The 74th Venice Film Festival wrapped up this weekend on the Lido, and the awards were handed out. The top prize at Venice is a Golden Lion (in honor of the iconic lion that is the symbol of the city) and it's one of the greatest achievements in cinema, along with the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. This year's big winner is Guillermo del Toro's fantasy love story The Shape of Water, starring Sally Hawkins as a lonely woman who falls in love with a fish creature at a secret lab (read my review). The runner-up prize went to Foxtrot, another brilliant film, this one criticizing modern life in Israel (read my review). I'm very happy about these two, and all of the Venice prizes (more below). An exciting first year at the festival for me. Main Venice Awards The Venezia 74 Jury, chaired by Annette Bening, and comprised of Ildikó Enyedi,...
- 9/10/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A filmography filled with mermaids and other fantastical creatures can now add a new animal to its menagerie, as Guillermo del Toro has won the Golden Lion for “The Shape of Water.” That the “Pan’s Labyrinth” director would take the top prize at Venice is no big surprise, as his new romance starring Sally Hawkins has earned near-unanimous praise since premiering on the Lido, but it’s quite the honor all the same.
Read More:‘The Shape of Water’ Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Lush Fairy Tale Is a Powerful Vision of Love
Annette Bening led this year’s competition jury, which also included Edgar Wright, Rebecca Hall, Ildiko Enyedi, Michel Franco, Anna Mouglalis, David Stratton, Jasmine Trinca, and Yonfan. ”If you remain pure and stay with your faith,” said del Toro as he accepted his prize, “eventually things will go right.” Here’s the full list of winners:...
Read More:‘The Shape of Water’ Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Lush Fairy Tale Is a Powerful Vision of Love
Annette Bening led this year’s competition jury, which also included Edgar Wright, Rebecca Hall, Ildiko Enyedi, Michel Franco, Anna Mouglalis, David Stratton, Jasmine Trinca, and Yonfan. ”If you remain pure and stay with your faith,” said del Toro as he accepted his prize, “eventually things will go right.” Here’s the full list of winners:...
- 9/9/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” took home the top prize at this year’s Venice Film Festival, the Golden Lion for Best Film, from a jury led by “20th Century Women” star Annette Bening. This year’s main jury also included “Baby Driver” director Edgar Wright, British actress Rebecca Hall; Hungarian filmmaker Ildiko Enyedi; Mexican filmmaker Michel Franco; French actress Anna Mouglalis; film critic David Stratton; Italian actress Jasmine Trinca; and Taiwan-born filmmaker Yonfan. The full list of winners is below: Winners Of The 74Th Venice Film Festival Official Awards In Competition Golden Lion: “The Shape of Water,...
- 9/9/2017
- by Matt Pressberg
- The Wrap
Festival also launches new Vr strand.
The full jury line-ups for the 2017 Venice Film Festival (August 30-September 9) have been announced.
Baby Driver director Edgar Wright, actress Rebecca Hall and Hungarian director Ildiko Enyedi, who won a Berlin Golden Bear this year for On Body and Soul have joined the main competition jury presided over by Annette Bening.
They are joined by Mexican director Michel Franco, French actress Anna Mouglalis, Australian film critic David Stratton, Italian actress Jasmine Trinca and Hong Kong director, producer and screenwriter Yonfan.
Director John Landis will head the international jury for a new Venice Virtual Reality (Vr) section. The other Jury members are French screenwriter and director Celine Sciamma and actor/director Ricky Tognazzi.
The Vr jury will award prizes for best Vr film, grand Vr jury prize and best Vr creativity award. A restored version of Landis’ Into the Night will also be screened at Venice this year.
Italian director...
The full jury line-ups for the 2017 Venice Film Festival (August 30-September 9) have been announced.
Baby Driver director Edgar Wright, actress Rebecca Hall and Hungarian director Ildiko Enyedi, who won a Berlin Golden Bear this year for On Body and Soul have joined the main competition jury presided over by Annette Bening.
They are joined by Mexican director Michel Franco, French actress Anna Mouglalis, Australian film critic David Stratton, Italian actress Jasmine Trinca and Hong Kong director, producer and screenwriter Yonfan.
Director John Landis will head the international jury for a new Venice Virtual Reality (Vr) section. The other Jury members are French screenwriter and director Celine Sciamma and actor/director Ricky Tognazzi.
The Vr jury will award prizes for best Vr film, grand Vr jury prize and best Vr creativity award. A restored version of Landis’ Into the Night will also be screened at Venice this year.
Italian director...
- 7/24/2017
- ScreenDaily
Annette Bening will lead this year's Venice Film Festival international competition jury.
Joining her to dole out the fest's main prizes are: Baby Driver director Edgar Wright, Iron Man 3 actress Rebecca Hall, Golden Bear-winning Hungarian filmmaker Ildiko Enyedi, Mexican director Michel Franco, French actress Anna Mouglalis, critic David Stratton, Italian actress Jasmind Trinca and Taiwanese helmer Yonfan.
In addition to awarding the Golden Lion for best film, Bening and her team will be responsible for choosing the winners of the Silver Lion grand jury prize; the Silver Lion for best director; prizes for best actor, actress and screenplay; a special jury...
Joining her to dole out the fest's main prizes are: Baby Driver director Edgar Wright, Iron Man 3 actress Rebecca Hall, Golden Bear-winning Hungarian filmmaker Ildiko Enyedi, Mexican director Michel Franco, French actress Anna Mouglalis, critic David Stratton, Italian actress Jasmind Trinca and Taiwanese helmer Yonfan.
In addition to awarding the Golden Lion for best film, Bening and her team will be responsible for choosing the winners of the Silver Lion grand jury prize; the Silver Lion for best director; prizes for best actor, actress and screenplay; a special jury...
- 7/23/2017
- by Ariston Anderson
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A galaxy of Australian screen legends including Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Geoffrey Rush and Toni Colette line up to pay homage to an elder statesman of film criticism in director Sally Aitken's unashamedly partial but agreeably warm-hearted documentary. Screening in the Cannes Classics section, which this year is dedicated to the history of film itself, A Cinematic Life centers on 77-year-old David Stratton, a kind of Roger Ebert figure on the Australian cultural landscape.
Born in Britain but residing in Australia for over half a century, Stratton has spent most of his career nurturing and championing the domestic cinema industry...
Born in Britain but residing in Australia for over half a century, Stratton has spent most of his career nurturing and championing the domestic cinema industry...
- 5/22/2017
- by Stephen Dalton
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Warwick Thornton.s doco.'We Don't Need A Map' will open the 2017 Sydney Film Festival..
Warwick Thornton.s We Don.t Need A Map will open this year.s Sydney Film Festival, with the event also marking the documentary.s world premiere..
The latest film from the Samson and Delilah director explores Australia.s relationship to the Southern Cross through colonial and indigenous history through to the present day..
We Don't Need A Map will compete in the festival.s Official Competition. Among the 12 films in the running for the $60,000 prize are Aussie theatre director Benedict Andrew.s debut feature Una, which stars Ben Mendelsohn, as well as Sofia Coppola.s Beguiled.and Michael Haneke.s Happy End, both of which will come to the festival from Cannes.
Overall the festival program boasts 288 films from 59 countries, including 37 world premieres. Bookending the fest will be Korean director Bong Joon-ho.s Cannes film.Okja,...
Warwick Thornton.s We Don.t Need A Map will open this year.s Sydney Film Festival, with the event also marking the documentary.s world premiere..
The latest film from the Samson and Delilah director explores Australia.s relationship to the Southern Cross through colonial and indigenous history through to the present day..
We Don't Need A Map will compete in the festival.s Official Competition. Among the 12 films in the running for the $60,000 prize are Aussie theatre director Benedict Andrew.s debut feature Una, which stars Ben Mendelsohn, as well as Sofia Coppola.s Beguiled.and Michael Haneke.s Happy End, both of which will come to the festival from Cannes.
Overall the festival program boasts 288 films from 59 countries, including 37 world premieres. Bookending the fest will be Korean director Bong Joon-ho.s Cannes film.Okja,...
- 5/10/2017
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
The 2017 Cannes Film Festival has announced the lineup for Cannes Classics, a selection of vintage films and masterpieces from the history of cinema. This year’s program is dedicated primarily to the history of the festival, and includes one short film and five new documentaries.
Read More: Cannes Adds Roman Polanski Film to Lineup
Highlights from the lineup include “Belle du Jour” (1967), Luis Bunuel’s classic about a housewife who dabbles in prostitution, and “All That Jazz ” (1979) Bob Fosse’s story of a womanizing, drug-using dancer played by Roy Scheider. There is also the documentary “Filmworker,” which tells the story of Leon Vitali, an actor who abandoned his career after “Barry Lyndon” to become Stanley Kubrick’s right hand man and creative collaborator behind the scenes.
Rights holders to the films decide whether to screen them in 2K or 4K, or use an original print. Jean Vigo’s “L’Atalante,...
Read More: Cannes Adds Roman Polanski Film to Lineup
Highlights from the lineup include “Belle du Jour” (1967), Luis Bunuel’s classic about a housewife who dabbles in prostitution, and “All That Jazz ” (1979) Bob Fosse’s story of a womanizing, drug-using dancer played by Roy Scheider. There is also the documentary “Filmworker,” which tells the story of Leon Vitali, an actor who abandoned his career after “Barry Lyndon” to become Stanley Kubrick’s right hand man and creative collaborator behind the scenes.
