Philippe Bober’s Coproduction Office, whose recent films include Jessica Hausner’s Cannes Competition title “Club Zero” and Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winner “Triangle of Sadness,” has kicked off international sales on Gust Van den Berghe’s “The Magnet Man.” The Paris and Berlin based production and sales outfit is attending this week’s Mia Market in Rome.
Van den Berghe’s previous films, “Blue Bird” (2011) and “Little Baby Jesus of Flandr” (2010), have both premiered in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight.
“The Magnet Man,” which is in post-production, tells the tragicomic tale of how our greatest talents can become our greatest flaws, and how unpredictable our lives can be.
The film follows Lucien, who is a human magnet: everything made of iron sticks to his body. Rural Belgium at the beginning of the 20th century is no place for his unusual natural talent. One day, he accidentally gets attached to...
Van den Berghe’s previous films, “Blue Bird” (2011) and “Little Baby Jesus of Flandr” (2010), have both premiered in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight.
“The Magnet Man,” which is in post-production, tells the tragicomic tale of how our greatest talents can become our greatest flaws, and how unpredictable our lives can be.
The film follows Lucien, who is a human magnet: everything made of iron sticks to his body. Rural Belgium at the beginning of the 20th century is no place for his unusual natural talent. One day, he accidentally gets attached to...
- 10/11/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
R&r to distribute in Australia and New Zealand.
Myriad Pictures CEO Kirk D’Amico and his team will launch worldwide sales excluding Australia and New Zealand in Cannes next month on crime thriller The Removalists starring Abbie Cornish, Bryan Brown, and Caroline Goodall.
Craig Monahan will direct for Pointblank Pictures from a screenplay he adapted with Australian playwright and screenwriter David Williamson from the latter’s 1971 stage play.
The Removalists addresses inequity, sexism, and abuse of power spanning 1976 to present day. Brown plays Neville Ross, a decorated police chief forced to relive his disastrous first day on the job when...
Myriad Pictures CEO Kirk D’Amico and his team will launch worldwide sales excluding Australia and New Zealand in Cannes next month on crime thriller The Removalists starring Abbie Cornish, Bryan Brown, and Caroline Goodall.
Craig Monahan will direct for Pointblank Pictures from a screenplay he adapted with Australian playwright and screenwriter David Williamson from the latter’s 1971 stage play.
The Removalists addresses inequity, sexism, and abuse of power spanning 1976 to present day. Brown plays Neville Ross, a decorated police chief forced to relive his disastrous first day on the job when...
- 4/18/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Ben Lawrence and Beatrix Christian’s Hearts and Bones was named best original feature film screenplay at the Australian Writers’ Guild’s annual Awgie Awards yesterday evening, while Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps took home the adaptation prize for Penguin Bloom.
Two of 2019’s top dramas, The Hunting, written by Niki Aken and Matthew Cormack, and Total Control (Episode 3), by Pip Karmel, were recognised in the television categories, while The Heights, lauded for its depiction of contemporary Australia, won Peter Mattessi the Awgie in the television serial category, ending a run of 16-straight years for Neighbours and Home and Away.
Playwright Suzie Miller’s critically acclaimed one-woman play Prima Facie took out the evening’s highest honours, winning the 2020 Major Award, the David Williamson Prize for Excellence in Writing for Australian Theatre, and in the stage category.
The one-woman play holds a mirror up to the Australian legal system, exposing...
Two of 2019’s top dramas, The Hunting, written by Niki Aken and Matthew Cormack, and Total Control (Episode 3), by Pip Karmel, were recognised in the television categories, while The Heights, lauded for its depiction of contemporary Australia, won Peter Mattessi the Awgie in the television serial category, ending a run of 16-straight years for Neighbours and Home and Away.
Playwright Suzie Miller’s critically acclaimed one-woman play Prima Facie took out the evening’s highest honours, winning the 2020 Major Award, the David Williamson Prize for Excellence in Writing for Australian Theatre, and in the stage category.
The one-woman play holds a mirror up to the Australian legal system, exposing...
- 12/8/2020
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
‘Doctor Doctor’ colleagues Zoe Carides and Tina Bursill.
Zoe Carides has been a leading light on stage and screen for 35 years, has had her own Nancy Sinatra tribute band for six years and is often sought after for voice-overs.
All that has come to a screeching halt amid the pandemic crisis. “I really don’t know what I’ll do,” she tells If. “I’ve been lucky and I’m grateful for my career. Generally anything I do on stage these days is more substantial than what I do on screen.
“There is a possibility I can give a couple of classes via Zoom to a group of young performers in the Southern Highlands.”
Among her recent roles she played the corrupt mayor Nancy Miller in Easy Tiger/Nine Network Doctor Doctor, Doctor Carras in Playmaker Media/Stan’s The Commons and a therapist in Playmaker Media/Sony Pictures Television Networks’ psychological thriller Reckoning,...
Zoe Carides has been a leading light on stage and screen for 35 years, has had her own Nancy Sinatra tribute band for six years and is often sought after for voice-overs.
All that has come to a screeching halt amid the pandemic crisis. “I really don’t know what I’ll do,” she tells If. “I’ve been lucky and I’m grateful for my career. Generally anything I do on stage these days is more substantial than what I do on screen.
“There is a possibility I can give a couple of classes via Zoom to a group of young performers in the Southern Highlands.”
Among her recent roles she played the corrupt mayor Nancy Miller in Easy Tiger/Nine Network Doctor Doctor, Doctor Carras in Playmaker Media/Stan’s The Commons and a therapist in Playmaker Media/Sony Pictures Television Networks’ psychological thriller Reckoning,...
- 3/30/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Mac Gudgeon and Jan Sardi.
Shaun Grant, Tony McNamara, Jacquelin Perske, Andrew Knight, Kate Mulvany, Jan Sardi and Mac Gudgeon were among the recipients of the 52nd annual Awgie Awards presented in Sydney on Thursday night.
Grant won the feature film adaptation prize for True History of the Kelly Gang while McNamara and Deborah Davis shared best original feature screenplay for The Favourite.
Sardi and Gudgeon accepted the award on Grant’s behalf; he is in La and will head to Toronto for the world premiere of Justin Kurzel’s bushranger tale which stars George Mackay, Russell Crowe, Nicholas Hoult, Essie Davis and Harry Greenwood.
That was Shaun’s fourth Awgie following Snowtown, Jasper Jones and Deadline Gallipoli.
Perske’s The Cry was named best telemovie or miniseries of four hours or less and Knight’s first episode of the second season of Jack Irish was judged best series or miniseries of four hours plus.
Shaun Grant, Tony McNamara, Jacquelin Perske, Andrew Knight, Kate Mulvany, Jan Sardi and Mac Gudgeon were among the recipients of the 52nd annual Awgie Awards presented in Sydney on Thursday night.
Grant won the feature film adaptation prize for True History of the Kelly Gang while McNamara and Deborah Davis shared best original feature screenplay for The Favourite.
Sardi and Gudgeon accepted the award on Grant’s behalf; he is in La and will head to Toronto for the world premiere of Justin Kurzel’s bushranger tale which stars George Mackay, Russell Crowe, Nicholas Hoult, Essie Davis and Harry Greenwood.
That was Shaun’s fourth Awgie following Snowtown, Jasper Jones and Deadline Gallipoli.
Perske’s The Cry was named best telemovie or miniseries of four hours or less and Knight’s first episode of the second season of Jack Irish was judged best series or miniseries of four hours plus.
- 8/22/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
George Whaley.
Venerable stage, film and TV director, actor, playwright and teacher George Whaley died yesterday, aged 85.
A former head of acting at Nida and head of directing at Aftrs, Whaley wrote and directed the 1995 movie Dad and Dave: On Our Selection and the miniseries Harp in the South in 1986 and Poor Man’s Orange in 1987, all for producer Tony Buckley.
His longtime friend and former Aftrs director Storry Walton said Whaley had a stellar career as a “wonderful, generous, innovative and influential contributor to Australian life and to our theatre, film and television world.”
