'The Butterfly Tree'..
Celebrating its tenth anniversary, the Miff Premiere Fund will present six world premieres at the 66th Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff), including Greg McLean.s survival thriller Jungle.
The festival runs August 3-20; the full program will be launched on July 11, with general public individual session tickets on sale from July 14..
The six premieres are:.
The Butterfly Tree, the feature debut of director Priscilla Cameron, is a coming-of-age tale of love and loss tinged with magical realism, starring Melissa George, Ewen Leslie, Ed Oxenbould and Sophie Lowe.
Naina Sen.s The Song Keepers chronicles the hidden musical legacy of ancient Aboriginal languages and German baroque songs that are being preserved by the Central Australian Aboriginal Women.s Choir.
Eddie Martin.s Have You Seen the Listers? is a moving personal account of the artistic and commercial rise of Australia.s most renowned street artist, which came with a deep personal cost.
In Westwind: Djalu.s Legacy, director Ben Strunin portrays Yolngu elder Djalu Gurruwiwi.s quest to pass his people.s ancient song lines and culture to the next generation — with a little help from global pop star Gotye..
Rabbit is a chilling fairytale feature debut from director Luke Shanahan in which identical twins are linked by more than just DNA, starring Alex Russell and Adelaide Clemens.
The opening night selection, Jungle stars Alex Russell and Daniel Radcliffe in a thriller based on the real-life story of adventurer Yossi Ghinsberg.
The Premiere Fund, which offers minority co-financing to new Australian narrative and documentary theatrical features that then premiere at Miff, has invested in a total of 56 projects. To celebrate the anniversary, Miff will have retro screenings of three classics:
Balibo (2009), Robert Connolly.s political thriller starring Oscar Isaac and Anthony Lapaglia. Bastardy (2008), Amiel Courtin-Wilson.s impressionistic portrait of the life of Indigenous arts personality Jack Charles.. Blessed (2009), Ana Kokkinos. drama about families, love and loss, starring Frances O'Connor, Miranda Otto, Deborra-Lee Furness, William McInnes, Sophie Lowe, Harrison Gilbertson and Reef Ireland.
Meanwhile www.miff.com.au will feature a new dedicated Premiere Fund page outlining all 56 investments along with a link to a new iTunes page where many of those films can be purchased..
Among the notable milestones over the 10 years:
Nearly 32 per cent of the fund.s films had female directors (versus Screen Australia-reported industry average of 16 per cent). Nearly 59 per cent had female producers (versus industry average of 32 per cent). 41 per cent included youth themes.. 27 per cent had elements portraying Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Communities (CALDs), with 5 per cent having Cald creative principals (director and/or producer(s). 16 per cent included Indigenous themes and/or characters (including Bran Nue Dae), and nearly 7 per cent had Indigenous creative principals. 13 per cent included Lgbti characters and/or issues, with 18 per cent involving Lgbti creative principals. Some 50% of Premiere Fund movies were helmed by first-time directors.
Miff Premiere Fund executive producer Mark Woods said, .The talent we have been able to support has been incredible — 19 per cent of Premiere Fund films are directed by alumni of Miff emerging director workshop Accelerator Lab and 48 per cent advanced their funding at Miff.s film financing event 37ºSouth Market — so we really do feel like we come on a long journey with these projects..
Celebrating its tenth anniversary, the Miff Premiere Fund will present six world premieres at the 66th Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff), including Greg McLean.s survival thriller Jungle.
The festival runs August 3-20; the full program will be launched on July 11, with general public individual session tickets on sale from July 14..
The six premieres are:.
The Butterfly Tree, the feature debut of director Priscilla Cameron, is a coming-of-age tale of love and loss tinged with magical realism, starring Melissa George, Ewen Leslie, Ed Oxenbould and Sophie Lowe.
Naina Sen.s The Song Keepers chronicles the hidden musical legacy of ancient Aboriginal languages and German baroque songs that are being preserved by the Central Australian Aboriginal Women.s Choir.
Eddie Martin.s Have You Seen the Listers? is a moving personal account of the artistic and commercial rise of Australia.s most renowned street artist, which came with a deep personal cost.
In Westwind: Djalu.s Legacy, director Ben Strunin portrays Yolngu elder Djalu Gurruwiwi.s quest to pass his people.s ancient song lines and culture to the next generation — with a little help from global pop star Gotye..
