Craig Boreham - Director / Writer

Craig Boreham, is a Sydney based writer, director. A graduate the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), Craig has directed ten short films, several ads, music clips and has worked extensively in the area of post?production on many projects. Much of Craig's video and film work focuses on themes of sexuality and the politics of desire. His films have been seen in over 150 festival screenings and received numerous awards including “The City of Melbourne Best Short Film Award”, Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and Best Independent Film, Newtown Flicks Festival – Sydney.

His short drama TRANSIENT, premiered at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Teddy Award for best short film. Craig was invited to return to Berlin as one of two Australian directors chosen to attend the Berlinale Talent Campus in 2006 with classes and seminars held by industry heavy weights such as Michel Gondry, Charlotte Rampling, Wim Wenders, Christopher Doyle, and Anthony Dod Mantle.

In 2008 a retrospective of Craig's work, CINEMA OF TRUE POISON was presented by Fundacion Triangulo in Madrid. In 2009 Craig was invited to direct a chapter of the multi-story feature film BEFORE THE RAIN, a coproduction between two of Australia’s most prestigious film and drama institutions, The National Institue of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) and the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS). The film was produced as part of NIDA’s 50th Anniversary celebrations.

Annmaree J Bell - Associate Producer

Annmaree co-founded Azure Productions on the principals: create, inspire, achieve. With over 60 festival screenings, Annmaree’s most resent production, FRAIL, won the Best Film award at the 2008 Bondi Short Film Festival and Best Cinematography at Viva Film Festival as well as a Gold award at the Australian Cinematography Awards and continues to screen world wide including Tehran, Montrael and Palm Springs, in 2006 her short ‘a quiet spot’ also won at best cinematography at the 2007 Bondi Short Film Festival and has screened in Montreal, St Kilda, Paris and Sydney.

In 2009 Annmaree produced DROWNING with writer/director Craig Boreham and VINYL with writer/director Ashley Fairfield, both with the support of Screen Australia.

2008 saw the completion of REBECCA with co-directors Kate Vinen and Liz Cooper and THE SOUND OF SHADOWS with writer/director Julietta Boscolo. Annmaree also produces music videos including Bob Evan’s FRIEND, Kate Alexa’s chart topping TEARDROPS and Australian Idol judge Marcia Hines remix of STOMP with her daughter Deni Hines.

Other productions include, UNTOUCHED a privately funding venture with writer/director Megan Riakos, festivals include Festival du Cinéma de Paris & Byron Bay Film Festival; Closing Stages a Metro Screen & NSWFTO Multi-cultural Mentorship Scheme production and ELEMENOPEE with writer/director Natalia Amoore which continues to screen worldwide including winning Audience Choice at several australian film festival and screening at the Palm Springs International Film Festival for Short Films in 2005.

Currently Annmaree has DARKER AFTER MIDNIGHT, MEMORY OF BREATHING, TEENAGE KICKS and SKYMAZE feature films in development.

Adam Howden- Director of Photography

Adam’s love of the visual image started at an early age and was formalised with his studies at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in the late 1990’s. A cinematographer, photographer and musician he lives and breathes creativity. With a passion for story Adam has proven himself not only as a cinematographer but also as a storyteller and collaborative filmmaker.
  
 Adam has shot music videos for some of Australia’s best known artists including You Am I, Children Collide, Grinspoon, Kisschasy, The Avalanches and End of Fashion plus TVCs for RACV, Suzuki, Sidchrome, Yarra Trams, MTV, Triple M, Kellogg’s and Short Films for some of Australia’s best emerging directors.
  
 With a growing list of Short Films, TVCs and over 30 music videos to his credit, Adam boasts a proven track record of tackling time and budget restraints capably and creatively.

Inneke Smit - Production Design

Inneke has a strong passion for screen and design aesthetics which started from the early age of eight. It has been this passion for the craft of television and filmmaking that lead her to appreciate the creative arts, the power of visual storytelling and the world, which is the “art department”.

Inneke has graduated from the Australian Film, Television and Radio school with Master of Arts in Production Design and have designed for a variety of mediums that include film, television, theatre and events.  Her event credits include the Kings Cross Christmas Street Festival 2005, AFTRS Gala Dinner 2007: Her theatre credits include THE SHOE HORN SONATA 2009 at Newtown Theatre, XMAS SUSHI 2008 at Newtown Theatre and CRIME SCENES 2009 at Factory Theatre . 

In addition, she has art directed  a variety of short films most recently the Screen Australia Funded DROWNING 2009,  and had success with the low-budget feature film CROSS LIFE (2005), in which she was the Production Designer, it later premiered at the 2007 Sydney International Film Festival, Pusan International Film Festival and was nominated for an IF Independent Spirit Award.

Most recently, Inneke has designed a variety of music videos for SSS productions, television commercials for Advertising Advantage, and Production Designed two seasons on the TV series DEADLY WOMEN produced by Beyond Productions for the Discovery Channel

Adrian Chiarella - Editor

Adrian Chiarella grew up in Sydney before studying at the University of Sydney and the Australian Film Television and Radio School.

Adrian’s career began whilst living in London and working as an assistant editor on various documentaries and independent feature films. He went on to edit a range of music videos and TVCs before returning to Sydney in 2006 to complete an internship with Australian writer-director Baz Luhrmann. This was followed by his employment with Luhrmann’s company, Bazmark Inq, over the following two years. He has since continued to work with Sydney-based filmmakers on short dramas, applying his passion for storytelling to a range of diverse and innovative projects.

OSTIA – LA NOTTE FINALE is his third collaboration with writer-director Craig Boreham.

Annette Golden - Composer

Annette Golden is a Sydney based composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist with a passion for composing music in multiple and diverse genres for the moving image.

At the beginning of 2008, Annette decided to return to her first love, music, following a successful legal career spanning over a decade.  During (and more often in spite of!!) her career in law, Annette maintained her enthusiasm and commitment for music by composing and arranging for ensembles as well as playing and recording on the acoustic and electric violin. Annette also maintained her fascination for musicology and ethnomusicology developed during her earlier B. Mus. studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.  Since embarking upon her new career path, her original compositions have received airplay in Paris, Denmark, New York and Los Angeles, as well as live and broadcast performances in Sydney.

In 2009, Annette undertook the Graduate Diploma in Screen Music at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School.  She is now focused on furthering her composing, arranging and music production skills in the collaborative contexts of film, theatre, TV and dance.   

Annette is also working on compositions for the electric violin using the technical and soundscape developments, which have opened up interesting possibilities for this instrument over the past few decades. Underpinning the above is her desire to understand and appreciate the way sound informs and enriches our perception of the world and each other.