Documentary web series Voices of the River follows 10 Traditional Owners fighting to protect the Martuwarra Fitzroy River from large-scale water extraction.
The series will premiere July 28 via Facebook and Instagram TV, and release weekly over the next 10 weeks, in partnership with Environs Kimberley, the Kimberley Land Council and The Kimberley – Like Nowhere Else alliance.
The National Heritage listed Martuwarra Fitzroy River stretches over 700km from desert to sea in Wa’s Kimberley region, and is of great cultural and environmental significance. However these values are under threat from Murray-Darling style proposals to pump more than 375 billion litres of water from the river for intensive irrigated agriculture. Voices of the River goes out on Country with 10 Traditional Owners fighting to protect one of the last wild rivers in the world.
Filming on Voices of the River began in 2019 after documentary filmmaker Stephanie King and cinematographer John Chisholm were approached by Environs...
The series will premiere July 28 via Facebook and Instagram TV, and release weekly over the next 10 weeks, in partnership with Environs Kimberley, the Kimberley Land Council and The Kimberley – Like Nowhere Else alliance.
The National Heritage listed Martuwarra Fitzroy River stretches over 700km from desert to sea in Wa’s Kimberley region, and is of great cultural and environmental significance. However these values are under threat from Murray-Darling style proposals to pump more than 375 billion litres of water from the river for intensive irrigated agriculture. Voices of the River goes out on Country with 10 Traditional Owners fighting to protect one of the last wild rivers in the world.
Filming on Voices of the River began in 2019 after documentary filmmaker Stephanie King and cinematographer John Chisholm were approached by Environs...
- 7/26/2021
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Undermined: Tales from the Kimberley’.
Every year the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (McA) holds annual weekend of talks, panels and films, Conversation Starters. The 2019 event, held June 1-2, will link in with the museum’s current exhibition Janet Laurence’s work, centering around the theme of climate change. Part of the program will include a series of documentaries about the fragility of the natural world and the impact of humans on the planet.
If has two special film bundles to giveaway, allowing two lucky people tickets to see each of the four documentaries in the program. To win, email jkeast@if.com.au and tell us in 100 words or less why you think film is a powerful medium to affect action on climate change.
The films in this year’s festival are:
The Kingdom: How Fungi Made the World
Witness a film on the largest and oldest organisms alive today.
Every year the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (McA) holds annual weekend of talks, panels and films, Conversation Starters. The 2019 event, held June 1-2, will link in with the museum’s current exhibition Janet Laurence’s work, centering around the theme of climate change. Part of the program will include a series of documentaries about the fragility of the natural world and the impact of humans on the planet.
If has two special film bundles to giveaway, allowing two lucky people tickets to see each of the four documentaries in the program. To win, email jkeast@if.com.au and tell us in 100 words or less why you think film is a powerful medium to affect action on climate change.
The films in this year’s festival are:
The Kingdom: How Fungi Made the World
Witness a film on the largest and oldest organisms alive today.
- 5/24/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Albert Wiggan in ‘Undermined: Tales From The Kimberley’. (Photo: Mark Jones)
In late 2014, the Western Australian state government announced plans to close between 100 and 150 remote Aboriginal communities in the state, arguing it could no longer afford to service them.
Director/producer Nicholas Wrathall (Gore Vidal: The United States of Amensia) and producer Stephanie King, who had been working in the Kimberley, noticed there was little in-depth media on the topic, and decided to look into what happening on the ground.
“There didn’t seem to be much more than headlines,” Wrathall tells If.
“What we found talking with people on the ground in the Kimberley was that what they were really concerned about was development. A lot of people even felt like the sources of development coming into the region were behind the idea of closing communities; that it was another wave of colonialism to get people off the...
In late 2014, the Western Australian state government announced plans to close between 100 and 150 remote Aboriginal communities in the state, arguing it could no longer afford to service them.
Director/producer Nicholas Wrathall (Gore Vidal: The United States of Amensia) and producer Stephanie King, who had been working in the Kimberley, noticed there was little in-depth media on the topic, and decided to look into what happening on the ground.
“There didn’t seem to be much more than headlines,” Wrathall tells If.
“What we found talking with people on the ground in the Kimberley was that what they were really concerned about was development. A lot of people even felt like the sources of development coming into the region were behind the idea of closing communities; that it was another wave of colonialism to get people off the...
- 2/20/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Kimberley Project Teaser.
At last week.s Australian International Documentary Conference (Aidc), two docos were .hacked. by a team of national and international experts in the impact field, who suggested strategies to maximise each film's social outreach..
