Come and see how the other half live
Feature Film
Australia
99 mins
1.85:1
Screenings
“One of the best Australian films of the year.”Cinema Australia
Synopsis
The Birthday Trip is an unflinchingly funny drama following three millennial couples whose relationships are thrown into disarray when they descend on a luxury Southern Highlands farmstay for a birthday weekend they’ll never forget.
“In conversation with Joachim Trier”Jared Richards (SMH, The Guardian)
Robertson, NSW
15 Shoot Days
5.2 Million Frames
14,176 Words
Behind the
Scenes
“The type of film Australia should be producing”Patrick Marlborough (Rolling Stone, Vice)
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY JAMES ROBERT WOODS PRODUCED BY STEPHANIE JANE DAY AND JAMES ROBERT WOODS STARRING, ALPHABETICALLY SAPPHIRE BLOSSOM NICOLA FREW BEN GERRARD ANNELISE HALL LUKE JACOBZ ROBERT PRESTON DAVID QUIRK AND JOSEPHINE STARTE ALSO FEATURING ANNETTE AGHAZARIAN HATTIE BEST NIC BORROTT ROMA CAPEZIO ELLY CLAPIN STEPHANIE DI GIACOMO GRANT LYNDON ELIZA REILLY NICK SHEPPARD AND COLIN WOODS COSTUME DESIGN OLIVIA SIMPSON HAIR AND MAKEUP DESIGN AMELIA FELL PRODUCTION DESIGN PAULA SANTOS AND LISA TWOMEY CINEMATOGRAPHY JAMES ROBERT WOODS SOUND RECORDIST NATHAN BELL SOUND DESIGNER STUART MELVEY VFX SUPERVISOR SCOTT KOPPELHUBER COLOURIST BRETT MANSON LINE PRODUCER STEPHANIE DI GIACOMO PRODUCTION ASSISTANT MAX ENRIGHT ADDITIONAL FIRST AD NICK HADLAND RUNNER REBECCA FINGHER RUNNER ELIZA REILLY PRODUCTION INTERNS CAMERON BEST TALITA FOX GIA SMITH SECOND CAMERA MILLER BEST SECOND CAMERA ALYSSA LEE FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA MAX ENRIGHT IAN KYSTER ALYSSA LEE GAFFER ROBERT BURR NIK DAMIANAKIS SECOND ELECTRICS HARLEIGH ENGLISH JESS HAYHOW GRACE PARK BOOM OPERATOR JAEDON COOPER EDEN ROBINSON ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER RUBY RAINBOW ELKINS COSTUME BUYER KIRA SHILLINGTON COSTUME ASSITANT ELLA BUTLER WILL TURNER HAIR MAKEUP ASSIST BROOKE JONES ART DIRECTOR CRIS BALDWIN ART DEPARTMENT BUYER ALYS HALE ART DEPARTMENT ASSIST KEELY MORRISON ART DEPARTMENT ASSIST BRONTE SPARROW ART CURATOR STEPHANIE JANE DAY ART HANDLER AARON FELL-FRACASSO WINERY FOOD STYLIST NICOLA SINCLAIR FOOD STYLIST ASSIST ANNIE LOGUE BIRTHDAY CAKE DESIGNER JULIA DALY WEBSITE VFX CAMERON DAVIES CREATURE EFFECTS BY JOSHUA HEAD INDIGENOUS CONSULTANT MICK BONNER INTIMACY COORDINTOR CAROLINE KASPAR STUNT COORDINATOR COLIN WOODS ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANT SARA BEST STRUCTURAL CONSULTANT BRIAN WOOD BUILDER TIM BURLACE BULLDOZER OPERATOR COLIN WOODS BULLDOZER INSTRUCTOR KEVIN WOODS ARMOURER GIDEON MARSHALL CATTLE WRANGLER LES SMITH TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT GLENN ARMSTRONG T-FRAME CO-ORDINATOR HARRY DAKANALIS T-FRAME MATTHEW HILL T-FRAME RHYS JAMES CAMERA TRUCK DRIVER TEXY FERGO CAST TRANSPORT TIM BAKER AND NIC BORROTT GRANNY THE NANNY TOOKIE CAPEZIO ON SET NURSE ADELE GILLIES CATERING LUCINDA’S FINE FOOD STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER T W BAKER EDITOR JAMES ROBERT WOODS ASSISTANT EDITOR TIMOTHY O’CONNOR RE-RECORDING MIXER STUART MELVEY