In 1962, with fellow director Wal Cherry, he opened the 140-seat Emerald Hill Theatre in South Melbourne. He appeared in numerous plays there and at the Old Tote Theatre, the Melbourne Theatre Company, the Nimrod Theatre Company, the Belvoir Street Theatre and the Griffin Theatre Company.
He directed a large variety of plays by Australian and...
Venerable stage, film and TV director, actor, playwright and teacher George Whaley died yesterday, aged 85.
A former head of acting at Nida and head of directing at Aftrs, Whaley wrote and directed the 1995 movie Dad and Dave: On Our Selection and the miniseries Harp in the South in 1986 and Poor Man’s Orange in 1987, all for producer Tony Buckley.
His longtime friend and former Aftrs director Storry Walton said Whaley had a stellar career as a “wonderful, generous, innovative and influential contributor to Australian life and to our theatre, film and television world.”
In 1962, with fellow director Wal Cherry, he opened the 140-seat Emerald Hill Theatre in South Melbourne. He appeared in numerous plays there and at the Old Tote Theatre, the Melbourne Theatre Company, the Nimrod Theatre Company, the Belvoir Street Theatre and the Griffin Theatre Company.
He directed a large variety of plays by Australian and...
- 8/7/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Dual campaigns to fight online piracy worldwide and to withstand any weakening of copyright protection in Australia are stepping up.
Village Roadshow and Foxtel have joined a newly-formed global coalition of 30 content creators and on-demand entertainment companies dedicated to reducing online piracy.
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (Ace) will draw on the worldwide anti-piracy resources of the Motion Picture Association of America, in concert with the efforts of coalition members.
Ace.s membership includes the Hollywood majors, Amazon, Netflix, BBC Worldwide, HBO, Hulu, Lionsgate, CBS, Canal+ Group, Constantin Film, Millennium Media, Sky, Star India, Studio Babelsberg, Stx Entertainment and Telemundo.
Its mandate is to conduct research; work closely with law enforcement to curtail illegal pirate enterprises; file civil litigation; forge cooperative relationships with national content protection organisations; and pursue voluntary agreements with responsible parties across the internet.
Village Roadshow co-chairman/co-ceo Graham Burke said, .Nothing is more important or...
Village Roadshow and Foxtel have joined a newly-formed global coalition of 30 content creators and on-demand entertainment companies dedicated to reducing online piracy.
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (Ace) will draw on the worldwide anti-piracy resources of the Motion Picture Association of America, in concert with the efforts of coalition members.
Ace.s membership includes the Hollywood majors, Amazon, Netflix, BBC Worldwide, HBO, Hulu, Lionsgate, CBS, Canal+ Group, Constantin Film, Millennium Media, Sky, Star India, Studio Babelsberg, Stx Entertainment and Telemundo.
Its mandate is to conduct research; work closely with law enforcement to curtail illegal pirate enterprises; file civil litigation; forge cooperative relationships with national content protection organisations; and pursue voluntary agreements with responsible parties across the internet.
Village Roadshow co-chairman/co-ceo Graham Burke said, .Nothing is more important or...
- 6/13/2017
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Australian actor Peter Sumner, who portrayed Death Star security officer Lt. Pol Treidum in the original 1977 “Star Wars” film, died after battling a long illness, The Sydney Morning Herald reports. He was 74.
Sumner was best known for his scene in “A New Hope” when he notices two stormtroopers (Han Solo and Luke Skywalker) out of their assigned stations and says, “TK-421, why aren’t you at your post? TK-421, do you copy?” Later, he’s seen being taken out by Chewbacca.
According to the Herald, the actor was traveling in England with his family when “Star Wars” was being cast. He earned £60 a day for two days’ work on the film and forever cherished the experience. He was a regular at fan conventions and replied to fan letters over the years. He later reprised his role of Treidum in the 1999 “Star Wars” fan film “The Dark Redemption.”
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Sumner was best known for his scene in “A New Hope” when he notices two stormtroopers (Han Solo and Luke Skywalker) out of their assigned stations and says, “TK-421, why aren’t you at your post? TK-421, do you copy?” Later, he’s seen being taken out by Chewbacca.
According to the Herald, the actor was traveling in England with his family when “Star Wars” was being cast. He earned £60 a day for two days’ work on the film and forever cherished the experience. He was a regular at fan conventions and replied to fan letters over the years. He later reprised his role of Treidum in the 1999 “Star Wars” fan film “The Dark Redemption.”
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- 11/23/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
The Code. . Shelley Birse has taken out the top prize at this year.s Awgie Awards, winning the Major Award for the second season of ABC cyber-thriller The Code..
The first season of The Code also took out the Australian Writers. Guild Major Award in 2014. This year.s award makes it the only series to have been recognised by two Major Awards for both of its seasons. The Code also received the Awgie Award for the Television: Miniseries — Original category.
Overall, more than 25 Australian writers —.from radio, television, film, theatre and interactive media — were honoured at this year.s Awgie Awards, held in Sydney on Friday evening.
Andrew Knight and Osamah Sami.s Ali.s Wedding took out the award for most outstanding script for an original feature, while Shaun Grant and Craig Silvey received the award for most outstanding feature adaptation for Jasper Jones.
Samantha Strauss was honoured for her original telemovie,...
The first season of The Code also took out the Australian Writers. Guild Major Award in 2014. This year.s award makes it the only series to have been recognised by two Major Awards for both of its seasons. The Code also received the Awgie Award for the Television: Miniseries — Original category.
Overall, more than 25 Australian writers —.from radio, television, film, theatre and interactive media — were honoured at this year.s Awgie Awards, held in Sydney on Friday evening.
Andrew Knight and Osamah Sami.s Ali.s Wedding took out the award for most outstanding script for an original feature, while Shaun Grant and Craig Silvey received the award for most outstanding feature adaptation for Jasper Jones.
Samantha Strauss was honoured for her original telemovie,...
- 10/17/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Griffin's production of Emerald City (photo credit: Brett Boardman).
Australian National Theatre Live, a new venture that will produce filmed versions of popular Australian theatrical productions for distribution in cinemas, will launch in April.
Off the back of the success of the UK.s National Theatre Live in local cinemas, Australian National Theatre Live will launch with the Griffin Theatre Company.s production of David Williamson.s Emerald City.
The production from 2014 will receive its cinema premiere in Sydney and Melbourne, followed by screenings across the country.
Later this year, Ant Live will screen productions of Mary Rachel Brown.s multi-award winning The Dapto Chaser, Sydney Theatre Company.s Wharf Revue: Celebrating 15 Years and Geoffrey Atherden.s Liberty Equality Fraternity.
.Australia produces world-class theatre and Australian National Theatre Live will give audiences across Australia the opportunity to experience some of the best productions available — good theatre will no longer just...
Australian National Theatre Live, a new venture that will produce filmed versions of popular Australian theatrical productions for distribution in cinemas, will launch in April.
Off the back of the success of the UK.s National Theatre Live in local cinemas, Australian National Theatre Live will launch with the Griffin Theatre Company.s production of David Williamson.s Emerald City.
The production from 2014 will receive its cinema premiere in Sydney and Melbourne, followed by screenings across the country.
Later this year, Ant Live will screen productions of Mary Rachel Brown.s multi-award winning The Dapto Chaser, Sydney Theatre Company.s Wharf Revue: Celebrating 15 Years and Geoffrey Atherden.s Liberty Equality Fraternity.
.Australia produces world-class theatre and Australian National Theatre Live will give audiences across Australia the opportunity to experience some of the best productions available — good theatre will no longer just...
- 2/17/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Anyone wanting ammunition for either side of the two cities’ longtime argy-bargy will find plenty of zingers in this screen version of David Williamson’s play
The recent hullaballoo surrounding the New South Wales government’s lockout legislation and the effect it has had on reducing Sydney’s nightlife has put some energy back into one of Australia’s all-time greatest animosities: the city rivalry between Melbourne and Sydney.
Conversations around which is better than the other tend to involve Game of Thrones levels of acrimony, digressing into equivocations about the soul-enlivening benefits of harbourfront views (Sydney) or the virtues of getting sozzled inside wardrobe-sized bars hidden down smelly laneways (Melbourne).
