Ashley, starring Delta
Goodrem and adapted from Robin
Klein’s best-selling young adult
novel of the same name. John has
worked in all facets of Australian
film production, including various
roles as production accountant and
financial controller on films such as
Babe, Idiot Box, and Mighty Morphin
Power Rangers. John also worked
as a creative executive for Becker
Entertainment and as a production
consultant to the Melbourne
Film Office and for the Australian
Children’s Television Foundation.
90 min (16:9 HD)
What if a stranger decides to ruin your life? Daniel, a timid
bookseller, has a random encounter with Steve, a successful
real estate agent. In Steve, Daniel suddenly sees all that is
wrong in the world, and sets out to destroy him. When Steve
realises that his unknown enemy wants him to spend the
rest of his life as a frightened, hunted man, Steve decides
to defend those dear to him before they are taken from him.
Cast Costas Mandylor,
Damien Richardson
Executive Producers David Redman,
Stewart Faichney, Nigel Odell,
Gareth Wiley
Producers Dean Murphy, Shana Levine
Co-Producer Michelle Wilson
Director/Writer Eric Manchester
Director of Photography Tim Smart
Editor John Leonard
Production Designer Marko Anttonen
Composer Dale Cornelius
Instinct Entertainment Pty Limited
Level 1, 111 Nott Street
Port Melbourne Vic 3207
Australia
Phone +61 3 9646 0955
Fax +61 3 9646 1588
admin@instinctentertainment.com.au
DIRECTOR
Torn is Eric Manchester’s second
collaboration with Shana Levine,
having previously directed the short
film The Upstairs Neighbour.
PRODUCERS
Dean Murphy’s prior producing
credits include Till Human Voices
Wake Us, starring Guy Pearce and
Helena Bonham Carter, and Lex
and Rory. He also directed the
features Strange Bedfellows,
starring Paul Hogan and Michael
Caton, and Muggers.
Shana Levine worked with Dean
Murphy on Strange Bedfellows
and Till Human Voices Wake Us,
and also executive produced the
short The Upstairs Neighbour.
Wendy Hughes and Chris Haywood. Photo: Screentime
Daniel (Damien Richardson). Photo: Instinct Entertainment
Torn
The View from
Greenhaven
90 min (1.85:1 35mm)
Dorothy and Dashiell live in an idyllic coastal town and
have a perfect life – only grumpy Dashiell refuses to see it.
Their adult children surprise them with a mystery train tour
of their own town, and Dashiell is forced to look at life from a
new perspective, and confront the possibility that everything
he could ever want is already right on his doorstep.
Cast Chris Haywood, Wendy Hughes,
Russell Dykstra, Susan Prior, Ed Wills,
Nathan Cameron, Angie Diaz, Marin Mimica,
Rhonda Doyle, Adam Ray, Geoff Morrell,
Carole Skinner, Annie Byron, Moya O’Sullivan
Executive Producers Chris Berry,
Bob Campbell, Tony Forrest
Producer Martin Brown
Co-Producer Alexandra Mooney
Directors/Writers Simon MacRae,
Kenn MacRae
Mark Wareham ACS
Editor Tim Wellburn
Production Designer Michael Phillips
Composer Raj Kamahl
International Sales Agents
Screentime Pty Ltd
108 Alexander Street
Crows Nest NSW 2065
Australia
Phone +61 2 9439 4911
Fax +61 2 9439 4922
mail@screentime.com.au
DIRECTORS
Simon and Kenn MacRae come
from a very successful background
in the creation and direction of TVCs,
corporate work and short films.
The View From Greenhaven is their
first feature film.
Movie Network Channels
Level 6,
39 Chandos Street
St Leonards NSW 2065
Australia
Phone +61 2 9433 1000
Fax +61 2 9437 9450
igraves@movienetwork.com.au
PRODUCER
Martin Brown’s list of distinguished
credits includes producer of Moulin
Rouge and co-producer of Romeo &
Juliet. His television credits include
The One Percenters and Mermaids.
