Buckskin, a documentary which profiles Adelaide language teacher Jack Buckskin.s mission to teach the once-endangered Kaurna language to Indigenous and non-Indigenous students, won the Foxtel Australian Documentary prize.
Director Dylan McDonald was awarded the $10,000 prize at the Sydney Film Festival. Buckskin is part of Sff.s Screen: Black program of films from Indigenous filmmakers.
The Foxtel jury gave a special mention to Miss Nikki and the Tiger Girls, Juliet Lamont.s film which chronicles the careers of emerging young female pop stars in Myanmar. Highly commended was Big Name No Blanket, Steven McGregor.s tribute to the Warumpi Band, its late front man George Rrurrambu, and his creative relationship with songwriter Neil Murray.
The jury comprised director/ producer Ned Lander, documentary filmmaker Sascha Ettinger Epstein and Mariska Dean, Head of Programming . Factual Channels for Foxtel Networks Australia.
The $5,000 Dendy Live Action Short Award went to Perception, director Miranda Nation...
Director Dylan McDonald was awarded the $10,000 prize at the Sydney Film Festival. Buckskin is part of Sff.s Screen: Black program of films from Indigenous filmmakers.
The Foxtel jury gave a special mention to Miss Nikki and the Tiger Girls, Juliet Lamont.s film which chronicles the careers of emerging young female pop stars in Myanmar. Highly commended was Big Name No Blanket, Steven McGregor.s tribute to the Warumpi Band, its late front man George Rrurrambu, and his creative relationship with songwriter Neil Murray.
The jury comprised director/ producer Ned Lander, documentary filmmaker Sascha Ettinger Epstein and Mariska Dean, Head of Programming . Factual Channels for Foxtel Networks Australia.
The $5,000 Dendy Live Action Short Award went to Perception, director Miranda Nation...
- 6/16/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Hunter Contest Giveaway Sweepstakes. This The Hunter Blu-ray contest, giveaway, sweepstakes illustrates The Hunter‘s release on DVD and 3D Blu-ray on July 3, 2012 and is co-sponsored by DragonBlogger. Daniel Nettheim‘s The Hunter stars Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Frances O’Connor, Sullivan Stapleton, and Dan Wyllie, Callan Mulvey, Jacek Koman, Morgana Davies, and Maia Thomas. The Hunter‘s plot synopsis: a based on the book by Julia Leigh, The Hunter [...]
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- 7/3/2012
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Australian film Black & White & Sex has been voted in the top three favourite films in its opening weekend at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam.
Producer John Winter (Rabbit-Proof Fence, Doing Time for Patsy Cline), in his directorial debut . a film-within-a-film about a sex worker who is determined to set the record straight about sex . secured an outstanding response from audience members for his provocative film which speaks honestly and openly about sex and sexuality.
The Upc Audience Award, which is voted by the public, saw Martin Scorsese's Hugo at number one and Les géants (translated as The Giants) at number two.
Written and directed by Winter and produced by Melissa Beauford, the Titan View-distributed film had a positive response last year when it screened at the Sydney Film Festival. In a forthright discussion between a documentary filmmaker (Matthew Holmes) and a sex worker, Angie, the different facets of...
Producer John Winter (Rabbit-Proof Fence, Doing Time for Patsy Cline), in his directorial debut . a film-within-a-film about a sex worker who is determined to set the record straight about sex . secured an outstanding response from audience members for his provocative film which speaks honestly and openly about sex and sexuality.
The Upc Audience Award, which is voted by the public, saw Martin Scorsese's Hugo at number one and Les géants (translated as The Giants) at number two.
Written and directed by Winter and produced by Melissa Beauford, the Titan View-distributed film had a positive response last year when it screened at the Sydney Film Festival. In a forthright discussion between a documentary filmmaker (Matthew Holmes) and a sex worker, Angie, the different facets of...
