Today we have the trailer for the "33 Postcards" drama, starring Guy Pearce, Zhu Lin, Claudia Karvan, Elaine Jin, and Lincoln Lewis. Check it out below. Plot: Dean Randall (Pearce) has sponsored a young Chinese orphan Mei Mei for many years, when she arrives in Sydney out of the blue to thank him, their lives are changed forever. The new movie is directed by Pauline Chan (Little White Lies) and recently appeared at the Sydney Film Festival. At this point, there is no Us distributor on board. Trailer: If you cannot see the player, click here.
- 9/15/2011
- WorstPreviews.com
The Australian-Chinese co-production, 33 Postcards, “will be released in every cinema in China,” Minister for the Arts, George Souris has announced.
At approximately 8000 screens, it’s a massive audience for the film, with China one of the largest cinema markets in the world. The film will be released in a Mandarin version on Friday 2 September.
“33 Postcards is only one of a handful of Australian films ever to break into the Chinese cinema circuit as only a small number of foreign films are released there each year,” said Minister Souris.
Shot both in Nsw and Hengdian World Studios in China, it was produced by Portal Pictures and Zhejiang Hengdian Film Productions, in association with Ifs Capital Limited and Screen Nsw who invested $200,000 in the film.
The film had its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival and awarded the Crc Award, and had its international premiere at the Shanghai International Film Festival...
At approximately 8000 screens, it’s a massive audience for the film, with China one of the largest cinema markets in the world. The film will be released in a Mandarin version on Friday 2 September.
“33 Postcards is only one of a handful of Australian films ever to break into the Chinese cinema circuit as only a small number of foreign films are released there each year,” said Minister Souris.
Shot both in Nsw and Hengdian World Studios in China, it was produced by Portal Pictures and Zhejiang Hengdian Film Productions, in association with Ifs Capital Limited and Screen Nsw who invested $200,000 in the film.
The film had its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival and awarded the Crc Award, and had its international premiere at the Shanghai International Film Festival...
- 8/22/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
33 Postcards is a film of special significance, as it marks the first official Chinese-Australian (New South Wales) film collaboration. At the Sydney Film Festival this year, where it had its world premiere, it won the Community Relations Commission Award. Just a couple of weeks later at the Shanghai International Film Festival, where it had its Chinese premiere, its lead actress Zhu Lin won the New Talent Award. Directed by Pauline Chan and inspired by real life events, 33 Postcards tells the story of a young Chinese orphan Mei Mei (Zhu Lin) who has been dreaming of meeting her Australian sponsor of many years, Mr Randall (Guy Pearce). Her opportunity comes when her orphanage travels to Australia to compete at a music festival. However,...
- 7/2/2011
- Screen Anarchy
The Dungog Film Festival has partnered with Sydney Theatre to expand its script reading program In The Raw to Sydney.
In the Raw has been expanded to a stand-alone event, held bi-monthly and commencing on February 7.
In The Raw is a program where actors read unproduced screenplays in front of a live audience, offering filmmakers a chance to get their works heard by key industry players and tested with their intended audience. Projects like Pauline Chan’s screenplay Mei Mei (currently in post-production) graduated from In the Raw.
“Having hosted the premieres of such great Australian films as Lucky Miles, Romulus My Father and Men’s Group, Sydney Theatre has long been a friend of the Australian film industry and sees this partnership as an important development in this deepening relationship,” said Sydney Theatre executive producer Jo Dyer.
Tickets can be reserved online, by phone or in person at the Sydney Theatre box office.
In the Raw has been expanded to a stand-alone event, held bi-monthly and commencing on February 7.
In The Raw is a program where actors read unproduced screenplays in front of a live audience, offering filmmakers a chance to get their works heard by key industry players and tested with their intended audience. Projects like Pauline Chan’s screenplay Mei Mei (currently in post-production) graduated from In the Raw.
“Having hosted the premieres of such great Australian films as Lucky Miles, Romulus My Father and Men’s Group, Sydney Theatre has long been a friend of the Australian film industry and sees this partnership as an important development in this deepening relationship,” said Sydney Theatre executive producer Jo Dyer.
Tickets can be reserved online, by phone or in person at the Sydney Theatre box office.
- 1/13/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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