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The recent hullaballoo surrounding the New South Wales government’s lockout legislation and the effect it has had on reducing Sydney’s nightlife has put some energy back into one of Australia’s all-time greatest animosities: the city rivalry between Melbourne and Sydney.
Conversations around which is better than the other tend to involve Game of Thrones levels of acrimony, digressing into equivocations about the soul-enlivening benefits of harbourfront views (Sydney) or the virtues of getting sozzled inside wardrobe-sized bars hidden down smelly laneways (Melbourne).
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- 2/13/2016
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
Free Willy director Simon Wincer and writer David Williamson produced a captivating if cynical drama that one critic called ‘Rocky with hoofs’
Like so many great Australian traditions, Melbourne Cup week fuses a number of recreations dear to the national psyche – namely sport, gambling and the consumption of prodigious amounts of alcohol. Every year news stories report garbage-splattered carnage involving dolled-up men and women collapsing on each other and racehorse owners and trainers pocketing serious coinage from their four-legged investments.
Punters lap it up while the sport’s naysayers think of the Cup more along the lines of a profound national shame. The very line “a day of profound national shame” is delivered by a racing official in director Simon Wincer’s 1983 drama tracing the career of Australia’s legendary thoroughbred, Phar Lap, a national icon as beloved as jars of Vegemite or Sir Donald Bradman.
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Like so many great Australian traditions, Melbourne Cup week fuses a number of recreations dear to the national psyche – namely sport, gambling and the consumption of prodigious amounts of alcohol. Every year news stories report garbage-splattered carnage involving dolled-up men and women collapsing on each other and racehorse owners and trainers pocketing serious coinage from their four-legged investments.
Punters lap it up while the sport’s naysayers think of the Cup more along the lines of a profound national shame. The very line “a day of profound national shame” is delivered by a racing official in director Simon Wincer’s 1983 drama tracing the career of Australia’s legendary thoroughbred, Phar Lap, a national icon as beloved as jars of Vegemite or Sir Donald Bradman.
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- 11/7/2015
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
Bruce Beresford’s film adaption of a David Williamson play, featuring Jack Thompson as a Vfl coach, is filled with clashing personalities and feuding egos
Related: Retro film review: The Club – sublime, ridiculous and an Australian classic | Jonathan Horn
Given how popular and vibrant the culture of Aussie rules football, now known as Afl, is in Australia, surprisingly few feature films have been made based on and around the sport. Among the earliest – and undoubtedly still the best – is director Bruce Beresford’s 1980 adaptation of one of David Williamson’s most popular plays.
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Related: Retro film review: The Club – sublime, ridiculous and an Australian classic | Jonathan Horn
Given how popular and vibrant the culture of Aussie rules football, now known as Afl, is in Australia, surprisingly few feature films have been made based on and around the sport. Among the earliest – and undoubtedly still the best – is director Bruce Beresford’s 1980 adaptation of one of David Williamson’s most popular plays.
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- 10/4/2015
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
Andrew Anastasios and Andrew Knight.s The Water Diviner won the top prize and the gong for best original feature at the 2015 Awgie Awards.
It was the first time a feature collected the Australian Writers' Guild's Major Award and the gong for original feature since 2012 when Tony Briggs and Keith Thompson won with The Sapphires.
The prize for feature film adaptation was shared by Brendan Cowell for Scarlett Productions'. Ruben Guthrie and Tommy Murphy for Matchbox Pictures' Holding the Man.
Matchbox and Full Clip.s Deadline Gallipoli was named best original TV miniseries, acknowledging the work of writers Jacquelin Perske (also script producer), Stuart Beattie, Shaun Grant and Cate Shortland.
FremantleMedia.s Wentworth Season 3, Episode 3 The Governor.s Pleasure by Stuart Page shared the TV series award with Endemol Australia.s Offspring Episode 511 by Michael Lucas. Jan Sardi and Mac Gudgeon took the award for best miniseries adaptation for...
It was the first time a feature collected the Australian Writers' Guild's Major Award and the gong for original feature since 2012 when Tony Briggs and Keith Thompson won with The Sapphires.
The prize for feature film adaptation was shared by Brendan Cowell for Scarlett Productions'. Ruben Guthrie and Tommy Murphy for Matchbox Pictures' Holding the Man.
Matchbox and Full Clip.s Deadline Gallipoli was named best original TV miniseries, acknowledging the work of writers Jacquelin Perske (also script producer), Stuart Beattie, Shaun Grant and Cate Shortland.
FremantleMedia.s Wentworth Season 3, Episode 3 The Governor.s Pleasure by Stuart Page shared the TV series award with Endemol Australia.s Offspring Episode 511 by Michael Lucas. Jan Sardi and Mac Gudgeon took the award for best miniseries adaptation for...
- 9/14/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Nine features have been nominated for this year's Awgie Awards for performance writing.
Eight telemovies and miniseries are in contention. The Australian Writers. Guild says nominations in the 25 categories for the 48th Annual Awgie Awards reflect the abundance of outstanding work currently being produced in Australia. Nominees for best original telemovie are Steven McGregor for Redfern Now: Promise Me and Katherine Thomson for House of Hancock, while Christopher Lee.s Gallipoli and Jan Sardi and Mac Gudgeon.s The Secret River contend for best adaptation in a television miniseries. There are four nominees for original television mini-series: The Principal by Alice Addison and Kristen Dunphy; The Kettering Incident by Vicki Madden, Andrew Knight, Cate Shortland and Louise Fox; Deadline Gallipoli by Jacquelin Perske, Stuart Beattie, Shaun Grant and Cate Shortland; and Love Child: Series 2 from Tim Pye, Cathryn Strickland, Chris McCourt, Jane Allen and Tamara Asmar. In the categories...
Eight telemovies and miniseries are in contention. The Australian Writers. Guild says nominations in the 25 categories for the 48th Annual Awgie Awards reflect the abundance of outstanding work currently being produced in Australia. Nominees for best original telemovie are Steven McGregor for Redfern Now: Promise Me and Katherine Thomson for House of Hancock, while Christopher Lee.s Gallipoli and Jan Sardi and Mac Gudgeon.s The Secret River contend for best adaptation in a television miniseries. There are four nominees for original television mini-series: The Principal by Alice Addison and Kristen Dunphy; The Kettering Incident by Vicki Madden, Andrew Knight, Cate Shortland and Louise Fox; Deadline Gallipoli by Jacquelin Perske, Stuart Beattie, Shaun Grant and Cate Shortland; and Love Child: Series 2 from Tim Pye, Cathryn Strickland, Chris McCourt, Jane Allen and Tamara Asmar. In the categories...
- 7/23/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Men of large appetites are the stuff of which dramatists' dreams are made, and few are as voracious as Rupert Murdoch. Australian playwright David Williamson attempts to cover the sweep of the media baron's life in a bildungsroman with a main character whose essential nature doesn’t change much. Williamson is best known for works of less panoramic scope. His domestic suburban comedies puncturing middle-class pretensions make him a kind of gentler Edward Albee with an amped-up gag quotient. But Rupert is a much grander proposition, and Lee Lewis’ production whips through the subject's life at warp speed. Rupert has been conceived as a
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- 12/1/2014
- by Harry Windsor
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
James Cromwell will play Rupert Murdoch in an Australian play set to start in Sydney in November. The 74-year-old will play the lead in Rupert, the The Sydney Morning Herald reported. David Williamson's bioplay is scheduled to transfer to London's West End in 2015 and to Broadway in 2016, according to the paper. It had runs in Melbourne and Washington, D.C., with Williamson saying this summer that he would update it with such recent events as the outcome of the phone-hacking trial. "I like taking on the dragon," Cromwell told the paper. "And Murdoch is
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- 9/15/2014
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Political thriller The Code took the major Awgie award as well as the trophy for best original miniseries at the Australian Writers. Guild awards on Friday night.
The six-hour series, which premieres on ABC on September 21, is written by Blake Ayshford, Shelley Birse and Justin Monjo and produced by Playmaker Media. The major Awgie recognises the best of the night's winners across stage, screen, new media and radio.
The feature film award went to Adelaide writer Matthew Cormack for his first debut feature 52 Tuesdays, the gender-bending drama hailed as .bold and structurally adventurous..
