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The Slovak government today declared a state of emergency will go into effect on Friday Nov. 25 in response to the deteriorating Covid-19 situation in the country. The state of emergency includes a curfew, with exceptions only for traveling to work, shopping and medical visits, and will run through Dec. 9. At that time, the government will re-evaluate the situation and decide whether to continue with the curfew.
In response to the notification that all cultural institutions, including cinemas, will be closed for at least two weeks as part of the curfew, Cinemax, the largest cinema operator in the country, announced across its social media profiles that it would pre-premiere Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci” one day early for those interested in catching in the theater. The film was originally scheduled to premiere in the country on Friday, Nov. 25. Bratislava’s Slovak Film Week, scheduled for Nov. 29 – Dec. 5, has yet...
The Slovak government today declared a state of emergency will go into effect on Friday Nov. 25 in response to the deteriorating Covid-19 situation in the country. The state of emergency includes a curfew, with exceptions only for traveling to work, shopping and medical visits, and will run through Dec. 9. At that time, the government will re-evaluate the situation and decide whether to continue with the curfew.
In response to the notification that all cultural institutions, including cinemas, will be closed for at least two weeks as part of the curfew, Cinemax, the largest cinema operator in the country, announced across its social media profiles that it would pre-premiere Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci” one day early for those interested in catching in the theater. The film was originally scheduled to premiere in the country on Friday, Nov. 25. Bratislava’s Slovak Film Week, scheduled for Nov. 29 – Dec. 5, has yet...
- 11/25/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
HBO’s “House of the Dragon” has added seven new actors to its cast, including Ryan Corr as Ser Harwin “Breakbones” Strong and Jefferson Hall as Lannister twins Lord Jason and Tyland.
Also joining the cast of the 10-episode “Game of Thrones” prequel series, which is set to debut in 2022, are David Horovitch, Graham McTavish, Matthew Needham, Bill Paterson and Gavin Spokes.
Based on George R.R. Martin’s book “Fire & Blood,” “House of the Dragon” is set 200 years before the events of HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” It tells the story of House Targaryen and stars Paddy Considine as King Viserys Targaryen, Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower, Emma D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen, Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon, “The Sea Snake,” Rhys Ifans as Otto Hightower, Eve Best as Princess Rhaenys Velaryon, Sonoya Mizuno as Mysaria and Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole.
Also joining the cast of the 10-episode “Game of Thrones” prequel series, which is set to debut in 2022, are David Horovitch, Graham McTavish, Matthew Needham, Bill Paterson and Gavin Spokes.
Based on George R.R. Martin’s book “Fire & Blood,” “House of the Dragon” is set 200 years before the events of HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” It tells the story of House Targaryen and stars Paddy Considine as King Viserys Targaryen, Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower, Emma D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen, Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon, “The Sea Snake,” Rhys Ifans as Otto Hightower, Eve Best as Princess Rhaenys Velaryon, Sonoya Mizuno as Mysaria and Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole.
- 9/24/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Video Version of this Article Photo/Video: Tearjerker movies/Hollywood Insider YouTube Channel Crying can be good for you. Tears contain toxins from the body that are expelled when we cry. And when we cry, feel-good chemicals get released inside the body. A Psychology Today article describes these positive aspects and gives the proper ways you should engage in crying. Make sure you’re not self-critical when you release those tears! Now that we’ve discussed why crying is good for you, we can talk about the best tearjerker films that aid in a good cry. There are many different types of films that can make you cry. They can bring tears of laughter or deep-racking sobs that release something deep inside. Many movies do both. Related article: Top Ten Pixar Movies Ever Made Related article: Must-Watch: ‘Holding the Man’ is the Epitome of Tear-Jerker Romance – True Love Story! The...
- 3/6/2021
- by Drew Alexander Ross
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Photo: Valentine's Day Movies Love, like death, is one of life’s most basic and enduring constants that continues to perplex and evade definition--nobody is a master, and anybody who claims to be is either deluding themselves or selling you something. You can’t dissect and understand it with mathematical precision, yet it plays one of the most important roles in each of our lives, providing comfort, hope, and joy when times are tough. As the pandemic has persisted to cast a pall on its first Valentine’s Day, it seems easier and more intuitive than ever to curl up with a loved one and watch a movie at home. This list isn’t simply a ranking of the 10 best romantic movies ever made, but a combination of timeless classics and more recent releases that all have a few things in common--great chemistry between leads, clever and engaging stories, and affirmations of love,...
- 2/10/2021
- by Daniel Choi
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Photo: 'Holding the Man'/Transmission Films As part of Hollywood Insider’s Hidden Gems Series, we aim to bring forth and highlight movies that must be watched from around the world. International films that are brilliant hidden gems and masterpieces of cinema that are worth your time. Today, we highlight ‘Holding the Man’ which is available to watch on Netflix. Holding the Man is a gripping movie mirrored off of the true story of Timothy Conigrave (played by Ryan Corr) and his relationship with John Caleo (played by Craig Mathew Stott). The movie flows through the peaks and lows of both character’s lives, fiddling with the complexities of queerness in the ‘70s and ‘80s. At the heart of the AIDS crisis, these two beautiful Australian men huddle together against the elements and find breathing room between themselves. At its core, Holding the Man is about fostering life...
- 11/12/2020
- by Tyler Bey
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Photo: The Before Trilogy/Columbia, Warner, Sony Pictures Releasing “But isn’t everything we’re doing in life, a way to be loved, a little more?”- Celine What is love? Is it the recognition of oneself in another? Or a kind of curated tenderness that arises from the fear of dying alone? Is it the careful calculation of compatibility, a stock investment for status, and financial gains? Surrender and Sacrifice? Maybe it’s our biology, communicating an unconscious desire for a mate that will have the highest chances of producing offspring that will prolong our species. Or perhaps it’s mostly intangible, nestling in the spaces between each of us, that ineffable irresistibility for those that magnetize us beyond comprehension. Everyone will likely have a variant answer, as we all tend to develop our own unique relationships with love itself. For some, it’s about feeling intrinsically rewarded when...
- 11/12/2020
- by Melissa McGrath
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
‘H is for Happiness’.
Seven films supported by the Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) Premiere Fund will make their premiere at this year’s iteration, including Maziar Lahooti’s Below and Paul Ireland’s Measure for Measure.
The Premiere Fund provides minority co-financing to new Australian quality theatrical (narrative and documentary) feature films that then premiere at Miff, and over its history, has invested in more than 70 projects.
The seven films include:
Director John Sheedy’s H is for Happiness, which as previously announced, will form the festival’s Family Gala. The film tells the story of a relentlessly optimistic and hilariously forthright girl who hatches a variety of outlandish schemes to make her fractured family happy again. This charming adaptation of award-winning novel My Life as an Alphabet stars Miriam Margolyes (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries), Emma Booth (Hounds of Love), Richard Roxburgh (Rake), Deborah Mailman (The Sapphires) and...
Seven films supported by the Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) Premiere Fund will make their premiere at this year’s iteration, including Maziar Lahooti’s Below and Paul Ireland’s Measure for Measure.
The Premiere Fund provides minority co-financing to new Australian quality theatrical (narrative and documentary) feature films that then premiere at Miff, and over its history, has invested in more than 70 projects.
The seven films include:
Director John Sheedy’s H is for Happiness, which as previously announced, will form the festival’s Family Gala. The film tells the story of a relentlessly optimistic and hilariously forthright girl who hatches a variety of outlandish schemes to make her fractured family happy again. This charming adaptation of award-winning novel My Life as an Alphabet stars Miriam Margolyes (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries), Emma Booth (Hounds of Love), Richard Roxburgh (Rake), Deborah Mailman (The Sapphires) and...
- 6/18/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Top (l-r) Sophie Hawkshaw, Zoe Terakes; Bottom (l-r) Rachel House, Marta Dusseldorp.
As a teenager Monica Zanetti searched in vain for gay rom-coms which she could watch with her mother, while Neil Armfield’s same-sex romantic drama Holding the Man was a major influence.
That has inspired the writer-director to make her feature directing debut on Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt), which, unlike Armfield’s film has a happy ending.
Shooting in Sydney started today, starring Marta Dusseldorp, fellow Janet King alumni Julia Billington, Kiwi Rachel House, Zoe Terakes and newcomer Sophie Hawkshaw.
Zanetti adapted the screenplay from her eponymous play which was staged in 2017 at The Depot Theatre in Marrickville, her second feature credit after Jonnie Leahy’s 2014 drama Skip Deep.
