Picture this: you're a pair of filmmakers from Adelaide, Australia, premiering your first feature at the Sundance Film Festival. Nobody knows who the hell you are. And then suddenly, A24 are bidding on your movie. Yep, the hip indie company behind Oscar-winner Everything Everywhere All at Once. ‘They made an offer the first day,’ says Michael Philippou, who together with twin brother Danny is the brains behind the teen horror sensation Talk to Me. Before long, the brothers uploaded the footage of that day to their YouTube channel. ‘You can see the emotion of that,’ chips in Danny. ‘It was such a dream trip.’
When meets the Philippous, 30, and their two leading women – Sophie Wilde () and Alexandra Jensen (TV's Amazing Grace) – it's just over a fortnight later. has snagged a slot at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival and the co-directors and their cast are still reeling from the A24 pick-up. ‘We were just saying… it was on our list of possible career “what we
