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HBO Max is adapting Netflix's "The Staircase" documentary and turning it into a scripted TV series. The limited series - starring Colin Firth, Toni Collette, Michael Stuhlbarg, Juliette Binoche, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sophie Turner, Parker Posey, and Odessa Young - explores the mysterious death of Kathleen Peterson in 2001 and the subsequent confounding murder trial of her husband, Michael Peterson.
Young - whom you may know from "Mothering Sunday," "The Daughter," and "Looking For Grace" - plays one of Michael's adopted daughters, Martha Ratliff. She was immediately attracted to the project after reading the script and watching the original Netflix documentary. "I had heard the legends of the Michael Peterson case, 'The Staircase,' the author who had murdered his wife, and then been released from prison on a technicality," Young tells Popsugar. "I'd heard of the big absurd parts of the case before, but...
HBO Max is adapting Netflix's "The Staircase" documentary and turning it into a scripted TV series. The limited series - starring Colin Firth, Toni Collette, Michael Stuhlbarg, Juliette Binoche, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sophie Turner, Parker Posey, and Odessa Young - explores the mysterious death of Kathleen Peterson in 2001 and the subsequent confounding murder trial of her husband, Michael Peterson.
Young - whom you may know from "Mothering Sunday," "The Daughter," and "Looking For Grace" - plays one of Michael's adopted daughters, Martha Ratliff. She was immediately attracted to the project after reading the script and watching the original Netflix documentary. "I had heard the legends of the Michael Peterson case, 'The Staircase,' the author who had murdered his wife, and then been released from prison on a technicality," Young tells Popsugar. "I'd heard of the big absurd parts of the case before, but...
- 4/20/2022
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
Terry Norris and Julia Blake.
Julia Blake and Terry Norris last night received the 2018 Equity Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony at the Arts Centre Melbourne.
The award presented by Foxtel recognises the couple’s careers spanning more than five decades and their support of Equity campaigns, particularly the battle for Australian stories on screens and stages.
Previous recipients include Peter Carroll, the late Bob Hornery, Maggie Dence, Ron Haddrick, Jill Perryman, Kevan Johnston, Toni Lamond, Grant Page, Anne Phelan and Noeline Brown.
Equity president Chloe Dallimore described the husband and wife duo as an incredibly popular choice among Equity voters, stating: “Julia and Terry are deeply respected luminaries in our industry. What shines through most is their unswerving commitment to support others, especially our younger performers.
“Their tireless lobbying and campaigning efforts means that many of the working conditions we enjoy today are thanks to their hard work. We...
Julia Blake and Terry Norris last night received the 2018 Equity Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony at the Arts Centre Melbourne.
The award presented by Foxtel recognises the couple’s careers spanning more than five decades and their support of Equity campaigns, particularly the battle for Australian stories on screens and stages.
Previous recipients include Peter Carroll, the late Bob Hornery, Maggie Dence, Ron Haddrick, Jill Perryman, Kevan Johnston, Toni Lamond, Grant Page, Anne Phelan and Noeline Brown.
Equity president Chloe Dallimore described the husband and wife duo as an incredibly popular choice among Equity voters, stating: “Julia and Terry are deeply respected luminaries in our industry. What shines through most is their unswerving commitment to support others, especially our younger performers.
“Their tireless lobbying and campaigning efforts means that many of the working conditions we enjoy today are thanks to their hard work. We...
- 11/12/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
LevelK has acquired international sales rights to Swedish dance drama “Feel the Beat,” which marks the feature debut of actor-turned-director Rikard Svensson (“The Reunion”).
A romantic journey through Stockholm’s swing dance world in the 1930s, “Feel the Beat” revolves around Adam, who decides to learn how to dance in order to feel closer to his wife, who is in a coma following a car accident. Adam joins the Lindy Hop dance community, but finds out that his wife has been unfaithful all along.
“As in a contemporary saga, dream sequences full of dancing are created with a particular lust, that leads the minds to movies from the 1930s and 1940s, the time when Lindy Hop and other swing forms were created,” said Svensson, who also stars in “Feel the Beat” and produced it with Annette Stavenow Eriksson for Golden Road Pictures.
Anna Sise, Hilderun Gorpe, and Magnus Krepper complete the cast.
A romantic journey through Stockholm’s swing dance world in the 1930s, “Feel the Beat” revolves around Adam, who decides to learn how to dance in order to feel closer to his wife, who is in a coma following a car accident. Adam joins the Lindy Hop dance community, but finds out that his wife has been unfaithful all along.
“As in a contemporary saga, dream sequences full of dancing are created with a particular lust, that leads the minds to movies from the 1930s and 1940s, the time when Lindy Hop and other swing forms were created,” said Svensson, who also stars in “Feel the Beat” and produced it with Annette Stavenow Eriksson for Golden Road Pictures.
Anna Sise, Hilderun Gorpe, and Magnus Krepper complete the cast.
- 8/15/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The film is the second feature from ‘Corroboree’ director Ben Hackworth.
LevelK has boarded Australian filmmaker Ben Hackworth’s second feature Celeste, which has its world premiere at Melbourne International Film Festival this week.
Radha Mitchell (Melinda and Melinda), Odessa Young (Assassination Nation), Thomas Cocquerel (Table 19), and Nadine Garner (The Book of Revelation) star in a tale of desire and redemption.
Lizzette Atkins of Melbourne-based Unicorn Films (Looking for Grace) developed Celeste and is producing alongside Raphael Cocks. The screenplay is written by Ben Hackworth and the late renowned Australian actor Bille Brown.
The film is financed by Screen Queensland,...
LevelK has boarded Australian filmmaker Ben Hackworth’s second feature Celeste, which has its world premiere at Melbourne International Film Festival this week.
Radha Mitchell (Melinda and Melinda), Odessa Young (Assassination Nation), Thomas Cocquerel (Table 19), and Nadine Garner (The Book of Revelation) star in a tale of desire and redemption.
Lizzette Atkins of Melbourne-based Unicorn Films (Looking for Grace) developed Celeste and is producing alongside Raphael Cocks. The screenplay is written by Ben Hackworth and the late renowned Australian actor Bille Brown.
The film is financed by Screen Queensland,...
- 8/10/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Australia's submission for best foreign-language film at next year's Oscars, The Space Between is a leisurely paced romance about an Italian man who meets a young Australian woman holidaying in his hometown. Both are stuck in jobs they don't like — he in a factory, she in a bank back home — but the pair encourage one another to dream bigger.
Australian helmer Ruth Borgobello's debut feature is heavily autobiographical, riffing on the filmmaker's own story of meeting her husband Davide Giusto — a producer here — and marks the first official co-production between Italy and Australia. Handsomely lensed by rising Dp Katie Milwright (Looking for Grace) in...
Australian helmer Ruth Borgobello's debut feature is heavily autobiographical, riffing on the filmmaker's own story of meeting her husband Davide Giusto — a producer here — and marks the first official co-production between Italy and Australia. Handsomely lensed by rising Dp Katie Milwright (Looking for Grace) in...
- 11/29/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Theatrical release set for November.
monterey media has acquired all North American rights from Shoreline Entertainment to Looking For Grace.
Radha Mitchell, Richard Roxburgh and Odessa Young star in the story of a 16-year-old who takes off alone and is pursued by a detective hired by her parents. Sue Brooks directed.
monterey media plans a wide release in November.
Looking For Grace premiered in Toronto and Venice in 2015 and marks monterey media’s 15th acquisition of a Toronto premiere in nine years.
“A film that delicately balances humor with poignancy is rare, and we are so pleased to be bringing this lovely film to domestic audiences,” monterey media managing partner Scott Mansfield said.
monterey media has acquired all North American rights from Shoreline Entertainment to Looking For Grace.
Radha Mitchell, Richard Roxburgh and Odessa Young star in the story of a 16-year-old who takes off alone and is pursued by a detective hired by her parents. Sue Brooks directed.
monterey media plans a wide release in November.
Looking For Grace premiered in Toronto and Venice in 2015 and marks monterey media’s 15th acquisition of a Toronto premiere in nine years.
“A film that delicately balances humor with poignancy is rare, and we are so pleased to be bringing this lovely film to domestic audiences,” monterey media managing partner Scott Mansfield said.
- 8/1/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Danny Huston, Rosemarie Dewitt, Zoey Deutch, Devon Terrell and Odessa Young also join cast.
The first image of Johnny Depp on the set of Richard Says Goodbye has been released (see above, full image below).
Shooting has started on location in Vancouver on the comedy drama, which is written and directed by Wayne Roberts (Katie Says Goodbye).
Danny Huston (Wonder Woman), Rosemarie DeWitt (La La Land), Zoey Deutch (Everybody Wants Some!!), Devon Terrell (Barry), and Odessa Young (Looking For Grace) have also joined the cast.
In the film Depp plays Richard, a world-weary college professor who is given a life-changing diagnosis and decides to abandon conventions and live his life as freely as possible.
Richard Says Goodbye is co-financed by Im Global and Cirrina Studios with additional financing from Leeding Media. Im Global is also handling international sales with CAA repping domestic rights.
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Sinister, Midnight Special) of Automatik Entertainment and Im Global’s President of Production...
The first image of Johnny Depp on the set of Richard Says Goodbye has been released (see above, full image below).
