Inspired to make an original, intimate family portrait, Gracie Otto directs a feature length documentary on her father, Barry Otto, whose career in Australian theatre, film and television has spanned more than 50 years. Baz as he is affectionately known is one of a kind - a truly creative, endearing and extremely eccentric personality who embraces the serious and the silly. This story is about Gracie's relationship with her father, in the twilight of his career and his life, as she tries to capture his memories, before his memory disappears. This is not a traditional biopic, but a deeply personal, artistic and cinematic reflection. Sometimes poignant in its exploration of deteriorating health, the film looks at the world through Baz's eyes, an ode to living a passionate life, that both honours him and preserves his memory.
On the outskirts of Australia, opals are now the currency for survival in the game of Desert Dash. When a feisty heroine gets the opportunity to ‘Level Up’, there is no choice but to win.
Hollywood stars, historical footage and stylized reenactments tell the story of costume designer Orry-Kelly, who ruled Tinseltown fashion for decades.
Goodchild, a young writer, lands back home in Sydney direct from Paris, to attend his ex-girlfriend's funeral 'The Dead Girl'. At the airport he is sped away to a motel party by his best friend 'Cash' where he encounters 'The Beautiful Financial Backer', who works in advertising. At the wake, she commissions Goodchild to write 'The Love Enterprise' for her agency. A relationship develops. Soon, his past and present collide and Goodchild is cast on an existential journey through the hot Australian summer. Haunted by the twin ghosts of love and death Goodchild is pushed to his limit and to the edge of everything else.
An existential fable about a man who wakes to find himself broke, homeless, and missing one shoe.
Breakenbacks wife is kidnapped at the airport. Kidnappers request he collects a few items to trade for his wife. Breakenback is out of luck, the items are in the hands of cool assassins, crazy stuntman, wild dancers... and a chiropractor! For some reason there is a bunch of Ninjas on his back too... Well, good luck with that!
Inspired by Dante Alighieri's "La Vita Nuova", albeit not an adaptation, "The New Life" shows us how a man's ideal world crumbles as he discovers his life is nothing but a fantasy dreamed by the darkest of beings.
An accomplished Australian filmmaker from the Otto acting family. This is her fourth SXSW – as an actress/editor with feature film Three Blind Mice, and “Living Between Fucks” and director of feature documentary “Under the Volcano”. Seriously Red is her debut drama feature. Gracie is currently filming Heartbreak High for Netflix.
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