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The Midnight section at the Sundance Film Festival features films that don’t neatly fit into certain genres and seek to unsettle or frighten festival audiences. One of the films that will premiere in this section is the new thriller “Killing Ground,” about a young couple’s nightmarish weekend getaway. When Ian (Ian Meadows) and Sam (Harriet Dyer) arrive at an isolated campsite, they figured they would escape urban living for a while, but instead, they find an abandoned SUV and a tent. As night falls and the other campers don’t return, Ian and Sam grow increasingly uneasy, only to discover a distressed toddler wandering alone on the campground. The film also co-stars Aaron Pedersen (“Water Rats”) and Aaron Glenane (“Truth”). Watch an exclusive trailer for the film below.

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The film is written and directed by Damien Power. He...

Emerging filmmakers Carl Firth and Damien Power will each receive $50,000 to write and direct a short film.

Both have been awarded Creative Fellowships from the Aftrs designed to fund .daring and adventurous projects..

Firth will make The Immortal, which follows a man.s quest for immortality . and what happens when he gets it. Power.s project is Detours, which intercuts the Edgar J. Ulmer.s 1945 film noir thriller Detour with a new story about a woman in the grip of an existential crisis.

Last year Power.s films Bat Eyes and Boot were selected among the 50 semi-finalists (from 15,000 submissions worldwide) in YouTube/Scott Free.s inaugural Your Film Festival.

Firth directed the short comedy The Water and has worked in various roles on features such as Australia, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Paradise Lost, The Great Gatsby, The Wolverine and the TV series House Husbands..

Now in its fourth year, the Aftrs...

Two Australian film-makers have made the final of Your Film Festival, a festival backed by Blade Runner director Ridley Scott and YouTube.

Adrian Powers and Damien Power are through to the top ten in an international film festival run through the video platform.

The competition is in partnership with Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Productions and the Venice Film Festival.

Adrian Powers’ Scruples and Damien Power’s Bat Eyes join film-makers from USA, Brazil, Bolivia, the UK, Spain, Lebanon and Egypt vying for the top prize.

Power had two films in the top 50 shortlist, Bat Eyes and Boot.

The winner will be announced after a screening of all films on Sunday 2 September during the Venice Film Festival in front of the judging panel which includes Scott and actor Michael Fassbender.

Scott said: “These ten finalists have achieved something quite remarkable and are all clearly talents to watch. People may be...

An Australian film-maker has had two short films included in a shortlist of 50 to compete in YouTube’s Your Film Festival.

The competition is run in conjunction with the video platform, Venice International Film Festival and Ridley Scott’s Scott Free production company, with the winner receiving $500,000 to develop a project with Scott and Prometheus star Michael Fassbender.

The top ten finalists, as voted on by the YouTube community, will attend and screen their films at the 69th Venice International Film Festival in August.

From 15,000 submissions, Damien Power had two films selected, Bat Eyes and Boot.

Both films were produced by Bec Cubitt and developed by The Voices Project, an initiative by the Australian Theatre for Young People.

Power said: “I’m thrilled that my films have been selected for YouTube’s Your Film Festival. This is why I make films – to share stories with as large an audience as possible.