When Matt Levett was nominated for this year’s Heath Ledger Scholarship along with 17 other rising talents, the actor didn’t fancy his chances amongst what he described as a “an intimidating†line-up.
Distributors in the US, UK and Germany have bought Drown, an Australian drama which its director Dean Francis describes as confronting and controversial.
Daniel Feuerriegel (Spartacus: Blood and Sand) is attached to play the lead in Mayday Hill, an Australian horror/thriller inspired by true events.
Local feature film Drown has cast Matt Levett in the lead role and has launched an online crowd-funding campaign
The filmmaker's follow-up to horror feature Road Train marks a return to more confrontational fare