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General Contacts:

Luke Eve Director/Producer+61 417 260 551+1 310 800 8215luke@moresauce.com.au

Adam DolmanProducer+61 414 386 759dolman.adam@gmail.com

Technical Specifications:1 x 57 mins /6 x approx 10 minColour2.20

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A dramedy about Bipolar disorder.

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A sensible, creative and overachieving 17-year-old student experiences her first manic episode of Bipolar disorder.

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A sensible, creative and overachieving 17-year-old student in a respectable, middle-class family seems to be having the perfect ride until she experiences her first manic episode of Bipolar disorder.

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High Life is a comedic and heartfelt look at Bipolar disorder. Director Luke Eve and writer Glen Dolman explore the topic in a highly visual, evocative and humorous way. Starring AACTA award winning actress Odessa Young and Executive Produced by Stephen Fry with music by Sarah Blasko this series is sure to appeal to a wide audience.

1 x 57 mins / 6 x approx 10 mins

Part 1 - THE ASCENTPart 2 - THE RUSHPart 3 - THE TWISTPart 4 - THE PINNACLEPart 5 - THE FALLPart 6 - THE RETURN

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High Life is a comic drama about an unexpected teenage crisis; a bomb-blast in a safe, middle-class and discreetly dysfunctional family who are completely unprepared for their daughter’s emotional collapse. However, this is much worse than regular teenage behaviour...

What Genevieve Barrett (Odessa Young) is yet to discover is that she’s suffering her first manic episode of Bipolar disorder. And for a sensitive and studious girl, her experience will be exhilarating before it becomes terrifying. It also happens at the worst possible time -- while she’s getting ready for her year twelve exams and hoping to get into the Sydney Conservatory of Music. To make matters worse, no one is paying attention to her... except her sweetly awkward friend, Ben (Benson Jack Anthony) - a trombonist in her jazz ensemble - whom Gen thinks of as an asexual friend. But Ben clearly adores her. Her so-called BFF, Holly (Madeleine Madden), is struggling with her own issues after her boyfriend dumps her, and she’s now trying to win him back by sleeping with two of his friends... while also distancing herself from boring-Gen. After Gen uncharacteristically tells Holly exactly what she thinks of her, Holly - in retaliation - convinces Gen that the geeky-cute history teacher that she admires, Paul Webster (Brendan Donoghue), went down on Holly in his car... which shatters Gen’s innocence while making her question everything she thought she knew, all while her mania intensifies.

Meanwhile, Gen’s mother, Liz (Olivia Pigeot), is completely consumed by her new art gallery’s opening, fusing white and indigenous artists in the one space (believing that she’s single-handedly reconciling the country, which Gen secretly thinks is narcissistic and exploitative), while Gen’s gentle, optimistic and oblivious dad, Andrew (Paul Gleeson), may or may not be having an affair with his cheerful receptionist. Then there’s Gen’s higher maintenance younger sister, Isabella (Milly Alcock), 15, who’s fiercely competitive with Gen, despite their being no competition at all -- because Izzy is nowhere near as academically and musically gifted and feels overwhelmed by her sister’s large shadow.

And there’s one more person in Gen’s sphere; someone she doesn’t know at all -- “Lennon” (Luke Pegler), the gardener who’s working in Ben’s back yard... and whom she flashes during her manic period of hyper-sexuality. Having been rejected by Paul (after Gen tried to seduce him), she’ll flirt with Lennon instead, and - having lost her rational mind – will suggest they leave civilization behind. As Lennon drives her into the bush, she’ll have no idea how much trouble she’s in... with only Ben to save her.

But no one thinks to worry about Gen, because she’s the “good kid”; the sensible, moral, innocent and easily ignored friend, sister and daughter... until now.

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DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

Low Life, my previous online series about a man struggling with depression, was a deeply personal story for me. High Life, its companion piece, is no different. I’ve had close personal friends deal with mental illness and I have a deep understanding of what mental health can do to a person and their family. Mental illness is deeply misunderstood. And it’s not all dreary and depressing. At times it can be oddly humorous and utterly touching and wonderful. I connect with this material on a deep level and feel it sits perfectly with my directing sensibilities.

