Comedy webseries.Little Acorns goes inside the world of that long-suffering breed: the childcare worker.
The series, which stars Rachel Griffiths, is written and directed by actors Trudy Hellier and Maria Theodorakis and funded by Screen Australia.
Hellier has appeared in the likes of The Death and Life of Otto Bloom and The Doctor Blake Mysteries, and previously wrote four episodes of TV series Lowdown. Theodorakis' credits include The Castle, Walking on Water and Holding the Man..
Little Acorns consists of nine 3-5 minute episodes, available online from September 1..
.We wanted to celebrate the world's unsung heroines, but ultimately we wanted to make a show about women behaving badly,. said Theodorakis.
.These are women we all know but rarely see on our screens. They are bold, fearless, contradictory and ridiculously funny,. said Hellier.
.We are tired of seeing women in stereotypical roles; men are having all the fun and we...
The series, which stars Rachel Griffiths, is written and directed by actors Trudy Hellier and Maria Theodorakis and funded by Screen Australia.
Hellier has appeared in the likes of The Death and Life of Otto Bloom and The Doctor Blake Mysteries, and previously wrote four episodes of TV series Lowdown. Theodorakis' credits include The Castle, Walking on Water and Holding the Man..
Little Acorns consists of nine 3-5 minute episodes, available online from September 1..
.We wanted to celebrate the world's unsung heroines, but ultimately we wanted to make a show about women behaving badly,. said Theodorakis.
.These are women we all know but rarely see on our screens. They are bold, fearless, contradictory and ridiculously funny,. said Hellier.
.We are tired of seeing women in stereotypical roles; men are having all the fun and we...
- 8/10/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Experienced screenwriter Roger Monk has been appointed scripted development producer at Essential Media and Entertainment.s new Brisbane office.
Monk is working with development assistant Emily Avila, formerly with See-Saw Films and now an audience engagement officer at Ipswich Art Gallery.
The mandate is to source Queensland-originated stories and storytellers,. develop and foster existing relationships with Queensland practitioners and provide a conduit to emerging talent within the Queensland production sector.
The office is funded by Screen Queensland's Enterprise program, which is also supporting Ludo Studio, Bunya Productions, Matchbox Pictures, Two Little Indians and Hoodlum.
Monk.s credits include Nowhere Boys, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, East Of Everything and Tony Ayres. 2002 movie Walking on Water, for which he won best screenplay at the AFI Awards.
Essential Media Queensland will assist with the ongoing development of Queensland writers by offering mentorships with leading scripted development and production talent and support a yearly internship program.
Monk is working with development assistant Emily Avila, formerly with See-Saw Films and now an audience engagement officer at Ipswich Art Gallery.
The mandate is to source Queensland-originated stories and storytellers,. develop and foster existing relationships with Queensland practitioners and provide a conduit to emerging talent within the Queensland production sector.
The office is funded by Screen Queensland's Enterprise program, which is also supporting Ludo Studio, Bunya Productions, Matchbox Pictures, Two Little Indians and Hoodlum.
Monk.s credits include Nowhere Boys, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, East Of Everything and Tony Ayres. 2002 movie Walking on Water, for which he won best screenplay at the AFI Awards.
Essential Media Queensland will assist with the ongoing development of Queensland writers by offering mentorships with leading scripted development and production talent and support a yearly internship program.
- 2/25/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Sullivan Stapleton.s performance as a vicious thug in Cut Snake has been lauded after the world premiere of Tony Ayres. crime thriller at the Melbourne International Film Festival last Saturday.
In the 1970s-set film scripted by Blake Ayshford Stapleton.s character Pommie is an ex-crim who tracks down his former cellmate Sparra (Alex Russell).
While Sparra tries to go straight with his soon-to-be-wife Paula (Jessica de Gouw), who knows nothing of his shady past, Pommie sets out to lure him on a dangerous path.
.Cut Snake is reasonably engrossing thanks to its eye-candy cast of rising stars, notably a ferocious but emotionally exposed performance from Sullivan Stapleton,. declared The Hollywood Reporter.s David Rooney .
..For an emerging actor doing muscle movies like 300: Rise of an Empire, Stapleton, who first turned heads as a different kind of thug in Animal Kingdom, doesn't shrink from displays of the torn heart...
In the 1970s-set film scripted by Blake Ayshford Stapleton.s character Pommie is an ex-crim who tracks down his former cellmate Sparra (Alex Russell).
While Sparra tries to go straight with his soon-to-be-wife Paula (Jessica de Gouw), who knows nothing of his shady past, Pommie sets out to lure him on a dangerous path.
.Cut Snake is reasonably engrossing thanks to its eye-candy cast of rising stars, notably a ferocious but emotionally exposed performance from Sullivan Stapleton,. declared The Hollywood Reporter.s David Rooney .
..For an emerging actor doing muscle movies like 300: Rise of an Empire, Stapleton, who first turned heads as a different kind of thug in Animal Kingdom, doesn't shrink from displays of the torn heart...
- 8/12/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Margaret Pomeranz delivered a powerful keynote speech at the opening of the Spaa Conference yesterday in Sydney, and Encore has the full transcript of her meditation on the state of Australian film and television – and why Government and audiences should appreciate the arts a little more.
