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. Film Festival, which runs June 10-18.
The deal was made with Berlin-based sales outfit M-Appeal, which has already secured distribution for the film in the U.K. and Ireland (Peccadillo Pictures), France (Optimale Distribution), multi-territory Europe (Cinemien/OUTtv Europe), and Poland (Tongariro Releasing).
Sydney-based Boreham was described by The Guardian newspaper as “a strong new voice in Australian Queer cinema” following the premiere of his debut feature film “Teenage Kicks” at the Sydney Film Festival in 2016.
“Lonesome” follows Casey, a country boy, who finds himself down and out in Sydney. When he meets Tib, a street-smart city boy struggling with his own scars of isolation, there’s chemistry, not only sexually but also emotionally as both men find something they have been missing.
“Taking audiences on a thrilling, hedonistic and erotic journey, the film’s lead characters navigate hook-up culture alongside their search for real connection,” according to M-Appeal.
Michael Repsch, president of Dark Star Pictures, said Boreham has “crafted an enthralling and visually stunning take on the big city meets country love story. This refreshing vision is a great representation of the stories Dark Star wants to share with audiences.”
Dark Star, which focuses on auteur-driven and thought-provoking cinema, will be taking “Lonesome” to film festivals first with a theatrical release planned for early 2023, beginning in New York and Los Angeles, and a digital release to follow. Alongside “Lonesome,” Dark Star is launching several newly acquired titles at Frameline Film Festival, including “Phantom Project,” “El Houb” and “Petit Mal.”
Gathering interest from LGBTQ and generalist festivals alike, “Lonesome” world premiered in April at Seattle, followed by InsideOut Toronto, Guadalajara, Lovers Film Festival Turin and Sydney Intl. Film Festival.
“Lonesome” is produced by Ulysses Oliver, Dean Francis, Ben Ferris and Boreham.
Boreham’s awards include best film at My Queer Career, Mardi Gras Film Festival, the City of Melbourne Best Short Film Award, Melbourne Queer Film Festival and National Film Sound Archive Orlando Award. In 2008, a retrospective of Boreham’s work, Cinema of True Poison, was presented by Fundacion Triangulo in Madrid.
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 hit on an unusual approach to ensure it was appropriately queer. ‘There’s a whole conversation about authentic casting happening at the moment, but it turned out to be a lot more difficult than you’d imagine,’ he says. ‘Going through the traditional channels, you can’t just ask people if they’re gay in an interview. A lot of the time, their agents weren’t really sure or weren’t sure if they would disclose, and a lot of openly gay actors don’t want to be pigeonholed doing queer stuff.’
Director Craig Boreham’s new feature film Lonesome will have its world premiere at the prestigious Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) this month.
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 city boy, struggling with his own scars of isolation. Together both men find something they have been missing but neither of them knows quite how to negotiate it.
Lonesome also features the acting talent of Anni Finsterer and Ian Roberts and was produced independently by Ben Ferris and Ulysses Oliver from Breathless Films, Dean Francis of JJ Splice Films, who was also the film’s Director of Photography, and executive producer Paul Struthers with m-appeal handling worldwide sales.
Craig says to premiere at SIFF is “an absolute thrill.
“This film was such a labour of love for the entire cast and crew, and we can’t wait to show it to an audience for the first time. SIFF is one of the top festivals in North America, so it is an honour to be having our world premiere there,” says Boreham.
Producer Ben Ferris says, “Lonesome is a poignant and timely queer love story, and one that emerges unexpectedly amid the transactional world of casual hook-up culture. Craig’s talent as a director allows him a lightness of touch to find the comic in the tragic, while losing none of the authenticity and tenderness at the film’s heart. Dean Francis’ cinematography lends a cinematic grace to the basements and rooftops of a Sydney less frequently depicted on screen.”
Producer / Director of Photography Dean Francis says, “It’s rare to see the inner emotional lives of diverse queer characters portrayed with such raw honesty. Making Lonesome totally independently gave Craig and the team complete creative freedom, and it’s fabulous to see these instincts validated by the market and the high-profile film festivals that are embracing Lonesome.”