Features in Production
Accidents Happen
Australia
Balibo
Comedy
100 min
Epic, Romance, Adventure
100 min
Drama, Political, Thriller
90 min
Prod Co A.H. Pty Ltd
Exec Prod Heather Ogilvie
Producer Anthony Anderson
Director Andrew Lancaster
Writer Brian Carbee
Cast Geena Davis
Prod Co Bazmark Film Pty Limited
Producers Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Knapman, G Mac Brown
Director Baz Luhrmann
Writers Stuart Beattie, Baz Luhrmann, Ronald Harwood,
Richard Flanagan
Cast Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Brandon Walters,
David Wenham, David Gulpilil, David Ngoombujurra,
Angus Pilakui, Ursula Yovich, Lillian Crombie, Yuen Wah,
Jack Thompson, Ben Mendelsohn, Tony Barry,
Bryan Brown, Essie Davis, Sandy Gore, Barry Otto
Prod Co Balibo Film Pty Ltd
Producers John Maynard, Rebecca Williamson
Director Robert Connolly
Writers Robert Connolly, David Williamson
Cast Anthony LaPaglia
Status Pre-Production
Fifteen-year-old Billy Conway has been an
accident magnet since he was a kid. When he
and his best friend cause an almighty crash
with a bowling ball and a moving car, Billy
must face up to his family’s history and learn
that sometimes someone is to blame and that
sometimes..well...accidents just happen.
www.accidentshappenthemovie.com
Sales Contact
Bankside Films
United Kingdom
Email stephen@bankside-films.com
Phone +44-207 734 3566
Fax +44-203 230 1059
Web www.bankside-films.com
The Band
Erotic, Comedy
90 min
Prod Co Hungry Films
Producers Aer Agrey, Anna Brownfield
Director/Writer Anna Brownfield
Cast Amy Carter, Anthea Eaton, James Marshall,
Rupert Owen, Butch Midway, Phoenix Knight
Status Post-Production
When lead singer Jimmy Taranto dumps his
girlfriend Candy and his rock band Gutter Filth,
Candy decides to take his place in the band.
Together with anal bass player GB, cross-dressing
drummer Dee and Jennifer their loyal manager,
they begin a journey to stardom. While their
success eclipses Jimmy’s, Candy still can’t find the
true love she is looking for. But sometimes the
things you want are right in front of you.
www.hungryfilms.com
Sales Contact
Hungry Films
Australia
Email info@hungryfilms.com
Mobile +61-407 045 566
Web www.hungryfilms.com
At the outbreak of World War II an English aristocrat
(Nicole Kidman) inherits a Northern Territory
station in Australia’s outback. When cattle barons
plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces
with a rough-hewn cattle driver (Hugh Jackman)
to drive two thousand head of cattle across the
country’s most unforgiving landscape, only to face
the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces.
War correspondent Roger East and the
young Jose Ramos-Horta travel to East Timor
to investigate the murders of the Balibo Five
in 1975.
Sales Contact
ContentFilm International
United Kingdom
Email london@contentfilm.com
Phone +44-207 851 6500
Fax +44-207 851 6506
Web www.contentfilm.com
Erotic, Psychological, Romance
100 min
Prod Co Ontological Pictures
Exec Prod Antony I. Ginnane
Producer/Director/Writer Richard Wolstencroft
Cast Ross Ditcham, Kristen Condon, Norman Yemm,
Paul Moder, Michael Carman, Zen Ledden, John Brumpton,
Peter Lesley, Tanya Wenczel, Jason Turley, Louise Quill,
Cheyne Coates, Brian Canham
Twentysomething trust fund kid Anthony Patch
and his party-girl wife live the glamorous life,
until they are disinherited by Anthony’s
wealthy benefactor grandfather and their lives
spiral out of control in a mix of drugs, sex and
violence. Based on the novel by F Scott Fitzgerald.
