The struggle to find oneself — and one’s chosen family — hits hard in the trailer for “Lonesome,” the latest film from Australian writer-director Craig Boreham, which hits theaters in the U.S. Feb. 17 followed by on-demand and digital release on March 7.
Watch the trailer above, exclusively via TheWrap.
Starring Josh Lavery, Daniel Gabriel, Anni Finsterer, and Ian Roberts, “Lonesome” is a LGBTQ drama telling the story of Casey, a kid from a small town who moves to Sydney to escape a personal scandal. There, he meets Tib, another young gay man dealing with his own scars. Together, per the official description, “both men find something they have been missing but neither of them knows quite how to negotiate it.”
You get glimpses of that in the trailer, from tentative first meetings to awkward — but refreshingly nonjudgmental — encounters with modern sexual and romantic conventions, and a variety of people nursing their...
Watch the trailer above, exclusively via TheWrap.
Starring Josh Lavery, Daniel Gabriel, Anni Finsterer, and Ian Roberts, “Lonesome” is a LGBTQ drama telling the story of Casey, a kid from a small town who moves to Sydney to escape a personal scandal. There, he meets Tib, another young gay man dealing with his own scars. Together, per the official description, “both men find something they have been missing but neither of them knows quite how to negotiate it.”
You get glimpses of that in the trailer, from tentative first meetings to awkward — but refreshingly nonjudgmental — encounters with modern sexual and romantic conventions, and a variety of people nursing their...
- 1/17/2023
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Director Lewis Attey’s Basil is a multi-year drama that began way back in 2012 as a graduate short. It centres on a lonely drifter as he knocks on the door of an old high school friend who didn’t invite him over. What follows is a gripping drama, the kind of which that has you constantly forming questions in your head about what could be motivating the titular character and his strange circumstances. Attey then combines this initial encounter with a second part of the story, that was filmed in 2019, which sees Basil return to the same residence. The result is an incredibly engrossing short that’s powered by Co-Writer Will Freeman’s mesmerising performance as Basil. Dn is excited to present the first two parts of Basil’s story below (a third is currently in development to be shot in 2026!) alongside a chat with Attey about the challenges he...
- 5/11/2022
- by James Maitre
- Directors Notes
Producers Ben Ferris and Ulysses Oliver will explore the capabilities of filming on a micro-budget in the next few months as they aim to finish production on five features before the end of the year.
The pair came together to form Breathless Films last year and have since outlined a purposely prolific schedule for 2021.
They are in the midst of working on Craig Boreham’s Lonesome, a story about closeted country lad Casey, who finds himself down and out in the big smoke when he meets Tib, a young gay man with whom he is able to connect, albeit with some challenges.
The film, which is being shot in Sydney, stars newcomers 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 is the second feature film for Breathless, following Amin Palangi’s psychological drama Tennessine,...
The pair came together to form Breathless Films last year and have since outlined a purposely prolific schedule for 2021.
They are in the midst of working on Craig Boreham’s Lonesome, a story about closeted country lad Casey, who finds himself down and out in the big smoke when he meets Tib, a young gay man with whom he is able to connect, albeit with some challenges.
The film, which is being shot in Sydney, stars newcomers 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 is the second feature film for Breathless, following Amin Palangi’s psychological drama Tennessine,...
- 6/11/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Nicholas Hope in an episode of ‘Deadhouse Dark’ (Photo: Lauren Orrell).
Enzo Tedeschi’s horror anthology Deadhouse Dark will have its world premiere in the short form competition at Canneseries, the only Australian entry in the event which runs alongside the Miptv market in Cannes.
The other nine contenders are Broder (Argentina), Dog Days (Canada), Christmas on Blood Mountain (Norway), Cryptid (Sweden), First Person (Canada), Replay (France), The Writers. A Short Series (Poland), Tony (Argentina) and Zero Day (Us).
Jamie Bamber is the president of the short form competition jury, serving with Erin Moriarty and French actor/filmmaker Timothée Hochet.
