Saudi Arabia’s Ithra Film Productions banner has teamed up with prominent Egyptian producer Mohamed Hefzy (“Clash”) who will serve as a creative consultant on two upcoming projects by Saudi directors backed by the company, one of which Hefzy will produce through his Film Clinic shingle.
The two projects which were unveiled in Cannes by Ithra Film — which is a unit of The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, financed by Saudi Aramco Oil Company to promote cultural development — are “Valley Road,” a drama by emerging Saudi helmer Khalid Fahad about an autistic young man who gets lost on his way to see a doctor and the ensuing challenges, and “Sea of Sands,” a coming-of-age story centered around a young orphan Bedouin and a camel who form a special bond and embark on a journey across Saudi Arabia. Hefzy (pictured), who besides being a producer also heads the Cairo Film Festival,...
The two projects which were unveiled in Cannes by Ithra Film — which is a unit of The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, financed by Saudi Aramco Oil Company to promote cultural development — are “Valley Road,” a drama by emerging Saudi helmer Khalid Fahad about an autistic young man who gets lost on his way to see a doctor and the ensuing challenges, and “Sea of Sands,” a coming-of-age story centered around a young orphan Bedouin and a camel who form a special bond and embark on a journey across Saudi Arabia. Hefzy (pictured), who besides being a producer also heads the Cairo Film Festival,...
- 7/11/2021
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Proceeds from the dialogue-free project will support filmmakers from the region.
Production has wrapped on experimental Saudi Arabian film Joud, the first feature produced by The King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture. The first image from the project is above.
The documentary feature is directed by Andrew Lancaster (The Lost Aviator), with production taking place in 16 locations accross Saudi Arabia including Jeddah, Tabuk, Mecca and Ha’il.
The screenplay from Safya Al-Marri and Hussam Alhulwah uses an experimental story structure derived from a pre-Islamic form of poetry, the “Qasida”, described as an “ancient poem for modern times.”
Producer Todd Albert Nims said Joud is “an ambitious production in that it chooses to avoid the use of narration or dialogue to engage audiences.”
The film is scored by Jerry Lane, composer for the Oscar-nominated film Theeb and produced by Abdullah Aleyaf and Todd Albert Nims of the King Abdulaziz Centre in association with the UK’s The...
Production has wrapped on experimental Saudi Arabian film Joud, the first feature produced by The King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture. The first image from the project is above.
The documentary feature is directed by Andrew Lancaster (The Lost Aviator), with production taking place in 16 locations accross Saudi Arabia including Jeddah, Tabuk, Mecca and Ha’il.
The screenplay from Safya Al-Marri and Hussam Alhulwah uses an experimental story structure derived from a pre-Islamic form of poetry, the “Qasida”, described as an “ancient poem for modern times.”
Producer Todd Albert Nims said Joud is “an ambitious production in that it chooses to avoid the use of narration or dialogue to engage audiences.”
The film is scored by Jerry Lane, composer for the Oscar-nominated film Theeb and produced by Abdullah Aleyaf and Todd Albert Nims of the King Abdulaziz Centre in association with the UK’s The...
- 7/26/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Andrew Lancaster and Andrew Robb have been appointed non-executive directors at Ten. . Lancaster.s appointment follows the retirement of Brian Long, who has been a director at Ten since July 2010. He served as chairman from 2011 to 2012 and deputy chairman from 2012. . Lancaster joins the board as the nominee of Bruce Gordon, through his company, Birketu Pty Limited, which is the one of Ten.s largest and longest-standing shareholders.
Lancaster is CEO of Win Corporation Pty Ltd, and has more than 24 years. experience in the media industry. He is a director and former chairman of MediaHub Australia and a former Director of Free TV Australia and Win Nbn Sales.
.I.m excited at the opportunity to join the board of Ten, a company that, through fresh and innovative content, is showing strong audience and revenue growth. I.m looking forward to making a positive contribution to Ten and working with the board...
Lancaster is CEO of Win Corporation Pty Ltd, and has more than 24 years. experience in the media industry. He is a director and former chairman of MediaHub Australia and a former Director of Free TV Australia and Win Nbn Sales.
.I.m excited at the opportunity to join the board of Ten, a company that, through fresh and innovative content, is showing strong audience and revenue growth. I.m looking forward to making a positive contribution to Ten and working with the board...
- 7/25/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Andrew Lancaster and Andrew Robb have been appointed non-executive directors at Ten. . Lancaster.s appointment follows the retirement of Brian Long, who has been a director at Ten since July 2010. He served as chairman from 2011 to 2012 and deputy chairman from 2012. . Lancaster joins the board as the nominee of Bruce Gordon, through his company, Birketu Pty Limited, which is the one of Ten.s largest and longest-standing shareholders.
Lancaster is CEO of Win Corporation Pty Ltd, and has more than 24 years. experience in the media industry. He is a director and former chairman of MediaHub Australia and a former Director of Free TV Australia and Win Nbn Sales.
.I.m excited at the opportunity to join the board of Ten, a company that, through fresh and innovative content, is showing strong audience and revenue growth. I.m looking forward to making a positive contribution to Ten and working with the board...
Lancaster is CEO of Win Corporation Pty Ltd, and has more than 24 years. experience in the media industry. He is a director and former chairman of MediaHub Australia and a former Director of Free TV Australia and Win Nbn Sales.
.I.m excited at the opportunity to join the board of Ten, a company that, through fresh and innovative content, is showing strong audience and revenue growth. I.m looking forward to making a positive contribution to Ten and working with the board...
- 7/25/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
The BBC First British Film Festival has revealed its full program.
Featuring 31 titles, the program aims to capture the magic, unique humour, romance, traditions and new age vitality of British culture.
The festival will open with Paolo Sorrentino.s film, Youth, nominated for the Palme d.Or at this year.s Cannes film festival, and the follow up to his Academy Award-winning film, The Great Beauty (2013)..
Following two old friends, retired composer Fred (Michael Caine) and film director Mick (Harvey Keitel), on vacation at a prestigious hotel in the Swiss Alps, the film is an introspective and thought-provoking, wry buddy comedy — and it employs Sorrentino.s hallmark stunning visuals to majestic effect.
Straight from its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, The Man Who Knew Infinity — the retelling of mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan.s life — will close the festival..
Featuring performances from Dev Petal (Slumdog Millionaire) as Ramanujan, and...
Featuring 31 titles, the program aims to capture the magic, unique humour, romance, traditions and new age vitality of British culture.
The festival will open with Paolo Sorrentino.s film, Youth, nominated for the Palme d.Or at this year.s Cannes film festival, and the follow up to his Academy Award-winning film, The Great Beauty (2013)..
Following two old friends, retired composer Fred (Michael Caine) and film director Mick (Harvey Keitel), on vacation at a prestigious hotel in the Swiss Alps, the film is an introspective and thought-provoking, wry buddy comedy — and it employs Sorrentino.s hallmark stunning visuals to majestic effect.
