Directing
Paul Bugden
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Directing
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Sometime in his 20s, Paul Bugden began his endevour as an actor in various fields of Australian theater, television and cinema. For him, he was in the middle of a cultural shift in the country as the 1970s saw the revival of the Australian film industry after many decades of inactivity. Once building a career as an actor, Paul would find himself behind the camera, as he made his directorial debut with the indie short film "Adam" in 1975. A monumental film in queer cinema as it was the first Australian movie to center on a gay protagonist as well as be written and directed by an openly gay filmmaker. His themes into queer sexuality would be greatly contrasted in his followup film "Confirmat…
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8.0Adam is a factory worker. He falls in love with Chris, a slightly older man. Instead of strengthening his own identity, Adam is unable to cope with his sexuality and suffers a nervous breakdown. One of the first representations of gay men in Australian cinema and an iconic piece of LGBTIQA+ film history.
Adam
1976
7.0Concerns a young boy's mystical experiences during his Confirmation. As the ceremony unfolds, figures from religion and mythology appear and impress on him the need to become a soldier of Christ.
Confirmation
1977
7.0A violent storm traps seven children and their schoolteacher in a cave.
Hills End
1988
Film credits
Behind the camera
8.0Adam is a factory worker. He falls in love with Chris, a slightly older man. Instead of strengthening his own identity, Adam is unable to cope with his sexuality and suffers a nervous breakdown. One of the first representations of gay men in Australian cinema and an iconic piece of LGBTIQA+ film history.
Adam
1976
8.0Adam is a factory worker. He falls in love with Chris, a slightly older man. Instead of strengthening his own identity, Adam is unable to cope with his sexuality and suffers a nervous breakdown. One of the first representations of gay men in Australian cinema and an iconic piece of LGBTIQA+ film history.
Adam
1976
7.0Concerns a young boy's mystical experiences during his Confirmation. As the ceremony unfolds, figures from religion and mythology appear and impress on him the need to become a soldier of Christ.
Confirmation
1977
7.0Concerns a young boy's mystical experiences during his Confirmation. As the ceremony unfolds, figures from religion and mythology appear and impress on him the need to become a soldier of Christ.
Confirmation
1977