Career

To date, Boreham has focussed his attention on short film works that explore issues of marginalised sexuality and the politics of desire. Craig Boreham graduated from both the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and the Australian Film Television and Radio School

Australian Film Television and Radio School

The Australian Film, Television and Radio School is the Australian national centre for professional education and advanced training in film, television, radio and digital media. The School is an Australian Commonwealth government statutory authority...

 (AFTRS), and his films have screened extensively throughout the world and collected a number of awards including The City of Melbourne Best Queer Short Film Award, Melbourne Queer Film Festival

Melbourne Queer Film Festival

The Melbourne Queer Film Festival, or MQFF, has been running continuously since 1991 . It is the oldest queer film festival in Australia and one of the oldest queer film festivals in the world...

, and Best Independent Film, Newtown Flicks Short Film Festival

Newtown Flicks Short Film Festival

Newtown Flicks Short Film Festival is held annually in and around the Sydney suburb of Newtown, Australia. Established as a non-profit organization in 2006, Newtown Flicks became a national film festival in 2009....

, Sydney.

In 2005 his short drama Transient, premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival

Berlin International Film Festival

The Berlin International Film Festival , also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events. It is held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978...

 in 2005 and received a Teddy Award

Teddy Award

The Teddy Award is an international film award for films with LGBT topics, presented by an independent jury as an official award of the Berlin International Film Festival . Here, an "independent jury" implies that its members are not officially selected by the committee of the Berlinale...

 nomination for best short film.

In 2008, LesGaiCineMad

LesGaiCineMad

LesGaiCineMad Madrid International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival is a LGTB Film Festival in seen in Spanish Speaking countries. The inaugural edition was held in 1996...

 and Fundación Triángulo in Madrid, programmed a retrospective of Boreham's short films titled True Cinema Poison.

Craig's most recent film Drowning had its Australian premiere at the Academy Award accredited film competition Flickerfest

Flickerfest

Flickerfest is an Australian, Academy Award-accredited short film festival. Founded in 1992 at Balmain High School which is now called Sydney Secondary College Balmain Campus, it is held every January in Sydney. The films then go on tour throughout Australia. The Festival Director is currently...

 International Short Film Festival at Bondi Beach Sydney. Drowning stars, up and coming Australian actors Miles Szanto, Xavier Samuel

Xavier Samuel

Xavier Samuel is an Australian actor. He has appeared in leading roles in the feature films September, Further We Search, and Newcastle, and played Riley Biers in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third movie in Stephenie Meyer's The Twilight Saga film series.-Early life and education:Samuel was...

and Tess Haubrich.

Filmography

• Seamen (1998) Director, Producer, Writer
• Blow (2000) Director, Writer
• Pink Sheep (2003) Director, Producer, Editor
• Transient (2005) Director, Writer
• Stray (2007) Co Director with Dean Francis, Producer
• Love Bite (2008) Director, Writer, Producer
• Before The Rain - Violet (2009) Director
• Drowning (2009) Director, Writer
• William Yang - The Art Of Seduction (2010) Director
• Ostia - La Notte Finale (2010) Director, Writer

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