Outgoing Screen Australia head of First Nations Penny Smallacombe is set to join Bunya Media Group as a producer.
Smallacombe will produce a number of the company’s upcoming projects, including Sbs drama series Copping It Black, working with directors Erica Glynn and Steven McGregor, who both penned the script with Danielle Maclean.
While at Screen Australia, Smallacombe helped shepherd to screen several Bunya Productions projects, including ABC series Mystery Road, Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country and Ivan Sen’s Goldstone, as well as helping to facilitate Bunya Talent Hub LA.
Smallacombe, a Maramanindji woman from the Northern Territory, tells If she has loved Bunya’s “big, bold” output over the past few years, and considers it a privilege to join the team. She is keen to use her new role to continue to bring authentic First Nations stories to screen, particularly from exciting new talent.
“They’re a trusted...
Smallacombe will produce a number of the company’s upcoming projects, including Sbs drama series Copping It Black, working with directors Erica Glynn and Steven McGregor, who both penned the script with Danielle Maclean.
While at Screen Australia, Smallacombe helped shepherd to screen several Bunya Productions projects, including ABC series Mystery Road, Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country and Ivan Sen’s Goldstone, as well as helping to facilitate Bunya Talent Hub LA.
Smallacombe, a Maramanindji woman from the Northern Territory, tells If she has loved Bunya’s “big, bold” output over the past few years, and considers it a privilege to join the team. She is keen to use her new role to continue to bring authentic First Nations stories to screen, particularly from exciting new talent.
“They’re a trusted...
- 5/26/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Anni Browning.
Former Film Finances Australasia head Anni Browning will be the recipient of this year’s Screen Producers Australia (Spa) Lifetime Achievement Award.
Browning announced she was stepping down as managing director of the completion bond company earlier this year, handing the reins to Dan Read. She had worked for the organisation for 22 years, nine of which as its head, but remains in an advisory position.
Invited to join Film Finances Australasia in the 1990s by producer Sue Milliken, Browning brought to the company already 20 years of experience in a range of capacities, including multiple roles in art departments and producing two award-winning documentaries, Canoeing the Murray, for the South Australian Government and Getting Even — Women in Australian Politics, for the ABC.
Over the years, Browning has served as a councillor for Spaa, the Ataea; been a co-convenor of Queer Screen; consulted for Nz On Air, the ABC, the...
Former Film Finances Australasia head Anni Browning will be the recipient of this year’s Screen Producers Australia (Spa) Lifetime Achievement Award.
Browning announced she was stepping down as managing director of the completion bond company earlier this year, handing the reins to Dan Read. She had worked for the organisation for 22 years, nine of which as its head, but remains in an advisory position.
Invited to join Film Finances Australasia in the 1990s by producer Sue Milliken, Browning brought to the company already 20 years of experience in a range of capacities, including multiple roles in art departments and producing two award-winning documentaries, Canoeing the Murray, for the South Australian Government and Getting Even — Women in Australian Politics, for the ABC.
Over the years, Browning has served as a councillor for Spaa, the Ataea; been a co-convenor of Queer Screen; consulted for Nz On Air, the ABC, the...
- 10/17/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Jenny Woods.
Jenny Woods, who died on July 31, aged 75, was one of the behind-the-scenes people who played a role in the establishment of the Australian film industry in the 1970s and 80s, unknown outside the industry but valued and admired within it.
As general manager of the New South Wales Film Corporation from 1977 to 1987, Jenny supported the development and production of iconic films like My Brilliant Career and Newsfront. An extremely capable manager with strong creative skills, she was a key player in identifying scripts and talent and in assisting them into production.
She was a risk taker too, supporting less obvious projects such as The Night The Prowler from a Patrick White story directed by Jim Sharman, and Ray Lawrence’s award winning Bliss, an adaptation of the Peter Carey novel.
The Nswfc was set up under the Wran government to assist in the development of the industry. Its chairman was Paul Riomfalvy,...
Jenny Woods, who died on July 31, aged 75, was one of the behind-the-scenes people who played a role in the establishment of the Australian film industry in the 1970s and 80s, unknown outside the industry but valued and admired within it.
As general manager of the New South Wales Film Corporation from 1977 to 1987, Jenny supported the development and production of iconic films like My Brilliant Career and Newsfront. An extremely capable manager with strong creative skills, she was a key player in identifying scripts and talent and in assisting them into production.
She was a risk taker too, supporting less obvious projects such as The Night The Prowler from a Patrick White story directed by Jim Sharman, and Ray Lawrence’s award winning Bliss, an adaptation of the Peter Carey novel.
The Nswfc was set up under the Wran government to assist in the development of the industry. Its chairman was Paul Riomfalvy,...
- 8/12/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Jenny Woods.
Friends and former colleagues are paying tribute to Jenny Woods, a long-time executive at Film Finances Australasia, as a consummate professional and champion of Australian films and documentaries.
Woods, who died on July 31, aged 75, retired last year after more than five decades in the screen industry, the last 25 years as the documentary representative at Film Finances.
A former general manager of the New South Wales Film Corp., she joined the completion bond company in 1993 at the invitation of then head Sue Milliken and supervised the delivery of more than 400 documentaries.
“In all my years as a distributor we had one film, a feature documentary, which went seriously astray and the investors left responsibility to me to bring in the completion guarantor,” Ronin Films MD Andrew Pike tells If.
“The guarantor was represented by Jenny and she was fabulous – she guided me through the whole difficult process with humour...
Friends and former colleagues are paying tribute to Jenny Woods, a long-time executive at Film Finances Australasia, as a consummate professional and champion of Australian films and documentaries.
Woods, who died on July 31, aged 75, retired last year after more than five decades in the screen industry, the last 25 years as the documentary representative at Film Finances.
A former general manager of the New South Wales Film Corp., she joined the completion bond company in 1993 at the invitation of then head Sue Milliken and supervised the delivery of more than 400 documentaries.
“In all my years as a distributor we had one film, a feature documentary, which went seriously astray and the investors left responsibility to me to bring in the completion guarantor,” Ronin Films MD Andrew Pike tells If.
“The guarantor was represented by Jenny and she was fabulous – she guided me through the whole difficult process with humour...
- 8/5/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Anni Browning accepts the 2017 Spa Award to Film Finances for Best Service and Facilities.
In 22 years with Film Finances Australasia, Anni Browning experienced numerous highs and faced a few challenges as the cinema industry ebbed and flowed.
Browning, who has stepped down as MD of the completion bond company but is still a consultant, supported Rachel Perkins’ debut feature Radiance.
She took one of her biggest risks on a Rolf de Heer movie, which she counts as one of her proudest achievements.
The biggest trend during her time has been the proliferation of low budget films, despite the need to pay crews and allocate reasonable money for post- production. Film Finances bonded a lot of films budgeted at $1 million- $1.5 million and one-off feature docs costing as little as $100,000- $200,000.
One thing which has not remained constant is the insurance bond premium. When she started it was as high as 6 per cent of the budget.
In 22 years with Film Finances Australasia, Anni Browning experienced numerous highs and faced a few challenges as the cinema industry ebbed and flowed.
Browning, who has stepped down as MD of the completion bond company but is still a consultant, supported Rachel Perkins’ debut feature Radiance.
She took one of her biggest risks on a Rolf de Heer movie, which she counts as one of her proudest achievements.
The biggest trend during her time has been the proliferation of low budget films, despite the need to pay crews and allocate reasonable money for post- production. Film Finances bonded a lot of films budgeted at $1 million- $1.5 million and one-off feature docs costing as little as $100,000- $200,000.
One thing which has not remained constant is the insurance bond premium. When she started it was as high as 6 per cent of the budget.
- 7/7/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Anni Browning and Dan Read.
Film Finances Australasia managing director Anni Browning today announced that she will step down from her position, and will be succeeded by Dan Read, who joined Film Finances in 2013 and was appointed as CEO in 2017.
However, Browning will continue in an advisory position for the completion guarantor company into the foreseeable future.
“Dan will do a wonderful job. He knows the people and the business really well. Under his care the company will continue to thrive.
“I have had a fabulous 22 years at Film Finances. But now it is time to hand over the tiller so I can go sailing. It has been a complete privilege to work with so many talented and ingenious filmmakers and help realise so many really wonderful films and TV shows,” Browning said.
“I am not going far and will continue to be available to Dan and our great team.
Film Finances Australasia managing director Anni Browning today announced that she will step down from her position, and will be succeeded by Dan Read, who joined Film Finances in 2013 and was appointed as CEO in 2017.
However, Browning will continue in an advisory position for the completion guarantor company into the foreseeable future.
“Dan will do a wonderful job. He knows the people and the business really well. Under his care the company will continue to thrive.
“I have had a fabulous 22 years at Film Finances. But now it is time to hand over the tiller so I can go sailing. It has been a complete privilege to work with so many talented and ingenious filmmakers and help realise so many really wonderful films and TV shows,” Browning said.
“I am not going far and will continue to be available to Dan and our great team.
- 7/1/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Bruce Leonard (l) receiving the national pioneer of the year award from Mike Selwyn.
