X to begin Kings Cross shoot in April

The ‘adults-only’ thriller X, produced by Circe Films, will start its four-week shoot at Kings Cross in Sydney on April 7.

Producer Lizzette Atkins of Circe Films told Encore that director John Hewitt will put together selected scenes for her to take to this year’s Cannes Film Festival, to attract interest from sales agents.

“Because we didn’t need a sales aent to complete the deal, we decided to wait.  Finding a sales agent with completed footage will increase the value of the film,” she said.

According to Atkins, the shoot will be mostly location-based, and done on the RED camera. She describes the project as “erotic, fearless, action packed and intensely psychological” and “unlike anything we’ve come to expect from contemporary Australian cinema”.