High Life is a cinematic and entertaining coming-of-age story about a young girl experiencing her first life-changing bout of Bipolar mania. The life–affirming story is bold, touching, and humorous and will resonate with audiences worldwide. Our key audience is girls in their mid-to-late teens with a secondary, cross-over audience of sophisticated, indie, cinema lovers in their early twenties to mid 30s. As with Low Life, which has had a truly global and universal audience, we will also appeal to an older audience of socially conscious parents. A youthful cast; cool, indie soundtrack; exciting visuals; and a positive story should ensure strong audience appeal.

Our primary film and television references are bold and innovative, indie, comedy dramas such as Infinitely Polar Bear, Silver Linings Playback, and Girls. All of these stories have a wonderful mix of comedy and drama, and were successful in attracting both a wide audience and critical acclaim.

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Official Trailer: https://vimeo.com/209123955

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ODESSA YOUNG (plays Genevieve Barrett)

Odessa Young is an exciting, emerging Australian actress with a growing body of work. Having left school in Year 12 to pursue acting, she has achieved massive successes in that time with both films The Daughter (2015) and Looking For Grace (2015)

showing simultaneously at the Venice and Toronto film festivals.

In The Daughter (a contemporary re-working of Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild Duck) Odessa played the lead alongside Geoffrey Rush, Sam Neill and Miranda Otto. For her work in this role she won best actress for the 2016 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA). In Looking For Grace, Odessa achieved great reviews for her portrayal of ‘Grace’ a 16-year old runaway alongside Richard Roxburgh and Radha Mitchell.

Odessa’s notable work in television began with her portrayal of the ‘Alexandra Owen’ in the award-winning ABC series My Place. From here she worked on Tricky Business, Wonderland, Childhood’s End and an appearance on The Moody’s. Highlights of her short film work include Bloomers; Blood Pulls A Gun (official selection for 2014 SXSW Film Festival and 2014 Melbourne Film Festival); and The Tender Dark. Her recent U.S credits include When The Street Lights Go On, Directed by Brett Morgen and in the feature film Sweet Virginia, Directed by Jamie M. Dagg.

BENSON JACK ANTHONY (plays Ben Turner)

One of Australia’s emerging young stars, Benson’s television credits include 800 Words for the Seven Network playing Erik Thompson’s son Arlo; for which he was nominated for both Best New Talent & Most Outstanding Newcomer Logie

Awards. Benson also appeared as Gub in the first series of the critically acclaimed Cleverman (ABC TV) as well as featured roles in Underbelly Razor and the telemovie Blood Brothers (Nine Network).

After making his debut on television in The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2003), Benson appeared in the teen television series Chatroom Chicks for ABC and A Gurls Wurld, as well as the first series of My Place. He also appeared in the first and second series of Disney-ABC’s US series Legend of The Seeker alongside Craig Horner, Bridget Regan and Bruce Spence.

Benson recently made his feature film debut playing the lead role of Ethan in Emo – The Musical, directed by Neil Triffett, he appeared as Sam in the acclaimed short film Prank and on stage in the role of Tom Lindsay in the play Shellshock directed by Wayne Harrison.

CAST BIOGRAPHIES

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BRENDAN DONOGHUE (plays Paul Webster)

Brendan has been acting in the Australian Film Industry for over 20 years. His first feature film Blackrock with Heath Ledger had its American premiere at SUNDANCE in 1997. He was back at SUNDANCE in 2009 with the Short Miracle Fish,

that went on to be nominated for Best Short film at the 2010 Academy Awards.

In 2010 he appeared in the critically acclaimed role of Leonard Long in Nash Edgerton’s feature The Square. His screen credits also include Joel Edgerton’s Felony, David Field’s Convict, The Dy-ing Breed, The Postcard Bandit, Scorched, Go Big, Small Claims and A Wreck a Tangle.

He is currently filming George Basha’s The Combination II. On the small screen Brendan has appeared in Australia’s highest rating series Underbelly, along with A Moody Christmas, All Saints, Home & Away, Police Rescue, Murder Call, Wildside, Blue Heelers, Water Rats, and the BBC’s See How They Run. He has also worked on the festival circuit hit short films Cryo, Strange Face, Pink and Horse Feathers.

PAUL GLEESON (plays Andrew Barrett)

Paul Gleeson will next be seen in the highly anticipated bio-pic the House of Bond for the Nine Network and the second series of the SBS comedy The Family Law. Paul will also be starring in the upcoming web series High Life.

