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Lexus and The Weinstein Company will be premiering the second of four films as part of the third Lexus Short Films series at Sydney Film Festival on June 14th Selected from thousands of submissions, director Damian Walshe-Howling's short film MESSiAH, encompasses this year's Lexus Short Films series' theme of "Anticipation." MESSiAH highlights a playful collision of cultures, in which a hapless Irishman and his Parisian girlfriend get more than they bargained for when they encounter a particularly mischievous stranger in the spectacular Australian wilderness. Well-known Australian actor David Gulpilil (The Tracker, The Proposition, Crocodile Dundee) will star as Baringa. Stephen Hunter, who starred in the film franchise The Hobbit and the current television series Janet King, will appear in the role of Moylan.