About a young aboriginal girl raised by European parents, director Charles Chauvel said the inspiration for his 1955 film came from Merian C. Cooper, a producer who knew his way around the backwaters. Although popular in Australia as the first domestic movie filmed in color, Jedda did not fare well in the US or UK where the distributors cut 40 minutes and changed the title to Jedda the Uncivilized.
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- 10/8/2021
- by TFH Team
- Trailers from Hell
This 1940 Australian war film about the Light Horse Cavalry was directed by Charles Chauvel, the nephew of much-decorated Sir Harry Chauvel and the commander of that particular cavalry. In a nod to Gunga Din, the film features a trio of rowdy soldiers played by Grant Taylor, Joe Valli and Chips Rafferty. Of the three, only Rafferty broke through in the American market, with roles in Mutiny on the Bounty, The Sundowners and even TV’s The Monkees.
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- 10/6/2021
- by TFH Team
- Trailers from Hell
Dylan River and Tanith Glynn-Maloney.
After producing She Who Must Be Loved and co-producing Robbie Hood and The Beach, Tanith Glynn-Maloney is sticking to her mission of telling “blackfella” stories.
“I only want to tell positive stories about blackfellas. I’m not interested in working for white fellas just to tick some boxes,” Glynn-Maloney told First Nations Media Australia’s Catherine Liddle in a Media Ring interview last week.
Glynn-Maloney, who is partnered with her cousin Dylan River in Since 1788 Productions, is developing multiple projects including Finding Jedda, a short film funded by the No Ordinary Black initiative, in which Screen Australia’s Indigenous department is partnered with Nitv and state agencies.
Also in the works are a prequel to Robbie Hood with Ludo Studio; The Visitors, a feature drama based on Jane Harrison’s play, a co-production with Nick Batzias’ Good Thing Productions; and Pictures in Paradise’s action-adventure-drama Musquito.
After producing She Who Must Be Loved and co-producing Robbie Hood and The Beach, Tanith Glynn-Maloney is sticking to her mission of telling “blackfella” stories.
“I only want to tell positive stories about blackfellas. I’m not interested in working for white fellas just to tick some boxes,” Glynn-Maloney told First Nations Media Australia’s Catherine Liddle in a Media Ring interview last week.
Glynn-Maloney, who is partnered with her cousin Dylan River in Since 1788 Productions, is developing multiple projects including Finding Jedda, a short film funded by the No Ordinary Black initiative, in which Screen Australia’s Indigenous department is partnered with Nitv and state agencies.
Also in the works are a prequel to Robbie Hood with Ludo Studio; The Visitors, a feature drama based on Jane Harrison’s play, a co-production with Nick Batzias’ Good Thing Productions; and Pictures in Paradise’s action-adventure-drama Musquito.
- 7/7/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Beck Cole with Tessa Rose on the set of ‘Grace Beside Me’ (Photo credit: Magpie Picture/Julian Panetta).
As a proud woman from Warramungu/Luritja nations filmmaker Beck Cole has worked on numerous Indigenous-themed TV series and documentaries including First Australians, Redfern Now, Grace Beside Me and Black Comedy.
Two years ago she decided to embark on a wider range of projects, a strategy that’s paid off as she has directed two episodes of Fremantle/Foxtel’s Wentworth and is preparing to direct two episodes of Seven Studios’ drama Between Two Worlds.
Later this year she will resume her role as voice director on the third season of Ned Lander Media’s animated series Little J & Big Cuz for Sbs.
Cole and emerging writer/director Samuel Paynter are among eight Indigenous teams from Australia and New Zealand who are making the anthology feature Cook 2020: Our Right of Reply.
As a proud woman from Warramungu/Luritja nations filmmaker Beck Cole has worked on numerous Indigenous-themed TV series and documentaries including First Australians, Redfern Now, Grace Beside Me and Black Comedy.
Two years ago she decided to embark on a wider range of projects, a strategy that’s paid off as she has directed two episodes of Fremantle/Foxtel’s Wentworth and is preparing to direct two episodes of Seven Studios’ drama Between Two Worlds.
