RUSH Films

21/08/2024

Renee Gracie - Fireproof poster designed by the amazing .bee 🔥

06/09/2023

15/02/2023

Girl Like You is now available to stream on 🔥

31/01/2023

Set your reminders! Girl Like You coming to February 15th 🔥

31/01/2023

Excited to be included in the jury panel for this years AIDC awards 💫

22/12/2022

Rush Films nominated for ‘Feature Documentary of the Year’ for both Girl Like You & Under The Volcano. What an honour! 💓 Congrats to all the other nominees.

30/11/2022

So unbelievably proud of & .may for taking out the Major Award at this years AWGIES! Girl Like You was also joint winner in the broadcast documentary category 🥂

29/11/2022

Congratulations to director on her award for Best Short Film Direction at the Melbourne Q***r Film Festival 🌈

19/11/2022

https://amp.smh.com.au/culture/movies/how-do-you-navigate-a-relationship-when-one-partner-gender-transitions-20221110-p5bx5y.html

Girl Like You, winner of the major award at the 2022 AWGIE Awards, is a love story that follows a couple who start as one thing and become another.

18/11/2022

Thank you Screenwest!!

🎉🏆 Congratulations to WA's Frances Elliott and Samantha Marlowe on winning two Australian Writers' Guild AWGIE Awards last night!

RUSH Films' GIRL LIKE YOU took out the Major Prize as well as Best Documentary.

Also, congratulations to Zoe Pepper, who won the Interactive Media & Gaming award for SUN RUNNERS!

See all the winners here: http://ow.ly/zBwp50LHCcv

17/11/2022

Congratulations to Frances Elliott & Samantha Marlowe for taking out the top prize at the AWGIES! So well deserved.

Frances Elliott and Samantha Marlowe's 'Girl Like You', the story of a couple told over six years as one of them transitions gender, was recognised with the major award at this evening's AWGIE Awards, while also a joint winner of the documentary category alongside Ben Lawrence's 'Ithaka'.

11/10/2022

Girl Like You has been nominated for an Australian Writers Guild Award in the documentary category! Girl Like You is one of five nominees across Australia. Massive congratulations to Writers & .may in being recognised by such a prestigious organisation.

13/09/2022

Jam packed few days at 💛 great to be in the mix with international producers, sales and distributors again. Congrats to all the Aussies who had their international premieres at this amazing festival!

31/08/2022

Excited to be partnering with on latest documentary Otto on Otto! The gang is back together again for a new film 🎉

10/08/2022

Calling all AACTA members - Voting is now open! Girl Like You has been submitted for your consideration in this years AACTA Awards in the Best Documentary category. Our documentary was filmed over six years, and it's filled to the brim with the love, sweat and tears of a very small and incredibly devoted group of local filmmakers and participants. If you haven't seen it yet - this is your chance to check it out on AACTA TV! And please consider voting for us! 🌈🌈 Voting IS NOW OPEN and closes Thursday the 25th of August.
https://tv.aacta.org/film/girl-like-you/

08/06/2022

Our new film Birthright is the recipient of the 2022 Screenwest West Coast Visions initiative!

It’s a dream to be working again with the creative genius that is writer / director Zoe Pepper and Executive Producer John Maynard.

West Coast Visions supports a director with a $750,000 production grant to realise their debut feature film vision on the big screen.

Massive thank you to Screenwest for their ongoing support.

This film is going to be a wild ride and we can’t wait to get started!

https://www.screenwest.com.au/news/latest-news/zoe-peppers-debut-feature-birthright-lands-west-coast-visions-2022/

Zoe Pepper and Cody Greenwood's black comedy has been selected as the 2022 recipient of Screenwest’s highly coveted West Coast Visions initiative, which will provide them with a $750,000 production grant.

01/06/2022

Tooly will screen at the Palm Springs International ShortFest 2022! The film will play in competition for ‘Best International Short Film’.

The seven-day competitive festival is Academy Award, BAFTA and Goya-qualifying, annually screening hundreds of shorts from over 50 countries. This year’s festival will run from June 21-27.

11/05/2022

Whoo hoo thank you Screenwest! Thrilled to be developing this new feature film with Writer / Director Karla Hart 😍

https://www.screenwest.com.au/news/latest-news/13-film-tv-online-western-australian-projects-receive-scripted-development-funding/

10/05/2022

Rush’s latest feature documentary RENEE GRACIE has received development funding from Screen Australia 🎉 Excited to be back working with all star Co-directors Frances Elliott & Samantha Marlowe. Stay tuned…

28/04/2022

Tooly has been selected to play at St Kilda Film Festival as part of Australia’s Top Short Film Competition 💥 The 2022 St Kilda Film Festival will run from 26 May 2022 – 5 June 2022. The film will screen on Saturday 4th June at the Astor Theatre, Melbourne. Congratulations to superstar director and thank you to the support of

28/01/2022

It was great to be featured in this year's Slamdance Film Festival, alongside two other WA productions - Freedom Swimmer & Facing Monsters. Congratulations to all the teams. https://www.filmink.com.au/public-notice/wa-slamdunks-at-slamdance/

Known for challenging the status quo, Slamdance has long held a reputation for discovering talent, often overlooked by the mainstream, that go on to change the entertainment industry. Slamdance fiercely embodies its mantra: By Filmmakers…

25/01/2022

Tooly has it’s NSW premiere tonight at Flickerfest International Short Film Festival in Bondi 🎞
The film will screen in the Best of Australian programme on Tuesday 25th January and in the Indigenous Spotlight programme on Wednesday 26th January. Producer will be there in person for Wednesday’s screening so come on down!

23/01/2022

Over the weekend our short film, Sparkles, screened at Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. & also participated in the much-anticipated Q***r Brunch at Sundance, where the LGBTQIA+ community gathered during the festival to celebrate the films that represent LGBTQIA+ voices. We love that our film is continued to be shared with audiences across the world 💫

22/12/2021

Thank you IF magazine for including me in the 2022 Rising Talent. Congrats to the other talented filmmakers in Australia.

19/12/2021

🖤💛♥️Tooly has been accepted into Flickerfest International Short Film Festival in Bondi, 21st – 30th January 2022. The film will screen in the Best of Australian programme on Tuesday 25th January and in the Indigenous Spotlight programme, on Wednesday 26th January. Congrats to the team, especially Writer / Director