Yesterday afternoon at 5.30pm the Hon. Lord Mayor Sue Hickey hosted a fundraising event for Breeding in Captivity. During the event the Mayor, Alex Sangston from Screen Tasmania, Lucien Simon and Larelle Bossi spoke passionately about the Tasmanian film Industry and the need to promote Tasmania not just as a fantastic location for films but as a hub of creative and talented filmmakers creating films for the world.

Breeding in Captivity, with your help, can be the first Tasmanian produced film since 1998’s the ‘Sound of One Hand Clapping’ to hit international cinema screens. We, together, can share our unique talent and stories through the release of this film, and, in so doing, open the flood gates to other Tasmanian feature films.

The ACF campaign ends on June 30 and we need you to help us reach our goal of $25,000 either by donating or sharing the below link to the campaign.

LINK: https://australianculturalfund.org.au/projects/breeding-in-captivity/

But for now please enjoy the new trailer.

The Missing Extras Are:

Angela Claridge,

ChunLan Lu

Grace Duggan

Xuanyi Zhao

James O’Shannessey

Andrew Morrisby

Richard Wilkinson

Ryan Harrison

Heather Endersby

Joanne Gwatking

Chris Adams

Darian Szyszka

Kate Manning

Louise Katherine Edwards

Zachary Wells

Anna Marigold Williams

Kieran Horton

Mathew Meehan-Lam

Jonathon Berry

Christina Rossi-Dyer

Melissa Rossi

Bruce &  Jennifer McKee

Sadie La Gure

Juliette Moutwari

Bree Steele

If you know any of the above people please pass on the email address below to them so that they can get in touch with us.

Thanks

Email; admin@mastfilms.com.au

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Please help us raise the $25,000 needed to finish Breeding in Captivity by donating through the ACF and receive 100% tax deduction just in time for tax time. https://australianculturalfund.org.au/projects/breeding-in-captivity/

Photo by Dick Marks

When we set out to make this Tasmanian Feature Film the entire community got behind us. When you look at the amount of people involved it reads more like a village than a film set. In fact;

89 Businesses and Individuals sponsored this film with, wether cash or in-kind support. The sets, the costumes, the cars we used, the locations, the food we ate, the equipment used to film, everything was loaned or provided at a heavily discounted rate. Without local businesses this film would not have been possible.

147 People donated money via our Pozible campaign;

62 Crew members  deferred their payments in the development and production of the film; and

181 Actors and Extras deferred their payments to be in the film.

That is, an incredible 479 businesses and individuals involved in a feature film with a shooting cash budget of less than $70,000. It is amazing to think that we were able to feed that many people in the 5 weeks that we shot, let alone pay for all the equipment, flights, accommodation, petrol etc. We think that the support we received is phenomenal and so we are going to start highlighting and celebrating the myriad of people and business who have supported us. Today I’d like you to visit our sponsor page and consider, next time you need furniture, clothing, accommodation, a meal, camera equipment. a good read, belts, jewellery, antiques, sound equipment or anything else you can imagine that you have a look at the supporters of this film and give them some of your business and help promote and grow Tasmanian business and industry.

SPONSOR PAGE

So, we need a little more money to finish this film and show the work and generosity of the almost 500 people who made it. Please help us finish the editing of the film by donating some money via the Australian Cultural Fund and receiving in return a 100% Tax Donation and a credit on the film. For larger donations we can negotiate Associate and Executive Producer credits as well as other benefits like private screenings hosted by the Director.

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For more information email: admin@mastfilms.com.au

It is with our deep sadness that Larelle and I share the tragic news that Kevin Gleeson, the Location Sound Mixer on Breeding in Captivity, passed away on Wednesday April 20.

For those who are aware Kevin’s contribution on set was phenomenal. Not only did he save the shoot by ensuring quality sound but he worked tirelessly, professionally always with good grace and humour.

A few days before the first day of the shoot we lost our Sound Mixer. Consequently, for the first week of the shoot we had no sound mixer and various Boom Operators, some experienced some just winging it. Quality sound is essential, and we didn’t have it. We were in trouble. Then like bolt of lightening from the blue we got a call from Kevin, who at the time lived in Launceston, and was prepared to shift back to Hobart to take up the Sound Mixer’s role. Once Kevin was on set our problems were solved. He averted a crisis. This ability to avert a crisis and to save the day was something, we came to learn, was part of Kevin’s makeup.

Kevin is much loved within the Hobart community, particularly the music industry where he has nurtured and supported many a talent. Kevin’s achievements and skills are expansive, recording bands, editing animation for Blue Rocket, making videos, making art, making music…

I am sure that you will all support Larelle and my decision to place a dedication to Kevin in the credits of the film. Through this news is tragic it also provides further incentive to complete this amazing project. This is a film I believe Kevin would have been proud of and I would have loved for him to be at the world premier and witness his work on the big screen. He deserved – as we all do- that experience of pride and joy that comes when you see your work finished and appreciated by an audience.

Vale Kevin Gleeson. You will be missed.

To pay tribute to Kevin you can visit his home page on FaceBook.

 https://www.facebook.com/kevin.gleeson.14?fref=ts

Lucien Simon

Director/Producer

Larelle Bossi

Producer

www.breedingincaptivity.com.au

Help raise the funds to complete post-production by sharing our Australian Cultural Fund Donations page: https://australianculturalfund.org.au/projects/breeding-in-captivity/

Photo: Kevin Gleeson on the set of Breeding in Captivity. Photo taken by Andrew Davis

We are getting there team!!