Friends and colleagues are mourning Bruce Leonard as a passionate and committed stalwart of the Australian cinema industry.
Leonard, who died at his Sydney home last Wednesday, aged 75, dedicated a large part of his life to the Society of Australian Cinema Pioneers and the Motion Picture Industry Benevolent Society (Mpibs) as national secretary/treasurer of both bodies.
“I had the privilege of knowing and working alongside Bruce for 40 years,“ says Murray Forrest, the chairman of Mpibs. “I witnessed his thoughtfulness, decency and caring for people. He was one of the finest gentlemen I have known in my 50 years in the film industry.”
Former Paramount Pictures MD Mike Selwyn said: “The film industry in Australia has been very fortunate in having a number of people who, after a long career, were willing to devote themselves to helping others in the industry.
Friends and colleagues are mourning Bruce Leonard as a passionate and committed stalwart of the Australian cinema industry.
Leonard, who died at his Sydney home last Wednesday, aged 75, dedicated a large part of his life to the Society of Australian Cinema Pioneers and the Motion Picture Industry Benevolent Society (Mpibs) as national secretary/treasurer of both bodies.
“I had the privilege of knowing and working alongside Bruce for 40 years,“ says Murray Forrest, the chairman of Mpibs. “I witnessed his thoughtfulness, decency and caring for people. He was one of the finest gentlemen I have known in my 50 years in the film industry.”
Former Paramount Pictures MD Mike Selwyn said: “The film industry in Australia has been very fortunate in having a number of people who, after a long career, were willing to devote themselves to helping others in the industry.
- 3/18/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Richard Roxburgh, Daisy Axon and Emma Booth in ‘H is for Happiness.’
For Robert Connolly, 2019 is the year when filmmakers will need to rise to the challenge of the massive success of TV drama by offering unique experiences.
For Sue Maslin, the primary goal is for all players in the screen industry to take a more active part in understanding and shaping theatrical features instead of operating like a stack of dominoes in which “each falling tile triggers the movement along the value chain.”
With too many low budget films chasing too few distributors to qualify for the Producer Offset, Sue Milliken is one of many who advocates the government should start allowing contracts with streaming services as an alternative to the requirement for a theatrical release.
These are among the views on the challenges and opportunities facing the feature film industry from key players collated by If as part...
For Robert Connolly, 2019 is the year when filmmakers will need to rise to the challenge of the massive success of TV drama by offering unique experiences.
For Sue Maslin, the primary goal is for all players in the screen industry to take a more active part in understanding and shaping theatrical features instead of operating like a stack of dominoes in which “each falling tile triggers the movement along the value chain.”
With too many low budget films chasing too few distributors to qualify for the Producer Offset, Sue Milliken is one of many who advocates the government should start allowing contracts with streaming services as an alternative to the requirement for a theatrical release.
These are among the views on the challenges and opportunities facing the feature film industry from key players collated by If as part...
- 1/7/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
(L-r) Andrew Goldsmith, Lucy Hayes and Bradley Slabe.
Bradley Slabe, the co-director with Andrew Goldsmith of the Academy Award-shortlisted animated short Lost & Found, looks set for a major career boost after securing representation in the Us.
The writer-director signed with Los Angeles-based Verve after being introduced to the talent and literary agency by Jonathan Hludzinski, Animal Logic’s senior VP, production.
On the same trip to La he met with four management companies and is yet to decide which one to take on. “My dream is to create my own content but Verve has showed me the IP properties on their roster and asked me which ones I’d like to pitch for,” he tells If.
Slabe, Goldsmith and producer Lucy Hayes are keen to develop a TV series spin-off of Lost & Found, which would look at the community of knitted creatures before their ranks were thinned to two.
Bradley Slabe, the co-director with Andrew Goldsmith of the Academy Award-shortlisted animated short Lost & Found, looks set for a major career boost after securing representation in the Us.
The writer-director signed with Los Angeles-based Verve after being introduced to the talent and literary agency by Jonathan Hludzinski, Animal Logic’s senior VP, production.
On the same trip to La he met with four management companies and is yet to decide which one to take on. “My dream is to create my own content but Verve has showed me the IP properties on their roster and asked me which ones I’d like to pitch for,” he tells If.
Slabe, Goldsmith and producer Lucy Hayes are keen to develop a TV series spin-off of Lost & Found, which would look at the community of knitted creatures before their ranks were thinned to two.
- 1/6/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Japanese social drama “Shoplifters” was named best film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards on Thursday. Directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu, the film previously won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
“’Shoplifters’ turns an intimate story about an unusual family into a metaphorical social analysis that is relevant not only for Japan, but everywhere,” said “Leviathan” producer Alexander Rodnyansky, who headed the main prize jury.
The Jury Grand Prize, or second place award, went to “Burning,” by South Korea’s Lee Chang-dong. The best director prize went to Nadine Labaki for “Capernaum” (Lebanon).
The prizes were presented at a ceremony at the Exhibition & Convention Centre in Brisbane, Australia. Winners each receive a stunning glass ornament made by Brisbane artist Joanna Bone.
Those treading the red carpet included Mpa chief Charles Rivkin, popular Australian actor Jack Thompson, British filmmaker and educationalist David Puttnam, Singaporean director Anthony Chen,...
“’Shoplifters’ turns an intimate story about an unusual family into a metaphorical social analysis that is relevant not only for Japan, but everywhere,” said “Leviathan” producer Alexander Rodnyansky, who headed the main prize jury.
The Jury Grand Prize, or second place award, went to “Burning,” by South Korea’s Lee Chang-dong. The best director prize went to Nadine Labaki for “Capernaum” (Lebanon).
The prizes were presented at a ceremony at the Exhibition & Convention Centre in Brisbane, Australia. Winners each receive a stunning glass ornament made by Brisbane artist Joanna Bone.
Those treading the red carpet included Mpa chief Charles Rivkin, popular Australian actor Jack Thompson, British filmmaker and educationalist David Puttnam, Singaporean director Anthony Chen,...
- 11/29/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Sue Milliken and Bruce Beresford (centre) with the cast of ‘Ladies in Black.’
Bruce Beresford’s Ladies in Black has grossed $11.4 million in seven weeks, encouraging Sony Pictures, which acquired the worldwide rights, to start devising plans to release the comedy-drama in offshore markets.
“The film was always required to establish itself here first before leveraging that success internationally,” Sony Pictures Releasing executive VP Stephen Basil-Jones tells If.
Produced by Sue Milliken and Allanah Zitserman, the 1959-set film is heading for $13 million here and in New Zealand is about to surpass $NZ1 million, which Basil-Jones rates as a superb result, particularly considering Oz films often struggle when they cross the ditch.
In Los Angeles last week he discussed with his colleagues rolling out the film, which stars Julia Ormond, Angourie Rice, Rachael Taylor, Ryan Corr, Alison McGirr, Noni Hazlehurst and Vincent Perez, in the UK and North America. Also he...
Bruce Beresford’s Ladies in Black has grossed $11.4 million in seven weeks, encouraging Sony Pictures, which acquired the worldwide rights, to start devising plans to release the comedy-drama in offshore markets.
“The film was always required to establish itself here first before leveraging that success internationally,” Sony Pictures Releasing executive VP Stephen Basil-Jones tells If.
Produced by Sue Milliken and Allanah Zitserman, the 1959-set film is heading for $13 million here and in New Zealand is about to surpass $NZ1 million, which Basil-Jones rates as a superb result, particularly considering Oz films often struggle when they cross the ditch.
In Los Angeles last week he discussed with his colleagues rolling out the film, which stars Julia Ormond, Angourie Rice, Rachael Taylor, Ryan Corr, Alison McGirr, Noni Hazlehurst and Vincent Perez, in the UK and North America. Also he...
- 11/7/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Nicole Kidman and Joel Edgerton on the set of ‘Boy Erased.’
Joel Edgerton and Simon Baker have scored nominations in the feature film direction and acting categories for Boy Erased and Breath, the first time that’s happened in the same year in AFI | Aacta history.
Edgerton and Baker will compete for four prizes at this year’s awards which will be handed out at an industry luncheon on December 3 and at the ceremony on December 5. Both titles have been nominated for best film and Edgerton and Baker are also in the running for best supporting actor and adapted screenplay.
In total 19 features received nominations, with five vying for best film: Boy Erased, Breath, Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling’s Cargo, Bruce Beresford’s Ladies in Black and Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country.
The five titles competing for the new category of best indie film budgeted under $2 million are the Jacobson brothers’ Sibling Rivalry,...
Joel Edgerton and Simon Baker have scored nominations in the feature film direction and acting categories for Boy Erased and Breath, the first time that’s happened in the same year in AFI | Aacta history.
Edgerton and Baker will compete for four prizes at this year’s awards which will be handed out at an industry luncheon on December 3 and at the ceremony on December 5. Both titles have been nominated for best film and Edgerton and Baker are also in the running for best supporting actor and adapted screenplay.
In total 19 features received nominations, with five vying for best film: Boy Erased, Breath, Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling’s Cargo, Bruce Beresford’s Ladies in Black and Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country.
