Steve Le Marquand on the set of Heath Davis' Broke.
Four features have been added to the Aacta awards longlist: Michael Petroni's Backtrack, Heath Davis' Broke, Grant Scicluna's Downriver and Craig Boreham's Teenage Kicks.
They join previously announced films A Few Less Men, A Month of Sundays, Beast, Boys in the Trees, Down Under, Early Winter, Embedded, Girl Asleep, Gods of Egypt, Goldstone, Hacksaw Ridge, Joe Cinque's Consolation, Looking for Grace, Pawno, Red Billabong, Scare Campaign, Spear, Spin Out, Spirit of the Game, Sucker, Tanna, The Daughter, The Menkoff Method and Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead.
The additions bring the number of features competing for this year.s Aacta Awards to 28: a record.
.It.s wonderful to see such engagement from the Australian screen industry this year,. said AFI-Aacta CEO Damian Trewhella. .We.ve recently broken a number of records, with more films...
Four features have been added to the Aacta awards longlist: Michael Petroni's Backtrack, Heath Davis' Broke, Grant Scicluna's Downriver and Craig Boreham's Teenage Kicks.
They join previously announced films A Few Less Men, A Month of Sundays, Beast, Boys in the Trees, Down Under, Early Winter, Embedded, Girl Asleep, Gods of Egypt, Goldstone, Hacksaw Ridge, Joe Cinque's Consolation, Looking for Grace, Pawno, Red Billabong, Scare Campaign, Spear, Spin Out, Spirit of the Game, Sucker, Tanna, The Daughter, The Menkoff Method and Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead.
The additions bring the number of features competing for this year.s Aacta Awards to 28: a record.
.It.s wonderful to see such engagement from the Australian screen industry this year,. said AFI-Aacta CEO Damian Trewhella. .We.ve recently broken a number of records, with more films...
- 8/21/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Xavier Samuel in Kimble Rendall's Bait 3D.
Adelaide-raised Xavier Samuel is returning home to star in South Australian feature Bad Blood, a suspense thriller to be directed by David Pulbrook (Last Dance) about a couple's long weekend away that turns sinister.
Samuel will star alongside Morgan Griffin (San Andreas, Unbroken) in his first Sa-shot film since his debut film, 2006's 2:37 (the film which also provided an early breakout role for Teresa Palmer).
Bad Blood will be produced by Wolf Creek's David Lightfoot alongside Antony I. Ginnane, with filming in the Adelaide Hills and at Adelaide Studios to begin June 6 and run for three weeks.
.Interest in filming in South Australia is currently very high, with the State.s experienced crews, diverse filming locations and the state-of-the-art Adelaide Studios all proving strong drawcards among producers and directors," South Australian Film Corporation Chief Executive Annabelle Sheehan said.
.In the last two years,...
Adelaide-raised Xavier Samuel is returning home to star in South Australian feature Bad Blood, a suspense thriller to be directed by David Pulbrook (Last Dance) about a couple's long weekend away that turns sinister.
Samuel will star alongside Morgan Griffin (San Andreas, Unbroken) in his first Sa-shot film since his debut film, 2006's 2:37 (the film which also provided an early breakout role for Teresa Palmer).
Bad Blood will be produced by Wolf Creek's David Lightfoot alongside Antony I. Ginnane, with filming in the Adelaide Hills and at Adelaide Studios to begin June 6 and run for three weeks.
.Interest in filming in South Australia is currently very high, with the State.s experienced crews, diverse filming locations and the state-of-the-art Adelaide Studios all proving strong drawcards among producers and directors," South Australian Film Corporation Chief Executive Annabelle Sheehan said.
.In the last two years,...
- 5/18/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Come and enjoy a preview screening with a complimentary glass of wine and post film Q&A discussion
Don’t miss out on this preview screening of A Month of Sundays, a new Australian film about parents, children, regrets, mourning, moments of joy, houses, homes, love, work, television, Shakespeare and jazz fusion: about ordinary people and improbable salvation.
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Don’t miss out on this preview screening of A Month of Sundays, a new Australian film about parents, children, regrets, mourning, moments of joy, houses, homes, love, work, television, Shakespeare and jazz fusion: about ordinary people and improbable salvation.
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- 4/12/2016
- by Guardian Staff
- The Guardian - Film News
Tony-winning actress and soap opera star Patricia Elliott died at her home in Manhattan Sunday following a battle with cancer, her niece Sally Fay confirmed the news to The Associated Press. She was 77.