Paul has worked on many of Australia’s popular television dramas including Hyde & Seek, Home and Away, Secret City, Love Child, Power Games, Australia - The Story of Us, Cops LAC, Devil’s Dust, City Homicide, Rake, Spirited, A Country Practice, Janus, The Man From Snowy River, Blue Heelers, Balmain Boys, All Saints, McLeod’s Daughters, Blackjack, Two Twisted, Love My Way, The Cut, Darwin’s Brave New World, My Place, Sea Patrol and the Network Ten telemovie Hawke. Paul’s US television credits include the NBC series Camp, Virtual Nightmare, The Lost World, Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King, Monarch Cove and Starter Wife alongside Debra Messing.

He has also appeared in numerous feature films including Josh Lawson’s The Little Death, Terrence Malick’s war epic The Thin Red Line, Cate Shortland’s Somersault, Mark Lee’s The Bet, Komodo, Solo, Idiot Box, September and Men’s Group. Paul stage credits include Circle Mirror Transformation, Rainman, All My Sons, Stella By Starlight and The Ruby Sunrise for the Ensemble Theatre, Beach Blanket Tempest for Q Theatre and Small and Tired and Magpies Nest for Belvoir Street. Paul also played ‘Kinickie’ in David Atkins’ tour of Grease.

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OLIVIA PIGEOT (plays Liz Barrett)

Since graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1998, Olivia has worked extensively in film, television and theatre. Her theatre credits include: Corporate Vibes and Love For Love for Sydney Theatre

Company; Dream Home, Neighbourhood Watch, Death of a Salesman and Market Forces for Ensemble Theatre; Porn.Cake for Griffin Theatre Company and Sexual Perversity in Chicago for her own theatre company Theatre Jamb. On television, she has appeared in Home and Away, Stingers and All Saints on Network Seven, as well as The Sellers and Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo.

In 2003 she was nominated as Best Actress at the Film Critics’ Circle of Australia awards for her lead role in the feature film A Cold Summer, directed by Paul Middleditch. Her other film credits include Tomorrow When the War Began, The Book of Revelation, Stealth, Somersault, Eddie’s Place in Space, The Three Stooges and Powder Burn.

MADELEINE MADDEN (plays Holly McMahon)

Madeleine Madden is a young rising star with an impressive list of credits to her name. She first came to the nation’s attention by being the first Australian teenager to deliver an Address to the Nation on behalf of the Generation

One campaign’s call for action to create a better future for indigenous people. Her eloquent and considered speech was watched by more than six million people on national TV in 2010.

Sarah Spillane’s Around the Block was her first feature film starring opposite Christina Ricci. Madeleine has played the lead role in the Keaton Stewart directed short The Hoarders and numerous other short films, most notably the lead in the award winning short film Ralph, directed by Deborah Mailman. Madeleine has appeared in ABC TV’s critically acclaimed series The Code as ‘Sheyna’. She has also appeared in Redfern Now Series 1 & 2, Jack Irish: Dead Point, The Moodys, My Place, Ready for This and Tomorrow When the War Began.

Madeleine made her stage debut last year in Sydney Theatre Company’s production of The Secret River in the role of ‘Gillyagan’, directed by Neil Armfield. Madeleine is a proud Ambassador for Live Below the Line, a charity raising awareness to combat poverty in the Asia Pacific region, as well as the Australian Association of Adolescent Health.

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MILLY ALCOCK (plays Isabella Barrett)

Milly Alcock is fast becoming one of Australia’s most sought after young artists. In 2016 she played the role of Cindi in the highly anticipated third series of Janet King while co-hosting her successful Disney Channel Program

The BF Chefs.

Milly’s other credits include a guest role in Network Ten’s Wonderland & television commercials for NBN, Cadbury, KFC & Woolworths.

LUKE PEGLER (plays “Lennon”)

Luke Pegler began his career in 2001 working on the children’s television series Wild Kat. He has subsequently appeared in the television series Sea Patrol, Packed to the Rafters, All Saints, Rescue Special Op’s and Spartacus: Gods of

the Arena to name a few.

Pegler’s feature film debut came when he was cast in the World War II drama, The Great Raid starring Benjamin Bratt and James Franco. Following from this he was cast in the feature films Gettin’ Sqaure alongside Sam Worthington and See No Evil opposite WWE wrestler Kane (Glen Jacobs). He was then cast in his second WWE Films project opposite wrestling legend “Stone Cold” Steve Austin in The Condemned, followed by Fools Gold with Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson.

