RISING STARS

When a super villain visits his old sparring partner to help give his life meaning again, the pair form a very uneasy alliance to save their city!

  • Luke McWilliams
    Director
    Performance Review
  • Tim Stiles
    Director
    Performance Review
  • Luke McWilliams
    Writer
    Performance Review
  • Luke McWilliams
    Key Cast
    "Nemesis"
    Performance Review
  • Tim Stiles
    Key Cast
    "Jack"
  • Lilya Kichigina
    Cinematography
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 22 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 31, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Canberra Short Film Festival
    Canberra
    Australia
    November 1, 2024
    WINNER: Smith's Alternative Short Shorts
Director Biography - Luke McWilliams, Tim Stiles

Big Tim Stiles is the writer of the multi-award winning comic book series GORILLA MY DREAMS. He is also an actor and filmmaker who has worked in the creative arts for over two decades. Big Tim's struggles with depression, chronic pain, and PTSD have informed and fueled his writing and art.

Luke McWilliams is the Executive Producer and co-host of The Movie Club, a weekly movie review, news and interviews program broadcast every week on ArtSound FM 92.7, iTunes, Spotify and The Movie Club website since 2010. Luke has been the primary movie reviewer for the Canberra Weekly magazine since 2013, serves as a judge and MC of the annual Lights! Canberra! Action! short film festival, and leads presentations and discussion panels at Comic-Con and Canberra's games and animation convention Gamma.Con!

Luke and Tim have been friends for over a decade, and recently started a podcast documenting their film-making journey called LUKE & TIM MAKE A MOVIE (available on Spotify), which has spawned two short films so far!

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