Lonesome is Boreham’s sophomore feature after 2016 Teenage Kicks. Teenage Kicks had its world premiere at Sydney Film Festival and its European premiere at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival after which the Guardian named Boreham “a compelling new voice in queer Australian cinema”.
Currently Craig is in development on his next project, an adaptation of the acclaimed queer neo-noir novel, Down the Hume. Development is being supported by Screen Australia and is being penned by Craig and the book’s author Peter Polites along with Adrian Chiarella. It is being produced by Annmaree Bell and Paul Struthers of Azure Productions. Down The Hume will be heading to market at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
In the spirit of the French New Wave, enterprising film producers have turned the limitations of time, money, scale and resources into a virtue, greenlighting 5 distinct new Australian films that are set to shake up the local film industry.
Innovative production company, Breathless Films, founded by producers Ulysses Oliver and Ben Ferris, and based in Newtown, Sydney, have had their first success.
Lonesome, written and directed by Craig Boreham has been picked up by Berlin based world sales agent M-Appeal, who will take the feature, a drama, to the European Film Market.
Shot by Dean Francis (JJ splice Films) who produced it with Breathless, Lonesome, Boreham told FilmInk, “is set in a very urban, contemporary and very gay Australian landscape.”
The film stars Joshua Lavery and Daniel Gabriel, with Ian Roberts and Anni Finsterer with a plot about two men searching for a way to heal deeply personal wounds.
CRAIG BOREHAM
“When I was writing the script,” Boreham, who is also a producer, explained, “I was thinking about the need for community and connection and how those things can be harder to find than in previous generations despite the interconnectedness we supposedly have through the digital landscape.”
Teenage Kicks, Boreham’s debut, made a major impact in 2016, with one prominent critic dubbing the filmmaker, ‘a strong new voice in Australian Queer cinema.’
Lonesome, which was lensed mid-2021, was the second feature of an ambitious five film production slate that Breathless spent most of 2020 developing.
“Ulysses and I have been talking about doing something like Breathless Films for years,” Ferris told FilmInk.
The pair first met at the old Sydney Film School (SFS, 2004-2018) over a decade ago. Then, Oliver was a student (and entrepreneur) and Ferris, a founder of SFS, was the school’s director. Both have since built careers that merge a broad spectrum of production experience.
Oliver produced short films, including the very successful Telegram Man (2009) and co-wrote the Steven Seagal actioner The Perfect Weapon (2016). Ferris directed the experimental feature Penelope (2009) and the documentaries 57 Lawson (2016) and In(di)visible (2021), which screens at the Antenna Festival this month.
The last decade of work for both, says Oliver, has informed a filmmaking philosophy that’s about, “experimenting with an alternative pathway to making movies.
“Other pathways are all very valid,” he said. “But [in most cases], it does lead to a very extended development, financing and marketing period… with thousands of strings attached. That seems to be the approach to making films in Australia.”
Inspired by the French New Wave – the company brand name is a self-conscious homage to Godard’s 1960 classic – Oliver says that limitations of time, money, scale and resources can be made into virtues: “it’s about making films rather than making business decisions.”
Once Breathless announced a commitment to make five features in less than a year, it did not take long for filmmakers to come knocking, Ferris said.
“We looked at anything and everything regardless of genre from chamber pieces to sci fi,” he said. “We ended up getting quite scientific about it,” Oliver adds. “We had a spreadsheet. One of the columns was feasibility – which happens to be our middle name.”
There was also an X factor column, indicating a project that had something. “Story,” he said, “was top of the list.”
Ferris says that the best thing about the Breathless model was that “every film we finally selected has its own model, with your filmmaking teams bringing in something specific. This model is about trust, not tech, not employees. We’re partners.”
Oliver had a chance to test out his theories early in 2020 with Love Road [above], the first film on the Breathless slate (with co-producers Select Field), which he wrote and directed. Inspired by the romantic films of Richard Linklater, it features Shalane Connors (A Place to Call Home) and Ishak Issa (Australian Gangster), with Aileen Beale (Friday on My Mind). Told using an adventurous narrative where the action cuts between three stages of a relationship – that is three points in time – the film is, as the title suggests, a road movie. “It’s a relationship drama that’s also a bit of a thriller,” he said.
