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2024

Make It Look Real

World Premiere.

A pioneering intimacy coordinator is hired to guide three actors through the process of simulating sex for a new Australian film, Tightrope.

Director

Kate Blackmore

Runtime

78 Minutes

Country

Australia

Classification

Unclassified 15+

A pioneering intimacy coordinator is hired to guide actors through the process of simulating sex for a new film, Tightrope.

Claire Warden is a pioneering intimacy coordinator, working with filmmakers and actors to produce the illusion of sex on screen. Hired to work on a new Australian film, Tightrope, Claire is apprehensive about how the director, Kieran Darcy-Smith, will respond to her presence on set. As she blocks scenes, designs modesty garments, and runs through nudity riders, it becomes apparent that one of the cast is uncomfortable performing a proposed threesome. As the first day of the shoot approaches, Claire and Kieran must work together to reshape the scene in a way that respects the actors’ boundaries, without compromising the story. Make It Look Real immerses the audience in the funny, occasionally horrifying reality of simulating sex on screen, offering a spin on the ‘tough jobs’ genre to explore how film and television can safely represent one of the most fundamental aspects of human experience: sex and intimacy.

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Film Credits

Director

Kate Blackmore

Year

2024

Country

Australia

Language

English

Type

Documentary & Feature

Program Strand

AFF Investment Fund & World Documentary

Producer

Bethany Bruce & Daniel Joyce

Writer

Kate Blackmore

Cinematographer

Justine Kerrigan ACS

Editor

Elliott Magen

Music

Benjamin Speed

Film Source

Staple Fiction & Projector Films

Genre

DocumentarySexual & Western

Extended Q&A: Making It Look Real – The ins and outs of filming sex

Moderated by Sandy George, join the team behind Make It Look Real, director Kate Blackmore, actors Sarah Roberts and Albert Mwangi, and producer Bethany Bruce to discuss the challenges of filming sex.

When: Saturday 26 October, following screening
Where: Palace Nova Eastend, Eximax

Q&A Presented by:

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Saturday 26 Oct 2024

03:00 pm

Make It Look Real

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Palace Nova Eastend:

Palace Nova Eastend Eximax

Sunday 3 Nov 2024

11:00 am

Make It Look Real

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