Quick takes from the 60th London Film Festival, with public screenings from October 5th-16th, 2016.
A Date for Mad Mary
Mary’s not crazy-mad, she’s angry-mad, in that incoherent way that young people floundering around to figure themselves out often fall into. After a short stint in prison — for a violent crime that was surely an expression of that rage — she returns home to her Irish town to find that her disconnect to friends and family has grown even wider, and it’s a real struggle to fulfill her duties as maid of honor to her best friend, Charlene, in the run-up to her wedding. No longer able to rely on others to define her, Mary must decide for herself who she is, a task she approaches with snark to cover up her terror and her confusion. The things that make Mary a misfit create a portrait of female...
A Date for Mad Mary
Mary’s not crazy-mad, she’s angry-mad, in that incoherent way that young people floundering around to figure themselves out often fall into. After a short stint in prison — for a violent crime that was surely an expression of that rage — she returns home to her Irish town to find that her disconnect to friends and family has grown even wider, and it’s a real struggle to fulfill her duties as maid of honor to her best friend, Charlene, in the run-up to her wedding. No longer able to rely on others to define her, Mary must decide for herself who she is, a task she approaches with snark to cover up her terror and her confusion. The things that make Mary a misfit create a portrait of female...
- 9/20/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Chasing Asylum director, Eva Orner.
The director of documentary Chasing Asylum has offered Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull a free ticket and a box of popcorn to entice him to the cinema after the film collected $144,236 at the box office.
Chasing Aslyum has been in cinemas for four days and has held premiere screenings around the country.
From Academy Award winning Eva Orner (Taxi to the Dark Side; The Network), the film is an explosive look inside Australia.s offshore detention centres on Manus Island and Nauru. .
The film features secretly filmed footage from inside the centres, testimonials from whistleblowers and stories from asylum seekers and refugees who have tried to make Australia home..
Orner has visited and spoken with 21 audiences in the last few weeks with 16 Q and As still to come..
Extra Q and A sessions have been added at the Sun Theatre Yarraville and Cinema Nova Carlton on June 11-12.
Cinema Nova,...
The director of documentary Chasing Asylum has offered Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull a free ticket and a box of popcorn to entice him to the cinema after the film collected $144,236 at the box office.
Chasing Aslyum has been in cinemas for four days and has held premiere screenings around the country.
From Academy Award winning Eva Orner (Taxi to the Dark Side; The Network), the film is an explosive look inside Australia.s offshore detention centres on Manus Island and Nauru. .
The film features secretly filmed footage from inside the centres, testimonials from whistleblowers and stories from asylum seekers and refugees who have tried to make Australia home..
Orner has visited and spoken with 21 audiences in the last few weeks with 16 Q and As still to come..
Extra Q and A sessions have been added at the Sun Theatre Yarraville and Cinema Nova Carlton on June 11-12.
Cinema Nova,...
- 5/31/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
Chasing Asylum, an account of Australia’s immigration policy, is set to premiere at Toronto’s HotDocs.
Dogwoof has taken worldwide sales rights (excluding Australia and New Zealand) to Eva Orner’s Chasing Asylum ahead of the film’s premiere at Toronto’s HotDocs.
The feature doc depicts Australia’s policy of detaining asylum seekers in offshore detention centres, and includes never-before-seen footage from inside the camps.
Director Orner, who won an Oscar for producing Alex Gibney’s 2007 Afghanistan War doc Taxi To The Dark Side, previously directed 2013 title The Network, which was set during the same conflict.
The film premieres at HotDocs on April 28, before having its Australian premiere at Melbourne’s Human Rights Arts & Film Festival on May 5, followed by a national release on May 28.
Orner commented on the news: “I’m so proud and appreciative of everyone who helped to make this important film happen and open the world’s eyes to the real...
Dogwoof has taken worldwide sales rights (excluding Australia and New Zealand) to Eva Orner’s Chasing Asylum ahead of the film’s premiere at Toronto’s HotDocs.
