Screen Australia has provided $170,000 funding for eight filmmakers to work as .attachments. on a range of screen projects..
The investment will help develop the skills, contacts and expertise of some of Australia.s gifted screen practitioners, and connect them into the local and international film industry.
Screen Australia senior development executive, Nerida Moore, said talent development was one of the most important aspects Screen Australia's work.
"It.s wonderful to be able to support it in a tangible and meaningful way," she said..
"This funding is very specific . it will enable particular people to work on projects that suit their unique talents and pathways..
"Film is a global industry and it.s important that we help Australian filmmakers find opportunities here and internationally. We look forward to seeing where these opportunities take them!.
Producer Michael Cody (Ruin, Hail) will work across the development, financing, production and distribution slate of Plan B Entertainment (The Departed,...
The investment will help develop the skills, contacts and expertise of some of Australia.s gifted screen practitioners, and connect them into the local and international film industry.
Screen Australia senior development executive, Nerida Moore, said talent development was one of the most important aspects Screen Australia's work.
"It.s wonderful to be able to support it in a tangible and meaningful way," she said..
"This funding is very specific . it will enable particular people to work on projects that suit their unique talents and pathways..
"Film is a global industry and it.s important that we help Australian filmmakers find opportunities here and internationally. We look forward to seeing where these opportunities take them!.
Producer Michael Cody (Ruin, Hail) will work across the development, financing, production and distribution slate of Plan B Entertainment (The Departed,...
- 7/30/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Jennifer Kent.s The Babadook and Russell Crowe.s The Water Diviner tied for best film at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) awards in Sydney.
That.s the first joint award for best film in AFI/Aacta history. Kent also collected the awards for best director (Crowe wasn't nominated in that category) and original screenplay.
Telecast on Network Ten, the awards drew just 297,000 viewers in the five metro cities last night, proving more popular in Melbourne (107,000) than Sydney (80,000).
Playmaker Media.s conspiracy thriller The Code collared the awards for best TV drama, lead actor in a TV drama (Ashley Zukerman), supporting actress (Chelsie Preston Crayford) and direction in a TV drama or comedy (Shawn Seet). The Longford Lyell Award, named for Australian cinema pioneers Raymond Longford and Lottie Lyell, went to screenwriter Andrew Knight, whose credits as head writer or co-writer include Fast Forward, Full Frontal,...
That.s the first joint award for best film in AFI/Aacta history. Kent also collected the awards for best director (Crowe wasn't nominated in that category) and original screenplay.
Telecast on Network Ten, the awards drew just 297,000 viewers in the five metro cities last night, proving more popular in Melbourne (107,000) than Sydney (80,000).
Playmaker Media.s conspiracy thriller The Code collared the awards for best TV drama, lead actor in a TV drama (Ashley Zukerman), supporting actress (Chelsie Preston Crayford) and direction in a TV drama or comedy (Shawn Seet). The Longford Lyell Award, named for Australian cinema pioneers Raymond Longford and Lottie Lyell, went to screenwriter Andrew Knight, whose credits as head writer or co-writer include Fast Forward, Full Frontal,...
- 1/29/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Debut competition titles at cinematography festival unveiled.
Camerimage, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography (Nov 15-22), has revealed the line-up of films screening in three of the festival’s competition sections including Cinematographers’ Debut, Directors’ Debut and Student Etudes.
The entries are:
Cinematographers’ Debut Competition
Duane Hopkins’ Bypass;
UK, 2014; Cinematographer: David Procter
Sidney Lexy Plaut’s Dark Samurai;
Denmark, 2014; Cinematographer: Sidney Lexy Plaut
Zeresenay Berhane Mehari’s Difret;
Ethiopia, USA, 2014; Cinematographer: Monika Lenczewska
Krzysztof Skonieczny’s Hardkor Disko;
Poland, 2014; Cinematographer: Kacper Fertacz
Arild Østin Ommundsen’s It’s Only Make Believe;
Norway, 2013; Cinematographer: Arild Østin Ommundsen
Michael Cody and Amiel Courtin-Wilson’s Ruin;
Australia, 2013; Cinematographer: Ari Wegner
Ester Martin Bergsmark’s Something Must Break;
Sweden, 2014; Cinematographers: Lisabi Fridell and Minka Jakerson
David Pablos’ The Life After;
Mexico, 2013; Cinematographer: José De- La-Torre
Saar Klein’s Things People Do;
USA, 2014; Cinematographer: Matthias Koenigswieser
Jonas Alexander Arnby’s When Animals Dream;
Denmark, 2013; Cinematographer: [link=nm...
Camerimage, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography (Nov 15-22), has revealed the line-up of films screening in three of the festival’s competition sections including Cinematographers’ Debut, Directors’ Debut and Student Etudes.
The entries are:
Cinematographers’ Debut Competition
Duane Hopkins’ Bypass;
UK, 2014; Cinematographer: David Procter
Sidney Lexy Plaut’s Dark Samurai;
Denmark, 2014; Cinematographer: Sidney Lexy Plaut
Zeresenay Berhane Mehari’s Difret;
Ethiopia, USA, 2014; Cinematographer: Monika Lenczewska
Krzysztof Skonieczny’s Hardkor Disko;
Poland, 2014; Cinematographer: Kacper Fertacz
Arild Østin Ommundsen’s It’s Only Make Believe;
Norway, 2013; Cinematographer: Arild Østin Ommundsen
Michael Cody and Amiel Courtin-Wilson’s Ruin;
Australia, 2013; Cinematographer: Ari Wegner
Ester Martin Bergsmark’s Something Must Break;
Sweden, 2014; Cinematographers: Lisabi Fridell and Minka Jakerson
David Pablos’ The Life After;
Mexico, 2013; Cinematographer: José De- La-Torre
Saar Klein’s Things People Do;
USA, 2014; Cinematographer: Matthias Koenigswieser
Jonas Alexander Arnby’s When Animals Dream;
Denmark, 2013; Cinematographer: [link=nm...
- 10/16/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Direct from its world-premiere screening at the Cannes Film Festival, Sff and Vivid Ideas are proud to present the Australian Premiere of the highly anticipated futuristic thriller The Rover and host director David Michôd, actors Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson and producer Liz Watts at the State Theatre on Saturday 7 June. The Rover screens as part of Sff’s Official Competition. Michôd, Pearce, Pattinson and Watts will also give a talk as part of Vivid Ideas at Town Hall on Sunday 8 June.
Actor Cate Blanchett will attend the Festival to introduce a special screening of DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon 2 the second chapter of the epic trilogy in which Blanchett is the voice of the character Valka. The screening is held at 2pm on Public Holiday Monday, 9 June, at Event Cinemas George Street.
UK visual artists and film directors Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard introduce Sff’s Opening Night Film,...
Actor Cate Blanchett will attend the Festival to introduce a special screening of DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon 2 the second chapter of the epic trilogy in which Blanchett is the voice of the character Valka. The screening is held at 2pm on Public Holiday Monday, 9 June, at Event Cinemas George Street.
UK visual artists and film directors Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard introduce Sff’s Opening Night Film,...
- 5/30/2014
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Nick Cave documentary 20,000 Days on Earth and titles set for Cannes among Sydney Film Festival competiton contenders.
In an unusual move the Sydney Film Festival has included among its official competition contenders, the June 4 opening night film 20,000 Days on Earth, which digs deep into the life of Australian-born musician and artist Nick Cave and won the top prize for documentary at the Sundance Film Festival.
