John Molloy is the head of production at Mushroom Pictures, working out of the company's Melbourne office. After boffo success with 'Molly' earlier in the year, he's now gearing up for the release of his latest project as producer: Nicholas Verso's fantasy-tinged teen drama 'Boys in the Trees'.
When did you meet the director, Nicholas Verso? I know you produced his short..
That was the first time we worked together, on The Last Time I Saw Richard (2014), but I'd seen some of Nicholas's short films before that. Nic and I started working on Boys in the Trees and then decided to make The Last Time I Saw Richard as a way of helping us put the feature together. A proof of our relationship and also showing Nicholas' style, so that when we were out talking about the feature we had something very concrete that people could hold on to.
When did you meet the director, Nicholas Verso? I know you produced his short..
That was the first time we worked together, on The Last Time I Saw Richard (2014), but I'd seen some of Nicholas's short films before that. Nic and I started working on Boys in the Trees and then decided to make The Last Time I Saw Richard as a way of helping us put the feature together. A proof of our relationship and also showing Nicholas' style, so that when we were out talking about the feature we had something very concrete that people could hold on to.
- 9/30/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: UK distributor also acquires upcoming sports biopic Borg vs McEnroe, Directors’ Fortnight title After Love and Scottish indie music doc Lost In France.
Curzon Artificial Eye has swooped on four buzz titles at the Cannes Film Festival, acquiring UK and Eire rights to Lars Von Trier’s The House That Jack Built, Shia Labeouf-starrer Borg vs McEnroe, Joachim Lafosse’s After Love and Niall McCann’s Lost in France.
The pre-buy of serial killer drama The House That Jack Built continues the distributor’s long-standing relationship with the controversial Danish director, stretching back to Antichrist and includes Melancholia and Nymphomaniac Volumes I & II. The deal was negotiated with Susan Wendt at TrustNordisk.
The $9.8m project will shoot in Sweden this year, before a Copenhagen shoot in 2017. Zentropa producer Louise Vesth revealed details of the highly-anticipated feature to Screen in Cannes earlier this week, when several early deals were revealed.
The film, originally...
Curzon Artificial Eye has swooped on four buzz titles at the Cannes Film Festival, acquiring UK and Eire rights to Lars Von Trier’s The House That Jack Built, Shia Labeouf-starrer Borg vs McEnroe, Joachim Lafosse’s After Love and Niall McCann’s Lost in France.
The pre-buy of serial killer drama The House That Jack Built continues the distributor’s long-standing relationship with the controversial Danish director, stretching back to Antichrist and includes Melancholia and Nymphomaniac Volumes I & II. The deal was negotiated with Susan Wendt at TrustNordisk.
The $9.8m project will shoot in Sweden this year, before a Copenhagen shoot in 2017. Zentropa producer Louise Vesth revealed details of the highly-anticipated feature to Screen in Cannes earlier this week, when several early deals were revealed.
The film, originally...
- 5/20/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Major new initiatives for Scottish Film Talent announced; 14 projects selected for New Talent Shorts programme.
Scottish Film Talent Network (Sftn) has announced the launch of their First Feature Development and Emerging Talent Shorts initiatives, alongside the 14 filmmaker teams selected for the New Talent Shorts programme.
The Sftn initiative is worth £450,000 ($680,000) over the next 12 months in a bid to help find the next wave of Scotland’s international screen talent. The Sftn is part of the UK-wide BFI Net.Work talent development initiative.
The First Feature Development programme offers opportunities for emerging talent to develop their first feature project, with support covering many areas.
The Emerging Talent Shorts programme runs in conjunction with the First Feature Development programme and is aimed at filmmakers who are ready to make bigger budget shorts as a step towards realising their first feature.
Also announced today are the 14 successful filmmaking teams that have been shortlisted for the New Talent Shorts programme. Sftn welcomed...
Scottish Film Talent Network (Sftn) has announced the launch of their First Feature Development and Emerging Talent Shorts initiatives, alongside the 14 filmmaker teams selected for the New Talent Shorts programme.
The Sftn initiative is worth £450,000 ($680,000) over the next 12 months in a bid to help find the next wave of Scotland’s international screen talent. The Sftn is part of the UK-wide BFI Net.Work talent development initiative.
The First Feature Development programme offers opportunities for emerging talent to develop their first feature project, with support covering many areas.
