From its opening moments, Moon Garden invites you into a secret world. It is a world seen through the eyes of a four year old that carries its own magic even before the tragic events that kick the plot into motion take place. It is a world where imagination can make anything possible, where make-believe is as real as anything and where the purest form of home and safety reside in the love of a little girls’ parents.
Written and directed by Ryan Stevens Harris, Moon Garden is a visually-stunning and heartfelt journey through the darkness and back home. Emma (Haven Lee Harris) lives a happy life with her parents. Well, almost happy. Her parents are both loving, wonderful people in their own right, who both clearly care for Emma a great deal. But it’s clear from the first few moments that their marriage is crumbling. Her father Alex...
Written and directed by Ryan Stevens Harris, Moon Garden is a visually-stunning and heartfelt journey through the darkness and back home. Emma (Haven Lee Harris) lives a happy life with her parents. Well, almost happy. Her parents are both loving, wonderful people in their own right, who both clearly care for Emma a great deal. But it’s clear from the first few moments that their marriage is crumbling. Her father Alex...
- 5/19/2023
- by Emily von Seele
- DailyDead
Windmill Theatre Company play Beep is being adapted into a mixed-media series for ABC Kids, with production underway in Adelaide.
Produced by Windmill Pictures, Beep and Mort tells the story of two best friends from different worlds, solving their daily dilemmas and unexpected challenges through invention, play and adventure.
The series, aimed at pre-schoolers, is designed by Jonathon Oxlade and directed by Rosemary Myers, both of whom worked on the 2016 film Girl Asleep and several Windmill live shows, including the recent stage adaptation of Bluey.
The writing team consists of Charlotte Rose Hamlyn, Simon Butters, Amy Stewart, Hunter Page-Lochard, Wendy Hanna, and Lorin Clarke.
Myers said the creative development of the series drew on the concept’s theatrical roots while also integrating new technologies.
“The result is a contemporary hybrid form of puppetry that blends hand and rod puppets with post animated object puppets,” she said.
“In a screen landscape dominated by animation,...
Produced by Windmill Pictures, Beep and Mort tells the story of two best friends from different worlds, solving their daily dilemmas and unexpected challenges through invention, play and adventure.
The series, aimed at pre-schoolers, is designed by Jonathon Oxlade and directed by Rosemary Myers, both of whom worked on the 2016 film Girl Asleep and several Windmill live shows, including the recent stage adaptation of Bluey.
The writing team consists of Charlotte Rose Hamlyn, Simon Butters, Amy Stewart, Hunter Page-Lochard, Wendy Hanna, and Lorin Clarke.
Myers said the creative development of the series drew on the concept’s theatrical roots while also integrating new technologies.
“The result is a contemporary hybrid form of puppetry that blends hand and rod puppets with post animated object puppets,” she said.
“In a screen landscape dominated by animation,...
- 9/30/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Amanda Duthie will depart Sbs this week, where she has been acting as head of scripted since late 2019.
If understands Duthie will join Stan, though the streamer is yet to publicly confirm the role.
Duthie joins the Nine-owned platform as it ramps up its local commissions, having recently announced an ambitious plan to invest in more than 30 productions per year within five years.
On Stan’s upcoming slate is a second season of Roadshow Rough Diamond’s hit series Bump; Anthony Hayes’ feature film Gold, starring Zac Efron; Every Cloud Productions series Eden, and BBC co-production The Tourist, about to shoot in South Australia with stars Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald, Shalom Brune-Franklin and Hugo Weaving.
While at Sbs, Duthie helped to steer its largest ever drama slate, including Goalpost Pictures’ New Gold Mountain and Aquarius Films’ The Unusual Suspects.
A spokesperson for the broadcaster told If: “Amanda has made...
If understands Duthie will join Stan, though the streamer is yet to publicly confirm the role.
Duthie joins the Nine-owned platform as it ramps up its local commissions, having recently announced an ambitious plan to invest in more than 30 productions per year within five years.
On Stan’s upcoming slate is a second season of Roadshow Rough Diamond’s hit series Bump; Anthony Hayes’ feature film Gold, starring Zac Efron; Every Cloud Productions series Eden, and BBC co-production The Tourist, about to shoot in South Australia with stars Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald, Shalom Brune-Franklin and Hugo Weaving.
While at Sbs, Duthie helped to steer its largest ever drama slate, including Goalpost Pictures’ New Gold Mountain and Aquarius Films’ The Unusual Suspects.
A spokesperson for the broadcaster told If: “Amanda has made...
- 2/9/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
While Aacta’s Byron Kennedy Award is typically given to an individual or organisation who demonstrates “outstanding creative enterprise”, this year the award will go to a film.
The nominees for the honour, which celebrates the legacy of Dr George Miller’s original producing partner and Mad Max co-creator Byron Kennedy, are a short-list of the last decade’s best indie genre features.
The films are diverse, spanning comedies, Westerns, thrillers, horrors and sci-fis, but Aacta has determined each are in line with Kennedy’s “ethos of excellence”, resourcefulness and “the can-do spirit of independent, low-budget local filmmaking.”
They include: The Babadook, Beast, Cargo, Girl Asleep, I Am Mother, The Infinite Man, Mad Bastards, Mystery Road, Red Hill, That’s Not Me, These Final Hours and Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead.
‘Girl Asleep’.
Many nominated are debut features, such as Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook and Zak Hilditch’s These Final Hours,...
The nominees for the honour, which celebrates the legacy of Dr George Miller’s original producing partner and Mad Max co-creator Byron Kennedy, are a short-list of the last decade’s best indie genre features.
The films are diverse, spanning comedies, Westerns, thrillers, horrors and sci-fis, but Aacta has determined each are in line with Kennedy’s “ethos of excellence”, resourcefulness and “the can-do spirit of independent, low-budget local filmmaking.”
They include: The Babadook, Beast, Cargo, Girl Asleep, I Am Mother, The Infinite Man, Mad Bastards, Mystery Road, Red Hill, That’s Not Me, These Final Hours and Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead.
‘Girl Asleep’.
Many nominated are debut features, such as Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook and Zak Hilditch’s These Final Hours,...
- 11/24/2020
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Amanda Duthie.
Amanda Duthie has resigned from her role as the South Australian Film Corporation’s (Safc) head of production, development, attraction and studios to return to Sydney to pursue new opportunities and to be closer to family.
Duthie moved to Sa in 2012 to take up the role of CEO and artistic director of the Adelaide Film Festival and its investment Fund, and joined the Safc last October.
During her time with the state agency, Duthie worked to launch Centralised, a north-south creative collaboration in conjunction with Screen Nt and established the first screen agency partnership with Audible Australia. She also oversaw investment in Unjoo Moon’s I Am Woman starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey; Matchbox/Dirty Films ABC series Stateless; Porchlight Films/Peter Duncan’s ABC series Fallout and Sbs’s The Hunting, from Closer Productions.
After the departure of former Safc CEO Courtney Gibson, Duthie acted in the role until the appointment of Kate Croser.
Amanda Duthie has resigned from her role as the South Australian Film Corporation’s (Safc) head of production, development, attraction and studios to return to Sydney to pursue new opportunities and to be closer to family.
Duthie moved to Sa in 2012 to take up the role of CEO and artistic director of the Adelaide Film Festival and its investment Fund, and joined the Safc last October.
During her time with the state agency, Duthie worked to launch Centralised, a north-south creative collaboration in conjunction with Screen Nt and established the first screen agency partnership with Audible Australia. She also oversaw investment in Unjoo Moon’s I Am Woman starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey; Matchbox/Dirty Films ABC series Stateless; Porchlight Films/Peter Duncan’s ABC series Fallout and Sbs’s The Hunting, from Closer Productions.
After the departure of former Safc CEO Courtney Gibson, Duthie acted in the role until the appointment of Kate Croser.
- 10/29/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Australia Day..
Four Aussie films are in contention for CinefestOZ.s $100,000 Film Prize..
Jeffrey Walker.s Ali.s Wedding, Kriv Stenders. Australia Day, Greg McLean.s Jungle and Ben Elton.s Three Summers will compete for the cash prize at the August festival..
The year marks 10 years of CinefestOZ film festival and will be the fourth at which the $100,000 award is given out. Recent winners include Girl Asleep, Putuparri and the Rainmakers and Paper Planes.
CinefestOZ festival chair Helen Shervington said that given the high calibre of finalists, there was a difficult task ahead for the five-member jury — this year headed by Shine director Scott Hicks. .
.We are delighted with the variety and number of entries in this year.s film prize and the finalists are representative of the strength and quality of the Australian film industry today,. Shervington said.
It is rewarding to see the Australian film industry recognising...
Four Aussie films are in contention for CinefestOZ.s $100,000 Film Prize..
Jeffrey Walker.s Ali.s Wedding, Kriv Stenders. Australia Day, Greg McLean.s Jungle and Ben Elton.s Three Summers will compete for the cash prize at the August festival..
The year marks 10 years of CinefestOZ film festival and will be the fourth at which the $100,000 award is given out. Recent winners include Girl Asleep, Putuparri and the Rainmakers and Paper Planes.