Straight from its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, The Man Who Knew Infinity — the retelling of mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan.s life — will close the festival..
Featuring performances from Dev Petal (Slumdog Millionaire) as Ramanujan, and...
- 9/28/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Lisa Nichol.s Wide Open Sky has won the Foxtel Movies Audience award for best documentary feature at the Sydney Film Festival.
The doc chronicles the journey of an outback Australian children.s choir from auditions to their end-of-year concert and choir founder Michelle Leonard.s mission to bring a desolate musical landscape back to life.
Nicol has previously directed A Night at Sea with Louis Tillet, Pray Ho'tell and Outback Choir.
Voted as the best narrative feature was Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, the saga of a self-deprecating high school student who is forced to befriend a classmate who's been diagnosed with leukaemia. Foxtel Movies Audience Award for Best Documentary top 5:
1. Wide Open Sky, directed by Lisa Nicol 2. Gayby Baby, directed by Maya Newell 3. The Lost Aviator, directed by Andrew Lancaster 4. The Bolivian Case, directed by Violeta Ayala 5. Sherpa, directed by Jennifer Peedom...
The doc chronicles the journey of an outback Australian children.s choir from auditions to their end-of-year concert and choir founder Michelle Leonard.s mission to bring a desolate musical landscape back to life.
Nicol has previously directed A Night at Sea with Louis Tillet, Pray Ho'tell and Outback Choir.
Voted as the best narrative feature was Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, the saga of a self-deprecating high school student who is forced to befriend a classmate who's been diagnosed with leukaemia. Foxtel Movies Audience Award for Best Documentary top 5:
1. Wide Open Sky, directed by Lisa Nicol 2. Gayby Baby, directed by Maya Newell 3. The Lost Aviator, directed by Andrew Lancaster 4. The Bolivian Case, directed by Violeta Ayala 5. Sherpa, directed by Jennifer Peedom...
- 6/17/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Portuguese director Miguel Gomes. Arabian Nights has won the top award, the Sydney Film prize, at the 62nd Sydney Film Festival.
The 3-part opus, which draws on the folk tales One Thousand and One Nights to create a portrait of modern-day life in Portugal, took the $62,000 cash prize at the closing night awards at the State Theatre.
Jury president Liz Watts hailed a film of "ambition and political vision which confronts, frustrates, and spellbinds - and ultimately reminds us that cinema continues to be a powerful vehicle to examine the human condition..
Journalist Michael Ware and two-time Oscar winner Bill Guttentag received the $10,000 Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Australian documentary for Only the Dead; with a special mention to The Lost Aviator directed by Andrew Lancaster. .A Single Body directed and written by Sotiris Dounoukos won the best live action short award; Grace Under Water directed and produced by Anthony Lawrence...
The 3-part opus, which draws on the folk tales One Thousand and One Nights to create a portrait of modern-day life in Portugal, took the $62,000 cash prize at the closing night awards at the State Theatre.
Jury president Liz Watts hailed a film of "ambition and political vision which confronts, frustrates, and spellbinds - and ultimately reminds us that cinema continues to be a powerful vehicle to examine the human condition..
Journalist Michael Ware and two-time Oscar winner Bill Guttentag received the $10,000 Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Australian documentary for Only the Dead; with a special mention to The Lost Aviator directed by Andrew Lancaster. .A Single Body directed and written by Sotiris Dounoukos won the best live action short award; Grace Under Water directed and produced by Anthony Lawrence...
- 6/14/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Miguel Gomes’ three-volume epic wins eight on the closing night of the Sydney Film Festival.
Director Miguel Gomes and his three-volume 383-minute film Arabian Nights has won the $48,000 (A$62,000) Sydney Film Prize, it was announced on Sunday, the closing night of the 62nd Sydney Film Festival.
Journalist Michael Ware was awarded the $7,730 (A$10,000) Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Australian Documentary for Only the Dead, about his experiences in Afghanistan. The film was co-directed with Bill Guttentag.
Director Andrew Lancaster’s The Lost Aviator received a special mention for a family story of murder, love and aviation.
Jury president and Australian producer Liz Watts said Arabian Nights, which had its world premiere in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes, was a film of ambition and political vision which confronts, frustrates, and spellbinds – and ultimately reminds us that cinema continues to be a powerful vehicle to examine the human condition.
“A subject that is so timely – oppression and exploitation are at...
Director Miguel Gomes and his three-volume 383-minute film Arabian Nights has won the $48,000 (A$62,000) Sydney Film Prize, it was announced on Sunday, the closing night of the 62nd Sydney Film Festival.
Journalist Michael Ware was awarded the $7,730 (A$10,000) Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Australian Documentary for Only the Dead, about his experiences in Afghanistan. The film was co-directed with Bill Guttentag.
Director Andrew Lancaster’s The Lost Aviator received a special mention for a family story of murder, love and aviation.
Jury president and Australian producer Liz Watts said Arabian Nights, which had its world premiere in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes, was a film of ambition and political vision which confronts, frustrates, and spellbinds – and ultimately reminds us that cinema continues to be a powerful vehicle to examine the human condition.
“A subject that is so timely – oppression and exploitation are at...
- 6/14/2015
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
Neil Armfield.s Holding the Man, Simon Stone.s The Daughter, Jeremy Sims. Last Cab to Darwin and Jen Peedom.s feature doc Sherpa will have their world premieres at the Sydney Film Festival.
The festival program unveiled today includes 33 world premieres (including 22 shorts) and 135 Australian premieres (with 18 shorts) among 251 titles from 68 countries.
Among the other premieres will be Daina Reid.s The Secret River, Ruby Entertainment's. ABC-tv miniseries starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and Sarah Snook, and three Oz docs, Marc Eberle.s The Cambodian Space Project — Not Easy Rock .n. Roll, Steve Thomas. Freedom Stories and Lisa Nicol.s Wide Open Sky.
Festival director Nashen Moodley boasted. this year.s event will be far larger than 2014's when 183 films from 47 countries were screened, including 15 world premieres. The expansion is possible in part due to the addition of two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool.
As previously announced, Brendan Cowell...
The festival program unveiled today includes 33 world premieres (including 22 shorts) and 135 Australian premieres (with 18 shorts) among 251 titles from 68 countries.
Among the other premieres will be Daina Reid.s The Secret River, Ruby Entertainment's. ABC-tv miniseries starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and Sarah Snook, and three Oz docs, Marc Eberle.s The Cambodian Space Project — Not Easy Rock .n. Roll, Steve Thomas. Freedom Stories and Lisa Nicol.s Wide Open Sky.
Festival director Nashen Moodley boasted. this year.s event will be far larger than 2014's when 183 films from 47 countries were screened, including 15 world premieres. The expansion is possible in part due to the addition of two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool.