Rights holders to the films decide whether to screen them in 2K or 4K, or use an original print. Jean Vigo’s “L’Atalante,...
- 5/3/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Strand will focus on the history of Cannes for the festival’s 70th anniversary.
Cannes Film Festival (May 17-28) has unveiled the line-up for this year’s Classic programme, with 24 screenings set to take place alongside five documentaries and one short film.
Documentaries about cinema including Filmworker - which focuses of Stanley Kubrick’s right hand man Leon Vitali, who played a crucial role behind the scenes of the director’s films - as well as Cary Grant doc Becoming Cary Grant, are set to feature.
This year’s selection is also set to focus on the history of the festival itself, with prize-winning films such as Michelangelo Antonioni Grand 1966 Prix winning film Blow-Up and Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Le Salaire de la peur (The Wages of Fear) from 1952 screening.
Nagisa Oshima’s 1976 film Ai No Korîda (In The Realm Of The Senses/L’Empire Des Sens), Luis Buñuel’s 1967 classic Belle De Jour (Beauty Of The Day...
Cannes Film Festival (May 17-28) has unveiled the line-up for this year’s Classic programme, with 24 screenings set to take place alongside five documentaries and one short film.
Documentaries about cinema including Filmworker - which focuses of Stanley Kubrick’s right hand man Leon Vitali, who played a crucial role behind the scenes of the director’s films - as well as Cary Grant doc Becoming Cary Grant, are set to feature.
This year’s selection is also set to focus on the history of the festival itself, with prize-winning films such as Michelangelo Antonioni Grand 1966 Prix winning film Blow-Up and Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Le Salaire de la peur (The Wages of Fear) from 1952 screening.
Nagisa Oshima’s 1976 film Ai No Korîda (In The Realm Of The Senses/L’Empire Des Sens), Luis Buñuel’s 1967 classic Belle De Jour (Beauty Of The Day...
- 5/3/2017
- ScreenDaily
While Cannes Film Festival premieres some of the best new films of the year, they also have a rich history of highlighting cinema history with their Cannes Classics line-up, many of which are new restorations of films that previously premiered at the festival. This year they are taking that idea further, featuring 16 films that made history at the festival, along with a handful of others, and five new documentaries. So, if you can’t make it to Cannes, to get a sense of restorations that may come to your city (or on Blu-ray) in the coming months/years, check out the line-up below.
From 1946 to 1992, from René Clément to Victor Erice, sixteen history-making films of the Festival de Cannes
1946: La Bataille du Rail (Battle of the Rails) by René Clément (1h25, France): Grand Prix International de la mise en scène and Prix du Jury International.
Presented by Ina.
From 1946 to 1992, from René Clément to Victor Erice, sixteen history-making films of the Festival de Cannes
1946: La Bataille du Rail (Battle of the Rails) by René Clément (1h25, France): Grand Prix International de la mise en scène and Prix du Jury International.
Presented by Ina.
- 5/3/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz travelled to the Gold Coast late last year to pick up a special award from the Australian International Movie Convention, recognising their contribution to the Australian film industry..Before picking up their gongs, the pair spoke to If about life after 'At The Movies', the recent Aussie films they.ve liked (and those they haven.t) and the 'Wake in Fright' remake.
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What are you doing on the Gold Coast?
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D: We.re here because we.re getting an award. Which is sort of nice. I always remember at the Berlin Film Festival many years ago — maybe I should say this tonight — where they gave a lifetime achievement award to Billy Wilder. Wilder came on stage and said: .the problem is that a lifetime achievement award is like hemorrhoids — every old asshole gets one in the end..
M: I don.t...
David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz travelled to the Gold Coast late last year to pick up a special award from the Australian International Movie Convention, recognising their contribution to the Australian film industry..Before picking up their gongs, the pair spoke to If about life after 'At The Movies', the recent Aussie films they.ve liked (and those they haven.t) and the 'Wake in Fright' remake.
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What are you doing on the Gold Coast?
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D: We.re here because we.re getting an award. Which is sort of nice. I always remember at the Berlin Film Festival many years ago — maybe I should say this tonight — where they gave a lifetime achievement award to Billy Wilder. Wilder came on stage and said: .the problem is that a lifetime achievement award is like hemorrhoids — every old asshole gets one in the end..
M: I don.t...
- 2/23/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
As the documentary about him, A Cinematic Life, screens in cinemas, the esteemed film critic reminisces about a life lived in front of the silver screen
Luke Buckmaster: As in your autobiography, I Peed on Fellini, the documentary David Stratton: A Cinematic Life reminisces on the time Geoffrey Wright – the director of Romper Stomper – hurled a glass of wine at you at a party. Do any other stories come to mind, about film-makers who reacted badly to what you’ve written or said?
David Stratton: When I was writing for Variety, way back in the mid-to-late 80s in Cannes, in the first week of the festival I’d been assigned to review an Icelandic film. Reviews in those days were sent off by telex or something, then they’d be printed in the weekly Variety in New York and shipped back to Cannes. So always, the reviews of the...
Luke Buckmaster: As in your autobiography, I Peed on Fellini, the documentary David Stratton: A Cinematic Life reminisces on the time Geoffrey Wright – the director of Romper Stomper – hurled a glass of wine at you at a party. Do any other stories come to mind, about film-makers who reacted badly to what you’ve written or said?
David Stratton: When I was writing for Variety, way back in the mid-to-late 80s in Cannes, in the first week of the festival I’d been assigned to review an Icelandic film. Reviews in those days were sent off by telex or something, then they’d be printed in the weekly Variety in New York and shipped back to Cannes. So always, the reviews of the...
- 2/23/2017
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
David and Margaret are set to reunite at the Sydney premiere screening of Transmission's new feature doc David Stratton: A Cinematic Life..
The premiere will take place at the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace in Cremorne next Tuesday, February 28, followed by Pomeranz and Stratton in conversation after the film.
The documentary, directed by Sally Aitken and executive produced by Sherpa's Jen Peedom, features the likes of Gillian Armstrong, Eric Bana, Bryan Brown, Russell Crowe, Judy Davis, Nicole Kidman, George Miller, Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush, Fred Schepisi, Warwick Thornton, Jacki Weaver and Hugo Weaving.
.The documentary provides insight to a side of David the Australian public haven.t seen before," said Transmission Films Joint Managing Directors Richard Payten and Andrew Mackie in a statement. "The chance to have David attend these screenings and speak personally about his life is a privilege...
Another Sydney Q&A will take place on...
The premiere will take place at the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace in Cremorne next Tuesday, February 28, followed by Pomeranz and Stratton in conversation after the film.
The documentary, directed by Sally Aitken and executive produced by Sherpa's Jen Peedom, features the likes of Gillian Armstrong, Eric Bana, Bryan Brown, Russell Crowe, Judy Davis, Nicole Kidman, George Miller, Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush, Fred Schepisi, Warwick Thornton, Jacki Weaver and Hugo Weaving.
.The documentary provides insight to a side of David the Australian public haven.t seen before," said Transmission Films Joint Managing Directors Richard Payten and Andrew Mackie in a statement. "The chance to have David attend these screenings and speak personally about his life is a privilege...
Another Sydney Q&A will take place on...
- 2/20/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
The ABC has added additional titles to its 2017 line-up, including two new dramas in early stages of production.
At a media launch in Sydney today, director of television Richard Finlayson said the public broadcaster.s slate aimed to be .ambitious, accessible and Australian...
.We want to use the best talent we can possibly find. We want to continue to be the most awarded network. We want to be recognised for the best TV in Australia. But not just in Australia, in the world,. he said.
Finlayson said the ABC wanted to be bold in its programming, and show that the broadcaster's content was "for everybody. via big national stories.
.We want to make big, noisy prime time shows, but we.re going to also make sure that we.re giving emerging creatives the opportunity to access audiences as well. They.ll be doing that a lot on iview,. he said.
At a media launch in Sydney today, director of television Richard Finlayson said the public broadcaster.s slate aimed to be .ambitious, accessible and Australian...
.We want to use the best talent we can possibly find. We want to continue to be the most awarded network. We want to be recognised for the best TV in Australia. But not just in Australia, in the world,. he said.
Finlayson said the ABC wanted to be bold in its programming, and show that the broadcaster's content was "for everybody. via big national stories.
.We want to make big, noisy prime time shows, but we.re going to also make sure that we.re giving emerging creatives the opportunity to access audiences as well. They.ll be doing that a lot on iview,. he said.
- 2/10/2017
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
The future of film criticism in Australia is under a cloud, with the number of full-time salaried critics in the country down to a handful — by some estimates, just two people — in the face of a perfect storm of technological disruption, cratering freelance rates and arts funding cuts.
Coverage of the arts, already a marginal element of the news media, is particularly sensitive to the commercial pressures affecting journalism as a whole.
The last two salaried, fulltime film reviewers standing are believed to be Jason Di Rosso at the ABC and Leigh Paatsch at the Herald Sun, whose writing is syndicated across the News Ltd network.
Local magazine-turned-website FilmInk employs three critics, although they combine the role with other editorial or publishing tasks.
The rest of Australia.s film reviewing comes from a patchwork of freelancers and contributors, who are sometimes paid very little or asked to work for free.