The award of Best Short Form Series will be presented during the festival’s closing ceremony on April 1.
Screen Australia and Screen Queensland funded the series of six short horror films for YouTube and Tedeschi’s deadhouse.tv, anchored by a woman who orders a ‘mystery box’ from the dark web,...
Enzo Tedeschi’s horror anthology Deadhouse Dark will have its world premiere in the short form competition at Canneseries, the only Australian entry in the event which runs alongside the Miptv market in Cannes.
The other nine contenders are Broder (Argentina), Dog Days (Canada), Christmas on Blood Mountain (Norway), Cryptid (Sweden), First Person (Canada), Replay (France), The Writers. A Short Series (Poland), Tony (Argentina) and Zero Day (Us).
Jamie Bamber is the president of the short form competition jury, serving with Erin Moriarty and French actor/filmmaker Timothée Hochet.
The award of Best Short Form Series will be presented during the festival’s closing ceremony on April 1.
Screen Australia and Screen Queensland funded the series of six short horror films for YouTube and Tedeschi’s deadhouse.tv, anchored by a woman who orders a ‘mystery box’ from the dark web,...
- 3/1/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Samuel Goldwyn Films acquired North American rights to the Warwick Thornton-directed Sweet Country. Pic stars Bryan Brown, Hamilton Morris, Thomas M. Wright, Ewen Leslie, Natassia Gorey-Furber, Gibson John, Matt Day, Anni Finsterer, Treymayne Doolan, Trevon Doolan and Sam Neill. The film won Special Jury Prize after its world premiere at Venice, and won the Platform competition at the Toronto Film Festival. The plot: Sam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works for a preacher…...
- 9/21/2017
- Deadline
Samuel Goldwyn Films acquired the North American rights to director Warwick Thornton’s “Sweet Country,” the company announced Thursday. “Sweet Country” stars Bryan Brown, Hamilton Morris, Thomas M. Wright, Ewen Leslie, Natassia Gorey-Furber, Gibson John, Matt Day, Anni Finsterer, Treymaybe Doolan, Trevon Doolan and Sam Neill. The film is the winner of the Special Jury Prize at this year’s Venice Film Festival, where it also had its world premiere. The film is also the winner of the Platform Competition at this mont’s Toronto International Film Festival. Also Read: The Oscars Race After the Festivals: Are We Still Just Waiting for Spielberg?...
- 9/21/2017
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Australian teenage drama has its European premiere this week in Tallinn.
LevelK has closed a number of deals on Australian drama Teenage Kicks, which will have its European premiere this week at the Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn, in the Just Film youth programme.
The film has sold to the Us and Canada (Tla Releasing), UK and Ireland (Bounty Films), Germany and Austria (Salzgeber & Co), Hong Kong (Sundream), Australia and New Zealand (Umbrella Entertainment), as well as Belgium, Luxembourg, Andorra and Monaco (Optimale).
The film is about 17-year-old (played by Miles Szanto) who is grappling with his explosive sexuality as well as feeling guilty about his brother’s accidental death.
The cast also features Daniel Webber (11.22.63), Shari Sebbens (The Sapphires), Charlotte Best (Puberty Blues), Anni Finsterer, Lech Mackiewicz and former footballer Ian Roberts.
Craig Boreham writes and directs his debut feature; Annmaree J Bell produces for Sydney-based Azure Productions. John Frank executive...
LevelK has closed a number of deals on Australian drama Teenage Kicks, which will have its European premiere this week at the Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn, in the Just Film youth programme.
The film has sold to the Us and Canada (Tla Releasing), UK and Ireland (Bounty Films), Germany and Austria (Salzgeber & Co), Hong Kong (Sundream), Australia and New Zealand (Umbrella Entertainment), as well as Belgium, Luxembourg, Andorra and Monaco (Optimale).
The film is about 17-year-old (played by Miles Szanto) who is grappling with his explosive sexuality as well as feeling guilty about his brother’s accidental death.
