Big Dreamers

Big Dreamers

Directed by	Camille Hardman
Produced by	Camille Hardman John Fink
Written by	John Fink
Music by	Neill Duncan
Cinematography	Camille Hardman
Edited by	Jane St Vincent Welch Peter Barton
Distributed by	BarkingCat Productions
Release dates	January 2007 (2007-01) (Big Sky Documentary Film Festival)
Running time	55 minutes
Country	Australia

Big Dreamers is a 55-minute documentary film showcasing the Big Things of Australia. Directed by Camille Hardman, and produced by Camille Hardman and John Fink, Big Dreamers features the construction of The Biggest Gumboot in the world in Tully, in far North Queensland.

Plot

Tully was a prosperous town in tropical north Queensland, until Brazil dumped its sugar surplus on the global market. The locals call a meeting to save the town from financial disaster. Ron Hunt stands up and proposes to build The World’s Biggest Gumboot in honour of Tully’s rainfall record of 7.98 metres in 1950.

Ron declares the Big Golden Gumboot will put Tully on the map, so he and the local Rotary Club hire out-of-towner Bryan Newell to build the edifice. Tully's local artist and fellow Rotarian. Roger Chandler is not pleased. The cost of the boot blows out to $90,000, and the construction is endlessly delayed by rain.

Personalities clash, and Ron wonders whether he has made the right decision.

Dispersed throughout the main narrative are small vignettes highlighting other Big Things around Australia.

Cast

Ron Hunt - Rotarian
Bryan Newell - Boot builder
Roger Chandler - Local Artist
Tip Byrne - Mayor of Tully
Sera & Cerrino Qualiata - Cane Farmers
Rotary Club of Tully
Townsfolk of Tully
Kevin Rubie- The Big Banana, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
Eric Peltz - The Big Lobster, Kingston SE, South Australia
Fred Glasbrenner - The Big Abalone, Laverton North, Victoria
Dianne & Roger Venning - The Big Galah, Kimba, South Australia
Joyce Peterson - The Big Orange, Gayndah, Queensland
Fran Myors - The Big Koala, Phillip Island, Victoria
Jim Mauger - The Big Potato, Robertson, New South Wales

Awards

Winner, 2007 Award of Excellence - Videography^[1]

Film festivals

Big Dreamers featured in a number of Film Festivals worldwide Including:

2007 SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival, Washington, USA
2007 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, Arkansas, USA ^[2]
2007 Melbourne International Film Festival, Victoria, Australia
2007 Revelation Perth International Film Festival, Perth, Australia ^[3]
2007 Kansas International Film Festival, Kansas City, USA
2007 Palm Beach International Film Festival, Florida, USA
2007 deadCENTER Film Festival, Oklahoma, USA ^[4]
2007 ReelHeART International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
2007 Byron Bay International Film Festival, NSW, Australia
2007 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Montana, USA ^[5]
2007 Dungog Film Festival, Dungog, Australia
2007 Webster Film Series, Webster University, St Louis, USA
2007 The Accolade Competition, USA ^[1]
2008 Environmental Film Festival, Australian Embassy Washington DC, USA ^[6]
2008 Bondi Openair Cinema, Bondi Beach, Australia ^[7]
2008 Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, USA ^[8]
2008 Jasmax Film Festival – Celebrating Architecture, New Zealand ^[9]
2008 June – Dec Qantas Inflight Entertainment^[10]
2008 ABC TV, Australia
2008 Australia Network (Asia)
2008 DOCU Channel (NZ) ^[11]
2008 Cork Film Festival, Cork, Ireland ^[12]
2009 Jesse James Film & Arts Festival, Russellville, Kentucky, USA

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