CinefestOZ festival chair Helen Shervington said that given the high calibre of finalists, there was a difficult task ahead for the five-member jury — this year headed by Shine director Scott Hicks. .
.We are delighted with the variety and number of entries in this year.s film prize and the finalists are representative of the strength and quality of the Australian film industry today,. Shervington said.
It is rewarding to see the Australian film industry recognising...
- 7/7/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
Arcade Fire: The Reflektor Tapes (Kahlil Joseph)
A list of things The Reflektor Tapes comes close to being but doesn’t quite end up as: a concert film stitching together Arcade Fire‘s work on a worldwide tour supporting their most recent album, Reflektor; a travelogue of said tour; a sense-memory visual essay tracing the years-long life of songs, tracing from hashing-out and recording to a presentation for thousands of screaming, jumping fans; a channel-futzing sonic exploration...
Arcade Fire: The Reflektor Tapes (Kahlil Joseph)
A list of things The Reflektor Tapes comes close to being but doesn’t quite end up as: a concert film stitching together Arcade Fire‘s work on a worldwide tour supporting their most recent album, Reflektor; a travelogue of said tour; a sense-memory visual essay tracing the years-long life of songs, tracing from hashing-out and recording to a presentation for thousands of screaming, jumping fans; a channel-futzing sonic exploration...
- 1/31/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Next month, Netflix has a wide variety of films — modern to classic, animated to horror, Oscar winners to new indies — and we’ve picked seven that you should watch once they’re made available on the streaming service, either for the first time or as part of a nostalgic binge. Enjoy.
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1. “The Nightmare Before Christmas” (available February 1)
The 1993 stop-motion classic directed by Henry Slick and produced by Tim Burton tells the story of Jack Skellington, a resident from Halloween Town who stumbles through a portal to Christmas Town and decides to celebrate the holiday.
2. “The Blair Witch Project” (available February 1)
Directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, the 1999 found footage horror film became one of the most successful indie films of all time when it was released. The movie follows three film students...
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1. “The Nightmare Before Christmas” (available February 1)
The 1993 stop-motion classic directed by Henry Slick and produced by Tim Burton tells the story of Jack Skellington, a resident from Halloween Town who stumbles through a portal to Christmas Town and decides to celebrate the holiday.
2. “The Blair Witch Project” (available February 1)
Directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, the 1999 found footage horror film became one of the most successful indie films of all time when it was released. The movie follows three film students...
- 1/24/2017
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Think of yourself of as a film buff? How many of these abodes do you recognise?
Girl Asleep
Goldstone
The Turning
The Babadook
Wolf Creek 2
Reckless Kelly
The Pack
Snowtown
Chopper
He Died With A Felafel in His Hand
Metal Skin
Romper Stomper
Snowtown
The Hunter
Animal Kingdom
Tomorrow When the War Began
Australia
The Proposition
Mad Max: Fury Road
Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
Mad Max
Mad Max 2
Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome
Mad Max: Fury Road
Storm Boy
Dead Calm
On the Beach
Black Water
The Castle
Snowtown
Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos
The Great Gatsby
Holding the Man
Two Hands
Somersault
Looking for Alibrandi
The Dressmaker
Lantana
The Great Gatsby
Australia
Paper Planes
Babe: Pig in the City
Babe
Mad Max: Fury Road
Metal Skin
Romper Stomper
Chopper
Wolf Creek
The Great Gatsby
Romeo and Juliet
Strictly Ballroom
Little Fish
The Sapphires
Muriel's Wedding...
Girl Asleep
Goldstone
The Turning
The Babadook
Wolf Creek 2
Reckless Kelly
The Pack
Snowtown
Chopper
He Died With A Felafel in His Hand
Metal Skin
Romper Stomper
Snowtown
The Hunter
Animal Kingdom
Tomorrow When the War Began
Australia
The Proposition
Mad Max: Fury Road
Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
Mad Max
Mad Max 2
Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome
Mad Max: Fury Road
Storm Boy
Dead Calm
On the Beach
Black Water
The Castle
Snowtown
Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos
The Great Gatsby
Holding the Man
Two Hands
Somersault
Looking for Alibrandi
The Dressmaker
Lantana
The Great Gatsby
Australia
Paper Planes
Babe: Pig in the City
Babe
Mad Max: Fury Road
Metal Skin
Romper Stomper
Chopper
Wolf Creek
The Great Gatsby
Romeo and Juliet
Strictly Ballroom
Little Fish
The Sapphires
Muriel's Wedding...
- 12/16/2016
- by Guardian staff
- The Guardian - Film News
Gold Coast Film Festival Director Lucy Fisher.
This year.s Gold Coast Film Festival screened 38 films from 15 countries, with over 14,000 guests in attendance across the festival.
The festival welcomes submissions from around Australia — this year it hosted local indies such as Girl Asleep, Drama, Crushed and Broke.—.as well as international.
Festival director Lucy Fisher assumed the role in June 2015, after earlier serving as a consultant to the festival.
.We.re growing fairly quickly,. says Fisher. .In terms of the Queensland landscape, we.re in a really strong position as an international film festival...
Originally Queensland-only, the fest has opened up, looking outside the state for films in a bid "to have that element of discovery rather than just being reliant on distribution to find our films," Fisher says.
Despite the expansion, the festival is still regularly speaking to Queensland productions about holding Queensland or Australian premieres at the festival...
This year.s Gold Coast Film Festival screened 38 films from 15 countries, with over 14,000 guests in attendance across the festival.
The festival welcomes submissions from around Australia — this year it hosted local indies such as Girl Asleep, Drama, Crushed and Broke.—.as well as international.
Festival director Lucy Fisher assumed the role in June 2015, after earlier serving as a consultant to the festival.
.We.re growing fairly quickly,. says Fisher. .In terms of the Queensland landscape, we.re in a really strong position as an international film festival...
Originally Queensland-only, the fest has opened up, looking outside the state for films in a bid "to have that element of discovery rather than just being reliant on distribution to find our films," Fisher says.
Despite the expansion, the festival is still regularly speaking to Queensland productions about holding Queensland or Australian premieres at the festival...
- 12/14/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Thanks to Gold Derby for the info – Mel Gibson and Hacksaw Ridge swept the awards down under, with a whopping ten wins: Best Picture “The Daughter” “Girl Asleep” “Goldstone” X...
- 12/8/2016
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
Megan Riakos.
Wift Nsw stormed the Aacta Awards last night, with a dozen members tumbling out of the back of a van and onto the red carpet.—.dressed as sausages to protest the male dominance of the country's film and television industry. Below, Wift member and filmmaker Megan Riakos calls for "a fair and diverse Aacta Awards"..
Earlier this year I entered my debut feature Crushed for the Aacta awards.
At first I didn.t intend to enter; although I had screened at a number of international festivals and had a successful limited theatrical release (including 43 screenings across Australia), my film did not qualify immediately for selection as we did not have a .traditional. cinematic release, and the cost of the entry was prohibitive for me at that time.
However, when Aacta approached me, confirming Crushed's eligibility for pre-selection and encouraging me to enter, I invested in applying for...
Wift Nsw stormed the Aacta Awards last night, with a dozen members tumbling out of the back of a van and onto the red carpet.—.dressed as sausages to protest the male dominance of the country's film and television industry. Below, Wift member and filmmaker Megan Riakos calls for "a fair and diverse Aacta Awards"..
Earlier this year I entered my debut feature Crushed for the Aacta awards.
At first I didn.t intend to enter; although I had screened at a number of international festivals and had a successful limited theatrical release (including 43 screenings across Australia), my film did not qualify immediately for selection as we did not have a .traditional. cinematic release, and the cost of the entry was prohibitive for me at that time.
However, when Aacta approached me, confirming Crushed's eligibility for pre-selection and encouraging me to enter, I invested in applying for...
- 12/7/2016
- by Megan Riakos
- IF.com.au
Female film-makers donned sausage costumes to protest gender disparity in the Australian industry.Scroll down for full list of winners:
Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge was named best film of the year at the 2016 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) awards, with the wartime drama taking nine of its 13 nominated awards, at an event that was also marked by activism on and off the stage.
Hacksaw Ridge was produced in New South Wales and financed through the Producer Offset and other state and federal government subsidies.
The film’s star Andrew Garfield was named best actor for his portrayal of conscientious objector Desmond Dawes, and Hugo Weaving won best supporting actor (again, after winning in 2015 for The Dressmaker) for his role as Dawes’ battle-scarred father.
Garfield accepted his award via video message from Los Angeles, and expressed “pure joy” at the win. He also singled out “Mel’s brilliant ability to make everyone feel valuable...
Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge was named best film of the year at the 2016 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) awards, with the wartime drama taking nine of its 13 nominated awards, at an event that was also marked by activism on and off the stage.
Hacksaw Ridge was produced in New South Wales and financed through the Producer Offset and other state and federal government subsidies.
The film’s star Andrew Garfield was named best actor for his portrayal of conscientious objector Desmond Dawes, and Hugo Weaving won best supporting actor (again, after winning in 2015 for The Dressmaker) for his role as Dawes’ battle-scarred father.