Pegler’s latest feature was the Mel Gibson directed Hacksaw Ridge in which Luke was cast in the main ensemble as “Hollywood Zane” opposite Andrew Garfield.

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ANITA HEGH (plays Maggie Turner)

Anita Hegh is a multi-award-winning performer whose credits include national and international theatre, film and television roles.

A graduate of NIDA, Anita’s extensive theatre credits in-clude All My Sons, Love and

Information, Secret River, Gross und Klein and Our Town for the Sydney Theatre Company. For her performance as Gina Ekdal in Belvoir Theatre’s production of The Wild Duck, Anita was awarded Best Actress in a Support Role at both the 2011 Helpmann Awards and the Sydney Theatre Critics Awards. She also received two Time Out Awards; Best Actress and People’s Choice. Other Belvoir productions include Twelfth Night and The Seagull. Her work for the Melbourne Theatre Company includes The Crucible, Top Girls and Don’s Party.

Anita’s screen work includes film roles in The Last Ride opposite Hugo Weaving, The Forest, Stuffed and Paradise Road directed by Bruce Beresford.

Her extraordinary list of television credits includes Janet King Season Two, Deep Water, Carlotta, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, The Killing Field, Catching Milat, Rescue Special Ops, My Place, False Witness, The Informant, McLeod’s Daughters, Valentine’s Day, MDA for which she on an AFI for best supporting actress, Last Man Standing, Peregrine – Loot, Water Rats and is best known for her role as Ellen Mackenzie in Stingers.

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LUKE EVE – Creator, Producer and Director

Luke Eve began his career as a freelance photographer. He graduated from the Australian Film Television and Radio School in 2005 and in the same year won Tropfest with his short film Australian Summer.

He was the recipient of a funded internship with This is That productions in New York City. He has directed five short films including Cockroach, a 14-minute visual effects loaded film that has gone on to screen at over 40 International Film Festivals and win over a dozen awards.

In 2010 and 2011 he directed episodes of Dave in The Life and was the series director on SEX: An Unnatural History for SBS. In 2012 he was the series director of the landmark documentary series Great Southern Land for ABC and Cordell Jigsaw Productions. The successful series landed him an ADG nomination for best direction in a documentary TV series.

Luke recently created, produced and directed a high-end web series in Los Angeles called Low Life – a black comedy about depression. It has gone on to win over 20 major festival awards and has recently sold to Amazon Prime and CanalPlay. In between TV projects, he also directs high-end commercials and music videos and has a number of feature film projects in development.

GLEN DOLMAN – Writer, Creator

Glen wrote the telemovie, Hawke, for Network Ten, about the controversial life of former Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, which won the Australian Writers’ Guild Award and three AFI Awards including for Best Telemovie or Mini-Series in 2010. He

then adapted the 19th century classic novel, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, into a telemovie for the ABC in 2012.

He is one of Australia’s most sought after screenwriters having written across a wide range of genres including the animated children’s series, The New Adventures of Ocean Girl, Gloria’s House, Flipper and Lopaka, the comedy puppet series, Li’l Horrors, the sci-fi series, Silver Sun, the prime-time series, Head Start, and the highly successful dramedy, Always Greener.

In the UK he was a writer/script editor on Britain’s longest running crime drama, The Bill (ITV) and a writer/script editor on the Cartoon Network sitcom, My Spy Family, and in Ireland he was the Series Script Editor and a writer for seasons 4 and 5 of RTE’s The Clinic, the highest rating Irish drama. In the US, Glen has written an animated feature for Unified Pictures with director John Stevenson (Kung Fu Panda).

CREW BIOGRAPHIES

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ADAM DOLMAN – Producer

Adam Dolman, a Master of Arts graduate from the Australian Film Television and Radio School, has a vast range of experience in film and television writing, development, financing andproduction. In recent years Adam has worked in creative

development for US film producer Barrie M Osborne, in film finance for Limelight International and has written for the animated series Lexi & Lottie and long running TV series Home & Away.

Adam worked as Financing Consultant on the feature Little Fish and as Co-Executive Producer on Undertow. In 2012 Adam undertook a Screen Australia funded internship to work in development at Red Wagon Entertainment in LA.

In 2005 Adam received the Kenneth Myer Fellowship to write a paper on international financing for Australian feature films. He was development manager at film investment company Mullis Capital, production managed TVCs for Sadako Films, worked in theatrical film distribution for Footprint Films and on productions as line producer, production coordinator and production secretary.

