NORTH WEST FILM FESTIVAL 2012

SPECIAL GUEST ROB CARLTON

Rob Carlton is a Logie Award winning Australian actor and writer. A recognised face in Australia for both comedy and drama, his credits span TV, film and theatre. Recently Rob was seen on Paper Giants — The Birth of Cleo as Kerry Packer for which he won for a Silver Logie. Carlton will reprise the role in the upcoming sequel Paper Giants: The Magazine Wars starring Rachel Griffiths.

Carlton won Tropfest in 2006 with his short film Carmichael & Shane that he wrote, co-produced and co-directed the film.

2012 will see Rob as a regular panellist on the new Andrew Denton Panel show Randling, a support lead in the ABC drama Mabo, a

support in PJ Hogan’s new film Mental starring Toni Collette and the

Rob Carlton and Asher Keddie in lead bad guy in the family action Conspiracy 365. Paper Giants – The Birth of Cleo

Since getting his head flushed down a toilet in The Year My Voice Broke Rob’s been… ... thrown out of Summer Bay by Alf

… kicked off E’Street by the Reverend Bob…

… had his testicles removed in …

… had his kidney stolen in the feature film Muggers… ... shot in the heart with an arrow in the U.S series Roar…

... shot dead as he stalked Water Rats’ Frank Holloway… ... had his heart removed by the side of the road on All Saints…

... been trampled on by horses and women in Mcleod’s Daughters… ... had his gender swapped in the feature film Strange Bedfellows… ... blew himself into a thousand pieces on … ... and killed a granny on Thank God You’re Here.

Rob’s ambition is to die on all good Australian dramas.

SPECIAL GUEST JASON VAN GENDEREN

Selling pet rocks, swindling cash from an ice cream van operator and wearing a back brace... Jason van Genderen's introduction to puberty was anything but ordinary. It certainly provided a good base for story telling though!

An unorthodox filmmaker is probably the best way to describe Jason. His first works pioneered pocket filmmaking as he experimented with mobile phones and pocket cameras to create stories that stood comfortably alongside big-budget short films on the international stage.

Attracting numerous awards for his films, Jason has become a frequent visitor to the stages of Tropfest (Sydney, NY and Las Vegas), Aspen Shortsfest, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival and San Francisco International Short Film Festival, to name but a few. Jason van Genderen, winner TROPFEST New York THE ROXY, BINGARA FRI 14 + SAT 15 SEPT 2012

NORTH WEST FILM FESTIVAL 2012

SPECIAL GUEST ANYA BEYERSDORF

Anya Beyersdorf is an Australian actress, film director and academic.

Beyersdorf trained in acting and directing in the theatres of Berlin after winning the Marten Bequest Prize for Acting for 2008/2009, working under Bulgarian master director Dimiter Gotscheff at the prestigious Deutches Theater as well as studying film and performance in Poland, Denmark and the USA whilst the Assistant Director of the Berlin International Short Film Festival Interfilm Berlin.

Anya played the title character in John Winter’s (Rabbit Proof Fence) directorial debut feature film Angie which premiered at the 58th Sydney International Film Festival and was voted in the top three of Audience favourite films at prestigious Rotterdam film festival in 2011.

Black and White and Sex is Anya’s third feature film, after Rats and Cats (Melbourne Film Festival 2006, South By Southwest Film Festival USA 2009) and Triple Happiness (due for release 2013.) She also performed as the Tragic Usherette in the self-devised Magic Lantern Picture Show at the

Famous Spiegeltent (Edinburgh Festival 201.

Anya has appeared in roles on various Australian television series including Stingers, Blue Heelers, Neighbours, Canal Road, Cops L.A.C and most recently Crownies.

Anya is currently a candidate for Master of Arts Film at the University of Sydney, holds a Graduate Diploma of Education (University of Melbourne) and a Bachelor of Arts (Communication Studies).

SPECIAL GUEST DREW JARVIS

Drew Jarvis is an Australian children's television presenter who has appeared on Channel 9’s children’s programs The Shak and Lab Rats Challenge.

Jarvis grew up in Rockhampton, Queensland and was interested in film technology and the entertainment industry.

When Drew was in year 7, he and his friends recorded their own shows on cassette tapes and then give them to classmates. A year later he transferred to Glenmore State High School and started studying film and television also making short films in his spare time. In 1999 Drew moved to the Gold Coast where he attended Griffith University where he studied for a Bachelor of Arts degree.

After graduating he performed in many shows at the Gold Coast Arts Centre’s Comedy Clubhouse while also working as a street performer in movie world as characters such as The Penguin, Dr Evil and Willy Wonka.

In 2006 he received his first major hosting roll as Curio for the highly successful Channel 9 children's show The Shak. He then went on to appear in many other television programs such as the children's science based game show Lab Rats Challenge, Hole In The Wall and Pyramid.

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