Exclusive: Channel 4 has set cast for The Gathering, the show from Line of Duty producer World Productions about a violent attack on a teenage girl during a rave.
Boiling Point star Vinette Robinson is aboard the series, which is award-winning novelist Helen Walsh’s debut TV script, and filming has commenced.
BIFA-winner Robinson will play pushy mother Natalie and is joined by leads Eva Morgan and Sadie Soverall (Little Bone Lodge), who play Kelly and Jessica respectively. Also aboard are Warren Brown (Ten Pound Poms) as Kelly’s hard working single parent Paul, and Richard Coyle (The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) as successful solicitor Jules, along with Sonny Walker (The Responder), Luca Kamleh- Chapman and Hebron Tedros.
Greenlit last year, The Gathering centers on the violent attack on a teenage girl in a tidal islet. Set on Merseyside and interrogating the ways in which today’s parents impose their agendas,...
Boiling Point star Vinette Robinson is aboard the series, which is award-winning novelist Helen Walsh’s debut TV script, and filming has commenced.
BIFA-winner Robinson will play pushy mother Natalie and is joined by leads Eva Morgan and Sadie Soverall (Little Bone Lodge), who play Kelly and Jessica respectively. Also aboard are Warren Brown (Ten Pound Poms) as Kelly’s hard working single parent Paul, and Richard Coyle (The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) as successful solicitor Jules, along with Sonny Walker (The Responder), Luca Kamleh- Chapman and Hebron Tedros.
Greenlit last year, The Gathering centers on the violent attack on a teenage girl in a tidal islet. Set on Merseyside and interrogating the ways in which today’s parents impose their agendas,...
- 7/27/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
With the Greater Sydney lockdown due to extend until at least the end of the month, Sydney Film Festival, intended to run August 18-29, will now move to new dates in early November.
This is the second date change for the festival so far this year; typically, Sff is held in June. It pushed its dates to August to following the shifts of major festivals like Cannes and Berlin.
In 2020, the festival was initially cancelled outright, before organisers pivoted to a smaller, online-only line-up of 33 films.
However, this year, while various models were considered through the Covid outbreak, moving entirely online was not an option, nor was a hybrid festival.
Sff CEO Leigh Small tells If that in rescheduling to November, the most important consideration was that the festival be able to go ahead in person, noting that audiences want to get back into cinemas, and industry is financially reliant on an in-cinema model.
This is the second date change for the festival so far this year; typically, Sff is held in June. It pushed its dates to August to following the shifts of major festivals like Cannes and Berlin.
In 2020, the festival was initially cancelled outright, before organisers pivoted to a smaller, online-only line-up of 33 films.
However, this year, while various models were considered through the Covid outbreak, moving entirely online was not an option, nor was a hybrid festival.
Sff CEO Leigh Small tells If that in rescheduling to November, the most important consideration was that the festival be able to go ahead in person, noting that audiences want to get back into cinemas, and industry is financially reliant on an in-cinema model.
- 8/2/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
The friendship and collaboration between iconic Australian fashion creatives Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson forms the subject of Amanda Blue’s documentary, Step Into Paradise.
The duo met in the 1970s and opened Flamingo Park in Sydney’s The Strand, revolutionising the local fashion landscape with a style that made kitsch cool.
Darren Dale and Fran Moore produce for Blackfella Films.
The post ‘Step into Paradise’ (Trailer) appeared first on If Magazine.
The duo met in the 1970s and opened Flamingo Park in Sydney’s The Strand, revolutionising the local fashion landscape with a style that made kitsch cool.
Darren Dale and Fran Moore produce for Blackfella Films.
The post ‘Step into Paradise’ (Trailer) appeared first on If Magazine.
- 6/11/2021
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Sydney Film Festival has revealed the first 22 titles on its line-up for this year, which will see the festival return to cinemas around the city after 2020’s virtual iteration.
Leading the pack are a contingent of local docos including Philippa Bateman’s Wash My Soul in the River’s Flow; Amanda Blue’s Step into Paradise and Eddie Martin’s The Kids, recently selected for Tribeca.
Sff will also boast the Nsw premiere of Kiwi film The Justice of Bunny King, Gaysorn Thavat’s debut feature led by Essie Davis and Thomasin McKenzie; and Nz-Canadian co-production, NIght Raiders, directed by Danis Goulet and executive produced by Taika Waititi.
Festival director Nashen Moodley is excited to return to an in-person event come August, noting the festival already had a “incredible” response to its summer season in January at the State Theatre, when it screened High Ground, Firestarter, Girls Can’t Surf, Minari and Another Round.