The five titles competing for the new category of best indie film budgeted under $2 million are the Jacobson brothers’ Sibling Rivalry,...
- 10/29/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Ladies in Black.’
Bruce Beresford’s Ladies in Black opened impressively in Australian cinemas last weekend, considering that the primary target audience – mature cinemagoers – don’t normally rush out to see films in the first weekend.
Benefiting from glowing reviews and copious publicity, the 1959-set comedy-drama starring Julia Ormond, Angourie Rice, Rachael Taylor, Ryan Corr, Alison McGirr, Noni Hazlehurst and Vincent Perez, looks set for a long run.
Perhaps surprisingly, the Sony release did not open at No. 1. That honour went to Universal’s spy comedy Johnny English Strikes Again, seven years after the release of Johnny English Reborn.
Dark comedy/fantasy The House with a Clock in Its Walls opened in top spot in the Us but under-performed here while Warner Bros’ animated adventure Smallfoot began reasonably well, positioned to cash in on the school vacation.
Madman Entertainment launched Ben Lawrence’s feature documentary Ghosthunter, which won the $10,000 Documentary...
Bruce Beresford’s Ladies in Black opened impressively in Australian cinemas last weekend, considering that the primary target audience – mature cinemagoers – don’t normally rush out to see films in the first weekend.
Benefiting from glowing reviews and copious publicity, the 1959-set comedy-drama starring Julia Ormond, Angourie Rice, Rachael Taylor, Ryan Corr, Alison McGirr, Noni Hazlehurst and Vincent Perez, looks set for a long run.
Perhaps surprisingly, the Sony release did not open at No. 1. That honour went to Universal’s spy comedy Johnny English Strikes Again, seven years after the release of Johnny English Reborn.
Dark comedy/fantasy The House with a Clock in Its Walls opened in top spot in the Us but under-performed here while Warner Bros’ animated adventure Smallfoot began reasonably well, positioned to cash in on the school vacation.
Madman Entertainment launched Ben Lawrence’s feature documentary Ghosthunter, which won the $10,000 Documentary...
- 9/24/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Women working at a fancy Sydney department store in 1959 are the subjects of “Ladies in Black,” an uneven dramedy directed and co-written by veteran Australian filmmaker Bruce Beresford. After establishing an interesting picture of conservative Anglo-Australian values clashing with worldly views brought to the new land by post-war immigrants, “Ladies” is let down by a screenplay lacking the sharp wit and emotional depth to bring its characters and themes fully to life. Attractively packaged, optimistic to a fault, and well performed by an ensemble including Julia Ormond and rising local star Angourie Rice, “Ladies” should register as pleasant enough entertainment for general domestic audiences, predominantly older females, although offshore prospects look iffy.
Set in the Sydney of Beresford’s youth and based on the 1993 novel “The Women in Black” by his University of Sydney contemporary Madeleine St John, “Ladies” unfolds in the golden rays of summertime leading up to Christmas.
Set in the Sydney of Beresford’s youth and based on the 1993 novel “The Women in Black” by his University of Sydney contemporary Madeleine St John, “Ladies” unfolds in the golden rays of summertime leading up to Christmas.
- 9/23/2018
- by Richard Kuipers
- Variety Film + TV
Ryan Corr and Rachael Taylor in ‘Ladies in Black.’ (Photo: Ben King)
Ryan Corr played a lot of comedic roles earlier in his career before telling his agent, “I don’t want to play the clown all the time.”
Bruce Beresford’s Ladies in Black enabled the actor to show his comedy chops after a raft of dramatic roles in such movies as Stephen McCallum’s upcoming 1%, Mary Magdalene, Hacksaw Ridge, Holding the Man and TV shows Cleverman, Wanted and Love Child.
He plays Rudi, a debonair, cultured immigrant with a dark past from Hungary who is keen to date Australian women and sets his sights on department store worker Fay (Rachael Taylor) in the 1959-set comedy/drama which opens on Thursday.
Rudi has a lot of amusing lines but there is an edge to the character: Beresford wants audiences to question Rudi’s intentions and whether he is trustworthy until late in the narrative.
Ryan Corr played a lot of comedic roles earlier in his career before telling his agent, “I don’t want to play the clown all the time.”
Bruce Beresford’s Ladies in Black enabled the actor to show his comedy chops after a raft of dramatic roles in such movies as Stephen McCallum’s upcoming 1%, Mary Magdalene, Hacksaw Ridge, Holding the Man and TV shows Cleverman, Wanted and Love Child.
He plays Rudi, a debonair, cultured immigrant with a dark past from Hungary who is keen to date Australian women and sets his sights on department store worker Fay (Rachael Taylor) in the 1959-set comedy/drama which opens on Thursday.
Rudi has a lot of amusing lines but there is an edge to the character: Beresford wants audiences to question Rudi’s intentions and whether he is trustworthy until late in the narrative.
- 9/17/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Alison McGirr and Rachael Taylor in ‘Ladies in Black’ (Photo: Lisa Tomasetti).
Alison McGirr plays a discontented Sydney department store worker whose marriage has gone stale in Bruce Beresford’s Ladies in Black.
Although the comedy-drama is set in 1959, the actress believes it has a lot to say to contemporary audiences.
Adapted by Beresford and producer Sue Milliken from the late Madeleine St John’s 1993 novel ‘The Women in Black’, the plot follows Angourie Rice as Lisa, a shy 16-year-old who takes a holiday job in the department store.
Lisa meets a group of women known as the “ladies in black” and becomes a catalyst who changes their lives in the film which Sony is launching on 300 screens on September 20 .
McGirr’s character Patty is often troubled and irritable due to a disconnect with her hard-working and repressed husband Frank (Luke Pegler).
“Patty’s relationship has gone a bit stale...
Alison McGirr plays a discontented Sydney department store worker whose marriage has gone stale in Bruce Beresford’s Ladies in Black.
Although the comedy-drama is set in 1959, the actress believes it has a lot to say to contemporary audiences.
Adapted by Beresford and producer Sue Milliken from the late Madeleine St John’s 1993 novel ‘The Women in Black’, the plot follows Angourie Rice as Lisa, a shy 16-year-old who takes a holiday job in the department store.
Lisa meets a group of women known as the “ladies in black” and becomes a catalyst who changes their lives in the film which Sony is launching on 300 screens on September 20 .
McGirr’s character Patty is often troubled and irritable due to a disconnect with her hard-working and repressed husband Frank (Luke Pegler).
“Patty’s relationship has gone a bit stale...
- 9/13/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Ladies in Black.’
As momentum builds for the September 20 launch of Bruce Beresford’s Ladies in Black, the distributor and exhibitors are increasingly confident of a sizable opening weekend and a long run sustained by word-of-mouth and repeat business.
Sony Pictures Releasing will launch the 1959-set comedy-drama starring Julia Ormond, Angourie Rice, Rachael Taylor, Ryan Corr, Alison McGirr, Noni Hazlehurst and Vincent Perez on 300 screens.
No one will be watching the opening weekend and the ensuing business more closely than the team at Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, which snapped up global distribution rights last year.
“We aim to establish the film as a major success, which will make the rest of the world sit up and take notice,” Sony Releasing MD Stephen Basil-Jones tells If.
A Q&A screening with Beresford at the Hayden Orpheum on Tuesday night and a preview at the Randwick Ritz on Wednesday night are sold out.
As momentum builds for the September 20 launch of Bruce Beresford’s Ladies in Black, the distributor and exhibitors are increasingly confident of a sizable opening weekend and a long run sustained by word-of-mouth and repeat business.
Sony Pictures Releasing will launch the 1959-set comedy-drama starring Julia Ormond, Angourie Rice, Rachael Taylor, Ryan Corr, Alison McGirr, Noni Hazlehurst and Vincent Perez on 300 screens.
No one will be watching the opening weekend and the ensuing business more closely than the team at Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, which snapped up global distribution rights last year.
“We aim to establish the film as a major success, which will make the rest of the world sit up and take notice,” Sony Releasing MD Stephen Basil-Jones tells If.
A Q&A screening with Beresford at the Hayden Orpheum on Tuesday night and a preview at the Randwick Ritz on Wednesday night are sold out.
- 9/11/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Bruce Beresford..
Bruce Beresford has worked on Us movies and TV shows for decades, so he was ill-prepared when Us authorities cancelled his visa waiver.
The director told If he and his wife Virginia Duigan were halted at the Us-Canadian border at the Great Lakes last month and refused entry.
Their .crime.? Beresford and Duigan had visited the Fajr Film Festival and Market in Tehran in 2014, where the director served on the jury.
When he applied last December for the Esta (Electronic System Travel Authorisation), which enables Aussies to visit the Us without a visa for up to 90 days, he did not note that he had been to Iran because he did not realise the country was on the banned list imposed by President Trump.
When he asked a border official what would have happened if he had declared the visit to Iran, he was told the Esta would have been refused.
Bruce Beresford has worked on Us movies and TV shows for decades, so he was ill-prepared when Us authorities cancelled his visa waiver.