This year will also see the biggest number of Australian films in the competition. David Michôd’s The Rover will come fresh from Cannes and the other two are Ruin, which writer/directors Amiel Courtin-Wilson and Michael Cody filmed in Cambodia, and Fell, a debut film from Kasimir Burge that will have its world premiere at the annual event. Burge won a Crystal Bear at Berlin for his short Lily.
See below for the full list of the finalists in the seventh year of the A$60,000 ($56,000) competition.
Finishing off the...
In an unusual move the Sydney Film Festival has included among its official competition contenders, the June 4 opening night film 20,000 Days on Earth, which digs deep into the life of Australian-born musician and artist Nick Cave and won the top prize for documentary at the Sundance Film Festival.
This year will also see the biggest number of Australian films in the competition. David Michôd’s The Rover will come fresh from Cannes and the other two are Ruin, which writer/directors Amiel Courtin-Wilson and Michael Cody filmed in Cambodia, and Fell, a debut film from Kasimir Burge that will have its world premiere at the annual event. Burge won a Crystal Bear at Berlin for his short Lily.
See below for the full list of the finalists in the seventh year of the A$60,000 ($56,000) competition.
Finishing off the...
- 5/10/2014
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
The Rover, Ruin, 20,000 Days on Earth, Fell and Nz mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows are just some of the 183 films scheduled to screen at the 61st Sydney Film Festival in June this year.
The full program for the Festival was announced this morning by the Nsw Minister for the Arts, Troy Grant, at a packed event held at Customs House in Circular Quay, Sydney.
.The New South Wales Government, through Screen Nsw and Destination Nsw, is very pleased to be again supporting Sydney Film Festival which is also part of Vivid Ideas 2014. Sydney Film Festival is a highlight of the city.s rich arts calendar and an important part of our cultural fabric. The Festival underpins Sydney.s recognition as a Unesco City of Film, and I look forward to experiencing the Festival this June,. Mr Grant addressed the crowd this morning.
Another exciting announcement was the Sff...
The full program for the Festival was announced this morning by the Nsw Minister for the Arts, Troy Grant, at a packed event held at Customs House in Circular Quay, Sydney.
.The New South Wales Government, through Screen Nsw and Destination Nsw, is very pleased to be again supporting Sydney Film Festival which is also part of Vivid Ideas 2014. Sydney Film Festival is a highlight of the city.s rich arts calendar and an important part of our cultural fabric. The Festival underpins Sydney.s recognition as a Unesco City of Film, and I look forward to experiencing the Festival this June,. Mr Grant addressed the crowd this morning.
Another exciting announcement was the Sff...
- 5/7/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
The 61st Sydney Film Festival today announced 32 films to be featured in this year.s event (June 4-15) in advance of the full program launch on May 7.
The line-up includes the world premiere of The Redfern Story, 19 Australian premieres, 13 features, 11 documentaries and an eight-film retrospective on maverick American filmmaker Robert Altman. Altman.s son, filmmaker Michael Altman, will attend festival and introduce several of the Altman screenings.
Darlene Johnson.s The Redfern Story chronicles the volatile birth of the first all-Indigenous theatre company, the National Black Theatre. It features interviews with indigenous media pioneer Lester Bostock, writer Gerry Bostock, actor Lillian Crombie, activist-academic Gary Foley, academic Marcia Langton, actors Rachael Maza, Bryan Brown and Bindi Williams. .We are pleased to present this sneak preview of 32 of the 180-plus films in this year.s program,. said Festival Director Nashen Moodley. .We have gathered a selection of the best films from the...
The line-up includes the world premiere of The Redfern Story, 19 Australian premieres, 13 features, 11 documentaries and an eight-film retrospective on maverick American filmmaker Robert Altman. Altman.s son, filmmaker Michael Altman, will attend festival and introduce several of the Altman screenings.
Darlene Johnson.s The Redfern Story chronicles the volatile birth of the first all-Indigenous theatre company, the National Black Theatre. It features interviews with indigenous media pioneer Lester Bostock, writer Gerry Bostock, actor Lillian Crombie, activist-academic Gary Foley, academic Marcia Langton, actors Rachael Maza, Bryan Brown and Bindi Williams. .We are pleased to present this sneak preview of 32 of the 180-plus films in this year.s program,. said Festival Director Nashen Moodley. .We have gathered a selection of the best films from the...
- 4/1/2014
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Madman Entertainment co-founders and joint managing directors Tim Anderson and Paul Wiegard have agreed on the key terms to buy the theatrical and home entertainment distributor from parent company Funtastic.
In a letter to staff and stakeholders today, they said they expect to close the deal within a few weeks and they are part of a small consortium that's buying the business.
Anderson and Wiegard sold the distributor, which they founded 18 years ago in the bedroom of a share house, to Funtastic in 2006 for $34.5 million.
Funtastic told the Australian Stock Exchange it had received two expressions of interest to buy Madman and while assessing these offers it had discovered the book value of $52 million was far higher than market value. It warned it would take an impairment charge of $22 million-$28 million on the sale.
A management buy-out seemed the most logical outcome. The co-founders said that after thinking about Madman...
In a letter to staff and stakeholders today, they said they expect to close the deal within a few weeks and they are part of a small consortium that's buying the business.
Anderson and Wiegard sold the distributor, which they founded 18 years ago in the bedroom of a share house, to Funtastic in 2006 for $34.5 million.
Funtastic told the Australian Stock Exchange it had received two expressions of interest to buy Madman and while assessing these offers it had discovered the book value of $52 million was far higher than market value. It warned it would take an impairment charge of $22 million-$28 million on the sale.
A management buy-out seemed the most logical outcome. The co-founders said that after thinking about Madman...
- 3/7/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Madman Entertainment is for sale. Toy, clothing and confectionery company Funtastic, which bought the distributor for $34.5 million in 2006, told the Asx it expects to finalise the sale before it announces its first half results.
Funtastic said it had received two expressions of interest to buy Madman. While assessing these offers it said it discovered the carrying value of Madman of $52 million was higher than market value.
It revealed it would likely incur an impairment charge of $22 million- $28 million on the sale.. Funtastic said it will use the proceeds to repay debt, which would be reduced to about $25 million.
Madman has been hit by the downturn in the DVD market,. Foxtel Movies slashing the licence fees for films and a contraction in the theatrical market. for indie films. In fiscal 2013, Madman accounted for 31% of Funtastic's revenues. Some 79% of the division's revenues came from physical sales of DVDs with just 11% from theatrical and 10% from digital and ancillary.
Funtastic said it had received two expressions of interest to buy Madman. While assessing these offers it said it discovered the carrying value of Madman of $52 million was higher than market value.
It revealed it would likely incur an impairment charge of $22 million- $28 million on the sale.. Funtastic said it will use the proceeds to repay debt, which would be reduced to about $25 million.
Madman has been hit by the downturn in the DVD market,. Foxtel Movies slashing the licence fees for films and a contraction in the theatrical market. for indie films. In fiscal 2013, Madman accounted for 31% of Funtastic's revenues. Some 79% of the division's revenues came from physical sales of DVDs with just 11% from theatrical and 10% from digital and ancillary.
- 3/4/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Cambodian-set surreal love story Ruin has won another international festival award.
The film collected the prize for best concept and cinematography at the International 2morrow film festival in Moscow. Michael Cody, who co-directed the film with Amiel Courtin-Wilson, was on hand to accept the award.
