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
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
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
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
A sustainability audit for Goalpost Pictures’ telemovie Panic at Rock Island found that more planning is required to achieve a lower environmental impact.
“There are some things in there that I’m very proud of but, to be brutally frank, there are some other outcomes that are quite disturbing. Early engagement is crucial to better cost and environmental outcomes,” said managing director Ben Grant.
“There’s been a lot of talk about ‘greening’ the industry over the past couple of years but there hasn’t been a lot of clear direction on the best way forward. At Goalpost, we decided the best way to genuinely review our practices was to have a thorough and professional analysis done during production under real-time conditions, when everyone is in the thick of things and operating at lightning speed and under pressure,” he added.
The company commissioned GreenShoot Pacific to prepare the audit. The film,...
“There are some things in there that I’m very proud of but, to be brutally frank, there are some other outcomes that are quite disturbing. Early engagement is crucial to better cost and environmental outcomes,” said managing director Ben Grant.
“There’s been a lot of talk about ‘greening’ the industry over the past couple of years but there hasn’t been a lot of clear direction on the best way forward. At Goalpost, we decided the best way to genuinely review our practices was to have a thorough and professional analysis done during production under real-time conditions, when everyone is in the thick of things and operating at lightning speed and under pressure,” he added.
The company commissioned GreenShoot Pacific to prepare the audit. The film,...
- 2/8/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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
Clare Crean nearly knows everyone. And most buyers know her. She's been with what is now called The Works International since 1999 when it was then operating under the moniker the Sales Company. Just weeks before the Afm, Crean was promoted to head of sales amid a major corporate restructuring and the departure of previous sales chief Carl Clifton to K5 International. Her Afm badge was taken so long ago that it's in black and white but, despite the years between then and now, Crean doesn't seem to have aged much. She talks to U.K. Bureau Chief Stuart Kemp about why the pre-sale is not dead, economizing at markets and why Oscar-winning documentaries are cheaper than fiction for buyers but remain heavy on P&A wallets. Before The Works, Crean sold television and library assets for the U.K. sales, finance and production house J&M Entertainment.
The Hollywood Reporter: Is the pre-sale dead?...
The Hollywood Reporter: Is the pre-sale dead?...
- 11/5/2010
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The South Australian Film Corporation (Safc) has announced the five teams selected to participate in the 2010 round of their low budget feature film initiative, FilmLab. A development initiative of the Safc, FilmLab provides a tangible bridge for South Australian filmmakers across the seemingly unfathomable gap from short film to feature film production. The program culminates in the production of low budget films with the Safc providing $350,000 in production funding for each. The successful teams for 2010 are Kate Croser, Hugh Sullivan and Sandy Cameron; Shane McNeil and Sean Dooley; Dave Ngo, Nick Matthews and Craig Behenna; Vicki Sugars and Christopher Houghton; and Lindy Taylor and Sue Brown The successful teams were selected from a competitive pool of 22 applicants, and judged by a panel which included film critic Margaret Pomeranz (At the Movies), producer Bridget Ikin (An Angel at my Table, My Year Without Sex), producer and development executive Stephen Cleary, and the Safc.
- 10/11/2010
- FilmInk.com.au
The Palm Springs International Film Festival has introduced a new program highlighting Australian cinema.
Organized in partnership with G'Day USA, the Australian Consulate General in Los Angeles and Tourism Australia, the program will feature Robert Connolly's "The Balibo Conspiracy," Rachel Ward's "Beautiful Kate," Ana Kokkinos' "Blessed," Tom Murray's "In My Father's Country," Glendyn Ivin's "Last Ride," Kriv Stender's "Lucky Country," Sarah Watt's "My Year Without Sex," Warwick Thornton's "Samson & Delilah" and Ted Kotcheff's "Wake in Fright."
"The Australian production boom was brought on by tax incentives, but it is the new talent behind the work that will sustain it," fest director Darryl Macdonald said.
Also, as part of its Awards Buzz program, the Jan. 7-18 fest will screen 41 of the 65 films that have been submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for best foreign language film consideration.
Out of...
