July is a big month here in Melbourne. Of course Cannes has been and gone - What a God awful market this year; hedge funds disappearing, sales agents disappearing, nobody buying much and 8 euros for a cup of coffee.Few great nights - getting chucked out of the Century Club (after arriving via the beach) was interesting “Oh didn’t know one had to be a member”. And I’m not sure what 250 Australians were doing in Cannes with two short films in competition and that’s all. Guess we were all hoping for that chance meeting with some Scandanavian Prince wanting to make a movie in the outback… Our horror movie, The Gates Of Hell, just got a knock-out review on aint it cool.com and it will be opening the notorious MUFF festival in Melbourne later in the year - check out the design, the photography and the directing - good ole horror...
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