Ruin won the special Orizzonti Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. It.s screening this week in Chile.s Festival Internacional de Cine Valdivia and in November will participate in Ireland's Cork International Film Festival. Courtin-Wilson tells If the film will be released in Australia by Madman Entertainment after it plays at Oz festivals next year.
Mark Hartley.s Patrick is competing at the Sitges horror/thriller festival in Spain alongside films such as Robert Rodriguez.s Machete Kills, Nicolas Winding Refn.s Only God Forgives and Eli Roth.s The Green Inferno.
Charles Dance, who plays a renegade neurologist who treats the comatose title character in Patrick,...
The film collected the prize for best concept and cinematography at the International 2morrow film festival in Moscow. Michael Cody, who co-directed the film with Amiel Courtin-Wilson, was on hand to accept the award.
Ruin won the special Orizzonti Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. It.s screening this week in Chile.s Festival Internacional de Cine Valdivia and in November will participate in Ireland's Cork International Film Festival. Courtin-Wilson tells If the film will be released in Australia by Madman Entertainment after it plays at Oz festivals next year.
Mark Hartley.s Patrick is competing at the Sitges horror/thriller festival in Spain alongside films such as Robert Rodriguez.s Machete Kills, Nicolas Winding Refn.s Only God Forgives and Eli Roth.s The Green Inferno.
Charles Dance, who plays a renegade neurologist who treats the comatose title character in Patrick,...
- 10/8/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
When the hardware was handed out at the Venice International Film Festival just the other week the jury members behind the Orizzonti Special Jury Prize, headed by Paul Schrader (writer of such films as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and The Mosquito Coast), saw fit to award the film Ruin and its filmmakers Michael Cody and Amiel Courtin-Wilson. And now we have a trailer to share with you. It features some tremendous imagery and a dreamlike quality to it. Take a look below!Ruin is an impressionistic fable- the story of Phirun (Rous Mony) and Sovanna (Melang) - two lovers inexplicably drawn together who escape a brutal and exploitative world of crime and violence in modern day Cambodia. Fleeing Phnom Penh after a murder, they travel deeper...
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- 9/16/2013
- Screen Anarchy
★★★★☆ Showing in the Orizzonti sidebar at the 70th Venice Film Festival, Ruin (2013) is by turns a gritty and dazzling lovers-on-the-run tale set in modern day Cambodia. Directed by Michael Cody and Amiel Courtin-Wilson, the film tells the story of two of society's worst-off down-and-outs. Sang Malen plays Sovanna, a young prostitute who is beaten and mistreated by her pimp when she feigns illness to escape work. She manages to escape, but Phnom Penh - and Cambodia, for that mater - is no place for a young girl on her own. Fortunately she meets Phirun (Rous Mony), an aggressive young local factory worker.
A vague spark of affection is ignited and Phirun promises to shelter the girl, but following a murder they are forced to flee the city and look to survive on the road. The obvious model here is Terrence Malick's 1973 classic Badlands, with moments of down-to-earth social realism...
A vague spark of affection is ignited and Phirun promises to shelter the girl, but following a murder they are forced to flee the city and look to survive on the road. The obvious model here is Terrence Malick's 1973 classic Badlands, with moments of down-to-earth social realism...
- 9/10/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Matteo Lovadina’s Reel Suspects has picked up international rights on Venice Orizzonti special jury prize winner Ruin.
Amiel Courtin-Wilson and Michael Cody direct.
The Australian-made Ruin is set in modern-day Cambodia. It’s an impressionistic love story about young lovers on the run, trying to escape a life of crime and violence. The cast is led by Rous Mony and Sang Malen. It was made through Flood Projects Production and Hanuman Films.
Madman will release the film in Australia. North American rights are handled by La based Xyz Films and United Talent Agency (UTA). Germany and Italy are reportedly in negotiations for the title.
Reel Suspects has also confirmed two more deals on another of its titles, Brendan Muldowney’s Love Eternal. The film, produced by Fastnet Films, Red Lion, Rinkel Film and T.O. Entertainment, has now gone to Sweden (Njuta Films) and Benelux (Just Film Distribution).
The film is a darkly comic melodrama about an...
Amiel Courtin-Wilson and Michael Cody direct.
The Australian-made Ruin is set in modern-day Cambodia. It’s an impressionistic love story about young lovers on the run, trying to escape a life of crime and violence. The cast is led by Rous Mony and Sang Malen. It was made through Flood Projects Production and Hanuman Films.
Madman will release the film in Australia. North American rights are handled by La based Xyz Films and United Talent Agency (UTA). Germany and Italy are reportedly in negotiations for the title.
Reel Suspects has also confirmed two more deals on another of its titles, Brendan Muldowney’s Love Eternal. The film, produced by Fastnet Films, Red Lion, Rinkel Film and T.O. Entertainment, has now gone to Sweden (Njuta Films) and Benelux (Just Film Distribution).
The film is a darkly comic melodrama about an...
- 9/9/2013
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
While I struggle to keep up at Tiff (good lord what a learning curve) the Venice Film Festival wrapped up and announced its awards. We didn't share them in a timely fashion. My apologies. The winners were...
Stray Dogs
Golden Lion: Sacro Gra (Gianfranco Rosi)
This surprise winner is a documentary about a famous highway in Rome. Sometimes non-sexy subject matter translates into great films.
Grand Jury Prize: Stray Dogs (Tsai Ming-liang)
From the sounds of twitter this was the sensation of the festival though it doesn't screen at Tiff until after I leave town. *snifffle*
Silver Lion (Best Director): Alexandros Avranas, Miss Violence
Best Actor: Themis Panou, Miss Violence
I have a terrible habit of skipping films which then become winners at festivals. This is also playing Toronto but descriptions make it sound like a Greek version of The Virgin Suicides and I didn't bite. In hindsight and...
Stray Dogs
Golden Lion: Sacro Gra (Gianfranco Rosi)
This surprise winner is a documentary about a famous highway in Rome. Sometimes non-sexy subject matter translates into great films.
Grand Jury Prize: Stray Dogs (Tsai Ming-liang)
From the sounds of twitter this was the sensation of the festival though it doesn't screen at Tiff until after I leave town. *snifffle*
Silver Lion (Best Director): Alexandros Avranas, Miss Violence
Best Actor: Themis Panou, Miss Violence
I have a terrible habit of skipping films which then become winners at festivals. This is also playing Toronto but descriptions make it sound like a Greek version of The Virgin Suicides and I didn't bite. In hindsight and...
- 9/8/2013
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
In Competition
Golden Lion – Sacro Gra, directed by Gianfranco Rosi
Silver Lion (Best Director) – Alexandros Avranas, Miss Violence
Grand Jury Prize – Stray Dogs, directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Special Jury Prize – The Police Officer's Wife, directed by Philip Gröning
Volpi Cup for Best Actor – Themis Panou, Miss Violence
Volpi Cup for Best Actress – Elena Cotta, A Street in Palermo
Best Screenplay – Philomena, written by Steve Coogan & Jeff Pope
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor or Actress – Tye Sheridan, Joe
Horizons (Orizzonti)
Orizzonti Award for Best Film – Eastern Boys, directed by Robin Campillo
Orizzonti Award for Best Director – Uberto Pasolini, Still Life
Special Orizzonti Jury Prize – Ruin, directed by Michael Cody & Amiel Courtin-Wilson
Special Orizzonti Prize for Innovative Content – Fish & Cat, directed by Shahram Mokri
Lion of the Future Award
Best Debut Film – White Shadow, directed by Noaz Deshe
Fipresci
Competition Fipresci Prize – Tom at the Farm, directed by Xavier Dolan...