Garfield accepted his award via video message from Los Angeles, and expressed “pure joy” at the win. He also singled out “Mel’s brilliant ability to make everyone feel valuable...
- 12/7/2016
- ScreenDaily
Hacksaw Ridge has picked up four Aacta Awards so far..
The first winners of this year.s Aacta Awards were unveiled yesterday at the Aacta Industry Luncheon.
Some 33 awards were presented during the event, celebrating screen craft excellence across features, television, shorts, and documentary. The remainder of the awards will be announced at the 6th Aacta Awards Ceremony on Wednesday evening.
Hacksaw Ridge picked up the most gongs: four from a possible six, including Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography and Best Sound. Mel Gibson's film is up for another seven awards, to be presented at Wednesday evening's ceremony..
Composer Antony Partos picked up his sixth AFI/Aacta award for his work on Tanna, while Simon Stone took out Best Adapted Screenplay for his debut feature The Daughter..Girl Asleep's Jonathan Oxlade won Best Costume Design.
The Aacta Award for Best Short Animation was presented to Angie Fielder,...
The first winners of this year.s Aacta Awards were unveiled yesterday at the Aacta Industry Luncheon.
Some 33 awards were presented during the event, celebrating screen craft excellence across features, television, shorts, and documentary. The remainder of the awards will be announced at the 6th Aacta Awards Ceremony on Wednesday evening.
Hacksaw Ridge picked up the most gongs: four from a possible six, including Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography and Best Sound. Mel Gibson's film is up for another seven awards, to be presented at Wednesday evening's ceremony..
Composer Antony Partos picked up his sixth AFI/Aacta award for his work on Tanna, while Simon Stone took out Best Adapted Screenplay for his debut feature The Daughter..Girl Asleep's Jonathan Oxlade won Best Costume Design.
The Aacta Award for Best Short Animation was presented to Angie Fielder,...
- 12/6/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
The Costa Rica International Film Festival (Crfic) has announced its complete lineup for its fifth edition. This year, 72 films have been chosen to represent the world’s best in independent cinema, with four world premieres and three Latin American premieres taking place, and over 60 features to be presented for the first time in the region.
“At Crfic we are interested in approaching the idea of artistic diversity; covering a broad spectrum of styles and proposals found in contemporary national and international cinema,” said Marcelo Quesada, Artistic Director for the Festival. “Our identity and our program is built around a free, coherent and risky cinema that moves away from the usual places and bring us closer to different voices and world visions from over 30 countries.”
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Taking place at the capital city of San José, the festival will run from December...
“At Crfic we are interested in approaching the idea of artistic diversity; covering a broad spectrum of styles and proposals found in contemporary national and international cinema,” said Marcelo Quesada, Artistic Director for the Festival. “Our identity and our program is built around a free, coherent and risky cinema that moves away from the usual places and bring us closer to different voices and world visions from over 30 countries.”
Read More: Costa Rica Selects Esteban Ramirez’ ‘Presos’ as Oscar Submission
Taking place at the capital city of San José, the festival will run from December...
- 11/30/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
A 2015 Meet the Nominees event.
Aacta has unveiled the full schedule for its Meet the Nominees series: nine events featuring Aacta nominees presented by Aftrs.
"We.re thrilled to be partnering with Aacta to present the 2016 Meet the Nominees events; an exclusive opportunity to hear the inside stories from Australia.s leading film, television and documentary makers," Aftrs CEO Neil Peplow said..
This year.s events will feature nominated editor Veronika Jenet Ase (The Daughter); editor Andrew Cooke (Hitting Home); sound designer Liam Egan Assg (The Daughter); editor Steven Robinson Ase (In The Shadow of the Hill); and sound designers Yulia Akerholt Assg (The Daughter) and Robert Mackenzie (Hacksaw Ridge).
Director Rosemary Myers (Girl Asleep) will feature on the panel for The Directors event, alongside Bentley Dean Adg and Martin Butler Adg, whose film Tanna was recently announced as Australia.s foreign language Oscars entry.
Bentley Dean Adg will also...
Aacta has unveiled the full schedule for its Meet the Nominees series: nine events featuring Aacta nominees presented by Aftrs.
"We.re thrilled to be partnering with Aacta to present the 2016 Meet the Nominees events; an exclusive opportunity to hear the inside stories from Australia.s leading film, television and documentary makers," Aftrs CEO Neil Peplow said..
This year.s events will feature nominated editor Veronika Jenet Ase (The Daughter); editor Andrew Cooke (Hitting Home); sound designer Liam Egan Assg (The Daughter); editor Steven Robinson Ase (In The Shadow of the Hill); and sound designers Yulia Akerholt Assg (The Daughter) and Robert Mackenzie (Hacksaw Ridge).
Director Rosemary Myers (Girl Asleep) will feature on the panel for The Directors event, alongside Bentley Dean Adg and Martin Butler Adg, whose film Tanna was recently announced as Australia.s foreign language Oscars entry.
Bentley Dean Adg will also...
- 11/14/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
'The Professor', Middle (Year 5-8) Live Action Special Mention..
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Acmi) has revealed the winners of its annual Screen It competition, the largest of its kind for school-aged filmmakers, animators and game makers.
This year.s competition — with the theme .mystery. — saw an unprecedented 287 entries created by 2,521 students across Australia: a 20 per cent jump on the number of entries received in 2015.
Acmi education manager Christine Evely said she was thrilled with the quality of this year.s entries.
"Screen It welcomed many new entrants from around Australia this year, which is so exciting. We congratulate all entrants on the quality of their work. The judges enjoyed discovering the amazing talents of both primary and secondary age moving-image creators,. she said.
.The core purpose of Screen It is to celebrate the creativity and imagination of young people, and to help unleash this through a program...
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Acmi) has revealed the winners of its annual Screen It competition, the largest of its kind for school-aged filmmakers, animators and game makers.
This year.s competition — with the theme .mystery. — saw an unprecedented 287 entries created by 2,521 students across Australia: a 20 per cent jump on the number of entries received in 2015.
Acmi education manager Christine Evely said she was thrilled with the quality of this year.s entries.
"Screen It welcomed many new entrants from around Australia this year, which is so exciting. We congratulate all entrants on the quality of their work. The judges enjoyed discovering the amazing talents of both primary and secondary age moving-image creators,. she said.
.The core purpose of Screen It is to celebrate the creativity and imagination of young people, and to help unleash this through a program...
- 11/3/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Doctor Strange..
Disney's Doctor Strange has left its competitors in the dust, raking in $6.4 million over its opening weekend. The Marvel film bowed on 278 screens; an average of $23,200 per location.
Next best was eOne's Girl on the Train, now in its fourth week, which made $1.3 million, taking its overall cume to $13.1 million.
Last week's number one, Paramount's Jack Reacher: Never Go Back,.slipped 54 per cent to earn $1.2 million, taking its cume to $4.6 million after two weeks on screens.
No other films managed to crack the $1 million mark this week..Keeping up with Joneses, now in its second week, fell 47 per cent to make $578,123. The Fox action comedy, starring Isla Fisher, has made just over $2 million so far.
Sony's Inferno.rung up $483,440 in its third week, taking its cume to $4.8 million. Close behind was Universal.s Ouija: Origin of Evil, which made $467,688 over its second weekend. The Mike Flanagan horror sits on $1.6 million so far.
Disney's Doctor Strange has left its competitors in the dust, raking in $6.4 million over its opening weekend. The Marvel film bowed on 278 screens; an average of $23,200 per location.
Next best was eOne's Girl on the Train, now in its fourth week, which made $1.3 million, taking its overall cume to $13.1 million.
Last week's number one, Paramount's Jack Reacher: Never Go Back,.slipped 54 per cent to earn $1.2 million, taking its cume to $4.6 million after two weeks on screens.
No other films managed to crack the $1 million mark this week..Keeping up with Joneses, now in its second week, fell 47 per cent to make $578,123. The Fox action comedy, starring Isla Fisher, has made just over $2 million so far.
Sony's Inferno.rung up $483,440 in its third week, taking its cume to $4.8 million. Close behind was Universal.s Ouija: Origin of Evil, which made $467,688 over its second weekend. The Mike Flanagan horror sits on $1.6 million so far.
- 10/30/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Eamon Farren and Amber McMahon in Girl Asleep.
George Miller will present the Cameron Creswell Award for Outstanding Contribution to Design at the 6th Annual Australian Production Design Guild Awards.
The event takes place on November 7 at Sydney.s Nida, and celebrates the achievements of designers across 24 categories. New categories this year include Virtual Reality and Game Design.
The Apdg will again acknowledge masters of the craft with three Industry Recognition Awards: The Cameron Creswell Award for Outstanding Contribution to Design, the Global Creatures Artisan Award for Lifetime Achievement in Live Performance and the Canal Road Film Centre Artisan Award for Lifetime Achievement..
For the first time, the recipient of the Thelma Afford Theatre, Stage, TV or Film Costume Design Award will also be announced at the ceremony..
Nominations include:
Production Design on a Feature Film: Jonathon Oxlade - Girl Asleep, Jo Ford - Holding The Man, Roger Ford a.
