LA-based Aussie expat Ben Nott's world wide mind films set to screen dramatic action feature length film Drift - to premiere in USA first in April
world wide mind films, owned by LA based Aussie expat Ben Nott - who is also a partner in Droga5 - is set to screen the dramatic action feature length film Drift, which will premiere first in the US in April.Drift is co-directed by Morgan O'Neill and Nott, and produced by Tim Duffy, Michelle Bennett and Myles Pollard. The movie stars Sam Worthington (Avatar), Xavier Samuel (Twightlight) and Myles Pollard (Wolverine).
Based on true events, Drift is a story set on Western Australia's spectacular and rugged coastline in the early 1970s.It begins in a remote coastal town with the two Kelly brothers, who spend their youth searching for the perfect wave.
Out
of necessity the family launch a backyard surf business; re‐thinking
board design, crafting homemade wetsuits and selling their new surf gear
out of their van.
Battling killer waves, small
town conservatism and hard-core criminals, the brothers persevere,
daring to dream of a world where they can surf to live and live to surf.
A
story of passion and corruption, deadly addictions and fractured
relationships, Drift tells a tale of courage and the will to survive at
all odds.
Drift has been sold globally and is being released first in cinemas across USA in April 2013.
world
wide mind's head office is located in the very center of what GQ
magazine calls the "Coolest block in America"; Abbot Kinney Blvd, in
Venice Beach, Los Angeles. world wide mind also have offices in New York
and will soon expand to their native home in Sydney as they commence
production on an Australian commercial in February 2013.
Nott (left) is the youngest person to have ever won the Grand Prix in Cannes. And one of the elite few creatives in the world who have won the whole set of Cannes awards: Titanium, Grand Prix, Golds, Silver and Bronze. Ben has worked at the top creative agencies in London, Europe, Asia, USA, Australia and judged many of the international advertising and film festivals including D&AD.
The title design for the film was done by Sydney based Heckler TV.
world
wide mind's head office is located in the very center of what GQ
magazine calls the "Coolest block in America"; Abbot Kinney Blvd, in
Venice Beach, Los Angeles. world wide mind also have offices in New York
and will soon expand to their native home in Sydney as they commence
production on an Australian commercial in February 2013.Nott (left) is the youngest person to have ever won the Grand Prix in Cannes. And one of the elite few creatives in the world who have won the whole set of Cannes awards: Titanium, Grand Prix, Golds, Silver and Bronze. Ben has worked at the top creative agencies in London, Europe, Asia, USA, Australia and judged many of the international advertising and film festivals including D&AD.
Hey, I invented Mind Print years ago. The idea that one day you'd be able to produce a film of your thoughts, dreams or ad ideas. Easier than having to describe or sketch them, and cheaper than hiring a film crew, editor and post-house.
I just didn't think to register it.
On behalf of the 99.% of creatives who talk about making a movie but never do - well done Ben and good luck.
Surf's up. Well done Mr Nott. Looking forward to seeing your flick. Linke
Hey Linke, where are you these days?
Hey Ben goodluck with this.Iknow someone who owns a couple of cinemas on the
Northern Beaches if u want to give it a run.
In case u are wondering who this is we worked at DDB together.
EPIC!
ANDY, did you work together at DDB or did you work at DDB together? Were you a team, or merely on staff at the same time. I'm Intrigued.
Well done Benno. Smart man. There is hope for all in advertising.
Dear Intrigued
With me, for me,under me and around me.
Hope u can rest easy.
Wow, massive achievement with a top cast and sick cinematography and all that.
What's more, it's a super cool period piece (The French and Brazilians will go mad over this film).
As for the chap that said there's hope for 'all in advertising...' Perhaps we should all aim so high, yet know that this dude is a special talent.
For now, it's back to cracking this DL mailer before my lunch break.
Applause. It looks like a good movie. Great work just getting it made.