Hawkshaw’s Ellie is 18 and struggling to find the courage to ask classmate Abbie (Terakes) to the formal. Luckily her aunt Tara (Billington), a lesbian who died in the 80s,...
As a teenager Monica Zanetti searched in vain for gay rom-coms which she could watch with her mother, while Neil Armfield’s same-sex romantic drama Holding the Man was a major influence.
That has inspired the writer-director to make her feature directing debut on Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt), which, unlike Armfield’s film has a happy ending.
Shooting in Sydney started today, starring Marta Dusseldorp, fellow Janet King alumni Julia Billington, Kiwi Rachel House, Zoe Terakes and newcomer Sophie Hawkshaw.
Zanetti adapted the screenplay from her eponymous play which was staged in 2017 at The Depot Theatre in Marrickville, her second feature credit after Jonnie Leahy’s 2014 drama Skip Deep.
Hawkshaw’s Ellie is 18 and struggling to find the courage to ask classmate Abbie (Terakes) to the formal. Luckily her aunt Tara (Billington), a lesbian who died in the 80s,...
- 4/23/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Australia’s two-time Oscar-nominated actress Jacki Weaver heads the cast of sci-fi series “Bloom.” An original commission for Australian streaming platform Stan, the six-part series is produced by Sony Pictures Television’s Playmaker.
The story takes place a year after a devastating flood has killed five locals in an idyllic country town, and when a mysterious new plant appears. The plant’s phenomenal ability to restore youth is so formidable that attempting to harness it means re-evaluating values. It is a miracle some will kill to keep secret.
With finance from Stan and federal funding body Screen Australia, production is now under way in Victoria state. Sony Pictures Television will distribute outside Australia.
The series is created by Glen Dolman. Production is by Sue Seeary and shot by Aacta-winning cinematographer Geoff Hall. The series is directed by John Curran and Mat King.
The lead cast includes Bryan Brown, Phoebe Tonkin,...
The story takes place a year after a devastating flood has killed five locals in an idyllic country town, and when a mysterious new plant appears. The plant’s phenomenal ability to restore youth is so formidable that attempting to harness it means re-evaluating values. It is a miracle some will kill to keep secret.
With finance from Stan and federal funding body Screen Australia, production is now under way in Victoria state. Sony Pictures Television will distribute outside Australia.
The series is created by Glen Dolman. Production is by Sue Seeary and shot by Aacta-winning cinematographer Geoff Hall. The series is directed by John Curran and Mat King.
The lead cast includes Bryan Brown, Phoebe Tonkin,...
- 8/19/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
MaryAnn’s quick take… The franchise finally overstays its welcome with this cacophony of CGI spectacle, a contrived and confusing plot, and a newly cruel and stupid Jack Sparrow. I’m “biast” (pro): loved the original trilogy…
I’m “biast” (con): …but started to lose a little patience with the fourth film
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Okay, make it stop. This amusement-park ride has gone on long enough. It is no longer any fun. I’m feeling a bit nauseated, in fact.
I adored the original Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy: they were smart, fun popcorn flicks that worked as clever updates on the classic Hollywood swashbuckler, all adventure and movie-movie romance and total, wonderful nonsense. With the third installment, 2007’s At World’s End, the series even managed to whip up some satirical zing, in its plot about gig-economy independent-contractor pirates versus...
I’m “biast” (con): …but started to lose a little patience with the fourth film
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Okay, make it stop. This amusement-park ride has gone on long enough. It is no longer any fun. I’m feeling a bit nauseated, in fact.
I adored the original Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy: they were smart, fun popcorn flicks that worked as clever updates on the classic Hollywood swashbuckler, all adventure and movie-movie romance and total, wonderful nonsense. With the third installment, 2007’s At World’s End, the series even managed to whip up some satirical zing, in its plot about gig-economy independent-contractor pirates versus...
- 5/23/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
MaryAnn’s quick take… A rote disappointment. There is nothing shocking or even mildly unexpected here. But there is an ironic weakening of the power of the xenomorphs to terrify. I’m “biast” (pro): love Alien and Aliens
I’m “biast” (con): wasn’t crazy about Prometheus
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It’s difficult to imagine that there will ever be a movie scene as unexpected and as shocking as that bit in Alien — yeah, that bit — when a tiny horrifying alien creature, all teeth and slither, bursts out of poor John Hurt’s chest and slowly gawps around as if to say, “That’s right, meatbags: I, your worst nightmare, have arrived.” We sure as hell are not going to see a replication of the paralyzing terror those of us in the cinema darkness shared with the human onlookers onscreen if no...
I’m “biast” (con): wasn’t crazy about Prometheus
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It’s difficult to imagine that there will ever be a movie scene as unexpected and as shocking as that bit in Alien — yeah, that bit — when a tiny horrifying alien creature, all teeth and slither, bursts out of poor John Hurt’s chest and slowly gawps around as if to say, “That’s right, meatbags: I, your worst nightmare, have arrived.” We sure as hell are not going to see a replication of the paralyzing terror those of us in the cinema darkness shared with the human onlookers onscreen if no...
- 5/9/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
04.27.17: This list is now final. While I may in the future see additional films that were released in the awards year of 2016, no more films will be added to this list. (I may add links to reviews of films listed here.)
This ranking includes only new theatrical releases viewed for the awards year of 2016 (for eligibility for the Academy Awards and the Ofcs and Awfj awards); some films released in the UK without Us releases (and so ineligible for those awards this year) may also be included, for my own bookkeeping purposes. Links go to my review. Numbers after each entry are Date First Viewed/NYC Release Date/London Release Date; year is 2016 unless otherwise noted.
worth paying multiplex prices for
[5 stars]
Arrival (10.10/11.11/11.10)
La La Land (10.07/12.09/01.13.17)
A Monster Calls (10.06/12.23/01.01.17)
The Lobster (07.16.15/05.13/10.16.15)
Zootropolis (aka Zootopia) (02.22/03.04/03.25)
A Bigger Splash (10.08.15/05.04/02.12)
Miss Sloane (11.20/11.25/05.12.17)
London Road (06.03.15/09.09/06.12.15)
The Girl with All the Gifts (07.26/02.24.17/09.23)
I, Daniel Blake...
This ranking includes only new theatrical releases viewed for the awards year of 2016 (for eligibility for the Academy Awards and the Ofcs and Awfj awards); some films released in the UK without Us releases (and so ineligible for those awards this year) may also be included, for my own bookkeeping purposes. Links go to my review. Numbers after each entry are Date First Viewed/NYC Release Date/London Release Date; year is 2016 unless otherwise noted.
worth paying multiplex prices for
[5 stars]
Arrival (10.10/11.11/11.10)
La La Land (10.07/12.09/01.13.17)
A Monster Calls (10.06/12.23/01.01.17)
The Lobster (07.16.15/05.13/10.16.15)
Zootropolis (aka Zootopia) (02.22/03.04/03.25)
A Bigger Splash (10.08.15/05.04/02.12)
Miss Sloane (11.20/11.25/05.12.17)
London Road (06.03.15/09.09/06.12.15)
The Girl with All the Gifts (07.26/02.24.17/09.23)
I, Daniel Blake...
- 4/27/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Australians in Film has opened applications for the ninth annual Heath Ledger Scholarship.
Established in memory of Ledger, the prize is awarded to an emerging Aussie actor between aged between 18-35 years. The recipient will receive Us$10,000 and two return airfares to La.
Last year's winner, Ashleigh Cummings stars in the upcoming Kiwi feature Pork Pie, distributed by StudioCanal later this year.
Other past winners include Anna McGahan, set to star in Foxtel.s Picnic at Hanging Rock, Ryan Corr (Mary Magdalene, The Water Diviner, Holding the Man), James Mackay (The Dressmaker, Hacksaw Ridge, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) and Bella Heathcote (Fifty Shades Darker, Dark Shadows, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies).
AiF board member and Heath.s sister Kate Ledger said the scholarship was close to the heart. .
.Seeing the struggles that Heath went through in making that transition with his international career and knowing...
Established in memory of Ledger, the prize is awarded to an emerging Aussie actor between aged between 18-35 years. The recipient will receive Us$10,000 and two return airfares to La.
Last year's winner, Ashleigh Cummings stars in the upcoming Kiwi feature Pork Pie, distributed by StudioCanal later this year.
Other past winners include Anna McGahan, set to star in Foxtel.s Picnic at Hanging Rock, Ryan Corr (Mary Magdalene, The Water Diviner, Holding the Man), James Mackay (The Dressmaker, Hacksaw Ridge, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) and Bella Heathcote (Fifty Shades Darker, Dark Shadows, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies).