Coverage of the arts, already a marginal element of the news media, is particularly sensitive to the commercial pressures affecting journalism as a whole.
The last two salaried, fulltime film reviewers standing are believed to be Jason Di Rosso at the ABC and Leigh Paatsch at the Herald Sun, whose writing is syndicated across the News Ltd network.
Local magazine-turned-website FilmInk employs three critics, although they combine the role with other editorial or publishing tasks.
The rest of Australia.s film reviewing comes from a patchwork of freelancers and contributors, who are sometimes paid very little or asked to work for free.
- 2/7/2017
- by Anders Furze
- IF.com.au
Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman and more salute Stratton in a film that fuses the critic’s surprisingly dramatic life with an Australian cinematic retrospective
For the first time in decades a star-studded Australian film arrives that David Stratton will certainly not critique: after all, it tells the story of his life. Or his Cinematic Life, as director Sally Aitken puts it in the title of her feature documentary, which supplements the void left by ABC TV’s At the Movies with a veritable Stratts-fest.
Linking the life of its semiretired presenter (still a reviewer for the Australian) with the story of how (and which) locally made movies have left a big impression on him, the film is a sweet ode to our national cinema and a moving portrait of the beloved avuncular cinephile. The stars come out in force to salute Stratton: a Nicole Kidman here, a Russell Crowe there,...
For the first time in decades a star-studded Australian film arrives that David Stratton will certainly not critique: after all, it tells the story of his life. Or his Cinematic Life, as director Sally Aitken puts it in the title of her feature documentary, which supplements the void left by ABC TV’s At the Movies with a veritable Stratts-fest.
Linking the life of its semiretired presenter (still a reviewer for the Australian) with the story of how (and which) locally made movies have left a big impression on him, the film is a sweet ode to our national cinema and a moving portrait of the beloved avuncular cinephile. The stars come out in force to salute Stratton: a Nicole Kidman here, a Russell Crowe there,...
- 2/6/2017
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
David Stratton's much-anticipated documentary on Australian film (previously known as David Stratton: Stories of Australian Cinema) has been given a new title to go with its new-look trailer..
Transmission Films will release David Stratton: A Cinematic Life on March 9, and the new trailer promises a film with a biographical bent, as much about Stratton himself as the films that have inspired him.
When I spoke to him at last year's Australian International Movie Convention, Stratton described the project as "very personal".
"Without wanting to sound too pretentious about it, it.s sort of my journey coming to Australia from England, running the Sydney Film Festival for eighteen years, fighting censorship, [and] being at the Sydney Film Festival just as the Australian New Wave was happening with the Peter Weirs and the Gillian Armstrongs and the Fred Schepisis."
Besides Armstrong and Schepisi, the doc features Eric Bana, Bryan Brown,...
Transmission Films will release David Stratton: A Cinematic Life on March 9, and the new trailer promises a film with a biographical bent, as much about Stratton himself as the films that have inspired him.
When I spoke to him at last year's Australian International Movie Convention, Stratton described the project as "very personal".
"Without wanting to sound too pretentious about it, it.s sort of my journey coming to Australia from England, running the Sydney Film Festival for eighteen years, fighting censorship, [and] being at the Sydney Film Festival just as the Australian New Wave was happening with the Peter Weirs and the Gillian Armstrongs and the Fred Schepisis."
Besides Armstrong and Schepisi, the doc features Eric Bana, Bryan Brown,...
- 1/24/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
The influential champion of Australian film is getting his own: a documentary tracking his career in cinema, with a little help from some friends
From Nicole Kidman to Hugo Weaving, a who’s who of Australian cinema has assembled to pay tribute to the Australian film critic David Stratton in a new documentary out this March – David Stratton: A Cinematic Life.
George Miller, Gillian Armstrong, Geoffrey Rush, Eric Bana and Jacki Weaver all appear in the film to celebrate the critic’s long and revered career. After more than 50 years in the industry, Stratton is best known in Australia for cohosting the long-running film shows The Movie Show and At The Movies with Margaret Pomeranz but, as the film’s producer, Jo-Anne McGowan, explained to Guardian Australia, his impact reaches far beyond local audiences.
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From Nicole Kidman to Hugo Weaving, a who’s who of Australian cinema has assembled to pay tribute to the Australian film critic David Stratton in a new documentary out this March – David Stratton: A Cinematic Life.
George Miller, Gillian Armstrong, Geoffrey Rush, Eric Bana and Jacki Weaver all appear in the film to celebrate the critic’s long and revered career. After more than 50 years in the industry, Stratton is best known in Australia for cohosting the long-running film shows The Movie Show and At The Movies with Margaret Pomeranz but, as the film’s producer, Jo-Anne McGowan, explained to Guardian Australia, his impact reaches far beyond local audiences.
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- 1/24/2017
- by Steph Harmon
- The Guardian - Film News
Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, George Miller, Gillian Armstrong and Geoffrey Rush pay tribute to the Australian cinephile and critic in a new documentary out in March, David Stratton: A Cinematic Life. Directed by Sally Aitken, the documentary tracks Stratton’s love of films from his first cinema experience as a boy living in Melksham, England, to his time running the Sydney film festival and cohosting The Movie Show and At the Movies with Margaret Pomeranz.
• David Stratton documentary to offer a star-studded portrait of a very private man
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• David Stratton documentary to offer a star-studded portrait of a very private man
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- 1/24/2017
- by Steph Harmon
- The Guardian - Film News
David Stratton's Stories of Australian Cinema is set to premiere on the ABC this year over three episodes. Before that broadcast (the date of which is still under wraps) a theatrical cut will be distributed by Transmission.
Produced for the ABC by Stranger than Fiction's Jo-Anne McGowan (Art+Soul) with support from Screen Australia, Screen Nsw, Adelaide Film Festival and Transmission, Stratton describes the project as "very personal".
"It.s not a history of Australian film at all. It.s called David Stratton.s Stories of Australian Cinema, and it's really just that. Without wanting to sound too pretentious about it, it.s sort of my journey coming to Australia from England, running the Sydney Film Festival for eighteen years, fighting censorship, [and] being at the Sydney Film Festival just as the Australian New Wave was happening with the Peter Weirs and the Gillian Armstrongs and the Fred Schepisis.
Produced for the ABC by Stranger than Fiction's Jo-Anne McGowan (Art+Soul) with support from Screen Australia, Screen Nsw, Adelaide Film Festival and Transmission, Stratton describes the project as "very personal".
"It.s not a history of Australian film at all. It.s called David Stratton.s Stories of Australian Cinema, and it's really just that. Without wanting to sound too pretentious about it, it.s sort of my journey coming to Australia from England, running the Sydney Film Festival for eighteen years, fighting censorship, [and] being at the Sydney Film Festival just as the Australian New Wave was happening with the Peter Weirs and the Gillian Armstrongs and the Fred Schepisis.
- 1/18/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Gold Coast Film Festival Director Lucy Fisher.
This year.s Gold Coast Film Festival screened 38 films from 15 countries, with over 14,000 guests in attendance across the festival.
The festival welcomes submissions from around Australia — this year it hosted local indies such as Girl Asleep, Drama, Crushed and Broke.—.as well as international.
Festival director Lucy Fisher assumed the role in June 2015, after earlier serving as a consultant to the festival.
.We.re growing fairly quickly,. says Fisher. .In terms of the Queensland landscape, we.re in a really strong position as an international film festival...
Originally Queensland-only, the fest has opened up, looking outside the state for films in a bid "to have that element of discovery rather than just being reliant on distribution to find our films," Fisher says.
Despite the expansion, the festival is still regularly speaking to Queensland productions about holding Queensland or Australian premieres at the festival...
This year.s Gold Coast Film Festival screened 38 films from 15 countries, with over 14,000 guests in attendance across the festival.
The festival welcomes submissions from around Australia — this year it hosted local indies such as Girl Asleep, Drama, Crushed and Broke.—.as well as international.
Festival director Lucy Fisher assumed the role in June 2015, after earlier serving as a consultant to the festival.
.We.re growing fairly quickly,. says Fisher. .In terms of the Queensland landscape, we.re in a really strong position as an international film festival...
Originally Queensland-only, the fest has opened up, looking outside the state for films in a bid "to have that element of discovery rather than just being reliant on distribution to find our films," Fisher says.
Despite the expansion, the festival is still regularly speaking to Queensland productions about holding Queensland or Australian premieres at the festival...
- 12/14/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]
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- 12/10/2016
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
John Cornell and Paul Hogan on The Paul Hogan Show.
Paul Hogan will receive this year.s Aacta Longford Lyell Award, the Australian Academy.s highest honour.
First presented to Ian Dunlop in 1968, the Longford Lyell Award honours Australian film pioneer Raymond Longford and his partner in filmmaking and life, Lottie Lyell..
It recognises a person who has made a truly outstanding contribution to the enrichment of Australia.s screen environment and culture. Previous recipients include Peter Weir, Geoffrey Rush, Fred Schepisi, Jan Chapman, David Stratton and most recently, Cate Blanchett.
Hogan will be bestowed with the award at the 6th Aacta Awards Ceremony on Wednesday evening, in a presentation that will honour his 45 year career. It will feature tributes from Shane Jacobson, Michael Caton, former Tourism Minister John Brown, Peter Faiman, Dave Hughes, Adam Hills, Ernie Dingo and The Paul Hogan Show co-star Delvene Delaney..