The feature doc depicts Australia’s policy of detaining asylum seekers in offshore detention centres, and includes never-before-seen footage from inside the camps.
Director Orner, who won an Oscar for producing Alex Gibney’s 2007 Afghanistan War doc Taxi To The Dark Side, previously directed 2013 title The Network, which was set during the same conflict.
The film premieres at HotDocs on April 28, before having its Australian premiere at Melbourne’s Human Rights Arts & Film Festival on May 5, followed by a national release on May 28.
Orner commented on the news: “I’m so proud and appreciative of everyone who helped to make this important film happen and open the world’s eyes to the real...
- 4/26/2016
- ScreenDaily
The trailer has been released for Chasing Asylum, a new documentary from Academy Award Australian Eva Orner.
Orner produced Alex Gibney's Taxi to the Dark Side, which won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Chasing Asylum goes inside offshore detention centres, and is billed as "the film the Australian government doesn't want you to see", presenting the personal stories of detainees sent to live indefinitely on Manus Island and Nauru.
.Living in the USA for much of the past decade, I watched with increasing sadness as the Australia I know and love was dragged into a climate of fear by successive governments determined to convince us of the dangers of boat people", Orner said.
"I really hope that Chasing Asylum informs and engages Australians to think more openly about the individual experiences of displaced people seeking a safer life..
Orner previously directed documentary The Network in 2013, and produced...
Orner produced Alex Gibney's Taxi to the Dark Side, which won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Chasing Asylum goes inside offshore detention centres, and is billed as "the film the Australian government doesn't want you to see", presenting the personal stories of detainees sent to live indefinitely on Manus Island and Nauru.
.Living in the USA for much of the past decade, I watched with increasing sadness as the Australia I know and love was dragged into a climate of fear by successive governments determined to convince us of the dangers of boat people", Orner said.
"I really hope that Chasing Asylum informs and engages Australians to think more openly about the individual experiences of displaced people seeking a safer life..
Orner previously directed documentary The Network in 2013, and produced...
- 3/10/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
The first round of Aacta Award winners have been announced today at the 4th Aacta Award Luncheon held at the Star Event Centre in Sydney.
Celebrating screen craft excellence in Australia, 22 awards were presented, recognising the work of screen practitioners working in television, documentary, short fiction film, short animation and feature film.
The Luncheon was hosted by writer/actor/producer/director Adam Zwar, who was also joined throughout the event by a list of distinguished presenters. including Aacta President Geoffrey Rush, David Stratton, Damian Walshe-Howling, Alexandra Schepisi, Charlotte Best and Diana Glenn.
In the feature film category, Predestination took home the most Awards; with Ben Nott Acs taking out the prize for Best Cinematography, Matt Villa Ase winning the award for Best Editing, and Matthew Putland scooping Best Production Design.
Tess Schofield was honoured with the Aacta Award for Best Costume Design for her work on The Water Diviner while...
Celebrating screen craft excellence in Australia, 22 awards were presented, recognising the work of screen practitioners working in television, documentary, short fiction film, short animation and feature film.
The Luncheon was hosted by writer/actor/producer/director Adam Zwar, who was also joined throughout the event by a list of distinguished presenters. including Aacta President Geoffrey Rush, David Stratton, Damian Walshe-Howling, Alexandra Schepisi, Charlotte Best and Diana Glenn.
In the feature film category, Predestination took home the most Awards; with Ben Nott Acs taking out the prize for Best Cinematography, Matt Villa Ase winning the award for Best Editing, and Matthew Putland scooping Best Production Design.
Tess Schofield was honoured with the Aacta Award for Best Costume Design for her work on The Water Diviner while...