Later this year she will resume her role as voice director on the third season of Ned Lander Media’s animated series Little J & Big Cuz for Sbs.
Cole and emerging writer/director Samuel Paynter are among eight Indigenous teams from Australia and New Zealand who are making the anthology feature Cook 2020: Our Right of Reply.
- 5/21/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
This 1940 Australian war film about the Light Horse Cavalry was directed by Charles Chauvel, the nephew of much-decorated Sir Harry Chauvel and the commander of that particular cavalry. In a nod to Gunga Din, the film features a trio of rowdy soldiers played by Grant Taylor, Joe Valli and Chips Rafferty. Of the three, only Rafferty broke through in the American market, with roles in Mutiny on the Bounty, The Sundowners and even TV’s The Monkees.
- 5/3/2017
- by TFH Team
- Trailers from Hell
Australian actress Claudia Karvan is set to receive the 2016 Chauvel Award as part of the 14th annual Gold Coast Film Festival..
The Chauvel Award, named in honour of Charles Chauvel, commenced in 1993 and acknowledges an individual who has made significant contribution to Australian cinema.
On April 9, the Gold Coast Film Festival will welcome audiences to David Stratton In Conversation With Claudia Karvan..
The night will be an intimate look at Karvan.s career, accompanied by footage from her films and moderated by film critic and previous Chauvel Award recipient, David Stratton..
Stratton said he was looking forward to the event.
.I have known Claudia since she started acting and even appeared in a film with her once — something I.m certain will be referred to in our informal chat," he said. .
"Her career has gone from strength to strength, and she is unquestionably one of our finest actors..
Karvan.Karvan...
The Chauvel Award, named in honour of Charles Chauvel, commenced in 1993 and acknowledges an individual who has made significant contribution to Australian cinema.
On April 9, the Gold Coast Film Festival will welcome audiences to David Stratton In Conversation With Claudia Karvan..
The night will be an intimate look at Karvan.s career, accompanied by footage from her films and moderated by film critic and previous Chauvel Award recipient, David Stratton..
Stratton said he was looking forward to the event.
.I have known Claudia since she started acting and even appeared in a film with her once — something I.m certain will be referred to in our informal chat," he said. .
"Her career has gone from strength to strength, and she is unquestionably one of our finest actors..
Karvan.Karvan...
- 2/29/2016
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
The Gold Coast Film Festival has secured Jan Chapman, Melanie Coombs and Alan Finney to be part of its 2016 Chauvel Award committee.
Chapman, producer of the AFI Best Film winner, Lantana and Academy Award winner The Piano, and 2002 Chauvel Award recipient, will join the committee this year alongside Coombs, producer of the Academy Award winner Harvie Krumpet and Finney, a film industry veteran actor and producer..
Film critic David Stratton, Screen Queensland chief executive, Tracey Vieira and Bond University.s Professor Bruce Molloy have also been announced as 2016 Chauvel Committee members.
The Chauvel Award, named in honour of Charles Chauvel, acknowledges an individual who has made significant contribution to Australian cinema..
The award was previously part of the Brisbane International Film Festival and past recipients of the Award have included producer Anthony Buckley, directors George Miller and Rolf de Heer, actors Bryan Brown and Geoffrey Rush, cinematographer John Seale and...
Chapman, producer of the AFI Best Film winner, Lantana and Academy Award winner The Piano, and 2002 Chauvel Award recipient, will join the committee this year alongside Coombs, producer of the Academy Award winner Harvie Krumpet and Finney, a film industry veteran actor and producer..
Film critic David Stratton, Screen Queensland chief executive, Tracey Vieira and Bond University.s Professor Bruce Molloy have also been announced as 2016 Chauvel Committee members.
The Chauvel Award, named in honour of Charles Chauvel, acknowledges an individual who has made significant contribution to Australian cinema..
