Green Fire Envy is an explosive drama in the tradition of Crash. After a tragic car accident, 19-year-old Matt struggles to rebuild his life. For a while he finds comfort in the arms of a street-wise callgirl. But his past catches up with him and when an unhinged survivor of the accident kidnaps his sister, Matt is forced to turn to his worst enemy for help – and face up to his own crimes.
 
What makes this film even more astonishing is that the average age of the cast and crew is around 18 years old. Until just under a year ago, almost none of the people who made Green Fire Envy had ever made any film of any length. It has truly impressive production values, yet was only made for around A$150,000.
 
Many new talents were involved in the film. Kate Grgich and Ryan Sommerfield provided the spectacular camera work; 16-year-old Jess Arapi and 14-year-old Ashleigh Cummings both gave outstanding performances; Australia’s youngest feature editor, 15-year-old Sebastian Kade, added brilliant editing; first AD Andrew Bettridge kept the film running to schedule; the unstoppable Tom Tesoriero sourced stunning locations; and first-time producer Catherine Neasbey spent hundreds of hours orchestrating stunning set-pieces such as the pivotal car crash.
 
Green Fire Envy is one of the first productions from a radical new film school called Participate Film Academy. Its goal is to take complete novices, train them in all aspects of film production and put a feature film on the big screen to paying audiences, so the cast and crew can achieve an industry credit.
 
The red carpet premiere will be followed by a limited, seven-day release at Hoyts Wetherill Park.
 
Thanks to sponsors like Art of Multimedia, Australian Technology Park and Hoyts, the next generation of Australian film talent begins here.