AiF board member and Heath.s sister Kate Ledger said the scholarship was close to the heart. .
.Seeing the struggles that Heath went through in making that transition with his international career and knowing...
- 2/21/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Think of yourself of as a film buff? How many of these abodes do you recognise?
Girl Asleep
Goldstone
The Turning
The Babadook
Wolf Creek 2
Reckless Kelly
The Pack
Snowtown
Chopper
He Died With A Felafel in His Hand
Metal Skin
Romper Stomper
Snowtown
The Hunter
Animal Kingdom
Tomorrow When the War Began
Australia
The Proposition
Mad Max: Fury Road
Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
Mad Max
Mad Max 2
Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome
Mad Max: Fury Road
Storm Boy
Dead Calm
On the Beach
Black Water
The Castle
Snowtown
Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos
The Great Gatsby
Holding the Man
Two Hands
Somersault
Looking for Alibrandi
The Dressmaker
Lantana
The Great Gatsby
Australia
Paper Planes
Babe: Pig in the City
Babe
Mad Max: Fury Road
Metal Skin
Romper Stomper
Chopper
Wolf Creek
The Great Gatsby
Romeo and Juliet
Strictly Ballroom
Little Fish
The Sapphires
Muriel's Wedding...
Girl Asleep
Goldstone
The Turning
The Babadook
Wolf Creek 2
Reckless Kelly
The Pack
Snowtown
Chopper
He Died With A Felafel in His Hand
Metal Skin
Romper Stomper
Snowtown
The Hunter
Animal Kingdom
Tomorrow When the War Began
Australia
The Proposition
Mad Max: Fury Road
Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
Mad Max
Mad Max 2
Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome
Mad Max: Fury Road
Storm Boy
Dead Calm
On the Beach
Black Water
The Castle
Snowtown
Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos
The Great Gatsby
Holding the Man
Two Hands
Somersault
Looking for Alibrandi
The Dressmaker
Lantana
The Great Gatsby
Australia
Paper Planes
Babe: Pig in the City
Babe
Mad Max: Fury Road
Metal Skin
Romper Stomper
Chopper
Wolf Creek
The Great Gatsby
Romeo and Juliet
Strictly Ballroom
Little Fish
The Sapphires
Muriel's Wedding...
- 12/16/2016
- by Guardian staff
- The Guardian - Film News
Holding the Man..
Neil Armfield.s Holding the Man has won the Best Feature Film Award at the image+nation 29 festival in Montreal.
In announcing the prize, the jury praised Armfield.s deft direction.
"The winner of this category is a masterful melodrama and time capsule of a devastating time in the Lgbt history, that touches on a familiar theme with a lot of humour and honesty, and a frank courage rarely achieved in narrative film,. the jury said..
.The performances by the leads Ryan Corr and Craig Stott as Timothy Congrave and John Caleo were outstanding, and the chemistry between these two characters was palpable."
Produced by Goalpost Pictures, Holding the Man is based on Timothy Conigrave.s memoir and stage play..
It was adapted for the screen by writer Tommy Murphy and produced by Kylie du Fresne, with assistance from Screen Australia, Film Victoria and Screen Nsw.
It also stars Anthony Lapaglia,...
Neil Armfield.s Holding the Man has won the Best Feature Film Award at the image+nation 29 festival in Montreal.
In announcing the prize, the jury praised Armfield.s deft direction.
"The winner of this category is a masterful melodrama and time capsule of a devastating time in the Lgbt history, that touches on a familiar theme with a lot of humour and honesty, and a frank courage rarely achieved in narrative film,. the jury said..
.The performances by the leads Ryan Corr and Craig Stott as Timothy Congrave and John Caleo were outstanding, and the chemistry between these two characters was palpable."
Produced by Goalpost Pictures, Holding the Man is based on Timothy Conigrave.s memoir and stage play..
It was adapted for the screen by writer Tommy Murphy and produced by Kylie du Fresne, with assistance from Screen Australia, Film Victoria and Screen Nsw.
It also stars Anthony Lapaglia,...
- 12/11/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Storm Boy.
Screen Australia has unveiled the recipients of its last production investment funding round of 2016. $15 million is shared between seven films and eight television projects, including anticipated titles such as Fred Schepisi.s Andorra and the Shawn Seet remake of Storm Boy..
.We are delighted to be supporting TV projects from so many of the major players all in one round including Foxtel, Channel Seven, Network Ten, the ABC and Sbs," CEO Graeme Mason said. "And in film we look forward to seeing the latest from acclaimed talents Fred Schepisi, Jonathan Teplitzky and John Maynard."
The successful feature film projects are:.
– A contemporary re-imagining of 1976 classic Storm Boy from writer Justin Monjo (The Secret Daughter, Spear), director Shawn Seet (Deep Water, The Code) and Ambience Entertainment producers Michael Boughen and Matthew Street (Tomorrow When the War Began). This time around we meet Mike .Storm Boy. Kingley as a grandfather...
Screen Australia has unveiled the recipients of its last production investment funding round of 2016. $15 million is shared between seven films and eight television projects, including anticipated titles such as Fred Schepisi.s Andorra and the Shawn Seet remake of Storm Boy..
.We are delighted to be supporting TV projects from so many of the major players all in one round including Foxtel, Channel Seven, Network Ten, the ABC and Sbs," CEO Graeme Mason said. "And in film we look forward to seeing the latest from acclaimed talents Fred Schepisi, Jonathan Teplitzky and John Maynard."
The successful feature film projects are:.
– A contemporary re-imagining of 1976 classic Storm Boy from writer Justin Monjo (The Secret Daughter, Spear), director Shawn Seet (Deep Water, The Code) and Ambience Entertainment producers Michael Boughen and Matthew Street (Tomorrow When the War Began). This time around we meet Mike .Storm Boy. Kingley as a grandfather...
- 11/29/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Richard Harris.
Screen Australia.s Head of Business and Audience, Richard Harris, talks to If about the year that.s been, what.s ahead and the risk of betting big on blockbusters alone..
How.s this year looking to you as compared to last year?.
Last year was pretty remarkable. One of the problems I have, and particularly after a big year like last year, is the kind of short-term-ism of trying to guess how things are performing. One of the things you get with a big year like last year or a really poor year the year before is [people say], everything.s terrible or everything.s great. We [Screen Australia] are looking at reporting things on a longer term basis. Last year, for example, we got great results that came through from The Water Diviner but it didn.t actually recognize that The Water Diviner had released over two years. It released after Boxing Day.
Screen Australia.s Head of Business and Audience, Richard Harris, talks to If about the year that.s been, what.s ahead and the risk of betting big on blockbusters alone..
How.s this year looking to you as compared to last year?.
Last year was pretty remarkable. One of the problems I have, and particularly after a big year like last year, is the kind of short-term-ism of trying to guess how things are performing. One of the things you get with a big year like last year or a really poor year the year before is [people say], everything.s terrible or everything.s great. We [Screen Australia] are looking at reporting things on a longer term basis. Last year, for example, we got great results that came through from The Water Diviner but it didn.t actually recognize that The Water Diviner had released over two years. It released after Boxing Day.
- 11/13/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Eamon Farren and Amber McMahon in Girl Asleep.
George Miller will present the Cameron Creswell Award for Outstanding Contribution to Design at the 6th Annual Australian Production Design Guild Awards.
The event takes place on November 7 at Sydney.s Nida, and celebrates the achievements of designers across 24 categories. New categories this year include Virtual Reality and Game Design.
The Apdg will again acknowledge masters of the craft with three Industry Recognition Awards: The Cameron Creswell Award for Outstanding Contribution to Design, the Global Creatures Artisan Award for Lifetime Achievement in Live Performance and the Canal Road Film Centre Artisan Award for Lifetime Achievement..
For the first time, the recipient of the Thelma Afford Theatre, Stage, TV or Film Costume Design Award will also be announced at the ceremony..
Nominations include:
Production Design on a Feature Film: Jonathon Oxlade - Girl Asleep, Jo Ford - Holding The Man, Roger Ford a.
George Miller will present the Cameron Creswell Award for Outstanding Contribution to Design at the 6th Annual Australian Production Design Guild Awards.
The event takes place on November 7 at Sydney.s Nida, and celebrates the achievements of designers across 24 categories. New categories this year include Virtual Reality and Game Design.
The Apdg will again acknowledge masters of the craft with three Industry Recognition Awards: The Cameron Creswell Award for Outstanding Contribution to Design, the Global Creatures Artisan Award for Lifetime Achievement in Live Performance and the Canal Road Film Centre Artisan Award for Lifetime Achievement..
