Our Puskas film is finally making it to the big screen! It’s taken us seven years since we shot the first interview, but ‘Ange & The Boss – Puskas in Australia’ will screen in Sydney and Melbourne next week as part of the Greek Film Festival. Both are special ‘one-off’ screenings, with Q & A afterwards. In Sydney, it’s with South Melbourne Hellas legend Paul Trimboli, commentator Simon Hill, and us. In Melbourne, it’s with Trimmers, Miki Petersen and most likely, Santo Cilauro . At the Melbourne screening, there will be a strong contingent of the 1991 Hellas championship team, as well as wider Greek and Hungarian communities. It will be a really special afternoon and evening – already 500 of the 1000 seats have been filled.
The dates of the Greek Film Festival screenings are:
Sydney, Palace Norton Street, Leichardt, Thursday 17th October, 6.30pm, Tickets https://buy.palacecinemas.com.au/?cinema=129&session=323644#_ga=2.31443775.1044848075.1728279428-1850908545.1724997081
Melbourne, Astor Theatre, St Kilda, Sunday 20th October, 4.30pm, Tickets https://buy.palacecinemas.com.au/?cinema=180&session=5448#_ga=2.31443775.1044848075.1728279428-1850908545.1724997081
If you do come to the screening, please come up to Cam and me and say hello.
We absolutely wouldn’t be having these events without you and the Documentary Australia Foundation (DAF). It’s such a thrill for us, after thousands of hours of work. You are all thanked by name in the credits (except anonymous donors) We haven’t received a dollar from corporates or government (although we have a Screen Australia application on foot – fingers crossed), nor have we received payment ourselves. Every dollar donated went into the film and your crowd funding accounted for over $80,000 or approximately 60% of the money we have spent. It should be noted that 6 individuals provided the vast majority of that total. To our super donors, an extra special note of thanks. As things stand, we have paid the license fees that allow us to show the film in film festivals, as well as the DocPlay streaming service here in Australia (https://www.docplay.com/ – released late December). We are $40,000 of license fees away from being able to properly commercially release the film in Australia, and $80,000 away a worldwide commercial release. We are hoping there will be good news on this front once distributors have seen it. Enthusiastic supporters can still donate through DAF. https://documentaryaustralia.com.au/project/puskas-and-the-south-melbourne-hellas/?fbclid=IwAR0J-Wo3afYnh_k27TIBUGe3vIl80LAzjjuA4Si-wHpxug-RWjDc3WRPe8A
The other really exciting news is that we’ve been picked as a finalist at the Paladino d’Oro in Palermo. The ceremony is on 15th December and films are screening in the 3-4 days before that. Cam and I are going over to Italy, and hopefully this funny, quirky, story about a footballing colossus in suburban Melbourne connects with the wider footballing world. As Puskas himself said, ‘three possibilities in the football. You win, you lose, or you make the draw’. Hopefully we have some wins from here!
There will be information on the film at https://angeandtheboss.com/ or you can email me at tony@tonywilson.com.au . I’ve also been leaving updates on my newsletter Good one, Wilson https://goodonewilson.substack.com/
We’d love to see you at the Greek Film Festival, or even Palermo!
Thanks again,
Tony Wilson
Sepia Tones, Producer, ‘Ange & the Boss – Puskas in Australia’