As previously announced, Brendan Cowell...
- 5/6/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Escapade Media has announced a deal with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation for feature length documentary, The Lost Aviator.
Directed by Andrew Lancaster and in association with Porchlight Films and Photoplay Films, the sale will see the film broadcast on the Danish Dr K channel.
Featuring vocal performances from Aussie stars Ewan Leslie and Yael Stone; The Lost Aviator follows Lancaster.s plight to open up a cold case from 1932, in which British aviator Bill Lancaster (also Andrew Lancaster.s uncle) was on trial for murder in Miami.
The alleged murder was of Haden Clarke, a young writer who became engaged to Lancaster.s Australian mistress .Chubbie. Miller while Lancaster was abroad looking for work.
The film features interviews with remaining family members and their opinions on what happened that night Lancaster returned home (the same night Clarke .committed suicide.) as well as details of a love triangle gone awry, the...
Directed by Andrew Lancaster and in association with Porchlight Films and Photoplay Films, the sale will see the film broadcast on the Danish Dr K channel.
Featuring vocal performances from Aussie stars Ewan Leslie and Yael Stone; The Lost Aviator follows Lancaster.s plight to open up a cold case from 1932, in which British aviator Bill Lancaster (also Andrew Lancaster.s uncle) was on trial for murder in Miami.
The alleged murder was of Haden Clarke, a young writer who became engaged to Lancaster.s Australian mistress .Chubbie. Miller while Lancaster was abroad looking for work.
The film features interviews with remaining family members and their opinions on what happened that night Lancaster returned home (the same night Clarke .committed suicide.) as well as details of a love triangle gone awry, the...
- 3/25/2015
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
This article originally appeared in If Magazine #145 (Feb-March).
Successful soundtracks are few and far between in Australia. Following the success of Baz Luhrmann.s Moulin Rouge (the soundtrack was the highest selling CD on the Aria charts in 2001), the only local soundtrack albums to have made a mark sales-wise have been compilations from TV.s Packed to the Rafters.
.The problem with most local films is that too few people see them to fall in love with and then buy the music,. says Sandcastle Studios chief executive, Chris Cudlipp.
The most notable exception to the rule last year was Red Dog, which grossed $21.3 million during its theatrical run. With a score by composer Cezary Skubiszewski and a collection of 70s rock, the music is often considered one of the stand out aspects of the film.
The result . a collaboration between the film.s producer and music supervisor, Nelson Woss, and director,...
Successful soundtracks are few and far between in Australia. Following the success of Baz Luhrmann.s Moulin Rouge (the soundtrack was the highest selling CD on the Aria charts in 2001), the only local soundtrack albums to have made a mark sales-wise have been compilations from TV.s Packed to the Rafters.
.The problem with most local films is that too few people see them to fall in love with and then buy the music,. says Sandcastle Studios chief executive, Chris Cudlipp.
The most notable exception to the rule last year was Red Dog, which grossed $21.3 million during its theatrical run. With a score by composer Cezary Skubiszewski and a collection of 70s rock, the music is often considered one of the stand out aspects of the film.
The result . a collaboration between the film.s producer and music supervisor, Nelson Woss, and director,...
- 8/17/2012
- by Amanda Diaz
- IF.com.au
SapientNitro is behind a new campaign for Racq to show the benefits of being an organisation that is owned by its membners, and why it is the ‘largest club in Queensland’.
According to the advertiser, the reactions of the Racq being interviewed about their experiences in the films are genuine.
Racq executive manager marketing John Devaney said: “It was important to be 100% authentic. The shoot was planned like an elaborate surprise party where everyone was in on it except for our Racq member. So the reaction you see is the real deal. We had up to seven cameras rolling at any time to make sure we didn’t miss that moment.”
SapientNitro Ecd Nancy Hartley added: “We were really impressed by the director’s work on ‘Speed Kills’ and knew we needed someone who could evoke and capture real human emotion. The aim is to acknowledge the extra services and...
According to the advertiser, the reactions of the Racq being interviewed about their experiences in the films are genuine.
Racq executive manager marketing John Devaney said: “It was important to be 100% authentic. The shoot was planned like an elaborate surprise party where everyone was in on it except for our Racq member. So the reaction you see is the real deal. We had up to seven cameras rolling at any time to make sure we didn’t miss that moment.”
SapientNitro Ecd Nancy Hartley added: “We were really impressed by the director’s work on ‘Speed Kills’ and knew we needed someone who could evoke and capture real human emotion. The aim is to acknowledge the extra services and...
- 4/30/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
In their 2006 book "Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger," authors Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson, then researchers at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, talked about becoming obsessed with a stuffed Tasmanian Tiger that they would walk by every day in the museum. It became "something akin to amorous fervor," and eventually they decided to take a trip to Tasmania to see if the tiger, which officially became extinct in 1936, when the lone survivor died at the Hobart Zoo, still existed somewhere in the wild. It's a mysterious kind of animal – lithe, beautiful, angular – that inspires this kind of devotion, even decades after its extinction. And it's a nearly mythical kind of eeriness that seeps into "The Hunter," Daniel Nettheim's dark and deeply haunting film based on the novel by Julia Leigh, about a man (Willem Dafoe) obsessed with finding the tiger, no matter the cost.
- 4/3/2012
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
The Film Critics Circle of Australia has announced its nominees for its Annual Awards for Australian Film for 2011.
Burning Man scored the most nominations, with a spot in 10 of 11 categories.
The film is director Jonathan Teplitzky’s third film and tells the story of an out-of-control chef who is struggling with a life crisis.
With the second most nominations was dark thriller Snowtown in eight categories.
The Hunter starring The Willem Dafoe and directed by Daniel Nettheim and The Eye of the Storm starring Geoffrey Rush and directed by Fred Schepsis both received seven nods.
Red Dog, the year’s highest grossing Australian film for 2011, received only three nominations, including best direction for Kriv Stenders while Oranges and Sunshine, directed by Jim Loach received four.
Ivan Sen’s Toomelah and Julia Leigh’s debut Sleeping Beauty both received one nomination for actors Daniel Connors and Emily Browning respectively.
Animal Kingdom...
Burning Man scored the most nominations, with a spot in 10 of 11 categories.
The film is director Jonathan Teplitzky’s third film and tells the story of an out-of-control chef who is struggling with a life crisis.
With the second most nominations was dark thriller Snowtown in eight categories.
The Hunter starring The Willem Dafoe and directed by Daniel Nettheim and The Eye of the Storm starring Geoffrey Rush and directed by Fred Schepsis both received seven nods.
Red Dog, the year’s highest grossing Australian film for 2011, received only three nominations, including best direction for Kriv Stenders while Oranges and Sunshine, directed by Jim Loach received four.
