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Chris Anastassiades is known for High Ground (2020), Yolngu Boy (2001) and Pirate Islands: The Lost Treasure of Fiji (2007).
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View Chris Anastassiades’ profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members. Been writing professionally for 30 years. Worked in TV and film.
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Chris Anastassiades. Films. 2020. High Ground. Australia. Back to APSA Academy Members. The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Chris Anastassiades is a dramatist and script-writer, with extensive experience in television script-writing, particularly comedy and children's television. Anastassiades's earliest television scripts were for Col'n Carpenter (1990-1991), a spin-off from the successful skit-comedy program The Comedy Company.
Feb 26, 2021 · That sounds like scriptwriter Chris Anastassiades has provided an effective setup for High Ground, doesn’t it? Certainly, the first third of the film establishes potent undercurrents to every one of the film’s relationships.
Dec 18, 2020 · Chris Anastassiades' screenplay digs deeper into the Indigenous familial atmosphere by showing the individuals who make up the tribal tapestry. This allows viewers to see that the complex systems of organisation, communication and care may vary from others, but they are intricate and fragile.
Overall, High Ground is a deceptively simple story about the lingering consequences of revenge through racism taken to heights of excellence due to beautiful vistas, top representation of Aboriginal culture and its brutal depiction of violence.
