Morgan Griffin and Xavier Samuel
Shooting has commenced in Adelaide on suspense thriller Bad Blood, written and directed by David Pulbrook (Last Dance). As If has previously reported,.the feature will star Adelaide-raised Xavier Samuel (Fury, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) alongside Morgan Griffin (San Andreas, Unbroken). Just announced to be joining them is a supporting cast featuring all South Australian actors, including Tess Fowler (Raising the Bar, Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures), Rob Macpherson (Deadline Gallipoli, Danger 5), Elena Carapetis (One Eyed Girl, Burning Man, Look Both Ways) and Patrick Frost (the.Wolf Creek series, Deadline Gallipoli). Casting director Angela Heesom said, .We have been able to find the entire supporting cast out of South Australia which is incredibly exciting. This means, with the inclusion of South Australian lead, Xavier Samuel, it.s a very home grown picture for us all to be making and showcases the extraordinary talents of our local acting community.
Shooting has commenced in Adelaide on suspense thriller Bad Blood, written and directed by David Pulbrook (Last Dance). As If has previously reported,.the feature will star Adelaide-raised Xavier Samuel (Fury, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) alongside Morgan Griffin (San Andreas, Unbroken). Just announced to be joining them is a supporting cast featuring all South Australian actors, including Tess Fowler (Raising the Bar, Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures), Rob Macpherson (Deadline Gallipoli, Danger 5), Elena Carapetis (One Eyed Girl, Burning Man, Look Both Ways) and Patrick Frost (the.Wolf Creek series, Deadline Gallipoli). Casting director Angela Heesom said, .We have been able to find the entire supporting cast out of South Australia which is incredibly exciting. This means, with the inclusion of South Australian lead, Xavier Samuel, it.s a very home grown picture for us all to be making and showcases the extraordinary talents of our local acting community.
- 6/21/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Producer Bridget Ikin sets off for Nepal next week to shoot a feature documentary knowing she has already scaled one mountain: a Us studio has bought worldwide rights to Sherpa: In the Shadow of the Mountain.
Co-produced by Ikin and John Maynard.s Felix Media and John Smithson of London-based Arrow Media, the film will follow an Everest expedition from the viewpoints of the Sherpas and their sometimes uneasy relationships with foreign climbers.
Writer/director Jennifer Peedom approached Smithson, who produced Touching the Void and 127 Hours. He agreed to serve as co-producer and introduced Ikin and Peedom to the Us studio.
That studio has yet to announce the deal but it guarantees worldwide cinema release excluding Australia and New Zealand, where Maynard and Rob Connolly.s Footprint Films retains the rights.
Peedom had been thinking about a docu on the Sherpas given the unrest among their ranks and the idea...
Co-produced by Ikin and John Maynard.s Felix Media and John Smithson of London-based Arrow Media, the film will follow an Everest expedition from the viewpoints of the Sherpas and their sometimes uneasy relationships with foreign climbers.
Writer/director Jennifer Peedom approached Smithson, who produced Touching the Void and 127 Hours. He agreed to serve as co-producer and introduced Ikin and Peedom to the Us studio.
That studio has yet to announce the deal but it guarantees worldwide cinema release excluding Australia and New Zealand, where Maynard and Rob Connolly.s Footprint Films retains the rights.
Peedom had been thinking about a docu on the Sherpas given the unrest among their ranks and the idea...
- 3/19/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
.Australian feature Healing, starring Hugo Weaving, Don Hany and Xavier Samuel, is set to start shooting in Victoria on February 18.
The tale of redemption is inspired by a true story, writer-director-producer Craig Monahan said in a statement. .The script is inspired by true events and the powerful connection forged by humans with birds and animals..
Healing follows Viktor Khadem (Don Hany in his first major feature role), who has spent 16 years in prison and has almost given up on life. For his final 18 months, he is sentenced to a low-security, pre-release prison farm, where senior officer Matt Perry (Hugo Weaving) has established a unique program to rehabilitate broken men by giving them the responsibility for the rehabilitation of injured eagles, falcons and owls. Against all odds, Matt takes on Viktor as his number one test case, introducing him to Yasmine, a majestic Wedge-tailed Eagle, revealing a new path of inspiration and hope.
The tale of redemption is inspired by a true story, writer-director-producer Craig Monahan said in a statement. .The script is inspired by true events and the powerful connection forged by humans with birds and animals..
Healing follows Viktor Khadem (Don Hany in his first major feature role), who has spent 16 years in prison and has almost given up on life. For his final 18 months, he is sentenced to a low-security, pre-release prison farm, where senior officer Matt Perry (Hugo Weaving) has established a unique program to rehabilitate broken men by giving them the responsibility for the rehabilitation of injured eagles, falcons and owls. Against all odds, Matt takes on Viktor as his number one test case, introducing him to Yasmine, a majestic Wedge-tailed Eagle, revealing a new path of inspiration and hope.
- 2/10/2013
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
It was a glorious evening for The Sapphires at the 2nd Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Ceremony last night, with the feature film bagging six Aacta awards, including Best Film and Best Director.
The awards top off what has been a sparkling year for the Sapphires team, who have already won a host of international audience choice awards and enjoyed great box office success in Australia.
Other than Best Film and Best Director (Wayne Blair), the musical drama took home the Aacta award for Best Lead Actress (Deborah Mailman), Best Lead Actor (Chris O'Dowd), Best Supporting Actress (Jessica Mauboy) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Keith Thompson, Tony Briggs), bringing their Aacta award total to eleven. (The film picked up a further five awards at the Aacta luncheon held on Monday.)
The film also bagged the news.com.au Audience Choice Award for Most Memorable Screen Moment.
The...
The awards top off what has been a sparkling year for the Sapphires team, who have already won a host of international audience choice awards and enjoyed great box office success in Australia.
Other than Best Film and Best Director (Wayne Blair), the musical drama took home the Aacta award for Best Lead Actress (Deborah Mailman), Best Lead Actor (Chris O'Dowd), Best Supporting Actress (Jessica Mauboy) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Keith Thompson, Tony Briggs), bringing their Aacta award total to eleven. (The film picked up a further five awards at the Aacta luncheon held on Monday.)
The film also bagged the news.com.au Audience Choice Award for Most Memorable Screen Moment.
The...