- 1/27/2015
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
Russell Crowe-Directed Movie Up for Australian Film Award; Crowe Shortlisted Only in Acting Category
Director Russell Crowe Movie up for Best Film: Australian Academy Awards 2015 nominations (photo: Actor-director Russell Crowe in 'The Water Diviner') Aacta Awards: Feature Film Categories Best Film The Babadook Kristina Ceyton and Kristian Moliere Charlie's Country Nils Erik Nielsen, Peter Djigirr and Rolf de Heer Predestination Paddy McDonald, Tim McGahan, Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig The Railway Man Chris Brown, Andy Paterson and Bill Curbishley Tracks Emile Sherman and Iain Canning The Water Diviner Andrew Mason, Keith Rodger and Troy Lum Best Director The Babadook Jennifer Kent Charlie's Country Rolf de Heer Predestination Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig The Rover David Michôd Best Actress Kate Box The Little Death Essie Davis The Babadook Sarah Snook Predestination Mia Wasikowska Tracks Best Actor Russell Crowe The Water Diviner David Gulpilil Charlie's Country Damon Herriman The Little Death Guy Pearce The Rover Best Supporting Actor Patrick Brammall The Little Death Yilmaz Erdogan...
- 12/3/2014
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
The Spierig brothers. Predestination and Russell Crowe.s The Water Diviner lead the film nominees while The Code and Please Like Me head the contenders in the TV categories in the 4th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) Awards.
Predestination received nine nominations, followed by The Water Diviner with eight, seven for David Michôd.s The Rover and six apiece for Jennifer Kent.s The Babadook, Josh Lawson.s The Little Death and Jonathan Teplitzky.s The Railway Man.
Culled from 25 eligible titles, Predestination, The Water Diviner,. The Babadook, Rolf de Heer.s Charlie.s Country, The Railway Man and John Curran.s Tracks are vying for best feature.
Perhaps surprisingly, Crowe was overlooked for best director, which will be a battle between the Spierigs, Kent, de Heer and Michôd.
The contenders for best TV drama are Endemol.s Puberty Blues season 2, Playmaker Media.s The Code, Screentime...
Predestination received nine nominations, followed by The Water Diviner with eight, seven for David Michôd.s The Rover and six apiece for Jennifer Kent.s The Babadook, Josh Lawson.s The Little Death and Jonathan Teplitzky.s The Railway Man.
Culled from 25 eligible titles, Predestination, The Water Diviner,. The Babadook, Rolf de Heer.s Charlie.s Country, The Railway Man and John Curran.s Tracks are vying for best feature.
Perhaps surprisingly, Crowe was overlooked for best director, which will be a battle between the Spierigs, Kent, de Heer and Michôd.
The contenders for best TV drama are Endemol.s Puberty Blues season 2, Playmaker Media.s The Code, Screentime...
- 12/3/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Filmmaker Eva Orner is so angry about the Australian government.s policies on asylum seekers she is making a theatrical documentary on the vexed subject.
The Los Angeles.based director/producer today launched a crowd-funding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $200,000 for the docu entitled Bloody UnAustralian.
She.s already raised $320,000 from private investors in Australia and one Us benefactor, and plans to shoot in Iran, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Indonesia, Australia and- if she gains access- detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.
.A few months ago I decided I can.t sit back anymore and watch what is happening to Australia with asylum seekers,. says Orner, who made The Network, a behind-the-scenes look at the largest TV network in Afghanistan.
.Despite being front page news in Oz, and getting a little press internationally, people outside Australia don't seem to know anything about the issue.
.Like 27% of the population, I am a first generation Australian.
The Los Angeles.based director/producer today launched a crowd-funding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $200,000 for the docu entitled Bloody UnAustralian.
She.s already raised $320,000 from private investors in Australia and one Us benefactor, and plans to shoot in Iran, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Indonesia, Australia and- if she gains access- detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.
.A few months ago I decided I can.t sit back anymore and watch what is happening to Australia with asylum seekers,. says Orner, who made The Network, a behind-the-scenes look at the largest TV network in Afghanistan.
.Despite being front page news in Oz, and getting a little press internationally, people outside Australia don't seem to know anything about the issue.
.Like 27% of the population, I am a first generation Australian.
- 5/28/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
While a lively debate over the 13 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards for The Great Gatsby rages on social media, TV viewers have given their verdict on the Network Ten telecast.
