Two strangers meet by chance in a highway-side motel but as their stay goes on, we begin to wonder if their meeting was by chance at all.

The debut feature of Academy Award qualifying and St Kilda Best Film-winning writer and director Peter Skinner, Two Ugly People is a romance mystery that delves into the at times nightmarish reality of trying to live within a fantasy. 

Submerging us in the thrilling yet heart-wrenching love story of two ‘strangers’, Two Ugly People reveals a tangled mystery of desire, guilt and grief through a raw and emotional cinematic character study reminiscent of Coppola’s Lost in Translation, Hitchcock’s Vertigo, and Wong Kar-Wai’s In The Mood For Love. 

TWO UGLY PEOPLE was Pre-Selected for the 2024 Venice Film Festival and is looking for it’s World Premiere, seeking distribution and a sales agent.

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  • Peter Skinner

    WRITER | DIRECTOR

    An Academy Award qualifying, St Kilda best film winning and Australian Directors Guild nominated writer and director who started his career as a figurative sculptor before moving into film theory and, eventually, filmmaking.

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  • Michael Sheasby

    BLONDIE

    Michael Sheasby is an AFI/AACTA nominated actor, best known for his work in Mel Gibson's "Hacksaw Ridge", Jennifer Kent's "The Nightingale" and the BBC's "The Luminaries". Micheal was born in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and immigrated to Sydney, Australia with his family in 2001. Kent's The Nightingale which received the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival in 2018, and was also selected for Sundance Film Festival 2019. Michael won the Casting Guild of Australia's Rising Star Award in 2018. In 2019, Michael was nominated for an AFI/ACCTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in The Nightingale.

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  • Cato Ayyar

    LULA

    Cato Ayyar is an Indian Australian actress based in Sydney, Australia. Known for her striking performance in award-winning Australian drama web series SIRENS (2022) (recently acquired by ABC iView), which earned her a Best Actress in a Drama nomination at New Jersey Webfest, Cato makes her feature film debut in TWO UGLY PEOPLE with a breathtaking and mesmerising performance.

  • Adric Watson

    CINEMATOGRAPHER

    Adric Watson is a Palme D’or winning Australian cinematographer based in London, England, whose work has screened in numerous top tier international festivals including Cannes Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival.

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  • Julia Gardell

    PRODUCER | ACTOR

    Julia is an Australian-born Swedish actress and producer, who's debut performance in SIRENS (recently acquired by ABC iView) received international attention and garnered numerous awards at festivals around the world. With experience working globally in the high-end fashion industry, marketing, and business she has now turned her attention to screen business, and is producing a number of projects through development at Seymour Pictures towards production in 2025.

  • Orla Doyle

    PRODUCER | FILMMAKER

    Orla is a 2020 Young Australian Filmmaker of the Year Nominee and AFTRS graduate with a background in marketing and entertainment publicity. Following the success of her award-winning drama web series SIRENS (recently acquired by ABC iView), Orla worked at Organic Publicity in Sydney with clients such as Apple TV+, Universal Pictures Content Group and Kismet Movies, before turning her attention to producing, writing and directing as part of Seymour Pictures.

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  • Cato Ayyar, Ben Oxenbould, Di Adams join Michael Sheasby in Peter Skinner’s ‘Two Ugly People’

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  • Principal photography begins on Peter Skinner’s Two Ugly People

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  • Peter Skinner shoots Two Ugly People

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Two Ugly People is the debut feature film of Seymour Pictures, an Australian production company dedicated to fostering unique new voices in Australian cinema. Founded on the belief that the most personal is the most creative, Seymour’s slate of feature and episodic projects aims to make independent cinema accessible through gripping narratives that resonate with modern audiences.