SOUND EDITOR STUART MELVEY FOLEY ARTIST CHLOE TURNER FOLEY RECORDIST STUART MELVEY FOLEY EDITOR CHLOE TURNER ADR ENGINEER CAITLIN MCDAID ADR ENGINEER ANDREW MCGRATH ADR ENGINEER STUART MELVEY MIXED AT SOUNDFIRM, SYDNEY VISUAL EFFECTS HOUSE OF NERDS ANIMATOR/COMPOSITOR NATHANIEL LYM FX ARTIST/COMPOSITOR JONATHAN TAN ADDITIONAL VFX CAMERON DAVIES TITLE DESIGN STEPHANIE JANE DAY TYPEFACE MERCURE, CHARLES MAZÉ FOUNDRY ABYME THANK YOU FELIX ABRAHAMS CARLY AIKEN NATALIE ALEXOPOULOS SOIE AN DIGBY AYTON TIM BAKER NATALIE BALL PATTARA BAMROONGPRUK SALLY BERESFORD MICHELLE BUXTON EVA BUZO JAY K. CAGATAY LOUIS CAPEZIO ARCHIE CHEW NAOMI CLARKE PAT CLEARY NICHOLAS COLE BEN CORNFORD ARIKA CROTTY ADRIANE DAFF RIC DAVIDSON ANGIOLINA DI GIACOMO KATHERINE DODD GREG DOLGOPOLOV ALICIA EASAW-MAMUTIL DARCY FISHER ELOISE GEORGARIS NICKY GLUYAS GOLDEN AGE CINEMA ALYS HALE NAOMI HANNAN FINNUR HANSEN REBECCA HILL RALPH HOBBS SOPHIE HOBBS FELIX HUBBLE ANGUS HUNT JORDAN IRELAND JOSEPH IRELAND VICKI JACKSON LARS JENSEN SOPHIE JERMYN JINNY JACKIE KEAST JACK LADDER REBECCA LAMOND JACKSON LAPSLEY-SCOTT REBECCA LEAN LEANNE LEE BROOKE MCCAMLEY SALLY MCLENNAN JOSH MILCH OLIVER MILLER STUART MONKSFIELD BEAU NEILSEN JUDITH NEILSEN ARI RAYMOND NATHAN ROCHE TIM ROGERS CINDY THACH ANNIE THACKWAY ADRIEN VASQUEZ GUNNVÁ ZACHARIASEN CON ZANNE AND DIMITRI ZAUNDERS SPECIAL THANKS SARA BEST THOMAS BEST LYNNE DAY STEPHEN DAY JESSICA DAY MATTHEW MICHELL THOMAS DAY SUSIE BREW COLIN WOODS AND GLADYS WOODS PRODUCED AND POST-PRODUCED ON GADIGAL LAND IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA FROM THE WINTER OF 2023 TO THE SPRING OF 2024 PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY UNDERTAKEN IN THE SPRING OF 2023 ON GUNDUNGURRA AND THARAWAL LAND IN THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA MMXXVI BADLANDS X
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WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY JAMES ROBERT WOODS PRODUCED BY STEPHANIE JANE DAY AND JAMES ROBERT WOODS STARRING, ALPHABETICALLY SAPPHIRE BLOSSOM NICOLA FREW BEN GERRARD ANNELISE HALL LUKE JACOBZ ROBERT PRESTON DAVID QUIRK AND JOSEPHINE STARTE ALSO FEATURING ANNETTE AGHAZARIAN HATTIE BEST NIC BORROTT ROMA CAPEZIO ELLY CLAPIN STEPHANIE DI GIACOMO GRANT LYNDON ELIZA REILLY NICK SHEPPARD AND COLIN WOODS COSTUME DESIGN OLIVIA SIMPSON HAIR AND MAKEUP DESIGN AMELIA FELL PRODUCTION DESIGN PAULA SANTOS AND LISA TWOMEY CINEMATOGRAPHY JAMES ROBERT WOODS SOUND RECORDIST NATHAN BELL SOUND DESIGNER STUART MELVEY VFX SUPERVISOR SCOTT KOPPELHUBER COLOURIST BRETT MANSON LINE PRODUCER STEPHANIE DI GIACOMO PRODUCTION ASSISTANT MAX ENRIGHT ADDITIONAL FIRST AD NICK HADLAND RUNNER REBECCA FINGHER RUNNER ELIZA REILLY PRODUCTION INTERNS CAMERON BEST TALITA FOX GIA SMITH SECOND CAMERA MILLER BEST SECOND CAMERA ALYSSA LEE FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA MAX ENRIGHT IAN KYSTER ALYSSA LEE GAFFER ROBERT BURR NIK DAMIANAKIS SECOND ELECTRICS HARLEIGH ENGLISH JESS HAYHOW GRACE PARK BOOM OPERATOR JAEDON COOPER EDEN ROBINSON ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER RUBY RAINBOW ELKINS COSTUME BUYER