Ursula Dabrowsky

In 2005, Ursula Dabrowsky wrote her first psychological horror screenplay, Family Demons, and shot the film in early 2006 in two weeks with a production budget of $6,500. Three years and $35,000 later, Family Demons had its World Premiere at the 2009 A Night of Horror International Film Festival in Sydney where Ursula Dabrowsky won Best Australian Director. The film has gone on to screen at numerous national and international film festivals and won Best Foreign Film and Best Actress at the Fright Night International Film Festival in the United States. It was also nominated for Best Actress at the Eerie Horror Film Festival and was shortlisted for the 2009 DigiSPAA Competition. IFM Films is the international sales agent for the film and hold world rights. The DVD was released in video stores nationwide on 23 June 2010 through Peacock Films. Ursula Dabrowsky is now hard at work on the second instalment of her Demon Trilogy with a new screenplay in production, Inner Demon, a supernatural revenge horror film that obtained financing through the SAFC's FilmLab.