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
Ben Briand..
Aussie writer-director Ben Briand is set to make his feature debut with the thriller Fever Heart, starring Alexander Skarsgård and Cara Delevingne.
Briand is known for shorts such as.Apricot and Blood Pulls a Gun, the latter of which won him the Emerging Filmmaker Award at Miff in 2014..He co-wrote.Fever Heart's script.with Kevin W. Koehler.
Fellow Sydneysider Matt Dooley will produce alongside Picture Films' Margot Hand, with shooting expected to start next year.
Nikki Barratt, who helped assemble actors for the likes of.Hacksaw Ridge, The Great Gatsby.and Mad.Max: Fury Road, is in charge of casting..
Described as "gothic road film", Fever Heart follows a mysterious amnesiac (Skarsgård) who teams up with a beautiful, quick-witted circus sharp-shooter (Delevingne) to uncover his lost memories..
.Aussie Michelle Bennett will executive produce along with Nadine de Barros..
.I'm a huge fan of Ben.s work. I'm...
Aussie writer-director Ben Briand is set to make his feature debut with the thriller Fever Heart, starring Alexander Skarsgård and Cara Delevingne.
Briand is known for shorts such as.Apricot and Blood Pulls a Gun, the latter of which won him the Emerging Filmmaker Award at Miff in 2014..He co-wrote.Fever Heart's script.with Kevin W. Koehler.
Fellow Sydneysider Matt Dooley will produce alongside Picture Films' Margot Hand, with shooting expected to start next year.
Nikki Barratt, who helped assemble actors for the likes of.Hacksaw Ridge, The Great Gatsby.and Mad.Max: Fury Road, is in charge of casting..
Described as "gothic road film", Fever Heart follows a mysterious amnesiac (Skarsgård) who teams up with a beautiful, quick-witted circus sharp-shooter (Delevingne) to uncover his lost memories..
.Aussie Michelle Bennett will executive produce along with Nadine de Barros..
.I'm a huge fan of Ben.s work. I'm...
- 11/4/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Former “True Blood” and Tarzan star Alexander Skarsgard is getting ready to have Cara Delevingne help him beat off amnesia in the new flick Fever Heart, and we have your details right here. THR reports that Ben Briand will direct… Continue Reading →
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- 11/2/2016
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Alexander Skarsgard and Cara Delevingne have climbed aboard Ben Briand’s new, embryonic project Fever Heart, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Pitched as a gothic thriller that mixes elements of a traditional road movie, Briand hatched the screenplay with co-writer Kevin W. Koehler, one that orbits around an “amnesiac (Skarsgard) who teams up with a quick-witted circus sharp shooter (Delevingne) to uncover his lost memories. With a charming and malevolent tracker named Blood Lieberman in violent pursuit, the pair needs to learn to trust each other if they are going to survive this strange land stained with mysticism.”
With tinges of the supernatural peppered across Fever Heart, Briand’s project immediatley piques our curiosity, and the casting of Skarsgard and Delevingne lends the movie a strong foundation before production commences in 2017. Truth be told, both stars enjoyed relatively mixed forays into summer blockbuster territory earlier this year courtesy of The Legend of Tarzan...
Pitched as a gothic thriller that mixes elements of a traditional road movie, Briand hatched the screenplay with co-writer Kevin W. Koehler, one that orbits around an “amnesiac (Skarsgard) who teams up with a quick-witted circus sharp shooter (Delevingne) to uncover his lost memories. With a charming and malevolent tracker named Blood Lieberman in violent pursuit, the pair needs to learn to trust each other if they are going to survive this strange land stained with mysticism.”
With tinges of the supernatural peppered across Fever Heart, Briand’s project immediatley piques our curiosity, and the casting of Skarsgard and Delevingne lends the movie a strong foundation before production commences in 2017. Truth be told, both stars enjoyed relatively mixed forays into summer blockbuster territory earlier this year courtesy of The Legend of Tarzan...
- 11/1/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Matt Saville has been nominated in two categories at the 2015 Australian Directors Guild Awards, for his feature Felony and an episode of Josh Thomas. ABC-tv comedy Please Like Me.
