Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival
Official Selection Melbourne International Film Festival
Official Selection Rome International Film Festival
Director: Peter Carstairs
Writers: Peter Carstairs & Ant Horn
Producer: John Polson
Australian Distributer: Hopscotch / eOne
International Sales: Arclight Films
85 minutes, 35mm
“September is a extraordinary debut. Carstairs does a superb job.”
— Jim Shembri, The Age (4 stars)
“An extraordinarily moving journey. This truly is a film to tear your heart out.”
— Margaret Pomeranz, At the Movies (4 stars)
“September is an exquisite film… Striking landscapes conduct a sublime underscore to the immediate drama.”
— Colin Fraser, Moviereview (4 stars)
“September is a thing of beauty. Beautifully shot, beautifully acted, a story about a beautiful friendship… Magnificent.”
— Sarah Thomas, Sydney Morning Herald
“First-time feature director Peter Carstairs and co-writer Ant Horn unspool the threads of the story slowly and deliberately, using painterly compositions and spare but strangely eloquent dialogue to create a powerful lament for the loss of youthful innocence.”
— Megan Lehmann, Hollywood Reporter
(short film)
Winner - Best Australian Short Comedy, Melbourne International Film Festival.
Winner - Best Film, Huesca International Film Festival, Spain
Winner – Best Film, Cinema Jove, Spain
Nominated - AFI nomination for Best Screenplay in a Short Film
Nominated - Film Critics’ Award for Best Australian Short Film
Writer/director: Peter Carstairs
Producer: Karen Radzyner
(short documentary)
Winner – Best Film, Melbourne Jewish Film Festival
Winner – Most outstanding documentary, AFTRS 2002
Official Selection – Aspen Shortsfest
Official Selection - IDFA
(short film)
Winner – Best Young Talent, Tropfest 2006
Winner – Tropfest Feature Program 2006
Finalist – Tropfest 2006