George Miller will present the Cameron Creswell Award for Outstanding Contribution to Design at the 6th Annual Australian Production Design Guild Awards.
The event takes place on November 7 at Sydney.s Nida, and celebrates the achievements of designers across 24 categories. New categories this year include Virtual Reality and Game Design.
The Apdg will again acknowledge masters of the craft with three Industry Recognition Awards: The Cameron Creswell Award for Outstanding Contribution to Design, the Global Creatures Artisan Award for Lifetime Achievement in Live Performance and the Canal Road Film Centre Artisan Award for Lifetime Achievement..
For the first time, the recipient of the Thelma Afford Theatre, Stage, TV or Film Costume Design Award will also be announced at the ceremony..
Nominations include:
Production Design on a Feature Film: Jonathon Oxlade - Girl Asleep, Jo Ford - Holding The Man, Roger Ford a.
- 10/28/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
by Glenn Dunks
Mel Gibson certainly won’t object to waking up to 13 nominations from the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (the Aacta Awards) for his directorial comeback, Hacksaw Ridge. This canny bit of career rehabilitation for the former Oscar winner began, by association, with the revival of Mad Max. Even if Hacksaw Ridge doesn't ultimately pan out in terms of Oscar success, it should at least go some way to redeeming him in the eyes of many who have been turned off by his personal dramas and increasingly violent movies. I have not seen the film which leads today’s Aacta announcement, but a big-budget international co-production with a big name at its helm is catnip to this group --it’s not surprising to see it nominated in every category possible except one (Best Original Score).
The pleasure in these nominations is the swathe of nominations for much smaller,...
Mel Gibson certainly won’t object to waking up to 13 nominations from the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (the Aacta Awards) for his directorial comeback, Hacksaw Ridge. This canny bit of career rehabilitation for the former Oscar winner began, by association, with the revival of Mad Max. Even if Hacksaw Ridge doesn't ultimately pan out in terms of Oscar success, it should at least go some way to redeeming him in the eyes of many who have been turned off by his personal dramas and increasingly violent movies. I have not seen the film which leads today’s Aacta announcement, but a big-budget international co-production with a big name at its helm is catnip to this group --it’s not surprising to see it nominated in every category possible except one (Best Original Score).
The pleasure in these nominations is the swathe of nominations for much smaller,...
- 10/27/2016
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
Paramount's Jack Reacher: Never Go Back has debuted on top of the box office, bowing on 250 screens for $2.6 million.
The Edward Zwick-directed sequel, starring Tom Cruise, knocked off eOne's The Girl On the Train, which.rang up $1.9 million over its third weekend.—.a fall of 28 per cent. Tate Taylor's adaptation of Paula Hawkins's 2015 novel has amassed $11.2 million so far.
Fox's action comedy Keeping up with the Joneses debuted in third, opening on 235 screens to take $1.09 million.
Just behind was Sony's Inferno, which brought in $1.07 million over its second weekend.—.a fall of 52 per cent. The third film in the series that began with 2006's.The Da Vinci Code has made $4 million so far.
Universal's Ouija: Origin of Evil has debuted on $915,402 from 167 screens.—.a screen average of $5,481, higher than both Keeping Up With The Joneses and Inferno.
Now in its fourth week,...
Paramount's Jack Reacher: Never Go Back has debuted on top of the box office, bowing on 250 screens for $2.6 million.
The Edward Zwick-directed sequel, starring Tom Cruise, knocked off eOne's The Girl On the Train, which.rang up $1.9 million over its third weekend.—.a fall of 28 per cent. Tate Taylor's adaptation of Paula Hawkins's 2015 novel has amassed $11.2 million so far.
Fox's action comedy Keeping up with the Joneses debuted in third, opening on 235 screens to take $1.09 million.
Just behind was Sony's Inferno, which brought in $1.07 million over its second weekend.—.a fall of 52 per cent. The third film in the series that began with 2006's.The Da Vinci Code has made $4 million so far.
Universal's Ouija: Origin of Evil has debuted on $915,402 from 167 screens.—.a screen average of $5,481, higher than both Keeping Up With The Joneses and Inferno.
Now in its fourth week,...
- 10/23/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Inferno.
Despite falling 35 per cent, eOne's The Girl on the Train held onto the top spot over its second weekend, ringing up an additional $2.6 million to bring its cume to $8.4 million.
Next best was Sony's Inferno, the Ron Howard thriller debuting on $2.2 million from 268 screens.
Now in its third week, Fox's Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children fell 55 per cent, bringing in $965,550 to take its cume to $9.5 million.
Roadshow's Deepwater Horizon tumbled 46 per cent over its second weekend with takings of $936,150.—.it now sits on $3.3 million overall.
Sony's The Magnificent Seven also took a fall.—.48 per cent.—.to bring in $718,825. Now in its third week, the Antoine Fuqua film sits on $7.6 million.
Behind it was Roadshow's action comedy Masterminds, which debuted on $610,170 from 177 screens.
Now in its fifth week, Bridget Jones's Baby has also stalled with takings of $505,734.—.a fall of 44 per cent.—.and now sits on $16.2 million.
The Secret Life of Pets...
Despite falling 35 per cent, eOne's The Girl on the Train held onto the top spot over its second weekend, ringing up an additional $2.6 million to bring its cume to $8.4 million.
Next best was Sony's Inferno, the Ron Howard thriller debuting on $2.2 million from 268 screens.
Now in its third week, Fox's Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children fell 55 per cent, bringing in $965,550 to take its cume to $9.5 million.
Roadshow's Deepwater Horizon tumbled 46 per cent over its second weekend with takings of $936,150.—.it now sits on $3.3 million overall.
Sony's The Magnificent Seven also took a fall.—.48 per cent.—.to bring in $718,825. Now in its third week, the Antoine Fuqua film sits on $7.6 million.
Behind it was Roadshow's action comedy Masterminds, which debuted on $610,170 from 177 screens.
Now in its fifth week, Bridget Jones's Baby has also stalled with takings of $505,734.—.a fall of 44 per cent.—.and now sits on $16.2 million.
The Secret Life of Pets...
- 10/16/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Inferno.
Despite falling 35 per cent, eOne's The Girl on the Train held onto the top spot over its second weekend, ringing up an additional $2.6 million to bring its cume to $8.4 million.
Next best was Sony's Inferno, the Ron Howard thriller debuting on $2.2 million from 268 screens.
Now in its third week, Fox's Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children fell 55 per cent, bringing in $965,550 to take its cume to $9.5 million.
Roadshow's Deepwater Horizon tumbled 46 per cent over its second weekend with takings of $936,150.—.it now sits on $3.3 million overall.
Sony's The Magnificent Seven also took a fall.—.48 per cent.—.to bring in $718,825. Now in its third week, the Antoine Fuqua film sits on $7.6 million.
Behind it was Roadshow's action comedy Masterminds, which debuted on $610,170 from 177 screens.
Now in its fifth week, Bridget Jones's Baby has also stalled with takings of $505,734.—.a fall of 44 per cent.—.and now sits on $16.2 million.
The Secret Life of Pets...
Despite falling 35 per cent, eOne's The Girl on the Train held onto the top spot over its second weekend, ringing up an additional $2.6 million to bring its cume to $8.4 million.
Next best was Sony's Inferno, the Ron Howard thriller debuting on $2.2 million from 268 screens.
Now in its third week, Fox's Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children fell 55 per cent, bringing in $965,550 to take its cume to $9.5 million.
Roadshow's Deepwater Horizon tumbled 46 per cent over its second weekend with takings of $936,150.—.it now sits on $3.3 million overall.
Sony's The Magnificent Seven also took a fall.—.48 per cent.—.to bring in $718,825. Now in its third week, the Antoine Fuqua film sits on $7.6 million.
Behind it was Roadshow's action comedy Masterminds, which debuted on $610,170 from 177 screens.
Now in its fifth week, Bridget Jones's Baby has also stalled with takings of $505,734.—.a fall of 44 per cent.—.and now sits on $16.2 million.
The Secret Life of Pets...
- 10/16/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Inferno.
Despite falling 35 per cent, eOne's The Girl on the Train held onto the top spot over its second weekend, ringing up an additional $2.6 million to bring its cume to $8.4 million.
Next best was Sony's Inferno, the Ron Howard thriller debuting on $2.2 million from 268 screens.
Now in its third week, Fox's Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children fell 55 per cent, bringing in $965,550 to take its cume to $9.5 million.
Roadshow's Deepwater Horizon tumbled 46 per cent over its second weekend with takings of $936,150.—.it now sits on $3.3 million overall.
Sony's The Magnificent Seven also took a fall.—.48 per cent.—.to bring in $718,825. Now in its third week, the Antoine Fuqua film sits on $7.6 million.
Behind it was Roadshow's action comedy Masterminds, which debuted on $610,170 from 177 screens.
Now in its fifth week, Bridget Jones's Baby has also stalled with takings of $505,734.—.a fall of 44 per cent.—.and now sits on $16.2 million.
The Secret Life of Pets...