.I.m honoured to...
Paul Hogan will receive this year.s Aacta Longford Lyell Award, the Australian Academy.s highest honour.
First presented to Ian Dunlop in 1968, the Longford Lyell Award honours Australian film pioneer Raymond Longford and his partner in filmmaking and life, Lottie Lyell..
It recognises a person who has made a truly outstanding contribution to the enrichment of Australia.s screen environment and culture. Previous recipients include Peter Weir, Geoffrey Rush, Fred Schepisi, Jan Chapman, David Stratton and most recently, Cate Blanchett.
Hogan will be bestowed with the award at the 6th Aacta Awards Ceremony on Wednesday evening, in a presentation that will honour his 45 year career. It will feature tributes from Shane Jacobson, Michael Caton, former Tourism Minister John Brown, Peter Faiman, Dave Hughes, Adam Hills, Ernie Dingo and The Paul Hogan Show co-star Delvene Delaney..
.I.m honoured to...
- 12/6/2016
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Are one-offs becoming an endangered species?
We do far less one-offs in the drama space than we did in the past. We have one significant one that we.re not announcing yet but it.s a big title for next year that we.re looking towards. It really needs to be a big idea — something that really is promotable. We want those ideas to be very distinctive. But really [we.re doing] one, maximum two a year of those events. What we have been toying with are slightly longer closed series. [The] Beautiful Lie is an example: four episodes. In a way Seven Types of Ambiguity, coming up next year [is another].
You.ve got David Stratton.s Stories of Australian Cinema coming up, too.
We.ve got a really nice balance of big, blue-chip arts shows. Things like Matilda [and Me] that we did with Tim Minchin recently, and David's show coming out next year. We try...
We do far less one-offs in the drama space than we did in the past. We have one significant one that we.re not announcing yet but it.s a big title for next year that we.re looking towards. It really needs to be a big idea — something that really is promotable. We want those ideas to be very distinctive. But really [we.re doing] one, maximum two a year of those events. What we have been toying with are slightly longer closed series. [The] Beautiful Lie is an example: four episodes. In a way Seven Types of Ambiguity, coming up next year [is another].
You.ve got David Stratton.s Stories of Australian Cinema coming up, too.
We.ve got a really nice balance of big, blue-chip arts shows. Things like Matilda [and Me] that we did with Tim Minchin recently, and David's show coming out next year. We try...
- 11/28/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Claudia Karvan as Josephine Newton.
The ABC has revealed the first part of its 2017 slate, with more programs to be unveiled in February.
The schedule includes over 20 new Australian shows, in addition to new seasons for established titles such as You Can't Ask That, Cleverman, Janet King and The Doctor Blake Mysteries..
Cleverman is returning.—.with a season that ABC TV's Richard Finalyson calls "a little less dark than the first".—.as is Glitch. The second season of the Matchbox zombie drama will be co-produced by Netflix and the ABC.
Perhaps the highest-profile new program comes from the team behind Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Fiona Eagger and Deb Cox:.Newton's Law stars Claudia Karvan as Josephine Newton, "a suburban solicitor with an over-developed sense of responsibility who attempts to return to her briefly glorious stint at the Bar."
Finlayson describes the eight-episode show as "really broad and light and funny.
The ABC has revealed the first part of its 2017 slate, with more programs to be unveiled in February.
The schedule includes over 20 new Australian shows, in addition to new seasons for established titles such as You Can't Ask That, Cleverman, Janet King and The Doctor Blake Mysteries..
Cleverman is returning.—.with a season that ABC TV's Richard Finalyson calls "a little less dark than the first".—.as is Glitch. The second season of the Matchbox zombie drama will be co-produced by Netflix and the ABC.
Perhaps the highest-profile new program comes from the team behind Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Fiona Eagger and Deb Cox:.Newton's Law stars Claudia Karvan as Josephine Newton, "a suburban solicitor with an over-developed sense of responsibility who attempts to return to her briefly glorious stint at the Bar."
Finlayson describes the eight-episode show as "really broad and light and funny.
- 11/2/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
George Miller and David Stratton pore over 'Fury Road' storyboards in Stratton's new ABC series.
Fred Schepisi will host David Stratton in a special in-conversation event at the Adelaide Film Festival this Saturday October 29.
Stratton is in Adelaide to present a work-in-progress screening of his series David Stratton's Stories of Australian Cinema, set to premiere on the ABC next year.
Featured in the three-part series are George Miller, Schepisi himself, Russell Crowe, Geoffrey Rush and many, many others. Transmission Films are planning a theatrical release (at feature doc length) prior to the series going to air.
Stratton and Schepisi will be joined on the red carpet by series producer Jo Anne McGowan and director Sally Aitken..
Also world premiering in Adelaide is Jeffrey Walker's Ali's Wedding, written by and starring Osamah Sami. Sami co-wrote the script with Hacksaw Ridge's Andrew Knight.—.the pair won an Awgie Award for the film on Friday.
Fred Schepisi will host David Stratton in a special in-conversation event at the Adelaide Film Festival this Saturday October 29.
Stratton is in Adelaide to present a work-in-progress screening of his series David Stratton's Stories of Australian Cinema, set to premiere on the ABC next year.
Featured in the three-part series are George Miller, Schepisi himself, Russell Crowe, Geoffrey Rush and many, many others. Transmission Films are planning a theatrical release (at feature doc length) prior to the series going to air.
Stratton and Schepisi will be joined on the red carpet by series producer Jo Anne McGowan and director Sally Aitken..
Also world premiering in Adelaide is Jeffrey Walker's Ali's Wedding, written by and starring Osamah Sami. Sami co-wrote the script with Hacksaw Ridge's Andrew Knight.—.the pair won an Awgie Award for the film on Friday.
- 10/26/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
George Miller and David Stratton pore over 'Fury Road' storyboards in Stratton's new ABC series.
Fred Schepisi will host David Stratton in a special in-conversation event at the Adelaide Film Festival this Saturday October 29.
Stratton is in Adelaide to present a work-in-progress screening of his series David Stratton's Stories of Australian Cinema, set to premiere on the ABC next year.
Featured in the three-part series are George Miller, Schepisi himself, Russell Crowe, Geoffrey Rush and many, many others.
Stratton and Schepisi will be joined on the red carpet by series producer Jo Anne McGowan and director Sally Aitken.
Also world premiering in Adelaide is Jeffrey Walker's Ali's Wedding, written by and starring Osamah Sami. Sami co-wrote the script with Hacksaw Ridge's Andrew Knight.—.the pair won an Awgie Award for the film on Friday..
Knight will also appear in conversation, discussing his long list of credits. They include.Seachange,...
Fred Schepisi will host David Stratton in a special in-conversation event at the Adelaide Film Festival this Saturday October 29.
Stratton is in Adelaide to present a work-in-progress screening of his series David Stratton's Stories of Australian Cinema, set to premiere on the ABC next year.
Featured in the three-part series are George Miller, Schepisi himself, Russell Crowe, Geoffrey Rush and many, many others.
Stratton and Schepisi will be joined on the red carpet by series producer Jo Anne McGowan and director Sally Aitken.
Also world premiering in Adelaide is Jeffrey Walker's Ali's Wedding, written by and starring Osamah Sami. Sami co-wrote the script with Hacksaw Ridge's Andrew Knight.—.the pair won an Awgie Award for the film on Friday..
Knight will also appear in conversation, discussing his long list of credits. They include.Seachange,...
- 10/26/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Sam Neill, Sue Milliken, Anthony Buckley (Photo credit: Peter Jackson).
The 71st Australian International Movie Convention wrapped last week, with a delegation of just over 1,000 converging on the Gold Coast for the five-night-four-day convention.
Seven features screened at Aimc, including three Australian films: Don.t Tell — attended by cast members Jack Thompson Am, Rachel Griffiths, Sara West, Gyton Grantley, Martin Sacks and Robert Coleby; Jasper Jones — introduced by director Rachel Perkins; and Transmission's Oscar contender Lion — attended by mother and son Sue and Saroo Brierley, on whose story the film is based.
Sam Neill followed in the footsteps of Jack Thompson, winning the Aimc Lifetime Achievement award, and used the occassion to read out amusing testimonials from the likes of Bryan Brown, Rob Sitch and John Cleese congratulating him on his award..
Neill.s Hunt for the Wilderpeople director Taika Waititi watched on, fresh from the set of Thor: Ragnarok,...
The 71st Australian International Movie Convention wrapped last week, with a delegation of just over 1,000 converging on the Gold Coast for the five-night-four-day convention.
Seven features screened at Aimc, including three Australian films: Don.t Tell — attended by cast members Jack Thompson Am, Rachel Griffiths, Sara West, Gyton Grantley, Martin Sacks and Robert Coleby; Jasper Jones — introduced by director Rachel Perkins; and Transmission's Oscar contender Lion — attended by mother and son Sue and Saroo Brierley, on whose story the film is based.
Sam Neill followed in the footsteps of Jack Thompson, winning the Aimc Lifetime Achievement award, and used the occassion to read out amusing testimonials from the likes of Bryan Brown, Rob Sitch and John Cleese congratulating him on his award..
Neill.s Hunt for the Wilderpeople director Taika Waititi watched on, fresh from the set of Thor: Ragnarok,...
- 10/17/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Sam Neill, Sue Milliken, Anthony Buckley (Photo credit: Peter Jackson).
