4th Dungog Film Festival Program
The Hidden
| Saturday, 29-May-2010 | 10:00 AM | at: Preferred Media Raw Theatre |
Credits: Scr/Dir: Jeremy Cumpston
Duration: 180 mins
Jeremy Cumpston is a trained actor (WAAPA) and director who created the Tamarama Rock Surfers Theatre Company in 1994 and launched the Old Fitzroy Theatre in 1997. He has directed three short films to date, the last of which, The Sky Is Always Beautiful was included in competition in Rhode Island and Hawaii international film festivals, and locally in Melbourne, Perth and Dungog. The Hidden, Jeremy's first feature as writer/director, is an adaptation from the novel of the same name by Candy Baker. The Hidden is being produced by acclaimed producers Tristram Miall and Jessica Brentnall. Tristram’s credits include Black Balloon, Looking For Alibrandi and Strictly Ballroom. Jessica produced Sleeping Beauty.
Synopsis:
Australia, 1985. English woman, Caroline Savage, is a successful, war-zone-hardened photo-journalist. She meets and marries Paul, a human rights lawyer; and comes to live on his remote property in Australia. Caroline knows nothing about the bush, and little about her husband’s past – except that his first wife died in an accident.
United Kingdom, 2009. Caroline is in psychological crisis. For twenty years, she’s taught photography in London, but she hasn’t taken a photo since she abruptly left Australia. Now, when holding a retrospective exhibition, she must confront and deal with the loss and horror she experienced all those years ago in the Australian bush.
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As an actor in local amateur theatre, I learned so much.
Being close to the actors made me feel as if (at times) I was part of the story.
It has encouraged me immensely.
I wish Jeremy well in his venture and thank all involved for bringing this to Dungog.