Bruce Beresford..
Bruce Beresford has worked on Us movies and TV shows for decades, so he was ill-prepared when Us authorities cancelled his visa waiver.
The director told If he and his wife Virginia Duigan were halted at the Us-Canadian border at the Great Lakes last month and refused entry.
Their .crime.? Beresford and Duigan had visited the Fajr Film Festival and Market in Tehran in 2014, where the director served on the jury.
When he applied last December for the Esta (Electronic System Travel Authorisation), which enables Aussies to visit the Us without a visa for up to 90 days, he did not note that he had been to Iran because he did not realise the country was on the banned list imposed by President Trump.
When he asked a border official what would have happened if he had declared the visit to Iran, he was told the Esta would have been refused.
Bruce Beresford has worked on Us movies and TV shows for decades, so he was ill-prepared when Us authorities cancelled his visa waiver.
The director told If he and his wife Virginia Duigan were halted at the Us-Canadian border at the Great Lakes last month and refused entry.
Their .crime.? Beresford and Duigan had visited the Fajr Film Festival and Market in Tehran in 2014, where the director served on the jury.
When he applied last December for the Esta (Electronic System Travel Authorisation), which enables Aussies to visit the Us without a visa for up to 90 days, he did not note that he had been to Iran because he did not realise the country was on the banned list imposed by President Trump.
When he asked a border official what would have happened if he had declared the visit to Iran, he was told the Esta would have been refused.
- 6/4/2017
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The People Smuggler, a book by filmmaker Robin de Crespigny that was first written by her as a film script, has been launched at Sydney Writers. Festival.
The book tells the true story of Ali Al Jenabi who .became a people smuggler in order to get his family here., said refugee advocate Ngaretta Rossell at the event.
She first approached writer Virginia Duigan and her husband, director Bruce Beresford, about using film to draw attention to his story, and subsequently found her way to de Crespigny.
Unable to get traction with potential film partners, scriptwriter John Collee suggested de Crespigny re-write the script as a book, although she at first protested that she.d never written a book.
.John said write a chapter and I will tell you if you can write,. de Crespigny said in a moving speech at the launch.
.It was an epic journey that needed to be told in its entirety,...
The book tells the true story of Ali Al Jenabi who .became a people smuggler in order to get his family here., said refugee advocate Ngaretta Rossell at the event.
She first approached writer Virginia Duigan and her husband, director Bruce Beresford, about using film to draw attention to his story, and subsequently found her way to de Crespigny.
Unable to get traction with potential film partners, scriptwriter John Collee suggested de Crespigny re-write the script as a book, although she at first protested that she.d never written a book.
.John said write a chapter and I will tell you if you can write,. de Crespigny said in a moving speech at the launch.
.It was an epic journey that needed to be told in its entirety,...
- 5/25/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
Possession(s), a new Australian short, featured one of the most notable launches in recent memory. To coincide with the film’s release a famous Peter Booth artwork, Painting (Man With Bandaged Head), was sold off in The Deutscher and Hackett Important Fine Art Auction.
The tie-in between the film and the auction comes in the shape of actor Laurence Fuller who used the painting, which he owned, as inspiration for the dark, brooding short. His character Frank, upon seeing the Peter Booth work, becomes embroiled with a sense of obsession; he simply has to own the piece and will do anything to make it so. However, it soon becomes clear that Frank is not the only one consumed by the desire to possess.
Laurence Fuller shines in the lead role and it is easy to see why he is a much sought after young actor. Having attended the Method...
The tie-in between the film and the auction comes in the shape of actor Laurence Fuller who used the painting, which he owned, as inspiration for the dark, brooding short. His character Frank, upon seeing the Peter Booth work, becomes embroiled with a sense of obsession; he simply has to own the piece and will do anything to make it so. However, it soon becomes clear that Frank is not the only one consumed by the desire to possess.
Laurence Fuller shines in the lead role and it is easy to see why he is a much sought after young actor. Having attended the Method...
- 12/1/2009
- by Kieron
- ReelLoop.com
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