The director told If he and his wife Virginia Duigan were halted at the Us-Canadian border at the Great Lakes last month and refused entry.
Their .crime.? Beresford and Duigan had visited the Fajr Film Festival and Market in Tehran in 2014, where the director served on the jury.
When he applied last December for the Esta (Electronic System Travel Authorisation), which enables Aussies to visit the Us without a visa for up to 90 days, he did not note that he had been to Iran because he did not realise the country was on the banned list imposed by President Trump.
When he asked a border official what would have happened if he had declared the visit to Iran, he was told the Esta would have been refused.
- 6/4/2017
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Bruce Beresford.
Bruce Beresford will shoot Ladies in Black in Sydney later this year, after securing production investment funding from Screen Australia.
The feature is based on Madeleine St John.s 1993 novel The Women in Black. The book was turned into a musical by musician Tim Finn in 2015, though the film is an adaptation of the novel, not the musical.
Set in Sydney in the summer of 1959, Ladies in Black is the story of suburban schoolgirl Lisa, who takes a summer job at a large department store where she works alongside a group of saleswomen who open her eyes to a world beyond her sheltered existence.
The film will be produced by Allanah Zitserman and Samson Productions. Sue Milliken. Beresford and Milliken have written the screenplay, and Morris Ruskin of The Ruskin Company will executive produce.
Beresford said he had been obsessed with adapting the book since being introduced to it by Clive James.
Bruce Beresford will shoot Ladies in Black in Sydney later this year, after securing production investment funding from Screen Australia.
The feature is based on Madeleine St John.s 1993 novel The Women in Black. The book was turned into a musical by musician Tim Finn in 2015, though the film is an adaptation of the novel, not the musical.
Set in Sydney in the summer of 1959, Ladies in Black is the story of suburban schoolgirl Lisa, who takes a summer job at a large department store where she works alongside a group of saleswomen who open her eyes to a world beyond her sheltered existence.
The film will be produced by Allanah Zitserman and Samson Productions. Sue Milliken. Beresford and Milliken have written the screenplay, and Morris Ruskin of The Ruskin Company will executive produce.
Beresford said he had been obsessed with adapting the book since being introduced to it by Clive James.
- 3/21/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Sue Milliken.
After a stint at the ABC, Sue Milliken began producing in the late 1970.s with Tom Jeffrey. Together they produced.Weekend of Shadows.(1977),.The Odd Angry Shot.(1978) and.Fighting Back.(1981).
Milliken produced.The Fringe Dwellers.(1985),.Black Robe.(1991) and.Paradise Road.(1996) for Bruce Beresford, with whom she has just published a book of correspondence,.There.s A Fax From Bruce, through Currency Press.
The veteran's other credits includes.Sirens, Dating The Enemy, Imax documentary.Sydney: A Story of a City, 2001 TV mini.My Brother Jack, Colin Friels feature.Solo, and sixty six episodes (three seasons) of sci-fi series.Farscape.for the Jim Henson Company..
Milliken recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Australian International Movie Convention. Her book of correspondence with the director Bruce Beresford,.There.s A Fax From Bruce, was published in June through Currency Press.
She spoke to.If.about her next feature, her new book and Gender Matters.
After a stint at the ABC, Sue Milliken began producing in the late 1970.s with Tom Jeffrey. Together they produced.Weekend of Shadows.(1977),.The Odd Angry Shot.(1978) and.Fighting Back.(1981).
Milliken produced.The Fringe Dwellers.(1985),.Black Robe.(1991) and.Paradise Road.(1996) for Bruce Beresford, with whom she has just published a book of correspondence,.There.s A Fax From Bruce, through Currency Press.
The veteran's other credits includes.Sirens, Dating The Enemy, Imax documentary.Sydney: A Story of a City, 2001 TV mini.My Brother Jack, Colin Friels feature.Solo, and sixty six episodes (three seasons) of sci-fi series.Farscape.for the Jim Henson Company..
Milliken recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Australian International Movie Convention. Her book of correspondence with the director Bruce Beresford,.There.s A Fax From Bruce, was published in June through Currency Press.
She spoke to.If.about her next feature, her new book and Gender Matters.
- 11/20/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Sam Neill, Sue Milliken, Anthony Buckley (Photo credit: Peter Jackson).
The 71st Australian International Movie Convention wrapped last week, with a delegation of just over 1,000 converging on the Gold Coast for the five-night-four-day convention.
Seven features screened at Aimc, including three Australian films: Don.t Tell — attended by cast members Jack Thompson Am, Rachel Griffiths, Sara West, Gyton Grantley, Martin Sacks and Robert Coleby; Jasper Jones — introduced by director Rachel Perkins; and Transmission's Oscar contender Lion — attended by mother and son Sue and Saroo Brierley, on whose story the film is based.
Sam Neill followed in the footsteps of Jack Thompson, winning the Aimc Lifetime Achievement award, and used the occassion to read out amusing testimonials from the likes of Bryan Brown, Rob Sitch and John Cleese congratulating him on his award..
Neill.s Hunt for the Wilderpeople director Taika Waititi watched on, fresh from the set of Thor: Ragnarok,...
The 71st Australian International Movie Convention wrapped last week, with a delegation of just over 1,000 converging on the Gold Coast for the five-night-four-day convention.
Seven features screened at Aimc, including three Australian films: Don.t Tell — attended by cast members Jack Thompson Am, Rachel Griffiths, Sara West, Gyton Grantley, Martin Sacks and Robert Coleby; Jasper Jones — introduced by director Rachel Perkins; and Transmission's Oscar contender Lion — attended by mother and son Sue and Saroo Brierley, on whose story the film is based.
Sam Neill followed in the footsteps of Jack Thompson, winning the Aimc Lifetime Achievement award, and used the occassion to read out amusing testimonials from the likes of Bryan Brown, Rob Sitch and John Cleese congratulating him on his award..
Neill.s Hunt for the Wilderpeople director Taika Waititi watched on, fresh from the set of Thor: Ragnarok,...
- 10/17/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Sam Neill, Sue Milliken, Anthony Buckley (Photo credit: Peter Jackson).
The 71st Australian International Movie Convention wrapped last week, with a delegation of just over 1,000 converging on the Gold Coast for the five-night-four-day convention.
Seven features screened at Aimc, including three Australian films: Don.t Tell — attended by cast members Jack Thompson Am, Rachel Griffiths, Sara West, Gyton Grantley, Martin Sacks and Robert Coleby; Jasper Jones — introduced by director Rachel Perkins; and Transmission's Oscar contender Lion — attended by mother and son Sue and Saroo Brierley, on whose story the film is based.
Sam Neill followed in the footsteps of Jack Thompson, winning the Aimc Lifetime Achievement award, and used the occassion to read out amusing testimonials from the likes of Bryan Brown, Rob Sitch and John Cleese congratulating him on his award..
Neill.s Hunt for the Wilderpeople director Taika Waititi watched on, fresh from the set of Thor: Ragnarok,...
The 71st Australian International Movie Convention wrapped last week, with a delegation of just over 1,000 converging on the Gold Coast for the five-night-four-day convention.
Seven features screened at Aimc, including three Australian films: Don.t Tell — attended by cast members Jack Thompson Am, Rachel Griffiths, Sara West, Gyton Grantley, Martin Sacks and Robert Coleby; Jasper Jones — introduced by director Rachel Perkins; and Transmission's Oscar contender Lion — attended by mother and son Sue and Saroo Brierley, on whose story the film is based.
Sam Neill followed in the footsteps of Jack Thompson, winning the Aimc Lifetime Achievement award, and used the occassion to read out amusing testimonials from the likes of Bryan Brown, Rob Sitch and John Cleese congratulating him on his award..
Neill.s Hunt for the Wilderpeople director Taika Waititi watched on, fresh from the set of Thor: Ragnarok,...
- 10/17/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia.s decision to hand back the rights of 1,200 titles to the producers, effective July 1, will result in the reissue on DVD and pay TV of some films and TV productions that have long been out of circulation.
While few if any producers expect to get rich from regaining the rights, the move has been widely welcomed.
The agency has clarified that the concession applies to all projects, including features, miniseries, series and telemovies funded by the Film Finance Corp. and during Screen Australia.s first year, that were released or broadcast in the seven years prior to December 31 2008.
The handover has been brought forward by six months. All rights minus a 1% copyright fee revert back to producers.
Producer Matt Carroll is looking forward to exploring the potential of new revenue sources for Passion, his 1993 drama about composer Percy Grainger, which starred Richard Roxburgh. Beyond Films handled the film directed by Peter Duncan.
While few if any producers expect to get rich from regaining the rights, the move has been widely welcomed.
The agency has clarified that the concession applies to all projects, including features, miniseries, series and telemovies funded by the Film Finance Corp. and during Screen Australia.s first year, that were released or broadcast in the seven years prior to December 31 2008.
The handover has been brought forward by six months. All rights minus a 1% copyright fee revert back to producers.
Producer Matt Carroll is looking forward to exploring the potential of new revenue sources for Passion, his 1993 drama about composer Percy Grainger, which starred Richard Roxburgh. Beyond Films handled the film directed by Peter Duncan.
