The producing team behind the SXSW-selected 'Birdeater' has helped give wings to another indie horror, announcing principal photography has commenced in Melbourne on Adele Querol and Jerome Meyer's 'LoveBirds'.
Jack Clark and Jim Weir's indie drama 'Birdeater' follows a nervous bride-to-be (Shabana Azeez) who is invited to her own fiancé’s (Mackenzie Fearnley) bucks party, only for the evening to take a dark turn when uncomfortable details about their relationship are exposed.
Since launching in 2020, Breathless Films has helped a bring a steady stream of micro-budget titles to life, including Craig Boreham’s 'Lonesome' and Jack Clark and Jim Weir’s 'Birdeater'. With the company having just begun work on a new slate of projects, IF speaks with founders Ben Ferris and Ulysses Oliver about the road so far.
'Lonesome' collaborators Breathless Films and JJ Splice are teaming up for a queer, neo-noir independent feature film that has commenced principal photography in Sydney.
Jack Clark and Jim Weir's 'Birdeater', with its echoes of 'Wake in Fright', joins Australia's recent indie success stories. After snaring Sydney Film Festival's Audience Award, their debut feature - made on a shoestring - sold out all its sessions at the Melbourne International Film Festival, landed distribution with Umbrella and simply generated a significant amount of buzz.
Jack Clark and Jim Weir's 'Birdeater' and Matthew Bates' 'The Defenders' have proven popular at this year's Sydney Film Festival.
Indie production company Breathless Films has put a call out for new collaborators, inviting writers and directors of all experience levels to assist with its next slate of micro-budget projects.
Dark Star Pictures has acquired distribution rights in North America for Craig Boreham's queer romantic drama 'Lonesome', planning a theatrical release in New York and Los Angeles.