Sales Contact
Antony I. Ginnane
Australia
Email contact@ifmfilm.com
Phone +61-3 9515 9249
Fax +61-3 9515 9248
Web www.ifmfilm.com
Bright Star
Australia/UK Co-Production
Drama
120 min
Comedy
110 min
Prod Cos Southern Light Films Pty Ltd, Tiger Aspect
Pictures (SPV) Limited
Exec Prod Peter Bennett-Jones
Producers Timothy White, Greg Brenman
Director Scott Hicks
Writer Alan Cubitt
Cast Clive Owen
Joe Warr, 33, is a talented sports writer and also
a husband and father. His life is turned upside
down by his wife’s sudden death, leaving him
with two boys to bring up alone. This is Joe’s
journey from drunken, childish, self-obsession to
manhood, fatherhood and learning to love again.
Sales Contact
Capitol Films Limited, UK
Phone +44-207 471 6000
Sales Contact
20th Century Fox Film Corporation (USA)
Email foxmovies@fox.com
Phone +1-310 369 1000
Web www.fox.com
The Beautiful
and Damned
The Boys Are
Back in Town
BBC Worldwide, UK
Email wwtv@bbc.co.uk
Phone +44-208 433 2000
Miramax Films Inc, USA
Phone +1-212 219 4100
Web www.miramax.com/
Australia/UK Co-Production
Prod Cos Jan Chapman Films, Brightstar Film Ltd
Producers Jan Chapman, Caroline Hewitt
Director Jane Campion
Writer Jane Campion
Cast Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw
Bright Star is the story of the two-year
relationship between the 18-year-old Fanny
Brawne and the 23-year-old John Keats, the now
famous English romantic poet. Based on John
Keats’s letters to Fanny, it is an intense exploration
of their passionate but fated love affair.
Sales Contact
Pathe Pictures International
United Kingdom
Email international.sales@pathe-uk.com
Phone +44-207 323 5151
Fax +44-207 631 3568
Web www.pathe.co.uk
Bring Her Home:
Dead or Alive
Action, Horror
90 min
Prod Co Matthew Scott Films
Exec Prod Chris Scott
Producer/Director/Writer Matthew Scott
Cast David Blazejko, Matthew Scott, Lori Cartier,
Melissa Gerolimos, Robin Royce Queree, Ingrid Astrid
Haubert, Sarah Balkham, Aileen Beale, Mike Zarate,
Derek J Huckel, Andrew Thatcher, Skye Gowrie-Smith,
Greg Nach, Sam Hutchin, Chris Scott, Katherine Wallace,
Jane Taylor, Hannah Connell, J J Sirman
When a Senator’s daughter and her friends go
missing, four assassins are sent out to find them.
What they come across will shock even the most
hardest of souls!
www.myspace.com/bringherhomedeadoralive
Sales Contact
Matthew Scott
Australia
Email info@matthewscott.org
Mobile +61-401 294 661
Web www.matthewscott.org
Belladonna
Criss Cross
Crooked Business
Crush
Epic, Mystery, Romance
100 min
Action, Comedy
90 min
Drama, Comedy
98 min
Thriller, Teen
90 min
Prod Co Glass Kingdom
Exec Prods Annika Glac, Shaun Miller
Producers Annika Glac, Malgosia Corvalan
Director/Writer Annika Glac
Cast Daryl Pellizzer, Katarzyna Mazurek, Pawel Smagala,
Todd MacDonald, Kate Kendall, Katie Jean Harding
Prod Co Breakenback Films
Exec Prod Victor Hammer
Producers Nick Poranek, Igor Smiljevic, Louise Smiljevic
Director/Writer Igor Smiljevic
Cast Igor Breakenback, Louise Smiljevic, Roman Sulovsky,
Marc Redmond, Daniel Whyte, Alex Jewson
Prod Co Crooked Business Production Company Pty Ltd
Exec Prod Jason Murakami
Producer Scott Corfield
Director/Writer Chris Nyst
Cast Teo Gebert, Kelly Atkinson, Firass Dirani
Prod Co Nexus 6 Films Pty Ltd
Exec Prods Ray Meadowcroft, Andrew Morgan,
Michael Favelle
Producer Deidre Kitcher
Directors John V Soto, Jeff Gerritsen
Writer John V Soto
Cast Brooke Harman, Chris Egan, Christian Clark, Emma Lung
Luke, a GP, is about to marry vivacious Katherine.