Winner of the best documentary prize was Sally McKenzie for A Woman.s Journey Into Sex.
Andrew Knight was rewarded for his script for Essential Media and Entertainment.s telemovie The Broken Shore, adapted from the Peter Temple novel. Writer/director Peter Duncan won best TV series script for Essential.s Rake.
Niki Aken and Felicity Packard...
The six-hour series, which premieres on ABC on September 21, is written by Blake Ayshford, Shelley Birse and Justin Monjo and produced by Playmaker Media. The major Awgie recognises the best of the night's winners across stage, screen, new media and radio.
The feature film award went to Adelaide writer Matthew Cormack for his first debut feature 52 Tuesdays, the gender-bending drama hailed as .bold and structurally adventurous..
Winner of the best documentary prize was Sally McKenzie for A Woman.s Journey Into Sex.
Andrew Knight was rewarded for his script for Essential Media and Entertainment.s telemovie The Broken Shore, adapted from the Peter Temple novel. Writer/director Peter Duncan won best TV series script for Essential.s Rake.
Niki Aken and Felicity Packard...
- 9/5/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
After playing a member of the dysfunctional Moody family and a young Rupert Murdoch, Guy Edmonds is set to play a guy who.s forced to impregnate seven women in seven days.
That.s the punishment meted out to his character Scott by a domineering angel in Wingman, a made-for-the web series from writer-director Steve Anthopoulos and producer Yingna Lu.
The screenplay by Anthopoulos and co-writer Luke Davidson follows Scott as he buys the morning after-pill for his girlfriend Becky. This prompts a visit from an extroverted angel named Wingman, who tells him they've committed a grave sin by ending a potential life. To save his girlfriend from eternal damnation, he must impregnate seven women in seven days.
.It.s a funny, sexy show with an underlying message: Everyone has the right to choose,. Edmonds tells If. The producers aim to raise a modest $8,500 via crowd funding site Pozible towards the cost of renting locations,...
That.s the punishment meted out to his character Scott by a domineering angel in Wingman, a made-for-the web series from writer-director Steve Anthopoulos and producer Yingna Lu.
The screenplay by Anthopoulos and co-writer Luke Davidson follows Scott as he buys the morning after-pill for his girlfriend Becky. This prompts a visit from an extroverted angel named Wingman, who tells him they've committed a grave sin by ending a potential life. To save his girlfriend from eternal damnation, he must impregnate seven women in seven days.
.It.s a funny, sexy show with an underlying message: Everyone has the right to choose,. Edmonds tells If. The producers aim to raise a modest $8,500 via crowd funding site Pozible towards the cost of renting locations,...
- 11/26/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Kim Mordaunt won the Australian Writers. Guild best original screenplay award for his debut film The Rocket and Cate Shortland and Robin Mukherjee got the feature film adaptation prize for Lore at the Awgie awards held in Melbourne on Friday night.
David Roach and Warwick Ross.s Red Obsession took the award for public broadcast documentary screenplay.
Underbelly again won best original mini -series and Robert Connolly.s Underground: The Julian Assange Story was named best telemovie adaptation.
The $25,000 Foxtel prize for a significant and impressive body of work in television went to Jacquelin Perske, whose screenwriting credits include The Secret Life of Us, Love My Way, Spirited and Little Fish.
The Good News Week writing team received a ninth Awgie for the final season of the series.
Playwright Alana Valentine picked up three awards including most outstanding script of 2013 and the inaugural David Williamson Prize.
Australian Writers. Guild president Jan Sardi said,...
David Roach and Warwick Ross.s Red Obsession took the award for public broadcast documentary screenplay.
Underbelly again won best original mini -series and Robert Connolly.s Underground: The Julian Assange Story was named best telemovie adaptation.
The $25,000 Foxtel prize for a significant and impressive body of work in television went to Jacquelin Perske, whose screenwriting credits include The Secret Life of Us, Love My Way, Spirited and Little Fish.
The Good News Week writing team received a ninth Awgie for the final season of the series.
Playwright Alana Valentine picked up three awards including most outstanding script of 2013 and the inaugural David Williamson Prize.
Australian Writers. Guild president Jan Sardi said,...
- 10/4/2013
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
From Nicole Kidman on a BMX to Collingwood on the big screen, our pick of the best sport films
1) Save Your Legs
There are a couple of pretty fail-safe ways to stop a conversation dead in its tracks, but one of the best is to try and convince someone that they need to go and see an Australian movie. If that Australian movie happened to be about a cricket team, it wouldn't be out of the question to suggest that your co-conversationalist might just turn and walk at pace. Which brings us to Save Your Legs, surely one of the least-loved Australian films of recent times and with no good reason; this film is actually half-decent.
It's quite admirable that an Australian filmmaker would multiply their odds of failure by making a film like this one. We're often told that cricket is the sport with the richest and most voluminous literary canon,...
1) Save Your Legs
There are a couple of pretty fail-safe ways to stop a conversation dead in its tracks, but one of the best is to try and convince someone that they need to go and see an Australian movie. If that Australian movie happened to be about a cricket team, it wouldn't be out of the question to suggest that your co-conversationalist might just turn and walk at pace. Which brings us to Save Your Legs, surely one of the least-loved Australian films of recent times and with no good reason; this film is actually half-decent.
It's quite admirable that an Australian filmmaker would multiply their odds of failure by making a film like this one. We're often told that cricket is the sport with the richest and most voluminous literary canon,...
- 9/10/2013
- by Russell Jackson
- The Guardian - Film News
Australia's best known and most prolific playwright, David Williamson takes on the greatest media mogul of all time in the world premiere of Rupert which opens on Thursday 29 August 2013 at Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse, directed by Lee Lewis. Following its world premiere, Rupert will tour to Washington D.C. for five performances between 12-15 March 2014 as part of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts World Stages International Theatre Festival.
- 8/29/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Screen Australia has committed almost $700,000 in development support across 23 feature projects.
Fifteen new projects have been added to Screen Australia.s development slate, while eight teams will receive continued support to develop their projects.
Two Australian filmmakers will also be supported to undertake overseas internships: producer Ma.ara Bobby Romia will work for six months with Screentime Group in New Zealand and director Ariel Martin-Merrells will work under the mentorship of director James Foley in Los Angeles for five months.
Screen Australia.s head of development Martha Coleman said in a statement: .Following a now well-established tradition, the development slate announced today includes a diverse range of compelling stories from both established and emerging filmmakers. The high calibre of screenplays coming through our door backs up positive feedback we are getting from the domestic and international marketplace and I.m looking forward to seeing the best of these projects make...
Fifteen new projects have been added to Screen Australia.s development slate, while eight teams will receive continued support to develop their projects.
Two Australian filmmakers will also be supported to undertake overseas internships: producer Ma.ara Bobby Romia will work for six months with Screentime Group in New Zealand and director Ariel Martin-Merrells will work under the mentorship of director James Foley in Los Angeles for five months.
Screen Australia.s head of development Martha Coleman said in a statement: .Following a now well-established tradition, the development slate announced today includes a diverse range of compelling stories from both established and emerging filmmakers. The high calibre of screenplays coming through our door backs up positive feedback we are getting from the domestic and international marketplace and I.m looking forward to seeing the best of these projects make...
- 8/29/2012
- by Staff reporter
- IF.com.au
The story of Rupert Murdoch’s rise to become the world’s biggest media mogul looks set to become an Australian TV telemovie,
Screen Australia has provided funding development for the work which is being written by Bob Ellis and Stephen Ramsay.
The announcement comes days after Southern Star’s production of Howzat, the story of how Australian media mogul Kerry Packer took on the cricket establishment delivered the Nine Network with 2m+ ratings.
The series has the working title of The News of the World.
The British Sunday tabloid the telemovie is named after was closed by Murdoch last year in the wake of the phone hacking scandal.
Bob Ellis wrote the Australian journalism drama Newsfront and most recently ABC’s Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley’s Battle for Coal while Stephen Ramsey wrote and directed The Baby Boomers Picture Show and Flashbacks.
Ellis told Mumbrella: “What we have...
Screen Australia has provided funding development for the work which is being written by Bob Ellis and Stephen Ramsay.