For the first time, the recipient of the Thelma Afford Theatre, Stage, TV or Film Costume Design Award will also be announced at the ceremony..
Nominations include:
Production Design on a Feature Film: Jonathon Oxlade - Girl Asleep, Jo Ford - Holding The Man, Roger Ford a.
- 10/28/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Tim Ferguson, Sofya Gollan and Paul Nunnari.
Screen Nsw has launched Screenability Nsw, a new program to create opportunities in the screen industry for people with disabilities. . Screenability Nsw is a partnership between Screen Nsw, Ai-Media, Aftrs, Carriageworks and Bus Stop Films, and involves a program of initiatives aimed at delivering on Screen Nsw's policy commitment to work with industry to grow the participation of people with disabilities in the screen sector. . Upcoming Screenability Nsw initiatives include: . –... An annual film festival at Carriageworks –... A short film-making initiative to finance and deliver films for premiere at the festival, for travelling around Australia and the world, and for screening online –... A long-term job placement scheme . The first initiative will be the Screenability Nsw Internship Program, a series of up to eight paid internships on some of Australian TV shows and feature films. Interns will work with some of Australia.s leading production companies,...
Screen Nsw has launched Screenability Nsw, a new program to create opportunities in the screen industry for people with disabilities. . Screenability Nsw is a partnership between Screen Nsw, Ai-Media, Aftrs, Carriageworks and Bus Stop Films, and involves a program of initiatives aimed at delivering on Screen Nsw's policy commitment to work with industry to grow the participation of people with disabilities in the screen sector. . Upcoming Screenability Nsw initiatives include: . –... An annual film festival at Carriageworks –... A short film-making initiative to finance and deliver films for premiere at the festival, for travelling around Australia and the world, and for screening online –... A long-term job placement scheme . The first initiative will be the Screenability Nsw Internship Program, a series of up to eight paid internships on some of Australian TV shows and feature films. Interns will work with some of Australia.s leading production companies,...
- 9/19/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
(L-r): Rosemary Blight and Kylie du Fresne.
Partners and producers at Goalpost Pictures, the company behind 'Cleverman', 'The Sapphires' and 'Holding the Man', Kylie du Fresne and Rosemary Blight have worked together for over 20 years. Jackie Keast talks to them about how they met and how their working relationship has developed.
Kylie du Fresne:
It.s a story that goes back something like 23 years. I was only a couple of years into the film industry and working as a freelancer. A friend of mine said, .There.s a woman who.s working in film publicity, she.s heavily pregnant and needs a hand.. So Rosemary and I started working together with me as her assistant..
In those early years, I was a freelancer. I.d work with her and then I.d go off and do other things. Rosemary went back into...
Partners and producers at Goalpost Pictures, the company behind 'Cleverman', 'The Sapphires' and 'Holding the Man', Kylie du Fresne and Rosemary Blight have worked together for over 20 years. Jackie Keast talks to them about how they met and how their working relationship has developed.
Kylie du Fresne:
It.s a story that goes back something like 23 years. I was only a couple of years into the film industry and working as a freelancer. A friend of mine said, .There.s a woman who.s working in film publicity, she.s heavily pregnant and needs a hand.. So Rosemary and I started working together with me as her assistant..
In those early years, I was a freelancer. I.d work with her and then I.d go off and do other things. Rosemary went back into...
- 9/5/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Comedy webseries.Little Acorns goes inside the world of that long-suffering breed: the childcare worker.
The series, which stars Rachel Griffiths, is written and directed by actors Trudy Hellier and Maria Theodorakis and funded by Screen Australia.
Hellier has appeared in the likes of The Death and Life of Otto Bloom and The Doctor Blake Mysteries, and previously wrote four episodes of TV series Lowdown. Theodorakis' credits include The Castle, Walking on Water and Holding the Man..
Little Acorns consists of nine 3-5 minute episodes, available online from September 1..
.We wanted to celebrate the world's unsung heroines, but ultimately we wanted to make a show about women behaving badly,. said Theodorakis.
.These are women we all know but rarely see on our screens. They are bold, fearless, contradictory and ridiculously funny,. said Hellier.
.We are tired of seeing women in stereotypical roles; men are having all the fun and we...
The series, which stars Rachel Griffiths, is written and directed by actors Trudy Hellier and Maria Theodorakis and funded by Screen Australia.
Hellier has appeared in the likes of The Death and Life of Otto Bloom and The Doctor Blake Mysteries, and previously wrote four episodes of TV series Lowdown. Theodorakis' credits include The Castle, Walking on Water and Holding the Man..
Little Acorns consists of nine 3-5 minute episodes, available online from September 1..
.We wanted to celebrate the world's unsung heroines, but ultimately we wanted to make a show about women behaving badly,. said Theodorakis.
.These are women we all know but rarely see on our screens. They are bold, fearless, contradictory and ridiculously funny,. said Hellier.
.We are tired of seeing women in stereotypical roles; men are having all the fun and we...
- 8/10/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Karen Radzyner.
Screen Nsw development and production executive Karen Radzyner is spearheading Screen Nsw.s new script development program, Amplifier. If gets the lowdown on how it differs from its predecessor.
Why the change from Aurora to Amplifier?
Amplifier will build on Aurora.s successes, this time with an individual focus on each project. We wanted to signal the change in the program to the industry. Giving it a new name and shape we hope will magnify Amplifier.s fresh approach.
What are the key differences?
The main difference is the bespoke nature of the program. Its defining factor is that it is customised to the individual projects. We will make the key decisions about how Amplifier: Adaptation can best nurture each project, only when we know those projects have been selected. In this way, we can work with the creative teams to make Screen Nsw's funding and relationships...
Screen Nsw development and production executive Karen Radzyner is spearheading Screen Nsw.s new script development program, Amplifier. If gets the lowdown on how it differs from its predecessor.
Why the change from Aurora to Amplifier?
Amplifier will build on Aurora.s successes, this time with an individual focus on each project. We wanted to signal the change in the program to the industry. Giving it a new name and shape we hope will magnify Amplifier.s fresh approach.
What are the key differences?
The main difference is the bespoke nature of the program. Its defining factor is that it is customised to the individual projects. We will make the key decisions about how Amplifier: Adaptation can best nurture each project, only when we know those projects have been selected. In this way, we can work with the creative teams to make Screen Nsw's funding and relationships...
- 8/7/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Holding the Man.
Neil Armfield.s Holding The Man has been picked up by Netflix. The film will be available on the platform in all of the streaming service.s territories — except Australia and New Zealand. . Holding the Man is also set for theatrical release in a number of international territories, having been sold to Strand Releasing in the Us, Peccadillo in the UK, Pro Fun in Germany and Switzerland and Cinemien in the Benelux. . Producer Kylie du Fresne said: .The film has captured the hearts of audiences wherever it has screened and I am absolutely delighted that people around the world will now be able to share in the experience.. . Holding the Man is based on Timothy Conigrave.s memoir by the same name, adapted for screen by Tommy Murphy. It stars Ryan Corr, Craig Stott, Anthony Lapaglia, Guy Pearce, Kerry Fox and Camilla Ah Kin.. Tristan Whalley, from UK-based Goalpost Film,...
Neil Armfield.s Holding The Man has been picked up by Netflix. The film will be available on the platform in all of the streaming service.s territories — except Australia and New Zealand. . Holding the Man is also set for theatrical release in a number of international territories, having been sold to Strand Releasing in the Us, Peccadillo in the UK, Pro Fun in Germany and Switzerland and Cinemien in the Benelux. . Producer Kylie du Fresne said: .The film has captured the hearts of audiences wherever it has screened and I am absolutely delighted that people around the world will now be able to share in the experience.. . Holding the Man is based on Timothy Conigrave.s memoir by the same name, adapted for screen by Tommy Murphy. It stars Ryan Corr, Craig Stott, Anthony Lapaglia, Guy Pearce, Kerry Fox and Camilla Ah Kin.. Tristan Whalley, from UK-based Goalpost Film,...
- 8/2/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Summer is coming to an end and the 2016-17 TV season is just around the corner (not to mention football and more football). So it’s a good time to cram in a whole collection of shows and movies on Netflix before your schedule gets so full you won’t know what to do with yourself. Some exciting additions are a couple Fast and Furious movies, No Country for Old Men and Funny Or Die Presents: Donald Trump’s Art of the Deal: The Movie, which stars Jonny Depp as Trump. Check out the list. Find a comfortable spot and begin watching. New to Netflix August 1 The American Side An Inconvenient Truth Apex: The Story of the Hypercar Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure Big Daddy Black Widow Critical Condition Deadfall Destination: Team USA Funny Or Die Presents: Donald Trump’s Art of the Deal: The Movie The Family Man The Fast and the Furious...