The Emerging Talent Shorts programme runs in conjunction with the First Feature Development programme and is aimed at filmmakers who are ready to make bigger budget shorts as a step towards realising their first feature.
Also announced today are the 14 successful filmmaking teams that have been shortlisted for the New Talent Shorts programme. Sftn welcomed...
- 1/28/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Micro-budget finance market to run alongside London’s Pfm.Scroll down for full list of projects
FilmLondon is launching a new UK-wide micro-budget finance market that will run alongside London’s Production Finance Market.
The Micro-Market, supported by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, will provide 19 production teams with one day of meetings with financiers looking for films budgeted at €1m ($1.36m) and under.
The teams will meet representatives from sales companies, investment funds, post houses, online and VOD platforms and public agencies and also get training in pitching ahead of the market which will take place on Oct 16-17.
Adrian Wootton, chief executive of Film London and British Film Commission, said: “Having identified a need among emerging UK producers, we have developed a unique event connecting micro-budget film-makers with financiers looking for projects in that bracket.
“The Micro-Market also includes a critical training component, so we are encouraging essential skills around pitching and packaging projects...
FilmLondon is launching a new UK-wide micro-budget finance market that will run alongside London’s Production Finance Market.
The Micro-Market, supported by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, will provide 19 production teams with one day of meetings with financiers looking for films budgeted at €1m ($1.36m) and under.
The teams will meet representatives from sales companies, investment funds, post houses, online and VOD platforms and public agencies and also get training in pitching ahead of the market which will take place on Oct 16-17.
Adrian Wootton, chief executive of Film London and British Film Commission, said: “Having identified a need among emerging UK producers, we have developed a unique event connecting micro-budget film-makers with financiers looking for projects in that bracket.
“The Micro-Market also includes a critical training component, so we are encouraging essential skills around pitching and packaging projects...
- 10/7/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: New writers chosen for Save Our Scripts workshop; producers to follow.
Eight new screenwriters and six writer-directors have been selected for The Bureau’s Sos development programme.
During the seven-month programme writers will develop a feature screenplay and producers will fast-track development.
Projects include Calloused Hands writer-director Jesse Quinones’ love-story between an English woman and a young Cuban man who meet on holiday but struggle adapting to London life, and Selina Lim’s adaptation of London-based short Painkiller.
Al Mackay takes a group of beautiful and potentially dangerous individuals volunteering at an organic farm in Southern France with fatal consequences and art-director Keith Slote is working on a high concept period romantic-comedy set in Renaissance Italy.
Each writer will be assigned a mentor. Speakers during the first module include writer Christopher Hampton, script editor Paul Welsh and Metrodome MD Jezz Vernon.
From the second module, writers will be paired with producers to continue the development process...
Eight new screenwriters and six writer-directors have been selected for The Bureau’s Sos development programme.
During the seven-month programme writers will develop a feature screenplay and producers will fast-track development.
Projects include Calloused Hands writer-director Jesse Quinones’ love-story between an English woman and a young Cuban man who meet on holiday but struggle adapting to London life, and Selina Lim’s adaptation of London-based short Painkiller.
Al Mackay takes a group of beautiful and potentially dangerous individuals volunteering at an organic farm in Southern France with fatal consequences and art-director Keith Slote is working on a high concept period romantic-comedy set in Renaissance Italy.
Each writer will be assigned a mentor. Speakers during the first module include writer Christopher Hampton, script editor Paul Welsh and Metrodome MD Jezz Vernon.
From the second module, writers will be paired with producers to continue the development process...
- 7/31/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
There is so much great content published every week here at Sound On Sight, that even we have trouble keeping up. So, every Sunday, we will drop a list of the best articles delivered by our hard working, and extremely talented staff.
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Sound on Sight 400th Anniversary Recording: ‘Goodfellas’, Video Games Vs. Film and the Life and Death of Videostores
After a month or so of teasing it, our 400th recording – that’s 350 Sound on Sight episodes and 50 Sordid Cinemas – is finally upon us. We brought in as many of our previous co-hosts as possible for individual talk spots on a miscellany of subjects, from videogame culture to tales from the video store that served as the impetus for all things Sound on Sight. First, though, we dive back into our staff-wide Top 10 Greatest Films of All Time list with the help of newly minted co-host Josh Spiegel of Mousterpiece...