Organized in partnership with G'Day USA, the Australian Consulate General in Los Angeles and Tourism Australia, the program will feature Robert Connolly's "The Balibo Conspiracy," Rachel Ward's "Beautiful Kate," Ana Kokkinos' "Blessed," Tom Murray's "In My Father's Country," Glendyn Ivin's "Last Ride," Kriv Stender's "Lucky Country," Sarah Watt's "My Year Without Sex," Warwick Thornton's "Samson & Delilah" and Ted Kotcheff's "Wake in Fright."
"The Australian production boom was brought on by tax incentives, but it is the new talent behind the work that will sustain it," fest director Darryl Macdonald said.
Also, as part of its Awards Buzz program, the Jan. 7-18 fest will screen 41 of the 65 films that have been submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for best foreign language film consideration.
Out of...
- 12/21/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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
Seems Chris Morris doesn't have a corner on the market for terrorism comedies this year. No, the creators of very serious minded Australian thriller The Jammed have just taken a turn towards the low-brow and launched production on their terrorism / reality TV spoof Eliminated. Here's the first official word:
After winning over critics and audiences in 2007 with acclaimed box office breakout hit The Jammed, the same team is back with a new film, Eliminated, which commenced shooting in Melbourne this week.
Written and directed by Dee McLachlan and produced by Andrea Buck from film production company The Picture Tank, Eliminated is a politically incorrect comedy about two of Australia's major obsessions, terrorism and reality television.
In Eliminated, a panel of guerilla judges selects and tests an eager and diverse group of young contestants to see who will take out the crown of 'master terrorist'. Subjected to various challenges, interrogations and torture,...
After winning over critics and audiences in 2007 with acclaimed box office breakout hit The Jammed, the same team is back with a new film, Eliminated, which commenced shooting in Melbourne this week.
Written and directed by Dee McLachlan and produced by Andrea Buck from film production company The Picture Tank, Eliminated is a politically incorrect comedy about two of Australia's major obsessions, terrorism and reality television.
In Eliminated, a panel of guerilla judges selects and tests an eager and diverse group of young contestants to see who will take out the crown of 'master terrorist'. Subjected to various challenges, interrogations and torture,...
- 11/26/2009
- Screen Anarchy
Indie Roundup is your guide to what's new and cool in the indie film world.
On-Demand / Online Viewing. Love him or find him irritating, he's practically a category unto himself now. Joe Swanberg continues to explore the endlessly fascinating topic of twenty-something romantic relationships in Young American Bodies, a web series now on IFC.com. Season 4 debuted on Monday at IFC.com, and future episodes of the five-part series will premiere on a weekly basis. If you're a Swanberg fan, you'll want to check it out: it expands on his vision of sex and everything that leads up to it and follows afterward: elusive, kinda real, kinda fake, pretty messy.
In honor of Veterans Day, SnagFilms presents a selection of films appropriate for the occasion, covering a national shrine in Arlington: Field of Honor, dangerous missions in Baghdad Bound: Devil Dog Diaries, remembering the Battle for Midway, and so one.
On-Demand / Online Viewing. Love him or find him irritating, he's practically a category unto himself now. Joe Swanberg continues to explore the endlessly fascinating topic of twenty-something romantic relationships in Young American Bodies, a web series now on IFC.com. Season 4 debuted on Monday at IFC.com, and future episodes of the five-part series will premiere on a weekly basis. If you're a Swanberg fan, you'll want to check it out: it expands on his vision of sex and everything that leads up to it and follows afterward: elusive, kinda real, kinda fake, pretty messy.
In honor of Veterans Day, SnagFilms presents a selection of films appropriate for the occasion, covering a national shrine in Arlington: Field of Honor, dangerous missions in Baghdad Bound: Devil Dog Diaries, remembering the Battle for Midway, and so one.
- 11/11/2009
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
U.S. rights to Sarah Watt’s “My Year Without Sex” have been acquired by Strand Releasing from The Works International at the American Film Market (Afm), the company unveiled Monday. The La-based distributor’s Jon Gerrans negotiated the deal with Joy Wong of The Works, and Strand plans a Spring 2010 release. Starring Sacha Horler (“Praise”) and Matt Day (“Muriel’s Wedding”), the film centers on a couple, Ross and Natalie, who are forced …...