The announcement comes days after Southern Star’s production of Howzat, the story of how Australian media mogul Kerry Packer took on the cricket establishment delivered the Nine Network with 2m+ ratings.
The series has the working title of The News of the World.
The British Sunday tabloid the telemovie is named after was closed by Murdoch last year in the wake of the phone hacking scandal.
Bob Ellis wrote the Australian journalism drama Newsfront and most recently ABC’s Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley’s Battle for Coal while Stephen Ramsey wrote and directed The Baby Boomers Picture Show and Flashbacks.
Ellis told Mumbrella: “What we have...
- 8/28/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
ITV2 Adds U.S. Drama, Comedies To Lineup The UK’s ITV2 just announced a quartet of acquisitions of U.S. shows. ABC’s new supernatural drama 666 Park Avenue was picked up from Warner Bros. International Television Distribution. It stars Terry O’Quinn, Vanessa Williams, Rachael Taylor and Dave Annable and is set in a disturbing NYC building. No date has been set for its UK bow. ITV2 also picked up three comedies for air in 2013: 20th TV’s new sibling laffer Ben And Kate and NBC Universal Television Distribution’s new comedy Animal Practice and returning series Up All Night. Separately, Law & Order: UK has been commissioned for a seventh season by ITV1. Bradley Walsh and Paul Nicolls star in the Kudos Film and Television and Wolf Films production. The channel ordered 8 episodes to start shooting in November. They’ll be produced by Jane Hudson with Kudos’ creative director Jane Featherstone exec producing.
- 8/25/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
"Face to Face," an award-winning film from Australian director Michael Rymer, will be the first film to debut as part of Mousetrap Films' monthly film series Film Festival Flix, the company announced on Monday. "Face to Face," adapted from a play by David Williamson, portrays a young construction worker (Vince Colosimo) charged with assaulting his boss. He must then defend his actions in a conflict resolution meeting in front of a group of community members. It won awards at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Newport Beach International Film Festival and Michael...
- 8/22/2012
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Actors, I criticise you because I care
Am I soft on actors? David Hare said so in our lively on-stage encounter during the recent Guardian Open Weekend. I've been asking myself ever since whether I do apply a double standard: am I more likely to be harsh on writers and directors than on performers?
I'd say that, historically, British critics are less abusive than their Us counterparts towards actors. No one I know has the obsession with physical appearances that led Us critic John Simon to say, a propos the nude scene in Abelard and Heloise, that "Diana Rigg is built like a brick mausoleum with insufficient flying buttresses", a line that Rigg sportingly included in an anthology of bad reviews. Even more brutally, Dorothy Parker once wrote: "Katharine Hepburn ran the gamut of emotion from A to B." And, after one American actor was told "Guido Natzo was natzo...
Am I soft on actors? David Hare said so in our lively on-stage encounter during the recent Guardian Open Weekend. I've been asking myself ever since whether I do apply a double standard: am I more likely to be harsh on writers and directors than on performers?
I'd say that, historically, British critics are less abusive than their Us counterparts towards actors. No one I know has the obsession with physical appearances that led Us critic John Simon to say, a propos the nude scene in Abelard and Heloise, that "Diana Rigg is built like a brick mausoleum with insufficient flying buttresses", a line that Rigg sportingly included in an anthology of bad reviews. Even more brutally, Dorothy Parker once wrote: "Katharine Hepburn ran the gamut of emotion from A to B." And, after one American actor was told "Guido Natzo was natzo...
- 4/2/2012
- by Michael Billington
- The Guardian - Film News
Red Dog, Oranges and Sunshine, Face to Face and The Eye of the Storm have received nominations for Best Feature Film at this year’s If Awards.
Red Dog won the most nominations, appearing in nine categories, with Oranges and Sunshine nominated in eight and Face to Face in six categories.
Nominated in the Best Direction category is Michael Rymer for Face to Face, Kriv Stenders for Red Dog and Justin Kurzel for Snowtown while Best Script nominees are Michael Rymer for Face to Face, Rona Munro for Oranges and Sunshine and Daniel Taplitz for Red Dog.
Best Documentary nominees are Mrs Carey’s Concert directed by Bob Connolly, I Am Eleven directed by Genevieve Bailey and Orchids: My Intersex Adventure directed by Phoebe Hart.
With its strong ensemble cast the Face to Face actors are up against David Wenham for Oranges and Sunshine, Josh Lucas for Red Dog and...
Red Dog won the most nominations, appearing in nine categories, with Oranges and Sunshine nominated in eight and Face to Face in six categories.
Nominated in the Best Direction category is Michael Rymer for Face to Face, Kriv Stenders for Red Dog and Justin Kurzel for Snowtown while Best Script nominees are Michael Rymer for Face to Face, Rona Munro for Oranges and Sunshine and Daniel Taplitz for Red Dog.
Best Documentary nominees are Mrs Carey’s Concert directed by Bob Connolly, I Am Eleven directed by Genevieve Bailey and Orchids: My Intersex Adventure directed by Phoebe Hart.
With its strong ensemble cast the Face to Face actors are up against David Wenham for Oranges and Sunshine, Josh Lucas for Red Dog and...
- 10/11/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Face to Face director Michael Rymer talks about his new film, working on a low budget, and the Australian film system’s accountability.
To sci-fi nerds around the world Michael Rymer might best be known as one of the driving forces behind Battlestar Galactica’s resurrection, directing 22 episodes and producing 40 episodes. To Australian audiences, he directed Angel Baby starring Jacqueline McKenzie and John Lynch.
Rymer’s new film, Face to Face is an adaptation of a David Williamson play about conflict resolution in the Australian workplace. It’s a tightly woven script based on real conflict resolution transcripts. “It has big ideas and it’s a microcosm of Australia, dealing with workplace relations, race, sex and class. I don’t believe it’s a small film, it’s a big film done inexpensively.”
Despite names like Sigrid Thornton, Vince Colosimo and Matthew Newton, the film was made on a low...
To sci-fi nerds around the world Michael Rymer might best be known as one of the driving forces behind Battlestar Galactica’s resurrection, directing 22 episodes and producing 40 episodes. To Australian audiences, he directed Angel Baby starring Jacqueline McKenzie and John Lynch.
Rymer’s new film, Face to Face is an adaptation of a David Williamson play about conflict resolution in the Australian workplace. It’s a tightly woven script based on real conflict resolution transcripts. “It has big ideas and it’s a microcosm of Australia, dealing with workplace relations, race, sex and class. I don’t believe it’s a small film, it’s a big film done inexpensively.”
Despite names like Sigrid Thornton, Vince Colosimo and Matthew Newton, the film was made on a low...
- 9/9/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
New Australian film Face to Face, written and directed by Michael Rymer, and adapted from a play by David Williamson won at Traverse City Film Festival (July 26-31).
The festival, founded by documentary maker Michael Moore awarded Face to Face with the Founders Prize for Best Foreign Fiction Film.
Starring Vince Colosimo, Sigrid Thornton, Luke Ford and Matthew Newton, the film is based on real transcripts from conflict resolution sessions about a young construction worker is accused of assualting his boss that delves into sex, lies and bullying in the workplace.
The festival, founded by documentary maker Michael Moore awarded Face to Face with the Founders Prize for Best Foreign Fiction Film.
Starring Vince Colosimo, Sigrid Thornton, Luke Ford and Matthew Newton, the film is based on real transcripts from conflict resolution sessions about a young construction worker is accused of assualting his boss that delves into sex, lies and bullying in the workplace.
- 8/4/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Shooting Michael Rymer.s latest flick Face To Face was like performing in a theatre play, actress Laura Gordon says. .We were working consistently with the same bunch of people in one room on one text,. the 29-year-old says, who cut her teeth at Melbourne.s Red Stitch theatre company about a decade ago. .It was so text-driven. It seemed like such an exciting, odd sort of adventure to go on and I couldn.t turn it down.. The adventure in question . based on acclaimed Australian playwright David Williamson.s play of the same name . takes its audience inside the claustrophobic, controversial world of .dispute resolution.. Making its Victorian premiere at Miff last Friday night, the local drama is about betrayal,...