- 6/29/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia.s decision to hand back the rights of 1,200 titles to the producers, effective July 1, is likely to result in the reissue on DVD and pay TV of some films and TV productions that have long been out of circulation.
While few if any producers expect to get rich from regaining the rights, the move has been widely welcomed.
The agency has clarified that the concession applies to all projects, including features, miniseries, tv series and telemovies funded by the Film Finance Corp. and during Screen Australia.s first year, that were released or broadcast in the seven years prior to December 31 2008.
The handover has been brought forward by six months.
Producer Matt Carroll is looking forward to exploring the potential of new revenue sources for Passion, his 1993 drama about composer Percy Grainger, which starred Richard Roxburgh. Beyond Films handled the film directed by Peter Duncan.
The topic may...
While few if any producers expect to get rich from regaining the rights, the move has been widely welcomed.
The agency has clarified that the concession applies to all projects, including features, miniseries, tv series and telemovies funded by the Film Finance Corp. and during Screen Australia.s first year, that were released or broadcast in the seven years prior to December 31 2008.
The handover has been brought forward by six months.
Producer Matt Carroll is looking forward to exploring the potential of new revenue sources for Passion, his 1993 drama about composer Percy Grainger, which starred Richard Roxburgh. Beyond Films handled the film directed by Peter Duncan.
The topic may...
- 6/29/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The National Film and Sound Archive Strategic Plan 2015-2018 sets some ambitious targets while making a strong case for additional government funding.
Released on Thursday, the document warns, .Unless we substantially increase revenue, from government as well as private sources, the organisation will run the risk of under-performing on a range of government expectations and will not be able to deliver to our constituencies what they are entitled to expect..
In the next three years the institution aims to to boost sponsorship, fund raising and commercial activities to generate $2 million per year.
It is committed to provide a new range of curated public programs including theatrical screenings of up to 10 restored or remastered Australian films annually.
And it will continue to lobby the federal government to make it mandatory for producers of audiovisual works to offer digital copies to the Archive.
The release of the plan follows 10 months of workshops...
Released on Thursday, the document warns, .Unless we substantially increase revenue, from government as well as private sources, the organisation will run the risk of under-performing on a range of government expectations and will not be able to deliver to our constituencies what they are entitled to expect..
In the next three years the institution aims to to boost sponsorship, fund raising and commercial activities to generate $2 million per year.
It is committed to provide a new range of curated public programs including theatrical screenings of up to 10 restored or remastered Australian films annually.
And it will continue to lobby the federal government to make it mandatory for producers of audiovisual works to offer digital copies to the Archive.
The release of the plan follows 10 months of workshops...
- 4/9/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Richard Soames, a well-known and influential figure in the Australian screen industry for 30 years, has died at his home in Los Angeles, aged 78. Soames was the long-time CEO of completion guarantor Film Finances, the first company to provide completion guarantees at the introduction of the 10Ba tax incentives in 1981. The London-born Soames joined Film Finances in the early 1970s and expanded the business in the Us, Canada and Australia. "Richard was such a part of the scene down here in the 80s and 90s," said Sue Milliken, who represented Film Finances in Australia until Anni Browning took over as MD in 2010. "He visited at least three times a year, travelled all over the country to film locations and he was on the telex and later the fax and email on a daily basis no matter where he was in the world. Our working relationship was a fantastic one, based totally on trust.
- 11/6/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The chorus of voices calling for a review of the process for approving imported actors in Australian taxpayer-funded film and TV productions is growing louder.
Actor Roy Billing reignited the debate in his Op Ed piece for If when he asked his union Actors. Equity to ease the restrictions on foreign actors.
Billing argued that allowing more overseas actors to work here would boost production, creating more work for actors, crew, directors and writers. He suggested decisions on importing actors should be made collectively by representatives of all industry guilds and organisations.
Today Billing went even further, telling If, .I think that Equity and their Npc (national performers committee) should be completely taken out of any decision-making regarding the importation of foreign actors."
The actor describes the support he has received from all sectors of the industry - producers, directors, casting agents, government film bureaucrats and even actors- as overwhelming.
Actor Roy Billing reignited the debate in his Op Ed piece for If when he asked his union Actors. Equity to ease the restrictions on foreign actors.
Billing argued that allowing more overseas actors to work here would boost production, creating more work for actors, crew, directors and writers. He suggested decisions on importing actors should be made collectively by representatives of all industry guilds and organisations.
Today Billing went even further, telling If, .I think that Equity and their Npc (national performers committee) should be completely taken out of any decision-making regarding the importation of foreign actors."
The actor describes the support he has received from all sectors of the industry - producers, directors, casting agents, government film bureaucrats and even actors- as overwhelming.
- 9/22/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The campaign for a new, custom-built headquarters for the National Film and Sound Archive is gaining momentum among a wide section of the screen industry.
Producer Tony Buckley got the ball rolling when he wrote to Arts Minister George Brandis and Nsw Premier Mike Baird urging both governments to fund a new home for the institution, preferably in Sydney. A former council member of the Nfsa and a screen industry practitioner for 60 years, Buckley points out the Nfsa is the only federally-funded arts museum/ archive that has never had a purpose-built home. The initiative is being backed enthusiastically by some heavyweight players in the screen industry.
David Seargeant, CEO of Amalgamated Holdings Ltd., which owns Event Cinemas, Greater Union and Birch, Carroll & Coyle, told Buckley this is .a great initiative which we totally support . even more particularly through our relationship with the Archive and the collection both ourselves and Fox donated.
Producer Tony Buckley got the ball rolling when he wrote to Arts Minister George Brandis and Nsw Premier Mike Baird urging both governments to fund a new home for the institution, preferably in Sydney. A former council member of the Nfsa and a screen industry practitioner for 60 years, Buckley points out the Nfsa is the only federally-funded arts museum/ archive that has never had a purpose-built home. The initiative is being backed enthusiastically by some heavyweight players in the screen industry.
David Seargeant, CEO of Amalgamated Holdings Ltd., which owns Event Cinemas, Greater Union and Birch, Carroll & Coyle, told Buckley this is .a great initiative which we totally support . even more particularly through our relationship with the Archive and the collection both ourselves and Fox donated.
- 9/17/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
A scene from winning film Paper Planes..
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Robert Connolly.s family feature Paper Planes has taken out Australia.s richest film prize of $100,000 at the seventh annual CinéfestOZ Film Festival on Saturday night..
Paper Planes follows 11-year old Dylan (Ed Oxenbould) whose life changes after winning a place in the regional paper planes competition in Sydney. This achievement takes him far from his country home and depressed father (Sam Worthington), all the way to the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan.
The film beat out five other contenders; Matt Saville.s Felony, Stephen Lance.s My Mistress, Julius Avery.s Son of a Gun, John V Soto.s The Reckoning and Russell Vines. documentary The Waler . Australia.s Great War Horse. (All finalist synopses listed below).
.I.m so, so happy,. Connolly said of his win. .I.m really excited because we are planning for a Christmas/January release and...
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Robert Connolly.s family feature Paper Planes has taken out Australia.s richest film prize of $100,000 at the seventh annual CinéfestOZ Film Festival on Saturday night..
Paper Planes follows 11-year old Dylan (Ed Oxenbould) whose life changes after winning a place in the regional paper planes competition in Sydney. This achievement takes him far from his country home and depressed father (Sam Worthington), all the way to the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan.
The film beat out five other contenders; Matt Saville.s Felony, Stephen Lance.s My Mistress, Julius Avery.s Son of a Gun, John V Soto.s The Reckoning and Russell Vines. documentary The Waler . Australia.s Great War Horse. (All finalist synopses listed below).
.I.m so, so happy,. Connolly said of his win. .I.m really excited because we are planning for a Christmas/January release and...
- 8/23/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
The instigator of a petition calling on the National Film and Sound Archive to be more transparent in the restructure of the Archive and the resulting job losses is disappointed with the response from Nfsa chair Gabrielle Trainor.
Former Melbourne Film Festival director Geoff Gardner says there is little in the letter he got from Trainor to suggest the issues raised in the petition are being addressed.
Signed by 140 directors, producers, writers, actors, academics and journalists, the petition called on the Nfsa to release a business review carried out by CEO Michael Loebenstein and to hold a series of open forums before final decisions are made on terminations and personnel restructures.
The signatories include Acs president Ron Johanson, Adg president Ray Argall, producers Tony Buckley, Richard Brennan and Sue Milliken, actor Jack Thompson, former Nfsa development manager Dominic Case, writer Frank Moorhouse, documentary makers Bob Connolly, Sharon Connolly, David Bradbury,...
Former Melbourne Film Festival director Geoff Gardner says there is little in the letter he got from Trainor to suggest the issues raised in the petition are being addressed.
Signed by 140 directors, producers, writers, actors, academics and journalists, the petition called on the Nfsa to release a business review carried out by CEO Michael Loebenstein and to hold a series of open forums before final decisions are made on terminations and personnel restructures.