The award was previously part of the Brisbane International Film Festival and past recipients of the Award have included producer Anthony Buckley, directors George Miller and Rolf de Heer, actors Bryan Brown and Geoffrey Rush, cinematographer John Seale and...
- 12/17/2015
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Filmmaker Charles Chauvel’s final production marked a watershed for Australian films and paved the way for Indigenous actors
Jedda was the last film made by director Charles Chauvel, one of the few prominent film-makers in the first 50 years of Australian cinema. But this watershed 1955 production is best remembered for heralding a number of firsts: the first Australian film featuring two Aboriginal actors in the lead roles, the first to be shot in colour and the first to compete for the Cannes Film Festival’s prestigious Palme d’Or award.
The story of an Aboriginal girl born on a cattle station who is raised by a white family following the death of her mother, the film is a Romeo and Juliet-esque tragedy that unfolds in front of magnificent Northern Territory backdrops. The film does shows its age by substituting these backgrounds for fake ones in several scenes – large painted canvases that look preposterously unreal,...
Jedda was the last film made by director Charles Chauvel, one of the few prominent film-makers in the first 50 years of Australian cinema. But this watershed 1955 production is best remembered for heralding a number of firsts: the first Australian film featuring two Aboriginal actors in the lead roles, the first to be shot in colour and the first to compete for the Cannes Film Festival’s prestigious Palme d’Or award.
The story of an Aboriginal girl born on a cattle station who is raised by a white family following the death of her mother, the film is a Romeo and Juliet-esque tragedy that unfolds in front of magnificent Northern Territory backdrops. The film does shows its age by substituting these backgrounds for fake ones in several scenes – large painted canvases that look preposterously unreal,...
- 8/21/2015
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
Umbrella Entertainment is restoring Australian classic Jedda plus Angel Baby and Burke & Wills for re-issue in HD on DVD and VOD platforms as part of an ongoing preservation program.
The distributor is also working with producer Jane Scott and distributor Andrew Pike on an HD version of Scott Hicks. Shine, and with Scott on Goodbye Paradise.
As part of its restoration program which covers around 200 titles, Umbrella plans to release on one DVD two musical films produced by Peter Clifton, one on The Easybeats. tour of England in 1967, the other looking at a concert by The Rolling Stones at Sydney Showground in 1966, hosted by DJ Ward ..Pally.. Austin.
Shot in 1955, Jedda was the last film from Australian filmmaker Charles Chauvel, who died four years later. The first Australian feature made in colour, it starred Indigenous actors Robert Tudawali and Ngarla Kunoth in the saga of an Aboriginal woman who is...
The distributor is also working with producer Jane Scott and distributor Andrew Pike on an HD version of Scott Hicks. Shine, and with Scott on Goodbye Paradise.
As part of its restoration program which covers around 200 titles, Umbrella plans to release on one DVD two musical films produced by Peter Clifton, one on The Easybeats. tour of England in 1967, the other looking at a concert by The Rolling Stones at Sydney Showground in 1966, hosted by DJ Ward ..Pally.. Austin.
Shot in 1955, Jedda was the last film from Australian filmmaker Charles Chauvel, who died four years later. The first Australian feature made in colour, it starred Indigenous actors Robert Tudawali and Ngarla Kunoth in the saga of an Aboriginal woman who is...
- 3/23/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Moviegoers from 1950s Australia may recall the moment when an azure sky and red arkoses in the wild Northern Territory appeared on screen for the first time in colour. Australian producer/director Charles Chauvel.s 1955 film Jedda was not only the first colour feature in Australia, but the first to cast Indigenous Australians in leading roles.
Five decades later, Chauvel's only daughter, Susanne Chauvel Carlsson, revisited the locations where his films were made as part of a project to preserve her father.s legacy.
.He wanted to show Australia to the world,. Carlsson says. .He loved the country and the whole background. At that time the audiences in cinema enjoyed seeing something different and the Australian landscape provided a seemingly exotic background. My father believed that the only way to attract the overseas audiences was to make it Australian..
.He was also one of the few at that time who...
