Travis Jeffery. Photo by Daniel Nadel.

Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast.

I’m excited to present this very special interview with Travis Jeffery, one of my favourite Australian actors whose work I have admired for many years. 

Travis is best known for his roles in Gallipoli, Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan, The Preacher, Frayed, Top End Wedding, Last King of the Cross, Heart Break High, and more recently Before Dawn and Planet of the Apes. Two of my favourite films that Travis has started in are Spin Out and Bloody Hell. 

Travis will also star in a stack of upcoming films including Zoe Pepper’s Birthright, Myles Pollard’s short film, Inheritance, and Adam Morris’ Frederickstown. 

Travis Jeffery on the set of Before Dawn.

As well as those films I’ve just mentioned, Travis is also here to discuss his new short film, Dusty. An intensely emotional, moving, and often gut-wrenching film which follows the lead character Dustin, played by Travis. Unable to accept the death of his best friend, Ashleigh (Shannon Ryan), Dustin goes into voluntary self isolation with a million beers and several bags of cocaine. Amidst the chaos of his grief-induced bender for one, he accidentally mixes his best friends ashes with a very generous line of cocaine, and to his complete and utter confusion, Ashleigh appears. 

Dusty is also written and co-produced by Travis, and is co-produced and by directed Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, the veteran Australian actor’s directing debut.

Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Travis Jeffery and Shannon Ryan on the set of Dusty. Photo by Undergrove Studio.

Throughout this interview, Travis gives us a highly educational insight into the mechanics of being of actor, detailing his journey from growing up on a farm, to starring in major Hollywood productions. 

I’d like to thank Travis for being so candid about his journey so far, and especially for sharing his very personal stories about the making of Dusty. 

Dusty will screen at the upcoming St Kilda Film Festival on Friday, June 7. Details here.

More screenings of Dusty will be announced soon, so keep an eye on cinemaaustralia.com.au for details. 

Anyway… enjoy. 

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