Golden Lion – Sacro Gra, directed by Gianfranco Rosi
Silver Lion (Best Director) – Alexandros Avranas, Miss Violence
Grand Jury Prize – Stray Dogs, directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Special Jury Prize – The Police Officer's Wife, directed by Philip Gröning
Volpi Cup for Best Actor – Themis Panou, Miss Violence
Volpi Cup for Best Actress – Elena Cotta, A Street in Palermo
Best Screenplay – Philomena, written by Steve Coogan & Jeff Pope
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor or Actress – Tye Sheridan, Joe
Horizons (Orizzonti)
Orizzonti Award for Best Film – Eastern Boys, directed by Robin Campillo
Orizzonti Award for Best Director – Uberto Pasolini, Still Life
Special Orizzonti Jury Prize – Ruin, directed by Michael Cody & Amiel Courtin-Wilson
Special Orizzonti Prize for Innovative Content – Fish & Cat, directed by Shahram Mokri
Lion of the Future Award
Best Debut Film – White Shadow, directed by Noaz Deshe
Fipresci
Competition Fipresci Prize – Tom at the Farm, directed by Xavier Dolan...
- 9/8/2013
- by Notebook
- MUBI
A still from Kush
Shubhashish Bhutiani’s short film Kush, the lone Indian entry at the Venice Film Festival, has won the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film.
Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival showcases new trends in world cinema. The Orizzonti Jury was chaired by Paul Schrader and composed of Catherine Corsini, Leonardo Di Costanzo, Golshifteh Farahani, Frédéric Fonteyne, Kseniya Rappoport and Amr Waked.
Kush featuring Sonika Chopra, Shayaan Sameer and Anil Sharma is inspired by a true story : In 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her two Sikh bodyguards, causing anti-Sikh riots to erupt throughout the country. A teacher travelling back from a field trip with her class of 10-year-old students struggles to protect Kush, the only Sikh student in the class, from the growing violence around him.
Bhutiani recently graduated from School of Visual Arts (Sva) in New York.
List Of Awards:
Golden...
Shubhashish Bhutiani’s short film Kush, the lone Indian entry at the Venice Film Festival, has won the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film.
Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival showcases new trends in world cinema. The Orizzonti Jury was chaired by Paul Schrader and composed of Catherine Corsini, Leonardo Di Costanzo, Golshifteh Farahani, Frédéric Fonteyne, Kseniya Rappoport and Amr Waked.
Kush featuring Sonika Chopra, Shayaan Sameer and Anil Sharma is inspired by a true story : In 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her two Sikh bodyguards, causing anti-Sikh riots to erupt throughout the country. A teacher travelling back from a field trip with her class of 10-year-old students struggles to protect Kush, the only Sikh student in the class, from the growing violence around him.
Bhutiani recently graduated from School of Visual Arts (Sva) in New York.
List Of Awards:
Golden...
- 9/8/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The Venice Golden Lion returned to the host country after fifteen years this evening with Gianfranco Rosi's biography of a Rome ring road, Sacro Gra, picking up the festival's top prize. Renowned director Bernardo Bertolucci and his jury plumped for high arthouse cinema over the more crowd-pleasing fare of Stephen Frears' British offering Philomena, which had to make do with the award for Best Screenplay. Best Actor and Best Director went respectively to Themis Panou and Alexandros Avranas for Greek family abuse drama Miss Violence. Although the film (for this reviewer at least) is an exploitative, nasty piece of work, it's undeniably well-directed, and Panou is utterly brilliant as the chilling pater familias.
The Grand Jury Prize was reserved for Tsai Ming-liang's dark horse Stray Dogs which, with its ten-minute long takes of people staring at walls and eating cabbages, could well be a test case for cinephile seriousness.
The Grand Jury Prize was reserved for Tsai Ming-liang's dark horse Stray Dogs which, with its ten-minute long takes of people staring at walls and eating cabbages, could well be a test case for cinephile seriousness.
- 9/7/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Surprise choice for Golden Lion is Italian documentary. Silver Lion for best director goes to Alexandros Avranas for Miss Violence.
The surprise winner of the Venice Golden Lion is Gianfranco Rosi’s Italian documentary Sacro Gra, about life on the highway that surrounds Rome.
It marks the first time a documentary has ever won the Golden Lion.
Greek film Miss Violence had a strong showing winning both best director for Alexandros Avranas and best actor for Themis Panou.
Review: Sacro Grareview: Miss Violence
The Venezia 70 Jury, chaired by Bernardo Bertolucci and comprised of Andrea Arnold, Renato Berta, Carrie Fisher, Martina Gedeck, Jiang Wen, Pablo Larraín, Virginie Ledoyen, Ryuichi Sakamoto has awarded the following prizes:
Main Competition Awards
Golden Lion for Best Film
Sacro Gra, Gianfranco Rosi (Italy, France)
Silver Lion for Best Director
Alexandros Avranas, Miss Violence (Greece)
Grand Jury Prize
Jiaoyou, Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese Taipei, France)Best Actor: Themis Panou, Miss ViolenceBest...
The surprise winner of the Venice Golden Lion is Gianfranco Rosi’s Italian documentary Sacro Gra, about life on the highway that surrounds Rome.
It marks the first time a documentary has ever won the Golden Lion.
Greek film Miss Violence had a strong showing winning both best director for Alexandros Avranas and best actor for Themis Panou.
Review: Sacro Grareview: Miss Violence
The Venezia 70 Jury, chaired by Bernardo Bertolucci and comprised of Andrea Arnold, Renato Berta, Carrie Fisher, Martina Gedeck, Jiang Wen, Pablo Larraín, Virginie Ledoyen, Ryuichi Sakamoto has awarded the following prizes:
Main Competition Awards
Golden Lion for Best Film
Sacro Gra, Gianfranco Rosi (Italy, France)
Silver Lion for Best Director
Alexandros Avranas, Miss Violence (Greece)
Grand Jury Prize
Jiaoyou, Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese Taipei, France)Best Actor: Themis Panou, Miss ViolenceBest...
- 9/7/2013
- ScreenDaily
Surprise choice for Golden Lion is Italian documentary. Silver Lion for best director goes to Alexandros Avranas for Miss Violence.
The surprise winner of the Venice Golden Lion is Gianfranco Rosi’s Italian documentary Sacro Gra, about life on the highway that surrounds Rome.
Greek film Miss Violence had a strong showing winning both best director for Alexandros Avranas and best actor for Themis Panou.
The Venezia 70 Jury, chaired by Bernardo Bertolucci and comprised of Andrea Arnold, Renato Berta, Carrie Fisher, Martina Gedeck, Jiang Wen, Pablo Larraín, Virginie Ledoyen, Ryuichi Sakamoto has awarded the following prizes
Main Competition Awards
Golden Lion for Best Film
Sacro Gra by Gianfranco Rosi (Italy, France)
Silver Lion for Best Director
Alexandros Avranas for Miss Violence (Greece)
Grand Jury Prize
Jiaoyou by Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese Taipei, France)
Coppa Volpi for Best Actor
Themis Panou in Miss Violence
Coppa Volpi for Best Actress
Elena Cotta inVIA Castellana Bandiera by Emma Dante (Italy, Switzerland...