Leading the pack are a contingent of local docos including Philippa Bateman’s Wash My Soul in the River’s Flow; Amanda Blue’s Step into Paradise and Eddie Martin’s The Kids, recently selected for Tribeca.
Sff will also boast the Nsw premiere of Kiwi film The Justice of Bunny King, Gaysorn Thavat’s debut feature led by Essie Davis and Thomasin McKenzie; and Nz-Canadian co-production, NIght Raiders, directed by Danis Goulet and executive produced by Taika Waititi.
Festival director Nashen Moodley is excited to return to an in-person event come August, noting the festival already had a “incredible” response to its summer season in January at the State Theatre, when it screened High Ground, Firestarter, Girls Can’t Surf, Minari and Another Round.
- 6/8/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Craig Reucassel and Rachel Griffiths have been added to the Australian International Documentary Conference (Aidc) speaker line-up ahead of Sunday’s start.
Speaking in the session ‘Working With ABC Arts’, which will focus on new opportunities for arts content at the ABC, Griffiths will chat about her new documentary series exploring 100 years of the Archibald Prize, Finding the Archibald. She will be joined by the director of Step Into Paradise, Amanda Blue, executive producer for ABC Arts TV, Kalita Corrigan, and moderator Namila Benson from ABC Radio National.
On day one of Aidc 2021, Craig Reucassel will host the ABC opening night trivia, a special limited-capacity session in which All Access pass holders have the chance to join a small team, headed by an ABC commissioning editor, to flaunt their documentary knowledge across a range of ABC categories – from arts to natural history to factual series and more.
The Aidc runs online Sunday,...
Speaking in the session ‘Working With ABC Arts’, which will focus on new opportunities for arts content at the ABC, Griffiths will chat about her new documentary series exploring 100 years of the Archibald Prize, Finding the Archibald. She will be joined by the director of Step Into Paradise, Amanda Blue, executive producer for ABC Arts TV, Kalita Corrigan, and moderator Namila Benson from ABC Radio National.
On day one of Aidc 2021, Craig Reucassel will host the ABC opening night trivia, a special limited-capacity session in which All Access pass holders have the chance to join a small team, headed by an ABC commissioning editor, to flaunt their documentary knowledge across a range of ABC categories – from arts to natural history to factual series and more.
The Aidc runs online Sunday,...
- 2/25/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson (Photo: Fran Moore).
Screen Australia has announced $1.9 million in production funding for 10 documentaries through the Producer program and one through the Commissioned program.
The slate includes a feature documentary celebrating fashion designers Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson; a three-part exploration of contemporary Indigenous art from Wildbear/Frame Up Films; and a new series from Northern Pictures for Sbs about domestic violence in Australia.
Head of documentary Bernadine Lim said: “We are thrilled to support these documentaries from around the country, with stories that celebrate iconic Australians including retailer Franco Cozzo, designers Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson, and tennis champion Jelena Dokic.”
“This slate is set to shine a light on crucial and timely issues of family violence and the environment, and explore art and science through innovative storytelling technology.”
Producer Program projects:
Art of Australia and the Pacific (working title): A three-part series from...
Screen Australia has announced $1.9 million in production funding for 10 documentaries through the Producer program and one through the Commissioned program.
The slate includes a feature documentary celebrating fashion designers Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson; a three-part exploration of contemporary Indigenous art from Wildbear/Frame Up Films; and a new series from Northern Pictures for Sbs about domestic violence in Australia.
Head of documentary Bernadine Lim said: “We are thrilled to support these documentaries from around the country, with stories that celebrate iconic Australians including retailer Franco Cozzo, designers Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson, and tennis champion Jelena Dokic.”
“This slate is set to shine a light on crucial and timely issues of family violence and the environment, and explore art and science through innovative storytelling technology.”
Producer Program projects:
Art of Australia and the Pacific (working title): A three-part series from...
- 12/10/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
A feature doc about Lion and Beautiful Boy writer Luke Davies, a film about a recording studio on a remote island in the Caribbean built by Sir George Martin and a tale about underground horror filmmaker Dick Dale are some of the docs to have received funding from Screen Australia.
The Australian government-backed body has awarded A$3.5M (Us$2.5M) for 18 docs as part of its latest funding giveaway.
Milkman: The Story of Luke Davies tells the story of the author, who wrote the Australian feature Lion, which starred Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman, and Steve Carrell and Timothee Chalamet-fronted Beautiful Boy. Davies is currently working on George Clooney’s Hulu drama Catch 22. The project is directed by Davies and Eddie Martin.
Under the Volcano explores Air studios Montserrat, a state-of-the-art recording facility tucked away on a remote island in the Caribbean. Built by Beatles producer Sir George Martin, the...
