Australian writer, director, actor and producer David Cook’s powerful debut feature Heart of the Man – an uncompromising tale of boxing, family and identity – produced by Bronte Pictures and New Dream Productions, and shot in Brisbane, will premiere at New Farm Cinemas, with further festival news and screenings announced soon. Australia has an exciting new cinematic voice in Indigenous writer, director, actor and producer David Cook, who makes the move from shorts to features with his powerful debut Heart of the Man, a film as tough and uncompromising as it is emotionally affecting. “We have a predominately Aboriginal and LGBT cast, and the film explores themes of identity, grief and acceptance,” says Cook.
Haunted by the death of his wife and the role that he played in her tragic passing, Sammy pushes Chris to take a tilt at a national boxing championship, something that he never had a shot at. But when Chris meets Jamie (Tyrel Dulvarie) while training at the gym, and falls into the heady orbit of theatre owner Joey (Matt Young), he eventually realises that he is destined to walk another road entirely? one which doesn’t involve pain, brutality and violence? and one where Chris can be free from his bullish father’s vice-like grip. For More Information