Ivan Sen’s Toomelah and Julia Leigh’s debut Sleeping Beauty both received one nomination for actors Daniel Connors and Emily Browning respectively.
Animal Kingdom...
- 4/3/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
In their 2006 book "Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger," authors Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson, then researchers at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, talked about becoming obsessed with a stuffed Tasmanian Tiger that they would walk by every day in the museum. It became "something akin to amorous fervor," and eventually they decided to take a trip to Tasmania to see if the tiger, which officially became extinct in 1936 when the lone survivor died at the Hobart Zoo, still existed, somewhere in the wild. It's the kind of mysterious animal – lithe, beautiful, angular – that inspires this kind of devotion, even decades after its extinction. And it's this kind of nearly mythic eeriness that seeps into "The Hunter," Daniel Nettheim's dark and deeply haunting film based on the novel by Julia Leigh, about a man (Willem Dafoe) obsessed with finding the tiger, no matter the cost.
- 3/11/2012
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
It seems controversy leads to awards. The two big winners at last night.s inaugural Aacta Awards were thriller feature film Snowtown and TV drama series The Slap. Both renowned for their controversial nature, the film and TV series netted four and five gongs respectively.
Snowtown, about Australian serial killer John Bunting who befriends a 16-year-old, was honoured in the Best Direction (Justin Kurzel), Best Adapted Screenplay (Shaun Grant), Best Actor (Daniel Henshall) and Best Supporting Actress (Louise Harris) categories.
The last two awards were particularly impressive as neither actor had appeared in a feature film before. While Henshall had previously acted in such shows as Out of the Blue, it was Harris. first ever acting role.
The four gongs awarded last night at the Sydney Opera House brings the film.s tally to an impressive six Aacta Awards after receiving Best Editing (Veronika Jenet Ase) and Best Sound (Frank Lipson Mpse,...
Snowtown, about Australian serial killer John Bunting who befriends a 16-year-old, was honoured in the Best Direction (Justin Kurzel), Best Adapted Screenplay (Shaun Grant), Best Actor (Daniel Henshall) and Best Supporting Actress (Louise Harris) categories.
The last two awards were particularly impressive as neither actor had appeared in a feature film before. While Henshall had previously acted in such shows as Out of the Blue, it was Harris. first ever acting role.
The four gongs awarded last night at the Sydney Opera House brings the film.s tally to an impressive six Aacta Awards after receiving Best Editing (Veronika Jenet Ase) and Best Sound (Frank Lipson Mpse,...
- 1/31/2012
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
Australian cinematographer Don McAlpine (Acs/Asc) received two standing ovations after tributes from longtime colleagues Jack Thompson and Bruce Beresford at the inaugural Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts (Aacta) awards yesteryday.
McAlpine was awarded the coveted Raymond Longford Award for a lifetime achievement in cinema. McAlpine’s career spans over 50 films including Moulin Rouge and William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, Breaker Morant and most recently Mental.
The ceremony, hosted by Sigrid Thornton, was the first for the newly formed academy. The ceremony also included the announcement of the Australian academy’s international awards to recognise excellence in film. The announcements were made during a live cross to actress Jackie Weaver at the G’Day USA Gala in Los Angeles.
Further awards for both Australian cinema and TV and the international awards will be presented on January 31 at the Opera House.
The Winners
Raymond Longford Award
Don McAlpine
Byron Kennedy Award...
McAlpine was awarded the coveted Raymond Longford Award for a lifetime achievement in cinema. McAlpine’s career spans over 50 films including Moulin Rouge and William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, Breaker Morant and most recently Mental.
The ceremony, hosted by Sigrid Thornton, was the first for the newly formed academy. The ceremony also included the announcement of the Australian academy’s international awards to recognise excellence in film. The announcements were made during a live cross to actress Jackie Weaver at the G’Day USA Gala in Los Angeles.
Further awards for both Australian cinema and TV and the international awards will be presented on January 31 at the Opera House.
The Winners
Raymond Longford Award
Don McAlpine
Byron Kennedy Award...
- 1/15/2012
- by Brooke Hemphill
- Encore Magazine
The Hunter has lead the Aacta Awards with 14 nominations including best film.
The film, by Daniel Nettheim, is also up for best direction, adapted screenplay, cinematography, sound, production design, costume, original music score, and visual effects. Meanwhile, Willem Dafoe, Frances O’Connor, Sam Neill and Morgana Davies are all up for acting awards.
The film has currently made just over $1m at the local box office.
It’s the first year for the re-launched AACTAs, formerly the AFI awards.
The technical awards will be given out at a luncheon on 15 January at the Sydney Opera House, with an evening ceremony for the more ‘public-friendly’ awards held at the Opera House on 31 January.
Running against The Hunter for best film is Red Dog, Mad Bastards, The Eye of the Storm, Snowtown and Oranges and Sunshine.
The Eye of the Storm, was second in the nominations race with 12, of which six are...
The film, by Daniel Nettheim, is also up for best direction, adapted screenplay, cinematography, sound, production design, costume, original music score, and visual effects. Meanwhile, Willem Dafoe, Frances O’Connor, Sam Neill and Morgana Davies are all up for acting awards.
The film has currently made just over $1m at the local box office.
It’s the first year for the re-launched AACTAs, formerly the AFI awards.
The technical awards will be given out at a luncheon on 15 January at the Sydney Opera House, with an evening ceremony for the more ‘public-friendly’ awards held at the Opera House on 31 January.
Running against The Hunter for best film is Red Dog, Mad Bastards, The Eye of the Storm, Snowtown and Oranges and Sunshine.
The Eye of the Storm, was second in the nominations race with 12, of which six are...
- 11/30/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Apra and Tropfest have put out a call for entries for a competition for all budding film composers to coincide with the 2012 Tropfest.
Composers are asked to score the short film Ruturning, by emerging filmmaker Amelia Olsen-Boyd with entries due by Thursday 12 January.
Entries will be judged by Paul Mac, Claire Bowditch, Antony Partos (animal Kingdom) and Andrew Lancaster (Accidents Happen)
The winner will receive $5,000 cash, thanks to Apra, as well as a once in a life time chance to perform or have their score performed in-front of thousands of film fans at Movie Extra Tropfest Australia live in Sydney on Sunday 19 February 2012.
Tropfest Founder and Director, John Polson says “I’m incredibly excited to have Apra on board as our sponsor for Tropscore as we head into our 20th year.”
“Apra has a long history of supporting emerging artists. Tropfest’s music competition Tropscore provides an important opportunity for...
Composers are asked to score the short film Ruturning, by emerging filmmaker Amelia Olsen-Boyd with entries due by Thursday 12 January.
Entries will be judged by Paul Mac, Claire Bowditch, Antony Partos (animal Kingdom) and Andrew Lancaster (Accidents Happen)
The winner will receive $5,000 cash, thanks to Apra, as well as a once in a life time chance to perform or have their score performed in-front of thousands of film fans at Movie Extra Tropfest Australia live in Sydney on Sunday 19 February 2012.