On the surface everything is perfect, but as the
wedding preparations intensify, Luke is plagued
by nightmares. Unable to sleep, he visits a
hypnotherapist. They travel down deep into
Luke’s subconcious mind. He attempts to reach
out to Katherine but she is lost in the fever of
the preparations. Then, Amelia enters his life.
Two people separated by 4000 years of history
become one as their lives spiral out of control!
www.belladonnathemovie.com
www.breakenback.com/features/crisscross.html
Sales Contact
Breakenback Films
Australia
Email igor@igor-at.net
Phone +61-2 9371 2693
Mobile +61-401 964 169
Web www.breakenback.com
Sales Contact
Glass Kingdom
Australia
Email annika@glasskingdom.com.au
Phone +61-3 9429 5325
Fax +61-3 9429 5323
Web www.glasskingdom.com.au
Small time hustler Elmo and his best mate “StandUp” Stevie are just a couple of knockabouts trying
to make an easy buck as small time crooks. Life
is sweet for the likeable pair until Stevie finds
himself in hot water for selling a dodgy watch to
the biker known as Russian Tony. To buy his way
out, Stevie agrees to do a job for local hood “Bondi
Bob” McLean. All he has to do is fly to Melbourne
to pick up some stolen jewels in a briefcase and
bring them back to Brisbane. How hard can it be?
www.myspace.com/crookedbusinessmovie
The life of Julian Meadows, an American exchange
student and disgraced Tae Kwon Do champion, is
transformed into a living hell after being seduced
by the mysterious yet beautiful Anna.
Sales Contact
Odin’s Eye Entertainment
Australia
Email michael@odinseyeent.com
Mobile +61-403 914 317
Web www.odinseyeent.com
Sales Contact
Nyst Entertainment & Carbon Studio
Australia
Email corevich@nystentertainment
Phone +61-7 5509 2400
Fax +61-7 5571 0949
Daybreakers
The Dinner Party
Dying Breed
Horror
110 min
Drama
90 min
Horror
95 min
Prod Co Lionsgate and Paradise Pty Ltd
Producers Chris Brown, Bryan Furst, Sean Furst
Directors Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Writers Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Cast Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill, Claudia Karvan,
Willem Dafoe
Prod Co Canary Yellow Pty Ltd
Exec Prod Brendan Sloane
Producers Brendan Sloane, Bradley Diebert,
Karel Segers
Director Scott Murden
Writer Scott Murden
Cast Lara Cox, Ben Seton, Mariane Power, Kai Harris,
Brendan Sloane, Sam Lyndon
Prod Co Ambience Entertainment
Exec Prods Christopher Mapp, Matthew Street, David Whealy
Producers Michael Boughen, Rodney Morris
Director Jody Dwyer
Writers Michael Boughen, Rodney Morris, Jody Dwyer
Cast Nathan Phillips, Leigh Whannell, Bille Brown,
Melanie Vallejo, Mirrah Faulks
2028. An unknown plague has transformed
the world’s population into vampires. As the
remaining human population nears extinction, the
immortality of vampires is suddenly threatened
by diminishing blood supplies. Vampires must
capture and farm every remaining human before
time runs out. Then a group of vampires makes a
remarkable discovery - a discovery which has the
power to save the human race.
Joel wants to break up with Angela, his unstable
and manipulative girlfriend. He plans to tell
her after a dinner party she is holding. But Joel
doesn’t know that Angela has other plans for
that night. All the dinner guests have been told
Angela wants to kill Joel and herself in a murder/
suicide after dinner. Will one of the guests speak
out to prevent this tragedy?
Inspired by Alexander Pearce, a 19th century
convict nicknamed ‘the Pieman’ after he dined
on fellow escapees in the Tasmanian wilderness.
When a group of four set out to prove the
Tasmanian Tiger still lives in the forests, they
wander into the domain of the descendants of
the Pieman, who retain their ancestor’s taste for
human flesh.
