Oscar-nominated filmmaker Rory Kennedy turns the camera on the devastating December 2019 volcanic eruption off the coast of New Zealand for Netflix’s latest documentary, “The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari.”
Kennedy directs and produces the film, which screened at AFI and Doc NYC ahead of the three-year anniversary of the tragic natural disaster that claimed 22 lives. Kennedy tracks the minute-by-minute unfolding of the eruption. The official synopsis reads: During a routine sightseeing day-trip to a remote volcanic island, 47 tourists and guides were trapped in the epicenter of a boiling pyroclastic surge of toxic dust and ash. Both terrifying and inspiring, the film uses first-hand accounts to convey the experience of living through such a lethal eruption.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Ron Howard both serve as executive producers, along with Brian Grazer, Jennifer Davisson, and Phillip Watson. Mark Bailey, Dallas Brennan Rexer, Sara Bernstein, and Justin Wilkes also produce.
Cinematographers Dominic Fryer, Mike Jonathan,...
Kennedy directs and produces the film, which screened at AFI and Doc NYC ahead of the three-year anniversary of the tragic natural disaster that claimed 22 lives. Kennedy tracks the minute-by-minute unfolding of the eruption. The official synopsis reads: During a routine sightseeing day-trip to a remote volcanic island, 47 tourists and guides were trapped in the epicenter of a boiling pyroclastic surge of toxic dust and ash. Both terrifying and inspiring, the film uses first-hand accounts to convey the experience of living through such a lethal eruption.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Ron Howard both serve as executive producers, along with Brian Grazer, Jennifer Davisson, and Phillip Watson. Mark Bailey, Dallas Brennan Rexer, Sara Bernstein, and Justin Wilkes also produce.
Cinematographers Dominic Fryer, Mike Jonathan,...
- 11/29/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
September 8, 2010: The Art Conspiracy is pleased to welcome prominent film maker Anurag Kashyap and Kala Ghoda festival curator Brinda Miller to its panel of judges, who will be actively participating in selecting the artists’ work for the festival to be held on 23rd and 24th October in Mumbai.
The festival has some impressive names on the jury panel, including renowned live artist Nikhil Chopra, Eve Lemesle owner and managing director of What About Art, the Arts Management Agency, Director of Photography and Cinematographer Mark Lapwood, Jas Almeida, owner of Life on Mars, Factory of Art + Design specializing.
The festival has some impressive names on the jury panel, including renowned live artist Nikhil Chopra, Eve Lemesle owner and managing director of What About Art, the Arts Management Agency, Director of Photography and Cinematographer Mark Lapwood, Jas Almeida, owner of Life on Mars, Factory of Art + Design specializing.
- 9/8/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Director Claire McCarthy and producer Jamie Hilton have made a film with an Australian heart and dressed up in a colourful sari, taking our cinema to a new land full of creative and business opportunities. Miguel Gonzalez reports.
The Waiting City tells the story of an Australian couple who arrive in Calcutta, India, to pick up the girl they have adopted. Unaware that local bureaucracy will force them to wait for days before they can see her for the first time, the stress of waiting, amplified by the culture shock, will test their relationship as they are forced to confront the problems they’ve been avoiding for a long time.
It is not based on a true story, but many that writer/director Claire McCarthy witnessed as she built her own relationship with India.
McCarthy’s connection with the country was born in 2002 when, along with her younger sister Helena,...
The Waiting City tells the story of an Australian couple who arrive in Calcutta, India, to pick up the girl they have adopted. Unaware that local bureaucracy will force them to wait for days before they can see her for the first time, the stress of waiting, amplified by the culture shock, will test their relationship as they are forced to confront the problems they’ve been avoiding for a long time.
It is not based on a true story, but many that writer/director Claire McCarthy witnessed as she built her own relationship with India.
McCarthy’s connection with the country was born in 2002 when, along with her younger sister Helena,...
- 7/6/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Click on the photo to check out the film. Make a Wish (Itmanna) dir. Cherien Dabis (2006) 12 min. Want to see the short that put Cherien Dabis, the director of this year's heartwarming story of Palestinan immigrants in America, Amreeka? Make a Wish, which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, was filmed on the streets of Palestine, following a young girl who is on a mission: to buy a birthday cake. What should be a simple task is complicated by the dangers and poverty of the area, and the film ends on an eloquent note. Make a Wish is one of a series on TribecaFilm @ YouTube and the YouTube Screening Room that celebrates Middle Eastern stories and filmmakers, available only through November 11. Other films are listed below. Eclipse official selection of the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival dir. Mark Lapwood (2007) 10 min. A hypnotic work of art, Eclipse journeys into the ...
- 10/30/2009
- TribecaFilm.com
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