The cast also features Daniel Webber (11.22.63), Shari Sebbens (The Sapphires), Charlotte Best (Puberty Blues), Anni Finsterer, Lech Mackiewicz and former footballer Ian Roberts.
Craig Boreham writes and directs his debut feature; Annmaree J Bell produces for Sydney-based Azure Productions. John Frank executive...
- 11/11/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
After making her directing debut on micro-budgeted, B&W suspense film Johnny Ghost, Donna McRae is writing and plans to direct one segment of a horror anthology set in Tasmania.
Also, McRae and her husband Michael Vale have written the script for Le Chien qui Fume - A Smokey Life, a bizarre tale about a dog that lived in Europe in the early 20th Century, wore men.s clothing and smoked cigarettes. McRae is balancing her role as a filmmaker with lecturing in film and television at Deakin University. The untitled horror film is being produced by Unicorn Films. Lizzette Atkins and will enlist five writers-directors, all female: McRae, Ursula Dabrowsky, Isabel Peppard, Briony Kidd and Rebecca Thomson.
.The stories are all set around a small haunted Tasmanian town and are intertwined with each other,. she tells If. The tagline says: .Apocalyptic visions, bloodthirsty curses, creatures gone mad, a voodoo granny,...
Also, McRae and her husband Michael Vale have written the script for Le Chien qui Fume - A Smokey Life, a bizarre tale about a dog that lived in Europe in the early 20th Century, wore men.s clothing and smoked cigarettes. McRae is balancing her role as a filmmaker with lecturing in film and television at Deakin University. The untitled horror film is being produced by Unicorn Films. Lizzette Atkins and will enlist five writers-directors, all female: McRae, Ursula Dabrowsky, Isabel Peppard, Briony Kidd and Rebecca Thomson.
.The stories are all set around a small haunted Tasmanian town and are intertwined with each other,. she tells If. The tagline says: .Apocalyptic visions, bloodthirsty curses, creatures gone mad, a voodoo granny,...
- 3/2/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Broken Bay Diocese of the Catholic Church has donated $20,000 towards the cost of producing a 30-minute drama which tackles sexual abuse in the Church.
A Priest in the Family stars Lynette Curran, Susie Porter, Gillian Jones and Lisa Hensley and is based on a short story by Irish writer Colm Tóibín about an elderly woman whose son, a parish priest, is accused of molesting his former students.
Co-directed by producer Anni Finsterer and Peter Humble, who wrote the screenplay, the film has finished shooting. Finsterer tells If that Humble is assembling footage so the producers can apply for funds to complete post production.
Curran plays Molly, a vigorous Irish woman in her late 70s who attempts to keep up with the changing times of her grandchildren by mastering the Internet. When Molly learns that her son Frank, a local parish priest, is about to go on trial for the sexual abuse of former students,...
A Priest in the Family stars Lynette Curran, Susie Porter, Gillian Jones and Lisa Hensley and is based on a short story by Irish writer Colm Tóibín about an elderly woman whose son, a parish priest, is accused of molesting his former students.
Co-directed by producer Anni Finsterer and Peter Humble, who wrote the screenplay, the film has finished shooting. Finsterer tells If that Humble is assembling footage so the producers can apply for funds to complete post production.
Curran plays Molly, a vigorous Irish woman in her late 70s who attempts to keep up with the changing times of her grandchildren by mastering the Internet. When Molly learns that her son Frank, a local parish priest, is about to go on trial for the sexual abuse of former students,...
- 12/1/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Lynette Curran, Susie Porter, Gillian Jones and Lisa Hensley are attached to star in a 30-minute drama which tackles sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
A Priest in the Family is based on a short story by Irish writer Colm Tóibín about an elderly woman whose son, a parish priest, is accused of molesting his former students.
The producers aim to raise $40,000 via crowd-funding site Indiegogo (http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-priest-in-the-family/x/2213312) by August 5, with plans to start shooting in the hamlet of Portland, near Lithgow, on September 28. Peter Humble wrote the screenplay and will share the directing duties with the producer Anni Finsterer.
