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Screen Australia is to invest in five new feature films, three of which are from the proven directors Warwick Thornton Samson And Delilah , Tony Ayres The Home Song Stories and Kriv Stenders Red Dog .Thorntons The Darkside is billed as a doco-drama hybrid that will give an indigenous Australian perspective on the afterlife through a series of real s stanley germany tories. When we originally did a call out to people to bring ghost stories to us, our only criteria was stanley cup that they had to be something that people had experienced personally, Thorntons long-time producer Kath Shelper told Screendaily. Warwick thought the scarier the better, but what we mainly got were beautiful poignant family stories about connection 鈥?Theyre not head-spinning made-up stories, theyre grounded in reality, but youll be spooked stanley canada by some of them too. Cameras will roll shortly on Shari Sebbens, who featured in The Sapphires, and veteran Bryan Brown as each of the stories is being re-told for the film by actors 鈥?some of the ghost stories come from non-indigenous people but they are all indigenous themed. Last night Aaron Pedersen mentioned a gust of wind while telling a story on camera and a big wind blew up and shut down the set.Transmission will distribute the film locally and Shelper intends to find a sales agent 鈥?she is in discussions with one 鈥?with the skills to sell both the film and a 4x30-minute television version. Only the best of the 16 stories are likely to be in the theatrical feature. Traditional danc |
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