Five decades later, Chauvel's only daughter, Susanne Chauvel Carlsson, revisited the locations where his films were made as part of a project to preserve her father.s legacy.
.He wanted to show Australia to the world,. Carlsson says. .He loved the country and the whole background. At that time the audiences in cinema enjoyed seeing something different and the Australian landscape provided a seemingly exotic background. My father believed that the only way to attract the overseas audiences was to make it Australian..
.He was also one of the few at that time who...
- 10/22/2012
- by Yuan Liu
- IF.com.au
News Ltd chief executive Kim Williams has called on the government to strengthen legislation to stop rampant piracy.
Williams, speaking at the Australian International Movie Convention on the Gold Coast, called on the government to revamp the existing copyright framework to reflect the industry's shift from analogue to digital.
"What the Australian production and distribution industry needs are renovated legal underpinnings that acknowledge the primary right of copyright owners to exploit their work in the certain knowledge that theft will be prevented and punished equally," Williams said.
"Without that core commercial underpinning the outlook for our industry . the digital entertainment industry . is grim indeed. Whilst there is endless talk about the Nbn there is yet to be any formal acknowledgement that the legislative and enforcement frameworks are disastrously outmoded and defective to sustain any relevance in confronting a modern high speed digital delivery world.
"Without immediate and wholesale makeover we...
Williams, speaking at the Australian International Movie Convention on the Gold Coast, called on the government to revamp the existing copyright framework to reflect the industry's shift from analogue to digital.
"What the Australian production and distribution industry needs are renovated legal underpinnings that acknowledge the primary right of copyright owners to exploit their work in the certain knowledge that theft will be prevented and punished equally," Williams said.
"Without that core commercial underpinning the outlook for our industry . the digital entertainment industry . is grim indeed. Whilst there is endless talk about the Nbn there is yet to be any formal acknowledgement that the legislative and enforcement frameworks are disastrously outmoded and defective to sustain any relevance in confronting a modern high speed digital delivery world.
"Without immediate and wholesale makeover we...
- 8/21/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Brisbane International Film Festival and Screen Queensland have re-formatted the festival’s Chauvel Award to support novel-to-film adaptations with a $40,000 initiative.
Launched at the Brisbane Writer’s Festival’s ‘Books to Box Office’ session, the Chauvel Award, formerly recognising accomplished veterans of the industry, will now recognise film adaptations.
Maureen Barron, Screen Queensland’s CEO said at the launch: ““With domestic production levels on the rise in Queensland, we want to recognise the work of producers and writers at an earlier stage in a project’s life and, through the Chauvel Award, provide much-needed funds towards the development of a production that could stand alongside other great adaptations by Australian filmmakers.”
Queensland-born Charles Chauvel wrote, directed and produced films In the Wake of Bounty (1933 – starring Errol Flynn), The Rats of Tobruk (1944), Sons of Matthew (1949), and Jedda (1955).
“As a filmmaker, Charles Chauvel’s work reflected the rapidly evolving film industry of his era,...
Launched at the Brisbane Writer’s Festival’s ‘Books to Box Office’ session, the Chauvel Award, formerly recognising accomplished veterans of the industry, will now recognise film adaptations.
Maureen Barron, Screen Queensland’s CEO said at the launch: ““With domestic production levels on the rise in Queensland, we want to recognise the work of producers and writers at an earlier stage in a project’s life and, through the Chauvel Award, provide much-needed funds towards the development of a production that could stand alongside other great adaptations by Australian filmmakers.”
Queensland-born Charles Chauvel wrote, directed and produced films In the Wake of Bounty (1933 – starring Errol Flynn), The Rats of Tobruk (1944), Sons of Matthew (1949), and Jedda (1955).
“As a filmmaker, Charles Chauvel’s work reflected the rapidly evolving film industry of his era,...
- 10/19/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Despite several set-backs to Warner Bros, trying to set up production of "The Hobbit" in New Zealand, with labour unrest triggered by local actors unions, demonstrations by workers across the country, and a mysterious fire that destroyed a part of director Peter Jackson's Weta Digital Studios in Wellington, the studio has agreed to stay the course, cutting a tax deal with the Nz government.
