The Butterfly Tree
THE BUTTERFLY TREE
LONDON PREMIERE + Q&A
Priscilla Cameron (dir) 1h 37m
Drama 2017 (15)
SUNDAY 8 JULY 2018 7.30pm £12
Regent Street Cinema
THE WRAP UP
The OZ Film Festival is proud to have presented the closing night gala’s directorial debut film, the London Premiere of The Butterfly Tree.
Director, Priscilla Cameron, jetted over from Australia to introduce her film starring Melissa George, Ewen Leslie & Ed Oxenbould , she held a Q&A after the feature.
The Butterfly Tree is a delightful coming-of-age story starring one of our favourite rising stars, Ed Oxenbould (Paper Planes, Puberty Blues TV series), who falls in love with the luminescent Melissa George when she moves into his town. But little does he know, his father, Ewan Leslie, is also rather taken with the newcomer.
This closing gala was held in honour of Cris Jones, who sadly passed away a short time after presenting his feature debut The Death and Life of Otto Bloom at our 2017 festival at the age of 37.
In tribute to Cris, we screen a feature debut at every festival, and fund the director to fly over to participate in a Q&A. For this screening, director Priscilla Cameron was joined on stage by former director of Edinburgh International Film Festival & Adelaide born, James Mullighan.
The festival closed with a drinks reception, generously funded by the Australian High Commission.
It's the event that keeps on giving & the perfect end to our festival.
Q&A with first-time director Priscilla Cameron.
INCLUDED IN THE TICKET
The feature was preceded by the short film:
"Sorry I'm Late"
Amy de Lisle
Swinburn University of Technology
Oz Film Festival supporting Student Short Films
+ drinks reception
+ introduction & Q&A by director, Priscilla Cameron
+ goodie bag containing The Woolgrower's Companion
+ author Joy Rhodes will be there to sign your book
+ a fun raffle for amazing door prizes
+ Australian snacks and lollies for sale