- 1/31/2013
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
Don Groves is a Deadline contributor based in Sydney Nominated for 12 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, The Sapphires won six gongs at a ceremony hosted by Russell Crowe in Sydney on Wednesday night. The musical drama about four Aboriginal girls who formed a singing group in the 1960s won best director (Wayne Blair), lead actress (Deborah Mailman), lead actor (Chris O’Dowd), supporting actress (Jessica Mauboy) and adapted screenplay (Keith Thompson, Tony Briggs). That’s in addition to five craft awards presented on Monday. The Weinstein Co. will release the film in the U.S. on March 22. Thriller Wish You Were Here took the Aacta original screenplay award for husband-and-wife creative team Kieran Darcy-Smith and Felicity Price, and supporting actor for Antony Starr. German actress Saskia Rosendahl received the best young actor trophy for Cate Shortland’s Lore, which was Australia’s entry for the foreign language Oscar.
- 1/30/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
The Hive Lab has announced its film-makers to collaborate with artists, theatre actors, choreographers, animators and writers over 11-14 October. The list of film-makers include Sophie Raymond, co-director of Mrs Carey’s Concert and Natasha Pincus, director of music video Somebody That I Used to Know by Gotye with artists such as Eddie Perfect and Bill Henson.The announcement:
A roll call of some of Australia’s most extraordinary artists, filmmakers, theatre practitioners, choreographers, animators and writers have signed up for the Hive Lab, taking place during the Melbourne Festival from 11-14 October. The four-day Hive Lab brings seventeen filmmakers and artists together in a creative clash of cultures, nurturing new ideas that cut across artistic boundaries.
The second Hive Lab was originally conceived by Adelaide Film Festival and is co-presented with Australia Council, ABC TV, Screen Australia and the South Australian Film Corporation.
The 2012 Hive Lab participants are arts and performance practitioners Bill Henson,...
A roll call of some of Australia’s most extraordinary artists, filmmakers, theatre practitioners, choreographers, animators and writers have signed up for the Hive Lab, taking place during the Melbourne Festival from 11-14 October. The four-day Hive Lab brings seventeen filmmakers and artists together in a creative clash of cultures, nurturing new ideas that cut across artistic boundaries.
The second Hive Lab was originally conceived by Adelaide Film Festival and is co-presented with Australia Council, ABC TV, Screen Australia and the South Australian Film Corporation.
The 2012 Hive Lab participants are arts and performance practitioners Bill Henson,...
- 9/13/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
FIlming has begun on a new ABC1 telemovie about Dr Bert Wainer and two extraordinary women who exposed the deadly impact that Melbourne's anti-abortion laws had in the 1960s.
Dangerous Remedy is currently shooting in Melbourne and stars Jeremy Sims (Corridors of Power, Fireflies, Underbelly Files), William McInnes (Curtin, East West 101, Look Both Ways), Susie Porter (East West 101, Sisters of War, East of Everything), Maeve Dermody (Paper Giants, Miss Fisher.s Murder Mysteries, Beautiful Kate), Mark Leonard Winter (Balibo, Van Dieman.s Land, Blame), as well as Gary Sweet and Caroline Craig.
The political-thriller is set in 1969 and follows Bert Wainer, a local Gp, who embarks on a campaign for law reform after the death of a young woman. He discovers an illegal abortion ring protected by corrupt homicide detectives, allowing the medical establishment, media and politicians to ignore the impact of anti-abortion laws.
ABC TV head of fiction,...
Dangerous Remedy is currently shooting in Melbourne and stars Jeremy Sims (Corridors of Power, Fireflies, Underbelly Files), William McInnes (Curtin, East West 101, Look Both Ways), Susie Porter (East West 101, Sisters of War, East of Everything), Maeve Dermody (Paper Giants, Miss Fisher.s Murder Mysteries, Beautiful Kate), Mark Leonard Winter (Balibo, Van Dieman.s Land, Blame), as well as Gary Sweet and Caroline Craig.
The political-thriller is set in 1969 and follows Bert Wainer, a local Gp, who embarks on a campaign for law reform after the death of a young woman. He discovers an illegal abortion ring protected by corrupt homicide detectives, allowing the medical establishment, media and politicians to ignore the impact of anti-abortion laws.
ABC TV head of fiction,...
- 3/18/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
FIlming has begun on a new ABC1 telemovie about Dr Bert Wainer and two extraordinary women who exposed the deadly impact that Melbourne's anti-abortion laws had in the 1960s. Dangerous Remedy is currently shooting in Melbourne and stars Jeremy Sims (Corridors of Power, Fireflies, Underbelly Files), William McInnes (Curtin, East West 101, Look Both Ways), Susie Porter (East West 101, Sisters of War, East of Everything), Maeve Dermody (Paper Giants, Miss Fisher.s Murder Mysteries, Beautiful Kate), Mark Leonard Winter (Balibo, Van Dieman.s Land, Blame), as well as Gary Sweet and Caroline Craig. The political-thriller is set in 1969 and follows Bert Wainer, a local Gp, who embarks on a campaign for law reform after the death of a young woman. He discovers an illegal abortion...
- 3/18/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Ursula Dabrowsky.s .new slice of cinematic fright. will start filming this month.
Inner Demon is the Adelaide filmmaker.s second film in her .Demon. trilogy, following 2009.s self-financed psychological horror Family Demons.
The new revenge film, also penned by Dabrowsky, has been financed from the South Australian Film Corporation.s Filmlab initiative which provides a cash budget of up to $350,000 for eight different projects.
Launched in 2009, it.s assisted such films as Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure (which has just completed a 25-state theatrical run in the Us), 52 Tuesdays (currently in production) and One Eyed Girl, which stars Maeve Dermody and starts shooting April 16.
Inner Demon, which has the tagline .you don.t have to go die to go to hell., tells the tale of teenager Sam Durelle and her younger sister who are home alone when a knock at the door leads Sam down the road to terror.
Inner Demon is the Adelaide filmmaker.s second film in her .Demon. trilogy, following 2009.s self-financed psychological horror Family Demons.
The new revenge film, also penned by Dabrowsky, has been financed from the South Australian Film Corporation.s Filmlab initiative which provides a cash budget of up to $350,000 for eight different projects.
Launched in 2009, it.s assisted such films as Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure (which has just completed a 25-state theatrical run in the Us), 52 Tuesdays (currently in production) and One Eyed Girl, which stars Maeve Dermody and starts shooting April 16.
Inner Demon, which has the tagline .you don.t have to go die to go to hell., tells the tale of teenager Sam Durelle and her younger sister who are home alone when a knock at the door leads Sam down the road to terror.
- 1/20/2012
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
In 2009 indie filmmaker Ursula Dabrowsky completed the first installment of her "Demon Trilogy", the psychological horror film Family Demons, and now she has obtained financing to make the second installment, Inner Demon, with filming set to commence on January 30th.