Elliott began her career on Broadway in the original production of Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music, playing Countess Charlotte Malcolm, a role that would earn her a best featured actress Tony in 1973. She would go on to receive a nomination in 1977 for "The Shadow Box," with other major Broadway credits including "A Doll's House," "A Month of Sundays," "Hedda Gabler and "The Elephant Man.
She...
Elliott began her career on Broadway in the original production of Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music, playing Countess Charlotte Malcolm, a role that would earn her a best featured actress Tony in 1973. She would go on to receive a nomination in 1977 for "The Shadow Box," with other major Broadway credits including "A Doll's House," "A Month of Sundays," "Hedda Gabler and "The Elephant Man.
She...
- 12/22/2015
- by Aaron Couch, @AaronCouch
- People.com - TV Watch
Tony-winning actress and soap opera star Patricia Elliott died at her home in Manhattan Sunday following a battle with cancer, her niece Sally Fay confirmed the news to The Associated Press. She was 77. Elliott began her career on Broadway in the original production of Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music, playing Countess Charlotte Malcolm, a role that would earn her a best featured actress Tony in 1973. She would go on to receive a nomination in 1977 for "The Shadow Box," with other major Broadway credits including "A Doll's House," "A Month of Sundays," "Hedda Gabler and "The Elephant Man. She...
- 12/22/2015
- by Aaron Couch, @AaronCouch
- PEOPLE.com
Tony-winning actress and soap opera star Patricia Elliott died at her home in Manhattan Sunday following a battle with cancer, her niece Sally Fay confirmed the news to The Associated Press. She was 77. Elliott began her career on Broadway in the original production of Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music, playing Countess Charlotte Malcolm, a role that would earn her a best featured actress Tony in 1973. She would go on to receive a nomination in 1977 for "The Shadow Box," with other major Broadway credits including "A Doll's House," "A Month of Sundays," "Hedda Gabler and "The Elephant Man. She...
- 12/22/2015
- by Aaron Couch, @AaronCouch
- PEOPLE.com
While the screen industry has plenty to celebrate as Australian films are set to finish the year with around $87 million in B.O. takings, the results show a sizable number of films failed to address fundamental questions.
Namely: Who precisely will watch my film and which cinemas will play it at a time when theatrical release here increasingly is a sure way to lose money?
Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason is delighted with the range of films and documentaries that have resonated with audiences this year.
Mad Max Fury Road, The Dressmaker, Oddball and The Water Diviner all grossed more than $10 million, and Paper Planes just under. Last Cab to Darwin, Blinky Bill: The Movie, That Sugar Film and Holding the Man performed well, although Mason believes Neil Armfield.s gay-themed romance, which grossed $1.2 million, deserved to make double that.
Still, Mason questions the mindset of a sizable section of the screen industry.
Namely: Who precisely will watch my film and which cinemas will play it at a time when theatrical release here increasingly is a sure way to lose money?
Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason is delighted with the range of films and documentaries that have resonated with audiences this year.
Mad Max Fury Road, The Dressmaker, Oddball and The Water Diviner all grossed more than $10 million, and Paper Planes just under. Last Cab to Darwin, Blinky Bill: The Movie, That Sugar Film and Holding the Man performed well, although Mason believes Neil Armfield.s gay-themed romance, which grossed $1.2 million, deserved to make double that.
Still, Mason questions the mindset of a sizable section of the screen industry.
- 12/1/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Brazilian feature film Neon Bull and documentary Speed Sisters have walked away with the major prizes at this year.s Adelaide Film Festival.
Neon Bull was announced as winner of the Foxtel Movies International Award for Best Feature Film at this year.s Festival..
The Festival also announced Speed Sisters winner of its Documentary Award, sponsored by Flinders University.
Neon Bull director and screenwriter Gabriel Mascaro was awarded a $25,000 cash prize.
Ten features from around the globe competed for the Award, including films from the Us, Denmark, Ethiopia, South Korea, Vanuatu and Australia.
Foxtel Movies International Feature Jury President Christian Jeune paid tribute to Mascaro as a leading figure in a burgeoning new wave film movement coming out of Recife in Brazil.s north-east.
Jeune said Neon Bull was a project that impressed with its cinematic vision..
.This work allows us into a place where both animal and human bodies...