Tropfest Founder and Director, John Polson says “I’m incredibly excited to have Apra on board as our sponsor for Tropscore as we head into our 20th year.”
“Apra has a long history of supporting emerging artists. Tropfest’s music competition Tropscore provides an important opportunity for...
- 10/28/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Courtesy of Madman we have the Flickerfest 20th Anniversary Collection. The Academy-accredited and BAFTA recognised short film festival turned 20 this year, and it’s celebrating with a compilation of some of the best work that has graced its screen over the years. Highlights include award-winning shorts from David Michôd, Warwick Thornton, Cate Shortland, Nash Edgerton, Andrew Lancaster and Sean Byrne.
Flickerfest is currently on tour; dont’ miss the upcoming session in Perth (March 3-6), Bathurst (March 4-5), Kalannie (March 4), Alice Springs (March 10-12) and Broome (March 11-12).
For more dates and program details, visit http://www.flickerfest.com.au/Tour_Dates.aspx
To win, email encoregiveaways@gmail.com and tell us, what’s your favourite short film?...
Flickerfest is currently on tour; dont’ miss the upcoming session in Perth (March 3-6), Bathurst (March 4-5), Kalannie (March 4), Alice Springs (March 10-12) and Broome (March 11-12).
For more dates and program details, visit http://www.flickerfest.com.au/Tour_Dates.aspx
To win, email encoregiveaways@gmail.com and tell us, what’s your favourite short film?...
- 2/27/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
The Screen Australia/Emerging Pictures USA-Australian Film Showcase will reach Los Angeles this weekend, screening Andrew Lancaster’s Accidents Happen, Dean Murphy’s Charlie & Boots and Claire McCarthy’s The Waiting City at the Laemmle theaters.
The showcase has already stopped in New York, Vermont and Coral Gables, Florida. The minimum number agreed for the showcase is 12 venues across the United States.
The screenings will take place over the next three weekends: Accidents Happen (Aug 14-15), Charlie & Boots (Aug 21-22) and The Waiting City (Aug 28-29).
The showcase has already stopped in New York, Vermont and Coral Gables, Florida. The minimum number agreed for the showcase is 12 venues across the United States.
The screenings will take place over the next three weekends: Accidents Happen (Aug 14-15), Charlie & Boots (Aug 21-22) and The Waiting City (Aug 28-29).
- 8/10/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
The Australian Film Institute has published its list of feature film contenders for this year’s AFI Awards.
The AFI emphasised the fact that eight out of the 19 films were directed by women: “In an international industry where women are still significantly under-represented, Australia is heading in the right direction,” said CEO Damian Trewhella.
The contenders are:
Accidents Happen -Andrew Lancaster Animal Kingdom - David Michod Beneath Hill 60 - Jeremy Sims Blame - Michael Henry The Boys Are Back - Scott Hicks Bran Nue Dae – Rachel Perkins Bright Star - Jane Campion Daybreakers – Michael and Peter Spierig The Horseman - Steve Kastrissios I Love You Too – Dana Reid Lou - Belinda Chayko The Loved Ones - Sean Byrne Matching Jack – Nadia Tass Mother Fish (formerly Missing Water) - Khoa Do Subdivision - Sue Brooks Tomorrow When The War Began -Stuart Beattie The Tree - Julie Bertuccelli The Tumbler...
The AFI emphasised the fact that eight out of the 19 films were directed by women: “In an international industry where women are still significantly under-represented, Australia is heading in the right direction,” said CEO Damian Trewhella.
The contenders are:
Accidents Happen -Andrew Lancaster Animal Kingdom - David Michod Beneath Hill 60 - Jeremy Sims Blame - Michael Henry The Boys Are Back - Scott Hicks Bran Nue Dae – Rachel Perkins Bright Star - Jane Campion Daybreakers – Michael and Peter Spierig The Horseman - Steve Kastrissios I Love You Too – Dana Reid Lou - Belinda Chayko The Loved Ones - Sean Byrne Matching Jack – Nadia Tass Mother Fish (formerly Missing Water) - Khoa Do Subdivision - Sue Brooks Tomorrow When The War Began -Stuart Beattie The Tree - Julie Bertuccelli The Tumbler...
- 7/28/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Hey everyone! Sorry I was not around last week I took a mini vacay but now I am back! I am sure you all had plenty to read with Comic-Con and all! Anyways, there's not too much coming out this week but here's a few for you!
Clash of the Titans
If he is to save the life of the beautiful Princess Andromeda (Alexa Davalos), the valiant Perseus (Sam Worthington) -- born to a god but raised as a man -- must lead a team of intrepid warriors on a quest to battle a host of powerful, beastly enemies. This sweeping fantasy epic, a remake of the 1981 hit, also stars Liam Neeson as Zeus, Ralph Fiennes as Hades, Danny Huston as Poseidon and Gemma Arterton as Io.
Starring: Sam Worthington, Alexa Davalos
Director: Louis Leterrier
This was not as good as the first one in my opinion. Worth a watch though.
- 7/27/2010
- by Mars
- GeekTyrant
Screen Australia has announced an investment of $15m on 13 productions, including a German/Australian co-production directed by Cate Shortland and development for Bruce Beresford, Sarah Watt and Phillip Noyce projects.
In terms of films, Fred Schepisi’s The Eye of the Storm - which began production without financial support from Screen Australia – is one of the beneficiaries.
Shortland’s co-production Lore will be produced by Liz Watts, Karsten Stöter, Benny Drechsel, Paul Welsh and Gabriele Kranzelbinder and set in 1945 Germany.
The third feature to receive support is Kieran Darcy-Smith’s debut Say Nothing, written in conjuction with Felicity Price and produced by Angie Felder.
TV series The Slap, Cleo and Blood Brother, as well as series two of Spirited. also received financial support.
The agency estimates that these projects will generate production worth $72m.
The projects are:
The Eye Of The Storm
Paper Bark Films Eos Pty Ltd
Executive Producers Jonathan Shteinman,...
In terms of films, Fred Schepisi’s The Eye of the Storm - which began production without financial support from Screen Australia – is one of the beneficiaries.
Shortland’s co-production Lore will be produced by Liz Watts, Karsten Stöter, Benny Drechsel, Paul Welsh and Gabriele Kranzelbinder and set in 1945 Germany.
The third feature to receive support is Kieran Darcy-Smith’s debut Say Nothing, written in conjuction with Felicity Price and produced by Angie Felder.
TV series The Slap, Cleo and Blood Brother, as well as series two of Spirited. also received financial support.
The agency estimates that these projects will generate production worth $72m.
The projects are:
The Eye Of The Storm
Paper Bark Films Eos Pty Ltd
Executive Producers Jonathan Shteinman,...
