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1 1 form y separately published work icon Drown Stephen Davis , Dean Francis , ( dir. Dean Francis ) Australia : JJ Splice Films , 2015 14354975 2015 single work film/TV

'Len is a Surf Lifesaving champion, a legend in the cloistered surf club just like his father. But when the younger, faster, fitter Phil arrives at the club, Len’s legendary status starts to crumble. Then Len sees Phil arriving in the company of another man; a man Phil gives a farewell kiss too. Phil is gay. Over the summer season, Len starts to form unexpected, confusing feelings for Phil. It’s something Len cannot accept and after the annual awards dinner, Len explodes. He finds Phil in the Club House locker room and violently attacks him. But to Len’s surprise, Phil remains loyal to the mateship pack and refuses to rat on Len about the beating in the Club House locker Room. Len stays in the Club and is free to compete in the annual Surf Lifesaving competition; a competition Len has won five times but Phil wins and Len’s defeat is final. Broken, Len refuses to die and with his best mate Meat he takes Phil on a victory bender through the seedy city in an attempt to secure an intoxicated oblivion. Arriving back at the beach where Phil won his victory the day before, Len sets upon Phil. And in a series of humiliating acts, Len finally comes face to face with a fundamental question, can he accept the truth about his sexuality and identity or will he succumb to complete oblivion.'

Source: Screen Australia.
1 4 form y separately published work icon Road Train Road Kill Clive Hopkins , ( dir. Dean Francis ) Australia : Prodigy Movies , 2010 Z1688585 2010 single work film/TV horror science fiction thriller

'Four young friends on a camping adventure in outback Australia are run off the road by a mystery road train - a massive two-trailer truck.

'With their own 4x4 wrecked and the road train stopped, the friends march off to remonstrate with the driver. But there is no one to be found!

'Suddenly, the silence is broken by the sound of gunshots. A distant figure runs towards them. Are they witnesses to a murder? There's no time to discuss it. The friends commandeer the road train. The next town is only three hours away. But the next town is somewhere they will never reach.

'What they discover inside the vehicle's trailers proves more terrifying than anything out there on that lonely road.'

Source: Prodigy Movies website, www.prodigymovies.com/
Sighted: 04/05/2010
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