All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane

Infobox Film
name = All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane


caption = Official Production Poster
director = Louise Alston
producer = Louise Alston Jade van der Lei
aproducer =
writer = Stephen Vagg
starring = Charlotte Gregg
Matt Zeremes
Cindy Nelson
Ryan Johnson
Romany Lee
Gyton Grantley
Sarah Kennedy
music = Caitlin Yeo
cinematography = Judd Overton
editing = Nicola Scarrott
distributor = Accent Film
released = October 2007 (AUS)
runtime = 76 Minutes
country = Australia
awards =
language = English
budget = 42,000 AUD
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
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website = http://allmyfriendsmovie.com/
imdb_id = 0818897

"All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane" is a 2007 Australian Romance-Comedy film by upcoming Director Louise Alston and written by Stephen Vagg. It follows Anthea, a 25 year old girl who hates her job and has to sit back and watch as all her friends move away from her hometown, Brisbane, to make a better life. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0818897/ Internet Movie Database (IMDb)]

ynopsis

Anthea (Charlotte Gregg) is undergoing a crisis of confidence: overworked, no boyfriend, and now all her friends are leaving Brisbane. She is tempted to leave herself, but is opposed by her long time best platonic male friend Michael (Matt Zeremes).

Michael thinks people who leave Brisbane are copycats who follow the crowd; he is quite happy to stay in Brisbane, he is in a stable job and a stable very low-maintenance 'sex-with-the-ex' relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Stephanie (Sarah Kennedy). In short, he is in a rut.

Anthea’s temptation to leave Brisbane increases with the impending departure of her flatmate Kath (Cindy Nelson). However, she then hears that her ex-boyfriend Jake (Gyton Grantley) is coming back to Brisbane to live. To Michael’s annoyance, she dreams of a great future with him.

Michael is then thrown out of his comfort zone by starting a new relationship with a girl he meets at work; Simone (Romany Lee). Slightly “alternative” and good natured, Simone is totally different from the sorts of girls he normally deals with, and he finds himself in a relationship over which he does not have total control.

On her last day in Australia, Anthea and Michael finally resolve their feelings for each other. [http://allmyfriendsmovie.com/ Official Website Synopsis]

Production

Originally, All My Friends are Leaving Brisbane was a stage performance at the Cement Box Theatre, where Director Louise Alston first saw it. She could see that the story would make an ideal feature film and worked with writer Stephen Vagg on developing a script.

Producer Jade van der Lei then became interested in the film and was able to raise a budget of $42,000. The film was shot in the middle of a Queensland summer, January 2006, over a three week period. Afterward, The filmmakers successfully applied for post-production funding from the Australian Film Commission, which enabled additional shooting. The film completed post production early 2007 and made its world debut at the 2007 Brisbane International Film Festival. [http://reviews.media-culture.org.au/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2147 M/C Reviews, Interview with Louise Alston]

Release

Accent Film, an Australian film distributor is releasing All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane on May 27 2008 Australia wide. The DVD is also available for worldwide purchase through their website. [ http://www.accentfilm.com/product.cfm?id=MTAwMDExNQ%3D%3D&cat=Mw%3D%3D Accent Film ]

Awards

All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane was part of the Official Selection at the Brisbane International Film Festival in 2007.

References

External links

* [http://www.accentfilm.com/product.cfm?id=MTAwMDExNQ%3D%3D&cat=Mw%3D%3D Accent Films Page]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0818897/ IMDb]
* [http://allmyfriendsmovie.com/ Official Site]