Screenplay AFIN 028
The Last Of The Pretty Boys
Written by Dustin Schmidt
AFIN 2019 Winner
- 2019
- 82pp
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Australia - English
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Synopsis
Shock rocker Lazarus Graves returns homes to Brisbane after finding success with his music overseas. A connection he forms with a journalist forces him to attempt to confront his self-destructive cycles, facing his past and making new mistakes along the way.
Writer's Biography
Dustin Schmidt Writer
Dustin Schmidt graduated from USQ with First Class Honours in 2016, completing a Bachelor of Applied Media with focus on screenwriting. He made his directorial debut with the short film 'Besties in 2018. In 2019, he won the AFIN International Film Festival's Best Original Screenplay award for his script 'The Last of the Pretty Boys' which he started directing in late 2020 as his debut feature film. When he's not writing he serves as the frontman and lead guitarist for Australian alternative rock band Northern Lights.
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The Last Of The Pretty Boys was Winner of Best Original Screenplay at the AFIN International Film Festival 2019, a Top 100 Best Reviewed and IMDb-qualifying festival.
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