The Sapphires, director Wayne Blair.s feel-good feature debut, is one of seven new films added to the Cannes Film Festival line-up overnight.
The musical comedy set in the 1960s will have its world premiere screening at a midnight out-of-competition gala screen on May 19.
Inspired by a true story, The Sapphires is about a group of young women from a remote Aboriginal mission given the opportunity to go to Vietnam and sing for the troops.
Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens and Miranda Tapsell play the all-girl group billed as an Australian version of The Supremes and Irish actor Chris O.Dowd from Bridesmaids plays the unlikely talent scout who discovers them.
.The Sapphires is the kind of film that comes along once in a lifetime,. said Goalpost Pictures Australia producers Rosemary Blight and Kylie du Fresne in a statement released overnight by the local distributor Hopscotch Films/Entertainment One.
The musical comedy set in the 1960s will have its world premiere screening at a midnight out-of-competition gala screen on May 19.
Inspired by a true story, The Sapphires is about a group of young women from a remote Aboriginal mission given the opportunity to go to Vietnam and sing for the troops.
Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens and Miranda Tapsell play the all-girl group billed as an Australian version of The Supremes and Irish actor Chris O.Dowd from Bridesmaids plays the unlikely talent scout who discovers them.
.The Sapphires is the kind of film that comes along once in a lifetime,. said Goalpost Pictures Australia producers Rosemary Blight and Kylie du Fresne in a statement released overnight by the local distributor Hopscotch Films/Entertainment One.
- 4/30/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
Roscommon born actor Chris O'Dowd has been cast in Dwayne Blair's (Lockie Leonard, The Djarn Djarns) debut feature - Aussie musical 'The Sapphires'. Set in the late 1960s and inspired by a true story, O'Dowd will take on the role of a talent scout who spots four Aboriginal soul singers from a remote community. O'Dowd plucks them out of obscurity and brings them to Vietnam to entertain the troops.
- 8/16/2011
- IFTN
Actor /director Wayne Blair was awarded the $10,000 Bob Maza Fellowship, last night at the opening of the Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival in Sydney.
“Screen Australia pays tribute to Bob Maza’s passion and commitment to the film and entertainment industry. Wayne is an exceptional talent in the local industry and we wish him the best of luck in using the opportunity this fellowship offers to further his international career,” said the head of Screen Australia’s Indigenous Department, Erica Glynn.
The Bob Maza Fellowship was established to allow an Indigenous actor or filmmaker expand his/her career opportunities and professional development.
Blair, a Butjala man from Queensland, made his acting debut in 200′s Mullet. He’s starred in films such as Blessed, as well as plays with the major state theatre companies in the country. He’s also made the short films Jubulj and The Djarn Djarns (Crystal Bear...
“Screen Australia pays tribute to Bob Maza’s passion and commitment to the film and entertainment industry. Wayne is an exceptional talent in the local industry and we wish him the best of luck in using the opportunity this fellowship offers to further his international career,” said the head of Screen Australia’s Indigenous Department, Erica Glynn.
The Bob Maza Fellowship was established to allow an Indigenous actor or filmmaker expand his/her career opportunities and professional development.
Blair, a Butjala man from Queensland, made his acting debut in 200′s Mullet. He’s starred in films such as Blessed, as well as plays with the major state theatre companies in the country. He’s also made the short films Jubulj and The Djarn Djarns (Crystal Bear...
- 5/12/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Berlin -- Berlinale Generation, the Berlin International Film Festival sidebar for family and youth cinema, has picked its first titles and named its jury.
Picking the winners of the Generation Crystal Bears next year will be: Iranian director Hana Makhmalbaf ("Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame"), France's Philippe Falardeau ("It's Not Me, I Swear!"), Australian helmer Kylie Du Fresne ("The Djarn Djarns"), along with Irish screenwriter and producer Rowan O'Neill ("The Race") and Margret Albers, the director of German children's media festival the Goldener Spatz.
Among the contenders will be "Boy," from Taika Waititi, aka Taika Cohen, the New Zealand director behind "Eagle vs. Shark" and several episodes of "Flight of the Conchords." The tragicomedy set among the Maori people will premiere in Sundance before heading to Berlin.
The Australian '60s period musical "Bran Nue Dae" from Rachel Perkins and starring Geoffrey Rush, has made the Generation cut, as has Dev Benegal's "Road,...
Picking the winners of the Generation Crystal Bears next year will be: Iranian director Hana Makhmalbaf ("Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame"), France's Philippe Falardeau ("It's Not Me, I Swear!"), Australian helmer Kylie Du Fresne ("The Djarn Djarns"), along with Irish screenwriter and producer Rowan O'Neill ("The Race") and Margret Albers, the director of German children's media festival the Goldener Spatz.
Among the contenders will be "Boy," from Taika Waititi, aka Taika Cohen, the New Zealand director behind "Eagle vs. Shark" and several episodes of "Flight of the Conchords." The tragicomedy set among the Maori people will premiere in Sundance before heading to Berlin.
The Australian '60s period musical "Bran Nue Dae" from Rachel Perkins and starring Geoffrey Rush, has made the Generation cut, as has Dev Benegal's "Road,...
- 12/17/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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