Nathan Last

At its core the film is about the repression felt living in a small town and not feeling there is anyway out. It’s told through the lens of a person struggling with the loss of someone special to them.

Im a 40 year old first time filmmaker, I’ve been obsessed with film since I was child, but never thought I’d be able to make anything. I’m assuming the first movie I would’ve seen must’ve been a Disney movie, as that’s what dominated my viewing as a child. Movies were pure escapism for me. But when I was 16 I first watched Lars Von Triers ‘The Idiots’ and it made me understand that film can be art and not just for entertainment.

All the obvious ones, Tarkovsky, Bergman, Kubrick etc modern filmakers like Gaspar Noe and Darren Arronovsky. Couldn’t name a single favourite but a few I adore are Come and see, Antichrist, Irreversible, Possession, Stalker, The Virgin Spring. All of us strangers broke me.

I struggled with the concept of ever being able to make films as I was just a guy living in regional Australia. I knew it’s what I wanted to do for some time now, but life got in the way. I can’t fathom using any other vessel to create art. To me cinema is the ultimate form of self expression.

Finding crew! I’m very isolated from any of the film scenes in Australia, but managed to find a kindred spirit in my partner Sam who could fill in the blanks for the parts technically I couldn’t do myself.

Once again finding crew was the hardest bit. Besides that we originally had a score for the film, but it fell through at the 11th hour so we pivoted to using sound effects for a soundtrack as such.

It’s only been seen by a couple of festivals, we were a finalist in one and won another.

I think they should find their own voice and whatever that represents. I believe the greatest films of all time have already been made, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t keep trying to move cinema forward.

Film festivals are essential. They are what is keeping independent cinema alive. The barriers to creating film has eased with technology, however you still need an audience. The world has become smaller and the ability to find an international audience is attainable for most people now through things like Film Freeway. It’s a great time to be involved.

I have several other short film scripts written along with two feature length screenplays. We are about to start shooting a proof of concept for one of the features in January and another short in the weeks following.