Monolith is finally out in the USA TODAY thanks to our friends at WellGo Entertainment and XYZ Films!
Head to WellGo right now for tix and digital info!
MONOLITH available now in Australia
MONOLITH is now available on DVD and digital storefronts in Australia, and streaming on Binge!
Stay tuned for international release dates in 2024.
MONOLITH nominated for an AACTA Award
MONOLITH has been nominated for BEST INDIE FILM at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards. This comes after its recent nomination for best debut at the Australian Director’s Guild awards.
Congrats to our entire cast and crew, and thanks to partners South Australian Film Corporation and Adelaide Film Festival!
MONOLITH @ SXSW 23!
We are so excited to be heading to Texas for the international premiere of our little sci-fi that could, MONOLITH. SXSW has always been a dream of mine, and when Bettina, Lucy and I had our first development meeting about MONOLITH we immediately identified it as our dream festival. Can’t believe it’s come true!
Here’s our official synopsis:
All you have to do is listen. A disgraced journalist turns to podcasting to try and rebuild her career - but her rush to generate headlines soon uncovers a strange artifact, an alien conspiracy, and the lies at the heart of her own story.
Massive thanks to South Australian Film Corporation & Adelaide Film Festival for this life-changing opportunity, to Artisan Post Group for seeing it through, and most importantly to our whole cast and crew who joined the rabbit hole. I’m so proud of the team we built.
Our hero and star Lily Sullivan is also going to be premiering nothing short of THE NEW EVIL DEAD at the festival, so it’s going to be a wild ride!
MONOLITH signs with Bonsai Films, XYZ and Blue Finch
We are so excited to be working with the amazing team to bring MONOLITH to audiences around the world throughout 2023! Check it out:
XYZ Films, Blue Finch board Australian sci-fi ‘Monolith’ ahead of SXSW
Debut feature MONOLITH begins Production
Very excited to announce that my first feature, the science fiction thriller MONOLITH, has begun production in the Adelaide Hills!
The film is being produced by Bettina Hamilton and was written by the excellent Lucy Campbell, and is financed by the South Australian Film Corporation and Adelaide Film Festival’s FilmLab New Voices initiative.
A disgraced young journalist turns to podcasting to try and rebuild her career - but her rush to generate headlines soon uncovers a strange artifact, an alien conspiracy, and the lies at the heart of her own story.
It stars the insanely talented Lily Sullivan (from the upcoming Evil Dead Rise among other things) as THE INTERVIEWER, the only actor in the entire film.
Go team go! More news to come soon.
SYSTEM ERROR out now on DUST!
Hot damn, it’s finally here! You can now watch SYSTEM ERROR, our Tribeca selected short starring Juno-nominated comic Nick Nemeroff and Australian fave David Quirk, on DUST!
Click through to Youtube now!
This film nearly killed me, so check it out and welcome George The Robot into your life. Thanks to Closer Productions, Epic Films, the South Australian Film Corporation, Kojo and DUST - as well as the entire cast and crew! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
Signed with HLA & Selected for FilmLab New Voices
A couple of very exciting announcements!
First, I’ve just been signed by HLA Management which is a great new step. I’ll be represent by Natalie Stewart and I can’t wait to see what kind of madness we can cook up. Thanks Nat and the whole team, I feel very lucky to be there!
And secondly, also very excited to have been selected for the South Australian Film Corporation’s Film Lab New Voices Program! As director, I’ll be developing a low budget sci-fi feature with writer Lucy Campbell and producer Bettina Hamilton over the next 12 months, and one project will get selected for production finance to premiere at Adelaide Film Fest 2022! Fingers crossed!
AFTERTASTE premieres on ABC TV
Closer’s new comedy series AFTERTASTE has started on ABC TV in Australia, and has been winning some rave reviews.
I’ve spent the last couple of years story producing the show with the amazing team of creators Julie De Fina and Matthew Bate, producer Rebecca Summerton, and the man himself, Erik Thomson.
We’re so excited to have it out in the world - and you can check out episode two, which I wrote, airing 10th February!
MY BEST FRIEND IS STUCK ON THE CEILING premieres on Short Of The Week
After years on the festival circuit, our award-winning short MY BEST FRIEND IS STUCK ON THE CEILING is finally available online via our friends at Short Of The Week!
This film was a blast to make thanks especially to Tom Ward (PLEASE LIKE ME) and Erin James (THE LITTLE DEATH), who are amazing performers and totally worked with the fact that I’m a dork and literally listened to Dashboard Confessional while driving to set every day.
MY BEST FRIEND IS STUCK ON THE CEILING screened at Adelaide Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Palm Springs ShortFest, Aesthetica Film Festival, received a special mention for the screenplay award at the Sydney Film Festival Dendy Awards, won the Grand Prize for Best Science Fiction Short Film at Flickers' Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Film Festival in Rhode Island, and best script at Heart of Gold Film Festival.
Massive thanks to our partners, South Australian Film Corporation, Adelaide Film Festival, KOJO and Carclew Youth Arts.