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Sound on Sight 400th Anniversary Recording: ‘Goodfellas’, Video Games Vs. Film and the Life and Death of Videostores
After a month or so of teasing it, our 400th recording – that’s 350 Sound on Sight episodes and 50 Sordid Cinemas – is finally upon us. We brought in as many of our previous co-hosts as possible for individual talk spots on a miscellany of subjects, from videogame culture to tales from the video store that served as the impetus for all things Sound on Sight. First, though, we dive back into our staff-wide Top 10 Greatest Films of All Time list with the help of newly minted co-host Josh Spiegel of Mousterpiece...
- 3/3/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Lore is director Cate Shortland’s long-awaited follow-up to Somersault, her acclaimed 2004 drama and feature film debut that was also an international breakthrough for stars Abbie Cornish and Sam Worthington. A UK/Australia/Germany co-production, the new film is similarly concerned with a young female protagonist. Following the defeat of the Nazis, teenager Lore must guide herself and her destitute siblings through Germany in the dying days of the Second World War. Her parents having been arrested by Allied Forces for their Nazi ties, Lore has assimilated many of their anti-Semitic values, and must come to terms with the horrors of Hitler’s rule now coming to light for the German population.
Ahead of its recent Glasgow Film Festival showing prior to the film’s theatrical release in the UK, I spoke to one of Lore‘s producers, Paul Welsh, about the film’s interesting, lengthy production process, its influences,...
Ahead of its recent Glasgow Film Festival showing prior to the film’s theatrical release in the UK, I spoke to one of Lore‘s producers, Paul Welsh, about the film’s interesting, lengthy production process, its influences,...
- 3/3/2013
- by Josh Slater-Williams
- SoundOnSight
Two Australian short films, Men of the Earth and Faraways, and feature Lore will screen at the 42nd International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr), one of the largest audience-driven film festivals in the world.
The ten-minute short Men of the Earth, which will also be shown at the upcoming Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France, attempts to explore tribalism and ritual in contemporary society. The film takes the audiences behind a roadwork site and presents the sombre ritual of working men. Men of the Earth is written and directed by Andrew Kavanagh. It is his second collaboration with creative producer Ramona Telecican.
Another short film Faraways, from writer/director/producer Audrey Lam, will also screen at this year.s Rotterdam. The story takes place in the empty urban landscapes of Brisbane which echoes the isolation of two girls far from home.
Iffr 2013 program will also present the German/Australian co-production Lore,...
The ten-minute short Men of the Earth, which will also be shown at the upcoming Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France, attempts to explore tribalism and ritual in contemporary society. The film takes the audiences behind a roadwork site and presents the sombre ritual of working men. Men of the Earth is written and directed by Andrew Kavanagh. It is his second collaboration with creative producer Ramona Telecican.
Another short film Faraways, from writer/director/producer Audrey Lam, will also screen at this year.s Rotterdam. The story takes place in the empty urban landscapes of Brisbane which echoes the isolation of two girls far from home.
Iffr 2013 program will also present the German/Australian co-production Lore,...
- 1/18/2013
- by Yuan Liu
- IF.com.au
Hit musical drama The Sapphires has scored 12 nominations at the 2012 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) Awards including in the coveted best feature film category.
The Sapphires, which follows four indigenous singers during the Vietnam war, has grossed more than $14 million in Australia to become the biggest local film of the year.
Three other films will be also be vying for the best feature film award: Burning Man (10 nominations in total), Lore (eight nominations in total) and Wish You Were Here (eight nominations in total) at the main Aacta ceremony, which will be held on January 30, 2013, at The Star Event Centre. Last year's event was held at the iconic Sydney Opera House.
P.J. Hogan's Mental also scored eight nominations including Best Lead Actress (Toni Collette), Best Supporting Actor (Liev Schreiber) Best Young Actor (Lily Sullivan) and Best Supporting Actress for Rebecca Gibney and Deborah Mailman.
Not Suitable for Children...
The Sapphires, which follows four indigenous singers during the Vietnam war, has grossed more than $14 million in Australia to become the biggest local film of the year.
Three other films will be also be vying for the best feature film award: Burning Man (10 nominations in total), Lore (eight nominations in total) and Wish You Were Here (eight nominations in total) at the main Aacta ceremony, which will be held on January 30, 2013, at The Star Event Centre. Last year's event was held at the iconic Sydney Opera House.
P.J. Hogan's Mental also scored eight nominations including Best Lead Actress (Toni Collette), Best Supporting Actor (Liev Schreiber) Best Young Actor (Lily Sullivan) and Best Supporting Actress for Rebecca Gibney and Deborah Mailman.