The surprise winner of the Venice Golden Lion is Gianfranco Rosi’s Italian documentary Sacro Gra, about life on the highway that surrounds Rome.
Greek film Miss Violence had a strong showing winning both best director for Alexandros Avranas and best actor for Themis Panou.
The Venezia 70 Jury, chaired by Bernardo Bertolucci and comprised of Andrea Arnold, Renato Berta, Carrie Fisher, Martina Gedeck, Jiang Wen, Pablo Larraín, Virginie Ledoyen, Ryuichi Sakamoto has awarded the following prizes
Main Competition Awards
Golden Lion for Best Film
Sacro Gra by Gianfranco Rosi (Italy, France)
Silver Lion for Best Director
Alexandros Avranas for Miss Violence (Greece)
Grand Jury Prize
Jiaoyou by Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese Taipei, France)
Coppa Volpi for Best Actor
Themis Panou in Miss Violence
Coppa Volpi for Best Actress
Elena Cotta inVIA Castellana Bandiera by Emma Dante (Italy, Switzerland...
- 9/7/2013
- ScreenDaily
The 70th Venice Film Festival wrapped this weekend with the top prize of the Golden Lion going to Gianfranco Rosi's documentary "Sacro Gra".
The Venice fest awards are unique in that, only in exceptional cases, can a film win more than one prize. On top of that, whoever wins the Golden Lion can only win that award.
An exceptional case was seen with "Miss Violence" which took the Best Director (Alexandros Avranas) and Best Actor (Themis Panou) honors. Elena Cotta won Best Actress for "Via Castellana Bandiera".
Tsai Ming-liang's "Stray Dogs" took the newly added Grand Jury Prize, while Philip Groning's "The Police Officer’s Wife" won a Special Jury Prize.
Rising young "Mud" star Tye Sheridan took Best New Young Actor/Actress for "Joe," and comedian Steve Coogan along with Jeff Pope took best screenplay for "Philomena".
Earlier, the critics week "Lion of the Future" award for debut...
The Venice fest awards are unique in that, only in exceptional cases, can a film win more than one prize. On top of that, whoever wins the Golden Lion can only win that award.
An exceptional case was seen with "Miss Violence" which took the Best Director (Alexandros Avranas) and Best Actor (Themis Panou) honors. Elena Cotta won Best Actress for "Via Castellana Bandiera".
Tsai Ming-liang's "Stray Dogs" took the newly added Grand Jury Prize, while Philip Groning's "The Police Officer’s Wife" won a Special Jury Prize.
Rising young "Mud" star Tye Sheridan took Best New Young Actor/Actress for "Joe," and comedian Steve Coogan along with Jeff Pope took best screenplay for "Philomena".
Earlier, the critics week "Lion of the Future" award for debut...
- 9/7/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The initial reactions to Amiel Courtin-Wilson and Michael Cody.s Cambodian-set romantic drama Ruin after the world premiere at the Venice Film Festival are decidedly mixed.
Billed as an impressionistic fable about a disgruntled factory worker who hooks up with a prostitute on a road trip after a murder, the low-budget film screened in the festival.s Horizon section dedicated to new, distinctive films from rising talents.
Fairfax Media.s Stephanie Bunbury described the film as .elliptical, full of sumptuous images that can be read as dreams or symbols more easily than as a real-world narrative, backed with a dense electronic score..
Bunbury observed, .The film may have a small audience, but it's an intensely committed one.. She noted there were a number of walk-outs and there were negative responses from trade magazine critics.
Perhaps, although none of the major trades has yet posted reviews. And Cody has a very different take on the responses,...
Billed as an impressionistic fable about a disgruntled factory worker who hooks up with a prostitute on a road trip after a murder, the low-budget film screened in the festival.s Horizon section dedicated to new, distinctive films from rising talents.
Fairfax Media.s Stephanie Bunbury described the film as .elliptical, full of sumptuous images that can be read as dreams or symbols more easily than as a real-world narrative, backed with a dense electronic score..
Bunbury observed, .The film may have a small audience, but it's an intensely committed one.. She noted there were a number of walk-outs and there were negative responses from trade magazine critics.
Perhaps, although none of the major trades has yet posted reviews. And Cody has a very different take on the responses,...
- 9/4/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
I’ve yet to find myself on the Lido (at the top of my bucket list choices for film festivals I’ve yet to visit) but thanks to some forward-thinking folks such as the Festival Scope folks, the Venice Film Festival is coming directly to our living rooms, laptops and whatnot Live.
An experiment that began last year and in its sophomore edition has blossomed into a well-oiled virtual event, each film (see list) below will hold a maximum “seating capacity” of 500 virtual places/seat holders for world cinephiles (read the full description of the service). Among the dozen or so films from the Orizzonti section and a selected trio films from the new Biennale College are the make-up of Web Theatre programme and to help promote the event, we’re holding a contest – five lucky readers will get to watch Pavilion‘s Tim Sutton’s (an Ioncinephile of the...
An experiment that began last year and in its sophomore edition has blossomed into a well-oiled virtual event, each film (see list) below will hold a maximum “seating capacity” of 500 virtual places/seat holders for world cinephiles (read the full description of the service). Among the dozen or so films from the Orizzonti section and a selected trio films from the new Biennale College are the make-up of Web Theatre programme and to help promote the event, we’re holding a contest – five lucky readers will get to watch Pavilion‘s Tim Sutton’s (an Ioncinephile of the...
- 8/28/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
With the rise of the encroaching Toronto, the domestic competition offered by Rome and a hugely successful Cannes this year, the 70th Venice Film Festival - which begins on 28 August - is facing some pretty stiff competition. The lineup, however, is on the face of it relatively low-key, though there are some very interesting possibilities and potential surprises. Regular attendee George Clooney opens proceedings with Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity, whilst in the main competition lie a mix of old hands - Errol Morris with his Donald Rumsfeld documentary, Hayao Miyazaki's last fable - along with fresh talents such as Kelly Reichardt (Night Moves) and Jonathan Glazer (with his Birth follow-up, Under the Skin).
Terry Gilliam also returns after an elongated absence, his The Zero Theorem starring Christoph Waltz as a hacker searching for the meaning of existence. The film hopefully marks a return to form for a filmmaker who...
Terry Gilliam also returns after an elongated absence, his The Zero Theorem starring Christoph Waltz as a hacker searching for the meaning of existence. The film hopefully marks a return to form for a filmmaker who...
- 8/28/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Hail director Amiel Courtin-Wilson is in distinguished company, one of 70 filmmakers from around the world who have contributed to an innovative film marking the 70th anniversary of the Venice Film Festival.
Each director has made a short film of 60-90 seconds for Venezia 70 . Future Reloaded, which both celebrates the world.s oldest film festival and reflects on the future of cinema.
Among the filmmakers invited to participate are Bernardo Bertolucci, Paul Schrader, Walter Salles, Catherine Breillat, Shekhar Kapur, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Abbas Kiarostami, Monte Hellman and Peter Ho-Sun Chan. All have had films screened in Venice over the past 20 years.
Courtin-Wilson.s 90-second film is bound to be controversial as it features a couple having graphic, animalistic sex.
He told If it.s based on several Scandinavian creation myths, is set in a world of endless night and ends with a solar eclipse. Screen Australia and Film Victoria supported the project.
