Yes, doing a Kannada film is like a homecoming. This industry is like family to me. I have known people here since my childhood.
I owe all the name and fame I have earned to regional cinema.
I support all Australian films.
There's something that people misunderstand about screen quotas. It's not about rejecting or hating other countries' films, but about protecting our domestic film industry.
We probably do not have a large enough industry here to ably support the independent filmmaker to move in and out. Much of the industry is based on full-time jobs here, institutionalised jobs.
Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories?
I still, by and large, make low-budget Australian films.
Growing up in the Philippines, I loved all kinds of movies. We had a very healthy film industry there when I was a child.
Suddenly, the screens were dominated by American entertainment to the extent of something like 95 percent. As a result, audiences turned away from the kinds of films that we used to make.