The 71st Australian International Movie Convention wrapped last week, with a delegation of just over 1,000 converging on the Gold Coast for the five-night-four-day convention.
Seven features screened at Aimc, including three Australian films: Don.t Tell — attended by cast members Jack Thompson Am, Rachel Griffiths, Sara West, Gyton Grantley, Martin Sacks and Robert Coleby; Jasper Jones — introduced by director Rachel Perkins; and Transmission's Oscar contender Lion — attended by mother and son Sue and Saroo Brierley, on whose story the film is based.
Sam Neill followed in the footsteps of Jack Thompson, winning the Aimc Lifetime Achievement award, and used the occassion to read out amusing testimonials from the likes of Bryan Brown, Rob Sitch and John Cleese congratulating him on his award..
Neill.s Hunt for the Wilderpeople director Taika Waititi watched on, fresh from the set of Thor: Ragnarok,...
The 71st Australian International Movie Convention wrapped last week, with a delegation of just over 1,000 converging on the Gold Coast for the five-night-four-day convention.
Seven features screened at Aimc, including three Australian films: Don.t Tell — attended by cast members Jack Thompson Am, Rachel Griffiths, Sara West, Gyton Grantley, Martin Sacks and Robert Coleby; Jasper Jones — introduced by director Rachel Perkins; and Transmission's Oscar contender Lion — attended by mother and son Sue and Saroo Brierley, on whose story the film is based.
Sam Neill followed in the footsteps of Jack Thompson, winning the Aimc Lifetime Achievement award, and used the occassion to read out amusing testimonials from the likes of Bryan Brown, Rob Sitch and John Cleese congratulating him on his award..
Neill.s Hunt for the Wilderpeople director Taika Waititi watched on, fresh from the set of Thor: Ragnarok,...
- 10/17/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Ali's Wedding.
Tiding audiences over until the official event returns in 2017, Adelaide Film Festival will run a mini-festival this October.
Known as Adelaide Film Festival Goes Rogue, the mini-fest will run October 27 — 30 and feature premieres, in-conversation events and a retrospective screening of Michael James Rowland's Lucky Miles..
Jeffrey Walker.s feature debut Ali.s Wedding. is set for its world premiere at the event. Australia.s first Muslim rom-com, the film is based on the life of actor, writer and comedian Osamah Sami, who also co-wrote the screenplay and stars as the titular character. There will also be a .work in progress. premiere screening of David Stratton.s Stories of Australian Cinema.
Festivities will also include the Australian premiere season of Lynette Wallworth.s Vr film Collisons (Oct 5 — 30), and a free talk by Greg Mackie, last year's Jim Bettison and Helen James Award recipient, at the Adelaide Festival of Ideas.
Tiding audiences over until the official event returns in 2017, Adelaide Film Festival will run a mini-festival this October.
Known as Adelaide Film Festival Goes Rogue, the mini-fest will run October 27 — 30 and feature premieres, in-conversation events and a retrospective screening of Michael James Rowland's Lucky Miles..
Jeffrey Walker.s feature debut Ali.s Wedding. is set for its world premiere at the event. Australia.s first Muslim rom-com, the film is based on the life of actor, writer and comedian Osamah Sami, who also co-wrote the screenplay and stars as the titular character. There will also be a .work in progress. premiere screening of David Stratton.s Stories of Australian Cinema.
Festivities will also include the Australian premiere season of Lynette Wallworth.s Vr film Collisons (Oct 5 — 30), and a free talk by Greg Mackie, last year's Jim Bettison and Helen James Award recipient, at the Adelaide Festival of Ideas.
- 9/26/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Kriv Stenders on a recce for Wake In Fright in Broken Hill.
The Nsw Government has invested over $2 million to secure four new feature films, four television drama series and four factual TV series, as well as several one-off documentaries, a web series and a multiplatform project. The productions are predicted to create 1080 new screen jobs and generate a direct production spend of almost $35 million in Nsw. Included among them is Ten.s recently announced mini-series Wake In Fright, the first local production to be supported under the Screen Nsw.s $20 million Made in Nsw Fund. The other 15 productions are being supported through the Film Production Finance Fund. According to Deputy Premier and Minister for the Arts Troy Grant the fund can now support many more local film and television productions because funds have been freed-up by the Made in Nsw Fund. The full list of funding recipients: Project: Ali's Wedding...
The Nsw Government has invested over $2 million to secure four new feature films, four television drama series and four factual TV series, as well as several one-off documentaries, a web series and a multiplatform project. The productions are predicted to create 1080 new screen jobs and generate a direct production spend of almost $35 million in Nsw. Included among them is Ten.s recently announced mini-series Wake In Fright, the first local production to be supported under the Screen Nsw.s $20 million Made in Nsw Fund. The other 15 productions are being supported through the Film Production Finance Fund. According to Deputy Premier and Minister for the Arts Troy Grant the fund can now support many more local film and television productions because funds have been freed-up by the Made in Nsw Fund. The full list of funding recipients: Project: Ali's Wedding...
- 9/12/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Qff co-directors Huw Walmsley-Evans and John Edmond.
Queensland Film Festival (Qff) has unveiled the program for its second year, to be held July 15-24 at New Farm Cinemas and the Institute of Modern Art.
The festival, which has doubled in size this year, will screen 40 features and shorts, including 19 Australian premieres. Festival co-directors John Edmond and Huw Walmsley-Evans said Qff's 2016 return is a direct result of an enthusiastic response to last year.s program. .Strong community support from both our partners and the general public has ensured that we could increase the number of screenings, and these are films that it.s important that the Brisbane public have a chance to see," Edmond said. Walmsley-Evans said: "Qff's first year proved what we knew to be true: Brisbane wants to see the best that the thriving world cinema has to offer.. Qff will open with Pedro Almodovar.s Julieta, screening direct from Cannes. Other highlights include The Red Turtle, Michael Dudock de Wit's dialogue-free collaboration with animation house Studio Ghibli; Chevalier; Lucile Hadžihalilovic.s Evolution; and Dead Slow Ahead. Local films will include Sean Byrne.s (The Loved Ones) horror The Devil.s Candy and Sydney-based Margot Nash.s documentary essay The Silences. In a nod to now-lost film festivals of Brisbane.s past, Qff will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first-ever Brisbane Film Festival with a restoration of Agnes Varda.s Cleo From 5 to 7, as well as a selection of shorts that screened at the first event. It will similarly mark the 25th anniversary of the Brisbane International Film Festival with a screening of David Cronenberg.s classic adaptation of William Burrough.s Naked Lunch.
There will also be free panels discussions regarding the art and history of filmmaking, including The Art and Craft of Editing in Eugène Green.s La Sapienza and The Son of Joseph, presented with the Australian Screen Editor.s guild and the Arc Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions.
The festival will also reflect on the history of Brisbane film culture with Fifty Years of Film Festivals — Remembering Bff, courtesy of a presentation by Qff co-director Huw Walmsley-Evans and Queensland University of Technology.s (Qut) Dr Tess Van Hemert. Qut is the festival.s major partner. Qff is also supported by the Arc Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, Australian Screen Editors Guild, Avant Card, the Cantrills, the Czech and Slovak Film Festival, David Stratton, the Institute of Modern Art, the National Film and Sound Archive, and New Farm Cinemas Full program and ticket sales: qldff.com .
Queensland Film Festival (Qff) has unveiled the program for its second year, to be held July 15-24 at New Farm Cinemas and the Institute of Modern Art.
The festival, which has doubled in size this year, will screen 40 features and shorts, including 19 Australian premieres. Festival co-directors John Edmond and Huw Walmsley-Evans said Qff's 2016 return is a direct result of an enthusiastic response to last year.s program. .Strong community support from both our partners and the general public has ensured that we could increase the number of screenings, and these are films that it.s important that the Brisbane public have a chance to see," Edmond said. Walmsley-Evans said: "Qff's first year proved what we knew to be true: Brisbane wants to see the best that the thriving world cinema has to offer.. Qff will open with Pedro Almodovar.s Julieta, screening direct from Cannes. Other highlights include The Red Turtle, Michael Dudock de Wit's dialogue-free collaboration with animation house Studio Ghibli; Chevalier; Lucile Hadžihalilovic.s Evolution; and Dead Slow Ahead. Local films will include Sean Byrne.s (The Loved Ones) horror The Devil.s Candy and Sydney-based Margot Nash.s documentary essay The Silences. In a nod to now-lost film festivals of Brisbane.s past, Qff will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first-ever Brisbane Film Festival with a restoration of Agnes Varda.s Cleo From 5 to 7, as well as a selection of shorts that screened at the first event. It will similarly mark the 25th anniversary of the Brisbane International Film Festival with a screening of David Cronenberg.s classic adaptation of William Burrough.s Naked Lunch.
There will also be free panels discussions regarding the art and history of filmmaking, including The Art and Craft of Editing in Eugène Green.s La Sapienza and The Son of Joseph, presented with the Australian Screen Editor.s guild and the Arc Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions.
The festival will also reflect on the history of Brisbane film culture with Fifty Years of Film Festivals — Remembering Bff, courtesy of a presentation by Qff co-director Huw Walmsley-Evans and Queensland University of Technology.s (Qut) Dr Tess Van Hemert. Qut is the festival.s major partner. Qff is also supported by the Arc Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, Australian Screen Editors Guild, Avant Card, the Cantrills, the Czech and Slovak Film Festival, David Stratton, the Institute of Modern Art, the National Film and Sound Archive, and New Farm Cinemas Full program and ticket sales: qldff.com .
