Ghosthunter
Movies in English or with English subtitles
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| Friday, 5 April 2019 | 20:30 | La Maison du Cinéma |
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Documentary Australia Foundation Award – Sydney Film Festival 2018
Official selection – Melbourne International Film Festival 2018
A western Sydney security guard and part-time ghost hunter, Jason King has spent two decades searching for his absent father. As a survivor of trauma, he seeks to reconcile his fractured memories and piece together his past. When his search converges with a police investigation, an horrific family secret is exposed — forcing him to confront a brutal past in order to reclaim his future.
View the trailer Press kitBen Lawrence
Ben Lawrence is an award-winning director of TV commercials and short documentaries, including campaigns for Amnesty International, Red Cross, Climate Institute, World Wildlife Fund and Earth Hour. In 2016 he co-directed MAN UP, a 3×1 hr TV documentary series for the ABC, which focused on Australian men’s mental health and suicide. His feature screenplay, HEARTS AND BONES has been optioned by Producer, Matt Reeder (WEST, THE LITTLE DEATH, and JOE CINQUE’S CONSOLATION). Ben is also an award-winning photographer with several solo exhibitions. He has been recognized at the International Photography Awards, New York, the Spider Awards for photojournalism in London, the Australian National Photographic Gallery Portrait Prize and the HeadOn Photographic Portrait Festival.