Shooting has started on location in Vancouver on the comedy drama, which is written and directed by Wayne Roberts (Katie Says Goodbye).
Danny Huston (Wonder Woman), Rosemarie DeWitt (La La Land), Zoey Deutch (Everybody Wants Some!!), Devon Terrell (Barry), and Odessa Young (Looking For Grace) have also joined the cast.
In the film Depp plays Richard, a world-weary college professor who is given a life-changing diagnosis and decides to abandon conventions and live his life as freely as possible.
Richard Says Goodbye is co-financed by Im Global and Cirrina Studios with additional financing from Leeding Media. Im Global is also handling international sales with CAA repping domestic rights.
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Sinister, Midnight Special) of Automatik Entertainment and Im Global’s President of Production...
- 7/25/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Principal photography started on location in Vancouver on Richard Says Goodbye starring three-time Academy Award® nominee Johnny Depp, it was announced today by Im Global Founder and CEO Stuart Ford.
Golden Globe® nominee Danny Huston (Wonder Woman, X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Rosemarie DeWitt (La La Land, Rachel’s Getting Married), Zoey Deutch (Everybody Wants Some!!, upcoming The Disaster Artist), Devon Terrell (Barry), and Odessa Young (Looking for Grace, The Daughter) have joined the cast of the comedy drama, which is written and directed by Wayne Roberts (Katie Says Goodbye).
Im Global and Cirrina Studios are co-financing the film with additional financing from Leeding Media.
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Sinister, Midnight Special) of Automatik Entertainment and Im Global’s President of Production Greg Shapiro (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) are producing the film. Ford and Miguel Palos of Im Global, Karine Martin, David Lipman and Jim Pesoli of Cirrina Studios, David U. Lee...
Golden Globe® nominee Danny Huston (Wonder Woman, X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Rosemarie DeWitt (La La Land, Rachel’s Getting Married), Zoey Deutch (Everybody Wants Some!!, upcoming The Disaster Artist), Devon Terrell (Barry), and Odessa Young (Looking for Grace, The Daughter) have joined the cast of the comedy drama, which is written and directed by Wayne Roberts (Katie Says Goodbye).
Im Global and Cirrina Studios are co-financing the film with additional financing from Leeding Media.
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Sinister, Midnight Special) of Automatik Entertainment and Im Global’s President of Production Greg Shapiro (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) are producing the film. Ford and Miguel Palos of Im Global, Karine Martin, David Lipman and Jim Pesoli of Cirrina Studios, David U. Lee...
- 7/25/2017
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Odessa Young in 'High Life.'
Director Luke Eve.s web series High Life has been sold to Us streaming service Fullscreen.
It marks another Australian acquisition for Fullscreen, which also picked up The Katering Show.
High Life was written by Glen Dolman (Hawke, Mystery of a Hansom Cab), and produced by Eve (Low Life, Australian Summer) with Adam Dolman. British comedian and mental health advocate Stephen Fry was the executive producer with Gina Carter. It was backed by Screen Australia's multiplatform fund..
.The team and I are delighted that High Life has found a home with Fullscreen in the USA,. Eve said.
.Fullscreen is a perfect fit for the project and we are excited to get the word out about the series. They have been extremely supportive of myself, Glen Dolman and Adam Dolman as filmmakers and share our passion for telling engaging stories..
High Life is a...
Director Luke Eve.s web series High Life has been sold to Us streaming service Fullscreen.
It marks another Australian acquisition for Fullscreen, which also picked up The Katering Show.
High Life was written by Glen Dolman (Hawke, Mystery of a Hansom Cab), and produced by Eve (Low Life, Australian Summer) with Adam Dolman. British comedian and mental health advocate Stephen Fry was the executive producer with Gina Carter. It was backed by Screen Australia's multiplatform fund..
.The team and I are delighted that High Life has found a home with Fullscreen in the USA,. Eve said.
.Fullscreen is a perfect fit for the project and we are excited to get the word out about the series. They have been extremely supportive of myself, Glen Dolman and Adam Dolman as filmmakers and share our passion for telling engaging stories..
High Life is a...
- 5/24/2017
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Stephen Page and Bonnie Elliott on location (photo credit: Jacob Nash).
Australia.s best DPs are gearing up for the 46th National awards for Cinematography, to be held at Nsw Parliament House this Saturday, May 6.
Again hosted by Ray Martin, the awards will recognize work across 18 categories — student projects, documentary, music videos, TV news and the return of the kids category, CineKids.
.We.re trying to encourage primary-school children up to the age of 15 to get involved, and these kids are coming along in leaps and bounds,. says Acs president Ron Johanson. .I think we have 30-40 members all around Australia — these fantastically talented young kids..
Last year.s expo will not be repeated, says Johanson. .We spoke to the sponsors and they felt they.d give it a miss this year because it.s close to Smpte, so we.ll probably have one next year..
Instead the Acs is...
Australia.s best DPs are gearing up for the 46th National awards for Cinematography, to be held at Nsw Parliament House this Saturday, May 6.
Again hosted by Ray Martin, the awards will recognize work across 18 categories — student projects, documentary, music videos, TV news and the return of the kids category, CineKids.
.We.re trying to encourage primary-school children up to the age of 15 to get involved, and these kids are coming along in leaps and bounds,. says Acs president Ron Johanson. .I think we have 30-40 members all around Australia — these fantastically talented young kids..
Last year.s expo will not be repeated, says Johanson. .We spoke to the sponsors and they felt they.d give it a miss this year because it.s close to Smpte, so we.ll probably have one next year..
Instead the Acs is...
- 5/3/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Stephen Page and Bonnie Elliott on location (photo credit: Jacob Nash).
Australia.s best DPs are gearing up for the 46th National awards for Cinematography, to be held at Nsw Parliament House this Saturday, May 6.
Again hosted by Ray Martin, the awards will recognize work across 18 categories — student projects, documentary, music videos, TV news and the return of the kids category, CineKids.
.We.re trying to encourage primary-school children up to the age of 15 to get involved, and these kids are coming along in leaps and bounds,. says Acs president Ron Johanson. .I think we have 30-40 members all around Australia — these fantastically talented young kids..
Last year.s expo will not be repeated, says Johanson. .We spoke to the sponsors and they felt they.d give it a miss this year because it.s close to Smpte, so we.ll probably have one next year..
Instead the Acs is...
Australia.s best DPs are gearing up for the 46th National awards for Cinematography, to be held at Nsw Parliament House this Saturday, May 6.
Again hosted by Ray Martin, the awards will recognize work across 18 categories — student projects, documentary, music videos, TV news and the return of the kids category, CineKids.
.We.re trying to encourage primary-school children up to the age of 15 to get involved, and these kids are coming along in leaps and bounds,. says Acs president Ron Johanson. .I think we have 30-40 members all around Australia — these fantastically talented young kids..
Last year.s expo will not be repeated, says Johanson. .We spoke to the sponsors and they felt they.d give it a miss this year because it.s close to Smpte, so we.ll probably have one next year..
Instead the Acs is...
- 5/3/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Russell Boyd (r) with Peter Weir (l) shooting Master and Commander.
On May 6, the Acs National Awards for Cinematography will be held at Nsw Parliament House, the 46th edition of the annual awards..
This year, the work of the nominees was judged by a panel of five Acs members — president Ron Johanson plus Russell Boyd, Anna Howard, Ernie Clark and Andrew Taylor — over a three-day period..
Feature nominees this year include Denson Baker (The Dark Horse), Andrew Commis (The Daughter), Katie Milwright (Looking for Grace) and Bonnie Elliott (Spear).
Judging feature work can be a tricky proposition, says Boyd. .We.re there to judge the cinematography, not the story or the direction, although that can influence your decisions..
Boyd may be a veteran, with credits ranging from The Last Wave to Liar Liar, but he has well and truly embraced the digital revolution. .I really only shoot commercials these days and they.re all digital,...
On May 6, the Acs National Awards for Cinematography will be held at Nsw Parliament House, the 46th edition of the annual awards..
This year, the work of the nominees was judged by a panel of five Acs members — president Ron Johanson plus Russell Boyd, Anna Howard, Ernie Clark and Andrew Taylor — over a three-day period..
Feature nominees this year include Denson Baker (The Dark Horse), Andrew Commis (The Daughter), Katie Milwright (Looking for Grace) and Bonnie Elliott (Spear).
Judging feature work can be a tricky proposition, says Boyd. .We.re there to judge the cinematography, not the story or the direction, although that can influence your decisions..
Boyd may be a veteran, with credits ranging from The Last Wave to Liar Liar, but he has well and truly embraced the digital revolution. .I really only shoot commercials these days and they.re all digital,...
- 4/6/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
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David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz travelled to the Gold Coast late last year to pick up a special award from the Australian International Movie Convention, recognising their contribution to the Australian film industry..Before picking up their gongs, the pair spoke to If about life after 'At The Movies', the recent Aussie films they.ve liked (and those they haven.t) and the 'Wake in Fright' remake.
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What are you doing on the Gold Coast?
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D: We.re here because we.re getting an award. Which is sort of nice. I always remember at the Berlin Film Festival many years ago — maybe I should say this tonight — where they gave a lifetime achievement award to Billy Wilder. Wilder came on stage and said: .the problem is that a lifetime achievement award is like hemorrhoids — every old asshole gets one in the end..
