The Midnight section at the Sundance Film Festival features films that don’t neatly fit into certain genres and seek to unsettle or frighten festival audiences. One of the films that will premiere in this section is the new thriller “Killing Ground,” about a young couple’s nightmarish weekend getaway. When Ian (Ian Meadows) and Sam (Harriet Dyer) arrive at an isolated campsite, they figured they would escape urban living for a while, but instead, they find an abandoned SUV and a tent. As night falls and the other campers don’t return, Ian and Sam grow increasingly uneasy, only to discover a distressed toddler wandering alone on the campground. The film also co-stars Aaron Pedersen (“Water Rats”) and Aaron Glenane (“Truth”). Watch an exclusive trailer for the film below.
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The film is written and directed by Damien Power. He...
- 1/19/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Nine years ago writer-director Damien Power suddenly had a mental image of an orange family-sized tent that had been abandoned in the bush.
He wondered what may have happened to the occupants of the tent, which gave him the kernel of an idea for a survival thriller.
After Power met producer Joe Weatherstone at an Afc IndiVision low budget filmmaking lab, the two began developing Killing Ground.
Lisa Shaunessy came on board as executive producer, Screen Australia agreed to invest in the project at its last board meeting and shooting is due to start in Nsw in October.
The plot follows a young couple, Ian and Samantha, who go camping in a national park where they find an SUV and a tent, with no sign of the occupants.
As night falls and the campers fail to return, Ian and Sam grow increasingly uneasy. Things go from bad to worse when...
He wondered what may have happened to the occupants of the tent, which gave him the kernel of an idea for a survival thriller.
After Power met producer Joe Weatherstone at an Afc IndiVision low budget filmmaking lab, the two began developing Killing Ground.
Lisa Shaunessy came on board as executive producer, Screen Australia agreed to invest in the project at its last board meeting and shooting is due to start in Nsw in October.
The plot follows a young couple, Ian and Samantha, who go camping in a national park where they find an SUV and a tent, with no sign of the occupants.
As night falls and the campers fail to return, Ian and Sam grow increasingly uneasy. Things go from bad to worse when...
- 5/17/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Australian Screen Editors’ Guild has added a new category to include online and new content streams to its awards night and announced the nominees for the 2012 Ase Awards.
The announcement:
The Australian Screen Editors’ (Ase) Guild is dedicated to the pursuit and recognition of excellence in screen editing across all its forms. It aims to highlight the often invisible art of editing to the public while supporting the people who construct our screen narratives frame by frame.
In 2012 the Ase expanded its activities by opening a new Committee in Brisbane, growing the membership base already established in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide, and expanding its year-round program of seminars, screenings, masterclasses, training days and mentorships. This year the Ase also celebrated its 10th anniversary of Accreditation, the highest honour the Guild can bestow on an editor.
The culmination of the Guild’s year happens at the annual Ase Awards,...
The announcement:
The Australian Screen Editors’ (Ase) Guild is dedicated to the pursuit and recognition of excellence in screen editing across all its forms. It aims to highlight the often invisible art of editing to the public while supporting the people who construct our screen narratives frame by frame.
In 2012 the Ase expanded its activities by opening a new Committee in Brisbane, growing the membership base already established in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide, and expanding its year-round program of seminars, screenings, masterclasses, training days and mentorships. This year the Ase also celebrated its 10th anniversary of Accreditation, the highest honour the Guild can bestow on an editor.
The culmination of the Guild’s year happens at the annual Ase Awards,...
- 11/14/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Post-apocalyptic feature film Transmission dominated the St Kilda Film Festival Awards last night.
The short feature, about a deadly pandemic and its impact on a father-daughter relationship, won top prize of Best Short Film at the awards plus a $10,000 cash prize.
Of the nominees in the Best Short Film category, Transmission beat out Anthony Maras’s The Palace, Peekaboo directed by Damien Power and At The Formal directed by Andrew Kavanagh.
Produced by Liz Kearney and written and directed by Zak Hilditch it was a big night for Transmission with Hilditch winning Best Director and Angourie Rice who plays the daughter winning Best Actor while editor Merlin Cornish won Best Achievement in Editing.
The film was one of three recipients of Screen Australia’s 2011 Springboard Short Film Course. The course mentors creative duos to produce a short film which will be the grounding for a feature film idea.
The win...
The short feature, about a deadly pandemic and its impact on a father-daughter relationship, won top prize of Best Short Film at the awards plus a $10,000 cash prize.