From the Press Release:
Bearing the tagline “You don’t have to die to go to hell,” Inner Demon grabs influences from the new French extremes of the genre and tells the tale of teenager Sam Durelle and her younger sister, who are home alone when a knock at the door leads Sam down the road to terror. Abducted by a serial killer couple, Sam manages to escape and find refuge in a desolate farmhouse, only to discover it is home to a malevolent spirit. Trapped in the house, Sam is propelled into a struggle for survival, one that will push her to the limits not only physically and emotionally but also spiritually.
From the Press Release:
Bearing the tagline “You don’t have to die to go to hell,” Inner Demon grabs influences from the new French extremes of the genre and tells the tale of teenager Sam Durelle and her younger sister, who are home alone when a knock at the door leads Sam down the road to terror. Abducted by a serial killer couple, Sam manages to escape and find refuge in a desolate farmhouse, only to discover it is home to a malevolent spirit. Trapped in the house, Sam is propelled into a struggle for survival, one that will push her to the limits not only physically and emotionally but also spiritually.
- 1/19/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Look Both Ways director Sarah Watt has lost her battle with bone cancer aged 53. The award-winning Australian filmmaker, who was married to SeaChange actor William McInnes, passed away at her Melbourne home on Friday (November 4) surrounded by her family including children Clem, 18, and 13-year-old Stella. The family posted a notice in The Age saying that Watt "died peacefully at home filled with the love she gave to those who adored her - her family". They also commended her for her "courage, humour, intelligence, generosity, honesty and grace". Watt revealed that she had breast cancer in 2005 and was then diagnosed with secondary bone cancer in 2009 after discovering a sore area around her ribs. McInnes wrote and released (more)...
- 11/7/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Watt, who was married to Australian actor William McInnes, wrote and directed a handful of animated short films including 1995's Small Treasures and 2002's Living with Happiness before she scored breakout success with her 2005 debut feature Look Both Ways. Look Both Ways, like much of Watt's work, explores themes of grief, broken relationships, life changing love and death but, above all else, life. The film charts the stories of several people over a summer weekend in Adelaide, among them McInnes stars as a photographer dealing with a cancer diagnosis. Weaving short animated scenes into the film, Look Both Ways arrived on the Australian cinematic landscape as a truly original work and was deservedly showered in praise and accolades, including AFI Awards for Best Film, Director and Original Screenplay.
- 11/7/2011
- FilmInk.com.au
Filmmaker and animator Sarah Watt has died after a long battle with cancer on Friday. The acclaimed director of 2005.s Look Both Ways and 2009.s My Year Without Sex was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 and with secondary bone cancer in 2009. A tribute in The Age newspaper stated that she .died peacefully at home filled with the love she gave to those who adored her - her family.. Watt found acclaim for her animated shorts in the 90.s - Small Treasures won Best Short Film at the Venice Film Festival -.but her most well-known work was 2005.s Look Both Ways. The film won four AFI awards, including for best director and best screenplay, as well as three If Awards, the Discovery.Award at Toronto, and took just under $3 million at the...
- 11/6/2011
- by Chris Dame
- IF.com.au
Filmmaker Sarah Watt died Friday aged 53.
The writer/director of Look Both Ways (2005), died peacefully at her home after a long fight with cancer.
Watt is survived by husband and actor William McInnes and two children Clem, 18 and Stella 13.
According to a death notice from the family, Watt ”died peacefully at home filled with the love she gave to those who adored her – her family. A life of courage humour, intelligence, generosity, honesty and grace,” reports The Age.
Look Both Ways, starring McInnes, was the story of a photographer dealing with a cancer diagnosis. Watt was an artist as well, the film included moments of animation drawn by her.
The film won best film, best direction, best original screenplay and best supporting actor at the 2005 AFIs, and three If Awards for best direction, best script and best editing. Watt won the Discovery award at Toronto International Film Festival that year also.
The writer/director of Look Both Ways (2005), died peacefully at her home after a long fight with cancer.
Watt is survived by husband and actor William McInnes and two children Clem, 18 and Stella 13.
According to a death notice from the family, Watt ”died peacefully at home filled with the love she gave to those who adored her – her family. A life of courage humour, intelligence, generosity, honesty and grace,” reports The Age.
Look Both Ways, starring McInnes, was the story of a photographer dealing with a cancer diagnosis. Watt was an artist as well, the film included moments of animation drawn by her.
The film won best film, best direction, best original screenplay and best supporting actor at the 2005 AFIs, and three If Awards for best direction, best script and best editing. Watt won the Discovery award at Toronto International Film Festival that year also.
- 11/6/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Filmmaker/animator Sarah Watt, winner of the Australian Film Institute's (AFI) Best Director and Best Screenplay awards for the 2006 drama Look Both Ways, has died of cancer. Watt, who had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005, was 53. Watt directed a series of animated shorts before turning to features. In Look Both Ways, William McInnes — Watt's husband in real life — plays a photographer who is diagnosed with cancer. In addition to Watt's awards for direction and screenplay, Look Both Ways was the AFI's Best Film of the year and Anthony Hayes was voted Best Supporting Actor. The film also received the Discovery Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, among several other international awards and nominations. Released in 2009, My Year Without Sex also dealt with illness — in this case, a wife and mother (Sacha Horler) who must refrain from sex (among other things) because of an aneurysm. The comedy-drama received...
- 11/6/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
"The much-loved Australian writer, director and artist Sarah Watt — the wife of the actor William McInnes — has died of cancer," report Garry Maddox and Rebecca Richardson in the Sydney Morning Herald. "Watt, 53, was recognized as a rare talent through a series of heartfelt animated shorts before triumphing with the 2005 film Look Both Ways, which starred McInnes as a photographer dealing with cancer. It won her the best film, director and original screenplay awards at the Australian Film Institute Awards as well as the Discovery award at the Toronto International Film Festival. But by the time of the film's release, she was dealing with her own diagnosis of breast cancer, and she chronicled the experience of illness with humor and heart in her 2009 film My Year without Sex, which starred Sacha Horler and Matt Day."
"It was Watt's animated shorts that gained the writer and director attention, while her 1995 work Small Treasures won awards,...
"It was Watt's animated shorts that gained the writer and director attention, while her 1995 work Small Treasures won awards,...
- 11/6/2011
- MUBI
Acclaimed Australian filmmaker Sarah Watt has died after losing her cancer battle. She was 53.
The director passed away on Friday after a long battle with breast and bone cancer.
Her family published a tribute in The Age newspaper praising Watt for living "a life of courage, humour, intelligence, generosity, honesty and grace".
The piece added that she "died peacefully at home filled with the love she gave to those who adored her - her family".
Watt is best known for her feature films My Year Without Sex and Look Both Ways, which starred her actor husband William McInnes.