Neon Bull was announced as winner of the Foxtel Movies International Award for Best Feature Film at this year.s Festival..
The Festival also announced Speed Sisters winner of its Documentary Award, sponsored by Flinders University.
Neon Bull director and screenwriter Gabriel Mascaro was awarded a $25,000 cash prize.
Ten features from around the globe competed for the Award, including films from the Us, Denmark, Ethiopia, South Korea, Vanuatu and Australia.
Foxtel Movies International Feature Jury President Christian Jeune paid tribute to Mascaro as a leading figure in a burgeoning new wave film movement coming out of Recife in Brazil.s north-east.
Jeune said Neon Bull was a project that impressed with its cinematic vision..
.This work allows us into a place where both animal and human bodies...
- 11/4/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
This year has proven to be a bumper year for Australian films, and not just at the box office.
Thirteen Australian films that have been selected for the 40th Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff)..
These include six world premieres, three international premieres (outside Australia), three North American premieres and one Canadian premiere. Other Australian talent including Toni Collette, Naomi Watts, Guy Pearce, Jacki Weaver, Cate Blanchett, Rose Byrne, Joel Edgerton, and Nicole Kidman will feature in other films shown throughout the Gala and Special Presentations sections.
Screen Australia, chief executive, Graeme Mason said he was incredibly proud of the Australian talent and productions selected for this year.s Toronto International Film Festival..
"Having strong representation across seven different categories is an incredible achievement. It shows how strongly Australian film is performing at a global level, and gives us reason to be immensely proud of our industry," he said..
"We congratulate...
Thirteen Australian films that have been selected for the 40th Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff)..
These include six world premieres, three international premieres (outside Australia), three North American premieres and one Canadian premiere. Other Australian talent including Toni Collette, Naomi Watts, Guy Pearce, Jacki Weaver, Cate Blanchett, Rose Byrne, Joel Edgerton, and Nicole Kidman will feature in other films shown throughout the Gala and Special Presentations sections.
Screen Australia, chief executive, Graeme Mason said he was incredibly proud of the Australian talent and productions selected for this year.s Toronto International Film Festival..
"Having strong representation across seven different categories is an incredible achievement. It shows how strongly Australian film is performing at a global level, and gives us reason to be immensely proud of our industry," he said..
"We congratulate...
- 9/2/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Ryan Kampe and his New York-based team head into the fall festival season with a raft of new acquisitions led by a worldwide deal excluding Australia/New Zealand on Venice premiere Tanna.
Visit FIlms’ roster encompasses world rights excluding Ireland and Scandinavia to My Name Is Emily, the world excluding Australia/New Zealand to A Month Of Sundays and the world for Lace Crater, all of which will screen in Toronto.
Toronto Vanguard world premiere Lace Crater is a genre-bending horror-comedy produced by Joe Swanberg about a woman who has an affair with a ghost during a stay in the Hamptons. Lindsay Burdge stars in Harrison Atkins’ feature directorial debut.
My Name Is Emily stars Evanna Lynch as 16-year-old who ditches her foster home and embarks on a road trip with her new friend to break her troubled father out of a psychiatric institution.
Simon Fitzmaurice wrote and directed using iris recognition software after he was...
Visit FIlms’ roster encompasses world rights excluding Ireland and Scandinavia to My Name Is Emily, the world excluding Australia/New Zealand to A Month Of Sundays and the world for Lace Crater, all of which will screen in Toronto.
Toronto Vanguard world premiere Lace Crater is a genre-bending horror-comedy produced by Joe Swanberg about a woman who has an affair with a ghost during a stay in the Hamptons. Lindsay Burdge stars in Harrison Atkins’ feature directorial debut.
My Name Is Emily stars Evanna Lynch as 16-year-old who ditches her foster home and embarks on a road trip with her new friend to break her troubled father out of a psychiatric institution.
Simon Fitzmaurice wrote and directed using iris recognition software after he was...
- 9/1/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Justine Clarke will play the female lead in A Month of Sundays, director Matt Saville.s follow-up to Felony.
Anthony Lapaglia will star as Frank Mollard, a real estate agent whose life takes an unexpected turn when he receives a call from his dead mother, sending him on a journey of redemption.
Clarke, whose film credits include Healing and the upcoming Maya the Bee Movie, will play Frank.s estranged wife. Saville wrote the screenplay, inspired by his family.s experiences. Screen Australia is co-funding the project, the first narrative feature from Madman Productions.