This experience helped Ferris and Oliver to formulate an approach that’s flexible, emphasising agility, and a production style that is perhaps less hierarchical than what is common practice: “Decisions are shared, and everyone is involved,” Ferris said. “We’re offering a plan, a framework, hands-on support, a creative sounding board…”
Breathless’ attitude was part of what attracted the team behind The Longest Weekend [above] to join the slate. “I appreciated their willingness to allow us to produce ourselves,” Jorrden Daley, told FilmInk, “and the freedom they gave us to do so.” Daley wrote the comedy-drama and produced with director Molly Haddon [below] and Rebecca Yates.
Starring rising talent Mia Artemis (Sweet Tooth, Pieces of Her), Elly Hiraani Clapin and Adam Golledge, with Tammy Macintosh (Wentworth), it’s a character piece about sibling conflict. Like all the Breathless films it was a short shoot, only seventeen days in this instance, but says Haddon, preparation was the key: “It was very important for me to have time to work with the actors and allow them to develop their characters. Seeing as we wouldn’t have the time on set, we had weekly rehearsals for the two months prior to filming.”
For Tennessine [below] Breathless partnered with writer-director Amin Palangi (Love Marriage in Kabul.) This drama, set in an isolated location, deals with ‘the forces of migration and displacement,’ says the filmmaker.
Starring Osamah Sami (Ali’s Wedding), and featuring Robert Rabiah (Underbelly, Safe Harbour) with newcomer Faezeh Alavi, it’s about two lovers reunited after a long absence. Most of the dialogue is in Farsi.
“We wanted to capture our Persian-speaking characters against a distinct Australian landscape to tell a new and contemporary story away from urban settings,” Palangi told FilmInk.
“This meant that the entire cast and crew had to be housed in a remote location, living and working together for a few weeks.”
The last film shot on the Breathless slate was Birdeater from Jack Clark and Jim Weir. It’s a topical ‘genre-hybrid’ say the team.
Produced by Stephanie Troost, Birdeater features an ensemble cast including Shabana Azeez (Metro Sexual), Mackenzie Fearnley (Operation Buffalo), Clementine Anderson (Fitting), Jack Bannister (Lysa and the Freeborn Dames), Alfie Gledhill (Lie With Me) and Harley Wilson (Threshold).
“The film pivots on a potential psychological abuse allegation that arises during the middle of a buck’s party,” Weir told FilmInk. The plot is about how each of the male friends respond to such a claim.
BIRDEATER’S JACK CLARK AND JIM WEIR
The duo [above] not only co-wrote but elected to co-direct, a choice that challenges the mainstream feature production model here, but somewhat typical of Breathless’ appetite to challenge convention.
“Jack and I had spent five years collaborating since we met at film school,” Weir said. They spent a year or more developing Birdeater, which paid off when Breathless gave the pair the chance to make their first feature straight out of film school.
Adds Clark: “Our story got us through the door, and it was from the story that Breathless seemed to evaluate our potential as a project. This was antithetical to everything we had been taught about a market driven film economy, so there wasn’t much hesitation to dive in on our end.”
BIRDEATER
Each of the five pictures captures something special according to Ferris: “That’s the bottom line. They have managed to capture a world view that’s deeply felt and clearly expressed.”
Ferris and Oliver will be releasing the five titles from their first Breathless slate in the coming year as they develop a new raft of projects for their next slate of films.
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 and out in the big smoke of Sydney. When he meets Tib (Daniel Gabriel), a young city lad, struggling with his own scars of isolation, both men find something they have been missing but neither of them knows quite how to negotiate it.
This is the second feature film from award winning director Craig Boreham who’s debut feature film “Teenage Kicks” premiered at the Sydney Film Festival in 2016 to critical acclaim with the Guardian describing Boreham as “a strong new voice in Australian Queer cinema.”
