Sigrid Thornton in Slant.

Australian screen royalty Sigrid Thornton will join fellow cast members and filmmakers of the camp black comedy thriller, Slant on a screening tour of metropolitan and regional cinemas around Australia in late July and early August.

Best Australian Feature winner at 2022’s Monsterfest, where it had its World Premiere in Melbourne, Slant is an ensemble feature film about career-crazed journalist who is tasked with writing his first exposé piece on the disappearance of a mother-turned-infamous-socialite. But when a dark family secret of his own threatens to destabilise his career, the scribe’s ambition drives  him to get the scoop at all costs, causing is personal and professional lives to violently collide.

The film will be showcased across  the country, with a month of event screenings followed by cast and filmmaker Q&A sessions at locations including The Ritz (Sydney), Melbourne independent theatres the Classic, the Sun and Lido Cinemas, The Regent (Ballarat) and Cameo (Belgrave) as well as Adelaide’s Regal Theatre, The Luna in Perth and Darwin’s Deckchair Cinema.

Writer and producer of Slant, Michael Nikou (Fisk) plays the role of the unhinged journalist, Derek Verity.

Joining Thornton and Nikou in the cast are Ra Chapman (Wentworth), Ryan A. Murphy, Elle Mandalis (Head On), Pia Miranda (Looking For Alibrandi) and Kate Lister (Clickbait).

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Thornton has starred in many of the films now regarded as classics of Australian cinema. They include George Miller’s box office hit The Man From Snowy River (Fox Classics), The Lighthorsemen(RKO), directed by Simon Wincer, Slate Wyn And Me (Hemdale) and The Man From Snowy River II (Disney – Touchstone). In 2015, she won the AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama for her role as Judy Garland in the 2015 miniseries, Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door.

Slant is the feature film directorial debut of James Vinson, who is known for his television credits, which include Wentworth and Glitch. In addition to Nikou, producers are Monique Fisher, Alexandros Ouzas and Tessa Mansfield-Hung.

In addition to Monsterfest, it was selected to screen at Japan Indies Film Festival in 2022, which was cancelled due to Covid restrictions.

The tour will be a curtain opener for its planned national theatrical release in August, with Bim Bim Films distributing alongside associate production companies Around the Moon Productions and From the Hearth.

Slant was completed with the assistance of the Queer Screen Film Fund.

SLANT Q&A SCREENING TOUR DATES

NEW SOUTH WALES

Wednesday, July 26 – Sydney Premiere
The Ritz, 45 St Paul St, Randwick
Time: 6.45pm
Tickets: $25.00
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VICTORIA

Thursday, July 27
Classic Cinemas, 9 Gordon St, Elsternwick
Time:  6.30pm
Tickets: $25.00
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Friday, July 28
Sun Theatre, 8 Ballarat St, Yarraville
Time: 6.30pm
Tickets: $19.50 ($16.50 concession; $13.50 seniors)
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Saturday, July 29
Lido Cinemas, 675 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn
Time: 2.00pm
Tickets: $25.00
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Saturday, July 29
Regent Cinemas, 49 Lydiard St Nth, Ballarat Central
Time: 6.30pm
Tickets: $19.50 ($15 concession)
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Sunday, July 30
Theatre Royal, 30 Hargreaves St, Castlemaine
Time: 12.45pm
Tickets: $25.00
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Sunday, July 30
Cameo Cinemas, 1628 Burwood Hwy, Belgrave
Time: 4.30pm
Tickets: $25.00
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Wednesday, August 2 – Adelaide Premiere
The Regal Theatre, 275 Kensington Kensington Park
Time: 7.00pm
Tickets: $25 ($20 concession)
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA 

Thursday, August 3 – Perth Premiere
Luna Cinemas, 155 Oxford St, Leederville
Time: 6.30pm
Tickets: $21.50 ($16.50 seniors/concession)
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NORTHERN TERRITORY
Saturday, August 5 – Darwin Premiere
Deckchair Cinema, Jervois Rd, Darwin City
Time: 7.00pm
Tickets: $17.00 ($13 concession)
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QUEENSLAND
Monday, August 7 – Brisbane Premiere
New Farm Cinemas, 701 Brunswick St, New Farm
Time: 6.30pm
Tickets: $25.00
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