Anya Beyersdorf is an actress (Blue Heelers, Crownies) turned director, whose 2014 short Gayby.was made as a Masters project at the Sydney College of the Arts before touring to festivals at home and abroad.
While studying she was taught screenwriting by Blue Murder's Ian David, and "fell hard" for it.
Her new film, Vampir, was produced by Nicole Coventry and will premiere at next month's St Kilda Film Festival..
Off the back of it, Beyersdorf was also shortlisted for Sydney Film Festival's Lexus Short Film Fellowship, presided over by Judy Davis.
Vampir came out of a single image, of "a guy walking across a field", said Beyersdorf.
"I started to think how easy it is to misunderstand people, and to judge people by the way that they look, and for the consequences to be quite full on."
To play the lead role, she enlisted Tony Rogers, a director best...
While studying she was taught screenwriting by Blue Murder's Ian David, and "fell hard" for it.
Her new film, Vampir, was produced by Nicole Coventry and will premiere at next month's St Kilda Film Festival..
Off the back of it, Beyersdorf was also shortlisted for Sydney Film Festival's Lexus Short Film Fellowship, presided over by Judy Davis.
Vampir came out of a single image, of "a guy walking across a field", said Beyersdorf.
"I started to think how easy it is to misunderstand people, and to judge people by the way that they look, and for the consequences to be quite full on."
To play the lead role, she enlisted Tony Rogers, a director best...
- 4/27/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
When we last highlighted the work of talented Australian director Anya Beyersdorf in these pages it was with the teaser for her upcoming short film Vampir, and if that happened to whet the appetite for more of Beyersdorf's work then you're in luck. Because her previous short film, Gayby, was a finalist at Australia's prestigious Tropfest festival and that festival has just posted the complete film online. It's an atmospheric coming of age story with a healthy dose of whimsy and you can check the entire film below!...
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- 11/16/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Acclaimed Australian writer-director Anya Beyersdorf (Gayby) returns to screens with her new short, Vampir, which we last heard of back in March when she was running a crowd funding campaign to source the final bit of their budget for the project. That campaign since successful and the film now nearing completion, the first trailer has arrived online to give a taste.When a strange loner comes in to town, a bloody encounter with the local youth will reveal the true nature of what it means to be human.Take a look below!...
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- 8/13/2015
- Screen Anarchy
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