Despite falling 35 per cent, eOne's The Girl on the Train held onto the top spot over its second weekend, ringing up an additional $2.6 million to bring its cume to $8.4 million.
Next best was Sony's Inferno, the Ron Howard thriller debuting on $2.2 million from 268 screens.
Now in its third week, Fox's Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children fell 55 per cent, bringing in $965,550 to take its cume to $9.5 million.
Roadshow's Deepwater Horizon tumbled 46 per cent over its second weekend with takings of $936,150.—.it now sits on $3.3 million overall.
Sony's The Magnificent Seven also took a fall.—.48 per cent.—.to bring in $718,825. Now in its third week, the Antoine Fuqua film sits on $7.6 million.
Behind it was Roadshow's action comedy Masterminds, which debuted on $610,170 from 177 screens.
Now in its fifth week, Bridget Jones's Baby has also stalled with takings of $505,734.—.a fall of 44 per cent.—.and now sits on $16.2 million.
The Secret Life of Pets...
- 10/16/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
Full Lineup Announcements
– The Denver Film Festival (Dff), produced by Denver Film Society (Dfs), has announced its full festival lineup including all feature film selections, short films and complete sidebars. “Our 39th Festival program truly has something for everyone — from the delightful dance-filled comedies of Tribute guests Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon to the diverse slate of works that makes up our country of focus, Spain, from timely and serious documentaries such as ‘Do Not Resist’ and ‘Jackson’ to the always curious and creepy Late Night Showcase,” said Brit Withey, Artistic Director. Other highlights include “I, Daniel Blake,” “The Ornithologist” and “Off the Rails.”
During the 12-day Festival, DFF39 will present more than 200 titles representing local, national and international independent films, as well as industry panels, workshops,...
Full Lineup Announcements
– The Denver Film Festival (Dff), produced by Denver Film Society (Dfs), has announced its full festival lineup including all feature film selections, short films and complete sidebars. “Our 39th Festival program truly has something for everyone — from the delightful dance-filled comedies of Tribute guests Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon to the diverse slate of works that makes up our country of focus, Spain, from timely and serious documentaries such as ‘Do Not Resist’ and ‘Jackson’ to the always curious and creepy Late Night Showcase,” said Brit Withey, Artistic Director. Other highlights include “I, Daniel Blake,” “The Ornithologist” and “Off the Rails.”
During the 12-day Festival, DFF39 will present more than 200 titles representing local, national and international independent films, as well as industry panels, workshops,...
- 10/13/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Girl on the Train. eOne's The Girl on the Train has debuted on top of the Aussie box office, ringing up just under $4 million from on 272 screens; an average of $14,682.
Behind it was last week's number one, Fox's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. The latest Tim Burton outing took $2.1 million from 263 screens over its second weekend - a fall of 47 per cent - and has made $8 million overall.
Roadshow's disaster title Deepwater Horizon has bowed on 239 screens to take $1.7 million.
Now in its fifth week, Universal's The Secret Life of Pets is still on 316 screens. However, it tumbled 54 per cent this week, ringing up $1.5 million. The animated family comedy has made a whopping $27.7 million so far.
Sony's The Magnificent Seven, now in its second week, fell 58 per cent to take $1.3 million. The Antoine Fuqua film has a cume of $6.4 million.
Warner Bros' Storks fell 44 per cent over its...
Behind it was last week's number one, Fox's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. The latest Tim Burton outing took $2.1 million from 263 screens over its second weekend - a fall of 47 per cent - and has made $8 million overall.
Roadshow's disaster title Deepwater Horizon has bowed on 239 screens to take $1.7 million.
Now in its fifth week, Universal's The Secret Life of Pets is still on 316 screens. However, it tumbled 54 per cent this week, ringing up $1.5 million. The animated family comedy has made a whopping $27.7 million so far.
Sony's The Magnificent Seven, now in its second week, fell 58 per cent to take $1.3 million. The Antoine Fuqua film has a cume of $6.4 million.
Warner Bros' Storks fell 44 per cent over its...
- 10/9/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
The trailer of “Shivaay” opens to Ajay Devgn’s trademark piercing gaze, lingering there for a moment before lurching into three minutes of continuous movement as he hurtles, untethered, through Himalayan avalanches and between cartwheeling vehicles. His distinctive baritone cuts through the visuals as he narrates “shlokas” (verses) from Vedic Hindu scriptures describing the transformative capabilities of the deity Shiva, the destroyer of evil and the inspiration for the film’s lead character.
Despite some of these reference points, “’Shivaay’ is not a religious or mythological movie,” Devgn told press during a recent trip to New York, the first of four cities in a U.S-wide promotional tour for the October 28 release, which marks his second as a director. “However, it is firmly based in the idea of faith, and the main character draws heavily from Lord Shiva, both in terms of his spirituality and his superpowers.”
The result is unmistakably Indian,...
Despite some of these reference points, “’Shivaay’ is not a religious or mythological movie,” Devgn told press during a recent trip to New York, the first of four cities in a U.S-wide promotional tour for the October 28 release, which marks his second as a director. “However, it is firmly based in the idea of faith, and the main character draws heavily from Lord Shiva, both in terms of his spirituality and his superpowers.”
The result is unmistakably Indian,...
- 10/5/2016
- by Anisha Jhaveri
- Indiewire
When asked what’s changed in television since “Sex and the City” went off the air, Sarah Jessica Parker has no problem citing a number of “big” differences. From the sheer quantity of shows to how and when they’re being consumed, it’s clear the film and television actress — who hasn’t starred in a series since her landmark HBO comedy ended in 2004 — is still quite in tune with the medium’s momentous, ongoing development.
Yet one statement is more telling than most, especially in regard to her new black comedy, “Divorce.”
“How do you make something you believe in, knowing you get one chance with people?” Parker said in an interview with IndieWire. “In a crowded field of really incredible programming, how do you call attention to yourself but not tell a story to call attention to yourself? You have to get eyeballs, [but] you can’t try to...
Yet one statement is more telling than most, especially in regard to her new black comedy, “Divorce.”
“How do you make something you believe in, knowing you get one chance with people?” Parker said in an interview with IndieWire. “In a crowded field of really incredible programming, how do you call attention to yourself but not tell a story to call attention to yourself? You have to get eyeballs, [but] you can’t try to...
- 10/4/2016
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Kelly Reichardt’s films capture a sense of American identity that has lost its way. It began with her debut, “River of Grass” (1994, and newly restored last year), and continues all the way through “Certain Women,” which opens this month. “These characters are all trying to acquire something,” Reichardt said when we spoke at the Sundance Film Festival, where “Certain Women” premiered. “They all want something.”
But for Reichardt’s characters, fulfillment is always just beyond reach.
In “River of Grass,” a young man (Larry Fessenden) crashing at his grandmother’s house ignores the alarm clock in a mostly barren room, adorned only with a tattered American flag. Later, he hits the road with a bored housewife (Lisa Bowman), on the lam for a murder they didn’t commit, pursuing the romanticism of an escape.
Read More: ‘Certain Women’ Clips: Kristen Stewart And Michelle Williams Star In Kelly Reichardt’s...
But for Reichardt’s characters, fulfillment is always just beyond reach.
In “River of Grass,” a young man (Larry Fessenden) crashing at his grandmother’s house ignores the alarm clock in a mostly barren room, adorned only with a tattered American flag. Later, he hits the road with a bored housewife (Lisa Bowman), on the lam for a murder they didn’t commit, pursuing the romanticism of an escape.
Read More: ‘Certain Women’ Clips: Kristen Stewart And Michelle Williams Star In Kelly Reichardt’s...
- 10/3/2016
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Copenhagen’s festival, in new autumn dates, will show a record 226 features kicking off with Doctor Strange.
Copenhagen’s Cph Pix festival, now in its new autumn dates, has revealed a record 226 feature films in its lineup.
The 14-day festival (Oct 27 - Nov 9), which now also includes kids and family festival Buster, will show 46 features for young people in its daytime programmes and 180 films for teenagers and adults in the evenings.
As previously reported, the eighth edition of festival will open with a gala premiere of Marvel’s Doctor Strange (Mads Mikkelsen will attend).
There will be four main awards at Pix: the New Talent Grand Pix for a debut feature (with $11,200 (€10,000)); the Politiken Audience Award that comes with Danish distribution support, and the Nordisk Film Fond prizes for best children’s feature and best children’s short.
Terence Davies [pictured] will be given a full retrospective as well as showing his latest film A Quiet Passion and participating...
Copenhagen’s Cph Pix festival, now in its new autumn dates, has revealed a record 226 feature films in its lineup.
The 14-day festival (Oct 27 - Nov 9), which now also includes kids and family festival Buster, will show 46 features for young people in its daytime programmes and 180 films for teenagers and adults in the evenings.
As previously reported, the eighth edition of festival will open with a gala premiere of Marvel’s Doctor Strange (Mads Mikkelsen will attend).
There will be four main awards at Pix: the New Talent Grand Pix for a debut feature (with $11,200 (€10,000)); the Politiken Audience Award that comes with Danish distribution support, and the Nordisk Film Fond prizes for best children’s feature and best children’s short.