- 11/9/2009
- Indiewire
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
A Work In Progress: Halls and the lobby of Loews remained bare and quiet until Monday when the final day approaches and buyers began congregating in final deals. Surprisingly to all multiple sales had already been made by day 2 and sales for some, if not all were better than expected even if prices were lower. At the Thursday evening European Film Promotion reception, where all friends in the biz meet with welcoming smiles, Marcus Hu of Strand said he was already packing up to go as he had made his purchases..they were already screening Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before AFM began he said. One sales agent remarked that Toronto was the zero level and AFM looked like level 1 had been reached. One sales agent said only theatrical films were selling. Jonathan Wolf says AFM has are 10% fewer sellers (369 vs. 412 in 2008) but 4% more buyers with 13 new buyers from South Korea,...
- 11/7/2009
- by Sydney@SydneysBuzz.com (Sydney)
- Sydney's Buzz
Hnr's Michael Stevens reporting from Toronto... Director Lars von Trier's Antichrist and Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or-winning The White Ribbon have now been added to this year's Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) lineup, running September 10-19 in Toronto. Both features will make their North American premieres as part of Tiff's 'Masters' program. Over 300 films will screen @ Tiff this year, singling out Australia, the Middle East and Israel. Film-makers set to attend this year's Fest include Werner Herzog, Steven Soderbergh, Jane Campion, Joel and Ethan Coen, Jean-Marc Vallée, Michael Moore, George A. Romero, Johnnie To and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Actors attending will include George Clooney, Penelope Cruz, Michael Douglas, Viggo Mortensen, Demi Moore, Michael Sheen, Mads Mikkelsen, Liam Neeson, Chris Rock and Naomi Watts. Celebrities accompanying films will include Oprah Winfrey, Sacheen Littlefeather and rap star Snoop Dogg. Tiff has increased the total number of films featured this year to 335, to screen in 18 different programs.
- 8/22/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
242 feature length pics which 95 world premiers.. Wow, I wish I was going, but our lucky Toronto correspondent Rick McGrath will be there instead. (Very lucky Toronto correspondent) Among the standouts are:
Some serious Greek weirdness I'm dying to see in Dogtooth.
Lars Von Triers insanity leaks out in Antichrist. (review)
The long awaited scifi awesomeness starring Jared Leto, Mr. Nobody.
And Locarno winner from the hip UK firm Warp X, She, A Chinese.
List of remaining flicks after the break.
Special Presentations
Mr. Nobody Jaco Van Dormael, France/Germany/Canada/Belgium
North American Premiere
Mr. Nobody tells the story of Nemo (Jared Leto), the world's oldest man. In 2092, Mars has become a trendy vacation destination and humans have achieved immortality, thanks to advances in genetics. At the age of 120 years, Nemo is the last mortal left on Earth. His death is drawing near, and media from all over the world...
Some serious Greek weirdness I'm dying to see in Dogtooth.
Lars Von Triers insanity leaks out in Antichrist. (review)
The long awaited scifi awesomeness starring Jared Leto, Mr. Nobody.
And Locarno winner from the hip UK firm Warp X, She, A Chinese.
List of remaining flicks after the break.
Special Presentations
Mr. Nobody Jaco Van Dormael, France/Germany/Canada/Belgium
North American Premiere
Mr. Nobody tells the story of Nemo (Jared Leto), the world's oldest man. In 2092, Mars has become a trendy vacation destination and humans have achieved immortality, thanks to advances in genetics. At the age of 120 years, Nemo is the last mortal left on Earth. His death is drawing near, and media from all over the world...