Boreham directed and produced the film alongside producers Ben Ferris and Ulysses Oliver of Breathless Films, and Dean Francis of JJ Splice Films who was also the film’s Director of Photography. With executive producer Paul Struthers and associate producer David Libter.
M-Appeal said in a statement “We’re very happy to welcome on board Lonesome. It takes audiences on a thrilling, hedonistic, erotic journey, depicting two characters, who not only seek sexual fulfilment but also acceptance and a meaningful bond.”
Producer Ben Ferris describes Lonesome as “a poignant and timely queer love story, and one that emerges unexpectedly amid the transactional world of casual hook-up culture.
Craig’s talent as a director allows him a lightness of touch to find the comic in the tragic, while losing none of the authenticity and tenderness at the film’s heart. Dean Francis’ photography lends a cinematic grace to the basements and rooftops of a Sydney less frequently depicted on screen.”
For more info contact Ulysses Oliver at Breathless films info@box5499.temp.domains
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 Barton The teenager at the heart of this feature debut by the acclaimed artist – played by Julia Savage – unleashes the wrath of an imaginary dragon after witnessing something truly awful. Simon Baker and Yael Stone are also in the cast. Barton co-directed the short film The Nightingale And The Rose, which was nominated for a Crystal Bear at the Berlinale. Contact: MK2
SOURCE: BREATHLESS FILMS LONESOME
Lonesome
Dir. Craig Boreham This drama sees a country lad flees to the city and meets a man distracting himself from his own isolation with regular sexual hook ups. Lonesome is one of the first titles from Breathless Films, home to uncompromising, contemporary micro-budget features. Boreham’s first film was Teenage Kicks, which won an Iris Prize for the lead actor. Contact: Breathless Films
The Mountain
Dir. Rolf de Heer The central character in Rolf de Heer’s The Mountain, played by Mwajemi Hussein,escapes from a cage in the desert and journeys through a battered world. De Heer is a Cannes favourite and his films have been selected for Un Certain Regard three times previously, with Ten Canoes winning the special jury prize in 2006. The Quiet Room and Dance Me To My Son screened in Competition in 1998 and 1996 respectively. Contact:Fandango
Petrol
Dir. Alena Lodkina Lodkina is directing her own script about a film student and a performance artist whose lives become entwined when they move in together. It is Lodkina’s second feature after Strange Colours, which premiered at Venice in 2017, and Kate Laurie is again producing under the Arenamedia banner. Contact: Arenamedia
Tender new family drama The Longest Weekend, starring rising talent Mia Artemis (Sweet Tooth, Pieces of Her), wraps production in Sydney.
Production has wrapped on the independent family drama The Longest Weekend, the first feature film from emerging director Molly Haddon in collaboration with writer/producer Jorrden Daley and producer Rebecca Yates.
The Longest Weekend tells the story of three disconnected siblings, Lou (Artemis), Avery (Elly Hiraani Clapin) and Rio (Adam Golledge), who, while their mother Sadie (Tammy MacIntosh) is away, unexpectedly converge on the family home over the course of a long weekend. During this rare time together sisters Lou and Avery discover that their long-absent abusive father Mark (John Batchelor) has reached out to make contact with their younger brother, Rio. The Longest Weekend is a raw and tender film about the healing power of speaking the unspoken and finding a way to move beyond your circumstances.
“I wanted to make a film that was relatable, that people could see themselves in, even in the smallest of ways,” says Director Molly Haddon. “But it’s an emotional piece that touches on some very raw elements that everyone feels but tries to avoid. Holding yourself accountable, recognising your flaws, trying to change is never easy. Our actors had to delve deep. They brought these characters to life with their dedication and their honesty, and I’m so grateful for that.”
Joining Haddon is friend and collaborator Jorrden Daley who is co-producing as well as screenwriter. “Molly and I have been talking about working together on a feature project for years,” says Daley, “We’ve always explored similar themes in our work, and this story came together so naturally, it felt like the perfect project to collaborate on.” They are joined by ARIA-nominated Director of Photography Jack Shepherd.
