About
Streetsweeper is an idiosyncratic Novocastrian feature film. Shot in three days and made for virtually nothing, it is a bold portrait of an eccentric pedestrian in an urban Australian landscape…
“A man emerges from the sea at dawn… a Streetsweeper. He works his way across a small industrial harbour city, pushing & pulling his trusty buggy & broom and zigzagging from one beloved zebra crossing to another. This princely pedestrian is prone to spontaneous outbursts of poetry, inspired by the ephemeral things he finds on ordinary streets - lost love letters & modest moments. Unnoticed by most passers-by, he strolls through the sleepy CBD, wanders between ordinary suburban bungalows, dances in the cemetery, and takes the highway through the swamp out of town… until, at sunset three days later, his odyssey ends by a river.”
November 13th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
I keep seeing real streetsweepers everywhere.. They’re like cockroaches - when the apocalypse comes they’ll be the only people left, slowly walking the streets, cleaning up the mess left behind…
May 20th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Hi everyone,
I heard about your film from Paul Martin and know nothing about it. I would love to get a copy with a view to doing an interview with you for my radio program and the possibility of publicity through AFCA: Australian Film Critics Association which I Chair. Our aim is to promote Australian film and we have regular screenings and panel discussions on rare or unseen Australian films at ACMI, and this film could be a possibility (July and September screenings are committed but November is a possibility). Anyway look forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
Peter Krausz
Chair, AFCA (www.afca.org.au)
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FIPRESCI juror, 2007 Adelaide Film Festival
Festival Advisor for the Goethe Institute annual Festival of German Films
Film journalist: Independent Education, Metro and Australian Screen Education
Contributing Journalist: 100 Greatest Films of Australian Cinema
May 26th, 2008 at 12:13 am
Cinematography is really stunning. Toby Ralph has done a stunning job.
August 7th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
how can I see the film?
did you get rejected form Dungog????????
August 7th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Yes we even got rejected from Dungog!
In our “faux naîve” pursuit of the festival circuit we thought that of all the festivals - Dungog would be a shoe in. We thought that a film made in a grassroots fashion, locally to the festival might be a winner.
We really are trying to set up a screening in October and November, this is all new ground to us, but it will be great just to get the film to an audience. Stay tuned.