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28/12/2023
Homegrown flavour to film festival’s Friday feature
by Mornington Peninsula Magazine

Here Be Dragons, a gripping drama by Australian writer/director Alastair Newton Brown, is screening at Peninsula Cinemas Rosebud on Friday, February 2, at 7pm as part of the Peninsula Film Festival. The movie, shot in Serbia and rated M, will be followed by drinks and nibbles and a Q&A with Alastair and the movie’s star and producer, fellow Australian Nathan Clark Sapsford.

Nathan plays David Locke, a former British soldier turned UN war crimes investigator facing the prospect of an early retirement. One night, David is approached by a ghost from his past, a victim of the Yugoslav wars named Emir Ibrahimovic. Emir believes he’s located the notorious and previously presumed dead paramilitary commander Ivan Novak, played by Slobodan Bestic, living in Belgrade. Despite the disapproval of his superiors, David goes to Belgrade on a solo mission paid for by Emir in order to hunt, capture and bring to justice the man who has caused so much pain in the world.

According to festival organisers, Here Be Dragons “perfectly captures the concept of human compassion and the great lengths one will take to achieve true justice”. Tickets are available at www.peninsulacinemas.com.au