Rabbit is a chilling fairytale feature debut from director Luke Shanahan in which identical twins are linked by more than just DNA, starring Alex Russell and Adelaide Clemens.
The opening night selection, Jungle stars Alex Russell and Daniel Radcliffe in a thriller based on the real-life story of adventurer Yossi Ghinsberg.
The Premiere Fund, which offers minority co-financing to new Australian narrative and documentary theatrical features that then premiere at Miff, has invested in a total of 56 projects. To celebrate the anniversary, Miff will have retro screenings of three classics:
Balibo (2009), Robert Connolly.s political thriller starring Oscar Isaac and Anthony Lapaglia. Bastardy (2008), Amiel Courtin-Wilson.s impressionistic portrait of the life of Indigenous arts personality Jack Charles.. Blessed (2009), Ana Kokkinos. drama about families, love and loss, starring Frances O'Connor, Miranda Otto, Deborra-Lee Furness, William McInnes, Sophie Lowe, Harrison Gilbertson and Reef Ireland.
Meanwhile www.miff.com.au will feature a new dedicated Premiere Fund page outlining all 56 investments along with a link to a new iTunes page where many of those films can be purchased..
Among the notable milestones over the 10 years:
Nearly 32 per cent of the fund.s films had female directors (versus Screen Australia-reported industry average of 16 per cent). Nearly 59 per cent had female producers (versus industry average of 32 per cent). 41 per cent included youth themes.. 27 per cent had elements portraying Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Communities (CALDs), with 5 per cent having Cald creative principals (director and/or producer(s). 16 per cent included Indigenous themes and/or characters (including Bran Nue Dae), and nearly 7 per cent had Indigenous creative principals. 13 per cent included Lgbti characters and/or issues, with 18 per cent involving Lgbti creative principals. Some 50% of Premiere Fund movies were helmed by first-time directors.
Miff Premiere Fund executive producer Mark Woods said, .The talent we have been able to support has been incredible — 19 per cent of Premiere Fund films are directed by alumni of Miff emerging director workshop Accelerator Lab and 48 per cent advanced their funding at Miff.s film financing event 37ºSouth Market — so we really do feel like we come on a long journey with these projects..
- 6/22/2017
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Jennifer Kent.s The Babadook and Russell Crowe.s The Water Diviner tied for best film at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) awards in Sydney.
That.s the first joint award for best film in AFI/Aacta history. Kent also collected the awards for best director (Crowe wasn't nominated in that category) and original screenplay.
Telecast on Network Ten, the awards drew just 297,000 viewers in the five metro cities last night, proving more popular in Melbourne (107,000) than Sydney (80,000).
Playmaker Media.s conspiracy thriller The Code collared the awards for best TV drama, lead actor in a TV drama (Ashley Zukerman), supporting actress (Chelsie Preston Crayford) and direction in a TV drama or comedy (Shawn Seet). The Longford Lyell Award, named for Australian cinema pioneers Raymond Longford and Lottie Lyell, went to screenwriter Andrew Knight, whose credits as head writer or co-writer include Fast Forward, Full Frontal,...
That.s the first joint award for best film in AFI/Aacta history. Kent also collected the awards for best director (Crowe wasn't nominated in that category) and original screenplay.
Telecast on Network Ten, the awards drew just 297,000 viewers in the five metro cities last night, proving more popular in Melbourne (107,000) than Sydney (80,000).
Playmaker Media.s conspiracy thriller The Code collared the awards for best TV drama, lead actor in a TV drama (Ashley Zukerman), supporting actress (Chelsie Preston Crayford) and direction in a TV drama or comedy (Shawn Seet). The Longford Lyell Award, named for Australian cinema pioneers Raymond Longford and Lottie Lyell, went to screenwriter Andrew Knight, whose credits as head writer or co-writer include Fast Forward, Full Frontal,...
- 1/29/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Australian feature film Galore has begun filming in Canberra.
The film, written and directed by Rhys Graham, follows four teenagers whose lives are thrown together late one night ahead of the devastating bushfires of 2002. It stars Ashleigh Cummings (Tomorrow When The War Began), Toby Wallace (Nim.s Island 2), Lily Sullivan (Mental), Aliki Matangi, Maya Stange (Garage Days) and Oscar Redding (Van Dieman.s Land).