Not Suitable for Children...
- 12/3/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
The Sapphires has led the Academy of Australian Cinema and Television Arts Awards nominations being nominated in 12 categories.
Awards will be handed out over two events, with an awards luncheon, focused on craft categories on Monday January 28 and the main event on January 30. Both events will be held at the Star Event Centre, the first public events for the venue.
The Sapphires, distributed by Hopscotch/eOne has been nominated for Best Film, Best Direction and best adapted screenplay as well as Best Lead Actor and Actress for Chris O’Dowd and Deborah Mailman, and Best Supporting Actress for Jessica Mauboy.
Burning Man was not far behind on 10 nominations including best film and best direction as well as best lead actor for Matthre Goode and Best Supporting Actress for Essie Davis.
Three more films, Lore, Mental and Wish You Were Here received eight nominations while Not Suitable For Children received four.
Awards will be handed out over two events, with an awards luncheon, focused on craft categories on Monday January 28 and the main event on January 30. Both events will be held at the Star Event Centre, the first public events for the venue.
The Sapphires, distributed by Hopscotch/eOne has been nominated for Best Film, Best Direction and best adapted screenplay as well as Best Lead Actor and Actress for Chris O’Dowd and Deborah Mailman, and Best Supporting Actress for Jessica Mauboy.
Burning Man was not far behind on 10 nominations including best film and best direction as well as best lead actor for Matthre Goode and Best Supporting Actress for Essie Davis.
Three more films, Lore, Mental and Wish You Were Here received eight nominations while Not Suitable For Children received four.
- 12/3/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
This article originally appeared in If Magazine #148 (August-September).
Tony Krawitz They were both challenging projects in terms of the geography: Dead Europe was filmed in Australia, Greece, Paris and Budapest; Cate.s Lore was filmed in the German language in five regions across Germany.
Lore was meant to shoot in May/June last year and Dead Europe in October/November but then Lore was put back. I was in denial how difficult it would be. Making films at the same time isn.t recommended for couples with kids!
Our son Jonathan went to school in Berlin and, during his Easter break, I took him with me on a recce to Greece for two weeks. He also spent six weeks working as video split operator and clapper loader on Cate.s film, which ended up starting in early-July. He loved it.
I came back to Australia with the kids in the...
Tony Krawitz They were both challenging projects in terms of the geography: Dead Europe was filmed in Australia, Greece, Paris and Budapest; Cate.s Lore was filmed in the German language in five regions across Germany.
Lore was meant to shoot in May/June last year and Dead Europe in October/November but then Lore was put back. I was in denial how difficult it would be. Making films at the same time isn.t recommended for couples with kids!
Our son Jonathan went to school in Berlin and, during his Easter break, I took him with me on a recce to Greece for two weeks. He also spent six weeks working as video split operator and clapper loader on Cate.s film, which ended up starting in early-July. He loved it.
I came back to Australia with the kids in the...
- 9/21/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
A forthcoming film by an Australian director, set in the aftermath of World War Two Germany, has sold its Us rights.
Lore is directed by Cate Shortland, who previously directed Somersault, and is written by Shortland and Robin Mukherjee.
The film has been picked up by Music Box through French-based international sales agent Memento Films.
Lore is a co-production between Australia, Germany and the UK, produced by the Australian Porchlight Film’s Liz Watts as well as British producer Paul Welsh and German producers Karsten Stoter and Benny Drechsel.
Watts told Encore: “I’ve not worked with Music Box before, but we’re keen to be in their catalogue. They’ve done a lot of foreign films, they did the original Girl with the Dragon Tattoo films release. They’re very good at the boutique handling of foreign films in the Us.”
The film, an adaptation of Rachel Seiffert’s...
Lore is directed by Cate Shortland, who previously directed Somersault, and is written by Shortland and Robin Mukherjee.
The film has been picked up by Music Box through French-based international sales agent Memento Films.
Lore is a co-production between Australia, Germany and the UK, produced by the Australian Porchlight Film’s Liz Watts as well as British producer Paul Welsh and German producers Karsten Stoter and Benny Drechsel.
Watts told Encore: “I’ve not worked with Music Box before, but we’re keen to be in their catalogue. They’ve done a lot of foreign films, they did the original Girl with the Dragon Tattoo films release. They’re very good at the boutique handling of foreign films in the Us.”