The signatories include Acs president Ron Johanson, Adg president Ray Argall, producers Tony Buckley, Richard Brennan and Sue Milliken, actor Jack Thompson, former Nfsa development manager Dominic Case, writer Frank Moorhouse, documentary makers Bob Connolly, Sharon Connolly, David Bradbury,...
- 5/21/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The instigator of a petition calling on the National Film and Sound Archive to be more transparent in the restructure of the Archive and the resulting job losses is disappointed with the response from Nfsa chair Gabrielle Trainor.
Former Melbourne Film Festival director Geoff Gardner says there is little in the letter he got from Trainor to suggest the issues raised in the petition are being addressed.
Signed by 140 directors, producers, writers, actors, academics and journalists, the petition called on the Nfsa to release a business review carried out by CEO Michael Loebenstein and to hold a series of open forums before final decisions are made on terminations, sackings and personnel restructures.
The signatories include Acs president Ron Johanson, Adg president Ray Argall, producers Tony Buckley, Richard Brennan and Sue Milliken, actor Jack Thomson, former Nfsa development manager Dominic Case, writer Frank Moorhouse, documentary makers Bob Connolly, Sharon Connolly, David Bradbury,...
Former Melbourne Film Festival director Geoff Gardner says there is little in the letter he got from Trainor to suggest the issues raised in the petition are being addressed.
Signed by 140 directors, producers, writers, actors, academics and journalists, the petition called on the Nfsa to release a business review carried out by CEO Michael Loebenstein and to hold a series of open forums before final decisions are made on terminations, sackings and personnel restructures.
The signatories include Acs president Ron Johanson, Adg president Ray Argall, producers Tony Buckley, Richard Brennan and Sue Milliken, actor Jack Thomson, former Nfsa development manager Dominic Case, writer Frank Moorhouse, documentary makers Bob Connolly, Sharon Connolly, David Bradbury,...
- 5/21/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The National Film and Sound Archive and the Australian Film Television and Radio School have not escaped unscathed from the federal Budget cuts.
Meanwhile, the lack of transparency in a pending restructure of the Nfsa has been criticised by producers, directors, writers, actors, academics and journalists.
The Nfsa received $27.07 million from the government in the current financial year. That falls to $25.9 million for each of the next two fiscal years. The allocations beyond that are $25.74 million and $26.01 million.
It is not clear how the government.s announcement that $2.4 million will be saved over four years by consolidating the back office functions of a number of Canberra-based collection agencies including the Nfsa, National Gallery of Australia, National Library of Australia and Old Parliament House will affect the Archive.
In April, Nfsa CEO Michael Loebenstein announced a restructuring entailing shedding jobs and reducing its touring program and the number of events at its Arc cinema in Canberra,...
Meanwhile, the lack of transparency in a pending restructure of the Nfsa has been criticised by producers, directors, writers, actors, academics and journalists.
The Nfsa received $27.07 million from the government in the current financial year. That falls to $25.9 million for each of the next two fiscal years. The allocations beyond that are $25.74 million and $26.01 million.
It is not clear how the government.s announcement that $2.4 million will be saved over four years by consolidating the back office functions of a number of Canberra-based collection agencies including the Nfsa, National Gallery of Australia, National Library of Australia and Old Parliament House will affect the Archive.
In April, Nfsa CEO Michael Loebenstein announced a restructuring entailing shedding jobs and reducing its touring program and the number of events at its Arc cinema in Canberra,...
- 5/14/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Producer David Hannay will be remembered as one of the pioneers of the modern Australian film industry, a passionate cinephile, mentor and loyal friend.
The Nz-born filmmaker whose career spanned seven decades died on Monday, aged 74, after a long battle with cancer.
He entered the film industry at Artransa Park Studios in 1958 as an extras casting assistant on Ray Lawler's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.
As a producer and executive producer he was involved in more than 50 film and television productions. His feature film credits include Stone, The Man From Hong Kong, Solo, Death of a Soldier, Emma.s War, Mapantsula, Shotgun Wedding, Gross Misconduct, Dead Funny, Savage Play, Love in Ambush and the feature documentary Stone Forever.
He was Head of Production for Gemini Productions (which merged with the Grundy Organisation in 1977) from 1970 to 1973 and again from 1975 to 1976, and general manager of the Greater Union production subsidiary The...
The Nz-born filmmaker whose career spanned seven decades died on Monday, aged 74, after a long battle with cancer.
He entered the film industry at Artransa Park Studios in 1958 as an extras casting assistant on Ray Lawler's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.
As a producer and executive producer he was involved in more than 50 film and television productions. His feature film credits include Stone, The Man From Hong Kong, Solo, Death of a Soldier, Emma.s War, Mapantsula, Shotgun Wedding, Gross Misconduct, Dead Funny, Savage Play, Love in Ambush and the feature documentary Stone Forever.
He was Head of Production for Gemini Productions (which merged with the Grundy Organisation in 1977) from 1970 to 1973 and again from 1975 to 1976, and general manager of the Greater Union production subsidiary The...
- 3/31/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
On Sunday Jacki Weaver was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia. Today the Animal Kingdom and Silver Linings Playbook star was named the recipient of the Aacta Raymond Longford Award.
The actress joins the ranks of previous Longford honourees including directors George Miller, Fred Schepisi and Peter Weir, actors Jack Thompson, Geoffrey Rush and Ray Barrett and producers Tony Buckley, Al Clark, Jan Chapman, Patricia Lovell and Sue Milliken.
Weaver will receive the award, named after cinema pioneer Raymond Longford to recognise individuals who have made outstanding contributions to Australia.s screen culture, at the 3rd Aacta Awards ceremony on Thursday in Sydney.
Her career spans five decades. Her first major acting role was a stage production of Cinderella in 1964, when she was 15. A leading light of the Australian film renaissance, her credits include Stork (1971), Alvin Purple (1973) Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and Caddie (1976).
In her international breakthrough, she...
The actress joins the ranks of previous Longford honourees including directors George Miller, Fred Schepisi and Peter Weir, actors Jack Thompson, Geoffrey Rush and Ray Barrett and producers Tony Buckley, Al Clark, Jan Chapman, Patricia Lovell and Sue Milliken.
Weaver will receive the award, named after cinema pioneer Raymond Longford to recognise individuals who have made outstanding contributions to Australia.s screen culture, at the 3rd Aacta Awards ceremony on Thursday in Sydney.
Her career spans five decades. Her first major acting role was a stage production of Cinderella in 1964, when she was 15. A leading light of the Australian film renaissance, her credits include Stork (1971), Alvin Purple (1973) Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and Caddie (1976).
In her international breakthrough, she...
- 1/26/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The decision by the AFI/Aacta to maintain seven awards for non-Australian films while combining the best TV comedy and best light entertainment series into one category has been challenged by several producers.
They question why money and resources are being poured into the Aacta International Awards in Los Angeles when the AFI/Aacta is struggling financially due to lack of sponsorship and screen industry support.
Other producers defend the International Awards as a way for the organisation to build the brand and strive to make the awards more valuable to private and government sponsors
AFI/Aacta CEO Damian Trewhella tells If it is simplistic and wrong to believe that ditching the international categories would free up more money for the Australian awards. He says the international awards subsidise the Oz awards.
Producer Anthony Buckley decries .the absurd pomposity of seven international awards. while financial constraints forced the organisation to...
They question why money and resources are being poured into the Aacta International Awards in Los Angeles when the AFI/Aacta is struggling financially due to lack of sponsorship and screen industry support.
Other producers defend the International Awards as a way for the organisation to build the brand and strive to make the awards more valuable to private and government sponsors
AFI/Aacta CEO Damian Trewhella tells If it is simplistic and wrong to believe that ditching the international categories would free up more money for the Australian awards. He says the international awards subsidise the Oz awards.
Producer Anthony Buckley decries .the absurd pomposity of seven international awards. while financial constraints forced the organisation to...
- 12/16/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Jill Robb began her career as a stand-in for English actress Jill Adams in director Lee Robinson.s film Dust in the Sun, a drama about a policeman who is attacked while escorting an Aboriginal prisoner to trial.
She wrongly thought stand-in meant understudy so she memorised the entire script en route to the location in the Northern Territory. That was in 1958.
Robb quickly discovered her forte was in producing and later as an executive. She was the first marketing and distribution manager at the South Australian Film Corp, the inaugural CEO of Film Victoria and a founding member of the board of the Australian Film Commission.
Her illustrious career was honoured on Thursday night when she received the Cinema Pioneer of the Year award from the Australian Society of Cinema Pioneers. .Jill is a great dame and a truly distinguished recipient,. said her long-time friend, producer Sue Milliken in presenting the award.
She wrongly thought stand-in meant understudy so she memorised the entire script en route to the location in the Northern Territory. That was in 1958.
Robb quickly discovered her forte was in producing and later as an executive. She was the first marketing and distribution manager at the South Australian Film Corp, the inaugural CEO of Film Victoria and a founding member of the board of the Australian Film Commission.