.We are making a film that tells the emotional tale of how clergy sexual abuse affects not just individuals but also families and communities,. Anni said. .We want to make people more informed and thereby give them a voice.
.It is a simply told tale...
A Priest in the Family is based on a short story by Irish writer Colm Tóibín about an elderly woman whose son, a parish priest, is accused of molesting his former students.
The producers aim to raise $40,000 via crowd-funding site Indiegogo (http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-priest-in-the-family/x/2213312) by August 5, with plans to start shooting in the hamlet of Portland, near Lithgow, on September 28. Peter Humble wrote the screenplay and will share the directing duties with the producer Anni Finsterer.
.We are making a film that tells the emotional tale of how clergy sexual abuse affects not just individuals but also families and communities,. Anni said. .We want to make people more informed and thereby give them a voice.
.It is a simply told tale...
- 7/10/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
I love finding out about horror movies like Donna McRae's just-wrapped punk rock Australian indie Johnny Ghost.
The feature-length horror flick was written, directed, and produced by McRae, is about a professional female musician named Millicent who wants to get her old commemorative tattoo removed, which she got in her crazy, punk-rock filled youthful glory days. The ghosts of her past, however, won't let her go so easily.
This flick looks like it'll have tons of great music, punk references, artistic sentiment, and some horrible hidden skeletons. I sincerely hope so. The cast includes Anni Finsterer, Clara Pagone, Natalie Carr, Ian Scott, Catherine Hill, Dino Marnika, Tamara Searle, Rohan Jones and Si Francis. There's no release date yet - we'll keep you posted. In the meantime, watch this making-of/teaser:...
The feature-length horror flick was written, directed, and produced by McRae, is about a professional female musician named Millicent who wants to get her old commemorative tattoo removed, which she got in her crazy, punk-rock filled youthful glory days. The ghosts of her past, however, won't let her go so easily.
This flick looks like it'll have tons of great music, punk references, artistic sentiment, and some horrible hidden skeletons. I sincerely hope so. The cast includes Anni Finsterer, Clara Pagone, Natalie Carr, Ian Scott, Catherine Hill, Dino Marnika, Tamara Searle, Rohan Jones and Si Francis. There's no release date yet - we'll keep you posted. In the meantime, watch this making-of/teaser:...
- 6/15/2011
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
The latest in what seems to be an inexhaustible supply of quirky Australian films, Elise McCredie's "anti-romantic, pansexual comedy" tries hard -- very hard -- to put a fresh spin on the eternal theme of the female quest for love, or at least for someone appropriate to lose one's virginity to.
While "Strange Fits of Passion" has its amusing moments, it feels relentlessly forced, and its humor is far more contrived than organic. Nominated for three Australian Film Institute Awards and an official selection at last year's Cannes International Film Festival, the film is unlikely to catch on with American audiences who are still concerned with Bridget Jones' problems.
Newcomer Michela Noonan stars in the central role of She, an unnamed young woman working in a used bookshop in Melbourne. Obsessed with romantic poetry, she is nonetheless totally unequipped when a handsome, poetry-reading man (Jack Finsterer) comes on to her. Quickly and rudely rebuffing his advances, she spends the greater part of the film trying to find him again.
In the meantime, she has a series of predictable romantic misadventures: with a politically correct poet (Samuel Johnson) who refuses to make the first move
with a macho Spanish teacher (Steve Adams)
with her gay best friend, Jimmy Mitchell Butel), who is despondent when his lover is revealed to be cheating on him
and even with a pretty female charity worker (Anni Finsterer) who briefly inspires thoughts of lesbianism.
While the film might have worked with an appealing heroine, it must be said that She, performed by Noonan with a preponderance of tics and mannerisms, is ultimately more irritating than endearing. The rambling screenplay, which employs such tired devices as having its central character address the camera directly, is lacking in wit or depth, with the result that the film, clocking in at a mere 80 minutes, seems at least twice as long. While there are some nice visual touches -- a scene set in a glass-bottomed swimming pool on a rooftop is particularly stylish -- "Passion" is ultimately more enervating than entertaining.