The creative team has joined forces with Ben Ferris and Ulysses Oliver from Breathless Films with The Longest Weekend now the third feature announced by the newly established independent production company, following Tennessine, a romantic thriller, and Lonesome, a queer love story, both currently in post-production. All three productions reflect the company’s aim to merge creative risk-taking with commercial viability for a diverse community of Australian filmmakers.
Unflinching new feature Lonesome, from Director Craig Boreham, begins filming 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 running from a small-town scandal, who finds himself down and out in the big smoke world of hook-up apps and anonymous sex. When he meets Tib, a young gay man who entertains a string of meaningless encounters with random men to distract from his own scars of isolation, both men find something they have been missing but neither of them knows quite how to negotiate it. Lonesome stars new-comers Josh Lavery in the role of Casey and Daniel Gabriel as Tib with Anni Finsterer (Sweet Country) and Ian Roberts (Superman Returns) in supporting roles.
“It’s exciting to be telling this story with such a brilliant cast,” says Director Craig Boreham. “It’s a very queer tale and a very specific storyworld that we are building and our actors are throwing themselves into it with the kind of daring energy that the story deserves.”
Joining Craig in the creative team is long time friend and collaborator Dean Francis (Drown) from JJ Splice, who is co-producing as well as Director of Photography. “Dean and I have been talking about working together on a feature project for years,” says Boreham, “We have both explored similar themes in our work and have been great support for each other’s projects over the years and this just felt like the perfect project to collaborate on.”
“I was very drawn to Craig’s screenplay because it doesn’t hold back in telling a queer story explicitly and with emotional authenticity. Both Craig and I are accustomed to being slapped with an R18+ rating for our work and we are both driven as filmmakers to push back against the conservatism of Australian cinema,” says Francis, who’s second feature film Drown was the best-selling feature at the Mardi Gras Film Festival.
The pair have joined forces with Ben Ferris and Ulysses Oliver from Breathless Films with Lonesome becoming the second feature announced by the newly established independent production company, following Tennessine, a romantic drama currently in post-production. Both productions well reflect the endeavour of the company’s aim at fostering the opportunity to merge creative risk-taking with commercial viability for a diverse community of Australian filmmakers.
Lonesome is an indie feature film exploring sexuality, loneliness and isolation in a world that has never been more connected.
TENNESSINE, a new Australian feature film, is currently in production in Sydney and regional New South Wales. The film is directed by award-winning Australian-Iranian filmmaker Amin Palangi (Love Marriage in Kabul) and written by and starring AACTA Award winner Osamah Sami (Ali’s Wedding). TENNESSINE is a psychological drama following Arash (Osamah Sami), named after the Persian mythical archer, who against his family’s wishes, arrives in Australia to reunite with the love of his life, the elusive Nazanin (emerging new talent Faezeh Alavi). While the couple is about to spend a romantic weekend in a cabin in the woods, the arrival of Nasser (AACTA-nominated actor Robert Rabiah), owner of the rural property, interrupts the idyllic reunion Arash had hoped for and raises doubts about his connection with Nazanin. Soon, Arash learns of deep harboured secrets, which leads him down a path of self-destructions.
Set against a background of migration, TENNESSINE portrays the effects of displacement and explores themes of family duty, belonging and love. Predominantly spoken in Persian, the film also tells the story of an entire generation of young people separated due to circumstances beyond their control, and the consequences of these events on their relationships and identities.
A collaborative and explorative work, TENNESSINE’s independent production emerged from a buzzing, fertile loam of culturally diverse Australian creatives with shared grounds in migration, cinema and storytelling.
TENNESSINE is an original story by Amin Palangi and Osamah Sami, produced by Palangi Productions and newly established production house Breathless Films.