Her illustrious career was honoured on Thursday night when she received the Cinema Pioneer of the Year award from the Australian Society of Cinema Pioneers. .Jill is a great dame and a truly distinguished recipient,. said her long-time friend, producer Sue Milliken in presenting the award.
- 11/15/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Regardless of which side wins Saturday.s election, the incoming government is not likely to provide any immediate stimulus or benefit to the screen production industry, except a tightening of the copyright laws.
But the screen sector has little to fear if the Coalition is swept to power, according to If.s admittedly unscientific survey of industry players.
Given the ballooning deficit facing the new government, the industry probably cannot expect any short-term increase to the 16.5% location rebate or the doubling of the 20% producer offset for TV fare.
Senator George Brandis, the shadow Arts Minister and Attorney-General, has flagged that, if elected, he will oppose a relaxation of the copyright laws foreshadowed in a review by the Australian Law Reform Commission, which is due to be delivered in November.
Spaa executive director Matthew Deaner has warned the Alrc.s recommendations would repeal all existing copyright exceptions and replace them with...
But the screen sector has little to fear if the Coalition is swept to power, according to If.s admittedly unscientific survey of industry players.
Given the ballooning deficit facing the new government, the industry probably cannot expect any short-term increase to the 16.5% location rebate or the doubling of the 20% producer offset for TV fare.
Senator George Brandis, the shadow Arts Minister and Attorney-General, has flagged that, if elected, he will oppose a relaxation of the copyright laws foreshadowed in a review by the Australian Law Reform Commission, which is due to be delivered in November.
Spaa executive director Matthew Deaner has warned the Alrc.s recommendations would repeal all existing copyright exceptions and replace them with...
- 9/1/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Home Invasion is a weekly post every Tuesday which shows you what is being released on Blu-Ray & DVD today! We scoured through Amazon to bring you everything you might be interested in. Our Picks of the Week are releases that we are looking forward to checking out, have reviewed and/or were are Picks of the Week on the Dtb Podcast. All descriptions are courtesy of Amazon.com unless noted otherwise. If you are thinking about purchasing any of these items, by clicking via the links provided, you are supporting Dtb. Thank you!
Not a lot of releases this week due to the holiday but there are definitely some titles worth checking out!
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This film leans towards cult than horror, obviously. Death is a band that will blow your mind that you haven’t heard of them sooner.
Not a lot of releases this week due to the holiday but there are definitely some titles worth checking out!
Price: $22.93
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This film leans towards cult than horror, obviously. Death is a band that will blow your mind that you haven’t heard of them sooner.
- 8/12/2013
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
After 50 years in the film industry, producer Sue Milliken is convinced the current funding structure of government investment and the producer tax offset isn't working. Milliken regards the formation of Screen Australia as a wasted opportunity to revitalise the industry and she questions the value of the Australian Film Institute/ Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta). She outlines her vision for a more efficient and better targeted funding system in her new book, Selective Memory: A Life in Film. The tome is primarily an insightful and colourful memoir of a producer who served her apprenticeship at the ABC in the 1960s on Skippy and worked with the legendary TV producer Hector Crawford before embarking on films including The Odd Angry Shot, The Fringe Dwellers, Black Robe, Sirens,.. Dating the Enemy and Paradise Road, and serving as a completion guarantor. Like many in the industry, she hoped the amalgamation...
- 6/25/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Danish producer Lene Børglum, Australian producer Sue Milliken ("Black Robe," "Paradise Road"), and "Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn are all seat to team on a drug running feature.
English cinematographer Larry Smith ("Bronson," "Only God Forgives") will make his feature directing debut on the project entitled "Trafficker." Ken Kwek ("The Blue Mansion") penned the script which is being described as an Australian movie set in the Vietnamese-run drug world.
Børglum and Smith were in Melbourne last week scouting locations and seeking financial and distributor support. Børglum, Milliken, and Refn’s Space Rocket Nation will co-produce the feature.
Source: Deadline...
English cinematographer Larry Smith ("Bronson," "Only God Forgives") will make his feature directing debut on the project entitled "Trafficker." Ken Kwek ("The Blue Mansion") penned the script which is being described as an Australian movie set in the Vietnamese-run drug world.
Børglum and Smith were in Melbourne last week scouting locations and seeking financial and distributor support. Børglum, Milliken, and Refn’s Space Rocket Nation will co-produce the feature.
Source: Deadline...
- 11/19/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Filmmaker Bruce Beresford ("Driving Miss Dairy," "Breaker Morant") has set up the biopic "The White Mouse" on his future schedule with funding being arranged and shooting to begin around this time next year reports Variety.
'Mouse' will explore the true story of Nancy Wake, Australia's most decorated servicewoman who worked with the French Resistance to save downed Allied airmen in France.
Wake, who died this past weekend at the age of 98, already saw her story adapted both into the British TV series "Wish Me Luck", a 1987 Aussie TV movie starring Noni Hazlehurst, and the novel and later Cate Blanchett-led film "Charlotte Gray" which combined elements of both her exploits and British secret service agent Pearl Cornioley.
Peter Glover and Sue Milliken will produce. The news comes as Beresford's immediate next project is "Banjo & Matilda," another Aussie hero biopic - this one about legendary bush poet Banjo Paterson who wrote...
'Mouse' will explore the true story of Nancy Wake, Australia's most decorated servicewoman who worked with the French Resistance to save downed Allied airmen in France.
Wake, who died this past weekend at the age of 98, already saw her story adapted both into the British TV series "Wish Me Luck", a 1987 Aussie TV movie starring Noni Hazlehurst, and the novel and later Cate Blanchett-led film "Charlotte Gray" which combined elements of both her exploits and British secret service agent Pearl Cornioley.
Peter Glover and Sue Milliken will produce. The news comes as Beresford's immediate next project is "Banjo & Matilda," another Aussie hero biopic - this one about legendary bush poet Banjo Paterson who wrote...
- 8/9/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The White Mouse to be directed by Bruce Beresford, a biopic on Australian war hero Nancy Wake Peter Glover and Sue Milliken are producing the The White Mouse while Beresford is arranging funding and casting, reports Variety. Wake died this past weekend at age 98 and was Australia's most decorated servicewoman, having worked with the French Resistance to save fallen Allied airmen in France. Wake has already been the subject of a mini series in the 1980s as well as books and was an inspiration for Charlotte Gray starring Cate Blanchett.
- 8/9/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The White Mouse to be directed by Bruce Beresford, a biopic on Australian war hero Nancy Wake Peter Glover and Sue Milliken are producing the The White Mouse while Beresford is arranging funding and casting, reports Variety. Wake died this past weekend at age 98 and was Australia's most decorated servicewoman, having worked with the French Resistance to save fallen Allied airmen in France. Wake has already been the subject of a mini series in the 1980s as well as books and was an inspiration for Charlotte Gray starring Cate Blanchett.
- 8/9/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The White Mouse to be directed by Bruce Beresford, a biopic on Australian war hero Nancy Wake Peter Glover and Sue Milliken are producing the The White Mouse while Beresford is arranging funding and casting, reports Variety. Wake died this past weekend at age 98 and was Australia's most decorated servicewoman, having worked with the French Resistance to save fallen Allied airmen in France. Wake has already been the subject of a mini series in the 1980s as well as books and was an inspiration for Charlotte Gray starring Cate Blanchett.
- 8/9/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Bruce Beresford will direct the story of Australian war hero Nancy Wake in an upcoming major feature film called The White Mouse and produced by Peter Glover and Sue Milliken.
The film will be the second bio-pic on Wake’s life, the first, a telemovie called Nancy Wake (True Colours in the Us) starring Noni Hazelhurst.
Production is expected in the second half of 2012 for the bio-pic on Wake, the highest decorated woman of WWII. While working with the French Resistance, she commanded 7000 Maquis fighters in preparation for D-Day.
Wake, who passed away in London aged 98 yesterday, Sunday 7 August, was born in New Zealand but moved to Australia at a young age with her family before leading a life fit for cinema.
She would go from Sydney nurse to worldwide journalist via New York, London and Paris to witness the rise of Nazi Germany across Europe.
In Paris she married French industrialist Henri Edmond Fiocca,...
The film will be the second bio-pic on Wake’s life, the first, a telemovie called Nancy Wake (True Colours in the Us) starring Noni Hazelhurst.
Production is expected in the second half of 2012 for the bio-pic on Wake, the highest decorated woman of WWII. While working with the French Resistance, she commanded 7000 Maquis fighters in preparation for D-Day.
Wake, who passed away in London aged 98 yesterday, Sunday 7 August, was born in New Zealand but moved to Australia at a young age with her family before leading a life fit for cinema.
She would go from Sydney nurse to worldwide journalist via New York, London and Paris to witness the rise of Nazi Germany across Europe.
In Paris she married French industrialist Henri Edmond Fiocca,...
- 8/8/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Australian director Bruce Beresford.has signed on to direct feature film The White Mouse, about the country.s most decorated World War II servicewoman, Nancy Wake. Produced by Peter Glover and Sue Milliken (Farscape, Sirens), the film . which hasn't raised finance . will tell the story of Wake, who died early.Monday morning (Australian time) in London, aged 98. The announcement was made by a publicist on behalf of Milliken. Known as .The White Mouse., Wake . who was born in New Zealand and raised in Sydney . became active in the French resistance movement, along with her.husband Henri Fiocca, and is known for saving the lives of thousands of Allied soldiers. Casting.is also currently underway and if the project...