- 7/27/2011
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
A big reminder that the 5th Dungog Film Festival kicks off Tomorrow night with Australian/British co-production Oranges and Sunshine opening the event.
Ten premieres including the world premieres of Frank & Jerry (Saturday 28), Taj (Friday 27) exploring the world of Indian-Australian culture, Up the Aisle (Saturday 28) and the Nsw premiere of Australia-China co-production The Dragon Pearl (Sunday 29).
And don’t miss the loads of short films in an array of categories that will have you on a rollercoaster of emotions.
Docos bring music, sport and worms to the big screen while TV brings sneak previews, pilots, downloads and more
Streets will be re-named to honour our greats; stroll down Geoffrey Rush Road, Heath Ledger Lane or hugo Weaving Way to masterclasses with screenwriter David Williamson and composer Lisa Gerrard and Michael Yezerski and parties run into the night.
Don’t miss this celebration of Australian cinema.
Ten premieres including the world premieres of Frank & Jerry (Saturday 28), Taj (Friday 27) exploring the world of Indian-Australian culture, Up the Aisle (Saturday 28) and the Nsw premiere of Australia-China co-production The Dragon Pearl (Sunday 29).
And don’t miss the loads of short films in an array of categories that will have you on a rollercoaster of emotions.
Docos bring music, sport and worms to the big screen while TV brings sneak previews, pilots, downloads and more
Streets will be re-named to honour our greats; stroll down Geoffrey Rush Road, Heath Ledger Lane or hugo Weaving Way to masterclasses with screenwriter David Williamson and composer Lisa Gerrard and Michael Yezerski and parties run into the night.
Don’t miss this celebration of Australian cinema.
- 5/24/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Updated through 5/23.
"Bill Hunter, the archetypal working class Australian of a multitude of movies including the quirky trio Muriel's Wedding, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Strictly Ballroom has died of cancer," reports the AP. He was 71. "The prolific star of Australian movie and television screens with a distinctively broad and gravelly accent and an authoritative no-nonsense style remained an actor in demand until the end. He recently narrated a two-part television documentary about the floods and cyclone that became Australia's most expensive natural disasters early this year…. Director Baz Luhrmann described Hunter in a statement last week as 'the go-to iconic actor to synthesize quintessential Australian-ness.'"
"Of all his work, Hunter's portrayal of Major Barton in Peter Weir's classic 1981 war epic Gallipoli is widely regarded as his finest," write Jim Schembri and Karl Quinn for the Sydney Morning Herald. "Charged with playing a...
"Bill Hunter, the archetypal working class Australian of a multitude of movies including the quirky trio Muriel's Wedding, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Strictly Ballroom has died of cancer," reports the AP. He was 71. "The prolific star of Australian movie and television screens with a distinctively broad and gravelly accent and an authoritative no-nonsense style remained an actor in demand until the end. He recently narrated a two-part television documentary about the floods and cyclone that became Australia's most expensive natural disasters early this year…. Director Baz Luhrmann described Hunter in a statement last week as 'the go-to iconic actor to synthesize quintessential Australian-ness.'"
"Of all his work, Hunter's portrayal of Major Barton in Peter Weir's classic 1981 war epic Gallipoli is widely regarded as his finest," write Jim Schembri and Karl Quinn for the Sydney Morning Herald. "Charged with playing a...
- 5/23/2011
- MUBI
Dungog Film Festival has revealed the program highlights for this year’s edition, including the premieres of Nick McGee’s Frank and Jerry and the documentary An Imprint in Time.
In total, there will be 194 screenings- 12 features, 16 documentaries, four TV sneak previews and 159 short films.
The Australian/Chinese co-production The Dragon Pearl will also have its Nsw premiere – following the national premiere at February’s Adelaide Film Festival.
“Dff is a world class four day event, celebrating Australian films at four screening locations showcasing new Australian screen content, honouring leading Australian filmmakers and revisiting Australian movie classics, in a non-competitive environment,” said festival director Allanah Zitserman.
The program also includes master classes with screenwriter David Williamson and composers Lisa Gerrard and Michael Yezerski. The festival includes gala events, parties and the local Main Street Parade.
It will run from May 26-29.
In total, there will be 194 screenings- 12 features, 16 documentaries, four TV sneak previews and 159 short films.
The Australian/Chinese co-production The Dragon Pearl will also have its Nsw premiere – following the national premiere at February’s Adelaide Film Festival.
“Dff is a world class four day event, celebrating Australian films at four screening locations showcasing new Australian screen content, honouring leading Australian filmmakers and revisiting Australian movie classics, in a non-competitive environment,” said festival director Allanah Zitserman.
The program also includes master classes with screenwriter David Williamson and composers Lisa Gerrard and Michael Yezerski. The festival includes gala events, parties and the local Main Street Parade.
It will run from May 26-29.
- 5/5/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Five streets of Dungog, Nsw will be temporarily renamed after famous Australian fim personalities, chosen by the public and the town’s residents.
“During the festival, the people of Dungog could be living on Kidman Crescent, Gillian Armstrong Lane or Jack Thomspon Boulevard,” said festival director Allanah Zitserman.“Each year the town residents bump into Australian stars on the streets, so we saw that living on a street named after a celebrity was the next logical step,” added Dungog Mayor Councillor Harold Johnston.
Four names will be chosem – from a list of 25 – by a national online poll, with the main street (Dowling Street) to be determined by the residents of Dungog.
The list includes:
Brendan Cowell Bryan Brown Cate Blanchett Chips Rafferty David Williamson Eric Bana Errol Flynn Geoffrey Rush George Miller Gillian Armstrong Heath Ledger Hugh Jackman Hugo Weaving Jacki Weaver Judy Davis Naomi Watts Nicole Kidman Peter Weir...
“During the festival, the people of Dungog could be living on Kidman Crescent, Gillian Armstrong Lane or Jack Thomspon Boulevard,” said festival director Allanah Zitserman.“Each year the town residents bump into Australian stars on the streets, so we saw that living on a street named after a celebrity was the next logical step,” added Dungog Mayor Councillor Harold Johnston.
Four names will be chosem – from a list of 25 – by a national online poll, with the main street (Dowling Street) to be determined by the residents of Dungog.
The list includes:
Brendan Cowell Bryan Brown Cate Blanchett Chips Rafferty David Williamson Eric Bana Errol Flynn Geoffrey Rush George Miller Gillian Armstrong Heath Ledger Hugh Jackman Hugo Weaving Jacki Weaver Judy Davis Naomi Watts Nicole Kidman Peter Weir...
- 4/28/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Balibo
Stars: Anthony Lapaglia, Oscar Isaac, Bea Viegas, Michael Stone | Written by Robert Connolly, David Williamson | Directed by Robert Connolly
I was first made aware of the events that Balibo portrays by the Noam Chomsky documentary Manufacturing Consent. In 1975, the Indonesian military invaded East Timor. Five journalists of the Australian media were covering the invasion – which was basically a massacre, during which time over 180,000 were killed – and eventually lost their lives, killed by the Indonesian army (who maintain to this day that the journalists were caught in the crossfire, rather than executed as the coroner’s report states). Days later, another journalist, Roger East, headed out to East Timor to find out what happened to the Balibo Five. Balibo follows East in his quest for truth.
The Chomsky documentary used the East Timor invasion as an example of the Western media’s disproportionate coverage of potentially unpopular stories – that the invasion,...
Stars: Anthony Lapaglia, Oscar Isaac, Bea Viegas, Michael Stone | Written by Robert Connolly, David Williamson | Directed by Robert Connolly
I was first made aware of the events that Balibo portrays by the Noam Chomsky documentary Manufacturing Consent. In 1975, the Indonesian military invaded East Timor. Five journalists of the Australian media were covering the invasion – which was basically a massacre, during which time over 180,000 were killed – and eventually lost their lives, killed by the Indonesian army (who maintain to this day that the journalists were caught in the crossfire, rather than executed as the coroner’s report states). Days later, another journalist, Roger East, headed out to East Timor to find out what happened to the Balibo Five. Balibo follows East in his quest for truth.