The other nominees in the feature film category are Sophie Hyde for 52 Tuesdays, Jennifer Kent for The Babadook and Robert Connolly for Paper Planes.
There are two nominees for Rake for TV drama series: Jessica Hobbs and Rowan Woods. Also in the running are Shawn Seet for The Code, Geoff Bennett for Love Child and Kevin Carlin for Wentworth.
Kate Dennis and Peter Salmon are both nominated for Secrets & Lies in the TV miniseries category, together with Tony Krawitz (Devil.s Playground). and Ian Watson (Anzac Girls).
The telemovie award is a toss-up between Samantha Lang for Carlotta and Jeffrey Walker for Jack Irish: Dead Point.
In the 30th year of Neighbours, Chris Langman has been nominated in the TV drama...
The other nominees in the feature film category are Sophie Hyde for 52 Tuesdays, Jennifer Kent for The Babadook and Robert Connolly for Paper Planes.
There are two nominees for Rake for TV drama series: Jessica Hobbs and Rowan Woods. Also in the running are Shawn Seet for The Code, Geoff Bennett for Love Child and Kevin Carlin for Wentworth.
Kate Dennis and Peter Salmon are both nominated for Secrets & Lies in the TV miniseries category, together with Tony Krawitz (Devil.s Playground). and Ian Watson (Anzac Girls).
The telemovie award is a toss-up between Samantha Lang for Carlotta and Jeffrey Walker for Jack Irish: Dead Point.
In the 30th year of Neighbours, Chris Langman has been nominated in the TV drama...
- 4/9/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Richard Linklater's Boyhood won best feature and Daniel Ziv took the documentary prize for Jalanan in the People.s Choice awards at the 63rd Melbourne International Film Festival.
Argentine director Manuel Abramovich.s The Queen was named best short and Eddy Bell.s Grey Bull was best Australian short.
The Swinburne Award for emerging Australian filmmaker went to Ben Briand for Blood Pulls a Gun, a short which had its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival.
Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, Boyhood follows a child named Mason (Ellar Coltrane) as he grows up in front of the cameras. Featuring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as his parents and newcomer Lorelei Linklater as his sister, the Universal film previews this weekend and next weekend before its September 4 launch.
Jalanan looks at three charismatic buskers . Boni, Ho and Titi . over a five-year period as they navigate the economic,...
Argentine director Manuel Abramovich.s The Queen was named best short and Eddy Bell.s Grey Bull was best Australian short.
The Swinburne Award for emerging Australian filmmaker went to Ben Briand for Blood Pulls a Gun, a short which had its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival.
Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, Boyhood follows a child named Mason (Ellar Coltrane) as he grows up in front of the cameras. Featuring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as his parents and newcomer Lorelei Linklater as his sister, the Universal film previews this weekend and next weekend before its September 4 launch.
Jalanan looks at three charismatic buskers . Boni, Ho and Titi . over a five-year period as they navigate the economic,...
- 8/21/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
At Mumbrella360 Vice Australia presented Brand Rolled, a night of the best brand-funded content on the web from around the world. Vice Australia director Michael Slonim argues going from ads to content is a difficult yet rewarding change, and offers a selection of the night’s curation.
Brands today should be thinking and acting like media, creating content that’s entertaining as hell and pulls in audiences.
But where should we look to for inspiration when most television, like most advertising, is boring, derivative and easily ignored?
Enter HBO – the undisputed champion of television channels and probably one of the most powerful brands on the planet right now.
That familiar screen of fuzz and “ehhhhhh” sound precedes so many of the shows that young people call their favourite, no matter what screen or legal context they watch them in.
The network’s “It’s not TV, it’s HBO” positioning...
Brands today should be thinking and acting like media, creating content that’s entertaining as hell and pulls in audiences.
But where should we look to for inspiration when most television, like most advertising, is boring, derivative and easily ignored?
Enter HBO – the undisputed champion of television channels and probably one of the most powerful brands on the planet right now.
That familiar screen of fuzz and “ehhhhhh” sound precedes so many of the shows that young people call their favourite, no matter what screen or legal context they watch them in.
