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All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane
''All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane'' is a 2007 Australian romantic comedy film directed by Louise Alston and written by Stephen Vagg. It follows Anthea, a 25-year-old girl who hates her job and has to sit back and watch as all her friends move away from her hometown, Brisbane, to make a better life. In 2013, ''The Guardian'' referred to it as a "cult film" inspired by "a typically Brisbane lament... the departure of people in their late 20s to Sydney, Melbourne, London or New York." Plot Anthea (Charlotte Gregg) is undergoing a crisis of confidence: overworked, no boyfriend, and now all her friends are leaving Brisbane. She is tempted to leave herself, but is opposed by her longtime best platonic male friend Michael (Matt Zeremes). Michael thinks people who leave Brisbane are copycats who follow the crowd; he is quite happy to stay in Brisbane, he is in a stable job and a stable very low-maintenance "sex-with-the-ex" relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Stephanie (Sarah Kenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Alston
Louise Alston is an Australian film director and producer best known for the movies ''All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane'' and '' Jucy''. Biography Alston was born in Wagga Wagga, and studied at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School after which she created and produced two television series, ''The Variety Show at the End of the World'' and ''Brilliant Lives''. She made her debut as feature film director with the romantic comedy ''All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane'' which was released to Australian cinemas in 2007. Her follow-up feature, the comedy '' Jucy'', had its international debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2010. She has lectured at the Australian Film Television and Radio School, and has directed episodes of ''Neighbours''. In 2018 she commenced production on her third feature as director, ''Back of the Net''. In September 2019, Alston will be directing a film adaption of "The Will'" by Kristen Ashley for Passionflix. Filmography Feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Film Commission
The Australian Film Commission (AFC) was an Australian government agency was founded in 1975 with a mandate to promote the creation and distribution of films in Australia as well as to preserve the country's film history. It also had a production arm responsible for production and commissioning of films for the government. It was superseded by Screen Australia from 1 July 2008. History The Australian Film Commission was established by the Whitlam government on 7 July 1975 as the successor to the Australian Film Development Corporation set up by the Gorton government. In the first year of its existence, its budget was $6.5 million.David Stratton, ''The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival'', Angus & Robertson, 1980 p16 The AFC acted as a funding and development agency for the Australian film industry. With the ''Australian Film Commission Amendment Acts'' passed in 1980 and 2003, the AFC shifted focus onto funding and promoting Australian film both locally, and in inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Go-Betweens
The Go-Betweens were an Australian indie rock band formed in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1977. The band was co-founded and led by singer-songwriters and guitarists Robert Forster and Grant McLennan, who were its only constant members throughout its existence. Drummer Lindy Morrison joined the band in 1980, and its lineup would later expand to include bass guitarist Robert Vickers and multi-instrumentalist Amanda Brown. Vickers was replaced by John Willsteed in 1987, and the quintet lineup remained in place until the band split two years later. Forster and McLennan reformed the band in 2000 with a new lineup that did not include any previous personnel aside from them. McLennan died on 6 May 2006 of a heart attack and the Go-Betweens disbanded again. In 2010, a toll bridge in their native Brisbane was renamed the Go Between Bridge after them. In 1988, " Streets of Your Town", the first single from '' 16 Lovers Lane'', entered the Top 100 on both the Kent Music Report chart in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streets Of Your Town
"Streets Of Your Town" is a song by Australian indie group The Go-Betweens that was released as the lead single from their 1988 album ''16 Lovers Lane''. Featuring polished production, a prominent backing vocal by Amanda Brown (musician), Amanda Brown and a guitar solo by bassist John Willsteed, "Streets of Your Town" is one of the band's most recognised songs. It was released in July 1988 in the UK on Beggars Banquet Records, Beggars Banquet, where it reached #80 on the singles charts and in Australia in August 1988 on Mushroom Records, Mushroom, where it reached #68. In New Zealand, the song was issued in November 1988, and was a top 40 hit, peaking at #30–the band's highest-ever placing on any national chart. The single was re-released in the UK in 1989, in an attempt by Beggars Banquet to encourage the band's commercial momentum. However, it only peaked at No. 82. Composition and recording Written by Grant McLennan, the sunny, upbeat music is contrasted with darker lyrics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Birmingham
John Birmingham (born 7 August 1964) is a British-born Australian author, known for the 1994 memoir ''He Died with a Felafel in His Hand'', and his ''Axis of Time'' trilogy. Early life and education Birmingham was born in Liverpool, United Kingdom, but grew up in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, having moved to the country with his parents in 1970. Birmingham received his higher education at Saint Edmund's College in Ipswich and at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. Birmingham's only stint of full-time employment was as a researcher at the Australian Department of Defence but he has worked for the television program '' A Current Affair''. Career Birmingham returned to Queensland to study law but he did not complete his legal studies, choosing instead to pursue a career as an author. Birmingham has a degree in international relations and currently lives in Brisbane. Writing Birmingham was first published in ''Semper Floreat'', the student newspaper at the University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Earls
