No money, no experience, no worries:

Australian Student Film bucks the odds

The cast and crew are still in school. They have no money and very little experience. Yet the students of Participate Film Academy(PartyCp8) could be the future of the Australian Film Industry.

14 year old actress Ashleigh Cummings is not going to let set-backs stand between her and her film career. Though only 14 years old, Ashleigh Cummings has already led a colourful life. Born in Saudi Arabia to Australian parents, she grew up in a strangely exotic and wonderfully multicultural environment. She traveled widely with her family before finally arriving home in Sydney only a few years ago.

When Thomas Tesoriero’s life took a turn for the worse, he found himself in the

psychiatric ward. But a love of writing has pulled him back from the brink, and he’s now got his sights set on the big screen.