The Australian government-backed body has awarded A$3.5M (Us$2.5M) for 18 docs as part of its latest funding giveaway.
Milkman: The Story of Luke Davies tells the story of the author, who wrote the Australian feature Lion, which starred Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman, and Steve Carrell and Timothee Chalamet-fronted Beautiful Boy. Davies is currently working on George Clooney’s Hulu drama Catch 22. The project is directed by Davies and Eddie Martin.
Under the Volcano explores Air studios Montserrat, a state-of-the-art recording facility tucked away on a remote island in the Caribbean. Built by Beatles producer Sir George Martin, the...
- 12/17/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Jelena Dokic.
Screen Australia today announced $3.5 million worth of funding for 18 documentaries, including a feature-length project from Cjz about tennis star Jelena Dokic; a portrait of Lion and Beautiful Boy screenwriter Luke Davies; and a 10-part series that will see lawyer and advocate Julian Burnside in conversation with human rights leaders.
In total $1,385,000 in production funding was allocated through the Producer program, and $2,165,000 through the Commissioned program. An additional $140,000 was provided in development funding to 10 documentaries.
“We continue to be blown away by the ability of Australian documentary makers to connect and move audiences with complex human stories and issues of the moment. These latest projects will share the stories of remarkable Australians from those with neuro-diverse conditions looking for love, to the life of Oscar-nominated screenwriter Luke Davies,” said Screen Australia head of documentary Bernadine Lim. “I’m also pleased to see Australian documentary makers continue to tackle international stories,...
Screen Australia today announced $3.5 million worth of funding for 18 documentaries, including a feature-length project from Cjz about tennis star Jelena Dokic; a portrait of Lion and Beautiful Boy screenwriter Luke Davies; and a 10-part series that will see lawyer and advocate Julian Burnside in conversation with human rights leaders.
In total $1,385,000 in production funding was allocated through the Producer program, and $2,165,000 through the Commissioned program. An additional $140,000 was provided in development funding to 10 documentaries.
“We continue to be blown away by the ability of Australian documentary makers to connect and move audiences with complex human stories and issues of the moment. These latest projects will share the stories of remarkable Australians from those with neuro-diverse conditions looking for love, to the life of Oscar-nominated screenwriter Luke Davies,” said Screen Australia head of documentary Bernadine Lim. “I’m also pleased to see Australian documentary makers continue to tackle international stories,...
- 12/17/2018
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Participants revealed for year-long initiative.
Bafta has named the 15 female directors taking part in its inaugural career development programme for under-represented groups in film and TV.
Launched in February, Elevate will initially focus on helping women progress their directing careers in high-end television and film. According to 2016 data from Directors UK, only 13.6% of working directors between 2004 and 2014 were female.
The group of 15 was selected from 250 applicants, and reflect a range of experience levels and backgrounds.
Participants include My Brother the Devil director Sally El Hosaini, who co-directed Channel 4 and Sundance TV’s Babylon; Wolfblood and Dates director Sarah Walker; Tina Gharavi, founder of media production company Bridge + Tunnel; and Vanessa Caswill, a lead director on BBC3’s Thirteen.
Full list of Bafta Elevate directors:Alicia DuffyAmanda BlueCathy BradyChristiana Ebohon-GreenDawn ShadforthDelyth ThomasEmma SullivanKate SaxonLindy HeymannLisa ClarkeRebecca JohnsonSally El HosainiSarah WalkerTina GharaviVanessa Caswill
The year-long initiative will include panel discussions, masterclasses and workshops, These will build...
Bafta has named the 15 female directors taking part in its inaugural career development programme for under-represented groups in film and TV.
Launched in February, Elevate will initially focus on helping women progress their directing careers in high-end television and film. According to 2016 data from Directors UK, only 13.6% of working directors between 2004 and 2014 were female.
The group of 15 was selected from 250 applicants, and reflect a range of experience levels and backgrounds.
Participants include My Brother the Devil director Sally El Hosaini, who co-directed Channel 4 and Sundance TV’s Babylon; Wolfblood and Dates director Sarah Walker; Tina Gharavi, founder of media production company Bridge + Tunnel; and Vanessa Caswill, a lead director on BBC3’s Thirteen.
Full list of Bafta Elevate directors:Alicia DuffyAmanda BlueCathy BradyChristiana Ebohon-GreenDawn ShadforthDelyth ThomasEmma SullivanKate SaxonLindy HeymannLisa ClarkeRebecca JohnsonSally El HosainiSarah WalkerTina GharaviVanessa Caswill
The year-long initiative will include panel discussions, masterclasses and workshops, These will build...