The network’s “It’s not TV, it’s HBO” positioning...
- 6/19/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Australia’s film funding agencies should have more individuals read a script before making decisions, debut feature maker Kieran Darcy-Smith has suggested.
Darcy-Smith, writer and director of forthcoming drama Wish You Were Here, told Encore that although they did “pretty well”, he believed too few people at the funding bodies made the decisions. He said: “If a feature script goes into an agency it might land on one or two desks and it might move forward.”
“I know I’m sounding naive [but] if you could get the script in front of ten people then you’ve get a better feeling about how the community will respond. It’s like market research.
“I think it’s about getting those scripts to the widest variety of assessors, and then ask, did it move a lot of people?”
Wish You Were Here’s funding has come from agencies including Screen Australia and workshop assistance from Screen Nsw.
Darcy-Smith, writer and director of forthcoming drama Wish You Were Here, told Encore that although they did “pretty well”, he believed too few people at the funding bodies made the decisions. He said: “If a feature script goes into an agency it might land on one or two desks and it might move forward.”
“I know I’m sounding naive [but] if you could get the script in front of ten people then you’ve get a better feeling about how the community will respond. It’s like market research.
“I think it’s about getting those scripts to the widest variety of assessors, and then ask, did it move a lot of people?”
Wish You Were Here’s funding has come from agencies including Screen Australia and workshop assistance from Screen Nsw.
- 11/16/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Why Watch? This short starts with an intriguing dinner date conversation that transforms into a dream-like world of memories from childhood. It’s a sensory experience of tastes and smells and warmth presented on a silver platter, but there’s something sweetly sinister underneath it all. How are memories can betray us. Do you remember your first kiss? What Will It Cost? Just 10 minutes of your time. Does it get better any better than that? Check out Apricot for yourself: Apricot (2009) Written and Directed By: Ben Briand Starring: Ewen Leslie, Laura Gordon, Alice Zahalka, Joshua Rozzi Trust us. You have time for more short films.
- 3/30/2011
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Australian filmmaker Ben Briand's short film Apricot was the winner of the Community Choice Award for Best Narrative Film at the inaugural 2010 Vimeo Festival. The Vimeo Festival & Awards honour the best in online film and video from around the world in multiple categories, with finalists culled from over 6,500. Apricot was the only ‘Narrative Film' to win the popular vote (with over 300,000 views online) by a community of registered online users and a panel of industry professionals. The short film, which stars Ewan Leslie and Laura Gordon, observes a chance encounter between a mysterious man and a beautiful woman.
- 11/25/2010
- FilmInk.com.au
Australian filmmaker Ben Briand's short film Apricot was the winner of the Community Choice Award for Best Narrative Film at the inaugural 2010 Vimeo Festival. The Vimeo Festival & Awards honour the best in online film and video from around the world in multiple categories, with finalists culled from over 6,500. Apricot was the only ‘Narrative Film' to win the popular vote (with over 300,000 views online) by a community of registered online users and a panel of industry professionals. The short film, which stars Ewan Leslie and Laura Gordon, observes a chance encounter between a mysterious man and a beautiful woman.
- 11/25/2010
- FilmInk.com.au
Ben Briand’s short Apricot has been voted by the audience as Best Narrative Film at Vimeo’s Audience Awards.
“The online success of the film via Vimeo is a true testament to our release strategy and capacity for the film to reach its audience. Apricot really found its audience through non-conventional channels and viewing mediums, with far more people having watched the film online than through the traditional festival environment.,” said Briand.
The short has been viewed online over 300,000 times; it has received coverage on film, photography, fashion and advertising sites.
Apricot tells the story of a chance encounter between a mysterious man and a beautiful woman, which soon becomes deeply personal. Playful prods about the woman’s first childhood kiss sparks a series of fragmented memories. It has screened at the Moscow International Film Festival, as well as at the inaugural Australian Film Festival in Sydney and the St Kilda Film Festival.
“The online success of the film via Vimeo is a true testament to our release strategy and capacity for the film to reach its audience. Apricot really found its audience through non-conventional channels and viewing mediums, with far more people having watched the film online than through the traditional festival environment.,” said Briand.
