Relatives of the late actress Jessica Falkholt will soon be able to see her shine in her first and final major film role at a special screening.
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The 29-year-old died in January, weeks after her family was killed in a fiery crash on the South Coast. She was the starring role in a feature film shot in the Illawarra called Harmony.
We just want to get it out to as many people as we can just to show what an incredible an actor Jess was as a bit of a tribute to her.
- Corey Pearson
Director Corey Pearson said he was shaken up by the news and believed the actress was on her way to stardom.
“At the funeral we met up with the family and we’re doing a bit of a private screening for the family in a few weeks time – kind of a cathartic session for those guys,” Mr Pearson told the Illawarra Mercury.
“We just want to get it out to as many people as we can just to show what an incredible an actor Jess was, as a bit of a tribute to her.
“The project is still in post production, we hope it will be released in September October but there hasn’t been any official release in terms of dates.”
Ms Falkholt was cast alongside notable Australian actors such as Jacqueline McKenize, Tessa James and Salvatore Coco in the supernatural love story.
The synopsis of the movie is Harmony is born with an energetic power to absorb fear from others but she must find love to balance the fears of her own and fight an ever growing storm of negative energy.
Previously the rising star had appeared in Home and Away as Hope Morrison, crime series Tricky Business as well as television commercials.
Ms Falkholt was travelling in the family car with her sister Annabelle plus parents Lars and Vivian on December 26 when it was hit head-on by a four wheel drive on the Princes Highway at Mondayong.
Her parents died at the scene, the two sisters were pulled from the wreck before it erupted in flames, but Annabelle died in hospital three days later.
Jessica spent weeks clinging to life at Sydney's St George Hospital before her life support was switched off, subsequently dying six days later.
“She was an amazing actress,” Mr Pearson said.
Before releasing Harmony the film-maker’s focus is releasing his first major movie, Message Man.
The film, an action thriller shot in Indonesia, will screen at the Gala Cinema in Warrawong from March 8.