- 8/8/2011
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia has annouced development investment for 13 features, two animated shorts, two games and the completion of two shorts.
Projects include B Model, to be directed and produced by Rachel Griffiths, as well as new projects from the Spierig Brothers (Jungle), Bruce Beresford (The Fortunes of Richard Mahoney, co-production with China), Emile Sherman (Tracks) and Gregor Jordan (Five Spice)
Hannah Hilliard (Franswa Sharl) and Callum Cooper (Little Brother) were announced as the first recipients of the new Director’s Acclaim Fund, which recognises the importance of directors maintaining momentum following critical acclaim of their short film.
The projects are:
Features
B Model
Producers Rachel Griffiths, Louise Smith
Writer Samantha Strauss
Director Rachel Griffiths
Synopsis A young Australian girl gets swept up into the chaotic, exciting world of high fashion modelling. Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York. An innocent in a sex-soaked business, she is seeking love and validation, but isn...
Projects include B Model, to be directed and produced by Rachel Griffiths, as well as new projects from the Spierig Brothers (Jungle), Bruce Beresford (The Fortunes of Richard Mahoney, co-production with China), Emile Sherman (Tracks) and Gregor Jordan (Five Spice)
Hannah Hilliard (Franswa Sharl) and Callum Cooper (Little Brother) were announced as the first recipients of the new Director’s Acclaim Fund, which recognises the importance of directors maintaining momentum following critical acclaim of their short film.
The projects are:
Features
B Model
Producers Rachel Griffiths, Louise Smith
Writer Samantha Strauss
Director Rachel Griffiths
Synopsis A young Australian girl gets swept up into the chaotic, exciting world of high fashion modelling. Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York. An innocent in a sex-soaked business, she is seeking love and validation, but isn...
- 4/19/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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
SYDNEY -- The winner of the inaugural Australian Project Greenlight scriptwriting contest has watched one too many Las Vegas-set crime thrillers. Or maybe not enough good ones. Morgan O'Neill, a 32-year-old TV actor making his writing and directing debut with Solo, might have transplanted the fear and loathing to the streets of inner-city Sydney, but the gambling dens, flophouses and neon-lit strip joints, the smoky jazz soundtrack and the cast of shady players are all too familiar.
This somewhat contrived retread, about the efforts of a jaded hitman to extract himself from the Sydney underworld, should arouse some local curiosity (it opens July 6 in Australian theaters) but regular moviegoers will feel as if they have seen it all before.
Lending some authority to the production is Colin Friels (Malcolm, A Good Man in Africa), a veteran actor who has grown into his good looks, much like an antipodean Dennis Quaid.
He plays silver-haired Jack Barrett, an old-school enforcer who works for a group of sketchy operators called the Gentlemen. We meet him up to his elbows in blood, clutching a chainsaw and retching as he dumps body parts over the side of a boat. Rough day at the office, he explains afterward in the first of several wry one-liners.
At 53, Barrett has developed a conscience, possibly after discovering that he orphaned two children with his most recent job, and the work is literally making him sick. He wants out. Naturally, it's not that easy.
As Barrett works to disentangle himself from his life of crime, the plot snarls up with the number of low-lifes lining up to off him, from a coke-snorting cop (Vince Colosimo) to his latest victim's Vietnamese associate (Anh Do) to the Gentlemen themselves.
This is where the plot takes a sharp turn into implausibility.
A young university student named Billie (promising newcomer Bojana Novakovic) is researching a thesis on organized crime and it seems she is getting a little too close for the comfort of the Gentlemen who, despite presumably having faced down their share of drug-dealers, contract killers and cops, are made to quiver in their boots by this twentysomething's questioning.
They agree to cut Barrett Loose provided he does one last job -- bump off Billie. O'Neill, who shot his film in 21 days, sets up an effectively off-key dynamic between Barrett and Billie, but clearly manipulative plot twists dilute the power of the "surprise" ending.
Australian pay TV channel the Movie Network -- which funded the local offshoot of the Project Greenlight competition created in the U.S. by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and American Pie producer Chris Moore -- gave O'Neill AUS$1 million ($763,000) and he has turned out a polished production on that modest budget, bringing on board Academy Award nominee Marcus D'Arcy (Babe) as editor and Ben Osmo (Rabbit-Proof Fence, Strictly Ballroom) to do sound.
The visual styling of production designer Murray Picknett, a two-time AFI Award winner, creates an undertow of menace that accompanies Barrett as he moves within yet apart from a world of seedy stereotypes.
SOLO
Dendy Films pressents a Movie Network Channels/Screentime production
Credits:
Screenwriter-director: Morgan O'Neill
Producer: Sue Seeary
Executive producers: Sue Milliken, Bob Campbell, Chris Berry, Tony Forrest
Director of photography: Hugh Miller
Production designer: Murray Picknett
Music: Martyn Love, Damian Deboos-Smith
Costume designer: Paula Ryan
Editor: Marcus D'Arcy
Cast:
Jack Barrett: Colin Friels
Billie: Bojana Novakovic
Reno: Linal Haft
Kate: Angie Milliken
Keeling: Vince Colosimo
Kennedy: Bruce Spence
Arkan: Chris Haywood
Louis: Tony Barry
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 98 minutes...
This somewhat contrived retread, about the efforts of a jaded hitman to extract himself from the Sydney underworld, should arouse some local curiosity (it opens July 6 in Australian theaters) but regular moviegoers will feel as if they have seen it all before.
Lending some authority to the production is Colin Friels (Malcolm, A Good Man in Africa), a veteran actor who has grown into his good looks, much like an antipodean Dennis Quaid.
He plays silver-haired Jack Barrett, an old-school enforcer who works for a group of sketchy operators called the Gentlemen. We meet him up to his elbows in blood, clutching a chainsaw and retching as he dumps body parts over the side of a boat. Rough day at the office, he explains afterward in the first of several wry one-liners.
At 53, Barrett has developed a conscience, possibly after discovering that he orphaned two children with his most recent job, and the work is literally making him sick. He wants out. Naturally, it's not that easy.
As Barrett works to disentangle himself from his life of crime, the plot snarls up with the number of low-lifes lining up to off him, from a coke-snorting cop (Vince Colosimo) to his latest victim's Vietnamese associate (Anh Do) to the Gentlemen themselves.
This is where the plot takes a sharp turn into implausibility.
A young university student named Billie (promising newcomer Bojana Novakovic) is researching a thesis on organized crime and it seems she is getting a little too close for the comfort of the Gentlemen who, despite presumably having faced down their share of drug-dealers, contract killers and cops, are made to quiver in their boots by this twentysomething's questioning.
They agree to cut Barrett Loose provided he does one last job -- bump off Billie. O'Neill, who shot his film in 21 days, sets up an effectively off-key dynamic between Barrett and Billie, but clearly manipulative plot twists dilute the power of the "surprise" ending.
Australian pay TV channel the Movie Network -- which funded the local offshoot of the Project Greenlight competition created in the U.S. by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and American Pie producer Chris Moore -- gave O'Neill AUS$1 million ($763,000) and he has turned out a polished production on that modest budget, bringing on board Academy Award nominee Marcus D'Arcy (Babe) as editor and Ben Osmo (Rabbit-Proof Fence, Strictly Ballroom) to do sound.
The visual styling of production designer Murray Picknett, a two-time AFI Award winner, creates an undertow of menace that accompanies Barrett as he moves within yet apart from a world of seedy stereotypes.
SOLO
Dendy Films pressents a Movie Network Channels/Screentime production
Credits:
Screenwriter-director: Morgan O'Neill
Producer: Sue Seeary
Executive producers: Sue Milliken, Bob Campbell, Chris Berry, Tony Forrest
Director of photography: Hugh Miller
Production designer: Murray Picknett
Music: Martyn Love, Damian Deboos-Smith
Costume designer: Paula Ryan
Editor: Marcus D'Arcy
Cast:
Jack Barrett: Colin Friels
Billie: Bojana Novakovic
Reno: Linal Haft
Kate: Angie Milliken
Keeling: Vince Colosimo
Kennedy: Bruce Spence
Arkan: Chris Haywood
Louis: Tony Barry
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 98 minutes...
- 6/13/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SYDNEY -- Australia's Colin Friels has signed to star in Solo, recent winner of the Australian version of Project Greenlight. Australian Film Institute Award winner Friels (Malcom, Tom White) will play an enforcer working in Sydney's criminal underworld. Solo, the first feature film for veteran short film actor-director-writer Morgan O'Neill, begins filming in Sydney later this month, with Bojana Novakovic, Angie Milliken, Bruce Spence and Anh Do also starring. It will be executive produced by Sue Milliken, who also headed the industry judging panel for Project Greenlight Australia. Sue Seeary will produce.
- 7/13/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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