During a chat at the Sydney Film Festival, Gibson talked about losing personal anonymity, the dog days of his early 50's, and watching Mad Max: Fury Road with George Miller.
As the Lexus Short Film Fellowship jury chair, Judy Davis last week selected four young filmmakers - Alex Ryan, Anya Beyersdorf, Alex Murawski and Brooke Goldfinch - to each receive $50,000 to make a short that will premiere at next year's Sydney Film Fes
Gibson also spoke about a "Jacobean tragedy" he's been developing for over ten years, a true story set in Italy in the fifteenth century.
Sydney Film Festival wrapped up last night, with the festival’s winners announced at the State Theatre.
The feature debut of Aussie actor-director Craig Anderson, known for the likes of Double the Fist and Black Comedy, Red Christmas premiered at the Sydney Film Festival on Saturday, with another screening this Friday.
Monster Pictures picked up eight new titles at this year's Marche du Film, including buzz film Raw.
Anya Beyersdorf, Alex Ryan, Brooke Goldfinch and Alex Murawski were chosen from a shortlist of 21 filmmakers, whittled down to four by Davis, SFF Director Nashen Moodley, Lexus Australia's Adrian Weimers, Jan Chapman and Darren Dale.
Those films include Sing Street, Swiss Army Man, The Lure, Personal Shopper, Aquarius, Wednesday 9 May, Paterson, Tokyo Story, Weiner, Tickled and Janis: Little Girl Blue.