Each director has made a short film of 60-90 seconds for Venezia 70 . Future Reloaded, which both celebrates the world.s oldest film festival and reflects on the future of cinema.
Among the filmmakers invited to participate are Bernardo Bertolucci, Paul Schrader, Walter Salles, Catherine Breillat, Shekhar Kapur, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Abbas Kiarostami, Monte Hellman and Peter Ho-Sun Chan. All have had films screened in Venice over the past 20 years.
Courtin-Wilson.s 90-second film is bound to be controversial as it features a couple having graphic, animalistic sex.
He told If it.s based on several Scandinavian creation myths, is set in a world of endless night and ends with a solar eclipse. Screen Australia and Film Victoria supported the project.
- 7/27/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
John Curran.s Tracks. and Ruin, a Cambodian-set romantic drama from Amiel Courtin-Wilson and Michael Cody, will. compete at the 70th Venice Film Festival.
Based on the true story of Robyn Davidson's 2,700km trek across the Australian desert with four camels and her dog, Tracks is among the 19 films in official competition.
Producers/writers/directors Courtin-Wilson and Cody.s Ruin will screen in Orizzonti, a competition section dedicated to new distinctive films from international rising talents. This will be the team's second time in Venice as Hail screened in Orizzonti in 2011.
Screening out of competition are Greg Mclean.s Wolf Creek 2 and Ukraine is Not a Brothel, a feature documentary by Melbourne filmmaker Kitty Green, which profiles the Ukrainian feminist group Femen. The Wolf Creek sequel sees John Jarratt reprise his role as crazed serial killer Mick Taylor, alongside Ryan Corr, Shannon Ashlyn and Phillipe Klaus.
The four titles...
Based on the true story of Robyn Davidson's 2,700km trek across the Australian desert with four camels and her dog, Tracks is among the 19 films in official competition.
Producers/writers/directors Courtin-Wilson and Cody.s Ruin will screen in Orizzonti, a competition section dedicated to new distinctive films from international rising talents. This will be the team's second time in Venice as Hail screened in Orizzonti in 2011.
Screening out of competition are Greg Mclean.s Wolf Creek 2 and Ukraine is Not a Brothel, a feature documentary by Melbourne filmmaker Kitty Green, which profiles the Ukrainian feminist group Femen. The Wolf Creek sequel sees John Jarratt reprise his role as crazed serial killer Mick Taylor, alongside Ryan Corr, Shannon Ashlyn and Phillipe Klaus.
The four titles...
- 7/25/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Children.s movie Paper Planes, Cambodian-set romantic drama Ruin and art-house drama Partisan received investment from Screen Australia at Tuesday's board meeting.
The agency is investing almost $15.5 million in the three features, five adult drama series, one telemovie and three children.s series, triggering production worth almost $84 million.
Writer/director/producer Robert Connolly.s Paper Planes is a drama about a young boy from a small outback town who dreams of competing in the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan. The writers are Connolly and Steve Worland, produced by Maggie Miles and Liz Kearney.
Connolly told If, .We don.t make this kind of film any more in Australia, where the hero is an Australian kid. If kids don.t grow up watching Australian films we are not building a future..
The film will shoot in Perth later this year. Connolly and John Maynard.s Footprint Films will release in...
The agency is investing almost $15.5 million in the three features, five adult drama series, one telemovie and three children.s series, triggering production worth almost $84 million.
Writer/director/producer Robert Connolly.s Paper Planes is a drama about a young boy from a small outback town who dreams of competing in the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan. The writers are Connolly and Steve Worland, produced by Maggie Miles and Liz Kearney.
Connolly told If, .We don.t make this kind of film any more in Australia, where the hero is an Australian kid. If kids don.t grow up watching Australian films we are not building a future..
The film will shoot in Perth later this year. Connolly and John Maynard.s Footprint Films will release in...
- 6/26/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia has granted more than $276,000 in funding to support the development of 10 feature films, including projects by the co-writer of local smash The Sapphires and the team behind Wish You Were Here.
It is a small financial lifeline for the industry which is no longer receiving drama production investment from the national government agency after it spent its entire annual $42 million budget in just six months.
Among the new feature film projects to receive funding is comedy-drama The Grip, written by Tony Briggs (The Sapphires). It follows five young Australian businessmen who discover the secret to winning the pokies and develop Robin Hood-like reputations. David Field (The Combination) will direct.
Writer Felicity Price and director Kieran Darcy-Smith (Wish You Were Here) have also received funding to develop a new (as yet) untitled thriller. It follows social misfit Vincent, who holds a flame for 17-year-old Amber, but when his hopes are crushed he acts impulsively,...
It is a small financial lifeline for the industry which is no longer receiving drama production investment from the national government agency after it spent its entire annual $42 million budget in just six months.
Among the new feature film projects to receive funding is comedy-drama The Grip, written by Tony Briggs (The Sapphires). It follows five young Australian businessmen who discover the secret to winning the pokies and develop Robin Hood-like reputations. David Field (The Combination) will direct.
Writer Felicity Price and director Kieran Darcy-Smith (Wish You Were Here) have also received funding to develop a new (as yet) untitled thriller. It follows social misfit Vincent, who holds a flame for 17-year-old Amber, but when his hopes are crushed he acts impulsively,...
- 3/3/2013
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Short film Yardbird was named Best Australian Short Film at Flickerfest. The film was directed by Good Oil’s Michael Spiccia, written by Julius Avery and produced by Jessica Mitchell.
The film had previously been accepted into the Cannes International Film Festival.
The award is Academy accredited which means the film may be entered for consideration to the Oscars.
Avery has written and will soon direct his first feature film Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor.
Meanwhile, Mirrah Foulkes won Best Direction of an Australian Short for her film Dumpy Goes to the Big Smoke. It was produced by David Michod and Michael Cody.
The full line-up of winners.
International Award Winners:
Renault Award for Best International Short Film (Academy® Accredited):
Tiger Boy (Italy)
Director/Producer: Gabriele Mainetti
Wri: Nicola Guaglianone
Yoram Gross Award for Best International Animation (Academy® Accredited):
Edmond Was A Donkey (France/Canada)
Wri...
The film had previously been accepted into the Cannes International Film Festival.
The award is Academy accredited which means the film may be entered for consideration to the Oscars.
Avery has written and will soon direct his first feature film Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor.
Meanwhile, Mirrah Foulkes won Best Direction of an Australian Short for her film Dumpy Goes to the Big Smoke. It was produced by David Michod and Michael Cody.
The full line-up of winners.
International Award Winners:
Renault Award for Best International Short Film (Academy® Accredited):
Tiger Boy (Italy)
Director/Producer: Gabriele Mainetti
Wri: Nicola Guaglianone
Yoram Gross Award for Best International Animation (Academy® Accredited):
Edmond Was A Donkey (France/Canada)
Wri...
- 1/21/2013
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Michael Spiccia's short film Yardbird has won the 2013 Flickerfest Award for Best Australian Short Film while Italian short Tiger Boy has been crowned Best International Short Film.
Yardbird follows a young girl who lives in a remote wrecking yard who takes on the local bullies when they travel out to torment her father. The 13-minute short had its world premiere at the 2012 Cannes International Film Festival (see Cannes interview below). It was produced by Jessica Mitchell and written by Julius Avery, who.is currently set to direct his.debut feature film, Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor, in Western Australia.
Tiger Boy is set in a suburb of Rome where Matteo, a nine year-old boy, is abused by his school headmaster. Only through his relation to his hero,.Italian wrestler The Tiger, can he find the courage to rise against his enemy.