The short has been viewed online over 300,000 times; it has received coverage on film, photography, fashion and advertising sites.
Apricot tells the story of a chance encounter between a mysterious man and a beautiful woman, which soon becomes deeply personal. Playful prods about the woman’s first childhood kiss sparks a series of fragmented memories. It has screened at the Moscow International Film Festival, as well as at the inaugural Australian Film Festival in Sydney and the St Kilda Film Festival.
- 11/23/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Ben Briand’s short Apricot has been selected as one of the five finalists – out of 6,5000 international submissions – for Best Narrative Film at the 2010 Vimeo Festival and Awards.
“Far more viewers have watched the film online than I could have ever hoped for in the traditional festival environment. The life changing career opportunities that have come from this exposure is a testament to the future of narrative films connecting directly with their target audience online,” said Briand in a statement.
The short, which has been viewed more than 300,000 times online, was produced by Matt Dooley,Michele Bennett, Alexis Bensa and Gaspard Chevance (Cherub Pictures and Moonwalk Films).
Apricot tells the story of a chance encounter between a mysterious man and a beautiful woman, which soon becomes deeply personal. Playful prods about the woman’s first childhood kiss sparks a series of fragmented memories. It has been selected for the Moscow International Film Festival,...
“Far more viewers have watched the film online than I could have ever hoped for in the traditional festival environment. The life changing career opportunities that have come from this exposure is a testament to the future of narrative films connecting directly with their target audience online,” said Briand in a statement.
The short, which has been viewed more than 300,000 times online, was produced by Matt Dooley,Michele Bennett, Alexis Bensa and Gaspard Chevance (Cherub Pictures and Moonwalk Films).
Apricot tells the story of a chance encounter between a mysterious man and a beautiful woman, which soon becomes deeply personal. Playful prods about the woman’s first childhood kiss sparks a series of fragmented memories. It has been selected for the Moscow International Film Festival,...
- 9/29/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
The Australian Directors Guild has published its list of nominees for this year’s awards, with Jeremy Sims, Rachel Perkins, David Michod, Claire McCarthy and Robert Connolly competing in the feature film category.
Television nominees include Tony Tilse for Underbelly: The Golden Mile, Peter Andrikidis for East West 101 and Amanda Brotchie for Lowdown; there are also nominations for environmental efforts and online projects.The wiinners will be announced on September 23 at Star City, Sydney.
This is the full list of nominees:
Feature Film
Beneath Hill 60 Jeremy Sims Bran Nue Dae Rachel Perkins Animal Kingdom David Michôd The Waiting City Claire McCarthy Balibo Robert Connolly
Television Mini series
East West 101: Atonement Peter Andrikidis The Circuit II: Sorry Business Steve Jodrell The Circuit II: Of Mice and Men James Bogle
Documentary Feature
Indonesia Calling: Joris Ivens in Australia John Hughes Three Boys Dreaming Michael Cordell The Burning Season...
Television nominees include Tony Tilse for Underbelly: The Golden Mile, Peter Andrikidis for East West 101 and Amanda Brotchie for Lowdown; there are also nominations for environmental efforts and online projects.The wiinners will be announced on September 23 at Star City, Sydney.
This is the full list of nominees:
Feature Film
Beneath Hill 60 Jeremy Sims Bran Nue Dae Rachel Perkins Animal Kingdom David Michôd The Waiting City Claire McCarthy Balibo Robert Connolly
Television Mini series
East West 101: Atonement Peter Andrikidis The Circuit II: Sorry Business Steve Jodrell The Circuit II: Of Mice and Men James Bogle
Documentary Feature
Indonesia Calling: Joris Ivens in Australia John Hughes Three Boys Dreaming Michael Cordell The Burning Season...
- 8/30/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Apricot is a gorgeously crafted short film about the beauty of young love. The cinematography is lush, the narrative simple and the mood radiates a delectable amount of nostalgia. Ben Briand is the indie filmmaker behind this little feat, I'm not familiar with his work but now he's officially on my radar. Watch the short and share your thoughts...
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- 4/7/2010
- by solshine7@hotmail.com (Karen)
- Reelartsy
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