Craig Boreham
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Craig Boreham is an Australian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for his debut short film Transient, and the feature films Teenage Kicks (2016) and Lonesome (2022). His films focus on queer themes.
Early life and education
Craig Boreham graduated attended the University of Technology Sydney at the same time as future collaborator and friend, cinematographer Bonnie Elliott.{{Cite interview |title=Interview with acclaimed cinematographer Bonnie Elliott |first=Bonnie |last=Elliott |url=https://screen.nsw.gov.au/news/interview-with-acclaimed-cinematographer-bonnie-elliott|date=6 December 2016 |access-date= 15 Nov 2024 |website=Screen NSW}}
In 2008, he graduated from the Australian Film Television and Radio School with a Graduate Diploma in Directing (Fiction & Non Fiction).{{cite web |title=Our alumni |website=Australian Film Television and Radio School |date=29 November 2018 |url=https://www.aftrs.edu.au/alumni/our-alumni/?q=craig+boreham&Apply=Apply&sort=latest |access-date=15 November 2024}}
Career
In February 2005 his short drama Transient, premiered in the Panorama section at the Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web | title=Berlin warms to film offerings | website=The Age|first=Stephanie |last=Bunbury | date=16 February 2005 | url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/berlin-warms-to-film-offerings-20050216-gdzki9.html | access-date=21 February 2024}}
In 2008, LesGaiCineMad and Fundación Triángulo in Madrid, Spain, programmed a retrospective of Boreham's short films titled True Cinema Poison.
Boreham's short film Drowning, with cinematography by Bonnie Elliott, had its Australian premiere at the Flickerfest International Short Film Festival in December 2009 at Bondi Beach in Sydney.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmink.com.au/news/flickerfest-launches-over-bondi/ |title=Flickerfest launches over Bondi|website=FilmInk| date=9 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215051100/http://www.filmink.com.au/news/flickerfest-launches-over-bondi/ |archive-date=15 December 2009 }} Drowning starred Australian actors Miles Szanto, Xavier Samuel, and Tess Haubrich.{{cn|date=February 2024}} Drowning was the prelude to film Teenage Kicks, also a collaboration with Elliott, starring Miles Szanto and Daniel Webber, It premiered at the Sydney Film Festival in 2016.Leo Barraclough, [https://variety.com/2022/film/global/m-appeal-lonesome-berlin-craig-boreham-1235163805/ "Berlinale Teddy Award Nominee Craig Boreham’s ‘Lonesome’ to Be Launched at Berlin by M-Appeal"]. Variety, 26 January 2022.
In 2022 Lonesome was launched by M-Appeal at the Berlin Film Festival.
Awards and nominations
- ?: Best film at My Queer Career, Mardi Gras Film Festival
- 2005: Nomination, Teddy Award for best short film at the Berlinale[http://teddyaward.tv/index2.asp?KategorieID=1011&InhaltID=1647 19th Teddy Award Nominations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821183656/http://teddyaward.tv/index2.asp?KategorieID=1011&InhaltID=1647 |date=21 August 2009 }}
- 2005: City of Melbourne Emerging Filmmaker for Best Australian Queer Short Film, at the 15th annual Melbourne Queer Film Festival, for his short film Transient.{{cite web | title=AICN-Downunder:... Awards and festivals| website=Aint It Cool News | date=24 March 2005 | url=http://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/19725 | access-date=21 February 2024}}{{imdb title|0460589|Transient}}
- 2007: Best Independent Film, Newtown Flicks Short Film Festival, Sydney{{cn|date=February 2024}}
- 2022: Nomination, 2022 AACTA Award for Best Indie Film, for Lonesome{{cite web | last=Sangster | first=Ella | title=All the 2022 AACTA winners | website=Harper's Bazaar Australia | url=https://harpersbazaar.com.au/aacta-awards-nominations-2022/ | access-date=21 February 2024}}{{cite web | title=Winners & Nominees | website=AACTA | url=https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/winners-and-nominees/2022-aacta-awards/ | access-date=21 February 2024}}
Filmography
- Seamen (1998) Director, Producer, Writer
- Blow (2000) Director, Writer
- Pink Sheep (2003) Director, Producer, Editor
- Transient (2005) Director, Writer
- Stray (2007) Co Director with Dean Francis, Producer
- Love Bite (2008){{Cite web |url=http://www.if.com.au/2008/06/30/article/KSSSCJWQDK.html |title=Boreham's Love Bite gnaws at international fests - Inside Film |access-date=12 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814162637/http://if.com.au/2008/06/30/article/KSSSCJWQDK.html |archive-date=14 August 2011 |url-status=dead }} Director, Writer, Producer
- Before The Rain - Violet (2009) Director
- Drowning (2009) Director, Writer
- William Yang - The Art Of Seduction (2010) Director
- Ostia - La Notte Finale (2010) Director, Writer
- Teenage Kicks (2016) Director, Writer
- Lonesome (2022)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1184488|Craig Boreham}}
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Category:Australian screenwriters
Category:Australian LGBTQ screenwriters
Category:Australian LGBTQ film directors