- 5/18/2017
- ScreenDaily
(l-r) Deepti Naval and Garth Davis on set (photo credit: Mark Rogers).
The nominees for best feature direction at this year.s Adg Awards are Garth Davis (Lion), Simon Stone (The Daughter), Ben Young (Hounds of Love), Craig Boreham (Teenage Kicks) and Jonathan Leahy (Skin Deep). All are celebrated for their feature debuts..
Adg CEO Kingston Anderson says the Adg is angling for a high-profile director to present the feature film award. .I can.t say who it is but if we get him it.d be great," he tells If. "It.s a timing issue as usual...
Emma Freeman is nominated in the TV direction category for her work on Secret City alongside Leah Purcell for Cleverman, Rowan Woods for Rake and Tony Krawitz for The Kettering Incident.
.As always TV drama continues to be a strong and important and powerful category, and that reflects what.s going on in our industry,...
The nominees for best feature direction at this year.s Adg Awards are Garth Davis (Lion), Simon Stone (The Daughter), Ben Young (Hounds of Love), Craig Boreham (Teenage Kicks) and Jonathan Leahy (Skin Deep). All are celebrated for their feature debuts..
Adg CEO Kingston Anderson says the Adg is angling for a high-profile director to present the feature film award. .I can.t say who it is but if we get him it.d be great," he tells If. "It.s a timing issue as usual...
Emma Freeman is nominated in the TV direction category for her work on Secret City alongside Leah Purcell for Cleverman, Rowan Woods for Rake and Tony Krawitz for The Kettering Incident.
.As always TV drama continues to be a strong and important and powerful category, and that reflects what.s going on in our industry,...
- 4/6/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Deep Water.—.The Real Story..
Alongside its drama series of the same name, Sbs will air feature documentary Deep Water — The Real Story in mid-October.
The film, directed by Amanda Blue (Prescott: The Class System and Me, Young Black Farmers, After The Wave) examines a spate of gay-hate crimes that occurred around Sydney.s coastline in the 80s and 90s. Gang assaults were carried out on cliffs around the city, and mysterious deaths officially recorded as .suicide., .disappearance. and .misadventure..
The documentary examines individual stories through first person interviews and detailed re-enactments in an attempt to piece together the facts of these unsolved cases.
Sbs has angled Deep Water as its first .cross-genre, cross-platform event., with the drama series and documentary also complemented by an online interactive hub that looks at each of the 30 unresolved deaths. –... Read about If.s visit to the set of Deep Water.(the show). Deep...
Alongside its drama series of the same name, Sbs will air feature documentary Deep Water — The Real Story in mid-October.
The film, directed by Amanda Blue (Prescott: The Class System and Me, Young Black Farmers, After The Wave) examines a spate of gay-hate crimes that occurred around Sydney.s coastline in the 80s and 90s. Gang assaults were carried out on cliffs around the city, and mysterious deaths officially recorded as .suicide., .disappearance. and .misadventure..
The documentary examines individual stories through first person interviews and detailed re-enactments in an attempt to piece together the facts of these unsolved cases.
Sbs has angled Deep Water as its first .cross-genre, cross-platform event., with the drama series and documentary also complemented by an online interactive hub that looks at each of the 30 unresolved deaths. –... Read about If.s visit to the set of Deep Water.(the show). Deep...
- 9/27/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Deep Water.—.The Real Story..
Alongside its drama series of the same name, Sbs will air feature documentary Deep Water — The Real Story in mid-October.
The film, directed by Amanda Blue (Prescott: The Class System and Me, Young Black Farmers, After The Wave) examines a spate of gay-hate crimes that occurred around Sydney.s coastline in the 80s and 90s. Gang assaults were carried out on cliffs around the city, and mysterious deaths officially recorded as .suicide., .disappearance. and .misadventure..
The documentary examines individual stories through first person interviews and detailed re-enactments in an attempt to piece together the facts of these unsolved cases.
Sbs has angled Deep Water as its first .cross-genre, cross-platform event., with the drama series and documentary also complemented by an online interactive hub that looks at each of the 30 unresolved deaths. –... Read about If.s visit to the set of Deep Water.(the show). Deep...
Alongside its drama series of the same name, Sbs will air feature documentary Deep Water — The Real Story in mid-October.
The film, directed by Amanda Blue (Prescott: The Class System and Me, Young Black Farmers, After The Wave) examines a spate of gay-hate crimes that occurred around Sydney.s coastline in the 80s and 90s. Gang assaults were carried out on cliffs around the city, and mysterious deaths officially recorded as .suicide., .disappearance. and .misadventure..
