Gullun Drift

Gaelic otherworld drifts into 1980s Australia.

Grieving his lost daughter, police officer Jack Henderson hunts down Ryan Walker the headstrong son of murder suspect Cainan Walker. His relentless pursuit uncovers a savage war between a Gaelic clan and a preternatural soul eater. A soul eater intent on Jack’s daughter. And only Ryan can save her.

  • Richard Clarke
    Writer
    Cinema Mythic, Airborne - The Trials of Nine, Gullun Drift
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Genres:
    Fantasy, Action, Crime, Drama
  • Number of Pages:
    103
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • American Filmatic Arts Awards
    New York
    February 26, 2021
    Best Action Feature Screenplay 'Gullun Drift'
  • The Film Club Int Film Festival
    Melbourne
    April 27, 2021
    Best Action Feature for 'Gullun Drift'
  • Tagore International Film Festival
    Bolpur West Bengal
    March 17, 2021
    Feature Script Outstanding Achievement Award 'Gullun Drift'
  • Imaginarium Convention
    Louisville, Kentucky USA
    June 23, 2021
    Best Screenplay Runner Up for 'Gullun Drift'
  • Krimson Horyzon Int Film Festival
    Kolkata, India
    June 11, 2021
    Best Screenplay 'Gullun Drift'
  • Cosmic Film Festival 4th Quarter
    Florida, USA
    February 10, 2022
    Winner Best Feature Script 'Gullun Drift'
  • Cosmic Film Festival Annual Awards Ceremony
    Florida, USA
    March 26, 2022
    Award Nominee Feature Script 'Gullun Drift'
  • Changing Face Film Fest Annual Awards Ceremony
    Sydney, Australia
    November 27, 2020
    Annual Award Nominee Best Feature Script 'Gullun Drift'
  • Amsterdam Int Film Festival
    Amsterdam
    May 5, 2019
    Best Feature Screenplay for 'Airborne' - Van Gogh Award
  • World Series of Screenwriting
    USA
    September 5, 2018
    Award Best Screenplay for 'Airborne'
  • MAC Film Festival
    Manaus, Brazil
    September 25, 2016
    Best Music Award for film 'Cinema Mythica'
Writer Biography - Richard Clarke

Richard is a writer and filmmaker from St Albans in the UK. A post graduate filmmaker and screenplay writer with numerous international awards, is now fully committed to writing screenplays.

His screenplay 'Gullun Drift' won Best Feature screenplay at a number of International Film Festivals.

His screenplay 'Airborne' won Best Feature at the Amsterdam Int FF and and Best Feature Screenplay at World Series of Screenwriting FF. As well as a finalist at a number of Int Film Festivals , including Oaxaca Int FF 2019 Mexico.

His short film 'Cinema Mythica' was selected for a number of international film festivals including an Italian version for the 10th River Film Festival, Padova, Italy. It won Best Music Award at MAC Underground Film Festival in Manaus Brazil.

Richard’s short short film 'Fortesque’s Finest Hour' was a finalist in a number of Film Festivals. Winning the Nagoya University Honourable Mention Award, the Seoul University Korea Prize and the George Eady prize.

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Writer Statement

Gullun Drift is my second Screenplay. A crime-fantasy-action set in 1980s Australia in a fictional New South Wales town called Gullun. A coming of age fantasy inspired by stories of the Gaelic otherworld, traditional music and the clan ancestry of Scottish Australians.