The delayed two-hour show, which started at 8.30 pm, drew an average audience of 400,000 in the capital cities and a peak of 540,000. That was better than last year.s one-hour telecast which had 331,000 viewers. To be fair the AFI confirmed Ten as its broadcast partner only a couple of weeks before that so there was a lack of promotion last year.
The show, which had a weak lead-in from Jamie Oliver's new series Save with Jamie,. was beaten by Person of Interest on Nine and Bones on Seven.
On Facebook and Twitter there was a pronounced backlash against The Great Gatsby.s domination over The Rocket. Kim Mordaunt.s low-budget Lao-set drama got 12 nominations, two fewer than Baz Luhrmann.s opus,...
The delayed two-hour show, which started at 8.30 pm, drew an average audience of 400,000 in the capital cities and a peak of 540,000. That was better than last year.s one-hour telecast which had 331,000 viewers. To be fair the AFI confirmed Ten as its broadcast partner only a couple of weeks before that so there was a lack of promotion last year.
The show, which had a weak lead-in from Jamie Oliver's new series Save with Jamie,. was beaten by Person of Interest on Nine and Bones on Seven.
On Facebook and Twitter there was a pronounced backlash against The Great Gatsby.s domination over The Rocket. Kim Mordaunt.s low-budget Lao-set drama got 12 nominations, two fewer than Baz Luhrmann.s opus,...
- 1/30/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Ivan Sen.s Mystery Road posted solid results on 16 screens. while Mark Hartley.s Patrick had a limited opening at six cinemas in Australia last weekend.
A crime thriller starring Aaron Pedersen, Mystery Road raked in about $60,000, which brings the total to $105,000 including previews and festival screenings.
.You always hope for more but it.s a good result,. said producer David Jowsey, who self-distributed the film through Dark Matter, a company he owns with Sen and Michael Wrenn. Melbourne-based Backlot Studios is handling the bookings, distribution veteran Alan Finney is a consultant and Tracey Mair co-ordinated the national marketing and publicity campaign.
Jowsey tells If, .We had a very modest P&A spend, with no TV, and there was a lot of hard work in publicity at the grass roots level..
Backlot is now arranging to release the film at around 30 locations in regional areas. Well Go plans to launch...
A crime thriller starring Aaron Pedersen, Mystery Road raked in about $60,000, which brings the total to $105,000 including previews and festival screenings.
.You always hope for more but it.s a good result,. said producer David Jowsey, who self-distributed the film through Dark Matter, a company he owns with Sen and Michael Wrenn. Melbourne-based Backlot Studios is handling the bookings, distribution veteran Alan Finney is a consultant and Tracey Mair co-ordinated the national marketing and publicity campaign.
Jowsey tells If, .We had a very modest P&A spend, with no TV, and there was a lot of hard work in publicity at the grass roots level..
Backlot is now arranging to release the film at around 30 locations in regional areas. Well Go plans to launch...
- 10/21/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Title: The Network Director: Eva Orner A nonfiction look at Afghanistan’s first independent news channel, Tolo TV, “The Network” charts the difficulties inherent in trying to establish and grow a business, inform a disparate and under-educated populace, and achieve just a basic level of regained cultural stability in the face of almost constant mortal uncertainty. In her directorial debut, Eva Orner exhibits a deep and sincere passion for her surrogate subjects and what she clearly believes to be the balm of this unique “edu-tainment,” facts which help offset a somewhat jumbled editorial vision. An Afghani refugee who fled his homeland during the war with the Soviets, Saad Mohseni returned with [ Read More ]
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- 10/15/2013
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
As of 2012, literacy rates in Afghanistan were hovering around 28 percent, so when that nation's most popular television network, Tolo TV, broadcasts Sesame Street, many children and adults are learning to read and write for the first time. These kinds of facts dominate Eva Orner's documentary The Network, which chronicles Tolo's inception and meteoric rise following the oppressive Taliban regime, and while the film occasionally veers into a hagiography of the network's creators, the fawning isn't entirely unwarranted. Tolo TV is a true mom-and-pop business created by the Mohseni family, three brothers and one sister who fled Afghanistan and communist rule as children for Australia. When Kabul became safer in the 2000s, these expats moved back home and attempted to hasten...
