Telegram Man wins at GI Film Fest
Reuniting Jack Thompson and Sigrid Thorton for the first time since The Man From Snowy River (1982), The Telegram Man, produced and directed by James Khehtie and written by Victoria Wharfe McIntyre and also starring Gary Sweet, has won Best International Picture at Washington’s GI Film Festival.
The GI Film Festival is dedicated to highlighting the military service’s role both in and out of the arena of war and to ‘honor the heroic stories of the American Armed Forces and the worldwide struggle for freedom and liberty.’
The Telegram Man, set during World War II, spares a thought for, not only those farming families and communities that paid the highest price for war, but the messenger (Jack Thompson), whose lonely job it was to deliver the telegrams.
The film has been selected for the Academy-accredited ShortFest, the Palm Springs International Short Film Festival and Film Market (June 21-27).
Closer to home, The Telegram Man will screen at the Dungog Film Festival (May 28) and St Kilda Film Festival (May 28) and Perth Revelation International Film Festival in July.