M: I don.t...
David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz travelled to the Gold Coast late last year to pick up a special award from the Australian International Movie Convention, recognising their contribution to the Australian film industry..Before picking up their gongs, the pair spoke to If about life after 'At The Movies', the recent Aussie films they.ve liked (and those they haven.t) and the 'Wake in Fright' remake.
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What are you doing on the Gold Coast?
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D: We.re here because we.re getting an award. Which is sort of nice. I always remember at the Berlin Film Festival many years ago — maybe I should say this tonight — where they gave a lifetime achievement award to Billy Wilder. Wilder came on stage and said: .the problem is that a lifetime achievement award is like hemorrhoids — every old asshole gets one in the end..
M: I don.t...
- 2/23/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Director Eddie White is best known for writing and co-directing 2009.s The Cat Piano, an eight-and-a-half-minute marvel narrated by Nick Cave and shortlisted for best animated short at the Oscars alongside films by Pixar and Aardman.
White and co-director Ari Gibson made the short at The People.s Republic of Animation, the company White founded with high-school friends in Adelaide while studying acting at Flinders University.
The shingle was eventually bought by video game developer Halfbrick Studios (creators of Fruit Ninja), but White had already moved on, in 2012, as the company began to specialise in video games and apps..
.I chose to go freelance, because I just wanted to make films at that stage, and I could see that wasn.t the business model for them,. he said.
White spent a couple of years developing an animated feature with Gibson which never got off the ground, as well as churning out short animations on commission.
White and co-director Ari Gibson made the short at The People.s Republic of Animation, the company White founded with high-school friends in Adelaide while studying acting at Flinders University.
The shingle was eventually bought by video game developer Halfbrick Studios (creators of Fruit Ninja), but White had already moved on, in 2012, as the company began to specialise in video games and apps..
.I chose to go freelance, because I just wanted to make films at that stage, and I could see that wasn.t the business model for them,. he said.
White spent a couple of years developing an animated feature with Gibson which never got off the ground, as well as churning out short animations on commission.
- 2/10/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Megan Riakos.
Wift Nsw stormed the Aacta Awards last night, with a dozen members tumbling out of the back of a van and onto the red carpet.—.dressed as sausages to protest the male dominance of the country's film and television industry. Below, Wift member and filmmaker Megan Riakos calls for "a fair and diverse Aacta Awards"..
Earlier this year I entered my debut feature Crushed for the Aacta awards.
At first I didn.t intend to enter; although I had screened at a number of international festivals and had a successful limited theatrical release (including 43 screenings across Australia), my film did not qualify immediately for selection as we did not have a .traditional. cinematic release, and the cost of the entry was prohibitive for me at that time.
However, when Aacta approached me, confirming Crushed's eligibility for pre-selection and encouraging me to enter, I invested in applying for...
Wift Nsw stormed the Aacta Awards last night, with a dozen members tumbling out of the back of a van and onto the red carpet.—.dressed as sausages to protest the male dominance of the country's film and television industry. Below, Wift member and filmmaker Megan Riakos calls for "a fair and diverse Aacta Awards"..
Earlier this year I entered my debut feature Crushed for the Aacta awards.
At first I didn.t intend to enter; although I had screened at a number of international festivals and had a successful limited theatrical release (including 43 screenings across Australia), my film did not qualify immediately for selection as we did not have a .traditional. cinematic release, and the cost of the entry was prohibitive for me at that time.
However, when Aacta approached me, confirming Crushed's eligibility for pre-selection and encouraging me to enter, I invested in applying for...
- 12/7/2016
- by Megan Riakos
- IF.com.au
The Space Between.
The co-production treaty between Australia and Italy entered into force 20 years ago. However, somewhat remarkably, writer-director Ruth Borgobello.s debut feature The Space Between - which had its world premiere at the Lavazza Italian Film Festival last week -. is the first official film to result from it.
The Space Between is a cross-cultural romance set in Friuli Venezia Giulia, a region in north-east Italy. It charts the story of Marco, played by Italian actor Flavio Parenti (To Rome with Love, I am Love), a former chef who has been drawn back to his hometown of Udine to look after his father and is stuck working a dispiriting factory job.
Marco.s life is shaken early in the film by the death of someone close to him. The tragedy coincides with his meeting the intriguing Australian visitor Olivia (Maeve Dermody, Beautiful Kate, Pawno), whose life is also at a crossroads.
The co-production treaty between Australia and Italy entered into force 20 years ago. However, somewhat remarkably, writer-director Ruth Borgobello.s debut feature The Space Between - which had its world premiere at the Lavazza Italian Film Festival last week -. is the first official film to result from it.
The Space Between is a cross-cultural romance set in Friuli Venezia Giulia, a region in north-east Italy. It charts the story of Marco, played by Italian actor Flavio Parenti (To Rome with Love, I am Love), a former chef who has been drawn back to his hometown of Udine to look after his father and is stuck working a dispiriting factory job.
Marco.s life is shaken early in the film by the death of someone close to him. The tragedy coincides with his meeting the intriguing Australian visitor Olivia (Maeve Dermody, Beautiful Kate, Pawno), whose life is also at a crossroads.
- 9/20/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Australian short film Highway, written and directed by Vanessa Gazy, produced by Tim Russell and Michael Wark and starring the swiftly-rising Odessa Young, will premiere at the BFI London Film Festival next month.
Highway is Gazy.s second major short following her Aftrs film Foal, which was nominated for Adg and Awg awards in 2015 and is currently screening onboard certain Virgin flights.
Leading lady Young was singled out by critics for her performances in Simon Stone's The Daughter and Sue Brooks' Looking for Grace. In Highway, she plays troubled teen Hester Black, who is hitchhiking on an eerie mountain pass when her radio begins to receive phantom news signals from the future bearing very bad news.
.We are truly thrilled to have been selected for the BFI London Film Festival," said Gazy. "It is a great honour to be given the opportunity to showcase our little piece of...
Highway is Gazy.s second major short following her Aftrs film Foal, which was nominated for Adg and Awg awards in 2015 and is currently screening onboard certain Virgin flights.
Leading lady Young was singled out by critics for her performances in Simon Stone's The Daughter and Sue Brooks' Looking for Grace. In Highway, she plays troubled teen Hester Black, who is hitchhiking on an eerie mountain pass when her radio begins to receive phantom news signals from the future bearing very bad news.
.We are truly thrilled to have been selected for the BFI London Film Festival," said Gazy. "It is a great honour to be given the opportunity to showcase our little piece of...
- 9/2/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Australian short film Highway, written and directed by Vanessa Gazy, produced by Tim Russell and Michael Wark and starring the swiftly-rising Odessa Young, will premiere at the BFI London Film Festival next month.
Highway is Gazy.s second major short film following on from her award-winning Aftrs short film Foal, which was nominated for Adg and Awg awards in 2015 and is currently screening onboard certain Virgin flights.
Leading lady Young was singled out by critics for her performances in Simon Stone's The Daughter and Sue Brooks' Looking for Grace. In Highway, she plays troubled teen Hester Black, who is hitchhiking on an eerie mountain pass when her radio begins to receive phantom news signals from the future bearing very bad news.
.We are truly thrilled to have been selected for the BFI London Film Festival," said Gazy. "It is a great honour to be given the opportunity to...
Highway is Gazy.s second major short film following on from her award-winning Aftrs short film Foal, which was nominated for Adg and Awg awards in 2015 and is currently screening onboard certain Virgin flights.
Leading lady Young was singled out by critics for her performances in Simon Stone's The Daughter and Sue Brooks' Looking for Grace. In Highway, she plays troubled teen Hester Black, who is hitchhiking on an eerie mountain pass when her radio begins to receive phantom news signals from the future bearing very bad news.
.We are truly thrilled to have been selected for the BFI London Film Festival," said Gazy. "It is a great honour to be given the opportunity to...
- 9/2/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Matthew Whittet, Rosemary Myers, Jo Dyer and Gillian Armstrong.
Girl Asleep, directed by Rosemary Myers, written by Matthew Whittet and produced by Jo Dyer, has won CinefestOZ's $100,000 Film Prize.
Saturday evening's awards ceremony in Busselton also saw the festival's Screen Legend award handed out to Gillian Armstrong.
Girl Asleep was selected ahead of Jasper Jones, Spin Out and The Death and Life of Otto Bloom. CinefestOZ received more than 30 submissions for the prize, with the winner decided by a jury made up of Armstrong, producer Sue Taylor (Looking for Grace), Dp Garry Phillips (The Railway Man) and actor-director Damian Walshe-Howling.
The jury watched each of the finalists with an audience before coming together to deliberate. Armstrong said the decision was unanimous.
Presenting the prize, Premier and Tourism Minister Colin Barnett announced that the Wa Government had secured a new two-year deal to continue sponsoring the event..
.CinefestOZ is a great...
Girl Asleep, directed by Rosemary Myers, written by Matthew Whittet and produced by Jo Dyer, has won CinefestOZ's $100,000 Film Prize.
Saturday evening's awards ceremony in Busselton also saw the festival's Screen Legend award handed out to Gillian Armstrong.
