Bolstered by the early success of its first slate of micro budget films, 2022 AACTA-nominated, grassroots production company Breathless Films (Lonesome, The Longest Weekend) is seeking to build a diverse second slate of films that will appeal to both local and international audiences. Breathless is therefore today announcing a general call out to writers and […]
Category: Lonesome
Dark Star Acquires North American Rights to ‘Lonesome’ Ahead of Frameline Festival (EXCLUSIVE)
By Leo Barraclough (Variety Magazine) Dark Star Pictures has acquired distribution rights in North America for Australian gay love story “Lonesome,” directed by Craig Boreham. Following its world premiere at the Seattle Intl. Film Festival in April, San Francisco’s Frameline Film Festival will present the film on June 20. The film is also screening at the Guadalajara Intl. […]
Queer Sydney Film Festival picks: Lonesome, The Longest Weekend
Two Australian independent films championed by the same production company explore LGBTQIA+ Sydney stories. 6 Jun 2022 Stephen A Russell (Screen Hub) FILM Lonesome started as sketches for two different shorts. Image: When Teenage Kicks director Craig Boreham set about casting his latest feature Lonesome, which enjoys its Australian premiere as part of this year’s Sydney Film Festival (SFF) he […]
Craig Boreham’s Lonesome to have World Premiere at Seattle International Film Festival
Director Craig Boreham’s new feature film Lonesome will have its world premiere at the prestigious Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) this month. Lonesome Lonesome tells the story of Casey (Josh Lavery), a country lad running from a small-town scandal, who finds himself down and out in the big smoke of Sydney, when he meets Tib (Daniel Gabriel), a […]
Australian director Craig Boreham’s “Lonesome” to be launched at Berlin by M-Appeal
The new Australian feature film “Lonesome”, from director Craig Boreham, has been acquired for world sales by the international film sales outfit M-Appeal and will be launched at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin. “Lonesome” tells the story of Casey (Josh Lavery), a country lad running from a small-town scandal who finds himself down […]
Four Australian films to tempt festival directors in 2022
BY SANDY GEORGE (Screen Daily) 25 JANUARY 2022 New films from rising directors and the latest titles from renowned filmmakers head the festival films coming out of Australia this year. Blaze Dir. Del Kathryn BartonThe teenager at the heart of this feature debut by the acclaimed artist – played by Julia Savage – unleashes the wrath of […]
Indie queer feature film Lonesome (Dir. Craig Boreham) starts shooting in Sydney
LONESOME Unflinching new feature Lonesome, from Director Craig Boreham, beginsfilming in Sydney. Shooting has begun in Sydney on the independent feature Lonesome, the second feature film from writer, director Craig Boreham following his acclaimed feature debut Teenage Kicks which is now streaming on Netflix Australia. Lonesome is the story of Casey, a closeted country lad […]