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Steve McQueen’s historic drama 12 Years a Slave is to open the Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 6-17) and is nominated in the Stockholm Xxiv Competition.
Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, the drama about free black man kidnapped from his family and sold into slavery in the 1850s debuted at Telluride and has received positive reactions throughout its festival tour of Toronto, New York and London among others.
It will be released in Sweden on Dec 20 by Ab Svensk Filmindustri.
Screenwriter John Ridley, who will be present during the festival, is nominated for the Aluminum Horse in the category Best Script.
McQueen’s Hunger won Best Directorial Debut at Stockholm in 2008.
Line-up
The 24th Siff includes more than 180 films from more than 50 countries.
As previously announced, the spotlight of this year’s festival is freedom but Chinese artist...
Steve McQueen’s historic drama 12 Years a Slave is to open the Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 6-17) and is nominated in the Stockholm Xxiv Competition.
Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, the drama about free black man kidnapped from his family and sold into slavery in the 1850s debuted at Telluride and has received positive reactions throughout its festival tour of Toronto, New York and London among others.
It will be released in Sweden on Dec 20 by Ab Svensk Filmindustri.
Screenwriter John Ridley, who will be present during the festival, is nominated for the Aluminum Horse in the category Best Script.
McQueen’s Hunger won Best Directorial Debut at Stockholm in 2008.
Line-up
The 24th Siff includes more than 180 films from more than 50 countries.
As previously announced, the spotlight of this year’s festival is freedom but Chinese artist...
- 10/22/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Nash Edgerton‘s sort-of sequel to 2008s popular short Spider, Bear is now available to stream online in full, thanks to a new Vice’s YouTube channel called Vice Shorts.
One of the Seal team members from Zero Dark Thirty, alongside his brother Joel, Nash team up with frequent collaborator David Michod (Animal Kingdom) and rising star Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies).
The film stars Nash and Palmer as the central couple, Jack and Emelie in a bizarre and twisted situation.
Both Bear and Nash’s previous short film, Spider are crafted around the premise of a boyfriend messing up and attempting to right his wrong with a theatrical gesture.
Edgerton‘s latest The Captain recently premiered at Sundance Film Festival.
As for a new program Vice Shorts, new shorts will debut every Friday, and upcoming films include an impressive roster of up-and-coming talent like Hesher director Spencer Susser and music video director Ray Tintori.
One of the Seal team members from Zero Dark Thirty, alongside his brother Joel, Nash team up with frequent collaborator David Michod (Animal Kingdom) and rising star Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies).
The film stars Nash and Palmer as the central couple, Jack and Emelie in a bizarre and twisted situation.
Both Bear and Nash’s previous short film, Spider are crafted around the premise of a boyfriend messing up and attempting to right his wrong with a theatrical gesture.
Edgerton‘s latest The Captain recently premiered at Sundance Film Festival.
As for a new program Vice Shorts, new shorts will debut every Friday, and upcoming films include an impressive roster of up-and-coming talent like Hesher director Spencer Susser and music video director Ray Tintori.
- 2/2/2013
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
Here is a complete listing of the films that were shown/covered by the Ioncinema.com team comprised of Nicholas Bell (Nb), Jordan M. Smith (Js) and Eric Lavallee (El). We’ll be populating this page up until March.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Afternoon Delight – Jill Soloway: Nb (★★ 1/2): Review
Ain’T Them Bodies Saints – David Lowery: El (★★★ 1/2), Nb (★★★ 1/2): Review // Interview
Austenland- Jerusha Hess: Nb (★): Review
C.O.G.- Kyle Patrick Alvarez: Js (★★ 1/2), Nb (★★ 1/2): Review
Concussion – Stacie Passon: El (★★★), Js (★★★ 1/2), Nb (★★★): Review // Interview
Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes – Francesca Gregorini: Js (★★★), Nb (★★★ 1/2): Review
Fruitvale – Ryan Coogler: El (★★★), Js (★★★★★), Nb (★★★★): Review // Interview // Video
In A World… – Lake Bell: El (★★★): Review
Kill Your Darlings – John Krokidas: El (★★★), Nb (★★★): Review
The Lifeguard – Liz W. Garcia: El (★★ 1/2): Review
May In The Summer...