How to Change in
Nine Weeks
I Wish I Were
Stephanie V
The Last Dragon
Crime
90 min
Romance, Comedy, Drama
110 min
Family
90 min
Prod Co Liberty Films Pty Ltd
Exec Prods Various
Producer Tony Cavanaugh
Director Simone North
Writer Simone North
Cast Kate Bell, Ruth Murphy, Guy Pearce, Miranda Otto,
Sam Neill, Rebecca Gibney, Justine Clarke, Jack Finsterer
Prod Co Courage Films Pty Ltd
Producer Laura Sivis
Director JD Cohen
Writer Chloe Traicos
Cast Chloe Traicos, Jill Mckay, Clayton Watson,
Nathan D Ramsay, Danielle Crane, Aimee Falzon,
Kain O’Keefe, Bree Desborough
It’s what every parent fears: their child not coming home when they’re meant to. On the evening
of March 1st 1999, Rachel Barber, a 15-year-old
student, doesn’t climb off the tram to meet her
dad, Mike. Elizabeth, her mother, and Mike bolt
into action. Based on Elizabeth Southall and
Megan Norris’ book Perfect Victim.
All Helen Andritis wants to do is play tennis,
but her grandmother wants her to find a nice Greek
boyfriend, like Jimmy Koutella. She wants to be like
Stephanie V, her beautiful Eurasian classmate, a
teenage model who plays tennis like a pro.
www.iwishiwerestephaniev.info
Australia/China Co-Production
Prod Co AMPCO Films
Exec Prods Geoffrey Rischbieth, John Hood
Producers Ron Saunders, Mario Andreacchio, John Wild
Director Mario Andreacchio
Writer John Armstrong
A son goes to visit his father who is an
archaeologist excavating in China. The
dysfunctional relationship between the two
is resolved by the son, not only liberating the
last dragon, which he has uncovered, but also
the metaphorical dragons within.
www.ampcofilms.com
Sales Contact
AMPCO Films
Australia
Email jo@ampcofilms.com
Phone +61-8 8331 1528
Fax +61-8 8331 3709
Web www.ampcofilms.com
Sales Contact
Lions Gate Films
United States
Email general-inquiries@lgf.com
Phone +1-310 449 9200
Fax +1-310 255 3870
Web www.lgf.com
Sales Contact
Canary Yellow Pty Ltd
Australia
Email canaryellow2001@yahoo.com.au
Mobile +61-414 916 427
Sales Contact
Australia
Email info@arclightfilms.com
Phone +61-2 8353 2440
Fax +61-2 8353 2437
Web www.arclightfilms.com
Ektopos
Elise
Family Demons
The Long Weekend II Mary & Max
My Year Without Sex
Science Fiction
90 min
Drama
85 min
Psychological, Horror
82 min
Horror
90 min
Animation, Drama
80 min
Romance, Comedy, Family
90 min
Prod Co Ektopos Productions Pty Ltd
Exec Prod Lisa Raciti
Producer Lisa Raciti
Director Ben Shackleford
Writers Shelley Egan, Max Dann, Ben Shackleford
Cast Mark Hefti, Jay Bowen, Julia Markovski,
Peter Sumner, Sonya Kerr, Joe Main, H Clare Callow,
Colin Masters, Liam McIntyre, Phillip McKechnie,
Nicola Farray
Prod Cos Kojo Pictures, Essential Pictures
Exec Prods Rosemary Blight, Tristan Whalley,
Matthew Street
Producers Ben Grant, Kent Smith
Director James Bogle
Writer James Bogle
Cast Natalie Imbruglia, Daniel Frederiksen,
Deborah Kennedy, Tony Martin, Danielle Catanzariti,
Tiahn Mabarrack
Prod Co Saylavee Productions
Exec Prods Bruce Crompton, Stuart Sturgess
Producers Sharyn Pancione, Sue Brown
Director Ursula Dabrowsky
Writer Ursula Dabrowsky
Cast Cassandra Kane, Kerry Reid, Alex Rafalowicz,
Tommy Darwin
Prod Co Arclight Films International Australia
Producers Nigel Odell, Gary Hamilton
Director Jamie Blanks
Writer Everett De Roche
Cast Jim Caviezel, Claudia Karvan
Prod Co Melodrama Pictures Pty Ltd
Exec Prods Various
Producer Melanie Coombs
Director Adam Elliot
Writer Adam Elliot
Cast Eric Bana, narration by Barry Humphries
Prod Co My Year Pty Ltd
Exec Prods John Maynard, Andrew Myer, Paul Wiegard,
Andrew Barlow
Producer Bridget Ikin
Director Sarah Watt
Writer Sarah Watt
Cast Matt Day, Sacha Horler, Katie Wall, Fred Whitlock
A group stranded on the lunar mining colony
of Ektopos are running out of resources. With no
communication from Earth, they must make a
choice. Do they return to Earth not knowing what
awaits them or venture outwards in search of a
new future?