The director passed away on Friday after a long battle with breast and bone cancer.
Her family published a tribute in The Age newspaper praising Watt for living "a life of courage, humour, intelligence, generosity, honesty and grace".
The piece added that she "died peacefully at home filled with the love she gave to those who adored her - her family".
Watt is best known for her feature films My Year Without Sex and Look Both Ways, which starred her actor husband William McInnes.
- 11/5/2011
- WENN
Sega’s Sonic Generations arrives on shelves in just under a week, and we now have an (admittedly unconfirmed) list of achievements that give some indication of what players can expect from the gameplay experience.
Needless to say, what follows is pretty Spoiler Heavy! Read on only if you’re happy with that, but don’t go blaming us if you read something you didn’t want to…
The Opening Act (10G)
Race through the first stage.
All Stages Cleared! (50G)
Clear Sonic Generations.
Greased Lightning (10G)
Clear Green Hill Act 1 within one minute.
Bright Star (15G)
Get Rank S in an Act.
Shooting Star (20G)
Get Rank S in three Acts.
Blazing Meteor (30G)
Get Rank S in seven Acts.
Blue Comet (40G)
Get Rank S in twelve Acts.
Big Bang (50G)
Get Rank S in all Acts.
Trickstar (10G)
Pull off a seven or more trick combo or...
Needless to say, what follows is pretty Spoiler Heavy! Read on only if you’re happy with that, but don’t go blaming us if you read something you didn’t want to…
The Opening Act (10G)
Race through the first stage.
All Stages Cleared! (50G)
Clear Sonic Generations.
Greased Lightning (10G)
Clear Green Hill Act 1 within one minute.
Bright Star (15G)
Get Rank S in an Act.
Shooting Star (20G)
Get Rank S in three Acts.
Blazing Meteor (30G)
Get Rank S in seven Acts.
Blue Comet (40G)
Get Rank S in twelve Acts.
Big Bang (50G)
Get Rank S in all Acts.
Trickstar (10G)
Pull off a seven or more trick combo or...
- 11/2/2011
- by Alex Turner
- Obsessed with Film
Australian director Sarah Watt has spoken out about her heart-wrenching health battle as she continues to fight for her life following her bone cancer diagnosis.
The Look Both Ways filmmaker, who is married to actor William McInnes, overcame breast cancer seven years ago and in 2009, the couple threw a party to celebrate five years since she received the all-clear for the disease.
However, just weeks after the bash, the filmmaker discovered a sore area on her ribs and doctors revealed the cancer had spread.
The star has now opened up about her condition, admitting she is trying to make the most of every day she has left.
She tells Woman's Day, "I don't know when I will have to go. I give myself small aims. Get through the summer, get through the winter...
"I hope when my time comes I'll be at home. William will be there, and offer me a cup of tea, and when he's making it I will drift off into a nap, then into the longest nap. And William will bring the tea back and it won't be sad."...
The Look Both Ways filmmaker, who is married to actor William McInnes, overcame breast cancer seven years ago and in 2009, the couple threw a party to celebrate five years since she received the all-clear for the disease.
However, just weeks after the bash, the filmmaker discovered a sore area on her ribs and doctors revealed the cancer had spread.
The star has now opened up about her condition, admitting she is trying to make the most of every day she has left.
She tells Woman's Day, "I don't know when I will have to go. I give myself small aims. Get through the summer, get through the winter...
"I hope when my time comes I'll be at home. William will be there, and offer me a cup of tea, and when he's making it I will drift off into a nap, then into the longest nap. And William will bring the tea back and it won't be sad."...
- 9/28/2011
- WENN
Look Both Ways director Sarah Watt is fighting for her life after being diagnosed with secondary bone cancer. The award-winning 52-year-old Australian filmmaker, who is married to SeaChange and Blue Heelers actor William McInnes, discovered a sore area on her ribs about two years ago. Watt made the discovery shortly after celebrating five years since a successful fight against breast cancer. The couple, who are writing a book called Worst Things Happen At Sea, said that they are now making the most of every day they have together with their children Clem and Stella. Watt told Woman's Day magazine: "I don't know when I will (more)...
- 9/28/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Gina Gallego joins Grey's Anatomy cast
The show has cast Gallego to play the mother of Dr. Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez). The soap opera veteran will debut May 5 as Lucia Torres, the wife of Callie's father, Carlos (Hector Elizondo), who will also appear in the episode.
General Hospital sneak peek: Look both ways, Jake!
Gh is prepping another triple-hanky storyline: EW obtained this exclusive first look of the ABC soap’s next big arc that commences March 17 and continues through the month (and beyond!). The son of Lucky and Elizabeth is involved in a tragic accident and is immediately rushed to the hospital. Will he live? Will he die? Will we die waiting to find out whether he lives or dies?
Kin Shriner temporarily replacing Ted Shackelford on The Young And The Restless
Shriner is temporarily stepping in on Y&R as Jeff Bardwell because Ted Shackelford is not available.
The show has cast Gallego to play the mother of Dr. Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez). The soap opera veteran will debut May 5 as Lucia Torres, the wife of Callie's father, Carlos (Hector Elizondo), who will also appear in the episode.
General Hospital sneak peek: Look both ways, Jake!
Gh is prepping another triple-hanky storyline: EW obtained this exclusive first look of the ABC soap’s next big arc that commences March 17 and continues through the month (and beyond!). The son of Lucky and Elizabeth is involved in a tragic accident and is immediately rushed to the hospital. Will he live? Will he die? Will we die waiting to find out whether he lives or dies?
Kin Shriner temporarily replacing Ted Shackelford on The Young And The Restless
Shriner is temporarily stepping in on Y&R as Jeff Bardwell because Ted Shackelford is not available.
- 3/13/2011
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Everyone’s going to Adelaide this week, to be at the country’s most risk-taking festival. Encore spoke with festival director Katrina Sedgwick and associate director Adele Hann about the secrets behind its success.
The first point of differenceis the festival’s Investment Fund, which has delivered some of Australia’s most acclaimed films of recent times, including 2009’s Samson & Delilah. The pressure to continue this high level of performance from its slate hasn’t seen the funded projects become safe, predictable choices. It’s been quite the opposite.
“The Investment Fund has meant that Australian cinema is put to the forefront. Over time the success of the slate has generated anticipation; it’s become the element of the program that people really look forward to, the one that sells out first and excites the industry. One of the great things festival director Katrina Sedgwick does with that money is...
The first point of differenceis the festival’s Investment Fund, which has delivered some of Australia’s most acclaimed films of recent times, including 2009’s Samson & Delilah. The pressure to continue this high level of performance from its slate hasn’t seen the funded projects become safe, predictable choices. It’s been quite the opposite.
