Now he's got the Australian short film culture well and truly kickstarted, the guy behind the biggest short film festival in the world, John Polson, has set his sights on owning the short-films-stitched-together-into-a-feature game.
Over the weekend the Tropfest founder announced Sydney Unplugged, a new feature film showcasing the Harbour City that follows in the footsteps of previous short film menageries Paris Je t'aime and New York, I Love You.
Featuring the work of 12 outstanding directors, and a handful of actors making their directorial debuts, Sydney Unplugged aims to showcase the city presumably in ways we haven't seen before. I'm hoping this means we'll be seeing West Pennant Hills finally up on the big screen.
Filmmakers already attached to the project include Alex Proyas (Knowing), David Michôd (Animal Kingdom), Ivan Sen (Toomelah), John Curran (The Painted Veil), Kieran Darcy-Smith (Wish You Were Here), Liev Schreiber (Everything is Illuminated), Rachel Ward (Beautiful Kate), Ray Lawrence (Lantana) and Russell Crowe (Texas). There's also Anthony LaPaglia and Toni Collette making their directorial debuts.
This leaves room for one more. John Polson himself? Or has Baz Luhrmann been too busy on Gatsby to ask?
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