The producers are Nick Batzias and Kirsty Stark. Voltage Pictures is handling international sales. Stark and Batzias collaborated on the webseries Wastelander Panda commissioned by ABC iview.
Kenny.s Clayton Jacobson is attached to direct Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, a film adapted from the popular novels and diaries of former oil rigger...
Anthony Lapaglia will star as Frank Mollard, a real estate agent whose life takes an unexpected turn when he receives a call from his dead mother, sending him on a journey of redemption.
Clarke, whose film credits include Healing and the upcoming Maya the Bee Movie, will play Frank.s estranged wife. Saville wrote the screenplay, inspired by his family.s experiences. Screen Australia is co-funding the project, the first narrative feature from Madman Productions.
The producers are Nick Batzias and Kirsty Stark. Voltage Pictures is handling international sales. Stark and Batzias collaborated on the webseries Wastelander Panda commissioned by ABC iview.
Kenny.s Clayton Jacobson is attached to direct Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, a film adapted from the popular novels and diaries of former oil rigger...
- 10/12/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
A week after his film Felony launched into Australian cinemas, Screen Australia has revealed that it is investing production funding in director Matt Saville’s third feature.
Comedy A Month of Sundays will be the next film from the production arm of distributor Madman.
Madman executive Nick Batzias is producing with Kirsty Stark, who worked with the company on the series Wastelander Panda.
While Felony was not written by Saville – lead actor Joel Edgerton was the writer – he will direct A Month of Sundays from his own script, which draws on personal experience: his father was a real estate agent and so is this film’s lead character, to be played by Anthony Lapaglia.
Screen Australia also confirmed that it is supporting Looking For Grace, in which Radha Mitchell and Richard Roxburgh play the on-screen mother and father of newcomer Odessa Young.
The fourth film director Sue Brooks (Japanese Story) is now in its second week of...
Comedy A Month of Sundays will be the next film from the production arm of distributor Madman.
Madman executive Nick Batzias is producing with Kirsty Stark, who worked with the company on the series Wastelander Panda.
While Felony was not written by Saville – lead actor Joel Edgerton was the writer – he will direct A Month of Sundays from his own script, which draws on personal experience: his father was a real estate agent and so is this film’s lead character, to be played by Anthony Lapaglia.
Screen Australia also confirmed that it is supporting Looking For Grace, in which Radha Mitchell and Richard Roxburgh play the on-screen mother and father of newcomer Odessa Young.
The fourth film director Sue Brooks (Japanese Story) is now in its second week of...
- 9/5/2014
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
Screen Australia today announced investment of nearly. $965,000 for three films and a feature documentary, estimated to generate more than $6.8 million of production.
Fiona Cameron, Screen Australia.s chief operating officer, said, .This round we have backed a diverse collection of projects that promises audiences an amusing, informative and imaginative experience with innovative narratives and vivid characters..
Funding was allocated to Madman Productions for the feature A Month of Sundays from writer/director Matthew Saville (Felony, Noise, The Slap, Cloudstreet) and producers Nick Batzias and Kirsty Stark.
The film follows real estate agent Frank Mollard (played by Anthony Lapaglia), whose life takes an unexpected turn when he receives a call from his dead mother, sending him on a journey of redemption.
WildBear Entertainment will receive completion funding for Electric Boogaloo: The Wild Untold Story of Cannon Films, Mark Hartley's doco about movie-obsessed immigrant cousins, Yoram Globus and the late Menahem Golan,...
Fiona Cameron, Screen Australia.s chief operating officer, said, .This round we have backed a diverse collection of projects that promises audiences an amusing, informative and imaginative experience with innovative narratives and vivid characters..
Funding was allocated to Madman Productions for the feature A Month of Sundays from writer/director Matthew Saville (Felony, Noise, The Slap, Cloudstreet) and producers Nick Batzias and Kirsty Stark.
The film follows real estate agent Frank Mollard (played by Anthony Lapaglia), whose life takes an unexpected turn when he receives a call from his dead mother, sending him on a journey of redemption.
WildBear Entertainment will receive completion funding for Electric Boogaloo: The Wild Untold Story of Cannon Films, Mark Hartley's doco about movie-obsessed immigrant cousins, Yoram Globus and the late Menahem Golan,...
- 9/5/2014
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
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