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
Three Australian feature films and one short have been selected to screen at the 41st International Film Festival Rotterdam, 25 january – 5 February.
Two films, writer/director John Winter’s Black & White & Sex and writer/director Amiel Courtin-Wilson’s Hail will feature in the Bright Future section of the festival which presents debut or second feature films.
Black & White & Sex stars Katherine Hicks, Anya Beyersdorf, Dina Panozzo, Saskia Burmeister and Matthew Holmes to explore sex and sexuality.
Blurring the lines between fact and fiction, Hail is the story of love and loss based on real life partners, and actors in the film, Daniel P Jones and Leanne Letch. Hail had its world premiere at Venice International Film Festival.
Selected to screen the festival’s closing night is The Hunter, produced by Vincent Sheehan and directed by Daniel Nettheim and written by Alice Addison, its the story of a mercenary (Willem Dafoe) hunting the last remaining Tasmanian Tiger.
Two films, writer/director John Winter’s Black & White & Sex and writer/director Amiel Courtin-Wilson’s Hail will feature in the Bright Future section of the festival which presents debut or second feature films.
Black & White & Sex stars Katherine Hicks, Anya Beyersdorf, Dina Panozzo, Saskia Burmeister and Matthew Holmes to explore sex and sexuality.
Blurring the lines between fact and fiction, Hail is the story of love and loss based on real life partners, and actors in the film, Daniel P Jones and Leanne Letch. Hail had its world premiere at Venice International Film Festival.
Selected to screen the festival’s closing night is The Hunter, produced by Vincent Sheehan and directed by Daniel Nettheim and written by Alice Addison, its the story of a mercenary (Willem Dafoe) hunting the last remaining Tasmanian Tiger.
- 1/17/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
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
The quality of the relationship that is built between the director and actor can mean the difference between a pretty good performance, and a fearless performance that takes everyone’s breath away. Actor Gina Morley explores the ways to best build that relationship.
When I think of directors that I love working with, directors that have the ability to help me fly, the feeling that comes to mind is fearlessness. But sometimes directors don’t know what actors are thinking and feeling…To explore the actor-director relationship, I went in search of old notes I have jotted down about direction and what has worked for me. I will share my personal experiences, combined with comments from indie director Alkinos Tsilimidos (winner of the Montréal First Film Prize for Everynight … Everynight, AFI Award nominee for the short Tom White) and fellow actor Katherine Hicks (Rescue Special Ops, Logie nominee and If...
When I think of directors that I love working with, directors that have the ability to help me fly, the feeling that comes to mind is fearlessness. But sometimes directors don’t know what actors are thinking and feeling…To explore the actor-director relationship, I went in search of old notes I have jotted down about direction and what has worked for me. I will share my personal experiences, combined with comments from indie director Alkinos Tsilimidos (winner of the Montréal First Film Prize for Everynight … Everynight, AFI Award nominee for the short Tom White) and fellow actor Katherine Hicks (Rescue Special Ops, Logie nominee and If...
- 2/8/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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