Production
Originally, All My Friends are Leaving Brisbane was a stage performance at the University of Queensland's Cement Box Theatre, where Director Louise Alston first saw it. She could see that the story would make an ideal feature film and worked with writer Stephen Vagg on developing a script.
Producer Jade van der Lei then became interested in the film and was able to raise a budget of A$42,000. The film was shot in the middle of a Queensland summer, January 2006, over a three-week period. Afterward, The filmmakers successfully applied for post-production funding from the Australian Film Commission, which enabled additional shooting. The film completed post production early 2007 and made its world debut at the 2007 Brisbane International Film Festival.
The film was shot on location in such Brisbane suburbs as New Farm, Paddington, Kangaroo Point, Brookfield and Toowong. It features such iconic Brisbane landmarks as the Storey Bridge and the Royal Exchange Hotel and refers to Brisbane artists such as Powderfinger, Nick Earls and John Birmingham. The soundtrack includes a cover version of Streets of Your Town from Brisbane band The Go-Betweens by Brisbane singer Dave McCormack.
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