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.
After a seven-week shoot in and around Canberra, Joe Cinque’s Consolation, the debut feature from award winning shorts director Sotiris Dounoukos wrapped principal photography last weekend.
A chance meeting with two abattoir workers in Melbourne seven years ago gave Australian writer-director Sotiris Dounoukos the inspiration to shoot A Single Body, a film about two workmates whose friendship is sorely tested by a new employee.
In 1997, Canberra law student Anu Singh murdered her boyfriend Joe Cinque by lacing his coffee with Rohypnol and injecting him with heroin after a dinner party. The subsequent trial was the subject of Helen Garner's 2004 book, now adapted for screen by di
Australia’s longest-standing and publicly owned short film festival, St Kilda Film Festival last night awarded Best Short Film to Sotiris Dounoukos’ 19-minute drama A Single Body.
“Toronto audiences first found Christopher Nolan, Lynne Ramsay and Steve McQueen in our Discovery section,†said the Artistic Director of TIFF, Cameron Bailey. “We can't wait to introduce a new generation of vibrant, original voices in cinema."