One of those films was.The Kimberley Project,.currently in pre-production. The feature will explore the threats to remote Aboriginal communities in the Kimberley region from industries such as mining, fracking and agriculture..
Director and producer Nicholas Wrathall (Gore Vidal: The United States of Amensia) told If the aim of the film was to give voice to the local communities of the region and explain "how this pressure is affecting them, how they.re feeling destabilised from it, and [explore] what their future is with this new interest and development in the area...
Wrathall first teamed up with producer Stephanie King (Observance), who had been working on other documentary projects in the region, in...
At last week.s Australian International Documentary Conference (Aidc), two docos were .hacked. by a team of national and international experts in the impact field, who suggested strategies to maximise each film's social outreach..
One of those films was.The Kimberley Project,.currently in pre-production. The feature will explore the threats to remote Aboriginal communities in the Kimberley region from industries such as mining, fracking and agriculture..
Director and producer Nicholas Wrathall (Gore Vidal: The United States of Amensia) told If the aim of the film was to give voice to the local communities of the region and explain "how this pressure is affecting them, how they.re feeling destabilised from it, and [explore] what their future is with this new interest and development in the area...
Wrathall first teamed up with producer Stephanie King (Observance), who had been working on other documentary projects in the region, in...
- 3/16/2017
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Joseph Sims-Dennett's feature Observance has been steadily building buzz since it premiered at Fantasia Film Festival last year.
The reception has been everything a young director in his 20's would want from a first film - only Observance isn't.
Way back in 2009, when Sims-Dennett was nineteen, he was a film student at Griffith in Queensland, working part time as a bookkeeper for Subway.
After "going and talking to some of our clients", the tyro filmmaker was able to assemble a budget of $100,000 for his first feature, Bad Behaviour.
After dropping out of film school, which the director found "too theory based", he moved to Sydney and worked for an ad company doing TVCs, shadowing directors on "massive shoots. You learn a lot in terms of how they compress shooting periods and knock things over really quickly".
At the agency, Sims Dennett also met Josh Zammit, the co-screenwriter of Observance.
The reception has been everything a young director in his 20's would want from a first film - only Observance isn't.
Way back in 2009, when Sims-Dennett was nineteen, he was a film student at Griffith in Queensland, working part time as a bookkeeper for Subway.
After "going and talking to some of our clients", the tyro filmmaker was able to assemble a budget of $100,000 for his first feature, Bad Behaviour.
After dropping out of film school, which the director found "too theory based", he moved to Sydney and worked for an ad company doing TVCs, shadowing directors on "massive shoots. You learn a lot in terms of how they compress shooting periods and knock things over really quickly".
At the agency, Sims Dennett also met Josh Zammit, the co-screenwriter of Observance.
- 3/8/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Joseph Sims-Dennett's feature Observance has been steadily building buzz since it premiered at Fantasia Film Festival last year.
The reception has been everything a young director in his 20's would want from a first film - only Observance isn't.
Way back in 2009, when Sims-Dennett was nineteen, he was a film student at Griffith in Queensland, working part time as a bookkeeper for Subway.
After "going and talking to some of our clients", the tyro filmmaker was able to assemble a budget of $100,000 for his first feature, Bad Behaviour.
After dropping out of film school, which the director found "too theory based", he moved to Sydney and worked for an ad company doing TVCs, shadowing directors on "massive shoots. You learn a lot in terms of how they compress shooting periods and knock things over really quickly".
At the agency, Sims Dennett also met Josh Zammit, the co-screenwriter of Observance.
The reception has been everything a young director in his 20's would want from a first film - only Observance isn't.
Way back in 2009, when Sims-Dennett was nineteen, he was a film student at Griffith in Queensland, working part time as a bookkeeper for Subway.
After "going and talking to some of our clients", the tyro filmmaker was able to assemble a budget of $100,000 for his first feature, Bad Behaviour.
After dropping out of film school, which the director found "too theory based", he moved to Sydney and worked for an ad company doing TVCs, shadowing directors on "massive shoots. You learn a lot in terms of how they compress shooting periods and knock things over really quickly".
At the agency, Sims Dennett also met Josh Zammit, the co-screenwriter of Observance.
- 3/8/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Observance.
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Australian film Observance.is set for its Australian premiere on April 3 after garnering strong reviews on the global festival circuit.
The film will be released in Australia by Umbrella Entertainment with its Australian premiere set for April 3 at the Randwick Ritz, followed by a limited theatrical across the country.
Observance stars Lindsay Farris, Stephanie King, Benedict Hardie, Tom O.Sullivan, Brendan Cowell and features John Jarratt and Roger Ward.