Of the nominees in the Best Short Film category, Transmission beat out Anthony Maras’s The Palace, Peekaboo directed by Damien Power and At The Formal directed by Andrew Kavanagh.
Produced by Liz Kearney and written and directed by Zak Hilditch it was a big night for Transmission with Hilditch winning Best Director and Angourie Rice who plays the daughter winning Best Actor while editor Merlin Cornish won Best Achievement in Editing.
The film was one of three recipients of Screen Australia’s 2011 Springboard Short Film Course. The course mentors creative duos to produce a short film which will be the grounding for a feature film idea.
The win...
- 5/28/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Short film fest, The St Kilda Film Festival has announced its award nominees across 18 categories. Winners will be announced on Sunday 27 May
The announcement:
Now in its 29th year the St Kilda Film Festival’s (Skff) Top 100 competition recognises and awards local filmmakers of all levels of experience who excel in creative and craft and who show potential for growth within the industry.
From an increasingly competitive field of entrants, 62 nominees are in the running for 18 prestigious awards and their share of $40,000 of cash and in-kind prizes, with the winner of the Best Film being awarded $10,000 cash.
The nominations for the 2012 Best Short Film include: At The Formal (Directed by Andrew Kavanagh & Produced by Ramona Telecican). Peekaboo (Directed by Damien Power & Produced by Joe Weatherstone) The Palace (Directed by Anthony Maras & Produced by Anthony Maras, Kate Croser, Andros Achilleos) and Transmission (Directed by Zak Hilditch & Produced by Liz Kearney)
Nominees...
The announcement:
Now in its 29th year the St Kilda Film Festival’s (Skff) Top 100 competition recognises and awards local filmmakers of all levels of experience who excel in creative and craft and who show potential for growth within the industry.
From an increasingly competitive field of entrants, 62 nominees are in the running for 18 prestigious awards and their share of $40,000 of cash and in-kind prizes, with the winner of the Best Film being awarded $10,000 cash.
The nominations for the 2012 Best Short Film include: At The Formal (Directed by Andrew Kavanagh & Produced by Ramona Telecican). Peekaboo (Directed by Damien Power & Produced by Joe Weatherstone) The Palace (Directed by Anthony Maras & Produced by Anthony Maras, Kate Croser, Andros Achilleos) and Transmission (Directed by Zak Hilditch & Produced by Liz Kearney)
Nominees...
- 5/24/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
A film set during the 1974 Turkish innovation of Cyprus has won Flickerfest’s Best Australian Short Film.
It marked a successful day for the film, which also won best screenplay for a short film, and best fiction short film at the Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts (AACTAs) earlier in the day.
The Palace, written and directed by Anthony Maras and produced by Maras, Kate Croser, and Andros Achilleos won took out the local competition at the Festival, now in its 21 year.
In The Palace a Cypriot family takes refuge in an abandoned Ottoman era palace as the Turkish forces advance. A young Turkish conscript games face to face with the family and confronted with the brutality of war.
The film has previously won best short film at both the Melbourne and Sydney Film Festivals and the audience award at Adelaide Film Festival.
The special Jury Award went to the film Julian,...
It marked a successful day for the film, which also won best screenplay for a short film, and best fiction short film at the Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts (AACTAs) earlier in the day.
The Palace, written and directed by Anthony Maras and produced by Maras, Kate Croser, and Andros Achilleos won took out the local competition at the Festival, now in its 21 year.
In The Palace a Cypriot family takes refuge in an abandoned Ottoman era palace as the Turkish forces advance. A young Turkish conscript games face to face with the family and confronted with the brutality of war.
The film has previously won best short film at both the Melbourne and Sydney Film Festivals and the audience award at Adelaide Film Festival.
The special Jury Award went to the film Julian,...
- 1/16/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The Breath of Fresh Air Film Festival has announced the finalists for their Digital Slr Short Film Competition
The festival is currently on in Launceston, Tasmania. Winners of the competition will be announced at the Bofa Awards Dinner.
The films have been selected for reflecting the festival’s contemporary issues and this year’s themes of “new horizons” or “food for thought.”
Judges for the competition include Gregor Jordan (Dir: Ned Kelly, Two Hands) Rowan Woods (Dir: Little Fish, The Boys) and Karena Slaninka, Screen Tasmania’s CEO.