The film, an adaptation of Rachel Seiffert’s...
- 4/4/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Three creative teams have received investment through Screen Australia’s Springboard Short Film Initiative.
The idea behind the Springboard Short Film Course is to offer creative teams the opportunity to make a short film which will be the grounding for a feature film idea.
Writer/director Nicholas Verso and producer John Malloy will make The Last Time I Saw Richard, while writer/director Miranda Nation with producer Lyn Norfor will make Perception and writer/director Sean Kruck with producer Caroline Barry will make Snowblind.
Previous recipient writer/director Zak Hilditch made the short film Transmission with producer Liz Kearney which was selected for this year’s Tribeca Film Festival and helped them and secure finance in feature These Final Hours.
Another previous recipient was Grant Scicluna whose film The Wilding won at this year’s Melbourne Queer Film Festival for Best Australian Short and was in competition at this year’s Berlin Film Festival.
The idea behind the Springboard Short Film Course is to offer creative teams the opportunity to make a short film which will be the grounding for a feature film idea.
Writer/director Nicholas Verso and producer John Malloy will make The Last Time I Saw Richard, while writer/director Miranda Nation with producer Lyn Norfor will make Perception and writer/director Sean Kruck with producer Caroline Barry will make Snowblind.
Previous recipient writer/director Zak Hilditch made the short film Transmission with producer Liz Kearney which was selected for this year’s Tribeca Film Festival and helped them and secure finance in feature These Final Hours.
Another previous recipient was Grant Scicluna whose film The Wilding won at this year’s Melbourne Queer Film Festival for Best Australian Short and was in competition at this year’s Berlin Film Festival.
- 3/29/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
A film set during the 1974 Turkish innovation of Cyprus has won Flickerfest’s Best Australian Short Film.
It marked a successful day for the film, which also won best screenplay for a short film, and best fiction short film at the Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts (AACTAs) earlier in the day.
The Palace, written and directed by Anthony Maras and produced by Maras, Kate Croser, and Andros Achilleos won took out the local competition at the Festival, now in its 21 year.
In The Palace a Cypriot family takes refuge in an abandoned Ottoman era palace as the Turkish forces advance. A young Turkish conscript games face to face with the family and confronted with the brutality of war.
The film has previously won best short film at both the Melbourne and Sydney Film Festivals and the audience award at Adelaide Film Festival.
The special Jury Award went to the film Julian,...
It marked a successful day for the film, which also won best screenplay for a short film, and best fiction short film at the Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts (AACTAs) earlier in the day.
The Palace, written and directed by Anthony Maras and produced by Maras, Kate Croser, and Andros Achilleos won took out the local competition at the Festival, now in its 21 year.
In The Palace a Cypriot family takes refuge in an abandoned Ottoman era palace as the Turkish forces advance. A young Turkish conscript games face to face with the family and confronted with the brutality of war.
The film has previously won best short film at both the Melbourne and Sydney Film Festivals and the audience award at Adelaide Film Festival.
The special Jury Award went to the film Julian,...
- 1/16/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
#41. Lore Director: Cate ShortlandWriter(s): Shortland and Robin MukherjeeProducers: Porchlight Films' Liz Watts, Paul Welsh, Rohfilm's Karsten Stoeter & Benny DrechselDistributor: Rights Available The Gist: Based on the book by Rachel Seiffert and written by Cate Shortland and Robin Mukherjee, set in Spring of 1945, as the German front collapses, the Allied forces take control over Hitler’s country. With her Nazi parents imprisoned, 14-year-old Lore is left alone in charge of her four young siblings...(more) Cast: Saskia Rosendahl and Ursina Lardi List Worthy Reasons...: It's been a long, very long eight years since she dropped Somersault upon art-house patrons. Once again employing the unknown young actress in the lead, this multi-territory co-production is a heftier and I don't think will have any resemblance to her 2004 debut (I recall a more gloomy, low budget aesthetic) this could make for a potentially engrossing watch with young leads surviving WW2. Release Date/Status?...
- 1/7/2012
- IONCINEMA.com
Screen Australia has announced its latest intake of the Springboard: Short Film Initiative.
Springboard is designed to help promising filmmaking teams transition from short to feature film.
The teams are:
Writer/director Nicholas Verso and producer John Molloy Writer/director Miranda Nation and producer Lyn Nyfor Writer/director Lynne Vincent McCarthy and producer Samantha Jennings Writer/director Sean Kruck and producer Caroline Barry Writer/director/producer Antony Webb, writer/producer Ethan Marrell and producer Jaclyn Hewer.