GINA CARTER – Executive Producer

Gina Carter started her career as a Production Manager in 1991 on THE INSTITUTE BENJMENTA directed by The Brothers Quay, followed by John Henderson’s LOCH NESS with Ted Danson and Joely Richardson. She went on to

Line Produce a number of productions including HOUSE OF AMERICA directed by Marc Evans, A MUG’S GAME directed by David Blair, BENT by Sean Matthias and RESURRECTION MAN again with Marc Evans.

Gina then joined Revolution Films where she worked with Andrew Eaton co-producing I WANT YOU (Golden Bear nomination 1998) starring Rachel Weisz, WONDERLAND with Gina McKee, Ian Hart and Shirley Henderson (Golden Palm nomination 1999) WITH OR WITHOUT YOU featuring Christopher Eccleston, Dirvla Kirwan and Alun Armstrong, and 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE (Golden Palm nomination 2002) with Steve Coogan and Paddy Considine, all directed by Michael Winterbottom. In 2001 Gina Produced HEARTLANDS for Revolution Films which starred Michael Sheen and was directed by Damien O’Donnell (East is East, Inside I’m Dancing). She went on to produce BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS, directed by Stephen Fry and starring Emily Mortimer, James McAvoy and Dan Akroyd. In 2005 Gina produced SNOW CAKE (Golden Bear nomination 2006), helmed by Marc Evans and starring Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman and Carrie-Anne Moss.

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GINA CARTER – Executive Producer - Cont’

For television, Sprout’s broadcast output includes: Three seasons of MOONE BOY for Sky; three seasons of the hit drama series of KINGDOM; an adaptation of Ian Rankin’s best-selling thriller DOORS OPEN for ITV; the original series of GADGET MAN for Channel 4 (STEPHEN FRY: GADGET MAN); documentary series STEPHEN FRY IN AMERICA, LAST CHANCE TO SEE, THE GREAT AMERICAN OIL SPILL, PLANET WORD, STEPHEN FRY: OUT THERE for the BBC; documentary STEPHEN FRY’S KEY TO THE CITY for ITV, and several series of PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS and LITTLE CRACKERS for Sky.

Most recent transmissions include MARKED starring Kiefer Sutherland and Stephen Fry; Idris Elba’s semi-autobiographical comedy drama KING FOR A TERM; and the documentary series STEPHEN FRY IN CENTRAL AMERICA.

Currently in development is the animation feature of Oscar Wilde’s THE CANTERVILLE GHOST; IN THE LONG RUN - a comedy-drama series created by Idris Elba; an adaptation of Gareth P Jones’ award-winning novel CONSTABLE AND TOOP; THE MURDER WALL, based on novelist Mari Hannah’s Kate Daniels detective series; and the adaptation of BROKEN DOLLS - the first book in James Carol’s bestselling Jefferson Winter series.

STEPHEN FRY – Executive Producer

Stephen Fry is an actor, writer, director and television presenter known for his performances in A BIT OF FRY AND LAURIE, JEEVES AND WOOSTER (both with Hugh Laurie) and BLACKADDER. His numerous film appearances have

included award-winning performances in PETER’S FRIENDS, WILDE, GOSFORD PARK, V FOR VENDETTA and EICHMANN. He has recently starred as Mycroft Holmes, elder brother to Sherlock, in Guy Ritchie’s sequel and appears as Master of Laketown in Peter Jackson’s THE HOBBIT. Stephen wrote and directed BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS in 2003.

He currently hosts the BBC quiz show QI and stars in the guest role of Dr Gordon Wyatt in the Fox series BONES; and previously he starred in three series of KINGDOM for ITV.

As a presenter his documentaries include THE SECRET LIFE OF THE MANIC DEPRESSIVE, STEPHEN FRY IN AMERICA, LAST CHANCE TO SEE and most recently FRY’S PLANET WORD, all for the BBC. He has written four best-selling novels, two volumes of his autobiography MOAB IS MY WASHPOT and, most recently, THE FRY CHRONICLES.

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TANIA LAMBERT – Director of Photography

Tania Lambert is an award winning cinematographer with a keen eye for composition and lighting and a desire to tell stories, which move people in every way.

She is currently working as a freelance cinematographer both in Australia and overseas and has extensive experience in drama, TVCs, music videos, documentary & promos.

