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Brigit and Benny off to Cannes
by Keith Platt
[The Mornington Mail, Thursday 10 March 2005]

MISSING this year's Tropfest Short Film Festival in Sydney may be a blessing in disguise for the nine-minute film Brigit and Benny (a modem faerietale), shot over three days at Mt Martha House.

Actor and filmmaker, Sally McLean said trimming the film back to Tropfest's six-minute limit would "compromise the flow of the story".

"So we decided to forego entering Tropfest and prepare the film for the international festival market instead," she said.

The film has been entered into the 58th Cannes Film Festival, which runs May 11-22.

"I consulted with my Sydney-based executive producers, Neon Films, who handle my feature films, and they suggested entering the film in Cannes, as they will be over there representing some of our other projects and would be happy to represent Brigit and Benny," Ms McLean said.

"While told in a modern setting, Brigit and Benny (a modem faerietale) is based on the principals of ancient fable and faerietales, and reminds us that although the times have changed, the essential goodness of people has not."

The nine-minute film involved a 27-member crew, 10 cast and 20 locals who were "background artists".

Photo credits:
Action on the set of Brigit and Benny (a modern faerietale) at Mt Martha House earlier this year.
Photo by Adam Patterson