STRANGE FITS OF PASSION
Leisure Time Features
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Elise McCredie
Producer: Lucy MacIaren
Executive producers: Tim White, Carole Sklan, Bryce Menzies, Ian Fairweather, Roslyn Walker
Director of photography: Jaems Grant
Editors: Chris Branagan, Ken Sallows
Music: Cezary Skubiszewski
Production designer: MacGregor Knox.
Cast:
She: Michela Noonan
Jimmy: Mitchell Butel
Josh: Samuel Johnson
Pablo: Steve Adams
Judy: Anni Finsterer
Jaya: Bojana Novakovic
Francis: Jack Finsterer
No MPAA rating
Color/stereo
Running time -- 80 minutes...
While "Strange Fits of Passion" has its amusing moments, it feels relentlessly forced, and its humor is far more contrived than organic. Nominated for three Australian Film Institute Awards and an official selection at last year's Cannes International Film Festival, the film is unlikely to catch on with American audiences who are still concerned with Bridget Jones' problems.
Newcomer Michela Noonan stars in the central role of She, an unnamed young woman working in a used bookshop in Melbourne. Obsessed with romantic poetry, she is nonetheless totally unequipped when a handsome, poetry-reading man (Jack Finsterer) comes on to her. Quickly and rudely rebuffing his advances, she spends the greater part of the film trying to find him again.
In the meantime, she has a series of predictable romantic misadventures: with a politically correct poet (Samuel Johnson) who refuses to make the first move
with a macho Spanish teacher (Steve Adams)
with her gay best friend, Jimmy Mitchell Butel), who is despondent when his lover is revealed to be cheating on him
and even with a pretty female charity worker (Anni Finsterer) who briefly inspires thoughts of lesbianism.
While the film might have worked with an appealing heroine, it must be said that She, performed by Noonan with a preponderance of tics and mannerisms, is ultimately more irritating than endearing. The rambling screenplay, which employs such tired devices as having its central character address the camera directly, is lacking in wit or depth, with the result that the film, clocking in at a mere 80 minutes, seems at least twice as long. While there are some nice visual touches -- a scene set in a glass-bottomed swimming pool on a rooftop is particularly stylish -- "Passion" is ultimately more enervating than entertaining.
STRANGE FITS OF PASSION
Leisure Time Features
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Elise McCredie
Producer: Lucy MacIaren
Executive producers: Tim White, Carole Sklan, Bryce Menzies, Ian Fairweather, Roslyn Walker
Director of photography: Jaems Grant
Editors: Chris Branagan, Ken Sallows
Music: Cezary Skubiszewski
Production designer: MacGregor Knox.
Cast:
She: Michela Noonan
Jimmy: Mitchell Butel
Josh: Samuel Johnson
Pablo: Steve Adams
Judy: Anni Finsterer
Jaya: Bojana Novakovic
Francis: Jack Finsterer
No MPAA rating
Color/stereo
Running time -- 80 minutes...
The latest in what seems to be an inexhaustible supply of quirky Australian films, Elise McCredie's "anti-romantic, pansexual comedy" tries hard -- very hard -- to put a fresh spin on the eternal theme of the female quest for love, or at least for someone appropriate to lose one's virginity to.
While "Strange Fits of Passion" has its amusing moments, it feels relentlessly forced, and its humor is far more contrived than organic. Nominated for three Australian Film Institute Awards and an official selection at last year's Cannes International Film Festival, the film is unlikely to catch on with American audiences who are still concerned with Bridget Jones' problems.
Newcomer Michela Noonan stars in the central role of She, an unnamed young woman working in a used bookshop in Melbourne. Obsessed with romantic poetry, she is nonetheless totally unequipped when a handsome, poetry-reading man (Jack Finsterer) comes on to her. Quickly and rudely rebuffing his advances, she spends the greater part of the film trying to find him again.