Galore is being produced by Philippa Campey (Bastardy) and executive produced by Sue Murray, Victoria Treole and Eleonora Granata-Jenkinson.
Campey said Galore was an intensely personal film for Graham.
"His screenplay, which has such a strong sense of place given his intimacy with the very particular world of Canberra.s outer suburbs, is a work of incredible beauty and power," Campey said in a statement.
Galore, which has received financial support from Screen Australia, Screen Act, Film Victoria, the Miff Premiere Fund and Deluxe, will be...
The film, written and directed by Rhys Graham, follows four teenagers whose lives are thrown together late one night ahead of the devastating bushfires of 2002. It stars Ashleigh Cummings (Tomorrow When The War Began), Toby Wallace (Nim.s Island 2), Lily Sullivan (Mental), Aliki Matangi, Maya Stange (Garage Days) and Oscar Redding (Van Dieman.s Land).
Galore is being produced by Philippa Campey (Bastardy) and executive produced by Sue Murray, Victoria Treole and Eleonora Granata-Jenkinson.
Campey said Galore was an intensely personal film for Graham.
"His screenplay, which has such a strong sense of place given his intimacy with the very particular world of Canberra.s outer suburbs, is a work of incredible beauty and power," Campey said in a statement.
Galore, which has received financial support from Screen Australia, Screen Act, Film Victoria, the Miff Premiere Fund and Deluxe, will be...
- 11/5/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Director Amiel Courtin-Wilson is on a roll. His latest feature, Hail, is currently taking Australia by storm, and before that he built up an exciting array of observational documentaries, including Bastardy, a complex portrait of a complex man Jack Charles, which won awards and acclaim almost everywhere it played. In between Bastardy and Hail, but taking up a lot of the time during the making of both, was Catch My Disease, an epic documentary about the musician Ben lee, which Courtin-Wilson filmed over an epic span of the musician's life (something like eight years). The title comes from one of Lee's most famous songs. Featuring interviews with Clare Danes, Zooey Deschanel, Jason Schwartzman, Winona Ryder, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and others, Catch My Disease looks at the musician's...
- 10/26/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Madman Entertainment has added Adelaide and Hobart to its limited run of Amiel Courtin-Wilson’s Hail.
The announcement:
Madman Entertainment is proud to announce that the theatrical release of “Hail”, the acclaimed drama by Melbourne-based Amiel Courtin-Wilson, will expand to include Adelaide and Hobart, with more screens to be added in additional cities.
Initially slated for a Melbourne and Sydney release, the demand for “Hail” has grown based upon wide critical acclaim following its film festival screenings nationally and internationally. The Monthly’s Adrian Martin reviewed it under the banner, “The Best of Australian Film 2012”.
The first Australian feature to be screened at the Venice International Festival in ten years and winner of The Age Critics Award for Best Australian Feature at the 2012 Melbourne International Film Festival, “Hail” draws on the life experiences of ex-criminal and jail cell philosopher, Danny P. Jones, who stars in the film as himself, along with his real-life partner,...
The announcement:
Madman Entertainment is proud to announce that the theatrical release of “Hail”, the acclaimed drama by Melbourne-based Amiel Courtin-Wilson, will expand to include Adelaide and Hobart, with more screens to be added in additional cities.
Initially slated for a Melbourne and Sydney release, the demand for “Hail” has grown based upon wide critical acclaim following its film festival screenings nationally and internationally. The Monthly’s Adrian Martin reviewed it under the banner, “The Best of Australian Film 2012”.
The first Australian feature to be screened at the Venice International Festival in ten years and winner of The Age Critics Award for Best Australian Feature at the 2012 Melbourne International Film Festival, “Hail” draws on the life experiences of ex-criminal and jail cell philosopher, Danny P. Jones, who stars in the film as himself, along with his real-life partner,...