Terence Davies [pictured] will be given a full retrospective as well as showing his latest film A Quiet Passion and participating...
- 10/3/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Fall has arrived. Two new limited releases opened at the $20,000 per theater level that used to be a regular feature for New York/Los Angeles initial platform releases.
“Denial” (Bleecker Street) and “American Honey” (A24) – both from relatively new distributors who show an ability to navigate the arthouse market’s tough shoals – are the highest in this traditional release model in the two months since Roadside Attractions’ “Indignation.”
That’s a long stretch. Some distributors have chosen wider initial city play, such as Lionsgate/CBS Films’ niche leader “Hell or High Water.” But numerous films have fallen short, and neither of these new releases was an automatic sell. So these are encouraging results.
Going a bit wider, unusual for a subtitled film, Music Box’s “A Man Called Ove” sought immediate positive audience reaction to give Sweden’s Oscar submission a chance to thrive going forward.
Two recent festival doc debuts,...
“Denial” (Bleecker Street) and “American Honey” (A24) – both from relatively new distributors who show an ability to navigate the arthouse market’s tough shoals – are the highest in this traditional release model in the two months since Roadside Attractions’ “Indignation.”
That’s a long stretch. Some distributors have chosen wider initial city play, such as Lionsgate/CBS Films’ niche leader “Hell or High Water.” But numerous films have fallen short, and neither of these new releases was an automatic sell. So these are encouraging results.
Going a bit wider, unusual for a subtitled film, Music Box’s “A Man Called Ove” sought immediate positive audience reaction to give Sweden’s Oscar submission a chance to thrive going forward.
Two recent festival doc debuts,...
- 10/2/2016
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
IndieWire’s Springboard column profiles up-and-comers in the film industry worthy of your attention.
Growing up is hard enough without the added issue of accidentally ending up in a weirdo parallel universe that maybe — just maybe! — isn’t so far estranged from the real world as one would like to think. That’s the idea behind director Rosemary Myers’ stylish and super-fun feature debut, “Girl Asleep.” The Australian coming-of-age tale, set in the oh-so-swinging seventies, follows the charmingly awkward Greta Driscoll (Bethany Whitmore) as she makes the jump into adulthood, care of a very weird fifteenth birthday party. Greta’s life is weird enough — she recently switched schools and is being bullied, her best pal Elliott (Harrison Feldman) wants more and her parents are totally nuts — but things go totally topside when she slips into another dimension, care of a surprise birthday party with shocks to spare.
Read More: ‘Girl Asleep...
Growing up is hard enough without the added issue of accidentally ending up in a weirdo parallel universe that maybe — just maybe! — isn’t so far estranged from the real world as one would like to think. That’s the idea behind director Rosemary Myers’ stylish and super-fun feature debut, “Girl Asleep.” The Australian coming-of-age tale, set in the oh-so-swinging seventies, follows the charmingly awkward Greta Driscoll (Bethany Whitmore) as she makes the jump into adulthood, care of a very weird fifteenth birthday party. Greta’s life is weird enough — she recently switched schools and is being bullied, her best pal Elliott (Harrison Feldman) wants more and her parents are totally nuts — but things go totally topside when she slips into another dimension, care of a surprise birthday party with shocks to spare.
Read More: ‘Girl Asleep...
- 9/30/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Adam Driver didn’t have to think too hard about whether to accept the lead role in Jim Jarmusch’s lyrical drama “Paterson,” about a bus driver and poet with the same name as his hometown of Paterson, New Jersey. Driver was such a fan of Jarmusch’s movies that he decided to take the part even before reading the script or meeting with the writer-director, he told IndieWire earlier this month at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Read More: Jim Jarmusch on Adam Driver, ‘Paterson,’ and the Movies He Refuses to Watch
“Whatever he would have said, I would have said yes to,” Driver said, adding that he once drove an hour and a half to an arthouse theater in Indiana to see Jarmusch’s 2003 film, “Coffee and Cigarettes.” “In my mind, I said that even if I don’t like [the script], I’m going to do it. It was...
Read More: Jim Jarmusch on Adam Driver, ‘Paterson,’ and the Movies He Refuses to Watch
“Whatever he would have said, I would have said yes to,” Driver said, adding that he once drove an hour and a half to an arthouse theater in Indiana to see Jarmusch’s 2003 film, “Coffee and Cigarettes.” “In my mind, I said that even if I don’t like [the script], I’m going to do it. It was...
- 9/30/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
It’s unlikely that we’ll ever see another coming-of-age movie made by someone who actually graduated high school in the 1970s, but that won’t stop films from deploying the era’s teenage mores and tacky décor as lazy shorthand for the supposedly universal rites of teenhood. Girl Asleep, adapted by Australia’s Windmill Theatre Company from one of its plays, is one of these after-school special regurgitations. Never betraying an iota of lived experience, it trots out tropes seen in dozens of movies and sitcom episodes (the embarrassing dad, the big party, the fictional rock star crush, etc.), which can ring true only because they’ve been in circulation for decades. It’s not teenhood, but “teenhood,” with a fetish for depictions of adolescence that involved gawky boys in blue tuxedos and bedrooms decorated with pictures of horses. Perhaps something has been lost in translation; film and TV...
- 9/28/2016
- by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
- avclub.com
Ali's Wedding.
Tiding audiences over until the official event returns in 2017, Adelaide Film Festival will run a mini-festival this October.
Known as Adelaide Film Festival Goes Rogue, the mini-fest will run October 27 — 30 and feature premieres, in-conversation events and a retrospective screening of Michael James Rowland's Lucky Miles..
Jeffrey Walker.s feature debut Ali.s Wedding. is set for its world premiere at the event. Australia.s first Muslim rom-com, the film is based on the life of actor, writer and comedian Osamah Sami, who also co-wrote the screenplay and stars as the titular character. There will also be a .work in progress. premiere screening of David Stratton.s Stories of Australian Cinema.
Festivities will also include the Australian premiere season of Lynette Wallworth.s Vr film Collisons (Oct 5 — 30), and a free talk by Greg Mackie, last year's Jim Bettison and Helen James Award recipient, at the Adelaide Festival of Ideas.
Tiding audiences over until the official event returns in 2017, Adelaide Film Festival will run a mini-festival this October.
Known as Adelaide Film Festival Goes Rogue, the mini-fest will run October 27 — 30 and feature premieres, in-conversation events and a retrospective screening of Michael James Rowland's Lucky Miles..
Jeffrey Walker.s feature debut Ali.s Wedding. is set for its world premiere at the event. Australia.s first Muslim rom-com, the film is based on the life of actor, writer and comedian Osamah Sami, who also co-wrote the screenplay and stars as the titular character. There will also be a .work in progress. premiere screening of David Stratton.s Stories of Australian Cinema.
Festivities will also include the Australian premiere season of Lynette Wallworth.s Vr film Collisons (Oct 5 — 30), and a free talk by Greg Mackie, last year's Jim Bettison and Helen James Award recipient, at the Adelaide Festival of Ideas.
- 9/26/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Storks.
The Secret Life of Pets has reclaimed the box office top spot, ringing up almost $3.4 million over the weekend. Now in its third week and showing on 306 screens, the animated Universal film has made $17.9 million overall. Behind it was last week's number one, fellow Universal title Bridget Jones's Baby. The romantic comedy slipped 24 per cent over its second weekend, bringing in $2.8 million from 299 screens, and now sits on a total of $10.3 million. Roadshow's Sully fell 22 per cent in its third week to ring up just under $1.7 million. The Clint Eastwood drama has made $8.96 million so far. WB's animated outing Storks debuted this week on 243 screens, taking $1.3 million. Fellow family title, Disney's Pete's Dragon, was up 4 per cent over its second weekend with $1.04 million. The David Lowery film has made just over $3 million overall. Behind was another —.very different —.Disney film, Oliver Stone's Snowden. It debuted on $548,408 from 81 screens...
The Secret Life of Pets has reclaimed the box office top spot, ringing up almost $3.4 million over the weekend. Now in its third week and showing on 306 screens, the animated Universal film has made $17.9 million overall. Behind it was last week's number one, fellow Universal title Bridget Jones's Baby. The romantic comedy slipped 24 per cent over its second weekend, bringing in $2.8 million from 299 screens, and now sits on a total of $10.3 million. Roadshow's Sully fell 22 per cent in its third week to ring up just under $1.7 million. The Clint Eastwood drama has made $8.96 million so far. WB's animated outing Storks debuted this week on 243 screens, taking $1.3 million. Fellow family title, Disney's Pete's Dragon, was up 4 per cent over its second weekend with $1.04 million. The David Lowery film has made just over $3 million overall. Behind was another —.very different —.Disney film, Oliver Stone's Snowden. It debuted on $548,408 from 81 screens...
- 9/26/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Rather than take the high-end prime specialty route with initial New York/Los Angeles dates, this week’s top two releases—Mira Nair’s well-reviewed “Queen of Katwe” (Disney) and Jocelyn Moorhouse’s less welcomed “The Dressmaker” (Broad Green)—both jumped to multiple top cities.
