BBFF2026 Meet the Filmmaker: Stephen Dupont

Two of Australia’s most recognised actors and a musical wizard. A troubadour trio of conscientious vagabonds. They bring their ‘badass gospel’ country music to the most remote and marginalized people in Australia. That Half Barbaric Twang is a spiritual epic road movie for the love of music and country.

Director Stephen Dupont let us in on the colourful characters of the band members, his journey from photography to filmmaking, and what he hopes BBFF audiences will take away from the film.