Ten L-plate filmmakers with big-screen dreams enrolled themselves in film school and made this feisty Australian feature in under a year!
 
Sweet Marshall tells the story of a man who has it all -- then loses it when he is imprisoned for a robbery he didn’t commit. It stars Paul Winchester, with Amber Grokken, Jennifer Isabelle King and Neveille Bhamgara, and guest stars Paul O’Brien (Home and Away).
 
Participate Film Academy is the only film school in Australia that teaches you how to make a movie, while you actually make a movie. Since the school opened at Australian Technology Park in Sydney, in 2005, more than 160 people have learnt how to make full-length feature films via its 12-month, part-time filmmaking course.
 
Students have now completed four productions all the way from pitching the story idea, through production, to staging a red carpet premiere. TheSweet Marshall crew created their own 90-minute feature to a standard that would make any movie producer proud, on a tiny budget that would leave them astonished.
 
Enjoy a spectacular night out. Celebrate young talent. Come to the Sweet Marshall premiere and after party on Wednesday 22 April 2009, 6 pm, at Hoyts EQ. Trailers, tickets and more information at www.sweetmarshall.com.
 
Anyone can experience the thrill of making a feature film from scratch. Participate is currently accepting its next intake of students, with classes starting in late April 2009. Go to www.participate.com.au for full details.