- 8/20/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Australian films are making a big international impact this week with the most recent announcement that both Sean Byrne's The Loved Ones and Rachel Ward's directorial debut Beautiful Kate will be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) in September. They join Jane Campion's Bright Star, The Spierig Brothers' Daybreakers, Glendyn Ivin's Last Ride, Bruce Beresford's Mao's Last Dancer, Granaz Moussavi's My Tehran For Sale, Sarah Watt's My Year Without Sex and Warwick Thornton's Cannes-winning Samson & Delilah in the program of the world renowned non-competitive film festival, which is renowned for attracting major players from film distribution, mixing it up with Toronto locals.
- 7/24/2009
- FilmInk.com.au
Toronto -- The Toronto International Film Festival on Tuesday unveiled a slew of premieres, mostly out of Cannes and Berlin, including the latest films from veterans Manoel de Oliveira, Alain Resnais and Hirokazu Kore-eda.
De Oliveira's "Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl" will unspool as part of the Masters sidebar, as will Resnais' "Les Herbes Folles" and "Air Doll," Japanese director Kore-eda's drama about a blow-up doll that becomes a real person that stars Korean actress Bae Doo-na.
And the high-profile Contemporary World Cinema program booked Israeli director Haim Tabakman's "Eyes Wide Open," a gay love story set in a religious Jewish community, "Huacho," from Chilean director Alejandro Fernandez Almendras, Korea's "Like You Know It All," by Hong Sang-soo, and Jessica Hausner's "Lourdes."
Other Cwc titles include Asli Ozge's "Men on the Bridge," set in Istanbul, Australian director Sarah Watt's "My Year Without Sex" and from Romania "Police, Adjective," by Corneliu Porumboiu.
Toronto each year unveils titles chosen from earlier international film festivals before it rolls out its own world premieres.
De Oliveira's "Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl" will unspool as part of the Masters sidebar, as will Resnais' "Les Herbes Folles" and "Air Doll," Japanese director Kore-eda's drama about a blow-up doll that becomes a real person that stars Korean actress Bae Doo-na.
And the high-profile Contemporary World Cinema program booked Israeli director Haim Tabakman's "Eyes Wide Open," a gay love story set in a religious Jewish community, "Huacho," from Chilean director Alejandro Fernandez Almendras, Korea's "Like You Know It All," by Hong Sang-soo, and Jessica Hausner's "Lourdes."
Other Cwc titles include Asli Ozge's "Men on the Bridge," set in Istanbul, Australian director Sarah Watt's "My Year Without Sex" and from Romania "Police, Adjective," by Corneliu Porumboiu.
Toronto each year unveils titles chosen from earlier international film festivals before it rolls out its own world premieres.
- 6/24/2009
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London -- This year's Edinburgh International Film Festival will be book-ended by the international premiere of Sam Mendes' "Away We Go" and close with the world debut of Max Meyer's "Adam," organizers said Wednesday.
Festival officials said the Scottish capital-set movie shindig will play host to 23 world premieres including Meyer's film.
The festival, which runs June 17 through 28, will also introduce a competition strand for international best features.
Movies competing include Jonathan Auf Der Heide’s "Van Diemen’s Land," Noah Buschel’s "The Missing Person" and Sarah Watt’s "My Year Without Sex."
A British gala section including Duncan Ward’s "Boogie Woogie," Brian Percival’s "A Boy Called Dad," "Fish Tank" by Andrea Arnold and Duncan Jones’ "Moon" will compete for the U.K. Film Council-backed Michael Powell Award for best British feature.
The documentary section includes world premieres of "Isolation" by Luke Seomore and Joseph Bull and...
Festival officials said the Scottish capital-set movie shindig will play host to 23 world premieres including Meyer's film.
The festival, which runs June 17 through 28, will also introduce a competition strand for international best features.
Movies competing include Jonathan Auf Der Heide’s "Van Diemen’s Land," Noah Buschel’s "The Missing Person" and Sarah Watt’s "My Year Without Sex."
A British gala section including Duncan Ward’s "Boogie Woogie," Brian Percival’s "A Boy Called Dad," "Fish Tank" by Andrea Arnold and Duncan Jones’ "Moon" will compete for the U.K. Film Council-backed Michael Powell Award for best British feature.
The documentary section includes world premieres of "Isolation" by Luke Seomore and Joseph Bull and...
- 5/6/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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
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