Tania recently completed principal photography on feature film “Rip Tide” with Debby Ryan. She has also shot many TV series incl. The Moody’s, an eight episode comedy/drama series for Jungleboys, as well as ABC’s The Elegant Gentleman’s Guide to Knife Fighting and WHAM BAM Thank You Ma’am. She has won numerous other awards at the ACS Awards for her music videos, commercials and dramas including a Gold Award for Spirit in ‘Specialised & Experimental’ , a silver Award for her TVC “Anti -Childhood Obesity” campaign, and a Silver Award in ‘Music Video’ with her work on The Ruben’s ‘Lay It Down’ feat. Abbie Cornish.

BETHANY RYAN – Production Designer

Bethany Ryan first tested her skills as a Designer at RMIT in Melbourne, completing her Honours in Interior Design. A string of awards including a travelling scholarship sent her verseas before settling down to study Produc-

tion Design at AFTRS in Sydney. Before the year closed, Bethany Art Directed her first feature Film Nerve, which premiered at the Sydney Film Festival. Bethany has since Art Directed feature films: The Darkside (Warwick Thornton) and The Turning: Long Clear View (Mia Wasikowska).

Most recently, Bethany was Production Designer on feature film The Pretend One (Tony Prescott), currently in post-production and is currently in development on feature film Vatersache (Shane Danielsen) set to shoot in 2017. Bethany’s short film credits include Baby Baby (MIFF), All God’s Creatures (SFF) and Shane Danielsen’s directing debut, The Guests (Official Selection Festival de Cannes).

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NINA EDWARDS – Costumer Designer

Nina Edwards is a Costume Designer who was born in New Zealand and has been working in Australia consistently since 1989 in film and television, recently completing ‘The Code’ for Playmaker Media which is nominated for

10 AACTA awards.

She completed a Diploma at the New Zealand College of Fashion Design, briefly working in fashion before finding her true calling, designing for film and television.

Nina sees costume design as helping to create the characters, from the page to life, using colour, texture, detail, and the interpretation of the Director and Actor to breathe life into the fictional person.

The directors she has worked with include Daina Reed, Shawn Seet, David Ceasar, Geoffrey Walker, Kate Dennis, Rowan Wood, Peter Duncan, Andrew Lancaster, Garth Davis, and Shirley Barrett.

Nina was the recipient of the ‘Festival International De Moulins Cinema and Costume – Audience Award for Feature Film – Accidents Happen 2009.

MELANIE ANNAN – Editor

Melanie’s editing credits include features, television and over twenty award winning short films. Something Fishy won an ASE award for Best Editing, Danya won Best Editing at HatchFest, Australian Summer won Tropfest and

Spine won Best Australian Short at the Melbourne International Film Festival.

Melanie’s television work includes At Home With Julia, nominated for an AACTA award for Best Television Comedy Series. Low Life has collected a number of awards world-wide including Best Comedy & Grand Jury Winner, Melbourne WebFest and Best Drama at both the Korea and Bilbao WebFests.

In 2016 Melanie was selected to attend the Berlinale Talents Editing Studio as part of the Berlin Film Festival. This year Melanie is a Film Independent Fellow with Project Involve in Los Angeles. Her other work includes Despite the Gods, an award winning feature documentary and the narrative feature Waiting for the Miracle to Come starring Charlotte Rampling, Willie Nelson and Sophie Lowe.

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SARAH BLASKO – Original Score & Theme Song

Sarah Blasko writes songs that strike with rare immediacy, clarity and purpose. Melodies beguilingly simple, lyrics ever honest and direct. She has a deserved reputation as one of Australia’s most

commanding live performers whether she’s playing in the most intimate theatres, the grandest Opera Houses or our most expansive festival stages.

From her game-changing debut The Overture & The Underscore (2004) through to 2015’s stunning synth-laden paean to love Eternal Return, the three-time ARIA Award winner has continually proven herself an irrepressible artistic force and one of the most recognisable voices in Australian music.

In the midst of releasing 5 studio albums both beloved by fans and critically adored, Blasko continues to find time to write scores for award winning film, television and theatre productions.

STEVIE RAY – Casting Director

Stevie Ray is a casting director with McGregor Casting and has been casting TVCs, films and TV series for almost 10 years.

Together with Kirsty McGregor, Stevie won the 2016 CGA Award for Best

Casting Director for a Feature Film for the film Down Under & was nominated for Best Casting Director for a Short Film for the film Problem Play.