The Digital Slr Short Film Competition 2011 finalists for the MyState Bofa Film Festival are:
‘Abbie’, Dir. Erin Good, Australia, 8 min ‘Being Bradford Dillman’, Dir. Emma Burch, UK, 10 min ‘Bookman’, Dir. Ben Bryan, Australia, 10 min ‘Bottled’, Dir. Michael Sloane, Australia, 9 min ‘Cloud’, Dir. Gilbert James, UK, 12 min ‘Emilia Eckle’, Dir. Alyssa McClelland, Australia, 7 min ‘Good Men’, Dir. Brian Connors, USA, 12 min ‘Life in Red String’. Dir.
The festival is currently on in Launceston, Tasmania. Winners of the competition will be announced at the Bofa Awards Dinner.
The films have been selected for reflecting the festival’s contemporary issues and this year’s themes of “new horizons” or “food for thought.”
Judges for the competition include Gregor Jordan (Dir: Ned Kelly, Two Hands) Rowan Woods (Dir: Little Fish, The Boys) and Karena Slaninka, Screen Tasmania’s CEO.
The Digital Slr Short Film Competition 2011 finalists for the MyState Bofa Film Festival are:
‘Abbie’, Dir. Erin Good, Australia, 8 min ‘Being Bradford Dillman’, Dir. Emma Burch, UK, 10 min ‘Bookman’, Dir. Ben Bryan, Australia, 10 min ‘Bottled’, Dir. Michael Sloane, Australia, 9 min ‘Cloud’, Dir. Gilbert James, UK, 12 min ‘Emilia Eckle’, Dir. Alyssa McClelland, Australia, 7 min ‘Good Men’, Dir. Brian Connors, USA, 12 min ‘Life in Red String’. Dir.
- 11/25/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Mad as Hell: Peter Finch (dir: Robert de Young) will have its world premiere at Korea’s Busan International Film Festival, alongside fellow Australian film Taj (dir: Winston Furlong) having its international premiere in the World Cinema strand.
Joining them will be The Hunter (dir: Daniel Nettheim), Red Dog (dir: Kriv Stenders), Snowtown (dir: Justin Kurzel) and short film Peekaboo (dir: Damien Power).
“Biff is a large and vibrant festival and serves as an excellent gateway to Asia for Australian films,” said Screen Australia’s Head of Marketing Kathleen Drumm. “This year sees the celebration of the 50th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Korea under the banner of the Australia-Korea Year of Friendship – a celebration these films will definitely enhance.”
Gillian Armstrong will join the jury panel in the Flash Forward selection which introduces the works of young non-Asian directors with an award presented to...
Joining them will be The Hunter (dir: Daniel Nettheim), Red Dog (dir: Kriv Stenders), Snowtown (dir: Justin Kurzel) and short film Peekaboo (dir: Damien Power).
“Biff is a large and vibrant festival and serves as an excellent gateway to Asia for Australian films,” said Screen Australia’s Head of Marketing Kathleen Drumm. “This year sees the celebration of the 50th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Korea under the banner of the Australia-Korea Year of Friendship – a celebration these films will definitely enhance.”
Gillian Armstrong will join the jury panel in the Flash Forward selection which introduces the works of young non-Asian directors with an award presented to...
- 9/9/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
A special lineup of six Australian films will be presented at the 16th Busan International Film Festival, which will be held from October 6-14, 2011.
This special section has been curated in cooperation with the Australian Embassy in Korea, Australia-Korea Foundation, and Screen Australia.
The films that will screen: (as per official press release)
Mad As Hell: Peter Finch
Director Robert de Young
2011┃75min┃HD┃World Premiere
A biography of Peter Finch, the best Australian actor in the 20th century. The documentary is filled with various aspects of the life of Peter Finch.
Peekaboo
Director Damien Power
2011┃10min┃(Digi)Beta┃International Premiere
A girl concentrates on a game with a stranger on the train. The girl’s mother is uncomfortable and is at unease with the stranger’s interest. Suddenly when the girl disappears in the parking lot, the mother shivers with great fear at the thought that her daughter might be kidnapped.
This special section has been curated in cooperation with the Australian Embassy in Korea, Australia-Korea Foundation, and Screen Australia.
The films that will screen: (as per official press release)
Mad As Hell: Peter Finch
Director Robert de Young
2011┃75min┃HD┃World Premiere
A biography of Peter Finch, the best Australian actor in the 20th century. The documentary is filled with various aspects of the life of Peter Finch.
Peekaboo
Director Damien Power
2011┃10min┃(Digi)Beta┃International Premiere
A girl concentrates on a game with a stranger on the train. The girl’s mother is uncomfortable and is at unease with the stranger’s interest. Suddenly when the girl disappears in the parking lot, the mother shivers with great fear at the thought that her daughter might be kidnapped.
- 9/8/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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