“The Investment Fund has meant that Australian cinema is put to the forefront. Over time the success of the slate has generated anticipation; it’s become the element of the program that people really look forward to, the one that sells out first and excites the industry. One of the great things festival director Katrina Sedgwick does with that money is...
- 2/22/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
New York's prestigious Museum of Modern Art has announced that they will be hosting a week-long festival (April 7-13) of Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund films (Affif). The festival will be a salute to the BigPond Adelaide Film Festival - which will be held February 26 to March 6 this year - and the groundbreaking Affif which has helped realise some of the most unique, challenging and entertaining Australian films of the recent past. Among the films to be shown at the Moma are Sarah Watt's Look Both Ways, which traces the interconnected stories of several people living in Adelaide; Warwick Thornton's heartbreaking Samson and Delilah which won the prestigious Camera d'Or at Cannes; and Rolf de Heer's critically acclaimed Ten Canoes.
- 1/25/2011
- FilmInk.com.au
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York will host a festival of Adelaide Film Festival Investment fund films in April.
“Baff has become major, not only through its judicious selection of films, but by the remarkable number of extraordinary works that the Festival has supported with production funds; The Adelaide Film Festival has, in effect, a ‘curatorial’ investment fund [...] The track record of the works the Fund assisted has indeed been both distinguished and impressive,” said MoMA senior curator Laurence Kardish.
The program includes previous Affi projects such as Look Both Ways, Ten Canoes, Samson & Delilah, Boxing Days, Last Ride, My Year Without Sex, as well as two 2011 premieres, the documentary Mrs. Carey’s Concert, and the short Stunt Love.
The screenings will take place from 7 to 13 April in New York. The 2011 BigPond Adelaide Film Festival will take place from 24 February to 6 March 2011.
www.adelaidefilmfestival.org.
“Baff has become major, not only through its judicious selection of films, but by the remarkable number of extraordinary works that the Festival has supported with production funds; The Adelaide Film Festival has, in effect, a ‘curatorial’ investment fund [...] The track record of the works the Fund assisted has indeed been both distinguished and impressive,” said MoMA senior curator Laurence Kardish.
The program includes previous Affi projects such as Look Both Ways, Ten Canoes, Samson & Delilah, Boxing Days, Last Ride, My Year Without Sex, as well as two 2011 premieres, the documentary Mrs. Carey’s Concert, and the short Stunt Love.
The screenings will take place from 7 to 13 April in New York. The 2011 BigPond Adelaide Film Festival will take place from 24 February to 6 March 2011.
www.adelaidefilmfestival.org.
- 1/24/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
New Delhi, May 26 – ‘The Dish’, ‘Lantana’, ‘Ten Canoes’ and many more films will be showcased at the two-day Australian Film Festival that begins in the capital June 5.
To be held at the India International Centre (Iic), it will open May 31 with the movie ‘Look Both Ways’. A multiple-award winning film, it has been written and directed by Sarah Watt.
The gala will showcase a range of Australian films, including ‘Kiss or Kill’, ‘The Bank’, ‘Radiance’ and Toni Collette.
To be held at the India International Centre (Iic), it will open May 31 with the movie ‘Look Both Ways’. A multiple-award winning film, it has been written and directed by Sarah Watt.
The gala will showcase a range of Australian films, including ‘Kiss or Kill’, ‘The Bank’, ‘Radiance’ and Toni Collette.
- 5/26/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
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Rachel Weisz bid farewell to a pal as son Henry Chance checks for traffic as the pair made their way to lunch in New York City Thursday.
“I’m a much happier person since I’ve had Henry, and much more balanced,” the actress, 40, said recently. “I feel I have an ultimate purpose beyond anything else in my life.”
Henry, 3½, is the only child for Weisz and her director fiancé Darren Aronofsky.
Look both ways!
Rachel Weisz bid farewell to a pal as son Henry Chance checks for traffic as the pair made their way to lunch in New York City Thursday.
“I’m a much happier person since I’ve had Henry, and much more balanced,” the actress, 40, said recently. “I feel I have an ultimate purpose beyond anything else in my life.”
Henry, 3½, is the only child for Weisz and her director fiancé Darren Aronofsky.
- 4/6/2010
- by Sarah
- People - CelebrityBabies
Today is Australia Day here in, you guessed it, Australia. If you're American or British you're probably reading this and it's not technically Australia Day yet (26 of January), but that's my reward for Living In The Future! Time zones be damned! America celebrates the day that British people came to their land with Turkey and family get togethers and being thankful for good health. Australia celebrates by having a bbq and sitting in lawn chairs and wading pools. We're classy like that!
Over at my blog Stale Popcorn I have celebrating by doing another end-of-decade list, this time one that I'm sure not many others have done: Best Australian Films of the Decade. There are some titles on there that you non-Aussies will recognise like Samson & Delilah, Wolf Creek, Mary and Max and Australia, but there's also plenty you have probably never heard a single word about. No matter whether...
Over at my blog Stale Popcorn I have celebrating by doing another end-of-decade list, this time one that I'm sure not many others have done: Best Australian Films of the Decade. There are some titles on there that you non-Aussies will recognise like Samson & Delilah, Wolf Creek, Mary and Max and Australia, but there's also plenty you have probably never heard a single word about. No matter whether...
- 1/26/2010
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
Looks like it'll be two for two for Sarah Watts in the U.S. After seeing her debut feature Look Both Ways (a film that dealt with issues of death with spurts of animation and humor) receive a moderate release via the folks at Kino, her sophomore film My Year Without Sex has found a home with the folks from Strand . - Looks like it'll be two for two for Sarah Watts in the U.S. After seeing her debut feature Look Both Ways (a film that dealt with issues of death with spurts of animation and humor) receive a moderate release via the folks at Kino, her sophomore film My Year Without Sex has found a home with the folks from Strand who are currently beefing up their 2010 slate (view here). The pic will receive a Spring release. The film was presented at Tiff this year and is one...
- 12/13/2009
- by Ioncinema.com Staff
- IONCINEMA.com
Strand Releasing has acquired all U.S. rights to Sarah Watt's "My Year Without Sex" from the Works International.
Written and directed by Watt, the film stars Sacha Horler and Matt Day as a couple who are forced to abstain from sex because of the woman's medical condition.
The Australian film was produced by Bridget Ikin, who produced Watt's previous film, "Look Both Ways." A spring release is planned.
The deal was negotiated between Strand's Jon Gerrans and the Works' Joy Wong at Afm.
