Gillian Armstrong and Sam Neill.
Gillian Armstrong was 29 when she won the AFI award for best director for her debut feature My Brilliant Career, the first local film to be directed by a woman since the McDonagh sisters’ Two Minute Silence in 1933.
It was Sam Neill’s first Australian movie, produced by Margaret Fink and introducing Judy Davis.
Forty years later, how do Armstrong and Neill view the seminal film and how would each describe their journey through the screen industry?
Producer Trish Lake will pose those and other questions at a Q&A on May 18 at the Tasmanian Breath of Fresh Air Film Festival (Bofa) in Launceston following a 40th anniversary screening of the film.
“Apart from what she is doing currently I am interested in knowing how Gillian regards her journey as a female director since then,” says Lake. “I will talk with her about her prolific output over the years,...
Gillian Armstrong was 29 when she won the AFI award for best director for her debut feature My Brilliant Career, the first local film to be directed by a woman since the McDonagh sisters’ Two Minute Silence in 1933.
It was Sam Neill’s first Australian movie, produced by Margaret Fink and introducing Judy Davis.
Forty years later, how do Armstrong and Neill view the seminal film and how would each describe their journey through the screen industry?
Producer Trish Lake will pose those and other questions at a Q&A on May 18 at the Tasmanian Breath of Fresh Air Film Festival (Bofa) in Launceston following a 40th anniversary screening of the film.
“Apart from what she is doing currently I am interested in knowing how Gillian regards her journey as a female director since then,” says Lake. “I will talk with her about her prolific output over the years,...
- 5/13/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The Tasmanian Breath of Fresh Air (Bofa) Film Festival will feature 15 feature films including two drive-in screenings, 20 documentaries and 35 shorts as well as four one-day action master classes and two half-day actions sessions.
Held. in Launceston, the sixth annual festival will run from Wednesday November 4 to Sunday November 8.
.Part of what makes Bofa so special is that we always try to make it more than just a chance to see compelling cinema,. says festival director Owen Tilbury. .Bofa is about getting inspired and seeing the world differently. So whatever your Bofa is . whether it.s features, docos, food-films, family films, offbeat films, eco films or movies that convey profound ideas. there is a chance to engage and discover this year.. Before the official opening night. will be a .Creating Community Change. action session on November 4, which will showcase the best practice in community change processes. There will also be a screening of Frackman,...
Held. in Launceston, the sixth annual festival will run from Wednesday November 4 to Sunday November 8.
.Part of what makes Bofa so special is that we always try to make it more than just a chance to see compelling cinema,. says festival director Owen Tilbury. .Bofa is about getting inspired and seeing the world differently. So whatever your Bofa is . whether it.s features, docos, food-films, family films, offbeat films, eco films or movies that convey profound ideas. there is a chance to engage and discover this year.. Before the official opening night. will be a .Creating Community Change. action session on November 4, which will showcase the best practice in community change processes. There will also be a screening of Frackman,...
- 9/21/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Jude Kuring of Prisoner fame is set to appear in a new Australian short film. Tasmanian production Little Lamb is a gothic thriller set in convict era Van Dieman.s land. The short film was supported by the Raw Nerve Initiative, which was run through WideAngle Tasmania and funded by Screen Australia. The script for Little Lamb comes from first time drama director Heidi Lee Douglas, who originally wrote it for the Stranger with my Face Film Festival women in horror Script Challenge in February 2012. After winning Best Script, Douglas teamed up with mentor, producer and veteran director Roger Scholes to make the film. .The film is ambitious because I wrote a great story not a low budget film. So when we decided to make it we had to figure out how to work with a lamb and a horse, build a barn, set fire to it and burn it,...
- 11/23/2012
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.