- 6/15/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Watch the stars of Pawno celebrate the opening night at The Sun Theatre.
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Australian feature Pawno has opened to postive reviews and a healthy box office.
The film, directed/produced by Paul Ireland and written/produced by Damian Hill, opened nationally on April 21 and achieved $3,120 per showing on 19 screens over the Anzac Day long weekend.
The character driven ensemble, set in the diverse and mulicultural Melbourne suburbe of Footscray, recorded particularly strong results at The Sun in Yarraville, Melbourne, where the film opened to a gala premiere.
Ireland, Hill, and key cast members including Kerry Armstrong (Lantana), Tony Rickards (Holding The Man) and Mark Coles Smith (Last Cab to Darwin), walked the red carpet before guests packed out four sold-out sessions..
Australian actors Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under), Damian Walshe Howling, film industry figure Steve Vizard, and Victorian Minister for Creative Industries Martin Foley were among the audience attending.
Hill...
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Australian feature Pawno has opened to postive reviews and a healthy box office.
The film, directed/produced by Paul Ireland and written/produced by Damian Hill, opened nationally on April 21 and achieved $3,120 per showing on 19 screens over the Anzac Day long weekend.
The character driven ensemble, set in the diverse and mulicultural Melbourne suburbe of Footscray, recorded particularly strong results at The Sun in Yarraville, Melbourne, where the film opened to a gala premiere.
Ireland, Hill, and key cast members including Kerry Armstrong (Lantana), Tony Rickards (Holding The Man) and Mark Coles Smith (Last Cab to Darwin), walked the red carpet before guests packed out four sold-out sessions..
Australian actors Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under), Damian Walshe Howling, film industry figure Steve Vizard, and Victorian Minister for Creative Industries Martin Foley were among the audience attending.
Hill...
- 4/26/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz will reunite to host a special screening of independent Australian feature Pawno.
The screening, .at Sydney.s Chauvel Cinema on April 12, will see Pomeranz and Stratton join in a Q&A with the key talent of the new Australian comic drama film from first time director Paul Ireland, which Pomeranz describes as .a bolt from the blue..
.I love this film, loved it, loved it,. she said.
Pawno is produced by Paul Ireland and Damian Hills. Toothless Pictures and distributed by Mind Blowing World. It opens across 20 screens nationally on April 21..
Joining Margaret and David onstage will be director Paul Ireland, Pawno screenwriter and actor Damian Hill, beloved Australian veteran actors John Brumpton and Kerry Armstrong, and other key cast members..
The character-driven ensemble film takes place in a dusty old pawnbroker.s, where world-weary owner Les Underwood (John Brumpton) watches as the lives of...
The screening, .at Sydney.s Chauvel Cinema on April 12, will see Pomeranz and Stratton join in a Q&A with the key talent of the new Australian comic drama film from first time director Paul Ireland, which Pomeranz describes as .a bolt from the blue..
.I love this film, loved it, loved it,. she said.
Pawno is produced by Paul Ireland and Damian Hills. Toothless Pictures and distributed by Mind Blowing World. It opens across 20 screens nationally on April 21..
Joining Margaret and David onstage will be director Paul Ireland, Pawno screenwriter and actor Damian Hill, beloved Australian veteran actors John Brumpton and Kerry Armstrong, and other key cast members..
The character-driven ensemble film takes place in a dusty old pawnbroker.s, where world-weary owner Les Underwood (John Brumpton) watches as the lives of...
- 3/31/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Scorsese's The Age of Innocence.(1993).
David Stratton's retrospective program at this year's Sydney Film Festival (June 8-19) will present ten films directed by Martin Scorsese.
The films will screen initially in Melbourne at Acmi (May 27-June 12) to coincide with Acmi.s exhibition Scorsese. .
All ten films - Mean Streets (1973), Alice Doesn.t Live Here Anymore (1974), Taxi Driver (1976), New York, New York (1977), Raging Bull (1980), The King Of Comedy (1982), Goodfellas (1990), The Age of Innocence (1993), Casino (1995), The Aviator (2004) - will also screen at the Nfsa in Canberra (July.1-23) after showing at Sff.
.Scorsese talks in a rapid-fire style as though he doesn.t have enough time to describe everything he knows", Stratton said.
"He.s like a character in a 1930s movie. His films are passionate too. His best are explosive in their impact, crammed with information and detail. On the one hand, his Catholic upbringing leads him to tackle religious...
David Stratton's retrospective program at this year's Sydney Film Festival (June 8-19) will present ten films directed by Martin Scorsese.
The films will screen initially in Melbourne at Acmi (May 27-June 12) to coincide with Acmi.s exhibition Scorsese. .
All ten films - Mean Streets (1973), Alice Doesn.t Live Here Anymore (1974), Taxi Driver (1976), New York, New York (1977), Raging Bull (1980), The King Of Comedy (1982), Goodfellas (1990), The Age of Innocence (1993), Casino (1995), The Aviator (2004) - will also screen at the Nfsa in Canberra (July.1-23) after showing at Sff.
.Scorsese talks in a rapid-fire style as though he doesn.t have enough time to describe everything he knows", Stratton said.
"He.s like a character in a 1930s movie. His films are passionate too. His best are explosive in their impact, crammed with information and detail. On the one hand, his Catholic upbringing leads him to tackle religious...
- 3/30/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
George Miller and David Stratton in conversation.
David Stratton and George Miller had a wide-ranging chat at the Chauvel last night as guests of the French Film Festival, of which both are patrons.
Miller described growing up in Chinchilla, where he fell in love with movies during the saturday matinees at the local cinema, which was his "secular cathedral".
He also praised Stratton's tenure at the Sydney Film Festival and its influence on a generation of Australian filmmakers..
Miller's short, Violence in the Cinema, Part 1, played at the festival in 1971, as part of the Benson and Hedges awards.
The cigarette manufacturer was the only company willing to sponsor a festival for Australian shorts, joked Stratton, who also queried the title of Miller's short - "there was never a part two".
Violence in the Cinema starred Arthur Dignam, and was programmed before a film by Vittoria de Sica. Miller recalled his...
David Stratton and George Miller had a wide-ranging chat at the Chauvel last night as guests of the French Film Festival, of which both are patrons.
Miller described growing up in Chinchilla, where he fell in love with movies during the saturday matinees at the local cinema, which was his "secular cathedral".
He also praised Stratton's tenure at the Sydney Film Festival and its influence on a generation of Australian filmmakers..
Miller's short, Violence in the Cinema, Part 1, played at the festival in 1971, as part of the Benson and Hedges awards.
The cigarette manufacturer was the only company willing to sponsor a festival for Australian shorts, joked Stratton, who also queried the title of Miller's short - "there was never a part two".
Violence in the Cinema starred Arthur Dignam, and was programmed before a film by Vittoria de Sica. Miller recalled his...
- 3/10/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Steve Le Marquand in Broke.
The 14th annual Gold Coast Film Festival will screen Australian features Spear, Broke, A Month of Sundays, Girl Asleep, Crushed, Observance and The Hunters Club, and play host to guests including Reg Cribb, David Stratton, Claudia Karvan and Gracie Otto.
Director Stephen Page will also make his debut at the fest..
Page and his leading man (and son) Hunter Page-Lochard, star of the upcoming ABC-tv series Cleverman, will attend a screening of Spear, followed by a Q&A session.
The team behind Broke - director Heath Davis, producer Luke Graham and actors Steve Le Marquand and Max Cullen - will attend the film's Queensland premiere.
The film follows the story of disgraced rugby league star and gambling addict, Ben .Bk. Kelly, who attempts to turn his life around with the support of his two biggest fans..
Writer Reg Cribb (Last Cab to Darwin) will attend...
The 14th annual Gold Coast Film Festival will screen Australian features Spear, Broke, A Month of Sundays, Girl Asleep, Crushed, Observance and The Hunters Club, and play host to guests including Reg Cribb, David Stratton, Claudia Karvan and Gracie Otto.
Director Stephen Page will also make his debut at the fest..
Page and his leading man (and son) Hunter Page-Lochard, star of the upcoming ABC-tv series Cleverman, will attend a screening of Spear, followed by a Q&A session.
The team behind Broke - director Heath Davis, producer Luke Graham and actors Steve Le Marquand and Max Cullen - will attend the film's Queensland premiere.
The film follows the story of disgraced rugby league star and gambling addict, Ben .Bk. Kelly, who attempts to turn his life around with the support of his two biggest fans..
Writer Reg Cribb (Last Cab to Darwin) will attend...
- 3/7/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
George Miller.
George Miller and David Stratton in will appear together in conversation at Sydney's Chauvel cinema on March 9 - next Wednesday - as part of the annual French Film Festival.
Miller is just back from the Oscars, where Mad Max: Fury Road took home no less than six awards.
Stratton and Miller will discuss Australian as well as French cinema, which should be good preparation for Miller as he gets ready to head the jury at this year's Cannes Film Festival in May.
Making local stories that can compete overseas, a la Kennedy Miller Mitchell, is something the French Film Festival routinely celebrates, said Palace in a statement.