Sterling Cinema.s Sims-Dennett and Josh Zammit wrote and produced the film with Umbrella Entertainment distributing in Australia, Artsploitation in North America and Shoreline Entertainment managing international sales.
The Joseph Sims-Dennett film has toured the global festival circuit including the BFI London Film Festival and Montreal.s Fantasia Film Festival where it met with postive reviews..
The Hollywood Reporter described the film as .One of the most chilling experiences".
Australian director Sims-Dennett said the worldwide response to the small, personal,...
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Australian film Observance.is set for its Australian premiere on April 3 after garnering strong reviews on the global festival circuit.
The film will be released in Australia by Umbrella Entertainment with its Australian premiere set for April 3 at the Randwick Ritz, followed by a limited theatrical across the country.
Observance stars Lindsay Farris, Stephanie King, Benedict Hardie, Tom O.Sullivan, Brendan Cowell and features John Jarratt and Roger Ward.
Sterling Cinema.s Sims-Dennett and Josh Zammit wrote and produced the film with Umbrella Entertainment distributing in Australia, Artsploitation in North America and Shoreline Entertainment managing international sales.
The Joseph Sims-Dennett film has toured the global festival circuit including the BFI London Film Festival and Montreal.s Fantasia Film Festival where it met with postive reviews..
The Hollywood Reporter described the film as .One of the most chilling experiences".
Australian director Sims-Dennett said the worldwide response to the small, personal,...
- 2/17/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Australian feature film Observance has been selected for the BFI London Film Festival in October as part of the famed .Cult. series.
The Joseph Sims-Dennett directed film, by Sterling Cinema, had its world premiere at Montreal.s 19th Fantasia International Film Festival in July.
Sims-Dennett said he couldn't be happier with the response out of North America..
"Which has subsequently generated enormous international interest in this independent Aussie film with the London Film Festival taking Observance to a whole new level, signifying that this small, personal film is truly connecting with a big audience,. he said.
The next stop for the film in the festival circuit will be Germany.s Oldenburg International Film Festival (September 16-20) followed by the renowned Vancouver International Film Festival (September 24 to October 8), with the film featuring as part of the .Altered States. genre series, which last year screened acclaimed films .It Follows., .A Girl Walks...
The Joseph Sims-Dennett directed film, by Sterling Cinema, had its world premiere at Montreal.s 19th Fantasia International Film Festival in July.
Sims-Dennett said he couldn't be happier with the response out of North America..
"Which has subsequently generated enormous international interest in this independent Aussie film with the London Film Festival taking Observance to a whole new level, signifying that this small, personal film is truly connecting with a big audience,. he said.
The next stop for the film in the festival circuit will be Germany.s Oldenburg International Film Festival (September 16-20) followed by the renowned Vancouver International Film Festival (September 24 to October 8), with the film featuring as part of the .Altered States. genre series, which last year screened acclaimed films .It Follows., .A Girl Walks...
- 9/3/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Observance, the new thriller by Australian filmmaker Joseph Sims-Dennett (Bad Behaviour), will be having its World Premiere at the Fantasia Festival on July 19. Following that, there will be an encore screening on July 22. If you are a horror fan and have not yet checked out the recently released trailer, which debuted here at TwitchFilm, you should do so because it is pretty chilling and intense. The filmmakers have also just released a video titled "A Preface To Observance", in which the lead actor and actress, Lindsay Farris and Stephanie King, talk about their experience making the film. It sounds pretty grueling but having seen the film, I would say that all the hard work was worthwhile. You can check out the film's official website and Facebook...
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- 7/13/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Observance Trailer and Poster Have Been Released. Joseph Sims-Dennett‘s Observance (2015) movie trailer and poster have been released. Observance‘s movie trailer stars Lindsay Farris, Stephanie King, Brendan Cowell, and John Jarratt. Observance‘s plot synopsis: “In the grip of grief following the death of his young son, his marriage on the rocks and nearing bankruptcy, Parker reluctantly returns to work as a private investigator. Embarking on an unusual assignment to observe a woman from an abandoned apartment, Parker witnesses bizarre happenings surrounding her, unaware that the derelict building that he surveys her from has birthed a dark presence which slowly threatens to consume him.”
The Fantasia Film Festival is about to kick off. There are only a few weeks left, and we’re already getting trailers for some of the more anticipated films on the schedule. One of those is Observance, an Australian horror indie that has a very distinct colour palette and tone,...
The Fantasia Film Festival is about to kick off. There are only a few weeks left, and we’re already getting trailers for some of the more anticipated films on the schedule. One of those is Observance, an Australian horror indie that has a very distinct colour palette and tone,...
- 6/23/2015
- by Marco Margaritoff
- Film-Book
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