Poster art by Jeremy Love.
1967, the height of the Red Scare. Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt is embroiled in a power struggle after discovering his spymaster has illegally investigated and exposed Red sympathisers embedded within Holt's administration.
That's the premise for an ambitious new Australian short film set in the period leading up to the Holt's famous disappearance at Victoria's Cheviot Beach.
The Defector is written, directed and produced by Scott Mannion and executive produced by Antonia Barnard, Nick Cole, Greg Dick and Simon de Bruyn, who describes the short as "an Australian spy film made to world class standards."
Mannion came to de Bruyn's attention in his capacity as an acquisitions executive with international sales agent and production company Xyz Films..
"As part of my role at Xyz, and its joint venture Xyz-gfc, I am tracking some of the best genre talent in this region and Scott had quickly...
1967, the height of the Red Scare. Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt is embroiled in a power struggle after discovering his spymaster has illegally investigated and exposed Red sympathisers embedded within Holt's administration.
That's the premise for an ambitious new Australian short film set in the period leading up to the Holt's famous disappearance at Victoria's Cheviot Beach.
The Defector is written, directed and produced by Scott Mannion and executive produced by Antonia Barnard, Nick Cole, Greg Dick and Simon de Bruyn, who describes the short as "an Australian spy film made to world class standards."
Mannion came to de Bruyn's attention in his capacity as an acquisitions executive with international sales agent and production company Xyz Films..
"As part of my role at Xyz, and its joint venture Xyz-gfc, I am tracking some of the best genre talent in this region and Scott had quickly...
- 10/6/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
"What is reality? How do we perceive it? What is the nature of the universe and our place in it? These questions are very interesting to me, and are what drives most science and scientists." That's director Scott Mannion talking to us about the line of thinking which inspired his soon-to-shoot scientific short film Anima. A blend of drama and the surreal, Mannion describes Anima as "a man's journey of rebirth as he tries to escape his addiction to technology and reconnect with his humanity and the natural world. Anyone who has ever thought technology is taking over our lives will enjoy this film, as will those who like sci-fi.
- 2/16/2011
- FilmInk.com.au
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