In the meantime, she has a series of predictable romantic misadventures: with a politically correct poet (Samuel Johnson) who refuses to make the first move
with a macho Spanish teacher (Steve Adams)
with her gay best friend, Jimmy Mitchell Butel), who is despondent when his lover is revealed to be cheating on him
and even with a pretty female charity worker (Anni Finsterer) who briefly inspires thoughts of lesbianism.
While the film might have worked with an appealing heroine, it must be said that She, performed by Noonan with a preponderance of tics and mannerisms, is ultimately more irritating than endearing. The rambling screenplay, which employs such tired devices as having its central character address the camera directly, is lacking in wit or depth, with the result that the film, clocking in at a mere 80 minutes, seems at least twice as long. While there are some nice visual touches -- a scene set in a glass-bottomed swimming pool on a rooftop is particularly stylish -- "Passion" is ultimately more enervating than entertaining.
STRANGE FITS OF PASSION
Leisure Time Features
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Elise McCredie
Producer: Lucy MacIaren
Executive producers: Tim White, Carole Sklan, Bryce Menzies, Ian Fairweather, Roslyn Walker
Director of photography: Jaems Grant
Editors: Chris Branagan, Ken Sallows
Music: Cezary Skubiszewski
Production designer: MacGregor Knox.
Cast:
She: Michela Noonan
Jimmy: Mitchell Butel
Josh: Samuel Johnson
Pablo: Steve Adams
Judy: Anni Finsterer
Jaya: Bojana Novakovic
Francis: Jack Finsterer
No MPAA rating
Color/stereo
Running time -- 80 minutes...
While "Strange Fits of Passion" has its amusing moments, it feels relentlessly forced, and its humor is far more contrived than organic. Nominated for three Australian Film Institute Awards and an official selection at last year's Cannes International Film Festival, the film is unlikely to catch on with American audiences who are still concerned with Bridget Jones' problems.
Newcomer Michela Noonan stars in the central role of She, an unnamed young woman working in a used bookshop in Melbourne. Obsessed with romantic poetry, she is nonetheless totally unequipped when a handsome, poetry-reading man (Jack Finsterer) comes on to her. Quickly and rudely rebuffing his advances, she spends the greater part of the film trying to find him again.
In the meantime, she has a series of predictable romantic misadventures: with a politically correct poet (Samuel Johnson) who refuses to make the first move
with a macho Spanish teacher (Steve Adams)
with her gay best friend, Jimmy Mitchell Butel), who is despondent when his lover is revealed to be cheating on him
and even with a pretty female charity worker (Anni Finsterer) who briefly inspires thoughts of lesbianism.
While the film might have worked with an appealing heroine, it must be said that She, performed by Noonan with a preponderance of tics and mannerisms, is ultimately more irritating than endearing. The rambling screenplay, which employs such tired devices as having its central character address the camera directly, is lacking in wit or depth, with the result that the film, clocking in at a mere 80 minutes, seems at least twice as long. While there are some nice visual touches -- a scene set in a glass-bottomed swimming pool on a rooftop is particularly stylish -- "Passion" is ultimately more enervating than entertaining.
STRANGE FITS OF PASSION
Leisure Time Features
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Elise McCredie
Producer: Lucy MacIaren
Executive producers: Tim White, Carole Sklan, Bryce Menzies, Ian Fairweather, Roslyn Walker
Director of photography: Jaems Grant
Editors: Chris Branagan, Ken Sallows
Music: Cezary Skubiszewski
Production designer: MacGregor Knox.
Cast:
She: Michela Noonan
Jimmy: Mitchell Butel
Josh: Samuel Johnson
Pablo: Steve Adams
Judy: Anni Finsterer
Jaya: Bojana Novakovic
Francis: Jack Finsterer
No MPAA rating
Color/stereo
Running time -- 80 minutes...
- 5/22/2001
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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