The Sky's the limit for new Queensland film...

Mark Overett, Peter Duncan and Cathy Overett

The first feature film for Brisbane-based New Holland Pictures, Unfinished Sky will commence shooting in the Beaudesert area in September.

Written and directed by Peter Duncan (Children of the Revolution) and starring William McInnes and leading Dutch actress Monic Hendrickx, Unfinished Sky is a powerful love story with a thriller twist.

“Peter has written a beautiful script,” said  producer Cathy Overett. “He’s embodied universal themes of rural decline and illegal immigration in our two heroes.  And he’s woven a poetic love story around a thriller element that will resonate with audiences around the world.”

“With William and Monic in the leads, the film promises to be positively bristling with sensuality and suspense.”

New Holland Pictures is a joint venture between Brisbanites Mark Overett and Cathy Overett, and Dutch partners Anton Smit, San Fu Maltha and IdtV Film. This partnership has enabled New Holland Pictures to attract European finance to help make what is inherently an Australian story with universal themes.

Unfinished Sky is being distributed in Australia/New Zealand by Palace, in Benelux by A-Film, and internationally by Fortissimo. PFTC and FFC are also investors in the project.

New Holland Pictures has a number of other feature scripts in development, including the iconic Brisbane story Zigzag Street, based on the novel by Nick Earls.

Unfinished Sky Data

New Holland Productions Pty Ltd

Executive producers: Mark Overett, Hanneke Niens, San Fu Maltha

Producers: Cathy Overett, Anton Smit

Director/writer: Peter Duncan (Children of the Revolution, Passion, Little Bit of 

                        Soul,Hell has Harbour Views)

Cast: William McInnes (Look Both Ways, Kokoda, Seachange;

         Monic Henrickx  (The Moving True Story of A Woman Ahead of Her Time)

Sales and Distribution: Palace Films, Fortissimo Films, A Film, Vara,

                                 Queen Imperial PTE

Synopsis: An illegal refugee and a reclusive farmer fall deeply in love, despite their

               resistance, recovering their faith in themselves and their trust in

               humanity.

For further information, contact: Cathy Overett 07 33992799