Dustin Clare and Clarke Richards in Early Checkout.

Early Checkout, the short film by director Jim Lounsbury starring Dustin Clare and Clarke Richards has just won best picture at the New England Film Festival in NSW.

The film also played at the Palm Springs Short Film Festival earlier this year, as part of their showcase “Idiots Delight.”

EARLY CHECKOUT
Producer: Dustin Clare, Clarke Richards
Director: Jim Lounsbury
Writer: Clarke Richards and Dustin Clare
DP: Andrew McLeod

Figure With Bandaged Head, Peter Booth 2004

While Bruce Beresford is taking the box office by storm with Mao’s Last Dancer, his daughter, Trilby’s short film Possessions is taking the art world by storm, as it depicts the slashing of a painting by renowned artist, Peter Booth. Although in the opening scene of the film, the Peter Booth painting is attacked by an obsessed character, Deutscher and Hackett executive director Damian Hackett assures that “no paintings were harmed in the making of the film, Possessions.” He adds, “Although it did make my heart skip a beat to see it appearing to be slashed with a knife in the film. Good thing the Booth painting had a stunt double.”

FILMINK article “Peter Booth ‘Film star’ painting in fine art auction,” November 09, 2009

Read the reelloop article here >

Link to the Deutcher and Hackett auction catalogue.

Watch the film trailer.

POSSESSIONS
Produced by: Trilby Beresford
Written and Directed by: Jim Lounsbury
Starring: Max Cullen, Asher Keddie, Laurence Fuller