Tristan Barr, filmmaker portrait provided to AFIN.

Tristan Barr

Producer, Director and Writer and more at AFIN

  • 3nominations
  • 4credits
  • 2021-23years at AFIN

Biography

Tristan’s latest feature film 'Subject' was shot with 12 cameras simultaneously and was selected for Cannes Frontiers, Monsterfest and will release with Cinedigm (Terrifier 2) & Umbrella Entertainment (The Babadook) after its North American festival premiere in 2023. 

Tristan was the first writer/director down under to shoot a full-length feature film in one single take, across the span of 9 different locations and a running time of 82 minutes, entitled ‘Watch the Sunset’, which won Cinema Australia's "Top five films of the year" and was acquired as a STAN Original after a successful cinema season. This year Tristan was the lead producer of the neo-western thriller feature "Head Count" starring Ryan Kwanten (True Blood, Kindred), Aaron Jakubenko (Tidelands, The Shannara Chronicles), Melanie Zanetti (Bluey, Raven's Hollow) being distributed by Shout Factory (Old Henry) & Umbrella Entertainment (Another Round). In 2021 Tristan also produced the short films Reklaw' and 'Suspense' which played at SXSW & Fantasia Film festivals, and Won "Hollyshorts" thriller section.
 A passionate visual storyteller, his other work has received consistent praise, including an accolade for ‘Best Director' at the Canada International Film Festival. Tristan also produced the horror/comedy pilot ‘Cursed’ which played at SXSW in association with Screen QLD. Tristan was selected for Screen Australia's Emerging Talent delegation at the Cannes Film Festival.

AFIN recognition

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Credits at AFIN

Selected filmography beyond AFIN

Primarily credited in acting across their wider career, per TMDB.

Since Tristan’s 2021 AFIN appearance, 2 known screen credits follow below. See the AFIN launchpad →

  • Deathkeeper posterDeathkeeper since AFINDirector · Writer2026

    Cursed to age decades each time he saves a life, a reclusive angel is drawn to a possessed woman hunted by a charming demon in disguise -forcing him to confront the only way to reclaim his youth: killing.

  • Banshees Ridge posterBanshees Ridge Director12m2023

    Based on outback folklore, a bushranger who mourns the death of his daughter searches for a missing girl who has been taken by the corruptions the Australian settlers call “Banshees.”

  • Subject posterSubject since AFINDalesky · Director2022
  • Jacks posterJacks Spud9m2021

    A story of undercover police officers carrying out as gangsters on a drug-busting mission. However, things happened unexpectedly during the mission.

  • This Little Piggy posterThis Little Piggy Shadow · Writer · Director1h 30m2017

    Simon and Ely have been best mates since high school. They live together, shop together, smoke and sell marijuana together. Ely works a "proper" job in an office while Simon sits at home wasting time.

  • Monster Pies posterMonster Pies Mike1h 25m2013

    Mike has felt alienated and alone for as long as he can remember, until a new boy arrives at his school - awakening feelings and a world of possibilities he'd never before dared to dream of.

  • Beckoning the Butcher posterBeckoning the Butcher Brent Wellborne1h 20m2013

    Beckoning the Butcher explores the night Chris Shaw and his four friends summoned a spirit into their holiday house - then disappeared forever.

  • Dunny Derby: The Legend of Derek Dallas & The Underbogs posterDunny Derby: The Legend of Derek Dallas & The Underbogs Max · Director1h 22m

    Documentarians follow Derek Dallas Junior II and his team of mates - The Underbogs - as they prepare for 'The Dunny Derby Championships sponsored by Quilton'.

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