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UK-based sales agent Rapt Films International has acquired international sales rights outside of Australia and New Zealand for Gabriel Carrubba’s debut feature Sunflower.

Sunflower premiered at Sydney Film Festival in June last year, going on to further Australian events including Melbourne the following month.

The semi-autobiographical film follows a teenage boy who struggles to understand and embrace his sexuality as he comes of age in the working-class suburbs of Melbourne. It stars Liam Mollica, alongside Luke J. Morgan, Olivia Fildes, Daniel Halmarick and Elias Anton.

Writer-director Carrubba produced the film alongside Zane Borg for Australia’s Pancake Originals.

Sunflower...

What does it mean to showcase the “real Melbourne” in 2021?

It’s a question writer/director Andrew Walsh hopes to answer through his debut feature How Deep is the Ocean.

Olivia Fildes plays Eleanor, a mysterious young woman that arrives in the city with the clothes on her back, little money, and a past she’d rather forget.

Over the next year, she struggles to adapt and find her feet, spending most of her time working a series of dead-end jobs and pursuing a futile affair with her married neighbor Charlie (Adam Rowland), while remaining totally oblivious to the men and women who do care for her.

The cast also includes Will Weatheritt (Utopia) and Cris Cochrane (The Legend of Ben Hall).

Written by Walsh, How Deep Is the Ocean is being produced by Daniela Ercoli (Choir Girl) and Dia Taylor (Little Miseries) through Taymaynari Productions.

The project was initially...

Sunny S. Walia.

Sunny S. Walia has been announced as the winner of the latest Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) pitch competition.

The Melbourne-based actor won for his screen-test based on a script provided by Aacta, inspired by current circumstances, with judges rating his performance as “original” and “truthful”.

Walia will receive a mentor meeting with talent agent Aran Michael, who was on the judging panel, as well as a prize pack including a one-year premium membership to Casting Networks Australia; two tickets to the 2020 Aacta Awards presented by Foxtel Ceremony & After party; a professional headshot package, $500 cash and $500 worth of Manfrotto product.

Judges Noni Hazlehurst and Kirsty McGregor have also offered Walia mentor meetings.

“Thanks to Aacta for giving us a chance to perform and play in this time of unknown. And to win?! Wow! Not too sure what to say. Amazing experience and looking forward to reaping the rewards,...