The documentary examines individual stories through first person interviews and detailed re-enactments in an attempt to piece together the facts of these unsolved cases.
Sbs has angled Deep Water as its first .cross-genre, cross-platform event., with the drama series and documentary also complemented by an online interactive hub that looks at each of the 30 unresolved deaths. –... Read about If.s visit to the set of Deep Water.(the show). Deep...
- 9/27/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Supermoms: Four new mothers come together to "right society's injustices" in Supermoms, a pitch for a comedy script that will be written by Amanda Blue Peterson. The goal is to make a movie that combines the rowdy humor of Bridesmaids with the outlandish action of Kick-Ass. [Deadline] The Kaiser's Last Kiss: Lily James (Cinderella) and Jai Courtney (Terminator Genisys) are featured in the first official photo from The Kaiser's Last Kiss, a romantic drama set during World War II. The film follow a German soldier investigating the Dutch resistance who falls for a young Jewish woman. Danny Boyle: Director Danny Boyle says that he was left "in grief" after David Bowie decided not to grant permission for his songs to be used in...
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- 11/10/2015
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
Images: Everett Supermoms: Imagine combining the rowdy humor of Bridesmaids with the outlandish action of Kick-Ass. That's the pitch for Supermoms, in which four new mothers come together to "right society's injustices." The script for the comedy will be written by Amanda Blue Peterson. [Deadline] The Kaiser's Last Kiss: Lily James (Cinderella) and Jai Courtney (Terminator Genisys) are featured in the first official photo from The Kaiser's Last...
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- 11/10/2015
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
Exclusive: The Firm's newly launched film division has acquired Supermoms, a pitch for a raucous comedy that will be scripted by Amanda Blue Peterson. The ambition is Bridesmaids meets Kick-Ass, as four new mothers who meet in a new mommy group bond together to team up to right society's injustices – large and small – faced by new mothers just like them. Amanda Blue Peterson and Tessa Benson will produce with The Firm's film president Robbie Brenner and CEO Jeff…...
- 11/9/2015
- Deadline
Documentaries on the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, mining uranium and road train drivers traversing the Outback have received funding from Screen Australia.
Other recipients of the International Documentary Program are a second series of ABC-tv.s Redesign My Brain and Death or Liberty, an account of how political radicals exiled to Australia in the 19th century helped to create the world's first true democracy.
All told the agency is investing more than $1.7 million in the five projects, triggering more than $6.8 million worth of production.
.With two single-hour projects, two series and a feature-length project funded this round, it is a strong and diverse finish for the end of the financial year,. said Liz Stevens, Screen Australia senior manager documentary.
.In addition, working with international partners is a great way to grow the pie for Australian producers. These producers will work with American, Irish, English and German broadcasters on some exceptional programs.
Other recipients of the International Documentary Program are a second series of ABC-tv.s Redesign My Brain and Death or Liberty, an account of how political radicals exiled to Australia in the 19th century helped to create the world's first true democracy.
All told the agency is investing more than $1.7 million in the five projects, triggering more than $6.8 million worth of production.
.With two single-hour projects, two series and a feature-length project funded this round, it is a strong and diverse finish for the end of the financial year,. said Liz Stevens, Screen Australia senior manager documentary.
.In addition, working with international partners is a great way to grow the pie for Australian producers. These producers will work with American, Irish, English and German broadcasters on some exceptional programs.
- 4/22/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
By Screen Daily
Myriad Pictures has added Josh Radnor’s Sundance crowd-pleaser "happythankyoumoreplease" to its Efm slate after acquiring international rights.
CEO and president Kirk D’Amico and vice-president of production Amanda Blue negotiated the deal over the weekend with Andrew Hurwitz from Schreck Rose Dapello Adams & Hurwitz.
D’Amico will commence sales in Berlin on the ensemble film, which received its world premiere on Friday (January 22) and follows six New Yorkers on the cusp of adulthood as they juggle the demands of love and friendship.
Dav...
Myriad Pictures has added Josh Radnor’s Sundance crowd-pleaser "happythankyoumoreplease" to its Efm slate after acquiring international rights.
CEO and president Kirk D’Amico and vice-president of production Amanda Blue negotiated the deal over the weekend with Andrew Hurwitz from Schreck Rose Dapello Adams & Hurwitz.
D’Amico will commence sales in Berlin on the ensemble film, which received its world premiere on Friday (January 22) and follows six New Yorkers on the cusp of adulthood as they juggle the demands of love and friendship.
Dav...
- 1/26/2010
- by Dylan Stableford
- The Wrap
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