- 7/9/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Beneath Hill 60 has crossed the $2m line at the Australian box office, while new release Triangle earned $6,081 on its very limited four-screen release.
Beneath Hill 60 (Paramount/Transmission) earned less this weekend ($359,823, down from $870,819 – a 41.3 percent drop) but it was enough for it to climb three positions and reach the number five spot, behind Iron Man 2, Hot Tub Time Machine, Date Night and When in Rome.
Playing at 163 screens, the war film had a screen average of $2,208.
The new local entry, UK/Australia co-prod Triangle, had an average of $1,520. Icon released the film on four screens only. The thriller, starring Melissa George and Michael Dorman, was shot in Queensland on a $16m budget.
And on its second week, Andrew Lancaster’s Accidents Happen (Hopscotch) made $22,747 (14 screens, a 43 percent drop from last weekend’s $52,611) but has not yet reached $100,000.
Beneath Hill 60 (Paramount/Transmission) earned less this weekend ($359,823, down from $870,819 – a 41.3 percent drop) but it was enough for it to climb three positions and reach the number five spot, behind Iron Man 2, Hot Tub Time Machine, Date Night and When in Rome.
Playing at 163 screens, the war film had a screen average of $2,208.
The new local entry, UK/Australia co-prod Triangle, had an average of $1,520. Icon released the film on four screens only. The thriller, starring Melissa George and Michael Dorman, was shot in Queensland on a $16m budget.
And on its second week, Andrew Lancaster’s Accidents Happen (Hopscotch) made $22,747 (14 screens, a 43 percent drop from last weekend’s $52,611) but has not yet reached $100,000.
- 5/3/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
This one has been making the international festival rounds for a while, but now Andrew Lancaster's darkly charming debut Accidents Happen is readying to open in Australia we're starting to see some promotional material - beyond the beautiful teaser trailer released last year.
Here we have the new poster, featuring a very startled looking Geena Davis, possibly surprised that her movie career is back on track after a long break, and co-stars Harrison Gilbertson and Harry Cook. Props to Ahmed Salama for the poster design.
Below is the trailer, which pitches the film pretty close to what it is - a black comedy with some intensely dark melodramatic moments, and lots of slow-motion. Zack Snyder would be proud.
Accidents Happen, which was actually shot in Sydney, Australia (as a stand in for Connecticut) is the story of an accident-prone kid, Billy Conway (Gilbertson) and his family, led by comically...
Here we have the new poster, featuring a very startled looking Geena Davis, possibly surprised that her movie career is back on track after a long break, and co-stars Harrison Gilbertson and Harry Cook. Props to Ahmed Salama for the poster design.
Below is the trailer, which pitches the film pretty close to what it is - a black comedy with some intensely dark melodramatic moments, and lots of slow-motion. Zack Snyder would be proud.
Accidents Happen, which was actually shot in Sydney, Australia (as a stand in for Connecticut) is the story of an accident-prone kid, Billy Conway (Gilbertson) and his family, led by comically...
- 4/4/2010
- Screen Anarchy
A while back there was a very odd teaser that peaked my interest and now there's a full trailer for the film. Director Andrew Lancaster's debut stars Geena Davis as Gloria, head of the Conway family. Youngest son Billy has been a witness to a series of tragic accidents, including one that fractured his whole family. Always the good boy, Billy takes up with the neighbourhood troublemaker in acts of delicious delinquency in a world already spinning out of control. The ensuing collision of guilt, truth and self discovery may be just what his family needs to move on. I'm so glad to see Geena Davis working again and the film looks visually stunning. Can't wait.
- 3/24/2010
- by josh@reelartsy.com (Joshua dos Santos)
- Reelartsy
The darkly comic opening scene of Accidents Happen sets the tone for this alternately funny and heartrending debut from Sydneysider Andrew Lancaster (2001 winner of Rouben Mamoulian Award for In Search of Mike,...
- 3/23/2010
- by Ryan Adams
- AwardsDaily.com
The 30th anniversary of Fangoria magazine will be honored at a special panel to be held at the 42nd edition of Spain’s prestigious Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, to be held October 1-12. Longtime Fango editor Tony Timpone will be attending, joined by British correspondents Alan Jones, Calum Waddell and Axelle Carolyn, as well as Italian correspondent Roberto D’Onofrio. The Fango salute will take place on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 5 p.m. in the Tramuntana Room at the Meliá Hotel.
“For the last 30 years, Fangoria has been the cornerstone of the Sitges program’s diet,” says festival director Angel Sala, “the number-one source of information to feed the bowels of the beast. Fango has been the written witness of the horror scene around the world for over three decades. Sitges can only bow and pay due respect with a celebration for the fans.”
“The panel will be...
“For the last 30 years, Fangoria has been the cornerstone of the Sitges program’s diet,” says festival director Angel Sala, “the number-one source of information to feed the bowels of the beast. Fango has been the written witness of the horror scene around the world for over three decades. Sitges can only bow and pay due respect with a celebration for the fans.”
“The panel will be...
- 9/25/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Fangoria.com)
- Fangoria
The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia announces its complete program. There are still a few surprises to be confirmed, like the closing gala, but they have already put together the final list of films that will be screened at Sitges 09. Below you’ll find the titles of each film and their sections as well as links for the films that we have already reviewed here on Sound On Sight. Opening Film [Rec]2. Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró. 2009. Official FANTÀSTIC In Competition Section Accident. Soi Cheang. 2009. Accidents Happen. Andrew Lancaster. 2009. The Children. Tom Shankland. 2008. [1] Cold Souls. Sophie Bartes. 2009. The Countess. Julie Delpy. 2009. Les Derniers Jours Du Monde. Jean-Marie and Arnaud Larrieu. 2009. Dogtooth (Kynodontas). Yorgos Lanthimos. 2009. Dorian Gray. Oliver Parker. 2009. Enter The Void. Gaspar Noé. 2009. Grace. Paul Solet. 2009. [2] Heartless. Philip Ridley. 2009. Hierro. Gabe Ibáñez. 2009. La Horde. Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher. 2009. Ingrid. Eduard Cortés. 2009. Kinatay. Brillante Mendoza. 2009. Metropia. Tarik Saleh. 2009. Moon.
- 9/19/2009
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The full lineup has been announced, and among the load of genre fare that's been running the fest circuit are the world premiers of:
Vincenzo Natali's latest, Splice, which we're all excited about.
Simon Fellows twisted adaptation Malice in Wonderland (trailer)
Along some of our personal favorites:
Black Dynamite (friggin awesome)
Swiss scifi flick Cargo (trailer)
Pater Sparrow's incredible Stanislaw Lem adaptation 1 (review)
The Mo Brothers Indonesian slasher Macabre (review)
Atm (get it?) horror-comedy The Human Centipede (review)
Full list after the break.