- 10/15/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Amiel Courtin-Wilson's latest journey with Daniel P. Jones - the autobiographical docu-drama Hail - has reached a significant milestone, with the movie taking out the top critics prize for best Australian feature in their hometown, at the Melbourne International Film Festival. The pair have been working together since they met the day after Daniel was released from prison, with their first on-screen collaboration - the incredible short film Cicada - screening in competition at Cannes in 2009. Hail is their first feature together, and Amiel's first foray into drama after making several critically-acclaimed documentaries. Michael Cody produced. To quote from the Miff programme: Both epic love story and autobiography, the audacious Hail is the culmination of six years of collaboration between director Amiel Courtin-Wilson (Bastardy, Miff 2008; Ben Lee: Catch...
- 8/18/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Visit Films announced today that it is partnering with GoDigital on the digital release of Amiel Courtin-Wilson's ("Bastardy," "Hail") documentary "Ben Lee: Catch My Disease" November 6. The documentary paints a playful portrait of the Australian singer-songwriter Ben Lee, with commentary from some of Hollywood's biggest stars who knew him, such as ex-girlfriend Claire Danes and old friends Jason Schwartzman, Michelle Williams, Zooey Deschanel, Winona Ryder, Thurston Moore and Beastie Boy Mike D. The 86-minute documentary took almost ten years to make, and Courtin-Wilson, in addition to writing, directing and producing the doc, also served as its cinematographer. An official synopsis from the press release follows: The focus of this documentary is charming, intelligent and iconoclastic Australian singer-songwriter Ben Lee, whose creative growth since his early adolescence has undergone almost relentless...
- 8/14/2012
- by Srimathi Sridhar
- Indiewire
A Robert Connolly-produced film – which features a range of big-name Australian filmmakers and actors directing different chapters of the film – has received funding from Screen Australia.
The Turning, an adaptation Tim Winton’s book of 17 short stories of the same name, is to be directed by Snowtown director Justin Kurzel, Van Diemen’s Land director Jonathan Auf Der Heide, The Slap show runner Tony Ayres, actors Cate Blanchett, David Wenham and Mia Wasikowska, Connolly and others.
Connolly’s multi-director project comes a few months after the announcement that the screen agency was investing in John Polson’s film Sydney Unplugged featuring short films by prominent Australian filmmakers.
Connolly, producer of The Boys, Romulus and My Father and director of The Bank, Three Dollars and Balibo, is a board member of Screen Australia.
A Screen Australia spokesperson told Encore: “We have a clear working conflict of interest policy that works.
The Turning, an adaptation Tim Winton’s book of 17 short stories of the same name, is to be directed by Snowtown director Justin Kurzel, Van Diemen’s Land director Jonathan Auf Der Heide, The Slap show runner Tony Ayres, actors Cate Blanchett, David Wenham and Mia Wasikowska, Connolly and others.
Connolly’s multi-director project comes a few months after the announcement that the screen agency was investing in John Polson’s film Sydney Unplugged featuring short films by prominent Australian filmmakers.
Connolly, producer of The Boys, Romulus and My Father and director of The Bank, Three Dollars and Balibo, is a board member of Screen Australia.
A Screen Australia spokesperson told Encore: “We have a clear working conflict of interest policy that works.
- 3/22/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
After carving himself out an award-inning niche in documentary filmmaking, with films like Chasing Buddha and Bastardy playing at festivals the world over, Amiel Courtin-Wilson has embarked on his long-awaited foray into dramatic features, starting pre-production on his new film Hail this week in Melbourne.
Hail is cut from the same cloth as Amiel's previous film Cicada, a short film which screened in Director's Fortnight at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and featured Melbourne actor Daniel P. Jones recounting his shocking first real-life memory -- of a shotgun killing right in front of him -- straight to camera.
Produced by Michael Cody, Hail once again features Daniel P. Jones in the lead role. Here is the poetic synopsis.
Dan is in love with Leanne. They were born on the same day -- 19th June 1960. They eat together. They live together. They steal together. When Dan's love is suddenly ripped away from him,...
Hail is cut from the same cloth as Amiel's previous film Cicada, a short film which screened in Director's Fortnight at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and featured Melbourne actor Daniel P. Jones recounting his shocking first real-life memory -- of a shotgun killing right in front of him -- straight to camera.
Produced by Michael Cody, Hail once again features Daniel P. Jones in the lead role. Here is the poetic synopsis.
Dan is in love with Leanne. They were born on the same day -- 19th June 1960. They eat together. They live together. They steal together. When Dan's love is suddenly ripped away from him,...
- 7/9/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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