I’m extremely grateful to Spaa for inviting me to give this keynote speech today. It is the Hector Crawford Memorial Lecture and I want to honour the man today. Hector put Australian television on the map, he made Australian accents acceptable in the media. Do you remember when we could only stomach New Zealanders reading our news because they sounded more English than us? Brian Henderson was a prime example. But more than that Hector validated Australian writers, Australian actors, directors, designers, a whole Australian infrastructure, Some of those people are still working today. In a very significant way Hector created an industry,...
I’m extremely grateful to Spaa for inviting me to give this keynote speech today. It is the Hector Crawford Memorial Lecture and I want to honour the man today. Hector put Australian television on the map, he made Australian accents acceptable in the media. Do you remember when we could only stomach New Zealanders reading our news because they sounded more English than us? Brian Henderson was a prime example. But more than that Hector validated Australian writers, Australian actors, directors, designers, a whole Australian infrastructure, Some of those people are still working today. In a very significant way Hector created an industry,...
- 11/18/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
SYDNEY -- The Film Finance Corporation Australia gave four new feature films the "amber light" and greenlighted five documentaries during its March board meeting Wednesday. Provisional investment approval went to The Home Song Stories, in which producer Liz Watts (Walking on Water) again teams with writer-director Tony Ayres; The Tender Hook, from producer Michelle Harrison and writer-director Jonathan Ogilvie; To Hell and Bourke, from producer Ross Hutchens and Aboriginal auteur Richard Franklin; and Lucky Miles, from producer Jo Dyer and writer-director Michael James Rowland.
- 3/24/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MELBOURNE, Australia -- State government funding agency Film Victoria has announced the recipients of the latest round of the Commercial Script Development Scheme (CSDS), which over the past four years has subsidized 21 Victorian production companies to the tune of Aus$3.4 million ($2.6 million) in an effort to assist them in fast tracking their development slates. Eleven companies received the funding in this latest round, including kids TV specialist Johnathan M. Shiff Productions and feature and documentary film producer Big and Little Films, of which Walking on Water director Tony Ayres and Wildness producer Michael McMahon are the principals. To date, the CSDS has assisted in the development of 131 projects and employment for 89 writers, 46 script editors and 63 producers, according to Film Victoria. Projects aided by the program include the TV series Holly's Heroes and the feature films You And Your Stupid Mate and The Extra, both currently in production.
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Rabbit-Proof Fence has taken out top honors in the Australian Film Institute awards, which were announced at a Saturday ceremony in Melbourne. The Phillip Noyce-directed drama, which chronicles the true story of three half-aboriginal girls in 1930s Australia who defied a government policy that removed them from their families, was competing against three other indigenous-themed dramas in the best film category. It also won awards for sound and for Peter Gabriel's music score. But while Rabbit-Proof Fence scored the evening's main prize, it was the bittersweet contemporary comedy Walking on Water that ended up with the highest number of awards, picking up gongs in five categories: best actress (Maria Theodorakis), supporting actor and actress (Nathaniel Dean and Judi Farr), original screenplay (Roger Monk) and editing (Reva Childs).
- 12/9/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MELBOURNE, Australia -- The Phillip Noyce-directed drama Rabbit-Proof Fence has emerged as the most-nominated film for the upcoming Australian Film Institute awards, which will be handed out Dec. 7 in Melbourne. Nominations, which are voted on by members of the AFI, were set to be announced today in Sydney. With noms in 10 categories, Rabbit-Proof Fence, which chronicles the attempt of three Aborigine girls to escape from government authorities in 1930s Western Australia, has been the most commercially successful homegrown feature this year, with boxoffice of around $4 million. In the best film category, Rabbit-Proof Fence, which Miramax will release next month in the United States, is up against three other features exploring indigenous themes: Australian Rules, which screened at Sundance earlier this year, contemporary road film Beneath Clouds and The Tracker, from Rolf de Heer (Bad Boy Bubby, The Quiet Room). Walking on Water, a bittersweet comedy exploring the aftermath of a death in contemporary Sydney, also figured prominently, picking up nominations in nine categories.
- 10/18/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MELBOURNE, Australia -- The race-relations drama Australian Rules, which screened at Sundance earlier this year, leads the nominations list for the Australian Film Critics Circle Awards with eight, including a nom for best film. The winners will be announced at an Oct. 31 ceremony in Sydney. Other titles featured prominently in the AFC choices are fellow best film nominees Walking on Water and The Tracker (seven nominations each) and Rabbit-Proof Fence (six nominations). In the best actress category, Toni Collette (Dirty Deeds) is up against Danielle Hall (Beneath Clouds), Everlyn Sampi (Rabbit-Proof Fence) and Maria Theodorakis (Walking on Water), while the best actor contenders are Vince Colosimo (Walking on Water), David Gulpilil (The Tracker), Guy Pearce (The Hard Word) and Nathan Phillips (Australian Rules). Nominated for best director are Tony Ayres (Walking on Water), Rolf de Heer (The Tracker), Phillip Noyce (Rabbit-Proof Fence) and Ivan Sen (Beneath Clouds). More than 50 critics are eligible to vote for the awards, which have become the curtain-raiser of Australia's awards season.
- 10/9/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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