Opening Film
[Rec]2. Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró. 2009.
Official FANTÀSTIC In Competition Section
Accident. Soi Cheang. 2009.
Accidents Happen. Andrew Lancaster. 2009.
The Children. Tom Shankland. 2008.
Cold Souls. Sophie Bartes. 2009.
The Countess. Julie Delpy. 2009.
Les Derniers Jours Du Monde. Jean-Marie and Arnaud Larrieu. 2009.
Dogtooth (Kynodontas). Yorgos Lanthimos. 2009.
Dorian Gray. Oliver Parker. 2009.
Enter The Void. Gaspar Noé. 2009.
Grace. Paul Solet. 2009.
Heartless. Philip Ridley. 2009.
Hierro. Gabe Ibáñez. 2009.
La Horde. Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher.
Vincenzo Natali's latest, Splice, which we're all excited about.
Simon Fellows twisted adaptation Malice in Wonderland (trailer)
Along some of our personal favorites:
Black Dynamite (friggin awesome)
Swiss scifi flick Cargo (trailer)
Pater Sparrow's incredible Stanislaw Lem adaptation 1 (review)
The Mo Brothers Indonesian slasher Macabre (review)
Atm (get it?) horror-comedy The Human Centipede (review)
Full list after the break.
Opening Film
[Rec]2. Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró. 2009.
Official FANTÀSTIC In Competition Section
Accident. Soi Cheang. 2009.
Accidents Happen. Andrew Lancaster. 2009.
The Children. Tom Shankland. 2008.
Cold Souls. Sophie Bartes. 2009.
The Countess. Julie Delpy. 2009.
Les Derniers Jours Du Monde. Jean-Marie and Arnaud Larrieu. 2009.
Dogtooth (Kynodontas). Yorgos Lanthimos. 2009.
Dorian Gray. Oliver Parker. 2009.
Enter The Void. Gaspar Noé. 2009.
Grace. Paul Solet. 2009.
Heartless. Philip Ridley. 2009.
Hierro. Gabe Ibáñez. 2009.
La Horde. Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher.
- 9/12/2009
- QuietEarth.us
You don't see this transition every day: Composer to director. Aussie Andrew Lancaster has juggled both of those roles over the past 20 years or so, working on his own films as a director or director-composer, and he's also done scores and music editing for other projects, too, including Alex Proyas' Garage Days.
His new film (as a director) is Accidents Happen, which plays the Sydney Film Festival this weekend and has already seen time at Tribeca. This appears to be a standalone teaser that could be separate from the plot of the film, but the cinematography is so unbelievably pristine that I had to look it up to be sure. Wouldn't you know it: Even though it's made to look like a postcard version of the movie, this actually is a scene from the film.
And it figures, too, because producers don't want to pay to film for a...
His new film (as a director) is Accidents Happen, which plays the Sydney Film Festival this weekend and has already seen time at Tribeca. This appears to be a standalone teaser that could be separate from the plot of the film, but the cinematography is so unbelievably pristine that I had to look it up to be sure. Wouldn't you know it: Even though it's made to look like a postcard version of the movie, this actually is a scene from the film.
And it figures, too, because producers don't want to pay to film for a...
- 6/8/2009
- by Colin Boyd
- GetTheBigPicture.net
I don't really know much about this film, but this teaser looks incredible. That's all you need to know at the start. Another great discovery by Quiet Earth, this teaser is for a film called Accidents Happen, about a dysfunctional family in 1980's New England. Their youngest son Billy has been a witness to a series of tragic accidents, including one that fractured his whole family. The ensuing collision of guilt, truth and self discovery may be just what his family needs to move on. Geena Davis stars as the mom in this. Other than that, just fire this up, because I honestly don't even know where this fits in, but it at least looks great. Watch the teaser for Andrew Lancaster's Accidents Happen: [flv:http://media2.firstshowing.net/firstshowing/accidents-happen-teaser.flv http://media2.firstshowing.net/firstshowing/accidents-happen-teaser.jpg 480 264] For more info on the film, check out the official website: accidentshappenthemovie.com Accidents Happen is directed by Andrew Lancaster, an up-and-coming Australian filmmaker...
- 6/7/2009
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The trailer for the upcoming Geena Davis comedy/drama "Accidents Happen" has appeared online. The film was named one of five movies to look out for at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival by NY Post. Check out the trailer below. Plot: Billy keeps finding himself a witness at the scene of horrifying accidents, one of which left another child in the family dead and another one brain-damaged. As Billy becomes increasingly antisocial, single mom (Davis) tries to hold the remaining family together and put the devastating past behind them. The film is directed by Australian composer Andrew Lancaster, who is making his feature film helming debut. Even though it has already appeared at Tribeca, it has only been picked up for Australian distribution. Trailer: If you cannot see the player, click here.
- 6/6/2009
- WorstPreviews.com
Australian composer (Alex Proyas' Garage Days) and short film filmmaker Andrew Lancaster makes his feature directorial debut with Accidents Happen, an indie dramedy that premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. There are dysfunctional families... and then there are the Conways. After a family tragedy, 15-year-old Billy Conway (Harrison Gilbertson) has become the de facto glue between his bitter mom (Geena Davis), distant brother (Harry Cook), and stoic dad (Joel Tobeck). But when Billy starts to act out, everything changes for him and his family. Based loosely on Brian Carbee's autobiographical book and one-man theater production, the film is set in 1980's New England, but was shot in Sydney. The film was named by New York Post as one of the five films to look out for at Tribeca, and the Examiner called it "a promising feature debut (by director Andrew Lancaster and writer Brian Carbee) that isn’t...
- 6/5/2009
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
This film has Geena Davis in it, but hold up.. it looks well shot and up and coming Aussie talent Andrew Lancaster (who worked on Alex Proyas's Garage Days) directed the film. It premiered at Tribeca earlier this year but we ranked it low on our review list so that obviously didn't happen, but still, it's worth a look. On a side note check out the scifi mystery flick Lancaster has in development called Valve.
The manicured lawns of 1980’s New England imply an order that simply doesn’t exist for the Conway family, headed by razor-tongued Gloria. Youngest son Billy has been a witness to a series of tragic accidents, including one that fractured his whole family. Always the good boy, Billy takes up with the neighbourhood troublemaker in acts of delicious delinquency in a world already spinning out of control. The ensuing collision of guilt, truth and...
The manicured lawns of 1980’s New England imply an order that simply doesn’t exist for the Conway family, headed by razor-tongued Gloria. Youngest son Billy has been a witness to a series of tragic accidents, including one that fractured his whole family. Always the good boy, Billy takes up with the neighbourhood troublemaker in acts of delicious delinquency in a world already spinning out of control. The ensuing collision of guilt, truth and...