- 8/1/2016
- by David Eckstein
- Hitfix
To mark the release of Holding the Man on 1st August, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on DVD. Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team while Tim was an aspiring actor. Running the gamut of emotions, Holding The Man […]
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- 8/1/2016
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Chasing Asylum. The first nominees for the 6th Aacta Awards have been announced, with the Australian Academy revealing those up for gongs in three categories: Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Short Animation and Best Short Fiction Film.
Nominees in feature film and television will be named later this year.
Under consideration for Best Feature Documentary is Eva Orner.s expose of Australian offshore detention, Chasing Asylum, and Dan Jackson.s debut In The Shadow of the Hill, which follows locals living in Rio de Janiero.s largest slum and their fight for justice.
They will vie against Nikolas Bird and Eleanor Sharp.s Remembering the Man, about couple Timothy Congriave and John Caleo — whose love story was the subject of feature film Holding the Man, and Snow Monkey, a portrait of daily life in Jalalabad, produced by Lizzette Atkins and directed by artist George Gittoes.
Up for the Best Short Animation gong is Joel Best,...
Nominees in feature film and television will be named later this year.
Under consideration for Best Feature Documentary is Eva Orner.s expose of Australian offshore detention, Chasing Asylum, and Dan Jackson.s debut In The Shadow of the Hill, which follows locals living in Rio de Janiero.s largest slum and their fight for justice.
They will vie against Nikolas Bird and Eleanor Sharp.s Remembering the Man, about couple Timothy Congriave and John Caleo — whose love story was the subject of feature film Holding the Man, and Snow Monkey, a portrait of daily life in Jalalabad, produced by Lizzette Atkins and directed by artist George Gittoes.
Up for the Best Short Animation gong is Joel Best,...
- 7/14/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
On June 27, Text Classics is publishing two of Helen Garner.s screenplays, for 1986's Two Friends and 1992's The Last Days of Chez Nous, with an afterword by screenwriter Laura Jones (High Tide, The Potrait of a Lady, Brick Lane).
Jones is the recipient of the 2016 Australian Writers' Guild Lifetime Achievement Award, and will be appearing in conversation with Holding the Man's Tommy Murphy at an Awg event in Sydney next week.
Two Friends was directed by Jane Campion and released as a made for television feature in 1986, while The Last Days of Chez Nous was directed by Gillian Armstrong and starred Lisa Harrow, Bruno Ganz and Kerry Fox.
Courtesty of Text, Jones' afterword is reproduced below.
All Those Tears, by Laura Jones
Most of us watch films but don.t read screenplays. They are odd pieces of writing because they only exist in order to become something else.
Jones is the recipient of the 2016 Australian Writers' Guild Lifetime Achievement Award, and will be appearing in conversation with Holding the Man's Tommy Murphy at an Awg event in Sydney next week.
Two Friends was directed by Jane Campion and released as a made for television feature in 1986, while The Last Days of Chez Nous was directed by Gillian Armstrong and starred Lisa Harrow, Bruno Ganz and Kerry Fox.
Courtesty of Text, Jones' afterword is reproduced below.
All Those Tears, by Laura Jones
Most of us watch films but don.t read screenplays. They are odd pieces of writing because they only exist in order to become something else.
- 6/23/2016
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
Screen Nsw's new-look script development program, Amplifier, replaces the agency's biennial Aurora workshop, which nurtured the likes of Somersault, Little Fish, Cut Snake and Animal Kingdom.
Amplifier will also take place every two years, but will place greater emphasis on the market, according to Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
"One of the key differences will be the opportunity to work directly with exhibitors and distributors as part of the development process," Gibson said..
"We want to deliver as many films as possible into cinemas. And that means having critical engagement with distribution and exhibition during the screenwriting process, rather than at the back end."
In addition, the initial in-person workshop with mentors will no longer be quite so central to the process.
"When Aurora started, we didn't have Skype or Facetime. We didn't have the means by which to create and then continue a...
Screen Nsw's new-look script development program, Amplifier, replaces the agency's biennial Aurora workshop, which nurtured the likes of Somersault, Little Fish, Cut Snake and Animal Kingdom.
Amplifier will also take place every two years, but will place greater emphasis on the market, according to Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
"One of the key differences will be the opportunity to work directly with exhibitors and distributors as part of the development process," Gibson said..
"We want to deliver as many films as possible into cinemas. And that means having critical engagement with distribution and exhibition during the screenwriting process, rather than at the back end."
In addition, the initial in-person workshop with mentors will no longer be quite so central to the process.
"When Aurora started, we didn't have Skype or Facetime. We didn't have the means by which to create and then continue a...
- 6/22/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
Screen Nsw's new-look script development program, Amplifier, replaces the agency's biennial Aurora workshop, which nurtured the likes of Somersault, Little Fish, Cut Snake and Animal Kingdom.
Amplifier will also take place every two years, but will place greater emphasis on the market, according to Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
"One of the key differences will be the opportunity to work directly with exhibitors and distributors as part of the development process," Gibson said..
"We want to deliver as many films as possible into cinemas. And that means having critical engagement with distribution and exhibition during the screenwriting process, rather than at the back end."
In addition, the initial in-person workshop with mentors will no longer be quite so central to the process,
"When Aurora started, we didn't have Skype or Facetime. We didn't have the means by which to create and then continue a...
Screen Nsw's new-look script development program, Amplifier, replaces the agency's biennial Aurora workshop, which nurtured the likes of Somersault, Little Fish, Cut Snake and Animal Kingdom.
Amplifier will also take place every two years, but will place greater emphasis on the market, according to Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
"One of the key differences will be the opportunity to work directly with exhibitors and distributors as part of the development process," Gibson said..
"We want to deliver as many films as possible into cinemas. And that means having critical engagement with distribution and exhibition during the screenwriting process, rather than at the back end."
In addition, the initial in-person workshop with mentors will no longer be quite so central to the process,
"When Aurora started, we didn't have Skype or Facetime. We didn't have the means by which to create and then continue a...
- 6/22/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Harrison Feldman and Bethany Whitmore in Girl Asleep.
Rosemary Myers' feature debut, Girl Asleep, has taken out the Official Competition Grand Jury Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival (Siff). .Truly original, theatrical, and impeccably choreographed, this coming of age story woke us up. Stylish, quirky but substantive and with every frame filled with evocative and hilarious detail,. said Siff festival director and chief curator Carl Spence.
Girl Asleep held off strong competition including Australia.s other entrant, Holding The Man, and was also the recipient of the Siff Youth Jury Award for Best FutureWave Feature. The film, which will be released nationally on 8th September, also won the People.s Choice Award at the Adelaide Film Festival last November. Girl Asleep sold out the Sydney Film Festival, and will also screen at the Melbourne International Film Festival in July. The film was produced by Windmill Theatre Co and Soft Tread Enterprises.
girlasleepfilm.com...
Rosemary Myers' feature debut, Girl Asleep, has taken out the Official Competition Grand Jury Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival (Siff). .Truly original, theatrical, and impeccably choreographed, this coming of age story woke us up. Stylish, quirky but substantive and with every frame filled with evocative and hilarious detail,. said Siff festival director and chief curator Carl Spence.
Girl Asleep held off strong competition including Australia.s other entrant, Holding The Man, and was also the recipient of the Siff Youth Jury Award for Best FutureWave Feature. The film, which will be released nationally on 8th September, also won the People.s Choice Award at the Adelaide Film Festival last November. Girl Asleep sold out the Sydney Film Festival, and will also screen at the Melbourne International Film Festival in July. The film was produced by Windmill Theatre Co and Soft Tread Enterprises.
girlasleepfilm.com...