With a feature film concept already in mind, the teams will make a short film that relates to the bigger project while taking tailor-made workshops that support each creative team.
Martha Coleman, Screen Australia’s head of development said: “This year we are very fortunate to have the hugely talented Paul Welsh running the program for us. We have refocused the workshop to place the emphasis on process and pushing the emotional core of the stories.
Springboard is designed to help promising filmmaking teams transition from short to feature film.
The teams are:
Writer/director Nicholas Verso and producer John Molloy Writer/director Miranda Nation and producer Lyn Nyfor Writer/director Lynne Vincent McCarthy and producer Samantha Jennings Writer/director Sean Kruck and producer Caroline Barry Writer/director/producer Antony Webb, writer/producer Ethan Marrell and producer Jaclyn Hewer.
With a feature film concept already in mind, the teams will make a short film that relates to the bigger project while taking tailor-made workshops that support each creative team.
Martha Coleman, Screen Australia’s head of development said: “This year we are very fortunate to have the hugely talented Paul Welsh running the program for us. We have refocused the workshop to place the emphasis on process and pushing the emotional core of the stories.
- 12/6/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Screen Australia is calling on applications for their Springboard: Short Film Initiative.
The short film development and production opportunity is designed to help filmmaking teams one step away from making their first professional feature film.
A three part workshop to take place between December 2011 and February 2012, it will see five teams of writer, director and producer, develop a short film to be a talent showcase for festivals and act as a calling card for a proposed feature film. As such, teams will be required to submit two short film ideas as well as their feature film idea.
“Springboard is about career building for the long term and Screen Australia recognises the way short films can provide an essential stepping stone in a professional career for an emerging filmmaker,” said Head of Development, Martha Coleman. “This Springboard workshop maintains the strategic vision while focusing more acutely on the broader creative process...
The short film development and production opportunity is designed to help filmmaking teams one step away from making their first professional feature film.
A three part workshop to take place between December 2011 and February 2012, it will see five teams of writer, director and producer, develop a short film to be a talent showcase for festivals and act as a calling card for a proposed feature film. As such, teams will be required to submit two short film ideas as well as their feature film idea.
“Springboard is about career building for the long term and Screen Australia recognises the way short films can provide an essential stepping stone in a professional career for an emerging filmmaker,” said Head of Development, Martha Coleman. “This Springboard workshop maintains the strategic vision while focusing more acutely on the broader creative process...
- 9/20/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Director Cate Shortland (Somersault) has begun shooting new feature film Lore in Germany.
A co-production with Germany and with UK participation that stars Saskia-Sophie Rosendahl and Ursina Lardi (The White Ribbon), it is produced by Liz Watts (Animal Kingdom, The Home Song Stories) British producer Paul Welsh (Skeletons) and German producers Karsten Stoter and Benny Drechsel (A Mysterious World, Jaffa).
Based on Rachel Seiffert’s Booker-nominee novel The Dark Room, Shortland adapted if for the screen with British writer Robin Mukherjee.
Lore is set in the spring of 1945 as the German front collapses and the Allied forces take control over Hitler’s country. With her Nazi parents imprisoned, 16-year-old Lore is left in charge of her four young siblings. Embarking on a journey across the devastated country, the children struggle to survive. And Lore has to learn to trust a person whom she had always been told was the enemy.
A co-production with Germany and with UK participation that stars Saskia-Sophie Rosendahl and Ursina Lardi (The White Ribbon), it is produced by Liz Watts (Animal Kingdom, The Home Song Stories) British producer Paul Welsh (Skeletons) and German producers Karsten Stoter and Benny Drechsel (A Mysterious World, Jaffa).
Based on Rachel Seiffert’s Booker-nominee novel The Dark Room, Shortland adapted if for the screen with British writer Robin Mukherjee.
Lore is set in the spring of 1945 as the German front collapses and the Allied forces take control over Hitler’s country. With her Nazi parents imprisoned, 16-year-old Lore is left in charge of her four young siblings. Embarking on a journey across the devastated country, the children struggle to survive. And Lore has to learn to trust a person whom she had always been told was the enemy.
- 7/26/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
As expected, Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech" dominated the Orange British Film Awards winning seven BAFTAs including Best Film, Leading Actor for Colin Firth, Supporting Actor for Geoffrey Rush and Supporting Actress for Helena Bonham Carter.