Festival director Bronwyn Kidd said: "We...
Yardbird follows a young girl who lives in a remote wrecking yard who takes on the local bullies when they travel out to torment her father. The 13-minute short had its world premiere at the 2012 Cannes International Film Festival (see Cannes interview below). It was produced by Jessica Mitchell and written by Julius Avery, who.is currently set to direct his.debut feature film, Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor, in Western Australia.
Tiger Boy is set in a suburb of Rome where Matteo, a nine year-old boy, is abused by his school headmaster. Only through his relation to his hero,.Italian wrestler The Tiger, can he find the courage to rise against his enemy.
Festival director Bronwyn Kidd said: "We...
- 1/20/2013
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Hit musical drama The Sapphires has scored 12 nominations at the 2012 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) Awards including in the coveted best feature film category.
The Sapphires, which follows four indigenous singers during the Vietnam war, has grossed more than $14 million in Australia to become the biggest local film of the year.
Three other films will be also be vying for the best feature film award: Burning Man (10 nominations in total), Lore (eight nominations in total) and Wish You Were Here (eight nominations in total) at the main Aacta ceremony, which will be held on January 30, 2013, at The Star Event Centre. Last year's event was held at the iconic Sydney Opera House.
P.J. Hogan's Mental also scored eight nominations including Best Lead Actress (Toni Collette), Best Supporting Actor (Liev Schreiber) Best Young Actor (Lily Sullivan) and Best Supporting Actress for Rebecca Gibney and Deborah Mailman.
Not Suitable for Children...
The Sapphires, which follows four indigenous singers during the Vietnam war, has grossed more than $14 million in Australia to become the biggest local film of the year.
Three other films will be also be vying for the best feature film award: Burning Man (10 nominations in total), Lore (eight nominations in total) and Wish You Were Here (eight nominations in total) at the main Aacta ceremony, which will be held on January 30, 2013, at The Star Event Centre. Last year's event was held at the iconic Sydney Opera House.
P.J. Hogan's Mental also scored eight nominations including Best Lead Actress (Toni Collette), Best Supporting Actor (Liev Schreiber) Best Young Actor (Lily Sullivan) and Best Supporting Actress for Rebecca Gibney and Deborah Mailman.
Not Suitable for Children...
- 12/3/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
The Sapphires has led the Academy of Australian Cinema and Television Arts Awards nominations being nominated in 12 categories.
Awards will be handed out over two events, with an awards luncheon, focused on craft categories on Monday January 28 and the main event on January 30. Both events will be held at the Star Event Centre, the first public events for the venue.
The Sapphires, distributed by Hopscotch/eOne has been nominated for Best Film, Best Direction and best adapted screenplay as well as Best Lead Actor and Actress for Chris O’Dowd and Deborah Mailman, and Best Supporting Actress for Jessica Mauboy.
Burning Man was not far behind on 10 nominations including best film and best direction as well as best lead actor for Matthre Goode and Best Supporting Actress for Essie Davis.
Three more films, Lore, Mental and Wish You Were Here received eight nominations while Not Suitable For Children received four.
Awards will be handed out over two events, with an awards luncheon, focused on craft categories on Monday January 28 and the main event on January 30. Both events will be held at the Star Event Centre, the first public events for the venue.
The Sapphires, distributed by Hopscotch/eOne has been nominated for Best Film, Best Direction and best adapted screenplay as well as Best Lead Actor and Actress for Chris O’Dowd and Deborah Mailman, and Best Supporting Actress for Jessica Mauboy.
Burning Man was not far behind on 10 nominations including best film and best direction as well as best lead actor for Matthre Goode and Best Supporting Actress for Essie Davis.
Three more films, Lore, Mental and Wish You Were Here received eight nominations while Not Suitable For Children received four.
- 12/3/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Amiel Courtin-Wilson
A Melbourne-based film director has formed a new production company with a team of directors, producers, composers, cinematographers and editors.
Amiel Courtin-Wilson, whose feature film Hail opened in limited release yesterday, has formed Flood Projects, a stable for directors with diverse skills, from cinema and visual art to performance-based projects, book publishing and album releases.
Joining Courtin-Wilson is Snowtown director Justin Kurzel and cinematographer Adam Arkapaw, who shot Snowtown, Animal Kingdom and Top of the Lake.
Also part of the team is Hail’s producer Michael Cody, director Amy Gebhardt, composer Oren Ambachi, editor Peter Sciberras and composer Steve Benwell.
Courtin-Wilson said of Flood Project’s aim: “Over the last several years we have witnessed the beginnings of a renaissance in Australian film and Flood Projects is a hugely exciting collection of artists whose primary aim is to seek out new forms and continue to push boundaries in Australian cinema.
A Melbourne-based film director has formed a new production company with a team of directors, producers, composers, cinematographers and editors.
Amiel Courtin-Wilson, whose feature film Hail opened in limited release yesterday, has formed Flood Projects, a stable for directors with diverse skills, from cinema and visual art to performance-based projects, book publishing and album releases.
Joining Courtin-Wilson is Snowtown director Justin Kurzel and cinematographer Adam Arkapaw, who shot Snowtown, Animal Kingdom and Top of the Lake.
Also part of the team is Hail’s producer Michael Cody, director Amy Gebhardt, composer Oren Ambachi, editor Peter Sciberras and composer Steve Benwell.
Courtin-Wilson said of Flood Project’s aim: “Over the last several years we have witnessed the beginnings of a renaissance in Australian film and Flood Projects is a hugely exciting collection of artists whose primary aim is to seek out new forms and continue to push boundaries in Australian cinema.
- 10/25/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts has announced the first round of nominees for the 2012 Aacta Awards.
Among the nominees is a short list of 23 local feature films which screened in theatres across Australia in the last year, or due to screen in the coming months.The feature nominees cross a wide variety of genres, with films The Sapphires, Killer Elite, Mental, Iron Sky, Bait3D, Swerve and Burning Man.
The Australian Film Institute and Aacta CEO Damian Trewhella said: “The goal for a healthy Australian feature film industry has always been to combine festival and critical acclaim with audience appeal. The exceptional collection of Feature Films in Competition demonstrates that this year we are well on the way to achieving this mix, and that despite many challenges, we can celebrate a landmark year in the industry.”
“We are thrilled to see many of our former AFI Award-winning...
Among the nominees is a short list of 23 local feature films which screened in theatres across Australia in the last year, or due to screen in the coming months.The feature nominees cross a wide variety of genres, with films The Sapphires, Killer Elite, Mental, Iron Sky, Bait3D, Swerve and Burning Man.
The Australian Film Institute and Aacta CEO Damian Trewhella said: “The goal for a healthy Australian feature film industry has always been to combine festival and critical acclaim with audience appeal. The exceptional collection of Feature Films in Competition demonstrates that this year we are well on the way to achieving this mix, and that despite many challenges, we can celebrate a landmark year in the industry.”
“We are thrilled to see many of our former AFI Award-winning...
- 8/29/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
An Australian film based on the real lives of its two lead actors has won The Age Critics’ Award at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
Selected by a panel of film critics, the award now in its second year, is for the best Australian feature film at Miff.
Amiel Courtin-Wilson’s first feature film Hail took the prize against a program that included The Sapphires, Dead Europe, Last Dance, Save Your Legs! 100 Bloody Acres, Errors of the Human Body and Jack Irish: Bad Debts.