Written and directed by Watt, the film stars Sacha Horler and Matt Day as a couple who are forced to abstain from sex because of the woman's medical condition.
The Australian film was produced by Bridget Ikin, who produced Watt's previous film, "Look Both Ways." A spring release is planned.
The deal was negotiated between Strand's Jon Gerrans and the Works' Joy Wong at Afm.
- 11/9/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Produced with Hillman Curtis as part of his Artist Series, starring artist Lawrence Weiner.
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Debbie Millman has worked in the design business for over 25 years. She is president of the design division at Sterling Brands, where over the past 15 years she has worked on the redesign of global brands for Pepsi, Procter & Gamble, Campbell’s, Colgate, Hershey and Hasbro. Prior to Sterling, she was a senior vice president at Interbrand and a marketing director at Frankfurt Balkind. Debbie is president of the Aiga, the professional association for design. She is a contributing editor at Print Magazine and the Chair of the Masters in Branding at the School of Visual Arts. In 2005, she began hosting the first weekly radio talk show about design on the Internet, Design Matters with Debbie Millman, which is now featured on Design Observer.
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Debbie Millman has worked in the design business for over 25 years. She is president of the design division at Sterling Brands, where over the past 15 years she has worked on the redesign of global brands for Pepsi, Procter & Gamble, Campbell’s, Colgate, Hershey and Hasbro. Prior to Sterling, she was a senior vice president at Interbrand and a marketing director at Frankfurt Balkind. Debbie is president of the Aiga, the professional association for design. She is a contributing editor at Print Magazine and the Chair of the Masters in Branding at the School of Visual Arts. In 2005, she began hosting the first weekly radio talk show about design on the Internet, Design Matters with Debbie Millman, which is now featured on Design Observer.
- 10/2/2009
- by Debbie Millman
- Fast Company
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Debbie Millman has worked in the design business for over 25 years. She is president of the design division at Sterling Brands, where over the past 15 years she has worked on the redesign of global brands for Pepsi, Procter & Gamble, Campbell’s, Colgate, Hershey and Hasbro. Prior to Sterling, she was a senior vice president at Interbrand and a marketing director at Frankfurt Balkind. Debbie is president of the Aiga, the professional association for design. She is a contributing editor at Print Magazine and the Chair of the Masters in Branding at the School of Visual Arts. In 2005, she began hosting the first weekly radio talk show about design on the Internet, Design Matters with Debbie Millman, which is now featured on Design Observer. She is the author of two books, How To Think Like A Great Graphic Designer (Allworth Press,...
Debbie Millman has worked in the design business for over 25 years. She is president of the design division at Sterling Brands, where over the past 15 years she has worked on the redesign of global brands for Pepsi, Procter & Gamble, Campbell’s, Colgate, Hershey and Hasbro. Prior to Sterling, she was a senior vice president at Interbrand and a marketing director at Frankfurt Balkind. Debbie is president of the Aiga, the professional association for design. She is a contributing editor at Print Magazine and the Chair of the Masters in Branding at the School of Visual Arts. In 2005, she began hosting the first weekly radio talk show about design on the Internet, Design Matters with Debbie Millman, which is now featured on Design Observer. She is the author of two books, How To Think Like A Great Graphic Designer (Allworth Press,...
- 10/1/2009
- by Debbie Millman
- Fast Company
Designed by Rodrigo Corral
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Debbie Millman has worked in the design business for over 25 years. She is president of the design division at Sterling Brands, where over the past 15 years she has worked on the redesign of global brands for Pepsi, Procter & Gamble, Campbell’s, Colgate, Hershey and Hasbro. Prior to Sterling, she was a senior vice president at Interbrand and a marketing director at Frankfurt Balkind. Debbie is president of the Aiga, the professional association for design. She is a contributing editor at Print Magazine and the Chair of the Masters in Branding at the School of Visual Arts. In 2005, she began hosting the first weekly radio talk show about design on the Internet, Design Matters with Debbie Millman, which is now featured on Design Observer. She is the author of two books, How To Think Like...
Read Debbie Millman's blog Look Both WaysBrowse blogs by more Expert Designers
Debbie Millman has worked in the design business for over 25 years. She is president of the design division at Sterling Brands, where over the past 15 years she has worked on the redesign of global brands for Pepsi, Procter & Gamble, Campbell’s, Colgate, Hershey and Hasbro. Prior to Sterling, she was a senior vice president at Interbrand and a marketing director at Frankfurt Balkind. Debbie is president of the Aiga, the professional association for design. She is a contributing editor at Print Magazine and the Chair of the Masters in Branding at the School of Visual Arts. In 2005, she began hosting the first weekly radio talk show about design on the Internet, Design Matters with Debbie Millman, which is now featured on Design Observer. She is the author of two books, How To Think Like...
- 9/30/2009
- by Debbie Millman
- Fast Company
Ever since Marcel Duchamp appropriated mass market objects and pronounced them "readymades" and Andy Warhol elevated the Campbell’s soup can and Brillo Box to art, artists and designers have been blurring the lines between fine art and commerce. In recent years, a new form has advanced art’s adaptation into the world of commoditized goods. Known as “shopdropping," this technique is the opposite of shoplifting, in which a variety of redesigned products, packages, and objects are clandestinely left in mainstream retail outlets alongside their original counterparts.
I decided to try my hand at this clandestine endeavor and created three “products” in the classic structure of the Quaker Oats cylinder. Titled Hope, Love, and True, and labeled “Free,” I placed them within a Quaker Oats endcap in a Wal-Mart Supercenter and witnessed the long journey the packs took from shelf to “purchase.” Even in today’s economy, this effort makes...
I decided to try my hand at this clandestine endeavor and created three “products” in the classic structure of the Quaker Oats cylinder. Titled Hope, Love, and True, and labeled “Free,” I placed them within a Quaker Oats endcap in a Wal-Mart Supercenter and witnessed the long journey the packs took from shelf to “purchase.” Even in today’s economy, this effort makes...
- 9/29/2009
- by Debbie Millman
- Fast Company
Read Debbie Millman's blog Look Both WaysBrowse blogs by more Expert Designers
Debbie Millman has worked in the design business for over 25 years. She is president of the design division at Sterling Brands, where over the past 15 years she has worked on the redesign of global brands for Pepsi, Procter & Gamble, Campbell’s, Colgate, Hershey and Hasbro. Prior to Sterling, she was a senior vice president at Interbrand and a marketing director at Frankfurt Balkind. Debbie is president of the Aiga, the professional association for design. She is a contributing editor at Print Magazine and the Chair of the Masters in Branding at the School of Visual Arts. In 2005, she began hosting the first weekly radio talk show about design on the Internet, Design Matters with Debbie Millman, which is now featured on Design Observer. She is the author of two books, How To Think Like A Great Graphic Designer (Allworth Press,...