Girl Asleep was selected ahead of Jasper Jones, Spin Out and The Death and Life of Otto Bloom. CinefestOZ received more than 30 submissions for the prize, with the winner decided by a jury made up of Armstrong, producer Sue Taylor (Looking for Grace), Dp Garry Phillips (The Railway Man) and actor-director Damian Walshe-Howling.
The jury watched each of the finalists with an audience before coming together to deliberate. Armstrong said the decision was unanimous.
Presenting the prize, Premier and Tourism Minister Colin Barnett announced that the Wa Government had secured a new two-year deal to continue sponsoring the event..
.CinefestOZ is a great...
- 8/29/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Yesterday news cames down the line from Deadline that Jon Bernthal (Daredevil) and Imogen Poots (Green Room) have come on board the new triller Sweet Virginia from Jamie Dagg. Bernthal and Poots will be joined by Christopher Abbott (TV's Girls), Rosemarie DeWitt (La La Land) and Odessa Young (Looking for Grace). Dagg of course has been on our radar for a while now and made his feature film debut last year with the Laos set thriller River with Rossif Sutherland. Sweet Verginia follows a motel owner with a dark past (Bernthal) who unknowingly starts a rapport with a young hitman (Abbott) responsible for a spate of violence that suddenly has gripped a small town. Sales for Sweet Virginia will begin at Tiff...
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- 8/23/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Steve Le Marquand on the set of Heath Davis' Broke.
Four features have been added to the Aacta awards longlist: Michael Petroni's Backtrack, Heath Davis' Broke, Grant Scicluna's Downriver and Craig Boreham's Teenage Kicks.
They join previously announced films A Few Less Men, A Month of Sundays, Beast, Boys in the Trees, Down Under, Early Winter, Embedded, Girl Asleep, Gods of Egypt, Goldstone, Hacksaw Ridge, Joe Cinque's Consolation, Looking for Grace, Pawno, Red Billabong, Scare Campaign, Spear, Spin Out, Spirit of the Game, Sucker, Tanna, The Daughter, The Menkoff Method and Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead.
The additions bring the number of features competing for this year.s Aacta Awards to 28: a record.
.It.s wonderful to see such engagement from the Australian screen industry this year,. said AFI-Aacta CEO Damian Trewhella. .We.ve recently broken a number of records, with more films...
Four features have been added to the Aacta awards longlist: Michael Petroni's Backtrack, Heath Davis' Broke, Grant Scicluna's Downriver and Craig Boreham's Teenage Kicks.
They join previously announced films A Few Less Men, A Month of Sundays, Beast, Boys in the Trees, Down Under, Early Winter, Embedded, Girl Asleep, Gods of Egypt, Goldstone, Hacksaw Ridge, Joe Cinque's Consolation, Looking for Grace, Pawno, Red Billabong, Scare Campaign, Spear, Spin Out, Spirit of the Game, Sucker, Tanna, The Daughter, The Menkoff Method and Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead.
The additions bring the number of features competing for this year.s Aacta Awards to 28: a record.
.It.s wonderful to see such engagement from the Australian screen industry this year,. said AFI-Aacta CEO Damian Trewhella. .We.ve recently broken a number of records, with more films...
- 8/21/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Sales agent Fortissimo Films has filed for bankruptcy.
As first reported by Variety, the company filed for bankruptcy yesterday in Amsterdam, shuttering its offices in Hong Kong, London, Amsterdam and Beijing..
The sales agent began in 1991, founded by Wouter Barendrecht and Helen Loveridge. Michael Werner joined the company four years later and led it from 2009, becoming a partner in the company and producing films such as.Shortbus.and.Mysterious Skin.
Fortissimo specialised in the Asia-Pacific region and was increasingly run out of Hong Kong.
The company's library has over 300 titles, including Scorsese's Shine a Light, Wong Kar Wai.s Chungking Express, Morgan Spurlock.s Super Size Me, Sydney Pollack.s Sketches Of Frank Gehry,.Andrew Jarecki.s Capturing The Friedmans and the film that made a star of Jennifer Lawrence, Debra Granik's Winter's Bone.
Australian titles include Sue Brooks' Looking for Grace and Leon Ford's Griff the Invisible.
As first reported by Variety, the company filed for bankruptcy yesterday in Amsterdam, shuttering its offices in Hong Kong, London, Amsterdam and Beijing..
The sales agent began in 1991, founded by Wouter Barendrecht and Helen Loveridge. Michael Werner joined the company four years later and led it from 2009, becoming a partner in the company and producing films such as.Shortbus.and.Mysterious Skin.
Fortissimo specialised in the Asia-Pacific region and was increasingly run out of Hong Kong.
The company's library has over 300 titles, including Scorsese's Shine a Light, Wong Kar Wai.s Chungking Express, Morgan Spurlock.s Super Size Me, Sydney Pollack.s Sketches Of Frank Gehry,.Andrew Jarecki.s Capturing The Friedmans and the film that made a star of Jennifer Lawrence, Debra Granik's Winter's Bone.
Australian titles include Sue Brooks' Looking for Grace and Leon Ford's Griff the Invisible.
- 8/18/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Girl Asleep.
CinefestOZ kicks off on August 24, with The Death and Life of Otto Bloom, Girl Asleep, Jasper Jones and Spin Out battling it out for the festival's third annual Film Prize, worth $100,000.
The jury includes producer Sue Taylor (The Tree, Looking for Grace), cinematographer Garry Phillips (House of Hancock, The Railway Man, Candy), actor-director Damian Walshe-Howling (Janet King, Mystery Road, Underbelly), actress Emma Booth (Hounds of Love, Gods of Egypt, Jack Irish) and jury chair Gillian Armstrong.
.We are delighted to bring such diverse minds together to spark conversation,. said CinefestOZ Film Festival Chair Helen Shervington. .Our jurors are as unique and multi-faceted as the films they will judge.
The winning film will be announced at the Festival.s Gala Night on Saturday 27 August.
Each of the four finalists will screen during CinefestOZ, along with other new Australian and French features, short films, documentaries, industry workshops and related events,...
CinefestOZ kicks off on August 24, with The Death and Life of Otto Bloom, Girl Asleep, Jasper Jones and Spin Out battling it out for the festival's third annual Film Prize, worth $100,000.
The jury includes producer Sue Taylor (The Tree, Looking for Grace), cinematographer Garry Phillips (House of Hancock, The Railway Man, Candy), actor-director Damian Walshe-Howling (Janet King, Mystery Road, Underbelly), actress Emma Booth (Hounds of Love, Gods of Egypt, Jack Irish) and jury chair Gillian Armstrong.
.We are delighted to bring such diverse minds together to spark conversation,. said CinefestOZ Film Festival Chair Helen Shervington. .Our jurors are as unique and multi-faceted as the films they will judge.
The winning film will be announced at the Festival.s Gala Night on Saturday 27 August.
Each of the four finalists will screen during CinefestOZ, along with other new Australian and French features, short films, documentaries, industry workshops and related events,...
- 8/18/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Teresa Palmer and Andrew Garfield in Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge.
The Aacta Awards longlist for feature films was unveiled this morning, with 24 Australian features named.
The eligible films are A Few Less Men, A Month of Sundays, Beast, Boys in the Trees, Down Under, Early Winter, Embedded, Girl Asleep, Gods of Egypt, Goldstone, Hacksaw Ridge, Joe Cinque's Consolation, Looking for Grace, Pawno, Red Billabong, Scare Campaign, Spear, Spin Out, Spirit of the Game, Sucker, Tanna, The Daughter, The Menkoff Method and Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead.
That list will be winnowed down once voting begins after the official screenings program, with the nominees for the AACTAs to be announced in October.
The screenings program for AFI and Aacta members runs throughout August and September, and will open with a preview screening of A Few Less Men in Sydney on August 29 at Event Cinemas, Bondi Junction, and in Melbourne on August 30 at Cinema Nova.
The Aacta Awards longlist for feature films was unveiled this morning, with 24 Australian features named.
The eligible films are A Few Less Men, A Month of Sundays, Beast, Boys in the Trees, Down Under, Early Winter, Embedded, Girl Asleep, Gods of Egypt, Goldstone, Hacksaw Ridge, Joe Cinque's Consolation, Looking for Grace, Pawno, Red Billabong, Scare Campaign, Spear, Spin Out, Spirit of the Game, Sucker, Tanna, The Daughter, The Menkoff Method and Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead.
That list will be winnowed down once voting begins after the official screenings program, with the nominees for the AACTAs to be announced in October.
The screenings program for AFI and Aacta members runs throughout August and September, and will open with a preview screening of A Few Less Men in Sydney on August 29 at Event Cinemas, Bondi Junction, and in Melbourne on August 30 at Cinema Nova.
- 8/10/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Michael Caton and 2015 Young Filmmaker of the Year winner Lauren Brunswick
Nominees have been announced for the West Australian Screen Awards (Wasa) Young Filmmaker of the Year and include Briege Whitehead, Jess Black, Hayden Fortescue and Jordon Prince-Wright.
The winner will receive a cash prize of $5000 and a custom-made Geoffrey Drake-Brockman Wasa trophy..
Last year.s winner, producer Lauren Brunswick (Top Knot Detective) said the value of the award lived within its ability to empower other emerging filmmakers to feel they could achieve their ambitions.
