Jessica Mauboy, star of 2013 Australian breakout hit “The Sapphires,” returns to a leading film role for the first time in over a decade in family feature “Windcatcher.”
Directed by Tanith Glynn-Maloney, from a screenplay by Boyd Quakawoot, the film is branded as a Stan Original and will play on the Australia-only streamer from March 28.
Set in a small country town, “Windcatcher” follows the unlikely friendship between Percy Boy, newcomer Keithy Cobb and the spirited Daisy Hawkins, as they band together to take the local school sports day title from a group of grade five bullies. But as Percy Boy trains with the help of his mates, he then discovers his supernatural ability to see lost souls – a gift passed down from his grandfather. Percy Boy must overcome his fears, prove his resilience and become a force to be reckoned with.
Mauboy, who is an iconic figure in Australian entertainment has...
Directed by Tanith Glynn-Maloney, from a screenplay by Boyd Quakawoot, the film is branded as a Stan Original and will play on the Australia-only streamer from March 28.
Set in a small country town, “Windcatcher” follows the unlikely friendship between Percy Boy, newcomer Keithy Cobb and the spirited Daisy Hawkins, as they band together to take the local school sports day title from a group of grade five bullies. But as Percy Boy trains with the help of his mates, he then discovers his supernatural ability to see lost souls – a gift passed down from his grandfather. Percy Boy must overcome his fears, prove his resilience and become a force to be reckoned with.
Mauboy, who is an iconic figure in Australian entertainment has...
- 2/5/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Stan has ordered a trio of original drama series as part of its content boss Cailah Scobie has called “a massive week” for the Australian streamer.
We can reveal Stan has commissioned Bluey producer Ludo Studio to make eight-part road series Thou Shalt Not Steal, and also ordered coastal mystery thriller Exposure and Invisible Boys, a contemporary drama about a closeted gay teenager in small-town Western Australia. A trio of UK-based international distributors have signed on for the shows.
Stan has been working closely with international partners as it builds out its slate, with Deadline in the past year revealing comedy series C*A*U*G*H*T, which stars Sean Penn and Matthew Fox, and epic family drama Prosper, developed with Lionsgate.
“The shows are representative of our entire slate,” Stan Chief Content Officer Scobie said of the new originals in an exclusive interview with Deadline. “We back distinctive voices and tell Australia...
We can reveal Stan has commissioned Bluey producer Ludo Studio to make eight-part road series Thou Shalt Not Steal, and also ordered coastal mystery thriller Exposure and Invisible Boys, a contemporary drama about a closeted gay teenager in small-town Western Australia. A trio of UK-based international distributors have signed on for the shows.
Stan has been working closely with international partners as it builds out its slate, with Deadline in the past year revealing comedy series C*A*U*G*H*T, which stars Sean Penn and Matthew Fox, and epic family drama Prosper, developed with Lionsgate.
“The shows are representative of our entire slate,” Stan Chief Content Officer Scobie said of the new originals in an exclusive interview with Deadline. “We back distinctive voices and tell Australia...
- 8/29/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
New York-based distributor A24 has acquired the worldwide rights to Warwick Thornton’s The Beach, with the docuseries to have its global premiere on the company’s virtual platform later this month.
Set in Jilirr on Western Australia’s Dampier Peninsula, the six-part series follows the Sweet Country and Samson and Delilah writer-director as he hunts and gathers food, prepares dishes, and talks to three chickens, while relating stories from his childhood and adult life.
After being shot by Thornton’s son Dylan River across May and June of 2019 with the support of Screen Australia and Nitv, The Beach premiered on Nitv, Sbs, and Sbs On Demand in May 2020.
A feast for the senses. This Thanksgiving, spend a week at The Beach, a continuous streaming event in the A24 Screening Room
Get tickets: https://t.co/958s0zbXys pic.twitter.com/91JIndih7G
— A24 (@A24) November 2, 2021
The project, which was produced by Michelle Parker,...
Set in Jilirr on Western Australia’s Dampier Peninsula, the six-part series follows the Sweet Country and Samson and Delilah writer-director as he hunts and gathers food, prepares dishes, and talks to three chickens, while relating stories from his childhood and adult life.