- 6/15/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
At an event recorded live in Melbourne, we look at the documentary that explores the lives and romance of Timothy Conigrave and John Caleo – the subjects of Australian memoir, play and film Holding the Man. Guardian Australia’s film critic, Luke Buckmaster, talks with documentary directors Nick Bird and Eleanor Sharpe, and HIV advocate Nic Holas. Together they examine the making of the film and why 20 years later the story is still important to young gay men
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- 6/6/2016
- by Luke Buckmaster, Nick Bird, Eleanor Sharpe, Nic Holas and Miles Martignoni
- The Guardian - Film News
Told with a lovely romantic sweep and full of raw, honest emotion, this is a gay love story that’s also just a great love story, full stop. Yay. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
A gay love story that’s also just a great love story, full stop? Yay. Without ever denying the particular challenges that faced gay couples in macho, conservative Australia in the 1970s and 80s, and without ignoring the particular horrors of the AIDS epidemic that ravaged an entire generation of young men, Holding the Man manages to elevate the romance of Tim (Ryan Corr: The Water Diviner) and John (Craig Stott) to the universal in a way that few movies about Lgbt relationships have yet to do. Director Neil Armfield (Candy), fortified by spirited,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
A gay love story that’s also just a great love story, full stop? Yay. Without ever denying the particular challenges that faced gay couples in macho, conservative Australia in the 1970s and 80s, and without ignoring the particular horrors of the AIDS epidemic that ravaged an entire generation of young men, Holding the Man manages to elevate the romance of Tim (Ryan Corr: The Water Diviner) and John (Craig Stott) to the universal in a way that few movies about Lgbt relationships have yet to do. Director Neil Armfield (Candy), fortified by spirited,...
- 6/3/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Holding the Man is one of those films (of which there are many), where grown adult men dress up in school uniforms and we’re to believe they’re still teenagers at high school. However if you are able to suspend your disbelief, you’re set to emotionally invest in a picture that combines an enchanting romanticism […]
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- 6/2/2016
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
★★☆☆☆ Adapted from a 1995 memoir of the same name by Australian actor Timothy Conigrave, Holding the Man recounts the star-crossed love of a lifetime between the writer and his athletic, handsome beau, John Caleo. Both men would succumb to AIDS-related illnesses and it is a pity that this layered and temporally-shifting recollection, that spans more than fifteen years, registers so little genuinely stirring emotion given the rollercoaster tale of woe at hand. What should be a heart-wrenching viewing experience remains disappointingly flat despite two dedicated performances - from Ryan Corr and Craig Stott - that attempt to bring some intensity of feeling to Neil Armfield's film.
- 6/2/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Laura Jones, the winner of the inaugural Awg Lifetime Achievement Award and screenwriter of Brick Lane, will appear in conversation with Holding the Man scribe Tommy Murphy later this month.
Jones has worked with Gillian Armstrong on High Tide and Oscar and Lucinda, with Jane Campion on An Angel at My Table and A Portrait of a Lady, with Samantha Lang on The Well and Jocelyn Moorhouse on A Thousand Acres.
As well as Holding the Man, Murphy has written episodes of Spirited, Offspring and Devil's Playground.
The event will be held at Sydney's Harlequin Hotel on June 28.
www.awg.com.au/index.php?option=com_awgevents&layout=event&eid=137&Itemid=122...
Jones has worked with Gillian Armstrong on High Tide and Oscar and Lucinda, with Jane Campion on An Angel at My Table and A Portrait of a Lady, with Samantha Lang on The Well and Jocelyn Moorhouse on A Thousand Acres.
As well as Holding the Man, Murphy has written episodes of Spirited, Offspring and Devil's Playground.
The event will be held at Sydney's Harlequin Hotel on June 28.
www.awg.com.au/index.php?option=com_awgevents&layout=event&eid=137&Itemid=122...
- 6/2/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
Screen Nsw has unveiled a new script development program for feature films, replacing the Aurora program.
Starting from this year, Amplifier will bring international mentors together with Nsw creative teams for tailored script development.
Amplifier is designed to provide direct pathways to the end market, and Screen Nsw has undertaken to "work with the teams for the entire life of the selected projects.".
.What.s unique about Amplifier is that we are not taking a one-size-fits-all approach", Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson said. .
"Every feature film requires a different development and funding path and the structure of Amplifier reflects that, with a specific program developed for every film selected..
Screen Nsw will call for applicants for every two years and each Amplifier will have a theme or genre focus..
Applications are now open for the first program - Amplifier: Adaptation.
.We are taking a broad...
Screen Nsw has unveiled a new script development program for feature films, replacing the Aurora program.
Starting from this year, Amplifier will bring international mentors together with Nsw creative teams for tailored script development.
Amplifier is designed to provide direct pathways to the end market, and Screen Nsw has undertaken to "work with the teams for the entire life of the selected projects.".
.What.s unique about Amplifier is that we are not taking a one-size-fits-all approach", Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson said. .
"Every feature film requires a different development and funding path and the structure of Amplifier reflects that, with a specific program developed for every film selected..
Screen Nsw will call for applicants for every two years and each Amplifier will have a theme or genre focus..
Applications are now open for the first program - Amplifier: Adaptation.
.We are taking a broad...
- 5/30/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Crime tale and family drama commissioned by Lilting backers.
Film London Microwave, the low-budget production scheme behind Lilting and Shifty, has commissioned family drama Sick(er) and crime tale Looted.
These are among 12 projects in development through the ongoing scheme, funded by BBC Films, BFI and Creative Skillset.
Writer-director Rene Pannevis’ Looted explores crime and moral ambiguity in a tale of burglary, friendship and thieves who fall out.
The film will be produced by Jennifer Eriksson, a post-production manager on Rooney Mara drama Una, and Goalpost films executive Jessie Mangum (Holding The Man).
Sick(er) will explore anorexia, self-image and family bonds. Writer-director is Lucy Brydon, a novelist with shorts experience, while producer is Dan Cleland, co-producer of David Leon’s directorial debut Orthodox, and Jeanette Sutton, who was an assistant director on Sundance drama Lilting.
The two successful commissions will receive $88,000 (£100,000) towards a capped $133,000 (£150,000) production budget and an additional $22,000 (£25,000) to support their finished films’ distribution...
Film London Microwave, the low-budget production scheme behind Lilting and Shifty, has commissioned family drama Sick(er) and crime tale Looted.
These are among 12 projects in development through the ongoing scheme, funded by BBC Films, BFI and Creative Skillset.
Writer-director Rene Pannevis’ Looted explores crime and moral ambiguity in a tale of burglary, friendship and thieves who fall out.
The film will be produced by Jennifer Eriksson, a post-production manager on Rooney Mara drama Una, and Goalpost films executive Jessie Mangum (Holding The Man).
Sick(er) will explore anorexia, self-image and family bonds. Writer-director is Lucy Brydon, a novelist with shorts experience, while producer is Dan Cleland, co-producer of David Leon’s directorial debut Orthodox, and Jeanette Sutton, who was an assistant director on Sundance drama Lilting.
The two successful commissions will receive $88,000 (£100,000) towards a capped $133,000 (£150,000) production budget and an additional $22,000 (£25,000) to support their finished films’ distribution...
- 5/14/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Eaglehawk director, Shannon Murphy.
Dollhouse Pictures will screen Eaglehawk with Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Ryan Corr and Wayne Blair and Sydney Film Festival on June 18-19.
It will screen in competition at Sydney Film Festival in the 2016 Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films..
Helmed by Shannon Murphy, the debut featurette stars Tilda Cobham-Hervey, (52 Tuesday.s , The Kettering Incident) , Ryan Corr (Holding The Man, Wanted) , .and Wayne Blair (The Sapphires, Cleverman) ..
Rounding out the female lead creative team are Marisa Nather (screenwriter), Jessica Carrera (producer), Nicole Coventry (co-producer), Alice Babidge (production and set design) and Megan Washington (composer)..
Eaglehawk is set in a remote forest, where aspiring actress, Eve (Cobham-Hervey) impersonates Australia.s own Bigfoot — the Yowie..
Employed by Yowie expert Frank (Wayne Blair), Eve spends her days ambushing thrill seekers and giving hope to the believers..
She immerses herself in the world of her character, determined to pursue her craft..
As her obsession with her disguise deepens,...
Dollhouse Pictures will screen Eaglehawk with Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Ryan Corr and Wayne Blair and Sydney Film Festival on June 18-19.
It will screen in competition at Sydney Film Festival in the 2016 Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films..
Helmed by Shannon Murphy, the debut featurette stars Tilda Cobham-Hervey, (52 Tuesday.s , The Kettering Incident) , Ryan Corr (Holding The Man, Wanted) , .and Wayne Blair (The Sapphires, Cleverman) ..
Rounding out the female lead creative team are Marisa Nather (screenwriter), Jessica Carrera (producer), Nicole Coventry (co-producer), Alice Babidge (production and set design) and Megan Washington (composer)..
Eaglehawk is set in a remote forest, where aspiring actress, Eve (Cobham-Hervey) impersonates Australia.s own Bigfoot — the Yowie..
Employed by Yowie expert Frank (Wayne Blair), Eve spends her days ambushing thrill seekers and giving hope to the believers..
She immerses herself in the world of her character, determined to pursue her craft..
As her obsession with her disguise deepens,...