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Afternoon Delight – Jill Soloway: Nb (★★ 1/2): Review
Ain’T Them Bodies Saints – David Lowery: El (★★★ 1/2), Nb (★★★ 1/2): Review // Interview
Austenland- Jerusha Hess: Nb (★): Review
C.O.G.- Kyle Patrick Alvarez: Js (★★ 1/2), Nb (★★ 1/2): Review
Concussion – Stacie Passon: El (★★★), Js (★★★ 1/2), Nb (★★★): Review // Interview
Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes – Francesca Gregorini: Js (★★★), Nb (★★★ 1/2): Review
Fruitvale – Ryan Coogler: El (★★★), Js (★★★★★), Nb (★★★★): Review // Interview // Video
In A World… – Lake Bell: El (★★★): Review
Kill Your Darlings – John Krokidas: El (★★★), Nb (★★★): Review
The Lifeguard – Liz W. Garcia: El (★★ 1/2): Review
May In The Summer...
- 1/29/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
If you're into short films, you need the Blue-Tongue Films collective in your life. Consisting of Nash Edgerton (The Square co-writer/director; stuntman pundit), Spencer Susser (Hesher writer/director), Joel Edgerton (Warrior, Animal Kingdom, Zero Dark Thirty actor), Luke Doolan, Kieran Darcy-Smith (Wish You Were Here co-writer/director), David Michôd (Animal Kingdom writer/director), and Mirrah Foulkes, these folks have paved their way in the short film world with perhaps the most innovative films in the last decade. These guys are responsible for cult hits Spider, I Love Sarah Jane, Lucky, Bear, and a lot more. You can watch all of them over on their official website. Co-directors Nash and Spencer teamed up with Taika Waititi (Eagle vs Shark writer/director) for their latest short, The Captain. It's about a pilot...
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- 1/24/2013
- Screen Anarchy
The producers of Australian film Snowtown have had their next film accepted into Sundance Film Festival.
Produced by Warp Films Australia’s Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw, Shopping is written and directed by New Zealand film-makers Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland.
The film is the writing directing team’s first feature but have had previous shorts The Six Dollar Fifty Man and Run both compete at Cannes International Film Festival in 2009 and 2007 respectively.
Snowtown, the first film from Warp Films Australia, was highly regarded among last year’s Australian films and was selected for Cannes film fest.
Shopping was financed through the New Zealand Film Commission with support from Fulcrum Media Finance.
Madman Entertainment have distribution across Australia and New Zealand.
Also competing at Sundance Film Festival is Australian short film The Captain, by Nash Edgerton and Spencer Susser. It was written by Edgerton, Susser and Taika Waititi, the lead in the film,...
Produced by Warp Films Australia’s Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw, Shopping is written and directed by New Zealand film-makers Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland.
The film is the writing directing team’s first feature but have had previous shorts The Six Dollar Fifty Man and Run both compete at Cannes International Film Festival in 2009 and 2007 respectively.
Snowtown, the first film from Warp Films Australia, was highly regarded among last year’s Australian films and was selected for Cannes film fest.
Shopping was financed through the New Zealand Film Commission with support from Fulcrum Media Finance.
Madman Entertainment have distribution across Australia and New Zealand.
Also competing at Sundance Film Festival is Australian short film The Captain, by Nash Edgerton and Spencer Susser. It was written by Edgerton, Susser and Taika Waititi, the lead in the film,...
- 12/19/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Two Australian-based brothers have had their script acknowledged on Hollywood’s Blacklist, an annual list of the top scripts circulating Hollywood.
The film, Sweet Virginia, written by twins Paul and Ben China, received 26 mentions on the list.
The Black List is compiled by film executive Franklin Leonard and made up of suggestions from over 290 film executives putting forward their top 10 films. Any film that received more than six mentions was included on the list.
Sweet Virginia is about a former rodeo star who begins a friendship with a young man responsible for a spat of violence in the small town.
Paul and Ben previously wrote and directed Crawl, a short film compared to the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple and No Country for Old Men.
Also on the list is Australian Natasha Pincus, for her script Clive. Pincus directed Gotye’s mammothly successful break-out video ‘Somebody That I Used to know’. Her script Fell,...
The film, Sweet Virginia, written by twins Paul and Ben China, received 26 mentions on the list.
The Black List is compiled by film executive Franklin Leonard and made up of suggestions from over 290 film executives putting forward their top 10 films. Any film that received more than six mentions was included on the list.
Sweet Virginia is about a former rodeo star who begins a friendship with a young man responsible for a spat of violence in the small town.
Paul and Ben previously wrote and directed Crawl, a short film compared to the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple and No Country for Old Men.
Also on the list is Australian Natasha Pincus, for her script Clive. Pincus directed Gotye’s mammothly successful break-out video ‘Somebody That I Used to know’. Her script Fell,...
- 12/18/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
A Cautionary Tail
Forty-seven Australian short films have been selected in the forthcoming Flickerfest across five programs.