After being shot by Thornton’s son Dylan River across May and June of 2019 with the support of Screen Australia and Nitv, The Beach premiered on Nitv, Sbs, and Sbs On Demand in May 2020.
A feast for the senses. This Thanksgiving, spend a week at The Beach, a continuous streaming event in the A24 Screening Room
Get tickets: https://t.co/958s0zbXys pic.twitter.com/91JIndih7G
— A24 (@A24) November 2, 2021
The project, which was produced by Michelle Parker,...
- 11/3/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Producer Hayley Adams has joined the Unless Pictures team as the company ramps up its short-form content slate, while Sanja Simić also joins as a development producer.
Adams is the producer and co-director of TikTok narrative series Love Songs, which amassed over 20 million views, and more recently, produced TikTok series Scattered, with over 2 million views and 50,000 followers. She was among Screen Producers Australia’s Ones to Watch in 2020, and won the Sbs First Look Development Grant.
Her role at Unless takes the form of a two-year placement, supported by Screen Australia’s Enterprise People Program, working under company director Meg O’Connell.
Adams will focus on developing and producing a slate of premium short-form shows, including I Could Make That, a 1 x 30-minute program for Sbs Viceland and Sbs On Demand with art history TikToker Mary McGillivray.
“Unless will work with me to develop and produce online content that is financially...
Adams is the producer and co-director of TikTok narrative series Love Songs, which amassed over 20 million views, and more recently, produced TikTok series Scattered, with over 2 million views and 50,000 followers. She was among Screen Producers Australia’s Ones to Watch in 2020, and won the Sbs First Look Development Grant.
Her role at Unless takes the form of a two-year placement, supported by Screen Australia’s Enterprise People Program, working under company director Meg O’Connell.
Adams will focus on developing and producing a slate of premium short-form shows, including I Could Make That, a 1 x 30-minute program for Sbs Viceland and Sbs On Demand with art history TikToker Mary McGillivray.
“Unless will work with me to develop and produce online content that is financially...
- 10/18/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia and Nitv have unveiled the six projects that will share in more than $600,000 of production funding under the No Ordinary Black short film initiative.
Aimed at bringing First Nations stories to the screen, No Ordinary Black is run in partnership Screen Nsw, Screen Territory, Screen Queensland and Screenwest.
The program brought together eight teams for a virtual development workshop in July last year, from which six successful projects were selected to go into production for Nitv.
Screen Australia’s CEO Graeme Mason said the agency was proud to support the creators in taking the next step in their careers.
“Each of the six teams has created the kind of bold and ambitious stories that are exactly what we are looking for, with captivating scripts that explore a range of themes, including family, identity, childhood, belonging, and adventure,” he said.
Nitv head of commissioning and programming Kyas Hepworth said...
Aimed at bringing First Nations stories to the screen, No Ordinary Black is run in partnership Screen Nsw, Screen Territory, Screen Queensland and Screenwest.
The program brought together eight teams for a virtual development workshop in July last year, from which six successful projects were selected to go into production for Nitv.
Screen Australia’s CEO Graeme Mason said the agency was proud to support the creators in taking the next step in their careers.
“Each of the six teams has created the kind of bold and ambitious stories that are exactly what we are looking for, with captivating scripts that explore a range of themes, including family, identity, childhood, belonging, and adventure,” he said.
Nitv head of commissioning and programming Kyas Hepworth said...
- 6/21/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
The ten Indigenous-led productions due to participate in Bunya Talent Lab LA will each receive development funding and participate in a companion writing program with Netflix.
Originally scheduled for May 2020 in LA, the five-day incubator program was delayed due to travel restrictions but will now take place virtually in early February 2021.
In order for the creatives to maintain momentum and utilise the extra time ahead of the event, Screen Australia’s Indigenous department and Netflix will give each team development funding to further develop their projects with Bunya producers.
As part of the hub, each project will also receive one-on-one international mentorship for their production from Australians in Film (AiF).
A final pitch session to Netflix commissioners in early 2021 will see one of the projects land a formal development deal with Netflix, with Bunya Productions engaged as producers.
