Feature Screenplay AFIN 208
A BUSHRANGER'S CURSE
Written by Jeffrey Milne
AFIN 2024 Winner
- 2024
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Australia - English
- M
- Historical
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Synopsis
After witnessing the murder of his father during a mail coach robbery in 1863, a determined young man becomes a coach driver twelve years later and hunts down the notorious bushranger responsible and to re-claim a stolen heirloom in a perilous quest for justice and redemption.
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- Jeffrey Milne has been here beforeAlso in the 2023 programme
From the Judges
From the Judges
Characterisation carries this screenplay, with figures who each hold their own distinct individuality and a back-and-forth between protagonist and antagonist that humanises both within their own narratives. The world building is detailed and clearly well researched, catching the texture of Australian gold rush life, and themes of love, money, loss, hope and revenge run right through it. It reads as an Australian Western with the reach to belong on the big screen.
Writer's Biography
Jeffrey Milne Writer
Jeffrey Milne resides in Brisbane, Australia. After spending most of his working life in media-related roles and in business operations, he became interested in podcasting which led to writing, directing and producing an audio fiction thriller drama podcast in 2020. ‘The Last Stand Down’, an adaptation from a novel in collaboration with its author was set in London. The series was voiced by Australian actors and recorded remotely during COVID times. The production entertained a large audience in London, Manchester and Glasgow during its run on Podcast Radio. This experience led to writing an award-winning screenplay, Millions in Manila, then 'A Bushranger's Curse, an Australian AFIN International Film Festival award winner in 2024.
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A BUSHRANGER'S CURSE was Winner of Best Feature Screenplay at the AFIN International Film Festival 2024, a Top 100 Best Reviewed and IMDb-qualifying festival.
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