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Big Dreamers is a 55-minute documentary

Documentary

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showcasing the Big Things of Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. Directed

Film director

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by Camille hardman, and produced by Camille Hardman and John Fink, Big Dreamers features the construction of The Biggest Gumboot in world in Tully, in far North Queensland.

Plot

Tully

Tully is a surname of Irish origin. The surname itself and its variants include; Tally, MacTully, Tilly and Flood, all of which can derive from several different unrelated Irish families such as; Ó Maoltuile, Taithligh, Mac Maoltuile, Ó Taithligh, and Mac an Tuile...

was a prosperous town in tropical north Queensland

North Queensland

North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the state of Queensland in Australia. Queensland is a massive state, larger than most countries, and the tropical northern part of it has been historically remote and undeveloped, resulting in a distinctive regional character and...

, until Brazil

Brazil

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dumped its sugar

Sugar

Sugar is a class of edible crystalline carbohydrates, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose, characterized by a sweet flavor.Sucrose in its refined form primarily comes from sugar cane and sugar beet...

surplus on the global market. The locals call a meeting to save the town from financial disaster. Ron Hunt stands up and proposes to build The World’s Biggest Gumboot in honour of Tully’s rainfall record of 7.98 metres in 1950.

Ron declares the Big Golden Gumboot will put Tully on the map, so he and the local Rotary Club hire out-of-towner Bryan Newell to build the edifice. Tully's local artist and fellow Rotarian. Roger Chandler is not pleased. The cost of the boot blows out to $90,000, and the construction is endlessly delayed by rain.

Personalities clash, and Ron wonders whether he has made the right decision.

Dispersed throughout the main narrative are small vignettes highlighting other Big Things around Australia.

Cast

Ron Hunt - Rotarian
Bryan Newell - Boot builder
Roger Chandler - Local Artist
Tip Byrne - Mayor of Tully
Sera & Cerrino Qualiata - Cane Farmers
Rotary Club of Tully
Townsfolk of Tully
Kevin Rubie- The Big Banana
Big Banana
The Big Banana is a tourist attraction in the city of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, featuring a large walk-through banana. Banana-related products are shown or sold, and the grounds of the building are a banana plantation, a souvenir shop and restaurant...

, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
-History:By the early 1900s, the Coffs Harbour area had become an important timber production centre. Before the opening of the North Coast Railway Line, the only way to transport large items of heavy but low value, such as timber, was by coastal shipping. This meant sawmillers on the North Coast...
Eric Peltz - The Big Lobster, Kingston SE, South Australia
Kingston SE, South Australia
Kingston SE is a town approximately 297 km southeast of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, and 44 km from the town of Robe. It is at the southeastern end of Encounter Bay and the Coorong. At the 2006 census, Kingston SE had a population of 1,443.-History:The town was named after...
Fred Glasbrenner - The Big Abalone, Laverton North, Victoria
Laverton North, Victoria
Laverton North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 km west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Wyndham.It is predominantly an industrial suburb, with the Federation Trail flowing through....
Dianne & Roger Venning - The Big Galah, Kimba, South Australia
Kimba, South Australia
Kimba is a rural service town on the Eyre Highway at the top of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. At the 2006 census, Kimba had a population of 636 and it has an annual rainfall of 339 mm. There is 7 metre tall statue of a big galah beside the highway marking halfway between the east and west...
Joyce Peterson - The Big Orange, Gayndah, Queensland
Gayndah, Queensland
Gayndah is a town located on the Burnett River in Queensland, Australia. It is north of the state capital, Brisbane, and west of the regional city of Maryborough. The Burnett Highway passes through the town. At the 2006 census, Gayndah had a population of 1,745.-History:Exploration of the...
Fran Myors - The Big Koala, Phillip Island, Victoria
Jim Mauger - The Big Potato, Robertson, New South Wales
Robertson, New South Wales
Robertson is a small town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. The town is located on the edge of an elevated plateau about 35 km from the coast. At the 2006 census, Robertson had a population of 1,206 people.Robertson is known for its high annual...

Film Festivals

Big Dreamers featured in a number of Film Festivals worldwide Including:

2007 SILVERDOCS
Silverdocs
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: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival, Washington, USA
2007 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, Arkansas, USA
2007 Melbourne International Film Festival, Victoria , Australia
2007 Revelation Perth International Film Festival, Perth, Australia
2007 Kansas International Film Festival, Kansas City, USA
2007 Palm Beach International Film Festival
Palm Beach International Film Festival
The Palm Beach International Film Festival is a film festival in the United States held in Palm Beach, Florida which showcases over 120 films annually in April for over 20,000 attendees...

, Florida, USA
2007 deadCENTER Film Festival
DeadCENTER Film Festival
The deadCENTER Film Festival was founded in 2001 in Oklahoma City. The festival was named "deadCENTER" because it is located in the exact center of the United States...

, Oklahoma, USA
2007 ReelHeART International Film Festival
ReelHeArt International Film Festival
The ' known as The Filmmakers Film Festival is an annual independent film festival that screens over 100 films from 30 or more countries during six days around the 3rd week of June in Toronto, Canada....

, Toronto, Canada
2007 Byron Bay International Film Festival, NSW, Australia
2007 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Montana, USA
2007 Dungog Film Festival
Dungog Film Festival
The Dungog Film Festival is an annual event held in the Hunter Region town of Dungog. Dungog Film Festival is a not for profit arts organisation that is dedicated to celebrating and promoting Australian screen industry. The festival is committed to education and nurturing the health of the...

, Dungog, Australia
2007 Webster Film Series, Webster University, St Louis, USA
2007 The Accolade Competition, USA
2008 Environmental Film Festival, Australian Embassy Washington DC, USA
2008 Bondi Openair Cinema, Bondi Beach, Australia
2008 Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, USA
2008 Jasmax Film Festival – Celebrating Architecture, New Zealand
2008 June – Dec Qantas Inflight Entertainment
2008 ABC TV
ABC Television
ABC Television is a service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched in 1956. As a public broadcasting broadcaster, the ABC provides four non-commercial channels within Australia, and a partially advertising-funded satellite channel overseas....

, Australia
2008 Australia Network
Australia Network
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(Asia)
2008 DOCU Channel (NZ)
2008 Cork Film Festival, Cork, Ireland
2009 Jesse James Film & Arts Festival, Russellville, Kentucky, USA

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