KIRA SHILLINGTON COSTUME ASSITANT ELLA BUTLER WILL TURNER HAIR MAKEUP ASSIST BROOKE JONES ART DIRECTOR CRIS BALDWIN ART DEPARTMENT BUYER ALYS HALE ART DEPARTMENT ASSIST KEELY MORRISON ART DEPARTMENT ASSIST BRONTE SPARROW ART CURATOR STEPHANIE JANE DAY ART HANDLER AARON FELL-FRACASSO WINERY FOOD STYLIST NICOLA SINCLAIR FOOD STYLIST ASSIST ANNIE LOGUE BIRTHDAY CAKE DESIGNER JULIA DALY WEBSITE VFX CAMERON DAVIES CREATURE EFFECTS BY JOSHUA HEAD INDIGENOUS CONSULTANT MICK BONNER INTIMACY COORDINTOR CAROLINE KASPAR STUNT COORDINATOR COLIN WOODS ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANT SARA BEST STRUCTURAL CONSULTANT BRIAN WOOD BUILDER TIM BURLACE BULLDOZER OPERATOR COLIN WOODS BULLDOZER INSTRUCTOR KEVIN WOODS ARMOURER GIDEON MARSHALL CATTLE WRANGLER LES SMITH TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT GLENN ARMSTRONG T-FRAME CO-ORDINATOR HARRY DAKANALIS T-FRAME MATTHEW HILL T-FRAME RHYS JAMES CAMERA TRUCK DRIVER TEXY FERGO CAST TRANSPORT TIM BAKER AND NIC BORROTT GRANNY THE NANNY TOOKIE CAPEZIO ON SET NURSE ADELE GILLIES CATERING LUCINDA’S FINE FOOD STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER T W BAKER EDITOR JAMES ROBERT WOODS ASSISTANT EDITOR TIMOTHY O’CONNOR RE-RECORDING MIXER STUART MELVEY SOUND EDITOR STUART MELVEY FOLEY ARTIST CHLOE TURNER FOLEY RECORDIST STUART MELVEY FOLEY EDITOR CHLOE TURNER ADR ENGINEER CAITLIN MCDAID ADR ENGINEER ANDREW MCGRATH ADR ENGINEER STUART MELVEY MIXED AT SOUNDFIRM, SYDNEY VISUAL EFFECTS HOUSE OF NERDS ANIMATOR/COMPOSITOR NATHANIEL LYM FX ARTIST/COMPOSITOR JONATHAN TAN ADDITIONAL VFX CAMERON DAVIES TITLE DESIGN STEPHANIE JANE DAY TYPEFACE MERCURE, CHARLES MAZÉ FOUNDRY ABYME THANK YOU FELIX ABRAHAMS CARLY AIKEN NATALIE ALEXOPOULOS SOIE AN DIGBY AYTON TIM BAKER NATALIE BALL PATTARA BAMROONGPRUK SALLY BERESFORD MICHELLE BUXTON EVA BUZO JAY K. CAGATAY LOUIS CAPEZIO ARCHIE CHEW NAOMI CLARKE PAT CLEARY NICHOLAS COLE BEN CORNFORD ARIKA CROTTY ADRIANE DAFF RIC DAVIDSON ANGIOLINA DI GIACOMO KATHERINE DODD GREG DOLGOPOLOV ALICIA EASAW-MAMUTIL DARCY FISHER ELOISE GEORGARIS NICKY GLUYAS GOLDEN AGE CINEMA ALYS HALE NAOMI HANNAN FINNUR HANSEN REBECCA HILL RALPH HOBBS SOPHIE HOBBS FELIX HUBBLE ANGUS HUNT JORDAN IRELAND JOSEPH IRELAND VICKI JACKSON LARS JENSEN SOPHIE JERMYN JINNY JACKIE KEAST JACK LADDER REBECCA LAMOND JACKSON LAPSLEY-SCOTT REBECCA LEAN LEANNE LEE BROOKE MCCAMLEY SALLY MCLENNAN JOSH MILCH OLIVER MILLER STUART MONKSFIELD BEAU NEILSEN JUDITH NEILSEN ARI RAYMOND NATHAN ROCHE TIM ROGERS CINDY THACH ANNIE THACKWAY ADRIEN VASQUEZ GUNNVÁ ZACHARIASEN CON ZANNE AND DIMITRI ZAUNDERS SPECIAL THANKS SARA BEST THOMAS BEST LYNNE DAY STEPHEN DAY JESSICA DAY MATTHEW MICHELL THOMAS DAY SUSIE BREW COLIN WOODS AND GLADYS WOODS PRODUCED AND POST-PRODUCED ON GADIGAL LAND IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA FROM THE WINTER OF 2023 TO THE SPRING OF 2024 PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY UNDERTAKEN IN THE SPRING OF 2023 ON GUNDUNGURRA AND THARAWAL LAND IN THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA MMXXVI BADLANDS X
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