The Chomsky documentary used the East Timor invasion as an example of the Western media’s disproportionate coverage of potentially unpopular stories – that the invasion,...
- 4/19/2011
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
Jim Loach’s latest film, the UK/Australia co-production Oranges and Sunshine will open this year’s Dungog Film Festival.
The project was produced by the UK’s Camilla Bray, with Australia’s See-Saw Films (Emile Sherman and Iain Canning). It has been released in the UK to mostly positive reviews and a box office of £177,646 in its first two weeks.
Oranges and Sunshine tells the story of Margaret Humphreys, an inspirational social worker from Nottingham who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals of recent times: the deportation of thousands of children from the UK to Australia.The film stars Emily Watson as Humphreys, with Hugo Weaving and David Wenham rounding out this stellar cast.
It will be released in Australia on June 9, followed by a Us release by the Cohen Media Group later in the year.
Also at Dungog, screenwriter and playwright David Williamson will share his...
The project was produced by the UK’s Camilla Bray, with Australia’s See-Saw Films (Emile Sherman and Iain Canning). It has been released in the UK to mostly positive reviews and a box office of £177,646 in its first two weeks.
Oranges and Sunshine tells the story of Margaret Humphreys, an inspirational social worker from Nottingham who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals of recent times: the deportation of thousands of children from the UK to Australia.The film stars Emily Watson as Humphreys, with Hugo Weaving and David Wenham rounding out this stellar cast.
It will be released in Australia on June 9, followed by a Us release by the Cohen Media Group later in the year.
Also at Dungog, screenwriter and playwright David Williamson will share his...
- 4/18/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Directed by Robert Connolly and adapted from journalist and author Jill Jolliffe’s book Cover Up by renowned Australian playwright and screenwriter David Williamson (The Year Of Living Dangerously; Gallipoli), Balibo is a tense, character-driven thriller starring Golden Globe winner Anthony Lapaglia and Oscar Isaac which is released on UK DVD by High Fliers Films on April 25th.
As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian based journalists go missing. Four weeks later, veteran foreign correspondent Roger East (Lapaglia) is lured to East Timor by the young and charismatic José Ramos-Horta (Isaac) to tell the story of his country and investigate the fate of the missing men. As East’s determination to uncover the truth grows, the threat of invasion intensifies and an unlikely friendship develops between the last foreign correspondent in East Timor and the man who will become President.
Thanks to the folks...
As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian based journalists go missing. Four weeks later, veteran foreign correspondent Roger East (Lapaglia) is lured to East Timor by the young and charismatic José Ramos-Horta (Isaac) to tell the story of his country and investigate the fate of the missing men. As East’s determination to uncover the truth grows, the threat of invasion intensifies and an unlikely friendship develops between the last foreign correspondent in East Timor and the man who will become President.
Thanks to the folks...
- 3/20/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
A day after Nicole Kidman was honoured with the 2011 Cinema Vanguard Award at the 26th installment of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (Sbiff), Australia again found itself firmly focused within the festival's ample spotlight. Michael Rymer's latest full-length feature film, Face to Face, which made its world premiere at the annual Californian event, won the Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema. The popularity of the ensemble driven drama, which Rymer adapted for the screen from a play by David Williamson, was such that the film was selected to open the Sbiff's Third Weekend gala where a selection of the festival's most acclaimed presentations were shown in culmination to the ten-day festival.
- 2/22/2011
- FilmInk.com.au
Michael Rymer’s independent feature Face to Face has won the Best Film award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
“I am absolutely thrilled that the film has won this award at its first ever screening, and am delighted that this low budget minnow has been lauded by critics and film goers alike,” said Rymer.
The micro-budget film was financed independently and shot over 12 days in Melbourne, and stars Vince Colosimo, Sigrid Thornton, Luke Ford and troubled actor Matthew Newton. The actors are also shareholders in the film.
Face to Face is based on transcripts from actual conflict resolution sessions. In the film, Wayne, a young scaffold construction worker, rams into the back of his boss’ car in a fit of anger at being sacked. Rather than going straight to court, he opts for a community conference to discuss the events that led to such a violent reaction.
It...
“I am absolutely thrilled that the film has won this award at its first ever screening, and am delighted that this low budget minnow has been lauded by critics and film goers alike,” said Rymer.
The micro-budget film was financed independently and shot over 12 days in Melbourne, and stars Vince Colosimo, Sigrid Thornton, Luke Ford and troubled actor Matthew Newton. The actors are also shareholders in the film.
Face to Face is based on transcripts from actual conflict resolution sessions. In the film, Wayne, a young scaffold construction worker, rams into the back of his boss’ car in a fit of anger at being sacked. Rather than going straight to court, he opts for a community conference to discuss the events that led to such a violent reaction.
It...
- 2/14/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced its 2011 prize winners earlier today.
The highly-coveted Audience Award went to Morgan Neville’s “Troubadours,” an engaging doc about the rise of singer-songwriters — most notably Carole King and James Taylor, who feature prominently in the film alongside other headliners of the period — in Los Angeles, generally, and at the Troubadour Club, specifically, in the late 1960s and early 1970s. (The film premiered at last month’s Sundance Film Festival and will air nationally on PBS on March 2 at 8pm Est.)
The other top honors were determined by a jury that included actor Billy Baldwin (“Gossip Girl”), writer/director Paul Brickman (“Risky Business”), director Andy Davis (“The Fugitive”), producer Frank Donner (“Deliver Us from Evil”), actor Christopher Lloyd (“Back to the Future”), and actor Anthony Zerbe (“The Matrix”), among others, and went to the following films…
The Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema (given...
The highly-coveted Audience Award went to Morgan Neville’s “Troubadours,” an engaging doc about the rise of singer-songwriters — most notably Carole King and James Taylor, who feature prominently in the film alongside other headliners of the period — in Los Angeles, generally, and at the Troubadour Club, specifically, in the late 1960s and early 1970s. (The film premiered at last month’s Sundance Film Festival and will air nationally on PBS on March 2 at 8pm Est.)
The other top honors were determined by a jury that included actor Billy Baldwin (“Gossip Girl”), writer/director Paul Brickman (“Risky Business”), director Andy Davis (“The Fugitive”), producer Frank Donner (“Deliver Us from Evil”), actor Christopher Lloyd (“Back to the Future”), and actor Anthony Zerbe (“The Matrix”), among others, and went to the following films…
The Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema (given...
- 2/7/2011
- by Scott Feinberg
- Scott Feinberg
Camilla Belle is in negotiations to join "True Blood" star Ryan Kwanten in the forthcoming sure-to-be-inspiring/based-on-at-true-story soccer pic "Zebras." The film will tell the story "of a music producer who discovers talented young soccer players in the ghettos of Soweto, South Africa, and forms them into a successful team dubbed the Zebras, because it brings together black and white players." You can feel the racial harmony already! The film was written by David Williamson ("Gallipoli") and will be helmed by Bruce Beresford who seems to be taking a liking to tepid inspirational fare having just come off "Mao's Last Dancer."…...
- 11/9/2010
- The Playlist
Camilla Belle is in negotiations and Ryan Kwanten is set to star in the inspirational drama "Zebras" for Arclight Films reports Variety.
The story is based on the true-life story of a music producer who discovers talented young soccer players in the ghettos of South Africa.
He soon forms them into a successful team dubbed the Zebras because it brings together black and white players.
Bruce Beresford ("Driving Miss Daisy, "Double Jeopardy") directs from a script by David Williamson. Michael Donovan, Jim McElroy, Marta McElroy and Marlow De Mardt are producing.
The story is based on the true-life story of a music producer who discovers talented young soccer players in the ghettos of South Africa.
He soon forms them into a successful team dubbed the Zebras because it brings together black and white players.
Bruce Beresford ("Driving Miss Daisy, "Double Jeopardy") directs from a script by David Williamson. Michael Donovan, Jim McElroy, Marta McElroy and Marlow De Mardt are producing.
- 11/9/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Camilla Belle is in negotiations to join Ryan Kwanten ("True Blood") in Zebras , reports Variety . Bruce Beresford ( Driving Miss Daisy ) will direct from a script by David Williamson. The film "is based on the true-life tale of a music producer who discovers talented young soccer players in the ghettos of Soweto, South Africa, and forms them into a successful team dubbed the Zebras, because it brings together black and white players." Michael Donovan, Jim McElroy, Marta McElroy and Marlow De Mardt are producing.