Stevie has worked across both film & television on projects such as The Moody’s, Here Come The Habib’s, Wish You Were Here, Griff the Invisible, Animal Kingdom and the AACTA nominated short film Flat Daddy.

McGregor Casting has also worked on projects such as the Oscar nominated Miracle Fish, the Australian search for A Good Day to Die Hard, Beautiful Creatures, Beneath Hill 60, The Rover, upcoming Marvel Studios Thor: Ragnarok, the multi award winning Top of the Lake and the Golden Globe nominated Lion with actors Dev Patel & Nicole Kidman.

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OPENING CREDITS:

Screen Australia Presents

A More Sauce Production

In Coproduction with CanalPlay

HIGH LIFE

Odessa Young

Benson Jack Anthony

Created by Luke Eve & Glen Dolman

Produced by Adam Dolman & Luke Eve

Executive Produced by Gina Carter & Stephen Fry

Written by Glen Dolman

Directed by Luke Eve

CREDITS

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END CREDITS:

CAST

GENEVIEVE BARRETT Odessa YoungBEN TURNER Benson Jack AnthonyPAUL WEBSTER Brendan DonoghueANDREW BARRETT Paul GleesonLIZ BARRETT Olivia PigeotISABELLA BARRETT Milly AlcockHOLLY MCMAHON Madeleine MaddenLENNON Luke PeglerMAGGIE TURNER Anita Hegh

CREW

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Tania Lambert PRODUCTION DESIGNER Bethany Ryan

COSTUME DESIGNER Nina Edwards

EDITOR Melanie Annan ORIGINAL SCORE & THEME SONG Sarah Blasko SOUND EDITOR & MIXER Andy Wright

CASTING DIRECTOR Stevie Ray CGA

VFX SUPERVISOR Tobias Kummer

TITLES DESIGNER Anna Fraser

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CAST

LEENA Catherine FarrahMARK Kamil EllisQING Linda NgoCONDUCTOR Ivy MakORAN Ezekiel SimatMUSIC EXAMINER Di AdamsCRYING BOY Harry RemptICE CREAM SERVER James BuckinghamMUM Jessica WrenTODDLER Luca DonoghueKID Ariel DonoghueVOLLEYBALL GIRL #1 Hollie ColquhounVOLLEYBALL GIRL #2 Lilly HatwellHOLLY’S FRIEND Jordan DussekANNOYING BOY Callum McManisOFFICE MAN Brenden DoddsOFFICE WOMAN Sarah ArmaniousFEMALE TEACHER Tahnee StroetINDIGENOUS ARTIST Anthony NewtonJAZZ ENSEMBLE Jack Bennett, Toby Brown Ben Devries, Hinano Fujisaki Samir Mosahebi, Yelson Qian LENNON LEG DOUBLE James ArcherGEN BODY DOUBLE Julia Robinson

CREW

PRODUCTION MANAGER Margaret TillsonPRODUCTION COORDINATOR Esther CastellPRODUCTION ASSISTANT Ellena ReidPRODUCER’S ASSISTANT Tu Nhi Lam

PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT Andrew Saareste

SCRIPT SUPERVISOR John Duong

CASTING ASSOCIATES Gemma Brown Gemma Mestroni

FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Peter (PJ) DunlopSECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Joe PopplewellADDITIONAL ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Ellena ReidADDITIONAL ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Jarrod Bowe

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BUYER/DRESSER Lauren SillatoGRAPHICS Laura MurrayDRESSER Mohini HerseSTANDBY PROPS Adrian Abrahamowicz

ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER/STANDBY Olivia SimpsonADDITIONAL STANDBY COSTUME Caitlin Murray

FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA Sarah HadleySECOND ASSISTANT CAMERA Khoa LeADDITIONAL FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA Andrew BontoftSTEADICAM OPERATOR Grant AdamsB CAMERA OPERATOR Grant Adams CAMERA ATTACHMENT Claudia Butters

STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER Zhenshi van der Klooster

GAFFER Steve DaleyADDITIONAL GAFFER Simon AllanADDITIONAL GAFFER Paul FotofiliBEST BOY Noel FrancoELECTRICIAN Avi MichaelKEY GRIP David LitchfieldADDITIONAL GRIP Damian Heckendorf

LOCATIONS EcomlocationsLOCATION MANAGER Estee ChangLOCATION ASSISTANT Paul Pinter