"The feat of beginning a career becomes more manageable when we feel someone has tackled it before us. A spotlight of this nature allowed me to meet more people within the film community, feel the enormous support they offer, and remember to whittle the pressures of our aspirations down to a series of steps that we must collectively be brave to undertake,". she said.
Nominees have been announced for the West Australian Screen Awards (Wasa) Young Filmmaker of the Year and include Briege Whitehead, Jess Black, Hayden Fortescue and Jordon Prince-Wright.
The winner will receive a cash prize of $5000 and a custom-made Geoffrey Drake-Brockman Wasa trophy..
Last year.s winner, producer Lauren Brunswick (Top Knot Detective) said the value of the award lived within its ability to empower other emerging filmmakers to feel they could achieve their ambitions.
"The feat of beginning a career becomes more manageable when we feel someone has tackled it before us. A spotlight of this nature allowed me to meet more people within the film community, feel the enormous support they offer, and remember to whittle the pressures of our aspirations down to a series of steps that we must collectively be brave to undertake,". she said.
- 6/23/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Tanna is based on a true story about a girl who runs away from an arranged marriage.
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Tanna, Sherpa and Peter Allen - Not the Boy Nex Door have taken top honours at the 2016 Australian Director's Guild Awards.
Jennifer Peedom has won Best Direction in a Documentary Feature at the Awards in Melbourne, in the same week as her film Sherpa passed $1 million at the local box office.
Hosted by Nazeem Hussain, the awards honoured the outstanding work over the past year of Australian directors working in film, television, music and advertising..
Other winners included Bentley Dean and Martin Butler, who won Best Direction in a Feature Film for Tanna..
The film was made in collaboration with the Yakel people of Tanna, Vanuatu.
Rachel Perkins won her second Adg Award, this time for Best Direction in a Telemovie for Redfern Now: Promise Me..
Best Direction in a TV Drama Series...
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Tanna, Sherpa and Peter Allen - Not the Boy Nex Door have taken top honours at the 2016 Australian Director's Guild Awards.
Jennifer Peedom has won Best Direction in a Documentary Feature at the Awards in Melbourne, in the same week as her film Sherpa passed $1 million at the local box office.
Hosted by Nazeem Hussain, the awards honoured the outstanding work over the past year of Australian directors working in film, television, music and advertising..
Other winners included Bentley Dean and Martin Butler, who won Best Direction in a Feature Film for Tanna..
The film was made in collaboration with the Yakel people of Tanna, Vanuatu.
Rachel Perkins won her second Adg Award, this time for Best Direction in a Telemovie for Redfern Now: Promise Me..
Best Direction in a TV Drama Series...
- 5/8/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Tanna is based on a true story about a girl who runs away from an arranged marriage.
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Tanna, Sherpa and Peter Allen - Not the Boy Nex Door have taken top honours at the 2016 Australian Director's Guild Awards.
Jennifer Peedom has won Best Direction in a Documentary Feature at the Awards in Melbourne, in the same week as her film Sherpa passed $1 million at the local box office.
Hosted by Nazeem Hussain, the awards honoured the outstanding work over the past year of Australian directors working in film, television, music and advertising..
Other winners included Bentley Dean and Martin Butler, who won Best Direction in a Feature Film for Tanna..
The film was made in collaboration with the Yakel people of Tanna, Vanuatu.
Rachel Perkins won her second Adg Award, this time for Best Direction in a Telemovie for Redfern Now: Promise Me..
Best Direction in a TV Drama Series...
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Tanna, Sherpa and Peter Allen - Not the Boy Nex Door have taken top honours at the 2016 Australian Director's Guild Awards.
Jennifer Peedom has won Best Direction in a Documentary Feature at the Awards in Melbourne, in the same week as her film Sherpa passed $1 million at the local box office.
Hosted by Nazeem Hussain, the awards honoured the outstanding work over the past year of Australian directors working in film, television, music and advertising..
Other winners included Bentley Dean and Martin Butler, who won Best Direction in a Feature Film for Tanna..
The film was made in collaboration with the Yakel people of Tanna, Vanuatu.
Rachel Perkins won her second Adg Award, this time for Best Direction in a Telemovie for Redfern Now: Promise Me..
Best Direction in a TV Drama Series...
- 5/8/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Jennifer Peedom.
The Australian Directors Guild awards will be handed out in Melbourne next Friday, and Adg executive director Kingston Anderson is feeling bullish about the work under the spotlight.
"If you look at the nominations this year, you'll notice in some categories there are five nominations", Anderson said.
"That's unusual, and that's because a lot of the judging panels said the quality of the entries was so high. They noted that over the last three years they've seen the quality go up, across television and short film particularly."
Anderson calls the trend "really exciting, and gratifying. It's clear that we're producing good people, and we're continuing to produce good people."
He sees the Adg's annual awards, presented across eighteen categories, as vital..
"You've got the opportunity to see the best of the best in directing, in anything from short films through to feature films to online content to documentary to animation.
The Australian Directors Guild awards will be handed out in Melbourne next Friday, and Adg executive director Kingston Anderson is feeling bullish about the work under the spotlight.
"If you look at the nominations this year, you'll notice in some categories there are five nominations", Anderson said.
"That's unusual, and that's because a lot of the judging panels said the quality of the entries was so high. They noted that over the last three years they've seen the quality go up, across television and short film particularly."
Anderson calls the trend "really exciting, and gratifying. It's clear that we're producing good people, and we're continuing to produce good people."
He sees the Adg's annual awards, presented across eighteen categories, as vital..
"You've got the opportunity to see the best of the best in directing, in anything from short films through to feature films to online content to documentary to animation.
- 4/28/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Looking for Grace.
Director Sue Brooks has won this year's Australian Directors Guild Finders Award for her film Looking for Grace..
The Finders Award is a partnership between the Adg and the Directors Guild of America, where an Australian film yet to secure Us distribution is selected to screen in Los Angeles and New York to key industry figures, including distributors..
Last year.s winner Craig Monahan will present Brooks with her award..
Looking for Grace was released in January 2016 by Palace Films and starred Radha Mitchell, Richard Roxburgh and Odessa Young.
Adg chief executive, Kingston Anderson, said the collaboration between the DGA and the Adg recognised the singular vision of independent film directors and promoted it to the wider film industry..
"The Adg has great pleasure in awarding the Finders Award to Sue Brooks for her outstanding work on Looking for Grace," he said..
"We know the screenings of...
Director Sue Brooks has won this year's Australian Directors Guild Finders Award for her film Looking for Grace..
The Finders Award is a partnership between the Adg and the Directors Guild of America, where an Australian film yet to secure Us distribution is selected to screen in Los Angeles and New York to key industry figures, including distributors..
Last year.s winner Craig Monahan will present Brooks with her award..
Looking for Grace was released in January 2016 by Palace Films and starred Radha Mitchell, Richard Roxburgh and Odessa Young.
Adg chief executive, Kingston Anderson, said the collaboration between the DGA and the Adg recognised the singular vision of independent film directors and promoted it to the wider film industry..
"The Adg has great pleasure in awarding the Finders Award to Sue Brooks for her outstanding work on Looking for Grace," he said..
"We know the screenings of...
- 4/26/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Adg awards nominee Jennifer Peedom.
More than a third of nominees for this year's Australian Directors Guild awards are women.
Two of the four nominees in the Best Direction in a Feature Film category are women and all five films in the Best Documentary Feature category were directed or co-directed by female filmmakers, the Adg said in a statement..
The 2016 awards will be presented across sixteen categories including film, television, animation, multiplatform, music and advertising..
The nominees for Best Direction in a Feature Film are Sue Brooks for Looking for Grace, Jocelyn Moorhouse for The Dressmaker, Bentley Dean and Martin Butler for Tanna and Jeremy Sims for Last Cab to Darwin.
This year there are five nominations for Best Feature Documentary: Nick Bird and Eleanor Sharpe for Remembering The Man, Jennifer Peedom for Sherpa, Margot Nash for The Silences, Stefan Moore and Susan Lambert for Tyke Elephant Outlaw and Lisa Nicol for Wide Open Sky.
More than a third of nominees for this year's Australian Directors Guild awards are women.
Two of the four nominees in the Best Direction in a Feature Film category are women and all five films in the Best Documentary Feature category were directed or co-directed by female filmmakers, the Adg said in a statement..
The 2016 awards will be presented across sixteen categories including film, television, animation, multiplatform, music and advertising..
The nominees for Best Direction in a Feature Film are Sue Brooks for Looking for Grace, Jocelyn Moorhouse for The Dressmaker, Bentley Dean and Martin Butler for Tanna and Jeremy Sims for Last Cab to Darwin.
This year there are five nominations for Best Feature Documentary: Nick Bird and Eleanor Sharpe for Remembering The Man, Jennifer Peedom for Sherpa, Margot Nash for The Silences, Stefan Moore and Susan Lambert for Tyke Elephant Outlaw and Lisa Nicol for Wide Open Sky.
- 4/12/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Simon Baker as Sando with Samsom Coulter (Pikelet) and Ben Spence (Loonie) in Breath.
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Filming has started in Denmark, Western Australia, on Simon Baker.s feature film directorial debut, Breath..