Amin Palangi is an Australian-Iranian award-winning filmmaker and significant contributor to the Australian Arts & Cultural diversity landscape with programs and projects in arts and in the screen industry in particular. His debut documentary, Love Marriage in Kabul, won the Audience Award at Sydney Film Festival, Best Director from the Australian Directors Guild and was finalist at Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism. His credits also include a number of short films and web series. Known for his intimate and captivating portrait of people in extreme circumstances, Amin received a Cine Award as a cinematographer for Afghanistan By Choice, directed by Sundance and Emmy Award winner Alexandria Bombach. Amin directs the Persian Film Festival in Australia, is a lecturer at UNSW and was a member of Screen NSW Film and Television Industry Advisory Committee. Amin’s current projects include the production of TENNESSINE and the distribution of its proof-of-concept short film Break. His second feature film project Common Ground, co-written with Eve Spence and currently in development, received development funding from Screen NSW, successfully entered the current Attagirl Program.
Osamah Sami is an award-winning actor, writer, and comedian, born in war-torn Iran to Iraqi parents. The Commonwealth of Australia recognised Osamah Sami as a Notable Australian Muslim, and his creative contribution to the screen industry has been acknowledged and acclaimed on numerous projects. Osamah co-wrote and starred in the hit Australian film Ali’s Wedding, which won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film at Sydney Film Festival, as well as The Age Critics Prize for Best Australian Film, and the Cinéfest Oz Prize for Best Film. His screenplay earned him an Australian Academy (AACTA) Award, an Australian Writers Guild (AWGIE) Award, and a Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA) Award for Best Screenplay. He also received AACTA Award, FCCA Award, and Australian Critics Choice Award nominations for Best Lead Actor. His critically acclaimed memoir Good Muslim Boy won the NSW Premier’s Literary Award and Highly Commended at the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, and was adapted for the stage in 2018 for Malthouse Theatre Co and Queensland Theatre, selling out both seasons. Finally, his work in Melbourne Theatre Company’s I Call My Brothers earned him a Green Room Award nomination for Best Lead Actor on a Main Stage production. Osamah won the Creative Artist of the Year title at the Australian Muslim Achievement Awards (2019).
Ulysses Oliver has over 20 years experience in development of media productions, as the managing director and founder of Select Field. He founded and curated the Sandfly Film Festival taking international shorts to screens in Sydney and regional NSW and across the world with screenings in Paris, New York, LA and Bogata. He has managed complex production projects with large teams both in Australia and Internationally and has a proven record of accomplishment in delivering successful multimedia solutions. In 2008 Ulysses completed a Diploma of Film at the Sydney Film School where he went to be an integral part of the Sydney Film School Advisory Board. Since then he has been writing, directing and producing short films, music videos, documentaries and feature films. He produced the multi award-winning short film, Amanecer (2009) which has been selected for numerous international festivals and Australian short, and The Telegram Man (2011) starring Jack Thompson, which received an honourable mention at the Oscars. He wrote the feature film The Perfect Weapon (2016) starring Steven Seagal.
Ben Ferris is one of Australia’s most respected experts in education for the screen and media sector, and is a passionate champion of the arts. He founded the UBS Film School at the University of Sydney in 2001, and the world- renowned Sydney Film School in 2004, built around the core values of Courage, Curiosity and Compassion. As its Director for fourteen years he has produced 1000+ alumni who work in the film industry in more than 40 countries worldwide, and 1000+ student short films that have been screened in hundreds of film festivals worldwide, including 20 Academy-Accredited festival screenings. Mr Ferris is also an internationally critically acclaimed film producer in his own right, producing the feature films Three Blind Mice (2008), Penelope (2009), and the acclaimed documentaries 57 Lawson (2016), and In(di)visible (2020). He is a current board director of the Documentary Australia Foundation.
Palangi Productions was founded during the making of Love Marriage in Kabul out of a belief in the transformative power of screen stories and a desire for creation of culturally diverse content that invite a wide audience to experience and explore unspoken issues and narratives. Other credits include Break, Seeing the Elephant and the current production of second feature film TENNESSINE. www.palangi.com.au
Responding to a lack of support for independent and emerging filmmakers in Australia, Breathless Films is establishing a sustainable film production ecosystem as a platform for a new wave of micro-budget feature films. It is Breathless Films’ aim to support, unashamedly, contemporary film auteurs who are telling bold and uncompromising Australian stories. breathlessfilms.com.au