"Few countries have managed to face up to the Hollywood juggernaut that swamps the world's cinemas, but in France American films screen alongside an equal number of French films, from comedies to thriller to intimate psychological dramas"..
"France was a pioneer of cinema,...
George Miller and David Stratton in will appear together in conversation at Sydney's Chauvel cinema on March 9 - next Wednesday - as part of the annual French Film Festival.
Miller is just back from the Oscars, where Mad Max: Fury Road took home no less than six awards.
Stratton and Miller will discuss Australian as well as French cinema, which should be good preparation for Miller as he gets ready to head the jury at this year's Cannes Film Festival in May.
Making local stories that can compete overseas, a la Kennedy Miller Mitchell, is something the French Film Festival routinely celebrates, said Palace in a statement.
"Few countries have managed to face up to the Hollywood juggernaut that swamps the world's cinemas, but in France American films screen alongside an equal number of French films, from comedies to thriller to intimate psychological dramas"..
"France was a pioneer of cinema,...
- 3/3/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Australian actress Claudia Karvan is set to receive the 2016 Chauvel Award as part of the 14th annual Gold Coast Film Festival..
The Chauvel Award, named in honour of Charles Chauvel, commenced in 1993 and acknowledges an individual who has made significant contribution to Australian cinema.
On April 9, the Gold Coast Film Festival will welcome audiences to David Stratton In Conversation With Claudia Karvan..
The night will be an intimate look at Karvan.s career, accompanied by footage from her films and moderated by film critic and previous Chauvel Award recipient, David Stratton..
Stratton said he was looking forward to the event.
.I have known Claudia since she started acting and even appeared in a film with her once — something I.m certain will be referred to in our informal chat," he said. .
"Her career has gone from strength to strength, and she is unquestionably one of our finest actors..
Karvan.Karvan...
The Chauvel Award, named in honour of Charles Chauvel, commenced in 1993 and acknowledges an individual who has made significant contribution to Australian cinema.
On April 9, the Gold Coast Film Festival will welcome audiences to David Stratton In Conversation With Claudia Karvan..
The night will be an intimate look at Karvan.s career, accompanied by footage from her films and moderated by film critic and previous Chauvel Award recipient, David Stratton..
Stratton said he was looking forward to the event.
.I have known Claudia since she started acting and even appeared in a film with her once — something I.m certain will be referred to in our informal chat," he said. .
"Her career has gone from strength to strength, and she is unquestionably one of our finest actors..
Karvan.Karvan...
- 2/29/2016
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
The Daughter.
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The Daughter director Simon Stone and cast including Ewen Leslie and Odessa Young are set take part in Q and A sessions following preview screenings of the film in Sydney at Melbourne.
Palace Cinemas will host Stone (The Turning) and actors Young (Looking for Grace) and Leslie (Dead Europe) for two sessions..
Moderated by film critic David Stratton, they will follow preview screenings of the film at Palace Verona, in Sydney.s Paddington and Palace Cinema Como, in Melbourne.s South Yarra.
The Daughter is inspired by Stone.s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen.s The Wild Duck, which was first performed at Belvoir Theatre in Sydney..
The Daughter also features performances from a stellar cast which includes Geoffrey Rush, Miranda Otto and Sam Neil. .
Produced by Jan Chapman (The Piano, Lantana) and Nicole O.Donohue and with costumes by Margot Wilson (The Dressmaker), the film is a deeply...
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The Daughter director Simon Stone and cast including Ewen Leslie and Odessa Young are set take part in Q and A sessions following preview screenings of the film in Sydney at Melbourne.
Palace Cinemas will host Stone (The Turning) and actors Young (Looking for Grace) and Leslie (Dead Europe) for two sessions..
Moderated by film critic David Stratton, they will follow preview screenings of the film at Palace Verona, in Sydney.s Paddington and Palace Cinema Como, in Melbourne.s South Yarra.
The Daughter is inspired by Stone.s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen.s The Wild Duck, which was first performed at Belvoir Theatre in Sydney..
The Daughter also features performances from a stellar cast which includes Geoffrey Rush, Miranda Otto and Sam Neil. .
Produced by Jan Chapman (The Piano, Lantana) and Nicole O.Donohue and with costumes by Margot Wilson (The Dressmaker), the film is a deeply...
- 1/27/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Mandy Chang.
ABC Director of Television Richard Finlayson has announced the appointment of Mandy Chang to the role of Head of Arts, ABC TV.
Chang joined the ABC in 2013 after a stint producing and directing documentaries for major UK broadcasters including the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, PBS and Sky Atlantic.
Her feature-length documentary The Mona Lisa Curse for Channel 4 won the Rose d.Or, Banff World Media Festival Grand Jury Prize, Grierson and Emmy Awards.
In her three years at ABC TV, she has overseen the creation of Autopsy on a Dream - the Story of the Sydney Opera House, Hannah Gadsby.s Oz, The Art of Australia, Art and Soul II, Getting Frank Gehry, Comic Book Heroes, The Cambodian Space Project, Cast from the Storm, The Divorce and Matilda and Me.
Recently Chang worked on the creation of the ABC iview Arts channel and the development of David Stratton...
ABC Director of Television Richard Finlayson has announced the appointment of Mandy Chang to the role of Head of Arts, ABC TV.
Chang joined the ABC in 2013 after a stint producing and directing documentaries for major UK broadcasters including the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, PBS and Sky Atlantic.
Her feature-length documentary The Mona Lisa Curse for Channel 4 won the Rose d.Or, Banff World Media Festival Grand Jury Prize, Grierson and Emmy Awards.
In her three years at ABC TV, she has overseen the creation of Autopsy on a Dream - the Story of the Sydney Opera House, Hannah Gadsby.s Oz, The Art of Australia, Art and Soul II, Getting Frank Gehry, Comic Book Heroes, The Cambodian Space Project, Cast from the Storm, The Divorce and Matilda and Me.
Recently Chang worked on the creation of the ABC iview Arts channel and the development of David Stratton...
- 1/18/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
The Gold Coast Film Festival has secured Jan Chapman, Melanie Coombs and Alan Finney to be part of its 2016 Chauvel Award committee.
Chapman, producer of the AFI Best Film winner, Lantana and Academy Award winner The Piano, and 2002 Chauvel Award recipient, will join the committee this year alongside Coombs, producer of the Academy Award winner Harvie Krumpet and Finney, a film industry veteran actor and producer..
Film critic David Stratton, Screen Queensland chief executive, Tracey Vieira and Bond University.s Professor Bruce Molloy have also been announced as 2016 Chauvel Committee members.
The Chauvel Award, named in honour of Charles Chauvel, acknowledges an individual who has made significant contribution to Australian cinema..
The award was previously part of the Brisbane International Film Festival and past recipients of the Award have included producer Anthony Buckley, directors George Miller and Rolf de Heer, actors Bryan Brown and Geoffrey Rush, cinematographer John Seale and...
Chapman, producer of the AFI Best Film winner, Lantana and Academy Award winner The Piano, and 2002 Chauvel Award recipient, will join the committee this year alongside Coombs, producer of the Academy Award winner Harvie Krumpet and Finney, a film industry veteran actor and producer..
Film critic David Stratton, Screen Queensland chief executive, Tracey Vieira and Bond University.s Professor Bruce Molloy have also been announced as 2016 Chauvel Committee members.
The Chauvel Award, named in honour of Charles Chauvel, acknowledges an individual who has made significant contribution to Australian cinema..
The award was previously part of the Brisbane International Film Festival and past recipients of the Award have included producer Anthony Buckley, directors George Miller and Rolf de Heer, actors Bryan Brown and Geoffrey Rush, cinematographer John Seale and...
- 12/17/2015
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Documentaries investigating Australia.s war in Afghanistan, the fight against the country.s ice epidemic and the state of the heath and school systems will screen on the ABC next year.
The comedy slate includes two series starring Utopia.s Luke McGregor and six pilots, with viewers voting to determine which pilot goes to a series.
The ABC also confirmed its flagship channel will be available to live-stream on iview from December and that it plans to broadcast all content in HD from next June.
ABC director of TV Richard Finlayson said at the upfronts launch: .As the national broadcaster we will continue our commitment to Australian content, delivering a high-quality, deep and diverse slate..
The factual slate includes Essential Media and Entertainment.s Afghanistan: Inside Australia.s War, which chronicles the raw experiences of Australia.s longest war, from private soldiers to prime ministers, written and directed by Victoria Pitt...
The comedy slate includes two series starring Utopia.s Luke McGregor and six pilots, with viewers voting to determine which pilot goes to a series.
The ABC also confirmed its flagship channel will be available to live-stream on iview from December and that it plans to broadcast all content in HD from next June.
ABC director of TV Richard Finlayson said at the upfronts launch: .As the national broadcaster we will continue our commitment to Australian content, delivering a high-quality, deep and diverse slate..
The factual slate includes Essential Media and Entertainment.s Afghanistan: Inside Australia.s War, which chronicles the raw experiences of Australia.s longest war, from private soldiers to prime ministers, written and directed by Victoria Pitt...
- 11/24/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Margaret Pomeranz will front the first Hollywood Retro Film Festival, which will screen 22 Hollywood classic across the country from November 26..
The classic films, many rarely seen on the big screen will be presented in digital format and will screen from November 26 to December 13 at premium cinemas in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra.
Pomeranz, who is patron and co-curator, said she was excited to announce the first Hollywood Retro Film Festival.