Debbie Millman has worked in the design business for over 25 years. She is president of the design division at Sterling Brands, where over the past 15 years she has worked on the redesign of global brands for Pepsi, Procter & Gamble, Campbell’s, Colgate, Hershey and Hasbro. Prior to Sterling, she was a senior vice president at Interbrand and a marketing director at Frankfurt Balkind. Debbie is president of the Aiga, the professional association for design. She is a contributing editor at Print Magazine and the Chair of the Masters in Branding at the School of Visual Arts. In 2005, she began hosting the first weekly radio talk show about design on the Internet, Design Matters with Debbie Millman, which is now featured on Design Observer. She is the author of two books, How To Think Like A Great Graphic Designer (Allworth Press,...
- 9/28/2009
- by Debbie Millman
- Fast Company
As host of the smash-hit Internet radio show Design Matters with Debbie Millman, Debbie Millman has introduced over one hundred of the world's greatest designers, illustrators, authors and thinkers as her guests. So let me be the first to tell you how daunting it is to introduce Debbie herself. But taking a few cues from the golden-throated designer, illustrator, author and thinker herself, I'm going to try my best.
Debbie Millman is president of Sterling Brands, a New York-based branding agency where, for the last 15 years, she's worked on redesigning megabrands by Pepsi, Procter & Gamble, Campbell’s, Colgate, Hershey and Hasbro, including the classic Tropicana packaging that was so beloved by consumers that the company scrapped a redesign earlier this year and reverted to Sterling's iconic straw-in-the-orange (New Yorkers can hear her talk about that tonight at Aiga NY's My Dog and Pony II). She has written two books, How...
Debbie Millman is president of Sterling Brands, a New York-based branding agency where, for the last 15 years, she's worked on redesigning megabrands by Pepsi, Procter & Gamble, Campbell’s, Colgate, Hershey and Hasbro, including the classic Tropicana packaging that was so beloved by consumers that the company scrapped a redesign earlier this year and reverted to Sterling's iconic straw-in-the-orange (New Yorkers can hear her talk about that tonight at Aiga NY's My Dog and Pony II). She has written two books, How...
- 9/28/2009
- by Alissa Walker
- Fast Company
- The section devoted to 1st and 2nd films is mostly going with newbies this year. With the exception of Altiplano starring (Olivier Gourmet) from director pairing of Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth (Khadak), in my opinion, the complete sidebar will be a like throwing a dart aimlessly and hoping to land on something worth your while. In the past couple of years they had Junebug, Me and you and everyone we know, Look Both Ways, Xxy, and my favorite film of the section in 2008 was Aida Begic's Snijep (Snow). This year they have stripped the section down, by perhaps five films less and there are no signs of the Fipresci "revelation of the year" pick - a one slot for a film the organization thinks deserves a second chance. This year, like previousyears they have films from a little bit everywhere - but this year they focused mostly
- 4/23/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
In only two feature film, writer/director/animator Sarah Watt has already proven herself to be one of the most important voices in Australian cinema. After the grand debut of Look Both Ways (which won the AFI for Best Film amongst others) she has given us the effortlessly charming My Year Without Sex. Watt creates such real and wonderful characters that help take away from the themes that many deem unpalatable for audiences. It's going to be incredible hard for another Australian film this year - hell, try any film this year - to put forth as honest and delightfully flawed characters as Watt has here.
Starring Sacha Horler (Praise) and Matt Day (returning from overseas TV work such as Secret Diary of a Call Girl) as an ordinary married middle class suburban couple with two kids (Jonathan Segat and Portia Bradley). When Horler's Natalie suffers an aneurysm her life takes many different turns.
Starring Sacha Horler (Praise) and Matt Day (returning from overseas TV work such as Secret Diary of a Call Girl) as an ordinary married middle class suburban couple with two kids (Jonathan Segat and Portia Bradley). When Horler's Natalie suffers an aneurysm her life takes many different turns.
- 4/20/2009
- by Kamikaze Camel
- Stale Popcorn
LONDON -- U.K. indie distributor Tartan Films said Thursday it has snapped up U.K. and Ireland rights to a pair of titles set to unspool during this year's Festival de Cannes. Tartan secured the rights to Re-Cycle, the latest film from Thai horror specialists the Pang brothers (The Eye), and Australian writer-director Sarah Watt's directorial debut Look Both Ways. Tartan Films struck a deal with Universe Films Distribution for Re-Cycle, written and directed by Oxide and Danny Pang after Tartan Films owner Hamish McAlpine pre-bought the film at script stage. The movie is the closing night film for Director's Fortnight. It details the story of a female novelist who finds herself plunged into a hellish world of discarded ideas.
- 5/11/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- The Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art's New Directors/New Films series will celebrate its 35th anniversary with an international collection of projects, a roundtable of featured helmers and a documentary retrospective. Twenty-five features and 17 shorts will appear at the fest, which opens Mar. 22 with two Sundance Film Festival hits and directorial debuts: Ryan Fleck's Half Nelson, a drama about a drug-addicted junior high school teacher, and Auraeus Solito's gay-themed coming-of-age tale The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros. All films will be shown through April 2 at the Walter Reade Theater in Lincoln Center and at the Titus Theater at MoMA. Fleck will appear with his Half Nelson co-writer Anna Boden, Man Push Cart director Ramin Bahrani and Look Both Ways helmer Sarah Watt at "From Script to Screen," a directors' roundtable presented by HBO Films on March 26 at the Walter Reade Theater.
- 2/23/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
AMSTERDAM -- U.S. director Kelly Reichardt has secured the Rotterdam film festival's top prize, organizers said. It is the first time in the event's 35-year history that the award has gone to an American. Reichardt won the Tiger Award for her second feature, Old Joy, which deals with two old friends on a hiking trip in Oregon's Cascade Mountains. The two other Tiger Awards went to Chinese director Han Jie's Walking on the Wild Side and La Perrera (The Dog Pound), from Uruguay's Manuel Nieto Zas. The Fipresci award went to Claudia Llosa from Peru for her feature Madeinusa. The jury, headed by South Korean director Lee Chang-Dong, selected the winners from a lineup of 14 titles by first- and second-time feature directors. The Dutch Critics' Award went to Australian Sarah Watt for her film Look Both Ways.