Two of the leading Sundance 2016 films – “The Lovers and the Despot” (Magnolia) and “Goat” (The Film Arcade”) took the national bookings with day-and-date Video on Demand strategy. A third, documentary “Audrie & Daisy,” debuted on Netflix along with some minimal unreported theatrical dates (to get it reviewed in the movie section and Oscar qualified).
None of these popped with particularly impressive grosses. No doubt some of the big titles ahead will go the more conventional route and score big results. But the lay of the land gets more complicated for art houses as both their exclusivity and theatrical-only patterns are at risk.
Opening
“Queen of Katwe...
Two of the leading Sundance 2016 films – “The Lovers and the Despot” (Magnolia) and “Goat” (The Film Arcade”) took the national bookings with day-and-date Video on Demand strategy. A third, documentary “Audrie & Daisy,” debuted on Netflix along with some minimal unreported theatrical dates (to get it reviewed in the movie section and Oscar qualified).
None of these popped with particularly impressive grosses. No doubt some of the big titles ahead will go the more conventional route and score big results. But the lay of the land gets more complicated for art houses as both their exclusivity and theatrical-only patterns are at risk.
Opening
“Queen of Katwe...
- 9/25/2016
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
It wasn't quite the weekend we forecasted on Thursday afternoon as Sony's The Magnificent Seven remake and WB's animated Storks both fell short of Mojo's lofty expectations. The weekend overall didn't look much better as the top twelve failed to combine for $100 million for the fifth weekend in a row and the weekend itself was down 25% compared to the same weekend last year. At the top, Sony and MGM's The Magnificent Seven turned in an estimated $35 million opening from 3,674 theaters, just a few thousand behind the opening of Sully two weeks ago and just ahead of Denzel Washington's The Equalizer from 2014, which was also directed by Antoine Fuqua. It's tough to say exactly where this one will go from here as Westerns aren't your typical blockbuster for the modern era and films such as The Lone Ranger and Django Unchained began their runs on Wednesday and Tuesday respectively. One...
- 9/25/2016
- by Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
Australian cinema may be best known for its gritty action films and even grimier crime dramas, but leave it to a first time filmmaker from “down under” to give the film world one of 2016’s most enjoyable, and original, teen comedies. Billed as a blending of Wes Anderson aesthetics and Lewis Carroll surrealism, freshman filmmaker Rosemary Myer’s Girl Asleep may sound, superficially, like an insufferably twee coming of age tale that has garnered more comparisons to Napoleon Dynamite than one may be comfortable with, but it’s truly a delightful achievement, particularly when it devolves into the surreal farce that is its third act.
The film introduces us to Greta Driscoll, a charming, but unassuming, 14-year-old as she heads towards her upcoming 15th birthday. A quiet wallflower of sorts, we first see Greta as she sits at a bench during a break from school, where she encounters a young man named Elliott.
The film introduces us to Greta Driscoll, a charming, but unassuming, 14-year-old as she heads towards her upcoming 15th birthday. A quiet wallflower of sorts, we first see Greta as she sits at a bench during a break from school, where she encounters a young man named Elliott.
- 9/25/2016
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
It goes without saying that Wes Anderson is one of the most influential directors working today. His films are boldly idiosyncratic and confidently realized with an attention to detail nearly unrivaled in modern cinema. The one flaw with Anderson’s work seems to be the many lackluster imitations — the attempts to capture the dynamic, reckless energy of his work that have all, under such evident obligation, failed to create anything distinctive or worthwhile.
Continue reading Coming-Of-Age Dramedy ‘Girl Asleep’ Is Wistful & Vibrant, But Ultimately Trite [Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading Coming-Of-Age Dramedy ‘Girl Asleep’ Is Wistful & Vibrant, But Ultimately Trite [Review] at The Playlist.
- 9/23/2016
- by Gary Garrison
- The Playlist
There’s a little movie from Down Under you might want to keep an eye out for. “Girl Asleep” has been quietly picking up notice and awards: it’s been honored with prizes from the Melbourne International Film Festival, the Seattle International Film Festival and the Adelaide Film Festival. As the film heads into theaters this weekend, we have an exclusive clip that will get you in the fighting spirit for the film.
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- 9/22/2016
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
This Past Weekend:
Yikes. What a terrible weekend we just had, not only for the new movies released but also for the Weekend Warrior’s predictions. Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks’ Sully won its second weekend in a row with just under $22 million, but as far as the new movies, neither Lionsgate’s Blair Witch nor Universal’s Bridget Jones’s Baby did very well, putting the last nail in the coffin (hopefully) for sequels/remakes trying to play upon nostalgia that just isn’t there. (Good luck to the Rings movie opening next month!) Blair Witch ended up with $9.6 million to take second place and both Bridget Jones’s Baby and Oliver Stone’s Snowden ended up with around $8 million, so...
This Past Weekend:
Yikes. What a terrible weekend we just had, not only for the new movies released but also for the Weekend Warrior’s predictions. Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks’ Sully won its second weekend in a row with just under $22 million, but as far as the new movies, neither Lionsgate’s Blair Witch nor Universal’s Bridget Jones’s Baby did very well, putting the last nail in the coffin (hopefully) for sequels/remakes trying to play upon nostalgia that just isn’t there. (Good luck to the Rings movie opening next month!) Blair Witch ended up with $9.6 million to take second place and both Bridget Jones’s Baby and Oliver Stone’s Snowden ended up with around $8 million, so...
- 9/21/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Bridget Jones's Baby.
Bridget Jones's Baby has bowed on top of the box office, with weekend takings of close to $3.7 million from 296 screens; a screen average of $12,338.
Jones's third screen outing now sits on $5.7 million, having already taken over $2 million from preview screenings.
The romantic comedy, directed by Sharon Macguire, narrowly pipped fellow Universal title The Secret Life of Pets, which brought in $3.5 million from its second weekend to total $11.8 million.
Now in its second week, Roadshow's Sully fell 19 per cent to take $2.1 million, boosting its cume to $6.4 million.
In a week of debuts, Disney's Pete's Dragon made $985,214 from 286 screens, while Roadshow's Blair Witch rung up $704,122 from 181. StudioCanal's The Beatles: Eight Days a Week was close behind, bowing on $699,865 from 169 screens.
After three weeks in release, Sony's Don't Breathe fell 45 per cent over to bring in $526,690, bringing its total to $3.6 million.
Behind it was Roadshow's Nerve, which took $465,383 in its...
Bridget Jones's Baby has bowed on top of the box office, with weekend takings of close to $3.7 million from 296 screens; a screen average of $12,338.
Jones's third screen outing now sits on $5.7 million, having already taken over $2 million from preview screenings.
The romantic comedy, directed by Sharon Macguire, narrowly pipped fellow Universal title The Secret Life of Pets, which brought in $3.5 million from its second weekend to total $11.8 million.
Now in its second week, Roadshow's Sully fell 19 per cent to take $2.1 million, boosting its cume to $6.4 million.
In a week of debuts, Disney's Pete's Dragon made $985,214 from 286 screens, while Roadshow's Blair Witch rung up $704,122 from 181. StudioCanal's The Beatles: Eight Days a Week was close behind, bowing on $699,865 from 169 screens.
After three weeks in release, Sony's Don't Breathe fell 45 per cent over to bring in $526,690, bringing its total to $3.6 million.
Behind it was Roadshow's Nerve, which took $465,383 in its...
- 9/19/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
The Secret Life of Pets.
Universal's The Secret Life of Pets has beaten out Roadshow's Sully, debuting on top of the Aussie box office. Chris Renaud and Yarrow Cheney's animated feature bowed on 293 screens with a weekend gross of $4.75 million; a screen average of $16,683. The film's cume is now at $7.3 million. Sully, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks, debuted on 255 screens to bring in $2.6 million over the weekend, boosting. total takings to just over $3 million. Universal's Bridget Jones's Baby, still in previews ahead of its official release this Thursday, has already brought in $2.04 million from 242 screens. Last week's number one, Don't Breathe, fell 27 per cent in its second week to bring in $945,842. The Sony film has made $2.7 million overall. Now in its fifth week, Roadshow's Bad Moms fell 39 per cent, earning $796,037 from 267 screens. Jon Lucas and Scott Moore's film has a cume of $13.8 million. Behind it was Roadshow's Nerve,...
Universal's The Secret Life of Pets has beaten out Roadshow's Sully, debuting on top of the Aussie box office. Chris Renaud and Yarrow Cheney's animated feature bowed on 293 screens with a weekend gross of $4.75 million; a screen average of $16,683. The film's cume is now at $7.3 million. Sully, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks, debuted on 255 screens to bring in $2.6 million over the weekend, boosting. total takings to just over $3 million. Universal's Bridget Jones's Baby, still in previews ahead of its official release this Thursday, has already brought in $2.04 million from 242 screens. Last week's number one, Don't Breathe, fell 27 per cent in its second week to bring in $945,842. The Sony film has made $2.7 million overall. Now in its fifth week, Roadshow's Bad Moms fell 39 per cent, earning $796,037 from 267 screens. Jon Lucas and Scott Moore's film has a cume of $13.8 million. Behind it was Roadshow's Nerve,...