The selection includes 13 world premieres including Nash Edgerton and Spencer Susser’s The Captain, which was selected for the Sundance Film Festival last week, and A Cautionary Tail, an animation directed by Simon Rippingale and written by Erica Harrison, and starring Cate Blanchett and David Wenham.
Across the five local programs there are also four Australian premieres and 18 Nsw premieres.
The selection also includes past Sydney and Melbourne International Film Festival picks Dave’s Dead, written by Luke Ryan and directed by Alethea Jones, who won Flickerfest’s People’s Choice Award in 2011 and Tropfest in 2012; Yardbird, written by Julius Avery and directed by Michael Spiccia, which went to Cannes Film Festival and won at Sydney Film Festival, and Dumpy Goes to the Big Smoke, written and directed by Mirrah Foulkes.
The Best Australian Film Award,...
Forty-seven Australian short films have been selected in the forthcoming Flickerfest across five programs.
The selection includes 13 world premieres including Nash Edgerton and Spencer Susser’s The Captain, which was selected for the Sundance Film Festival last week, and A Cautionary Tail, an animation directed by Simon Rippingale and written by Erica Harrison, and starring Cate Blanchett and David Wenham.
Across the five local programs there are also four Australian premieres and 18 Nsw premieres.
The selection also includes past Sydney and Melbourne International Film Festival picks Dave’s Dead, written by Luke Ryan and directed by Alethea Jones, who won Flickerfest’s People’s Choice Award in 2011 and Tropfest in 2012; Yardbird, written by Julius Avery and directed by Michael Spiccia, which went to Cannes Film Festival and won at Sydney Film Festival, and Dumpy Goes to the Big Smoke, written and directed by Mirrah Foulkes.
The Best Australian Film Award,...
- 12/13/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
When I was writing about Nash Edgerton and Spencer Susser's epic short film The Captain yesterday, I was interested to see that Susser had also directed another short in 2012 called Eugene - produced by Ben Gilovitz who also produced The Captain and Ariel Kleiman's short masterpiece Deeper Than Yesterday. So I knew I had to track this baby down. Then when I was trying to navigate YouTube's atrocious new layout today, I realised that Blue Tongue Films had uploaded Susser's new film in late November, and I've included it below for your viewing pleasure. It seems that Eugene is part of a branded content series for Intel's Ultrabook, and in Susser's style is a sweet little comedy that involves sudden violence.Check out the short below,...
- 12/10/2012
- Screen Anarchy
One of our most anticipated titles at Sundance 2013 is The Captain, the short film collaboration between directors Nash Edgerton and Spencer Susser - who have made some of the most memorable short films in recent years: Lucky, Spider, Bear and I Love Sarah Jane.Like Nash did with Bear, in which he cast fellow director Warwick Thornton in a small but crucial role, not to mention his "Must Be Santa" music video for Bob Dylan, which had directors Glendyn Ivin and Luke Doolan prancing around a Christmas party, The Captain stars another director chum. This time Eagle vs Shark and Boy director Taika Waititi is the star of the show. Here's the synopsis:a man wakes up with a hangover, only to discover the consequences of...
- 12/9/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Taika Waititi in The Captain
Film-maker Nash Edgerton has received his second nod of approval from the Sundance Film Festival in as many years with his short film The Captain being accepted into competition.
The only Australian short film to get accepted in 2013, The Captain, was co-written by Edgerton, Hesher director Spencer Susser, who also co-directed the film, and Taika Waititi, who wrote and directed the New Zealand film Boy.
It follows Edgerton’s acceptance into the festival for 2012 with his film Bear. This is Edgerton’s sixth short film to feature at the festival.
Edgerton said:
“It’s a huge honor for Spencer and I that The Captain has been selected to screen at Sundance especially seeing as we co-wrote it with our friend Taika Waititi who also stars in it, someone whom we met at Sundance years ago. It’s such a privilege for us to get to make films with our friends.
Film-maker Nash Edgerton has received his second nod of approval from the Sundance Film Festival in as many years with his short film The Captain being accepted into competition.
The only Australian short film to get accepted in 2013, The Captain, was co-written by Edgerton, Hesher director Spencer Susser, who also co-directed the film, and Taika Waititi, who wrote and directed the New Zealand film Boy.
It follows Edgerton’s acceptance into the festival for 2012 with his film Bear. This is Edgerton’s sixth short film to feature at the festival.
Edgerton said:
“It’s a huge honor for Spencer and I that The Captain has been selected to screen at Sundance especially seeing as we co-wrote it with our friend Taika Waititi who also stars in it, someone whom we met at Sundance years ago. It’s such a privilege for us to get to make films with our friends.
- 12/7/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
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