- 1/30/2012
- by Aleksandra Popovic
- IF.com.au
The Hunter Trailer. Daniel Nettheim‘s The Hunter (2011) movie trailer stars Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Frances O’Connor, Sullivan Stapleton, and Dan Wyllie. The Hunter‘s plot synopsis: based on the book by Julia Leigh, The Hunter is about “the hunt for the last known Tasmanian tiger by a man identified only as M, who wants to find the creature for a multinational biotech company. Tracking M’s fateful course, beginning at a remote house on the fringe of a vast wilderness and receding into the forest-a world of silence and stillness-The Hunter is a haunting tale of obsession and redemption. It is the story of a business proposition that takes on mythic aspects, as the quest for a nearly extinct animal becomes a search not for ultimate profit but for the essence of life that technology has all but crushed.”
Great tone in this trailer, especially Willem Dafoe...
Great tone in this trailer, especially Willem Dafoe...
- 1/29/2012
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Third poster for Daniel Nettheim's The Hunter, starring Willem Dafoe, Frances O'Connor and Sam Neill The winner of two Australian Film Institute Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Original Score, made its debut at last year's Toronto International Film Festival. Also in the cast are Frances O'Connor, Sam Neill, Morgana Davies, Finn Woodlock, Jacek Koman, Callan Mulvey, John Brumpton, Dan Wyllie, Sullivan Stapleton, Jamie Timony, Dan Spielman, Maia Thomas, Marc Watson and Mark Hennesy. The Hunter is the story of Martin, a skilled and ruthless mercenary sent into the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for a tiger believed to be extinct. Hired by an anonymous company that wants the tiger’s genetic material, Martin arrives in Tasmania posing as a scientist. He proceeds to set up base camp at a broken-down farmhouse, where he stays with a family whose father has gone missing...
- 1/27/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Third poster for Daniel Nettheim's The Hunter, starring Willem Dafoe, Frances O'Connor and Sam Neill The winner of two Australian Film Institute Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Original Score, made its debut at last year's Toronto International Film Festival. Also in the cast are Frances O'Connor, Sam Neill, Morgana Davies, Finn Woodlock, Jacek Koman, Callan Mulvey, John Brumpton, Dan Wyllie, Sullivan Stapleton, Jamie Timony, Dan Spielman, Maia Thomas, Marc Watson and Mark Hennesy. The Hunter is the story of Martin, a skilled and ruthless mercenary sent into the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for a tiger believed to be extinct. Hired by an anonymous company that wants the tiger’s genetic material, Martin arrives in Tasmania posing as a scientist. He proceeds to set up base camp at a broken-down farmhouse, where he stays with a family whose father has gone missing...
- 1/27/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Third poster for Daniel Nettheim's The Hunter, starring Willem Dafoe, Frances O'Connor and Sam Neill The winner of two Australian Film Institute Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Original Score, made its debut at last year's Toronto International Film Festival. Also in the cast are Frances O'Connor, Sam Neill, Morgana Davies, Finn Woodlock, Jacek Koman, Callan Mulvey, John Brumpton, Dan Wyllie, Sullivan Stapleton, Jamie Timony, Dan Spielman, Maia Thomas, Marc Watson and Mark Hennesy. The Hunter is the story of Martin, a skilled and ruthless mercenary sent into the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for a tiger believed to be extinct. Hired by an anonymous company that wants the tiger’s genetic material, Martin arrives in Tasmania posing as a scientist. He proceeds to set up base camp at a broken-down farmhouse, where he stays with a family whose father has gone missing...
- 1/27/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Today's pick for the Sydney Film Festival Trailer of the Day is Black & White & Sex. Here's what the Sff Program says about the film: Australian producer John Winter (Rabbit-Proof Fence, Doing Time for Patsy Cline) makes his directorial debut with a conceptually daring work that adopts a film-within-a-film structure. Angie (played alternately by Katherine Hicks, Anya Beyersdorf, Valerie Bader, Roxane Wilson, Michelle Vergara Moore, Dina Panozzo, Saskia Burmeister and Maia Thomas) is a sex worker being interviewed by a director (Matthew Holmes) who is making a film about sex. Determined to set the record straight about love, seduction and power, Angie's interview is erotic, funny and confronting. Her intellectual striptease and no-holes-barred approach to talking about sex ultimately turns the tables, exposes...