- 9/25/2013
- Village Voice
When President Obama announced in the State of the Union that the war in Afghanistan would effectively end by 2014, the news was greeted with little more than a collective shrug. That thing was still going on? But what is very far away for most Americans is very close for all Afghans, a fact made clear in the SXSW-premiering documentary, The Network. The feature directorial debut of the Academy Award-winning producer Eva Orner, The Network tells the story of Tolo TV, Afghanistan’s first independent television network. Granted complete access by Saad Mohseni, the founder of the network (dubbed the “Rupert …...
- 3/10/2013
- by Mary Anderson Casavant
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Eva Orner makes her directorial debut in "The Network". The Australian filmmaker is based in Los Angeles and spent four years in New York prior to that. She has been producing films for 20 years and won an Academy Award and Emmy in 2008 for producing "Taxi To The Dark Side." What it's about: "The Network" is set behind the scenes at the largest television network in one of the most dangerous places on earth, Afghanistan." What it's really about: "What really drew me to this story was that it tells a very different narrative of Afghanistan from the one most of us are familiar with. It is not a story about war and the military but instead a film about the reconstruction of a country and the power of media. It is a story about how a handful of people can completely change a country. And it is the story of a group of brave,...
- 3/4/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Soon to debut at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, The Network documents the creation of the first independent television network in Afghanistan. Eva Orner, an award-winning Australian producer, makes her directorial debut with the documentary. The festival describes the film thusly: Unique, uplifting and heartbreaking, The Network is the story of Afghanistan's first independent television network - Tolo TV - and the family behind it. Tolo TV has grown to be Afghanistan's largest and most successful television network employing over 800 Afghans producing news, current affairs, drama, comedy, music, and lifestyle programs. But as the country faces the impending withdrawal of foreign troops, and with security rapidly deteriorating, the team behind Tolo TV are set to face their biggest challenge yet. You can...
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- 2/21/2013
- Screen Anarchy
South by Southwest (SXSW) is just one of many film festivals, we here at Sound On Sight cover yearly. The fest, which takes place every spring in Austin, Texas, began in 1987, and has continued to grow in size every year. The fest announced the first wave of films back in early January, and the lineup included some highly anticipated films such as The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Evil Dead, Downloaded and Spring Breakers. Now the full lineup has been announced, and it just might be one of the best lineups the festival has ever programmed.
SXSW takes place March 8-16 in Austin Texas. Here are just some of the films we are excited about.
Narrative Feature Competition – This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,191 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere.
Awful Nice
Director/Screenwriter: Todd Sklar, Screenwriter: Alex Rennie
Estranged brothers Jim and Dave must travel to Branson together when...
SXSW takes place March 8-16 in Austin Texas. Here are just some of the films we are excited about.
Narrative Feature Competition – This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,191 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere.
Awful Nice
Director/Screenwriter: Todd Sklar, Screenwriter: Alex Rennie
Estranged brothers Jim and Dave must travel to Branson together when...
- 2/1/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Some of the best films of the 2012/2013 calender year from Richard Linklater, Harmony Korine, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Andrew Bujalski, Jeff Nichols, David Gordon Green, Shane Carruth and Joshua Oppenheimer are among the headliner names for the 2013 edition of the South by Southwest Film Festival. With a little over 100 plus film line-up (a whopping 2000+ titles were submitted), almost 70 are world premieres: there is the highly anticipated sophomore film (that has been on our radar since it first went into production) with M. Blash’s (The Wait), Joe Swanberg who makes SXSW his second home will premiere Drinking Buddies, veteran indie filmmaker John Sayles saddles in with Go For Sisters, and rounding out the Narrative Spotlight section we’ve got The Bounceback from Bryan Poyser, Loves Her Gun from Geoff Marslett along with titles we thought might break into Park City, but found an Austin home instead with Jacob Vaughan’s Milo and...
- 2/1/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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