How can you understand one day without
understanding the day before? At the beach one
summer day a young girl goes missing. Twenty
years on, her sister finds the courage to rearrange
the pieces of her broken life and invent a new
beginning.
When an abused teenage girl murders her
alcoholic mother, the mother’s vengeful spirit
returns to haunt her.
A married couple take a camping trip to a
remote beach to heal their savagely wounded
relationship, but prove as destructive and lethal to
the world around them as they are to themselves.
Mother Nature has a dark side.
www.ektoposmovie.com
Sales Contact
Goalpost Film
United Kingdom
Email tristan@goalpostfilm.com
Phone +44-207 585 3232
Sales Contact
Ektopos Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
Email info@ektoposmovie.com
Mobile +61-417 718 832
Web www.ektoposmovie.com
www.familydemons.com
Sales Contact
Saylavee Productions
Australia
Email saylavee@adelaide.on.net
Phone +61-8 8241 7668
Mobile +61-419 034 292
Web www.familydemons.com
Sales Contact
Icon Film Distribution Australia
Australia
Phone +61-2 8332 3958
Web www.iconmovies.com.au
Sales Contact
Courage Films Pty Ltd
Australia
Email laura@couragefilms.com
Phone +61-2 9875 3315
Fax +61-2 9945 1610
Mobile +61-3 6504 5175
Status Production
Sales Contact
Email info@arclightfilms.com
Phone +61-2 8353 2440
Fax +61-2 8353 2437
Web www.arclightfilms.com
Status Production
The claymation tale of the lifelong pen-friendship
between Mary Dinkle, a chubby lonely eightyear-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne,
and Max Horovitz, a 44-year-old, severely obese,
Jewish man with Aspergers Syndrome living
in the chaos of New York. Spanning 20 years
and two continents, Mary and Max’s friendship
survives much, much more than the average diet
of life’s ups and downs.
Sales Contact
Icon Entertainment International
United States
Email aveneziano@icon-films.com
Phone +1-310 434 7309
Fax +1-310 434 7377
A contemporary romantic, and slightly dark,
comedy exploring the fortunes and foibles of
an average family over the course of a year.
Sales Contact
The Works
United Kingdom
Email joy.wong@theworksmediagroup.com
Phone +44-207 612 1080
Fax +44-207 612 1081
Web www.theworksmediagroup.com
Web www.iconmovies.net
Penelope
Personality Plus
Prey
The Sculptor
The Square
To Hell and Bourke
Fantasy, Psychological, Romance
120 min
Drama
86 min
Horror
90 min
Psychological, Thriller
90 min
Drama, Thriller
105 min
Comedy, Road Movie
95 min
Prod Co Focus Media
Producer Irena Markovic
Director Ben Ferris
Writer Ben Ferris
Cast Natalie Finderle, Frano Maskovic
Prod Co Sure Fire Films
Producer Clem Maloney
Director Clem Maloney
Writer Clem Maloney
Cast Peter Hosking, Clem Maloney, Fiona Macys,
Michael Carman, Mick Preston, Jill Remez,
Anthony Douglas, Christina Collard, Giovanni Berger,
Ana Almanza, Sally Anne Arnott, Steve Salisbury,
Randall Berger, Tony Douglass, Andrew Gashumba
Prod Co Top Cat Films Pty Ltd
Producers Elizabeth Howatt-Jackman, Robert Galinski
Director George Miller
Writers John V Soto, George Miller
Cast Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Jesse Johnson,
Natalie Walker, Ben Kermode, Christian Clarke, Kristen
Sargeant, Pamela Shaw, Jennifer Hansen, Joe Hasham
Prod Co Skyview Films Pty Ltd
Exec Prod Christopher Kenworthy
Producers Chantal Bourgault, Christopher Kenworthy
Director Christopher Kenworthy
Writers Christopher Kenworthy, Chantal Bourgault
Cast Paul David-Goddard, Melanie Vallejo,
Georgina Andrews
Prod Co Media World Pictures
Producers Ross Hutchens, Colin South
Director Richard Frankland
Writer Richard Frankland
Cast Luke Carroll, Leon Burchill, David Page,
Valentino Del Toro
Status Production
Six young people head off on a surfing holiday.