The film is based on Tim Winton.s award winning and international best-selling novel and stars Elizabeth Debicki (The Great Gatsby, The Night Manager, upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2), Richard Roxburgh (Moulin Rouge, The Turning, Mission: Impossible II) and Rachael Blake (Sleeping Beauty, Rake, Truth) and Baker (The Mentalist, Devil Wears Prada, Margin Call) as cast.
Newcomers Samson Coulter and Ben Spence will play Pikelet and Loonie respectively, while Roxburgh and Blake are Mr and Mrs Pike..
Debicki is Eva and as previously announced, Baker will play Sando.
Set in mid-70s coastal Australia, Breath follows two teenage boys, hungry for discovery, that form an unlikely friendship with a mysterious older adventurer.
Sando, a a former professional surfer...
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Filming has started in Denmark, Western Australia, on Simon Baker.s feature film directorial debut, Breath..
The film is based on Tim Winton.s award winning and international best-selling novel and stars Elizabeth Debicki (The Great Gatsby, The Night Manager, upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2), Richard Roxburgh (Moulin Rouge, The Turning, Mission: Impossible II) and Rachael Blake (Sleeping Beauty, Rake, Truth) and Baker (The Mentalist, Devil Wears Prada, Margin Call) as cast.
Newcomers Samson Coulter and Ben Spence will play Pikelet and Loonie respectively, while Roxburgh and Blake are Mr and Mrs Pike..
Debicki is Eva and as previously announced, Baker will play Sando.
Set in mid-70s coastal Australia, Breath follows two teenage boys, hungry for discovery, that form an unlikely friendship with a mysterious older adventurer.
Sando, a a former professional surfer...
- 4/11/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
Maggie Smith in The Lady in the Van.
Deadpool remains on top at the Australian box office after four weeks, ringing up $2.5 million over the weekend.
The profane superhero played by Ryan Reynolds appeared on 281 screens across the country. The Fox outing has now made $37.2 million overall.
The next best, and first among debutants, was The Lady in the Van, starring Maggie Smith as a rather different kind of hero.
The film, directed by Nicholas Hytner and based on Alan Bennett's play about the vagrant who lived in his driveway for decades, took in close to $2.2 million in its first week.
WB's How To Be Single remained steady, dropping thirty-five percent to ring up $1.3 million over the weekend. The Rebel Wilson-starring comedy has now made over $8 million in Australian cinemas.
In its second week, the Coens' Hail, Caesar! dropped forty-seven percent to rake in $673,896, for a cume of close to $2.5 million.
Deadpool remains on top at the Australian box office after four weeks, ringing up $2.5 million over the weekend.
The profane superhero played by Ryan Reynolds appeared on 281 screens across the country. The Fox outing has now made $37.2 million overall.
The next best, and first among debutants, was The Lady in the Van, starring Maggie Smith as a rather different kind of hero.
The film, directed by Nicholas Hytner and based on Alan Bennett's play about the vagrant who lived in his driveway for decades, took in close to $2.2 million in its first week.
WB's How To Be Single remained steady, dropping thirty-five percent to ring up $1.3 million over the weekend. The Rebel Wilson-starring comedy has now made over $8 million in Australian cinemas.
In its second week, the Coens' Hail, Caesar! dropped forty-seven percent to rake in $673,896, for a cume of close to $2.5 million.
- 3/6/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Stephen Chow's The Mermaid.
Deadpool continues to trounce the competition, ringing up $7.8 million over the weekend to bring its cumulative total to just over $27 million..
By comparison, the weekend's runner-up - Warner Bros' comedy How To Be Single, starring Rebel Wilson - brought in $2.7 million, opening on 229 screens in its first week.
Also debuting was Ride Along 2, starring Kevin Hart and Ice Cube, pulling in $1.2 million on 194 screens.
Next best was the much-derided Zoolander 2, which dropped fifty-eight percent in its second week to ring up over $1.1 million over the weekend, bringing its cume close to $5.7 million.
Transmission's Brooklyn dropped only twenty percent in week two, tallying up $836,966 over the weekend, and now sitting at near $2.8 million overall.
The highest-debuting film after How to Be Single and Ride Along 2 was another comedy, The Mermaid, a Chinese film directed by Kung Fu Hustle's Stephen Chow about a...
Deadpool continues to trounce the competition, ringing up $7.8 million over the weekend to bring its cumulative total to just over $27 million..
By comparison, the weekend's runner-up - Warner Bros' comedy How To Be Single, starring Rebel Wilson - brought in $2.7 million, opening on 229 screens in its first week.
Also debuting was Ride Along 2, starring Kevin Hart and Ice Cube, pulling in $1.2 million on 194 screens.
Next best was the much-derided Zoolander 2, which dropped fifty-eight percent in its second week to ring up over $1.1 million over the weekend, bringing its cume close to $5.7 million.
Transmission's Brooklyn dropped only twenty percent in week two, tallying up $836,966 over the weekend, and now sitting at near $2.8 million overall.
The highest-debuting film after How to Be Single and Ride Along 2 was another comedy, The Mermaid, a Chinese film directed by Kung Fu Hustle's Stephen Chow about a...
- 2/21/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Odessa Young, the breakout young star of The Daughter and Looking for Grace, is in final negotiations to play the female lead in When The Street Lights Go On, Hulu’s drama pilot adapted from the Black List feature script by writers Chris Hutton and Eddie O'Keefe. The project hails from Paramount Television and Anonymous Content. In the vein of Stand By Me, When The Street Lights Go On is a coming-of-age thriller about a sleepy, suburban town that is rocked by the brutal…...
- 2/18/2016
- Deadline TV
Guy Pearce in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
Guy Pearce will reunite with his Priscilla writer-director, Stephan Elliott, on Flammable Children, a comedy set in Dee Why in the 1970's.
WestEnd Films have acquired worldwide rights and are currently shopping the film at Berlin's Efm.
Looking for Grace's Radha Mitchell is also onboard, with more cast members to be announced..
The film will be made by Jamie Hilton's See Pictures, and produced by Hilton and Prisicilla producer Al Clark.
Set in 1975, Flammable Children begins with a 200-ton blue whale getting washed up on the local beach. The local kids think it.s the biggest thing ever. Behind closed doors, their mums and dads celebrate in their own special way - by joining the sexual revolution and throwing a wife-swapping key party. It.s all about to go spectacularly wrong..
According to Variety, the film will...
Guy Pearce will reunite with his Priscilla writer-director, Stephan Elliott, on Flammable Children, a comedy set in Dee Why in the 1970's.
WestEnd Films have acquired worldwide rights and are currently shopping the film at Berlin's Efm.
Looking for Grace's Radha Mitchell is also onboard, with more cast members to be announced..
The film will be made by Jamie Hilton's See Pictures, and produced by Hilton and Prisicilla producer Al Clark.
Set in 1975, Flammable Children begins with a 200-ton blue whale getting washed up on the local beach. The local kids think it.s the biggest thing ever. Behind closed doors, their mums and dads celebrate in their own special way - by joining the sexual revolution and throwing a wife-swapping key party. It.s all about to go spectacularly wrong..
According to Variety, the film will...
- 2/15/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Deadpool.
Ryan Reynolds' wisecracking hero Deadpool opened on 262 screens and made $14.8 million over the weekend, in keeping with the superhero comedy's boffo opening in the United States.
Aided by a marketing campaign that managed to be arrestingly vulgar but not (quite) obnoxious, Deadpool beat its nearest competition by a country mile.
The closest runner-up was Zoolander 2, which opened on 272 screens and rang up $3.9 million in its first week off the back of scathing reviews.
Brooklyn, starring Saoirse Ronan, was next best, ringing up $1.4 million, and makes an intriguing contrast to Transmission's other New York-set period romance, Carol..
That film was set to be directed by John Crowley (who directed Cate Blanchett onstage in The Present at the Sydney Theatre Company this year) before he left and Todd Haynes stepped in..
Crowley ended up directing Brooklyn instead, and the less-starry film has earnt about the same in a week as Carol made in two.
Ryan Reynolds' wisecracking hero Deadpool opened on 262 screens and made $14.8 million over the weekend, in keeping with the superhero comedy's boffo opening in the United States.
Aided by a marketing campaign that managed to be arrestingly vulgar but not (quite) obnoxious, Deadpool beat its nearest competition by a country mile.
The closest runner-up was Zoolander 2, which opened on 272 screens and rang up $3.9 million in its first week off the back of scathing reviews.
Brooklyn, starring Saoirse Ronan, was next best, ringing up $1.4 million, and makes an intriguing contrast to Transmission's other New York-set period romance, Carol..
That film was set to be directed by John Crowley (who directed Cate Blanchett onstage in The Present at the Sydney Theatre Company this year) before he left and Todd Haynes stepped in..
Crowley ended up directing Brooklyn instead, and the less-starry film has earnt about the same in a week as Carol made in two.
- 2/15/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Spotlight. . Zac Efron and Robert De Niro exercised their collective muscle over the weekend to bring in $1.5 million, again making Dirty Grandpa number one at the local box office with $4.6 million after two weeks. . The Revenant placed second, dropping thirty-three percent to pull in close to $1.1 million, bringing its cume to $17.5 million after five weeks. . Spotlight came in third on 132 screens, dropping only fifteen percent in its second week. Tom McCarthy's film made around $758,000 over the weekend to bring its total to just over $2 million.. . Star Wars has now made $91.7 million after eight weeks, while Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight has made close to $6.9 million after three.. . The biggest debuting film was The Choice, the latest adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks weepie, this time co-starring Australia's Teresa Palmer.. . The Choice opened on 205 screens and rang up $596,951 over the weekend, with a per-cinema average of $2,912. . It beat the much-buzzed The Big Short,...
