ABOUT TONNETTE STANFORD
Tonnette has studied filmmaking at AFTRS in Sydney, completing a Graduate Diploma in Directing. She has also studied film at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, and at the University of Technology, Sydney. Her films have won numerous awards and have screened at over 130 festivals internationally and nationally, including Oscar recognised festivals. Tonnette’s films ‘Frontbum Dancin” and ‘The Vicious and the Delicious’ are both distributed by Frameline across North America and both films have been released on DVD compilations across North America and released on DVD in Germany, Austria and Switzerland through Salzgeber & Co. Home Entertainment. Her feature documentary, ‘Holding Hands’ is distributed by CFMDC Distribution in Canada.
NEWS: HOLDING HANDS HAS BEEN RELEASED ON DVD. TO PURCHASE THIS MULTI-AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY GO TO: http://www.stickybeakfilms.com/queer-film-night/
HOLDING HANDS TRAILER
SLUT WINS AWARDS IN SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE
- ‘Most Outstanding Comedy’ – Queer Fruits Film Festival, Australia 2012
- ‘Selector’s Choice for Best Queer Short Film’ within Celluloid Closet at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival
- ‘The Audience Award’, My Queer Career, Mardi Gras Film Festival
- ‘The Queer Perspective Award’, My Queer Career, Mardi Gras Film Festival
NEWS: HOLDING HANDS WINS AWARDS IN THE USA AND INDIA
- ‘The JOHN M Deen Memorial Award’, Spokane International Film Festival
- ‘Audience Choice Award’, Spokane International Film Festival
- ‘Special Jury Award’, Kashish Mumbai Int. Queer Film Fest. India.
Tonnette Stanford’s latest film, Slut The Musical has recently been completed at the Australian Film Television and Radio School.
Murray at the School Formal. Photograph by Mo Buksh
Short Synopsis: Slut The Musical – A spectacular musical comedy.
