Cinematographer, Director of Photography, DOP | Michael Tessari

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Cinematographer, Director of Photography or DOP, Michael Tessari is primarily known for the feature film Awoken as well as numerous acclaimed works across advertising, music videos and short drama. Winner of numerous Australian Cinematographers Society Gold awards and the prestigious Milton Ingerson Award for best entry in SA and WA of 2017. Based out of Adelaide, Australia but works worldwide

With Or Without You at Adelaide Film Festival

With or Without You tells the moving mother-daughter story of Chloe (Melina Vidler) and her free-spirited, alcoholic mother, Sharon (Marta Dusseldorp). When their lives intersect with Dalu (Albert Mwangi), a West African man, they find themselves on a journey of emotional discovery.

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IF’s 2024 Rising Talent list

In the name of celebrating talent, we are pleased to offer you a free digital copy of our Rising Talent issue for 2024.

Those on this year’s list are people we think will shift and lead our industry into the future. Some are newer faces. Others have recently stepped into senior roles where they’re now making waves. We think you’ll want to work with all of them.

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MIFF unveils full line-up, including ‘Voices in Deep’, ‘Mercy Road’, ‘Rose Gold’, ‘Monolith’

Other newly-announced local fare include John Curran’s Mercy Road; Matt Vesely’s Monolith; Gabriel Carrubba’s Sunflower; Jack Clark and Jim Weir’s Birdeater, which recently won the audience award in Sydney; Soda Jerk’s Hello Dankness; Ricard Cussó and Tania Vincent’s animation Scarygirl; and Ben Joseph Andrews’ XR work, Turbulence: Jamais Vu.

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GIZMODO - MONOLITH TRAILER DROPS!!

Lily Sullivan is about to see her horror profile rise exponentially—she stars in Evil Dead Rise, which releases in April—but today, io9 has the exclusive teaser premiere of another genre film she’ll soon appear in: Monolith, an Australian sci-fi thriller screening in the SXSW Film Festival’s “Midnighters” program.

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