- 2/7/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Radha Mitchell and Odessa Young in Looking for Grace.
Sue Brooks' Looking for Grace has pulled in $276,821 in its first week.
After opening on 32 screens, the Richard Roxburgh-starrer made a weekend gross of $99,487.
The other Australian film at the box office remains The Dressmaker, going strong after fourteen weeks.
On 53 screens, Jocelyn Moorhouse's film dropped forty-eight percent for a weekend gross of $54,762, bringing its cume to $19,964,235.
The highest opener was Dirty Grandpa, starring Zac Efron and Robert De Niro, which took out the number one spot.
The comedy opened on 227 screens and rang up over $2.4 million in its first week..
The awards-touted Tom McCarthy drama Spotlight, about the Boston Globe's investigation of systemic abuse within the Catholic Church, opened strong, with an overall tally of $983,339 from 107 screens.
The Revenant continued its strong local run, dropping thirty-one percent for a weekend gross of $1.6 million. The revenge epic is...
Sue Brooks' Looking for Grace has pulled in $276,821 in its first week.
After opening on 32 screens, the Richard Roxburgh-starrer made a weekend gross of $99,487.
The other Australian film at the box office remains The Dressmaker, going strong after fourteen weeks.
On 53 screens, Jocelyn Moorhouse's film dropped forty-eight percent for a weekend gross of $54,762, bringing its cume to $19,964,235.
The highest opener was Dirty Grandpa, starring Zac Efron and Robert De Niro, which took out the number one spot.
The comedy opened on 227 screens and rang up over $2.4 million in its first week..
The awards-touted Tom McCarthy drama Spotlight, about the Boston Globe's investigation of systemic abuse within the Catholic Church, opened strong, with an overall tally of $983,339 from 107 screens.
The Revenant continued its strong local run, dropping thirty-one percent for a weekend gross of $1.6 million. The revenge epic is...
- 1/31/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
The Daughter.
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The Daughter director Simon Stone and cast including Ewen Leslie and Odessa Young are set take part in Q and A sessions following preview screenings of the film in Sydney at Melbourne.
Palace Cinemas will host Stone (The Turning) and actors Young (Looking for Grace) and Leslie (Dead Europe) for two sessions..
Moderated by film critic David Stratton, they will follow preview screenings of the film at Palace Verona, in Sydney.s Paddington and Palace Cinema Como, in Melbourne.s South Yarra.
The Daughter is inspired by Stone.s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen.s The Wild Duck, which was first performed at Belvoir Theatre in Sydney..
The Daughter also features performances from a stellar cast which includes Geoffrey Rush, Miranda Otto and Sam Neil. .
Produced by Jan Chapman (The Piano, Lantana) and Nicole O.Donohue and with costumes by Margot Wilson (The Dressmaker), the film is a deeply...
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The Daughter director Simon Stone and cast including Ewen Leslie and Odessa Young are set take part in Q and A sessions following preview screenings of the film in Sydney at Melbourne.
Palace Cinemas will host Stone (The Turning) and actors Young (Looking for Grace) and Leslie (Dead Europe) for two sessions..
Moderated by film critic David Stratton, they will follow preview screenings of the film at Palace Verona, in Sydney.s Paddington and Palace Cinema Como, in Melbourne.s South Yarra.
The Daughter is inspired by Stone.s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen.s The Wild Duck, which was first performed at Belvoir Theatre in Sydney..
The Daughter also features performances from a stellar cast which includes Geoffrey Rush, Miranda Otto and Sam Neil. .
Produced by Jan Chapman (The Piano, Lantana) and Nicole O.Donohue and with costumes by Margot Wilson (The Dressmaker), the film is a deeply...
- 1/27/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
St.George OpenAir is celebrating its twentieth anniversary with the usual line-up of recently released films and local premieres..
This season 38 films will screen, 10 of them repeated, with 13 premieres and previews.
According to the event's managing director, Rob Bryant, the most popular titles have been Looking for Grace on opening night, plus Carol, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Spectre, and the Coens' Hail, Caesar!, which is screening twice towards the end of the program.
Bryant spends half the year in North America, where he scouts festivals such as Toronto and New York for suitable product.
Along with the films, the core of the event is the towering screen - and the view beyond it.
"It's the same screen we've been using for twenty years", Bryant said.
"350 square metres, which makes it three storeys high. It's used in Lake Zurich during their summer and then it comes down to Sydney"..
The...
This season 38 films will screen, 10 of them repeated, with 13 premieres and previews.
According to the event's managing director, Rob Bryant, the most popular titles have been Looking for Grace on opening night, plus Carol, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Spectre, and the Coens' Hail, Caesar!, which is screening twice towards the end of the program.
Bryant spends half the year in North America, where he scouts festivals such as Toronto and New York for suitable product.
Along with the films, the core of the event is the towering screen - and the view beyond it.
"It's the same screen we've been using for twenty years", Bryant said.
"350 square metres, which makes it three storeys high. It's used in Lake Zurich during their summer and then it comes down to Sydney"..
The...
- 1/27/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Although boasting strong performances, the fling-us-here and fling-us-there structure of Sue Brooks’s family drama feels gimmicky and lacks a certain grace
Related: Looking for Grace director Sue Brooks on gender diversity in Australian film: 'They just don't get it'
In her 2003 tear-jerker Japanese Story, Australian director Sue Brooks uses sudden unexpected tragedy to transition from a pleasant cross-culture romance to an emotionally gut-punching drama. Its tale of a foreigner’s dalliance with a local in the Pilbara desert plays like a high-art equivalent of Dumb Ways to Die, but the film generated considerable acclaim and attention regardless.
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Related: Looking for Grace director Sue Brooks on gender diversity in Australian film: 'They just don't get it'
In her 2003 tear-jerker Japanese Story, Australian director Sue Brooks uses sudden unexpected tragedy to transition from a pleasant cross-culture romance to an emotionally gut-punching drama. Its tale of a foreigner’s dalliance with a local in the Pilbara desert plays like a high-art equivalent of Dumb Ways to Die, but the film generated considerable acclaim and attention regardless.
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- 1/25/2016
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
Looking For Grace was led by an entirely female creative team but women account for only 15% of directors in Australia. ‘I think we are losing out, as audiences, on a subtlety in communication,’ Brooks says
When the lights went up at the Venice film festival, the cheering began.
“This spotlight comes on and everybody just stood up and turned around [towards us] and started clapping,” says cinematographer Katie Milwright. It was the first time Looking For Grace had ever been shown. Director Sue Brooks says: “We were beside ourselves.”
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When the lights went up at the Venice film festival, the cheering began.
“This spotlight comes on and everybody just stood up and turned around [towards us] and started clapping,” says cinematographer Katie Milwright. It was the first time Looking For Grace had ever been shown. Director Sue Brooks says: “We were beside ourselves.”
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- 1/22/2016
- by Susan Chenery
- The Guardian - Film News
Friday night saw the Australian premiere of Looking for Grace at the St.George OpenAir Cinema.
Richard Roxburgh, Radha Mitchell, Odessa Young, Kenya Pearson and Harry Richardson joined director Sue Brooks on the red carpet.
The cast were joined at the opening-night party by Simon Baker, Rebecca Rigg, Miranda Tapsell, Matt Day, April Rose Pengilly, Brenna Harding, Henry Nixon, Raechelle Banno, Alex Cubis, Tessa de Josselin, and Sean Keenan..
St.George OpenAir
Radha Mitchell, Sue Brooks, Harry Richardson, Odessa Young, Richard Roxburgh, Kenya Pearson.
Simon Baker and Rebecca Rigg
Richard Roxburgh, Radha Mitchell, Kenya Pearson
Harry Richardson and Odessa Young...
Richard Roxburgh, Radha Mitchell, Odessa Young, Kenya Pearson and Harry Richardson joined director Sue Brooks on the red carpet.
The cast were joined at the opening-night party by Simon Baker, Rebecca Rigg, Miranda Tapsell, Matt Day, April Rose Pengilly, Brenna Harding, Henry Nixon, Raechelle Banno, Alex Cubis, Tessa de Josselin, and Sean Keenan..
St.George OpenAir
Radha Mitchell, Sue Brooks, Harry Richardson, Odessa Young, Richard Roxburgh, Kenya Pearson.
Simon Baker and Rebecca Rigg
Richard Roxburgh, Radha Mitchell, Kenya Pearson
Harry Richardson and Odessa Young...
- 1/12/2016
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Sue Brooks.
Looking for Grace, the new Sue Brooks film opening on Australia Day, is the story of a young girl written and directed by a woman..
The film's score was composed by a woman. It's produced by women; the film's cinematographer, casting agent and costume designer were women. You get the idea.
Asked about the steps being taken by Screen Australia and others to guarantee gender equality behind the camera, Brooks is cautious but optimistic.
"I think it's great that people are talking about it. It's a complex set of questions. I've been aware of gender issues for a long time. I suppose most women are.".