UNIT MANAGER Scott HermannUNIT ASSISTANT Sarah Davis

HAIR / MAKEUP DESIGNER Angela WongHAIR / MAKEUP ASSISTANT Holly WrightHAIR / MAKEUP ATTACHMENTS Jesse Kristal Hopkins Reece Green

STUNT & SAFETY SUPERVISOR Jon Heaney

SOUND RECORDIST Glenn FitzpatrickADDITIONAL SOUND RECORDIST Joseph LevineADDITIONAL SOUND RECORDIST Philip Myers

POST PRODUCER Michelle KaszaiDI SUPERVISOR & DAILIES TECHNICIAN Christopher ReigCOLOURIST Erin WoolhouseSOUND FX EDITOR Leah KatzFOLEY ARTIST Mario VaccaroFOLEY RECORDIST Michael Grisold

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VFX STUDIO Overmind StudiosVFX PRODUCER Francesco FarannaVFX ARTIST Tobias Kummer LEAD COMPOSITOR André Christopher Gerhardt

MUSIC MIX & RECORDING ENGINEER David TrumpmanisKEYBOARDS, BEATS, VOCALS Sarah BlaskoDRUMS & PERCUSSION Laurence PikeELECTRIC & UPRIGHT BASS Donny BenetCLARINET Matt KeeganBARITONE GUITAR Ben FletcherPIANO & ADDITIONAL KEYBOARDS David HuntADDITIONAL MUSIC (JAZZ BAND) Andrew Scott

PRODUCTION LAWYERS Simpsons Solicitors Mark Bamford Kris Darmody Shariqa ShaheedPRODUCTION INSURANCE H.W. WoodAUDITORS Christopher Coote & Co.PRODUCTION OFFICE Canal Road Film Studios

SCREEN AUSTRALIA INVESTMENT MANAGER Mike Cowap

HEAD OF CANALPLAY Jean-Marc LacarréreHEAD OF ACQUISITIONS, CANALPLAY Laura BaudoinEDITOR MANAGER, CANALPLAY Céline Demoux

SPROUT PICTURES PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE Juliet Parker

SPECIAL THANKS TO:Graham & Leonie Annan, Katrina Annan, Ben Annan & Olga Kozub

Jeremy Atcliffe, Sue Barnett, Bridget Blake-Wilson, Rey Carlson, Kim ChapmanJed Clarke, The Dock, Redfern, Christopher Coote, Mike Cowap,

Chris Davies, Flying Gecko, John Duggan, Central Park Mall, Karen Eve, Electra FrostCristina Gómez, Cody Hambly, Joseph Medcalf Funerals, Louis Hardman

Damora Harema, Ben Igoe, Kay Redfield Jamison, CJ Johnson, Dayne KellyMelissa Kelly, Tu Nhi Lam, Sarah Nathan, Maor Nir, Anita Gelato, David Page

Amy Parks, Michael Phelan, Melanie Sandford, Roger SavageChris Seeto & Enzo Tedeschi, Ford’s Ink Films, Danny Sherman, Gareth Tillson

Ecomlocations & Luke Torrevillas, Adrienne Williams, Caitlin Yeo

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‘The Ascent’ Composed by Andrew Scott

Performed by School Jazz Ensemble‘Chopin’s Nocturne in F Major Op 15 No 1’

Performed by Sally Whitwell

‘Gen’s ad-lib’Pianist & Composer Sally Whitwell

‘Watch it Go’Written by Bruno Brayovic

Vocals & Electric Guitar Bruno BrayovicDrums Jared HarrisonBass Andy Cowland

Stock footage from iStock.com (J2R, logoboom, imv, MADDRAT, Nevena1987, XiXinXing, barmalini, HaraldBiebel, chalades, kibbuz, clipzz) & Videoblocks (Footage Firm Inc)

Post Production Facility SOUNDFIRM POST PRODUCTION (LOGO)

MORE SAUCE (LOGO)CANALPLAY (LOGO)

Principal Funding FromScreen Australia (LOGO)

© 2017 MORE SAUCE PTY LTD and CANALPLAY

ISAN 0000-0004-5553-0000-B-0000-0000-4

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General Contacts:

Luke Eve Director/Producer+61 417 260 551+1 310 800 8215

luke@moresauce.com.au

Adam DolmanProducer

+61 414 386 759dolman.adam@gmail.com

www.highlifeseries.com