
French-Canadian director Ken Scott’s new film, Starbuck is an arch and affectionate look at the perils and permutations of modern fatherhood, as seen through the eyes of 40-something slacker (Patrick Huard) who discovers that, having sold his sperm to a fertility clinic in his youth, his children number in the hundreds.

Florian Habicht is the first to admit his latest film is a strange beast.

Most creative types are loathe to throw anything away; you never know what might come in handy, or when. But when experienced Australian television director, Catriona McKenzie, was developing what would become her debut feature film project, Satellite Boy, she hit a point where the only way forward was to scrap everything that had come before.