Nicholas Francis Ward Earls (born 8 October 1963) is a novelist from Brisbane, Australia, who writes humorous popular fiction about everyday life. The majority of his novels are set in his home town of Brisbane. He fronted a major Brisbane tourism campaign. Biography Earls was born on 8 October 1963 in Newtownards, Northern Ireland. He emigrated to Australia with his parents and sister at the age of nine. Living in Brisbane, he was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School there. He completed a medical degree at the University of Queensland and worked as a GP before turning to writing.Silkstone, DanMature face of Aussie lad lit ''The Age'', 15 July 2006. Career Earls has been compared to Nick Hornby. ''Zigzag Street'', his second novel, won the Betty Trask Award in 1998 (sharing with Kiran Desai's ''Hullaballoo in the Guava Orchard''). His young-adult novel, ''48 Shades of Brown'', won the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award for older readers in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powderfinger
Powderfinger were an Australian rock band formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their break-up in 2010, the line-up consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bass guitarist John Collins and drummer Jon Coghill. The group's third studio album ''Internationalist'' peaked at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart in September 1998. They followed with four more number-one studio albums in a row: ''Odyssey Number Five'' (September 2000), '' Vulture Street'' (July 2003), ''Dream Days at the Hotel Existence'' (June 2007) and '' Golden Rule'' (November 2009). Their Top Ten hit singles are " My Happiness" (2000), "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" (2003) and "Lost and Running" (2007). Powderfinger earned a total of eighteen ARIA Awards, making them the second-most awarded band behind Silverchair. Ten Powderfinger albums and DVDs certified multiple-platinum, with ''Odyssey Number Five'' – their most successful album – achieving eightfold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Exchange Hotel, Brisbane
The Royal Exchange Hotel (locally known as the 'RE') is a heritage-listed hotel located at 10 High Street, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The Royal Exchange Hotel is a popular with local office workers and also University of Queensland students due to its proximity to the university. It was known for its '$4 basics' (now $5) on Wednesdays, and Sundays night, these being the busiest nights of the week for University students and the like. The Royal Exchange Hotel has a casual atmosphere, allowing casual attire. Food and drinks are served, catering for lunch, dinner and casual drinks from the bar. Car parking spaces are available. History The Royal Exchange Hotel was built in about 1886, designed by Brisbane architect Richard Gailey. The first licensee was William Robertson. In 1917 Jim Cavill was the licensee of the Royal Exchange. He went on to be the pioneer of Surfers Paradise. In August 2013, the Australian Pub Fund bought the hotel with a final offer betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Story Bridge
The Story Bridge is a heritage-listed steel cantilever bridge spanning the Brisbane River that carries vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic between the northern and the southern suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is the longest cantilever bridge in Australia. The road across the bridge is named Bradfield Highway. The bridge connects Fortitude Valley to Kangaroo Point. The Story Bridge opened in 1940 and was tolled until 1947. It is named after prominent public servant John Douglas Story. History Given the early settlement of Kangaroo Point, there is a long history of residents wanting a bridge between the Brisbane CBD and Kangaroo Point. Even while the first Victoria Bridge was being constructed between North Brisbane and South Brisbane in 1865, several hundred people were petitioning for a second bridge to be built from the Customs House to Kangaroo Point. In 1888, a meeting was held in the Brisbane Town Hall to demand a bridge connecting either Geor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toowong, Queensland
Toowong is a riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Toowong had a population of 10,830 people. Geography Toowong is situated between Mount Coot-tha and the Brisbane River and is made up of rolling hills with little flat land. Since European settlement most of the land has been cleared for residential and commercial use with the exception of some park land and bushland near the Western Freeway. At the centre of Toowong is a commercial precinct including Toowong Village, and several other commercial and office buildings. The western side of the suburb is predominantly residential with a mix of medium density dwellings and detached Queenslander houses, extending to the foothills of Mount Coot-tha. Toowong borders the Brisbane River. Along the riverside are a number of transport links: Coronation Drive, the Regatta ferry wharf, and the Bicentennial Bike Path (a bike and walkway) to the Brisbane CBD. This section of the river is the Too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brookfield, Queensland
Brookfield is a rural residential Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Brookfield had a population of 3,524 people. Geography Brookfield is located approximately west of the Brisbane CBD. Brookfield lies approximately north of the Brisbane River. Moggill Creek flows through Brookfield and joins the Brisbane River at Kenmore. Brookfield is a rural residential suburb consisting primarily of large acreage properties and luxury homes. Although there are a small number of farms, the vast majority of property is residential. Moggill Road passes through the southernmost tip of the suburb and Moggill Creek marks part of the suburb's eastern boundary. North of Brookfield are the forested hills and mountains in D'Aguilar National Park. The centre of Brookfield is on the intersection of Brookfield Road and Boscombe Road. The Brookfield General Store, Brookfield Public Hall, Brookfield Showground, Brookfield Cemetery, Brook ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kangaroo Point, Queensland
Kangaroo Point is an inner southern Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kangaroo Point had a population of 8,063 people. The suburb features two prominent attractions, the Story Bridge and Kangaroo Point Cliffs. At the western margins, the Captain Cook Bridge, Brisbane, Captain Cook Bridge marks the start of the Pacific Motorway (Brisbane–Brunswick Heads), Pacific Motorway. Geography Kangaroo Point is located directly east across the Brisbane River from the Brisbane central business district, but being on the south side of the river is normally regarded as a southern suburb. Kangaroo Point is located on a peninsula formed of harder rhyolite rock which the Brisbane River flows around. On the northern tip of the peninsula the Story Bridge connects it to the Brisbane central business district, central business district and the suburb of Fortitude Valley. The suburb of Woolloongabba is located to the south. The si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
