A Touch of Romance

Victoria Wharfe McIntyre

Victoria is a director and screenwriter. Her films have screened in over 200 festivals and won over 70 International awards including BAFTA (British Academy Award) and AACTA (Australian Academy Award). Her feature film THE FLOOD premiered at PÖFF Tallin Black Nights International Film Festival Official Selection in 2020 and received Best Director, Best Film and Best Actor awards at Sydney Women’s International Film Festival and received a Best Supporting Actor nomination in the 2020 AACTA awards. Victoria well understands the power of supported collaboration and has an established long term creative team anchored by the beautiful images of DOP Kevin Scott and remarkable scoring by Petra Salsjö; they are a multi award winning combination. Their film MIRO, written and directed by Victoria, is a WWII Australian First Nations Western. It premiered at the 2017 Melbourne International Film Festival and was nominated in for best short film the 2017 AACTA awards. Acknowledged as a film of national significance MIRO is held by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Her film THE TELEGRAM MAN has played as part of the dawn service at ANZAC Cove Gallipoli for the last eight years including the 2016 special Centenary service. Regarded as a film of artistic, cultural and historical significance by the OSCARS Academy Awards Film Archive, THE TELEGRAM MAN is part of its permanent collection at the Pickford Centre in Hollywood and the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Traversing genre and drama, Victoria brings an artistic sensibility to the commercial space and is currently in development on two feature films, including the feature version of STRANGERS AT SUNDOWN and a book adaption to screen in Australia and the United States.