The Japan rugby union team on Sunday thrashed tournament newcomers Chile 42-12 on the first weekend of the freshly kicked-off Rugby World Cup. But in 2015, Japan were the underdogs and yet pulled off a surprise result against rugby titans South Africa.
In the first ever match between the two nations Japan won 34-32, due to an 80th minute try.
“The Brighton Miracle,” a docu-drama capturing and re-constructing that shock match, has been picked up by Blue Sky Media. The film was produced by Syn Entertainment and the rights outside of Japan were brokered by producer’s rep Summer & Co.
The film was written and directed by Max Mannix. Mannix, himself a former professional rugby player, lived more than a decade in Japan and wrote the Kurosawa Kiyoshi-directed “Tokyo Sonata,” which debuted in Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2008.
“The Brighton Miracle” follows Eddie Jones, played in re-enactments by New Zealand actor...
In the first ever match between the two nations Japan won 34-32, due to an 80th minute try.
“The Brighton Miracle,” a docu-drama capturing and re-constructing that shock match, has been picked up by Blue Sky Media. The film was produced by Syn Entertainment and the rights outside of Japan were brokered by producer’s rep Summer & Co.
The film was written and directed by Max Mannix. Mannix, himself a former professional rugby player, lived more than a decade in Japan and wrote the Kurosawa Kiyoshi-directed “Tokyo Sonata,” which debuted in Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2008.
“The Brighton Miracle” follows Eddie Jones, played in re-enactments by New Zealand actor...
- 9/11/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Stephanie Dower and Tanya Modini.
As someone who lives with physical disability, Stephanie Dower never connected with the characters she saw on screen because their portrayals were always negative.
So the producer, writer and editor has joined forces with another emerging creative, writer-director Tanya Modini, to develop the feature Seeing Scout.
Billed as a coming-of-age drama on wheels, the project is among six from Australia that were selected for Attagirl, the development lab for feature films by female and non-binary creative teams.
Set in a western Queensland town, their screenplay follows Scout, a young woman with physical disability who embarks on a sexual relationship with local footy hero Eli.
Their affair not only confronts and divides their small-town community but challenges the couple’s expectations of themselves.
When tragedy strikes, they discover the biggest limitations they face are the expectations that exist only in their own minds.
Dower developed the...
As someone who lives with physical disability, Stephanie Dower never connected with the characters she saw on screen because their portrayals were always negative.
So the producer, writer and editor has joined forces with another emerging creative, writer-director Tanya Modini, to develop the feature Seeing Scout.
Billed as a coming-of-age drama on wheels, the project is among six from Australia that were selected for Attagirl, the development lab for feature films by female and non-binary creative teams.
Set in a western Queensland town, their screenplay follows Scout, a young woman with physical disability who embarks on a sexual relationship with local footy hero Eli.
Their affair not only confronts and divides their small-town community but challenges the couple’s expectations of themselves.
When tragedy strikes, they discover the biggest limitations they face are the expectations that exist only in their own minds.
Dower developed the...
- 9/11/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
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