Natalie Portman took home the Leading Actress trophy for "Black Swan." Early awards season favorite, "The Social Network" won three BAFTAs including Best Director for David Finchers, Best Adapted Screenplay for Aaron Sorkin, and Best Editing for Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter.
"Inception" also took home three trophies including Best Production Design, Sound, and Visual Effects.
Christopher Lee received the ighest accolade which the Academy can bestow, the Fellowship, while the award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema was given to Jk Rowling and David Heyman for the "Harry Potter" films.
Here's the complete list of the winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 2011 Orange British Film Awards. Check out Awards Avenue for winners...
Natalie Portman took home the Leading Actress trophy for "Black Swan." Early awards season favorite, "The Social Network" won three BAFTAs including Best Director for David Finchers, Best Adapted Screenplay for Aaron Sorkin, and Best Editing for Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter.
"Inception" also took home three trophies including Best Production Design, Sound, and Visual Effects.
Christopher Lee received the ighest accolade which the Academy can bestow, the Fellowship, while the award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema was given to Jk Rowling and David Heyman for the "Harry Potter" films.
Here's the complete list of the winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 2011 Orange British Film Awards. Check out Awards Avenue for winners...
- 2/14/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush received two of the 14 BAFTA noms given "The King's Speech"
Tom Hooper’s “The King Speech” led all films with 14 nominations for the Orange British Academy Film Awards, including best picture, best director and acting citations for stars Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter.
Close behind was Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan” with 12 nominations, followed by Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” with nine. Danny Boyle’s “127 Hours” and the Coen brothers’ “True Grit” each came away with eight.
Each of the aforementioned pictures and David Fincher’s Golden Globe-winning “The Social Network” are in the hunt for best film honors.
The BAFTAs will be handed out on Feb. 13 at London’s Royal Opera House, two weeks before the Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood.
A complete list of BAFTA nominees follows.
Best Film
“Black Swan” – Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin
“Inception” – Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan...
Tom Hooper’s “The King Speech” led all films with 14 nominations for the Orange British Academy Film Awards, including best picture, best director and acting citations for stars Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter.
Close behind was Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan” with 12 nominations, followed by Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” with nine. Danny Boyle’s “127 Hours” and the Coen brothers’ “True Grit” each came away with eight.
Each of the aforementioned pictures and David Fincher’s Golden Globe-winning “The Social Network” are in the hunt for best film honors.
The BAFTAs will be handed out on Feb. 13 at London’s Royal Opera House, two weeks before the Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood.
A complete list of BAFTA nominees follows.
Best Film
“Black Swan” – Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin
“Inception” – Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan...
- 1/18/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Screen Australia has announced an investment of $15m on 13 productions, including a German/Australian co-production directed by Cate Shortland and development for Bruce Beresford, Sarah Watt and Phillip Noyce projects.
In terms of films, Fred Schepisi’s The Eye of the Storm - which began production without financial support from Screen Australia – is one of the beneficiaries.
Shortland’s co-production Lore will be produced by Liz Watts, Karsten Stöter, Benny Drechsel, Paul Welsh and Gabriele Kranzelbinder and set in 1945 Germany.
The third feature to receive support is Kieran Darcy-Smith’s debut Say Nothing, written in conjuction with Felicity Price and produced by Angie Felder.
TV series The Slap, Cleo and Blood Brother, as well as series two of Spirited. also received financial support.
The agency estimates that these projects will generate production worth $72m.
The projects are:
The Eye Of The Storm
Paper Bark Films Eos Pty Ltd
Executive Producers Jonathan Shteinman,...
In terms of films, Fred Schepisi’s The Eye of the Storm - which began production without financial support from Screen Australia – is one of the beneficiaries.
Shortland’s co-production Lore will be produced by Liz Watts, Karsten Stöter, Benny Drechsel, Paul Welsh and Gabriele Kranzelbinder and set in 1945 Germany.
The third feature to receive support is Kieran Darcy-Smith’s debut Say Nothing, written in conjuction with Felicity Price and produced by Angie Felder.
TV series The Slap, Cleo and Blood Brother, as well as series two of Spirited. also received financial support.
The agency estimates that these projects will generate production worth $72m.
The projects are:
The Eye Of The Storm
Paper Bark Films Eos Pty Ltd
Executive Producers Jonathan Shteinman,...
- 7/9/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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