- 11/8/2010
- Comingsoon.net
The Australian Writers’ Guild has announced the nominations for the Awgie Awards.
Beneath Hill 60, Lou, Animal Kingdom and the still unreleased Griff the Invisible compete for best original feature screenplay, while Rush dominated the TV series category with three of its episodes going against one of Spirited. Underbelly’s second and third series monopolised the mini-series adaptation category.
The ceremony will take place at Peninsula, Melbourne, on August 20.
The nominees are:
Television: Series
Rush Ep 210 – Armoured Car by David Caesar and Adam Todd Rush Ep 208 – Boy in the Bush by Michelle Offen Spirited – The Man Who Fell To Earth by Jacquelin Perske Rush Ep 222 – Water by Adam Todd
Television: Mini Series Adaptation
Underbelly: The Golden Mile by Peter Gawler, Greg Haddrick, Kris Mrksa and Felicity Packard Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities by Peter Gawler, Greg Haddrick, Kris Mrksa and Felicity Packard
Television: Serial
Home and Away Ep...
Beneath Hill 60, Lou, Animal Kingdom and the still unreleased Griff the Invisible compete for best original feature screenplay, while Rush dominated the TV series category with three of its episodes going against one of Spirited. Underbelly’s second and third series monopolised the mini-series adaptation category.
The ceremony will take place at Peninsula, Melbourne, on August 20.
The nominees are:
Television: Series
Rush Ep 210 – Armoured Car by David Caesar and Adam Todd Rush Ep 208 – Boy in the Bush by Michelle Offen Spirited – The Man Who Fell To Earth by Jacquelin Perske Rush Ep 222 – Water by Adam Todd
Television: Mini Series Adaptation
Underbelly: The Golden Mile by Peter Gawler, Greg Haddrick, Kris Mrksa and Felicity Packard Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities by Peter Gawler, Greg Haddrick, Kris Mrksa and Felicity Packard
Television: Serial
Home and Away Ep...
- 6/22/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Ian Thorpe has been given a role in a theatre production. The former Olympic swimmer will play a serial killer in a one-off performance of David Williamson's play One Night Only In Emerald City to raise money for his chosen charity. Other celebrities taking part in the event include Good News Week presenter Mikey Robins, entrepreneur John Singleton, actress Robyn Nevin, City Homicide's David Field and comedian Fiona O'Loughlin. Robins told Aap: "I'm looking (more)...
- 6/18/2010
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
The Australian director best known for his work on the Battlestar Galactica TV series, Queen of the Damned and his feature film debut Angel Baby, Michael Rymer (pictured), is currently in Melbourne shooting a new Australian film Face to Face which is set to be released later this year. Adapted by David Williamson from his own play of the same name, and starring Vince Colosimo, Sigrid Thornton and Matt Newton, the film explores the contentious concept of community conferencing, a new form of restorative justice. The story follows a young construction worker named Wayne who rams into the back of his boss's Mercedes in a fit of anger at being sacked.
- 3/8/2010
- FilmInk.com.au
Samson And Delilah swept the board at the Australian Film Institute awards on Saturday night, scooping a string of top honours.
The love story landed the ultimate honour, the Best Film nod, as well as trophies for Best Original Screenplay and Best Direction.
The movie's writer/director, Warwick Thornton, accepted the awards, telling the crowd in Melbourne, Australia, "It's hard work, it's b**ody hard work, there is no mucking around. Be careful what you write, you might just have to direct it."
The child stars of the movie, Marissa Gibson and Rowan McNamara, also shared the Young Actor accolade - and Thornton heaped praise on them, adding: "We put Marissa and Rowan into these lights and part of the deal is to look after them, whatever they want to do, until they know what they want to do and they can separate themselves from us."
Anthony Lapaglia won the Best Actor award for his role in Balibo, a drama about the death of an Australian journalist. The movie's co-writers David Williamson and Robert Connolly won the film a further honour, Best Adapted Screenplay.
Despite being honoured for six awards, Baz Luhrmann's epic Australia only won the one, for highest grossing film. It garnered $211 million (£132 million) at the worldwide box office.
Gangster drama Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities took home three awards including Best Television Screenplay, and Rachel Griffiths landed the Best Supporting Actress for her role in Beautiful Kate.
The love story landed the ultimate honour, the Best Film nod, as well as trophies for Best Original Screenplay and Best Direction.
The movie's writer/director, Warwick Thornton, accepted the awards, telling the crowd in Melbourne, Australia, "It's hard work, it's b**ody hard work, there is no mucking around. Be careful what you write, you might just have to direct it."
The child stars of the movie, Marissa Gibson and Rowan McNamara, also shared the Young Actor accolade - and Thornton heaped praise on them, adding: "We put Marissa and Rowan into these lights and part of the deal is to look after them, whatever they want to do, until they know what they want to do and they can separate themselves from us."
Anthony Lapaglia won the Best Actor award for his role in Balibo, a drama about the death of an Australian journalist. The movie's co-writers David Williamson and Robert Connolly won the film a further honour, Best Adapted Screenplay.
Despite being honoured for six awards, Baz Luhrmann's epic Australia only won the one, for highest grossing film. It garnered $211 million (£132 million) at the worldwide box office.
Gangster drama Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities took home three awards including Best Television Screenplay, and Rachel Griffiths landed the Best Supporting Actress for her role in Beautiful Kate.
- 12/14/2009
- WENN
Toronto -- Australian director Bruce Beresford is on board to shoot the Canadian-Australian co-production "Zebras" early next year in South Africa.
The Apartheid-era true story about an inspirational coach who leads the country's first multiracial soccer team comes from Sydney-based indie producer McElroy and McElroy and Halifax-based Dhx Media.
Australian playwright David Williamson ("The Year of Living Dangerously," "Gallipoli") penned the script for a project long developed by Australian co-producers Marta and James McElroy ("The Year of Living Dangerously").
Chris Noonan ("Miss Potter," "Babe") was formerly attached to direct "Zebras." Now Beresford will lead a nine-week shoot in March, seven weeks in South Africa and another two in Australia. No word on casting.
Michael Donovan ("Shake Hands With the Devil") and Floyd Kane will share the producer credits for Dhx Media. Beresford will debut his latest film, "Mao's Last Dancer," in Toronto on Sunday. Also that day, David Williamson will see his latest film,...
The Apartheid-era true story about an inspirational coach who leads the country's first multiracial soccer team comes from Sydney-based indie producer McElroy and McElroy and Halifax-based Dhx Media.
Australian playwright David Williamson ("The Year of Living Dangerously," "Gallipoli") penned the script for a project long developed by Australian co-producers Marta and James McElroy ("The Year of Living Dangerously").
Chris Noonan ("Miss Potter," "Babe") was formerly attached to direct "Zebras." Now Beresford will lead a nine-week shoot in March, seven weeks in South Africa and another two in Australia. No word on casting.
Michael Donovan ("Shake Hands With the Devil") and Floyd Kane will share the producer credits for Dhx Media. Beresford will debut his latest film, "Mao's Last Dancer," in Toronto on Sunday. Also that day, David Williamson will see his latest film,...
- 9/9/2009
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The critically acclaimed Made Me Nuclear, now in its fifth month, is extending for an additional eight weeks. Charlie Lustman's original pop music operetta about surviving cancer is "simply irresistible" says the La Times. This "feel good cancer musical" (Lat) is an "inspiring" tale that will "grab you in a bear hug right away and not let go. "Touching...life-affirming...his songs are pitched in an intimate, jazzy, bluesy style," says the La Weekly. Who: Written and Performed by Singer/Songwriter Charlie Lustman. Lustman grew up in La and is a graduate of Berklee College of Music; he spent ten years touring the world performing and released two studio albums in Denmark: The Golden Road, vol.1 and Shaya. He also wrote and performed live the theme song to the ABC TV program "The Mike and Maty show." He is perhaps best known to Los Angeles audiences for his role in...
- 1/21/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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