- 5/11/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Netflix takes world Svod rights to drama featuring Guy Pearce, Kerry Fox and Anthony Lapaglia; Goalpost inks additional key deals.
Netflix has swooped on world Svod rights to drama Holding The Man, director Neil Armfield’s adaptation of the well-received Australian memoir of the same name.
Goalpost Films inked the deal with Netflix and has closed additional deals for all other rights with Strand Releasing for the Us, Peccadillo Pictures for the UK and Ireland, Pro Fun for Germany and Switzerland and Cinemien for Benelux.
The film, which garnered six Aacta Award nominations this year and took more than $1m at the local box office last year, will roll out across Europe and Us before its August 1, 2016, start date on Netflix.
Ryan Corr, Craig Stott, Guy Pearce, Kerry Fox, Anthony Lapaglia and Geoffrey Rush star in writer Tommy Murphy’s adaptation of Timothy Conigrave’s memoir of the same name, about the rollercoaster...
Netflix has swooped on world Svod rights to drama Holding The Man, director Neil Armfield’s adaptation of the well-received Australian memoir of the same name.
Goalpost Films inked the deal with Netflix and has closed additional deals for all other rights with Strand Releasing for the Us, Peccadillo Pictures for the UK and Ireland, Pro Fun for Germany and Switzerland and Cinemien for Benelux.
The film, which garnered six Aacta Award nominations this year and took more than $1m at the local box office last year, will roll out across Europe and Us before its August 1, 2016, start date on Netflix.
Ryan Corr, Craig Stott, Guy Pearce, Kerry Fox, Anthony Lapaglia and Geoffrey Rush star in writer Tommy Murphy’s adaptation of Timothy Conigrave’s memoir of the same name, about the rollercoaster...
- 5/6/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Rising Australian actress Sarah Snook ("Predestination," "Holding the Man") is in negotiations to appear in Destin Daniel Cretton's "The Glass Castle" for Lionsgate.
An adaptation of Jeannette Walls' memoir, the story follows her dysfunctional, impoverished upbringing in the American Southwest and its impact on her later writing career.
Snook would play Walls' sister opposite Brie Larson as Walls. Naomi Watt and Woody Harrelson would play their parents. Cretton is writing the script with Andrew Lanham and Marti Noxon. Erik Feig and Gil Netter are producing.
Source: Deadline...
An adaptation of Jeannette Walls' memoir, the story follows her dysfunctional, impoverished upbringing in the American Southwest and its impact on her later writing career.
Snook would play Walls' sister opposite Brie Larson as Walls. Naomi Watt and Woody Harrelson would play their parents. Cretton is writing the script with Andrew Lanham and Marti Noxon. Erik Feig and Gil Netter are producing.
Source: Deadline...
- 4/29/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Watch the stars of Pawno celebrate the opening night at The Sun Theatre.
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Australian feature Pawno has opened to postive reviews and a healthy box office.
The film, directed/produced by Paul Ireland and written/produced by Damian Hill, opened nationally on April 21 and achieved $3,120 per showing on 19 screens over the Anzac Day long weekend.
The character driven ensemble, set in the diverse and mulicultural Melbourne suburbe of Footscray, recorded particularly strong results at The Sun in Yarraville, Melbourne, where the film opened to a gala premiere.
Ireland, Hill, and key cast members including Kerry Armstrong (Lantana), Tony Rickards (Holding The Man) and Mark Coles Smith (Last Cab to Darwin), walked the red carpet before guests packed out four sold-out sessions..
Australian actors Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under), Damian Walshe Howling, film industry figure Steve Vizard, and Victorian Minister for Creative Industries Martin Foley were among the audience attending.
Hill...
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Australian feature Pawno has opened to postive reviews and a healthy box office.
The film, directed/produced by Paul Ireland and written/produced by Damian Hill, opened nationally on April 21 and achieved $3,120 per showing on 19 screens over the Anzac Day long weekend.
The character driven ensemble, set in the diverse and mulicultural Melbourne suburbe of Footscray, recorded particularly strong results at The Sun in Yarraville, Melbourne, where the film opened to a gala premiere.
Ireland, Hill, and key cast members including Kerry Armstrong (Lantana), Tony Rickards (Holding The Man) and Mark Coles Smith (Last Cab to Darwin), walked the red carpet before guests packed out four sold-out sessions..
Australian actors Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under), Damian Walshe Howling, film industry figure Steve Vizard, and Victorian Minister for Creative Industries Martin Foley were among the audience attending.
Hill...
- 4/26/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
Alex Russell and Aaron Pedersen in Ivan Sen's Goldstone.
When If speaks to Sydney Film Festival director Nashen Moodley, he's at the tail-end of a whirlwind day in which Ivan Sen's.Goldstone was unveiled as the festival's opening night film, to screen at Sydney's State Theatre on June 8..
So what's the reaction been like?
"So far it's been very positive," Moodley said..
"People are very eager to see Ivan Sen's new film. He's such a special filmmaker, and such a multi-talented one. He writes, directs, edits, composes the score, and has such an incredible body of work."
Moodley saw the film almost seven weeks ago, in early March, just after Sen had finished it.
"There was an opportunity to see an early cut, but we had enough time to see it when it was finished, so we waited."
"The film looks incredible, and he shot it himself...
When If speaks to Sydney Film Festival director Nashen Moodley, he's at the tail-end of a whirlwind day in which Ivan Sen's.Goldstone was unveiled as the festival's opening night film, to screen at Sydney's State Theatre on June 8..
So what's the reaction been like?
"So far it's been very positive," Moodley said..
"People are very eager to see Ivan Sen's new film. He's such a special filmmaker, and such a multi-talented one. He writes, directs, edits, composes the score, and has such an incredible body of work."
Moodley saw the film almost seven weeks ago, in early March, just after Sen had finished it.
"There was an opportunity to see an early cut, but we had enough time to see it when it was finished, so we waited."
"The film looks incredible, and he shot it himself...
- 4/26/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
First-time director Grant Scicluna has mined the depths of darkness in his new feature,.Downriver.
The film was inspired by a question over a few drinks with a friend.
Scicluna was aiming for the most explosive beginning he could find.
.I went home and had drinks with a friend and we were talking about things and stories and trying to find the most dramatic explosive type of set and we inevitably stumbled upon murder, and then the murder of the child at the hands of another child seemed the most explosive place to start a story,. Scicluna said..
.I started developing it from there and it took a long time. We have been writing it for over seven or eight years, so it has changed a lot since then. That.s really where it began, that.s where ideas often do just out of a conversation and a question. .
Despite the darkness of the film,...
The film was inspired by a question over a few drinks with a friend.
Scicluna was aiming for the most explosive beginning he could find.
.I went home and had drinks with a friend and we were talking about things and stories and trying to find the most dramatic explosive type of set and we inevitably stumbled upon murder, and then the murder of the child at the hands of another child seemed the most explosive place to start a story,. Scicluna said..
.I started developing it from there and it took a long time. We have been writing it for over seven or eight years, so it has changed a lot since then. That.s really where it began, that.s where ideas often do just out of a conversation and a question. .
Despite the darkness of the film,...
- 4/15/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
A new documentary tells of the social injustices faced by the couple at the heart Holding the Man – but it almost didn’t see the light of day
• Book now for Guardian Australia’s screening of Remembering the Man
The first scenes in Remembering the Man – a new documentary that explores the 16-year romance between writer and activist Timothy Conigrave and his lover John Caleo – feature Conigrave himself as the narrator.
Related: Holding the Man review – memorable performances but a little wobbly
Continue reading...
• Book now for Guardian Australia’s screening of Remembering the Man
The first scenes in Remembering the Man – a new documentary that explores the 16-year romance between writer and activist Timothy Conigrave and his lover John Caleo – feature Conigrave himself as the narrator.
Related: Holding the Man review – memorable performances but a little wobbly
Continue reading...
- 4/12/2016
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz will reunite to host a special screening of independent Australian feature Pawno.
The screening, .at Sydney.s Chauvel Cinema on April 12, will see Pomeranz and Stratton join in a Q&A with the key talent of the new Australian comic drama film from first time director Paul Ireland, which Pomeranz describes as .a bolt from the blue..
.I love this film, loved it, loved it,. she said.
Pawno is produced by Paul Ireland and Damian Hills. Toothless Pictures and distributed by Mind Blowing World. It opens across 20 screens nationally on April 21..
Joining Margaret and David onstage will be director Paul Ireland, Pawno screenwriter and actor Damian Hill, beloved Australian veteran actors John Brumpton and Kerry Armstrong, and other key cast members..