"Many of these films haven.t been seen in a cinema in decades and will look terrific in HD digital., she said.
.There.s no substitute for seeing these wonderful films on the big screen with an audience..
"I.m delighted people will have the opportunity to enjoy these classic films in this first season celebration of Hollywood classics from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Some highlights include digitally remastered icons Gone with the Wind, Casablanca and Citizen Kane.
The classic films, many rarely seen on the big screen will be presented in digital format and will screen from November 26 to December 13 at premium cinemas in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra.
Pomeranz, who is patron and co-curator, said she was excited to announce the first Hollywood Retro Film Festival.
"Many of these films haven.t been seen in a cinema in decades and will look terrific in HD digital., she said.
.There.s no substitute for seeing these wonderful films on the big screen with an audience..
"I.m delighted people will have the opportunity to enjoy these classic films in this first season celebration of Hollywood classics from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Some highlights include digitally remastered icons Gone with the Wind, Casablanca and Citizen Kane.
- 10/29/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
This podcast focuses on Criterion’s Eclipse Series of DVDs. Hosts David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett give an overview of each box and offer their perspectives on the unique treasures they find inside. In this episode, David and Trevor discuss Eclipse Series 29: Aki Kaurismäki’s Leningrad Cowboys.
About the films:
In the late eighties, Aki Kaurismäki, a master of the deadpan, fashioned a waggish fish-out-of-water tale about a U.S. tour by “the worst rock-and-roll band in the world.” Leningrad Cowboys Go America’s posse of fur-coated, outrageously pompadoured hipsters struck such a chord with international audiences that the fictional band became a genuine attraction, touring the world. Later, Kaurismäki created a sequel, Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses,and filmed a gigantic outdoor concert that the band put on in Helsinki, for the rollicking documentary Total Balalaika Show. With this Eclipse series, we present all three crackpot musical and comic odysseys,...
About the films:
In the late eighties, Aki Kaurismäki, a master of the deadpan, fashioned a waggish fish-out-of-water tale about a U.S. tour by “the worst rock-and-roll band in the world.” Leningrad Cowboys Go America’s posse of fur-coated, outrageously pompadoured hipsters struck such a chord with international audiences that the fictional band became a genuine attraction, touring the world. Later, Kaurismäki created a sequel, Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses,and filmed a gigantic outdoor concert that the band put on in Helsinki, for the rollicking documentary Total Balalaika Show. With this Eclipse series, we present all three crackpot musical and comic odysseys,...
- 10/22/2015
- by David Blakeslee
- CriterionCast
The National Film and Sound Archive will host the new look 2015 Canberra International Film Festival.
Act Chief Minister, Andrew Barr, launched the festival today at the National Film and Sound Archive in Acton..
Feature film Neon, by film-maker Lawrence Johnson and local production company, WildBear Entertainment, will open The festival.
It will run from November 5-15.
Now in its 19th year, the Ciff program includes thirty international and Australian films screening exclusively at the National Film and Sound Archive in Arc Cinema..
Special guests include film historian and Movie Show favourite David Stratton and a range of international and Australian film-makers.
Festival manager, Andrew Pike, said he wanted the community to "again" fall in love with the festival.
.The 2015 program is not standard cinema fare. These aren.t the sort of films you could wander into a normal Friday night session and see," he said..
.For the first time, we...
Act Chief Minister, Andrew Barr, launched the festival today at the National Film and Sound Archive in Acton..
Feature film Neon, by film-maker Lawrence Johnson and local production company, WildBear Entertainment, will open The festival.
It will run from November 5-15.
Now in its 19th year, the Ciff program includes thirty international and Australian films screening exclusively at the National Film and Sound Archive in Arc Cinema..
Special guests include film historian and Movie Show favourite David Stratton and a range of international and Australian film-makers.
Festival manager, Andrew Pike, said he wanted the community to "again" fall in love with the festival.
.The 2015 program is not standard cinema fare. These aren.t the sort of films you could wander into a normal Friday night session and see," he said..
.For the first time, we...
- 9/28/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
The Australian premiere of Cate Blanchett's Carol is set to headline this year's Adelaide Film Festival.
One-hundred and eighty films will screen at the Festival - including over 40 Australian films, and 24 South Australian films - with 51 countries represented at the Festival.
Some of films' biggest names, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, Michael Keaton, Richard Roxburgh, Anthony Lapaglia and Rachel McAdams.
In its eleventh year, the 2015 Adelaide Film Festival will provide the best of local, Australian and internationally produced films, with an eclectic mix of cinema, television, art and the moving image . plus the one night only reunion of Festival ambassadors Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton, as they host the Ultimate Quiz night.
The Festival will feature new work from Australian directors including Scott Hicks, Jocelyn Moorhouse, Matt Saville, Sue Brooks, Stephen Page, Matthew Bate, Meryl Tankard and Rosemary Myers.
It will also include work from international filmmakers Todd Haynes,...
One-hundred and eighty films will screen at the Festival - including over 40 Australian films, and 24 South Australian films - with 51 countries represented at the Festival.
Some of films' biggest names, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, Michael Keaton, Richard Roxburgh, Anthony Lapaglia and Rachel McAdams.
In its eleventh year, the 2015 Adelaide Film Festival will provide the best of local, Australian and internationally produced films, with an eclectic mix of cinema, television, art and the moving image . plus the one night only reunion of Festival ambassadors Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton, as they host the Ultimate Quiz night.
The Festival will feature new work from Australian directors including Scott Hicks, Jocelyn Moorhouse, Matt Saville, Sue Brooks, Stephen Page, Matthew Bate, Meryl Tankard and Rosemary Myers.
It will also include work from international filmmakers Todd Haynes,...
- 9/8/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Majestic Cinemas has struck a deal to manage Sawtell Cinema when it re-opens in december.
The iconic cinema was saved after a community consortirum ot local residents bought the heritage-listed building.
It had been owned and run by the Brisset family since the 1940s - until it was shut down in 2013.
The new owners have owners have also launched a crowdfunding campaign, which has raised more than $75,000.
Movie Critic, David Stratton, was the patron for the campaign.
Sawtell Cinema Chair, Jill Nash, said operating a cinema was a very specialist skil.
.We recognised early on that we needed professional cinema managers with relationships with distributors to ensure that the cinema could deliver the experience we are all expecting..
She said the challenge was to find these professional skills, without sacrificing the community feel of Sawtell.s small local cinema..
.An extensive search was undertaken to find the right fit, and...
The iconic cinema was saved after a community consortirum ot local residents bought the heritage-listed building.
It had been owned and run by the Brisset family since the 1940s - until it was shut down in 2013.
The new owners have owners have also launched a crowdfunding campaign, which has raised more than $75,000.
Movie Critic, David Stratton, was the patron for the campaign.
Sawtell Cinema Chair, Jill Nash, said operating a cinema was a very specialist skil.
.We recognised early on that we needed professional cinema managers with relationships with distributors to ensure that the cinema could deliver the experience we are all expecting..
She said the challenge was to find these professional skills, without sacrificing the community feel of Sawtell.s small local cinema..
.An extensive search was undertaken to find the right fit, and...
- 8/23/2015
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
David Stratton is the curator and patron of the inaugural Great Britain Retro Film Festival. Nineteen classic British films, rarely seen on the big screen, will feature in the festival from August 6-19 at the Hayden Orpheum Cremorne, Melbourne's Cinema Nova and the Windsor in Perth. Stratton says there will be many highlights, not least the opportunity to see some of these classic films painstakingly digitally restored and presented for the first time in Australia in the 4K format. .I.m really excited about this retrospective film festival, particularly as I spent my first twenty years in Britain and have always been very fond of British movies. To see this collection of films, on the big screen, as they were intended to be seen, is indeed a rare pleasure," he says. Highlights of the inaugural Great Britain Retro Film Festival include:
. Australian premiere screenings of The Tales of Hoffmann (1951), the...
. Australian premiere screenings of The Tales of Hoffmann (1951), the...
- 6/11/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts is calling for recommendations for the Aacta Longford Lyell Award, the Academy.s highest honour for an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the Australian screen industry and culture.
Known as the AFI | Aacta Raymond Longford Award since its inception in 1968, the name was changed this year to recognise Lottie Lyell, film pioneer. Longford.s partner in filmmaking and life.
Screenwriter/producer Andrew Knight was the first recipient at the 4th Aacta Awards in January..
Those who wish to submit a recommendation should provide a letter detailing the prospective candidate's achievements, including a CV or brief filmography, and outlining why he or she should be considered for the award.
Recommendations should be emailed to awards manager Chloe Boulton by 5pm on Wednesday June 24.
In the first three years since the launch of Aacta in 2011, the award went to Don McAlpine,...
Known as the AFI | Aacta Raymond Longford Award since its inception in 1968, the name was changed this year to recognise Lottie Lyell, film pioneer. Longford.s partner in filmmaking and life.
Screenwriter/producer Andrew Knight was the first recipient at the 4th Aacta Awards in January..
Those who wish to submit a recommendation should provide a letter detailing the prospective candidate's achievements, including a CV or brief filmography, and outlining why he or she should be considered for the award.
Recommendations should be emailed to awards manager Chloe Boulton by 5pm on Wednesday June 24.
In the first three years since the launch of Aacta in 2011, the award went to Don McAlpine,...
- 6/9/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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