"When you're trying to get your film financed, you just battle away like anybody. You don't think about doing it because you're a woman. But then afterwards you look back at the statistics and get really conscious of the fact that you're up against the odds,...
Looking for Grace, the new Sue Brooks film opening on Australia Day, is the story of a young girl written and directed by a woman..
The film's score was composed by a woman. It's produced by women; the film's cinematographer, casting agent and costume designer were women. You get the idea.
Asked about the steps being taken by Screen Australia and others to guarantee gender equality behind the camera, Brooks is cautious but optimistic.
"I think it's great that people are talking about it. It's a complex set of questions. I've been aware of gender issues for a long time. I suppose most women are.".
"When you're trying to get your film financed, you just battle away like anybody. You don't think about doing it because you're a woman. But then afterwards you look back at the statistics and get really conscious of the fact that you're up against the odds,...
- 1/12/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Richard Roxburgh in Sue Brooks' Looking for Grace
Richard Roxburgh is gearing up for a busy year..
There's his starring role in the new Australian feature film Looking for Grace, directed by Sue Brooks (Japanese Story), opening on January 26, as well as a new season of Rake airing in February..
If things pan out, there's also Babyteeth, Roxburgh's next film as a director - the actor's first foray behind the lens since 2007's Romulus, My Father.
Roxburgh describes Looking for Grace, the fragmented story of parents (Roxburgh and Radha Mitchell) trying to track down their runaway daughter (Odessa Young), as one of "these little independent films [that] are such an important part of the whole diagram of our industry".
Roxburgh's also coming off a film that's at the other end of the local filmmaking spectrum (and one that has provoked grumbling in some quarters) - Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge.
Richard Roxburgh is gearing up for a busy year..
There's his starring role in the new Australian feature film Looking for Grace, directed by Sue Brooks (Japanese Story), opening on January 26, as well as a new season of Rake airing in February..
If things pan out, there's also Babyteeth, Roxburgh's next film as a director - the actor's first foray behind the lens since 2007's Romulus, My Father.
Roxburgh describes Looking for Grace, the fragmented story of parents (Roxburgh and Radha Mitchell) trying to track down their runaway daughter (Odessa Young), as one of "these little independent films [that] are such an important part of the whole diagram of our industry".
Roxburgh's also coming off a film that's at the other end of the local filmmaking spectrum (and one that has provoked grumbling in some quarters) - Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge.
- 1/11/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Radha Mitchell and Odessa Young in Looking for Grace
The Independent Cinemas Association of Australia has launched 'My Cinema Select', which aims to increase audience access to limited release Australian and independent films in regional areas.
Palace's Looking for Grace and Transmission's Brooklyn will be the first two films to participate in the program..
.Lower marketing budgets and limited release patterns often restrict regional audience access to quality features until well after they are available in metropolitan areas - if they are released in regional cinemas at all", Icaa CEO Adrianne Pecotic said. "My Cinema Select will enable a series of preview screenings giving audiences the opportunity to see these films at or before release, and give our industry the ability to both promote and assess the appetite for a wider release of more diverse films and documentaries to discerning audiences throughout Australia..
My Cinema Select will build on the...
The Independent Cinemas Association of Australia has launched 'My Cinema Select', which aims to increase audience access to limited release Australian and independent films in regional areas.
Palace's Looking for Grace and Transmission's Brooklyn will be the first two films to participate in the program..
.Lower marketing budgets and limited release patterns often restrict regional audience access to quality features until well after they are available in metropolitan areas - if they are released in regional cinemas at all", Icaa CEO Adrianne Pecotic said. "My Cinema Select will enable a series of preview screenings giving audiences the opportunity to see these films at or before release, and give our industry the ability to both promote and assess the appetite for a wider release of more diverse films and documentaries to discerning audiences throughout Australia..
My Cinema Select will build on the...
- 1/10/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
While the screen industry has plenty to celebrate as Australian films are set to finish the year with around $87 million in B.O. takings, the results show a sizable number of films failed to address fundamental questions.
Namely: Who precisely will watch my film and which cinemas will play it at a time when theatrical release here increasingly is a sure way to lose money?
Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason is delighted with the range of films and documentaries that have resonated with audiences this year.
Mad Max Fury Road, The Dressmaker, Oddball and The Water Diviner all grossed more than $10 million, and Paper Planes just under. Last Cab to Darwin, Blinky Bill: The Movie, That Sugar Film and Holding the Man performed well, although Mason believes Neil Armfield.s gay-themed romance, which grossed $1.2 million, deserved to make double that.
Still, Mason questions the mindset of a sizable section of the screen industry.
Namely: Who precisely will watch my film and which cinemas will play it at a time when theatrical release here increasingly is a sure way to lose money?
Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason is delighted with the range of films and documentaries that have resonated with audiences this year.
Mad Max Fury Road, The Dressmaker, Oddball and The Water Diviner all grossed more than $10 million, and Paper Planes just under. Last Cab to Darwin, Blinky Bill: The Movie, That Sugar Film and Holding the Man performed well, although Mason believes Neil Armfield.s gay-themed romance, which grossed $1.2 million, deserved to make double that.
Still, Mason questions the mindset of a sizable section of the screen industry.
- 12/1/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
St.George OpenAir Cinema has revealed its 2016 program which includes 14 premiere preview screenings from January 8 to February 19.
The season will open with the Sydney premiere of Looking for Grace, and then continue Carol (Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara), The Danish Girl (Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander), Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels), Spotlight (Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber), Brooklyn (Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent), Trumbo (Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Louis C.K.), Hail, Caesar! (George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Josh Brolin, Channing Tatum), and Room (Brie Larson, William H. Macy).
In addition, the program will feature a selection of the summer.s most anticipated releases, including Suffragette, The Hateful 8, Joy, In the Heart of the Sea, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Daddy's Home, Point Break and Sisters. Audiences can also look forward to some of the 2015.s best films,...
The season will open with the Sydney premiere of Looking for Grace, and then continue Carol (Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara), The Danish Girl (Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander), Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels), Spotlight (Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber), Brooklyn (Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent), Trumbo (Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Louis C.K.), Hail, Caesar! (George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Josh Brolin, Channing Tatum), and Room (Brie Larson, William H. Macy).
In addition, the program will feature a selection of the summer.s most anticipated releases, including Suffragette, The Hateful 8, Joy, In the Heart of the Sea, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Daddy's Home, Point Break and Sisters. Audiences can also look forward to some of the 2015.s best films,...
- 12/1/2015
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Last Cab to Darwin.s Mark Coles Smith and Looking for Grace.s Odessa Young have won the inaugural Sirius Award presented by the Casting Guild of Australia.
The annual award was created to recognise Australia.s top 10 emerging actors, modelled on the Berlin Film Festival.s Shooting Stars initiative.
.The list of the next big things, actors whose careers will pop overseas in the very near future, was chosen by full-time casting directors, not a celebrity list of actors," Cga president Greg Apps tells If. "We wanted to claim ownership of our rising stars before the Us does."
Dr George Miller presented the Sirius award at the ceremony in Sydney on Monday night hosted by Sarah Snook and Ewen Leslie.
Apps said Coles Smith and Young were the two stand outs, particularly considering how far their careers had advanced over the past 12 months.
Coles Smith.s credits include Pawno,...
The annual award was created to recognise Australia.s top 10 emerging actors, modelled on the Berlin Film Festival.s Shooting Stars initiative.
.The list of the next big things, actors whose careers will pop overseas in the very near future, was chosen by full-time casting directors, not a celebrity list of actors," Cga president Greg Apps tells If. "We wanted to claim ownership of our rising stars before the Us does."
Dr George Miller presented the Sirius award at the ceremony in Sydney on Monday night hosted by Sarah Snook and Ewen Leslie.
Apps said Coles Smith and Young were the two stand outs, particularly considering how far their careers had advanced over the past 12 months.
Coles Smith.s credits include Pawno,...
- 11/23/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Australian actor Radha Mitchell will walk the red carpet at the Melbourne premiere of Sue Brooks. new film Looking For Grace at the Astor Theatre on November 24.
La-based Mitchell (The Waiting City, High Art, Finding Neverland) will be joined by Brooks (Japanese Story) in her home city, along with fellow cast members Odessa Young, Terry Norris and Julia Blake when the film is screened to Melbourne audiences for the first time.
In the film, Mitchell stars as Denise, the mother of eponymous Grace (Young) and wife of Dan (Richard Roxburgh), whose quiet suburban lives are thrown into turmoil when their daughter absconds with a large amount of money from their family safe.
It was only Australian film of the year to be selected In Competition for both Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals, where it had its World and North American Premieres in September.
The film had its Australian premiere...
La-based Mitchell (The Waiting City, High Art, Finding Neverland) will be joined by Brooks (Japanese Story) in her home city, along with fellow cast members Odessa Young, Terry Norris and Julia Blake when the film is screened to Melbourne audiences for the first time.
In the film, Mitchell stars as Denise, the mother of eponymous Grace (Young) and wife of Dan (Richard Roxburgh), whose quiet suburban lives are thrown into turmoil when their daughter absconds with a large amount of money from their family safe.
It was only Australian film of the year to be selected In Competition for both Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals, where it had its World and North American Premieres in September.
The film had its Australian premiere...
- 11/5/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
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