The character-driven ensemble film takes place in a dusty old pawnbroker.s, where world-weary owner Les Underwood (John Brumpton) watches as the lives of...
The screening, .at Sydney.s Chauvel Cinema on April 12, will see Pomeranz and Stratton join in a Q&A with the key talent of the new Australian comic drama film from first time director Paul Ireland, which Pomeranz describes as .a bolt from the blue..
.I love this film, loved it, loved it,. she said.
Pawno is produced by Paul Ireland and Damian Hills. Toothless Pictures and distributed by Mind Blowing World. It opens across 20 screens nationally on April 21..
Joining Margaret and David onstage will be director Paul Ireland, Pawno screenwriter and actor Damian Hill, beloved Australian veteran actors John Brumpton and Kerry Armstrong, and other key cast members..
The character-driven ensemble film takes place in a dusty old pawnbroker.s, where world-weary owner Les Underwood (John Brumpton) watches as the lives of...
- 3/31/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Lgbt festival also sees industry and filmmaker delegate numbers double.
BFI Flare: London Lgbt Film Festival (March 16-27) has reported a 9% audience boost for its 30th anniversary edition, which closed on Sunday with a gala screening of Catherine Corsini’s French lesbian drama Summertime.
Audiences at all events and screenings over the 11-day festival totalled 25,623 – up on the 23,500 recorded in 2015.
This year’s festival also saw a boost in industry numbers with 168 visiting filmmakers and more than 300 press and industry delegates – up on the 120 filmmakers and 200+ industry that attended last year.
This was due to an expanded industry offering that included daily press screenings, alongside talks with an Lgbt focus on development, production and distribution with speakers including Desiree Akhavan (Appropriate Behavior) and new series The Makers, with key international filmmakers Silas Howard (Transparent), Fenton Bailey (Mapplethorpe: Look At The Pictures), and Donna Deitch (Desert Hearts).
Expanding vision
Clare Stewart, head of festivals...
BFI Flare: London Lgbt Film Festival (March 16-27) has reported a 9% audience boost for its 30th anniversary edition, which closed on Sunday with a gala screening of Catherine Corsini’s French lesbian drama Summertime.
Audiences at all events and screenings over the 11-day festival totalled 25,623 – up on the 23,500 recorded in 2015.
This year’s festival also saw a boost in industry numbers with 168 visiting filmmakers and more than 300 press and industry delegates – up on the 120 filmmakers and 200+ industry that attended last year.
This was due to an expanded industry offering that included daily press screenings, alongside talks with an Lgbt focus on development, production and distribution with speakers including Desiree Akhavan (Appropriate Behavior) and new series The Makers, with key international filmmakers Silas Howard (Transparent), Fenton Bailey (Mapplethorpe: Look At The Pictures), and Donna Deitch (Desert Hearts).
Expanding vision
Clare Stewart, head of festivals...
- 3/30/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
A still from Megan Riakos' directorial debut Crushed.
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Megan Riakos' directorial debut Crushed is set for a March 15 theatrical release followed by screenings nationally via cinema-on-demand service Fan-Force.
The new Australian thriller is direct from a successful international film festival run including Montreal World Film Festival, Miami International Film Festival and Napa Valley Film Festival..
The film, written and directed by Riakos (50-50, The Shed), is the story of a young woman (played by Sarah Bishop, doing double-duty as a producer alongside Full Clips's Robbie Miles) who returns home to the family vineyard after her father dies in an accident.
Riakos, an Aftrs graduate, recently completed the Professional Screenwriting program at UCLA, where she wrote two feature scripts over the course of a year, one of which was Crushed.
After returning home the director enlisted Bishop, with whom she'd made the short film Blue Bird in 2013, in addition...
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Megan Riakos' directorial debut Crushed is set for a March 15 theatrical release followed by screenings nationally via cinema-on-demand service Fan-Force.
The new Australian thriller is direct from a successful international film festival run including Montreal World Film Festival, Miami International Film Festival and Napa Valley Film Festival..
The film, written and directed by Riakos (50-50, The Shed), is the story of a young woman (played by Sarah Bishop, doing double-duty as a producer alongside Full Clips's Robbie Miles) who returns home to the family vineyard after her father dies in an accident.
Riakos, an Aftrs graduate, recently completed the Professional Screenwriting program at UCLA, where she wrote two feature scripts over the course of a year, one of which was Crushed.
After returning home the director enlisted Bishop, with whom she'd made the short film Blue Bird in 2013, in addition...
- 3/10/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Pawno, the debut film of director Paul Ireland which premiered at last year's Miff, will open in cinemas nationally on April 21..
Set in Footscray, Melbourne, the film's cast includes Pawno screenwriter Damian Hill, John Brumpton (Romper Stomper), Kerry Armstrong (Lantana), Tony Rickards (Holding The Man), Maeve Dermody (Griff the Invisible) and Mark Coles Smith (Last Cab to Darwin).
Brumpton plays Les Underwood, the proprietor of an old pawnbroker's shop..
Produced by Paul Ireland and Damian Hills. production company Toothless Pictures, the privately financed feature was shot in Barkly Street, Footscray..
The soundtrack features Tom Waits, Vance Joy, hip-hop group Astronomy Class and Chris Saray..
After premiering it Miff, Pawno premiered internationally at the Black Nights Festival in Tallinn, Estonia.
It has also screened at the Singapore Film Festival and Cinefest Oz in Western Australia.
Pawno is the first feature film to be distributed by the new production and distribution company Mind Blowing World,...
Set in Footscray, Melbourne, the film's cast includes Pawno screenwriter Damian Hill, John Brumpton (Romper Stomper), Kerry Armstrong (Lantana), Tony Rickards (Holding The Man), Maeve Dermody (Griff the Invisible) and Mark Coles Smith (Last Cab to Darwin).
Brumpton plays Les Underwood, the proprietor of an old pawnbroker's shop..
Produced by Paul Ireland and Damian Hills. production company Toothless Pictures, the privately financed feature was shot in Barkly Street, Footscray..
The soundtrack features Tom Waits, Vance Joy, hip-hop group Astronomy Class and Chris Saray..
After premiering it Miff, Pawno premiered internationally at the Black Nights Festival in Tallinn, Estonia.
It has also screened at the Singapore Film Festival and Cinefest Oz in Western Australia.
Pawno is the first feature film to be distributed by the new production and distribution company Mind Blowing World,...
- 3/9/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Come and enjoy a preview screening with a complimentary glass of wine and post film Q&A discussion
Don’t miss out on this special screening of Remembering the Man, a documentary celebrating the life and love of Tim Conigrave and John Caleo - two young private school boys who came out in the 70s and faced the the advent of Aids together. Their story was captured in Holding the Man, the renowned play and now film. This is an intimate documentary that captures their family, friends and footage of the couple and what they faced along the way.
We’ve assembled a panel including the two directors, Nikolas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe along with Nic Holas, a writer who focuses on the contemporary gay experience and founder of HIV social umbrella The Institute of Many. The panel, hosted by Guardian film critic Luke Buckmaster, will use the themes of...
Don’t miss out on this special screening of Remembering the Man, a documentary celebrating the life and love of Tim Conigrave and John Caleo - two young private school boys who came out in the 70s and faced the the advent of Aids together. Their story was captured in Holding the Man, the renowned play and now film. This is an intimate documentary that captures their family, friends and footage of the couple and what they faced along the way.
We’ve assembled a panel including the two directors, Nikolas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe along with Nic Holas, a writer who focuses on the contemporary gay experience and founder of HIV social umbrella The Institute of Many. The panel, hosted by Guardian film critic Luke Buckmaster, will use the themes of...
- 3/9/2016
- by Guardian Staff
- The Guardian - Film News
Read More: London's Biggest Lgbt Film Festival To Open With Football Film 'The Pass' The world's largest Lgbt Film Festival will hit London for its 30th year running come March 16-27. The BFI Flare fest previously announced this month that it will host the world premiere of Ben A. Williams' "The Pass" and will close with Catherine Corsini’s "Summertime." The days in between the two premieres will include over 50 feature films and more than 100 shorts various guest appearances, masterclasses and workshops. The most significant edition to this year's Flare Festival is the BFI's decision to separate the week into 3 sections: Hearts, Minds and Bodies. Of the three categories, films like Neil Armfield's "Holding the Man," Lorenzo Vigas' "From Afar," Rigoberto Perzecano's "Carmin Tropical" and Jack Walsh's "Yvonne Rainer: Facts are Feelings" will screen. The three genres of films will...
- 2/18/2016
- by Elle Leonsis
- Indiewire
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