- A is for: Audrey. As if A would be for anyone else then Audrey Tautou, even in her year lacking in performances as she still shined in The Russian Dolls. B is for: Boyle. As surprising as it was, Danny Boyle made the transition from the horrors of Trainspotting and 28 Days Later to children’s film with Millions rather successfully. C is for: Chow. With Kung Fu Hustle , Stephen Chow is finally getting the recognition in western nations that he deserved 10 years ago with God Of Cookery. D is for: Down Under. Australia has pulled itself out of the creative slump in the film industry with the hits of Little Fish , Look Both Ways and Wolf Creek. Now it just needs to get attendance up and reaffirm to the world that we’re not all racist rednecks. Cate in Aussie flick Little Fish E is for: Elizabethtown. It was
- 12/27/2005
- IONCINEMA.com
SYDNEY -- Reflecting results of other recent awards, Sarah Watt's Look Both Ways as well as Rowan Woods' Little Fish and John Hillcoat's The Proposition dominated this year's Australian Film Institute Awards in Melbourne. Hosted by Russell Crowe, the awards saw Look take best film and direction nods, while Fish attracted acting awards and Proposition numerous craft categories. It is the first time the AFI awards have been held over two nights -- split between craft awards Friday and general categories Saturday -- as well as staging a black tie dinner Saturday for more than 800 at the Melbourne Central City Studios. The strategy is generally seen as a bid to make the awards more relevant to both the industry and the public by having a more star-power-packed gala event.
- 11/27/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SYDNEY -- Rowan Woods' gritty Little Fish, John Hillcoat's dark 18th-century western The Proposition and Sarah Watt's edgy Look Both Ways dominated this year's Lexus Inside Film Awards, held here Wednesday, with The Proposition taking the best film award. The Proposition, which will be released next year in the U.S. by First Look Pictures, also won best music, cinematography and production design. Little Fish took best actress and actor awards for Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving, respectively, as well as best sound and boxoffice achievement.
- 11/23/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
COLOGNE -- Ang Lee's cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain and George Clooney's '50s era political drama Good Night, And Good Luck are among the nominees disclosed Tuesday for Best Non-European Film at the European Film Awards. The European Film Academy also announced nominations for Jim Jarmusch's sardonic comedy Broken Flowers and Paul Higgis' Crash, an unblinking look at race relations in Los Angeles. Other nominees include Fernando Meirelles' adaptation of John le Carre's The Constant Gardener; Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallee's coming-of-age feature C.R.A.Z.Y.; Sarah Watt's Aussie drama Look Both Ways; Gavin Hood's Tsotsi, an expose of South African gang life; and Carlos Reygadas' sexually explicit Cannes competition entry Battle In Heaven.
- 11/15/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SYDNEY -- Sarah Watt's Look Both Ways dominated this year's Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, winning best film, director and actor (William McInnes) as well as best original screenplay for Watt and best editing for Denise Haratzis. The awards were held in Melbourne on Saturday. Rowan Woods' Little Fish collected three acting awards: best actress (Cate Blanchett), best supporting actress (Noni Hazlehurst) and best supporting actor (Hugo Weaving).
- 11/13/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SYDNEY -- Reflecting a trend in earlier awards nominations, members of the Australian Film Institute on Friday favored Rowan's Woods' Little Fish, John Hillcoat's The Proposition and Sarah Watt's Look Both Ways, which dominated the noms in all major categories. Unlike the selections announced earlier this week for the Inside Film Awards and the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (HR 10/19), Greg McLean's hit Wolf Creek, while scoring a best director nomination, failed to earn an AFI nom for best film, nor did lead actor John Jarratt get a nod. Instead, Alun Bollinger's drama Oyster Farmer took the fourth nomination for best film, although helmer Anna Reeves wasn't nominated for best director.
- 10/21/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SYDNEY -- Recent Australian releases Little Fish, Look Both Ways and The Proposition dominated nominations for major awards in the Inside Film Awards and the Film Critics' Circle of Australia Awards announced Tuesday. Both organizations said that all three films have been nominated for best film and most other key categories. The IF Awards, voted by the public through the Internet and industry committees, will be handed out in Sydney on Nov. 23, while the FCCA Awards, judged by Australia's key film critics, will be announced in Melbourne Nov.12. The IF Awards gave director John Hillcoat's The Proposition nine nominations, including best director and actor (Guy Pearce); the FCCA offered 11 nominations for Rowan Woods' Little Fish, including best film, director and actress (Cate Blanchett) but mostly mirrored the IF Awards tally. Sarah Watt's Look Both Ways also reflected the general tone, with similar nominations in most categories and thriller Wolf Creek fared well. One big surprise was the almost total absence of Robert Connolly's Three Dollars, one of the most popular local films at the boxoffice earlier this year, apart from an FCCA nomination for adapted screenplay.
- 10/19/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SYDNEY -- Australian breakout feature Look Both Ways, has been picked up for U.S. release by Kino International, distributor Fortissimo Films announced Wednesday. The Sarah Watt helmed feature was the recent winner of the Discovery prize at the Toronto Film Festival and was voted audience favorite at the Adelaide and Brisbane International Film (BIFF) Festivals as well as winning the BIFF FIPRESCI prize. "'Look Both Ways' is a film that is both imaginatively crafted and hugely appealing. We believe it has the potential to find a large audience in North America. It establishes Sarah Watt as a director with genuine talent and we look forward to working with her," Kino International's Donald Krim said announcing the deal which was brokered by Krim and Fortissimo Films' co-chairman Wouter Barendrecht and vice president of international sales Winnie Lau.
- 10/13/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- Tsotsi, the British-South African drama about six days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader, captured the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, which closed Saturday. "That was agony", an emotional Hood told an awards gathering Saturday afternoon. He paid particular tribute to the film's star, Presley Chweneyagae, a first-time film actor. The runner-up film for the People's Choice Award was Mother of Mine, a drama about a mother and son in war-torn Finland. Other award winners included the Discovery Award, voted on by the festival's press corps, going to Look Both Ways, from Australian director Sarah Watt, and the FIPRESCI Prize being awarded to South Korean director Kang Yi-kwan for SA-KWA, which had its world premiere here.
- 9/17/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- Tsotsi, the British-South African drama about six days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader, captured the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, which closed Saturday. "That was agony", an emotional Hood told an awards gathering Saturday afternoon. He paid particular tribute to the film's star, Presley Chweneyagae, a first-time film actor. The runner-up film for the People's Choice Award was Mother of Mine, a drama about a mother and son in war-torn Finland. Other award winners included the Discovery Award, voted on by the festival's press corps, going to Look Both Ways, from Australian director Sarah Watt, and the FIPRESCI Prize being awarded to South Korean director Kang Yi-kwan for SA-KWA, which had its world premiere here.
- 9/17/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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