- 6/19/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Retro Active Film
PARK CITY -- It's clear from the first few minutes of Matthew Saville's "Noise" that this highly compelling first feature has no intention of being your average, run-of-the-mill thriller.
Set in a small Melbourne suburb where two possibly connected heinous crimes have been committed just before Christmas, the film, which received its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, kicks off with a wallop, then constantly confounds expectations by approaching its subject matter from fresh directions.
Factor in some neatly modulated performances and a dynamic sound design entirely fitting for a film titled "Noise", and you've got an import that could make itself heard in the specialty market, though there are times when the heavy dialect can put a strain on untrained ears.
That startling beginning takes place in a subway station, where a young woman (Maia Thomas), immersed in the music coming from her headphones, is oblivious to the familiar screeching of metal and rubber that announces the arrival of her train.
But she can't help but notice when a fellow passenger keels over and falls to the floor. When she goes to assist her, it is then that she realizes that everyone else in her car has been shot to death with the exception of one lone survivor who turns out to be the perp.
Meanwhile, in another subway station, a young constable (Brendan Cowell) is about to go up an escalator when he suddenly passes out, cutting open his forehead on the sharp metal step. He's diagnosed with tinnitus and applies for workers' compensation but his unsympathetic superior instead assigns him to mundane surveillance duty in a police caravan stationed near a second murder scene.
Screenwriter-director Saville might be working in the police procedural/thriller genres, but he has no interest in confining himself to the usual cat and/or mouse perspectives. He also extends his reach to the peripheral characters whose lives have been impacted by the tragic events in very different ways.
Production values are solid, but it's sound designer Emma Bortignon who deserves a special shout-out here, with a remarkable mix that effectively simulates that crippling ringing in Cowell's head.
Like many other things about "Noise", it immerses the viewer in some intriguing new places.
PARK CITY -- It's clear from the first few minutes of Matthew Saville's "Noise" that this highly compelling first feature has no intention of being your average, run-of-the-mill thriller.
Set in a small Melbourne suburb where two possibly connected heinous crimes have been committed just before Christmas, the film, which received its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, kicks off with a wallop, then constantly confounds expectations by approaching its subject matter from fresh directions.
Factor in some neatly modulated performances and a dynamic sound design entirely fitting for a film titled "Noise", and you've got an import that could make itself heard in the specialty market, though there are times when the heavy dialect can put a strain on untrained ears.
That startling beginning takes place in a subway station, where a young woman (Maia Thomas), immersed in the music coming from her headphones, is oblivious to the familiar screeching of metal and rubber that announces the arrival of her train.
But she can't help but notice when a fellow passenger keels over and falls to the floor. When she goes to assist her, it is then that she realizes that everyone else in her car has been shot to death with the exception of one lone survivor who turns out to be the perp.
Meanwhile, in another subway station, a young constable (Brendan Cowell) is about to go up an escalator when he suddenly passes out, cutting open his forehead on the sharp metal step. He's diagnosed with tinnitus and applies for workers' compensation but his unsympathetic superior instead assigns him to mundane surveillance duty in a police caravan stationed near a second murder scene.
Screenwriter-director Saville might be working in the police procedural/thriller genres, but he has no interest in confining himself to the usual cat and/or mouse perspectives. He also extends his reach to the peripheral characters whose lives have been impacted by the tragic events in very different ways.
Production values are solid, but it's sound designer Emma Bortignon who deserves a special shout-out here, with a remarkable mix that effectively simulates that crippling ringing in Cowell's head.
Like many other things about "Noise", it immerses the viewer in some intriguing new places.
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