They are lured into the desert by a local character,
whose master needs fresh victims to consume.
Prod Co Film Depot Pty Ltd
Exec Prods Nash Edgerton, Joel Edgerton,
Matthew Dabner
Producer Louise Smith
Director Nash Edgerton
Writers Joel Edgerton, Matthew Dabner
Cast David Roberts, Claire van der Boom, Joel Edgerton,
Anthony Hayes, Peter Phelps, Kieran Darcy-Smith,
Damon Herriman, Bill Hunter, Lucy Bell,
Brendan Donoghue, Hanna Mangan-Lawrence
Penelope is a fresh examination of the character
of Penelope from Homer’s epic, The Odyssey,
who waits for 20 years for her husband Odysseus
to return from the Trojan War. Set in Croatia, in a
mythic time and space, the film challenges the
mythological tradition with contemporary attitudes,
through a re-evaluation of the role of Penelope.
www.penelopa.com.au
Sales Contact
Artemis Projects
Australia
Email info@penelopa.com.au
Phone +61-2 9380 4341
Fax +61-2 9698 2246
Mobile +61-422 950 595
When Peter Franks says he’s not himself some
days, he’s not kidding.
Sales Contact
Sure Fire Films
Australia
Email clem@surefirefilms.com
Phone +61-425 730 878
Mobile +61-425 730 878
Web www.surefirefilms.com
Sales Contact
Top Cat Films Pty Ltd
Australia
Email ehowatt@bigpond.net.au
Phone +61-3 9681 8555
Fax +61-3 9681 8522
Status Production
A struggling artist dabbles in black magic to
find success. When he has everything he ever
dreamed of, the demons come back to haunt
his work, his life and his family.
www.skyviewfilms.com/thesculptor.html
Sales Contact
Skyview Films Pty Ltd
Australia
Email enquiries@skyviewfilms.com
Fax +61-8 9463 7804
Mobile +61-439 911 077
Web www.skyviewfilms.com
A man’s life begins to unravel when his mistress
brings him a bag of cash.
Sales Contact
Pathe Pictures International
United Kingdom
Email international.sales@pathe-uk.com
Phone +44-207 323 5151
Fax +44-207 631 3568
Web www.pathe.co.uk
City-based Eddie sets off to reconnect with his
blackfella roots by taking sacred stone back to
his home in the outback. But when cousin
Charlie brings along 187 pre-rolled joints for
the ride, the journey becomes more of a mind
trip than a road trip!