According to new reports, following the Nz parliament passing 'emergency' legislation, bypassing usual parliamentary committees, to ensure that 2 back-to-back "Hobbit" films would be lensed in the country, almost half of New Zealand's Members of Parliament, have now called the studio/government deal a 'day of shame', with one holding up a redesigned national flag with the Warner Bros logo in one corner.
"What is the government going to do next -- give in to any multinational that asks for a labor standard to be diluted...
According to new reports, following the Nz parliament passing 'emergency' legislation, bypassing usual parliamentary committees, to ensure that 2 back-to-back "Hobbit" films would be lensed in the country, almost half of New Zealand's Members of Parliament, have now called the studio/government deal a 'day of shame', with one holding up a redesigned national flag with the Warner Bros logo in one corner.
"What is the government going to do next -- give in to any multinational that asks for a labor standard to be diluted...
- 11/1/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
The New Zealand parliament has passed emergency legislation ensuring that the 2 back-to-back Hobbit films get made in the country. The usual bunch of bigwigs and redtapers got and some New Zealand MPs called it a “day of shame.” One held up a redesigned national flag with the Warner Bros logo in one corner. “What is the government going to do next – give in to any multinational that asks for a labour standard to be diluted in return for some form of investment?” asked opposition MP Charles Chauvel. Personally, what’s the big bloody deal? From somebody who deals with politicians on a near nightly basis, many like the sound of their own bullshit, and this bunch seem no different. I accept the point, but surely the livelihoods of 1000’s is far more important than a few noses getting out of joint because of a rushed piece of legislation to suit a corporate entity.
- 10/29/2010
- by vicbarry@gmail.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
The New Zealand parliament has passed emergency legislation ensuring that the 2 back-to-back Hobbit films get made in the country. The legislation bypassed usual parliamentary committees, prompting New Zealand MPs to call it a "day of shame.” One held up a redesigned national flag with the Warner Bros logo in one corner. "What is the government going to do next -- give in to any multinational that asks for a labour standard to be diluted in return for some form of investment?” asked opposition MP Charles Chauvel. The amendment was passed by a 65-50 vote. The government’s decision to rush through amended employment laws -- stopping below-the-line workers from being treated as full-time employees, with all the rights which go with being a salary man -- has divided local opinion. The above political cartoon is from a New Zealand newpaper. Meanwhile, some actors union officials though have received death threats after threatening a boycott.
- 10/29/2010
- by TIM ADLER in London
- Deadline London
Labour law amendment rushed through as part of deal with Warner, but opposition MPs describe 'day of shame'
The New Zealand government has passed legislation clearing the way for two Hobbit films to be made in the country despite stiff protest by opposition MPs, who said it was a "day of shame".
The government's decision to rush through amended labour laws, part of a deal made with Warner Brothers Pictures to keep director Peter Jackson's lucrative project in his native New Zealand, has split public opinion.
Some union officials reportedly received death threats in the wake of a short-lived international boycott over working conditions.
Warner Brothers executives had said they would consider moving the production elsewhere, a move that could have cost the country $1.5bn (£700m) and damaged the reputation of its film industry. They flew to New Zealand earlier this week to negotiate with a delegation led by the prime minister,...
The New Zealand government has passed legislation clearing the way for two Hobbit films to be made in the country despite stiff protest by opposition MPs, who said it was a "day of shame".
The government's decision to rush through amended labour laws, part of a deal made with Warner Brothers Pictures to keep director Peter Jackson's lucrative project in his native New Zealand, has split public opinion.
Some union officials reportedly received death threats in the wake of a short-lived international boycott over working conditions.
Warner Brothers executives had said they would consider moving the production elsewhere, a move that could have cost the country $1.5bn (£700m) and damaged the reputation of its film industry. They flew to New Zealand earlier this week to negotiate with a delegation led by the prime minister,...
- 10/29/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
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