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Gay Paris & Sleepmakeswaves Guitarist Announced As Finalist For US Film Award

Staff Writer

Two chances to win.

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​Lachlan Marks​, member of Aussie outfits Gay Paris​ and sleepmakeswaves​, has been announced as a finalist in the ​New York International Screenplay Awards​.

The guitarist features twice in the Best Short Screenplay Finalists list with his works, Fingers and ​The Twenty-Seventh​.

If he is to win the award, Marks will take out the NYISA Gold Trophy and will score a meeting with film producers in New York. 

The awards take place in New York on 10 May. 

Meanwhile, Gay Paris are scheduled to take part in Meltdown Festival​ kicking off next week in Brunswick alongside acts such as CHILD, Arteries, The Black Swamp and Born Lion​.

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