- 6/5/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Every film festival yields an unexpected treat and this year's Tribeca Film Festival is no exception. With the premiere of Accidents Happen, the 51 year old actress Geena Davis steps into the spotlight again, this time by doing a quirky little indie -- the feature directorial debut of composer and short filmmaker Andrew Lancaster -- shot in Australia but set in 1980s Connecticut. For this Oscar winner, her startling and starring reappearance makes for a snappy and sharp-witted comeback. At a time when dysfunctional moms seem to dominate the news and daily talk shows, Davis plays a flippant Gloria Conway, the maternal head of a decidedly distraught suburban family traumatized by a fatal auto accident in which one of the kids is killed and another is brain damaged. Though partially responsible, 15-year-old Billy (Harrison Gilbertson) has become the de facto glue that...
- 5/26/2009
- by Brad Balfour
- Huffington Post
Editor’s Note: This is one of several interviews, conducted via email, with directors whose films are screening at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. “Accidents Happen” Director: Andrew Lancaster Screenwriter: Brian Carbee Primary Cast: Geena Davis, Harrison Gilbertson, Joel Tobeck, Harry Cook, Sebastian Gregory Synopsis: Set in a 1980s New England suburb, director Andrew Lancaster’s stunning debut is a bittersweet drama revolving around a dysfunctional family coping with the consequences of a …...
- 4/27/2009
- indieWIRE - People
Editor’s Note: This is one of several interviews, conducted via email, with directors whose films are screening at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. “Accidents Happen” Director: Andrew Lancaster Screenwriter: Brian Carbee Primary Cast: Geena Davis, Harrison Gilbertson, Joel Tobeck, Harry Cook, Sebastian Gregory Synopsis: Set in a 1980s New England suburb, director Andrew Lancaster’s stunning debut is a bittersweet drama revolving around a dysfunctional family coping with the consequences of a …...
- 4/27/2009
- indieWIRE - People
See images from "Accidents Happen" currently at the Tribeca Film Festival and starring Geena Davis, Harrison Gilbertson, Harry Cook, Joel Tobeck, Viva Bianca, Joshua Denyer, Lachlan Campbell and Tyler Coppin. Andrew Lancaster takes the wheel, making his feature-length directorial debut. Brian Carbee, who collaborated with Lancaster on the short "In Search of Mike," also makes his feature-length debut. See more images. What's the film about? There are dysfunctional families... and then there are the Conways. After a family tragedy, 15-year-old Billy Conway (Harrison Gilbertson) has become the de facto glue between his bitter mom (Geena Davis), distant brother (Harry Cook), and stoic dad (Joel Tobeck). But when Billy starts to act out, everything changes for him and his family in this visually stunning, bittersweet drama. ...
- 4/25/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See images from "Accidents Happen" currently at the Tribeca Film Festival and starring Geena Davis, Harrison Gilbertson, Harry Cook, Joel Tobeck, Viva Bianca, Joshua Denyer, Lachlan Campbell and Tyler Coppin. Andrew Lancaster takes the wheel, making his feature-length directorial debut. Brian Carbee, who collaborated with Lancaster on the short "In Search of Mike," also makes his feature-length debut. There are dysfunctional families... and then there are the Conways. After a family tragedy, 15-year-old Billy Conway (Harrison Gilbertson) has become the de facto glue between his bitter mom (Geena Davis)...
- 4/25/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See images from "Accidents Happen" currently at the Tribeca Film Festival and starring Geena Davis, Harrison Gilbertson, Harry Cook, Joel Tobeck, Viva Bianca, Joshua Denyer, Lachlan Campbell and Tyler Coppin. Andrew Lancaster takes the wheel, making his feature-length directorial debut. Brian Carbee, who collaborated with Lancaster on the short "In Search of Mike," also makes his feature-length debut. There are dysfunctional families... and then there are the Conways. After a family tragedy, 15-year-old Billy Conway (Harrison Gilbertson) has become the de facto glue between his bitter mom (Geena Davis)...
- 4/25/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
I know it looks dire as it's 28% lighter (at least so far) and minus an artistic director, but no fear, there's still more to come, and with what's been announced theirs some interesting sounding stuff, especially a film we wrote about briefly called Accidents Happen. Also premiering is the comedy Stay Cool and the Danish film Original, along with the North American premier of The Exploding Girl which we also wrote about.
Check the narrative features, world documentary, and discovery lineups after the break!
World Narrative Feature Competition
A compelling cross-section of bold creative visions from every corner of the globe come together in this year’s World Narrative Feature Competition. Presenting a diverse array of unique voices, this international film collection includes premieres from a wide range of directors, such as U.S. indie veterans the Polish brothers and Tony-nominated Conor McPherson, as well as exciting newcomers. Together, these...
Check the narrative features, world documentary, and discovery lineups after the break!
World Narrative Feature Competition
A compelling cross-section of bold creative visions from every corner of the globe come together in this year’s World Narrative Feature Competition. Presenting a diverse array of unique voices, this international film collection includes premieres from a wide range of directors, such as U.S. indie veterans the Polish brothers and Tony-nominated Conor McPherson, as well as exciting newcomers. Together, these...
- 3/10/2009
- QuietEarth.us
- With Geoffrey Gilmore in the portrait (his work will only be felt next year), Tribeca is making another great decision in shedding some of that baby fat. At eight years of age, the cuts make the festival leaner, less desperate for films and "more precise" in its programming. Scaling back to a sound number of 86, today's batch of 38 fill up the World Narrative and Documentary Comp selections and Discovery sections. Today's announcements demonstrates that relationships with filmmakers continue to flourish (I noticed a couple of names from the previous years). See the selections below (including Bradley Rust Gray's Berlin Fest preemed The Exploding Girl -- see pic). World Narrative Feature Competition A compelling cross-section of bold creative visions from every corner of the globe come together in this year’s World Narrative Feature Competition. Presenting a diverse array of unique voices, this international film collection includes premieres from a wide range of directors,
- 3/9/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Lancaster, currently in post on his feature-length directorial debut Accidents Happen, a drama about a family which is seriously accident prone, has a project in development which I'm sure will interest Quiet Earth readers as it has me. Also somewhat new to the scene is Liz Doran who wrote the screenplay, and while this is her first feature-length script, she's done a lot of work on various projects including as script editor on the fantastic Aussie thriller The Square. As you can probably guess from the fantastic looking poster, the story involves sound, much like Reverb or a film we've been eagerly awaiting called Analogue but from the stellar sounding synopsis it's nothing like these two. It's seems like a dystopic utopia.
Valve is a mystery thriller about a man who discovers he can hear subsonic sound. Set sometime in the future in a town trapped in the past, the fictitious town of Harmony,...
Valve is a mystery thriller about a man who discovers he can hear subsonic sound. Set sometime in the future in a town trapped in the past, the fictitious town of Harmony,...
- 3/3/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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