Hail is about Dan, who on losing his love is reduced to savagery and violence. A mix of fact and fiction the story is based on lead actor Daniel Jones’ real life as an ex-con. Jones stars alongside real-life partner Leanne Letch.
Jones was the subject of Cicada, a short film by Courtin-Wilson.
The critics recognised Courtin-Wilson’s “visionary ambition” and “noted his emotional commitment to his subject-matter,...
Selected by a panel of film critics, the award now in its second year, is for the best Australian feature film at Miff.
Amiel Courtin-Wilson’s first feature film Hail took the prize against a program that included The Sapphires, Dead Europe, Last Dance, Save Your Legs! 100 Bloody Acres, Errors of the Human Body and Jack Irish: Bad Debts.
Hail is about Dan, who on losing his love is reduced to savagery and violence. A mix of fact and fiction the story is based on lead actor Daniel Jones’ real life as an ex-con. Jones stars alongside real-life partner Leanne Letch.
Jones was the subject of Cicada, a short film by Courtin-Wilson.
The critics recognised Courtin-Wilson’s “visionary ambition” and “noted his emotional commitment to his subject-matter,...
- 8/19/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Amiel Courtin-Wilson's latest journey with Daniel P. Jones - the autobiographical docu-drama Hail - has reached a significant milestone, with the movie taking out the top critics prize for best Australian feature in their hometown, at the Melbourne International Film Festival. The pair have been working together since they met the day after Daniel was released from prison, with their first on-screen collaboration - the incredible short film Cicada - screening in competition at Cannes in 2009. Hail is their first feature together, and Amiel's first foray into drama after making several critically-acclaimed documentaries. Michael Cody produced. To quote from the Miff programme: Both epic love story and autobiography, the audacious Hail is the culmination of six years of collaboration between director Amiel Courtin-Wilson (Bastardy, Miff 2008; Ben Lee: Catch...
- 8/18/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Alps, an offbeat film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, has won the fifth $60,000 Sydney Film Prize, which is billed as being for films that are courageous, audacious and cutting-edge.
Lanthimos.s follow-up to Cannes Un Certain Regard winner Dogtooth, is about a group of people who operate a business replacing the recently deceased for the sake of those left behind.
.Alps melds pathos, black humour and taut menace in a film that is at once challenging and highly rewarding,. said jury chair, the Sydney-based director and actor Rachel Ward. .A finely calibrated, absurdist study of power and identity, Alps is intelligent, uniquely emotive filmmaking from an important new voice in Greek cinema."
The decision was announced to the media and festival guests yesterday afternoon at the Cruise Bar at the Overseas Passenger Terminal overlooking the harbour. To the Sydney Film Festival closing night crowd at the State Theatre a few hours later,...
Lanthimos.s follow-up to Cannes Un Certain Regard winner Dogtooth, is about a group of people who operate a business replacing the recently deceased for the sake of those left behind.
.Alps melds pathos, black humour and taut menace in a film that is at once challenging and highly rewarding,. said jury chair, the Sydney-based director and actor Rachel Ward. .A finely calibrated, absurdist study of power and identity, Alps is intelligent, uniquely emotive filmmaking from an important new voice in Greek cinema."
The decision was announced to the media and festival guests yesterday afternoon at the Cruise Bar at the Overseas Passenger Terminal overlooking the harbour. To the Sydney Film Festival closing night crowd at the State Theatre a few hours later,...
- 6/18/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
Amiel Courtin-Wilson’s feature film Hail has been selected into the 68th Venice International Film Festival.
The film will screen in the festival’s Orizzonti section, focusing on ‘new and redefining world cinema’.
Courtin-Wilson, who wrote, directed and produced the film will attend with producing partner Michael Cody and male lead, Daniel Jones.
In a statement, Amiel Courtin-Wilson said, “It is truly humbling to be recognised and placed on the world stage of cinema in competition at the oldest film festival in the world – especially considering the festival’s relationship with past luminaries such as John Cassavetes, Mike Leigh and Robert Altman.”
Hail is the story of Dan, who on losing his love is reduced to savagery and violence. The story is the culmination of fiction and Jones’ real life as an ex-con. Jones and Courtin-Wilson first collaborated on Courtin-Wilson’s short film Cicada (2009) which screened at Cannes.
Find out more at Hail.
The film will screen in the festival’s Orizzonti section, focusing on ‘new and redefining world cinema’.
Courtin-Wilson, who wrote, directed and produced the film will attend with producing partner Michael Cody and male lead, Daniel Jones.
In a statement, Amiel Courtin-Wilson said, “It is truly humbling to be recognised and placed on the world stage of cinema in competition at the oldest film festival in the world – especially considering the festival’s relationship with past luminaries such as John Cassavetes, Mike Leigh and Robert Altman.”
Hail is the story of Dan, who on losing his love is reduced to savagery and violence. The story is the culmination of fiction and Jones’ real life as an ex-con. Jones and Courtin-Wilson first collaborated on Courtin-Wilson’s short film Cicada (2009) which screened at Cannes.
Find out more at Hail.
- 7/28/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Revenge flick Hail will be only the eighth Australian film in the last decade to.screen at the 68th Venice International Film Festival. The film, written and directed by Amiel Courtin-Wilson, has been chosen for the Orizzonti section, which focuses on .new trends of world cinema.. .It is truly humbling to be recognised and placed on the world stage of cinema in competition at the oldest film festival in the world . especially considering the festival.s relationship with past luminaries such as John Cassavetes, Mike Leigh and Robert Altman,. says Courtin-Wilson, who will attend with producing partner Michael Cody and lead Daniel Jones. The announcement follows news that feature films The Hunter, The Eye of the Storm and Burning Man will...
- 7/28/2011
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
The Sydney Film Festival has announced a selection of free talks, Q&As and workshops surrounding film premieres and the arrival of international filmmakers.
Meet the Filmmakers at the Apple Store
Director Miranda July discusses her film The Future, in Official Competition, about a couple who feel the impending pressure of adopting a kitten and live out their dreams before responsibility strikes. The Future has competed at Sundance and Berlin film festivals. Session time: Sunday 12 June, 2-3pm.
The Forgiveness of Blood director, Joshua Marston will discuss his film, about an Albanian family caught in an old feud, and no doubt his debut, 2004′s Maria Full of Grace. Session time: Monday 13 June 12.30-1.30pm.
Phil Rosenthal discusses his hit TV series Everybody Loves Raymond and his feature film Exporting Raymond, about attempting to turn the show into a Russian sitcom. Session time: Monday 13 June, 2-3pm.
Metro Screen Q&As
Jody Shapiro,...
Meet the Filmmakers at the Apple Store
Director Miranda July discusses her film The Future, in Official Competition, about a couple who feel the impending pressure of adopting a kitten and live out their dreams before responsibility strikes. The Future has competed at Sundance and Berlin film festivals. Session time: Sunday 12 June, 2-3pm.
The Forgiveness of Blood director, Joshua Marston will discuss his film, about an Albanian family caught in an old feud, and no doubt his debut, 2004′s Maria Full of Grace. Session time: Monday 13 June 12.30-1.30pm.
Phil Rosenthal discusses his hit TV series Everybody Loves Raymond and his feature film Exporting Raymond, about attempting to turn the show into a Russian sitcom. Session time: Monday 13 June, 2-3pm.
Metro Screen Q&As
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- 5/31/2011
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