- 9/12/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Sensory-swooning coming-of-age film is the cinematic equivalent of No-Doz ground up with a bit of LSD, then baked into a birthday cake
The enchanting cinematic debut of Rosemary Myers, a stalwart of local theatre, is a sensory-swooning coming-of-age film. The sort of weirdly alluring experience that zaps viewers wide awake while lulling them into dreamy la-la land: the cinematic equivalent of No-Doz ground up with a bit of LSD, then baked into a birthday cake.
What a fabulous addition to Australian cinema’s expanding arsenal of talent making the jump from stage to screen. Like recent feature film kick-offs from theatre maestros Stephen Page (Spear) and Simon Stone (The Daughter), who you might have expected to hand over dialogue-larded gabfests, Girl Asleep is intoxicatingly cinematic.
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The enchanting cinematic debut of Rosemary Myers, a stalwart of local theatre, is a sensory-swooning coming-of-age film. The sort of weirdly alluring experience that zaps viewers wide awake while lulling them into dreamy la-la land: the cinematic equivalent of No-Doz ground up with a bit of LSD, then baked into a birthday cake.
What a fabulous addition to Australian cinema’s expanding arsenal of talent making the jump from stage to screen. Like recent feature film kick-offs from theatre maestros Stephen Page (Spear) and Simon Stone (The Daughter), who you might have expected to hand over dialogue-larded gabfests, Girl Asleep is intoxicatingly cinematic.
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- 9/9/2016
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
L-r Imogen Archer, Tilda Cobham-Hervey from Girl Asleep
The South Australian Film Corporation has announced a new suite of initiatives designed to address the gender imbalance in the screen industry and bolster the careers of both established and emerging South Australian female practitioners.
The initiatives, known as the Safc Gender Agenda, focus on a number of areas including leadership, mentorship, attachments and workshops.
Safc Gender Agenda has been formulated in response to the data demonstrating that women in the screen industries both globally and in Australia are still significantly underrepresented in key creative roles.
Safc CEO Annabelle Sheehan said every state had unique structural issues that it faced in relation to bringing gender equality to the screen industry.
.We have given a lot of thought to what is relevant to our state and look forward to rolling out these initiatives and welcoming the positive changes that they will make both...
The South Australian Film Corporation has announced a new suite of initiatives designed to address the gender imbalance in the screen industry and bolster the careers of both established and emerging South Australian female practitioners.
The initiatives, known as the Safc Gender Agenda, focus on a number of areas including leadership, mentorship, attachments and workshops.
Safc Gender Agenda has been formulated in response to the data demonstrating that women in the screen industries both globally and in Australia are still significantly underrepresented in key creative roles.
Safc CEO Annabelle Sheehan said every state had unique structural issues that it faced in relation to bringing gender equality to the screen industry.
.We have given a lot of thought to what is relevant to our state and look forward to rolling out these initiatives and welcoming the positive changes that they will make both...
- 9/7/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Stephen Lang in Don't Breathe.
Horror film Don't Breathe has pipped Bad Moms and Suicide Squad to come in at the top of the Australian box office.
Debuting on 153 screens, the Sony film rang up close to $1.3 million, with a screen average of $8,568..
Last week's champ, Bad Moms, dropped thirty-five percent in its fourth week to take a fraction less over the weekend off 283 screens. The Roadshow comedy has now made $12.5 million overall.
WB's Suicide Squad is on 275 screens and dropped forty-three percent in its fifth week to bring its cume to over $32 million, while Roadshow's Nerve, starring Dave Franco and Emma Roberts, debuted on 196 screens and racked up just shy of $1 million ($996,037).
Uni's Jason Bourne dropped a mere sixteen percent in week six, earning $759,322 off 190 screens to bring its pot to $20.6 million, while Sony's Sausage Party crossed the $8 million mark after four weeks in release.
Dropping forty-five percent in...
Horror film Don't Breathe has pipped Bad Moms and Suicide Squad to come in at the top of the Australian box office.
Debuting on 153 screens, the Sony film rang up close to $1.3 million, with a screen average of $8,568..
Last week's champ, Bad Moms, dropped thirty-five percent in its fourth week to take a fraction less over the weekend off 283 screens. The Roadshow comedy has now made $12.5 million overall.
WB's Suicide Squad is on 275 screens and dropped forty-three percent in its fifth week to bring its cume to over $32 million, while Roadshow's Nerve, starring Dave Franco and Emma Roberts, debuted on 196 screens and racked up just shy of $1 million ($996,037).
Uni's Jason Bourne dropped a mere sixteen percent in week six, earning $759,322 off 190 screens to bring its pot to $20.6 million, while Sony's Sausage Party crossed the $8 million mark after four weeks in release.
Dropping forty-five percent in...
- 9/4/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
While the summer had a number of gems, our sights are now set on the majorly promising fall slate as we’ve highlighted 75 to keep on your radar. For a more specific breakdown, we now have our monthly rundown, which includes some Tiff and Venice films, and much more. It should also be noted that Michelangelo Antonioni‘s restored masterpiece La Notte will get a theatrical run starting on September 16 at NYC’s Film Forum, and will expand from there. Check out our recommendations below and let us know what you’re looking forward to.
Matinees to See: White Girl (9/2), Max Rose (9/2), The Academy of Muses (9/2), Zoom (9/2), Other People (9/9). Kicks (9/9), Dancer (9/9), London Road (9/9), Come What May (9/9), The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years (9/16), My Blind Brother (9/23), Girl Asleep (9/23), Goat (9/23), The Lovers and the Despot (9/23), The Magnificent Seven (9/23), Chronic (9/23), Sand Storm (9/28), Do Not Resist (9/30), Deepwater Horizon (9/30), Miss Peregrine’s...
Matinees to See: White Girl (9/2), Max Rose (9/2), The Academy of Muses (9/2), Zoom (9/2), Other People (9/9). Kicks (9/9), Dancer (9/9), London Road (9/9), Come What May (9/9), The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years (9/16), My Blind Brother (9/23), Girl Asleep (9/23), Goat (9/23), The Lovers and the Despot (9/23), The Magnificent Seven (9/23), Chronic (9/23), Sand Storm (9/28), Do Not Resist (9/30), Deepwater Horizon (9/30), Miss Peregrine’s...
- 9/1/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Windmill Theatre’s ‘maverick sensibility’ behind the idiosyncratic winner of Australia’s richest film prize
South Australian production Girl Asleep was awarded the nation’s richest film prize at CinefestOz in Western Australia this weekend – and, the morning after the gala night in Busselton, the film’s writer, Matthew Whittet, still seems stunned.
“We’re totally blown away that it happened and we’re still just processing,” he says. “It’s incredible to have this sort of support going into our release [in a week]. The timing couldn’t be better for us.”
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South Australian production Girl Asleep was awarded the nation’s richest film prize at CinefestOz in Western Australia this weekend – and, the morning after the gala night in Busselton, the film’s writer, Matthew Whittet, still seems stunned.
“We’re totally blown away that it happened and we’re still just processing,” he says. “It’s incredible to have this sort of support going into our release [in a week]. The timing couldn’t be better for us.”
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- 8/31/2016
- by James Robert Douglas
- The Guardian - Film News
Matthew Whittet, Rosemary Myers, Jo Dyer and Gillian Armstrong.
Girl Asleep, directed by Rosemary Myers, written by Matthew Whittet and produced by Jo Dyer, has won CinefestOZ's $100,000 Film Prize.
Saturday evening's awards ceremony in Busselton also saw the festival's Screen Legend award handed out to Gillian Armstrong.
Girl Asleep was selected ahead of Jasper Jones, Spin Out and The Death and Life of Otto Bloom. CinefestOZ received more than 30 submissions for the prize, with the winner decided by a jury made up of Armstrong, producer Sue Taylor (Looking for Grace), Dp Garry Phillips (The Railway Man) and actor-director Damian Walshe-Howling.
The jury watched each of the finalists with an audience before coming together to deliberate. Armstrong said the decision was unanimous.
Presenting the prize, Premier and Tourism Minister Colin Barnett announced that the Wa Government had secured a new two-year deal to continue sponsoring the event..
.CinefestOZ is a great...
Girl Asleep, directed by Rosemary Myers, written by Matthew Whittet and produced by Jo Dyer, has won CinefestOZ's $100,000 Film Prize.
Saturday evening's awards ceremony in Busselton also saw the festival's Screen Legend award handed out to Gillian Armstrong.
Girl Asleep was selected ahead of Jasper Jones, Spin Out and The Death and Life of Otto Bloom. CinefestOZ received more than 30 submissions for the prize, with the winner decided by a jury made up of Armstrong, producer Sue Taylor (Looking for Grace), Dp Garry Phillips (The Railway Man) and actor-director Damian Walshe-Howling.
The jury watched each of the finalists with an audience before coming together to deliberate. Armstrong said the decision was unanimous.
Presenting the prize, Premier and Tourism Minister Colin Barnett announced that the Wa Government had secured a new two-year deal to continue sponsoring the event..
.CinefestOZ is a great...
- 8/29/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
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