Dusty
Director: Jeremy Lindsay Taylor
Australia, 2024, 17 min
Shooting Format:Digital
Festival Year:2025
Category:Narrative Short
Genre:Black Comedy
Cast:Travis Jeffery, Shannon Ryan, Susie Porter
Crew:Writer: Travis Jeffery. Producers: Travis Jeffery, Elizabeth Middleton, Valentin Lang, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor. Executive producers: Ari Haralambis, Craig Cowdrey. Cinematographer: Kate Cornish.
Email:littledustyproductions@gmail.com
Synopsis
After the death of his best friend, we follow Dustin on a grief-fuelled bender for one. Amidst the chaos, he accidentally mixes her ashes with a fat slug of cocaine, and to his utter confusion, Ashleigh appears. Realising the more ashes he combines with the ever-growing quantity of substances, the more vivid she becomes… and the longer she stays. Dusty goes to great, messed-up lengths to keep her memory alive.
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About the director
Jeremy is well known to Australian audiences for a variety of roles across film, television and theatre. Some of Jeremy’s credits include Black Comedy, Love Child, Home and Away, Gallipoli, Puberty Blues, Underbelly: Razor, Heartbreak High, Transfusion and The Dry. Recently Jeremy has appeared in Force of Nature: The Dry 2, Amazon series The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, Claremont Murders, Stans Original series CAUGHT starring Sean Penn and Matthew Fox and the comedy feature film AUDREY which had its International premier at 2024 SXSW Film Festival Austin Texas. Jeremy has been nominated for the AACTA Choice Award for his outstanding portrayal of Norman Bruhn in Underbelly: Razor, an AFI Award nomination for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama for his role in False Witness and a Green Room Award for Best Featured Actor in a Theatre Production for MTC’s Take Me Out.
Filmmaker's note
Grief, intense sorrow, the loss of a loved one, is something every human being experiences in their lifetime. How each of us copes with it is what varies dramatically. DUSTY is a deeply personal and courageous story written by my incredibly talented dear friend, Travis Jeffrey. It’s been an absolute honour to step behind the camera for the first time with such an empowered, professional and passionate team of creatives and bring this story to life. I truly believe taking on such a universal and crucial subject matter opened the door for good Karma throughout the film making process. So, take a seat, strap yourselves into our DUSTY rollercoaster, and be prepared to be punched in the heart!