The Melbourne International Film Festival has announced the next round of projects that will receive financial support from its Premiere Fund, including Mark Hartley’s ‘re-imagining’ of the 70s thriller Patrick.
Swerve, shot earlier this year in South Australia, will receive completion funds.
The projects are:
Patrick
Mark Hartley makes his narrative feature debut with a re-imaging of the 1970s Australian medical telekinetic thriller. It was Hartley’s 2008 documentary Not Quite Hollywood that brought Patrick to the attention of a new generation of genre film fans. It will be produced by Tony Ginnane, who also produced the 1978 version directed by Richard Franklin.
Swerve
A rural neo-noir thriller starring from Director Craig Lahiff (Black & White), Producer Helen Leake and Executive Producer Bryce Menzies starring Jason Clarke, Emma Booth, David Lyons, Travis McMahon, Vince Colosimo and Roy Billing. Shot in South Australia.
AutoLuminescent: Rowland S. Howard
A feature documentary about the turbulent...
Swerve, shot earlier this year in South Australia, will receive completion funds.
The projects are:
Patrick
Mark Hartley makes his narrative feature debut with a re-imaging of the 1970s Australian medical telekinetic thriller. It was Hartley’s 2008 documentary Not Quite Hollywood that brought Patrick to the attention of a new generation of genre film fans. It will be produced by Tony Ginnane, who also produced the 1978 version directed by Richard Franklin.
Swerve
A rural neo-noir thriller starring from Director Craig Lahiff (Black & White), Producer Helen Leake and Executive Producer Bryce Menzies starring Jason Clarke, Emma Booth, David Lyons, Travis McMahon, Vince Colosimo and Roy Billing. Shot in South Australia.
AutoLuminescent: Rowland S. Howard
A feature documentary about the turbulent...
- 10/10/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
The Australian Film Institute has published its list of feature film contenders for this year’s AFI Awards.
The AFI emphasised the fact that eight out of the 19 films were directed by women: “In an international industry where women are still significantly under-represented, Australia is heading in the right direction,” said CEO Damian Trewhella.
The contenders are:
Accidents Happen -Andrew Lancaster Animal Kingdom - David Michod Beneath Hill 60 - Jeremy Sims Blame - Michael Henry The Boys Are Back - Scott Hicks Bran Nue Dae – Rachel Perkins Bright Star - Jane Campion Daybreakers – Michael and Peter Spierig The Horseman - Steve Kastrissios I Love You Too – Dana Reid Lou - Belinda Chayko The Loved Ones - Sean Byrne Matching Jack – Nadia Tass Mother Fish (formerly Missing Water) - Khoa Do Subdivision - Sue Brooks Tomorrow When The War Began -Stuart Beattie The Tree - Julie Bertuccelli The Tumbler...
The AFI emphasised the fact that eight out of the 19 films were directed by women: “In an international industry where women are still significantly under-represented, Australia is heading in the right direction,” said CEO Damian Trewhella.
The contenders are:
Accidents Happen -Andrew Lancaster Animal Kingdom - David Michod Beneath Hill 60 - Jeremy Sims Blame - Michael Henry The Boys Are Back - Scott Hicks Bran Nue Dae – Rachel Perkins Bright Star - Jane Campion Daybreakers – Michael and Peter Spierig The Horseman - Steve Kastrissios I Love You Too – Dana Reid Lou - Belinda Chayko The Loved Ones - Sean Byrne Matching Jack – Nadia Tass Mother Fish (formerly Missing Water) - Khoa Do Subdivision - Sue Brooks Tomorrow When The War Began -Stuart Beattie The Tree - Julie Bertuccelli The Tumbler...
- 7/28/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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