Sales Contact
Lightning Entertainment
United States
Email rsguardian@lightning-ent.com
Phone +1-310 255 7999
Fax +1-310 255 7998
Mobile 13107707472
Web www.lightning-ent.com
Punishment
Purge
The Rival
The Tumbler
Two Fists One Heart Wishbone
Thriller
100 min
Science Fiction
80 min
Drama
110 min
Political, Thriller
90 min
Drama
90 min
Family, Adventure
100 min
Prod Co Glover Productions Pty Ltd
Exec Prods Peter Glover, Mike Fitzgerald,
Stephanie Apps
Producer Peter Glover
Director/Writer Danny Matier
Cast Nicholas Bishop, Roxane Wilson, Scott McCrae,
Bryan Probets, Nicholas Cooper, Mungo McKay
Prod Co DJK Media in association with
Saddington Studios
Exec Prods David King, Lindsay Saddington
Producer David King
Director David King
Writer David King
Cast Sarah Breen, Meda Royall, Frances Marrington,
Damon Hunter, Adam Royall, Sanford Tong,
Michael F Cahill, John Francis Howard
Prod Co Centaur Enterprises Pty Ltd
Producers John Meagher, Margaret Wentworth
Director John Meagher
Writer John Meagher
Cast Wilma Kaddissi, Stephen Leeder, Brendan Rock,
Martin Lloyd, Vincent Stone
Prod Co Mondayitis Productions Pty Ltd
Producers Marc Gracie, Stacey Testro
Director Marc Gracie
Writer Chris Thompson
Cast Gary Sweet
Prod Co Palm Beach Pictures Pty Ltd
Exec Prod Rai Fazio
Producer David Elfick
Director Shawn Seet
Writer Rai Fazio
Cast Daniel Amalm, Ennio Fantastichini, Jessica Marais,
Rai Fazio, Paul Pantano, Louisa Mignone, Rosemary Lenzo,
Tim Minchin
Prod Co CMP
Producers John Hutchens, David Morgan, Jonathan Hardy
Director Dave Letch
Writers Buck Buckingham, Jonathan Hardy
Cast John Gibney, David Angel, Kendall Feaver,
John Kelly, Nicolle Dickson, Fiona Churchill
Jonah is a hitman by trade and a man on a
mission of revenge. But while he is trying to
escape the police, two innocent people, father
and daughter, are killed. He is eventually captured
by Marie, wife and mother of the deceased, a
woman devastated by loss and barely hanging
onto her own sanity.
www.punishmentthemovie.com
Sales Contact
Glover Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
Email info@gloverproductions.com
Phone +61-7 3369 8958
Fax +61-7 3369 8918
Web www.gloverproductions.com
Australia, an unspecified future. Genetic
engineering companies artificially create all
citizens and program their future roles. The
story follows a young woman forced to flee
underground when she is unable to assume
her pre-ordained role as a BDSM mistress-slave.
Sales Contact
DJK Media in association with Saddington Studios
Australia
Email davidkingmedia@yahoo.com.au
Phone +61-3 5259 3323
Fax +61-3 5259 3323
A tough middle-aged widower trains a young
female boxer for the state final and they become
lovers. Incarcerated for a crime he didn’t commit,
his son takes over the coaching - and the sex.
Then his father is acquitted.
Sales Contact
Centaur Enterprises Pty Ltd
Australia
Email centaurfilms@bigpond.com
Phone +61-2 9997 2232
Mobile +61-410 324 911
An ace safecracker teams up with a female
US soldier and an Afghani-Australian to search
for military gold that was left behind at an army
base during World War II.
Sales Contact
Mondayitis Productions Pty Ltd
Australia
Email marc@mondayitis.com.au
Phone +61-3 9646 9222
Fax +61-3 9646 7501
Mobile +61-417 334 962
Anthony is a young Italian-Australian boxer being
pushed to the limit by his Sicilian father Joe, who
is also his trainer. Joe wants Anthony to achieve
the success in the ring that he was denied as a
young man. When Anthony meets Kate, he loses
focus on boxing and Joe turns his back on his son.
When Joe is betrayed by another boxer, Anthony
decides to honour his father and his family.
Sales Contact
Hanway Films
United Kingdom
Email info@hanwayfilms.com
Phone +44-207 290 0750
Fax +44-207 290 0751
Web www.hanwayfilms.com
Years ago, bushranger Mad Dog Matilda robbed
from the rich to give to the poor, leaping over
a cliff to escape capture. Today a group of
teenagers turn up in Mad Dog Matilda territory,
with their parents in hot pursuit. The kids try to
keep a low profile, but want to explore the
town and its secrets.
www.cmp.org.au
Sales Contact
Community Movie Productions
CMP
Australia
Email david@timothycourt.com.au
Phone +61-2 4883 6857
Fax +61-2 4868 2301
Web www.cmp.org.au

Australian Feature Films 2008 - Part 2

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