Projects include a range of feature film and TV series ideas encompassing comedy,...
Originally scheduled for May 2020 in LA, the five-day incubator program was delayed due to travel restrictions but will now take place virtually in early February 2021.
In order for the creatives to maintain momentum and utilise the extra time ahead of the event, Screen Australia’s Indigenous department and Netflix will give each team development funding to further develop their projects with Bunya producers.
As part of the hub, each project will also receive one-on-one international mentorship for their production from Australians in Film (AiF).
A final pitch session to Netflix commissioners in early 2021 will see one of the projects land a formal development deal with Netflix, with Bunya Productions engaged as producers.
Projects include a range of feature film and TV series ideas encompassing comedy,...
- 11/12/2020
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
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
(L-r) Jack Steele, Warwick Thornton and Mitchell Stanley (Photo credit: John Paille).
The Indigenous creative teams in Australia and New Zealand were developing the anthology feature Cook 2020: Our Right of Reply when they decided the basic premise wasn’t right.
When Screen Australia’s Indigenous department and the New Zealand Film Commission (Nzfc) agreed to fund the project last year the intention was for each of the eight teams to provide an Indigenous perspective on the 250th anniversary of James Cook’s maiden voyage to the Pacific.
“We have scrapped that idea. The film will touch on survival and colonisation but it doesn’t refer directly back to Cook,” says Mitchell Stanley, who is co-producing with his No Coincidence Media partner Toni Stowers and Mia Henry-Tierney (Baby Mama’s Club).
“The consensus from all the writing teams was that we want to tell stories about us, we don’t...
The Indigenous creative teams in Australia and New Zealand were developing the anthology feature Cook 2020: Our Right of Reply when they decided the basic premise wasn’t right.
When Screen Australia’s Indigenous department and the New Zealand Film Commission (Nzfc) agreed to fund the project last year the intention was for each of the eight teams to provide an Indigenous perspective on the 250th anniversary of James Cook’s maiden voyage to the Pacific.
“We have scrapped that idea. The film will touch on survival and colonisation but it doesn’t refer directly back to Cook,” says Mitchell Stanley, who is co-producing with his No Coincidence Media partner Toni Stowers and Mia Henry-Tierney (Baby Mama’s Club).
“The consensus from all the writing teams was that we want to tell stories about us, we don’t...
- 6/4/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘The Beach.’
Filmmaker Warwick Thornton was mentally and physically exhausted last year so he decided to spend a couple of months in isolation on a remote beach on the north-west coast of Western Australia.
Seeing the potential for a documentary, Thornton and the producers, Michelle Parker, Mitchell Stanley and Tanith Glynn-Maloney, sent a three-page pitch document to Nitv and Screen Australia.
The result is The Beach, a lyrical, evocative six-part series which premieres on Nitv, Sbs and Sbs On Demand this Friday at 7.30 pm.
Across the three hours, the Sweet Country and Samson and Delilah writer-director sharpens his skills to hunt and gather food, prepares surprisingly exquisite dishes and talks to three chickens as he relates stories from his childhood and adult life.
“I was feeling a bit shitty, mentally and physically drained, and I needed a break,” he tells If. “There was an incredible trust between Nitv and Screen Australia to make it.
Filmmaker Warwick Thornton was mentally and physically exhausted last year so he decided to spend a couple of months in isolation on a remote beach on the north-west coast of Western Australia.
Seeing the potential for a documentary, Thornton and the producers, Michelle Parker, Mitchell Stanley and Tanith Glynn-Maloney, sent a three-page pitch document to Nitv and Screen Australia.
The result is The Beach, a lyrical, evocative six-part series which premieres on Nitv, Sbs and Sbs On Demand this Friday at 7.30 pm.
Across the three hours, the Sweet Country and Samson and Delilah writer-director sharpens his skills to hunt and gather food, prepares surprisingly exquisite dishes and talks to three chickens as he relates stories from his childhood and adult life.
“I was feeling a bit shitty, mentally and physically drained, and I needed a break,” he tells If. “There was an incredible trust between Nitv and Screen Australia to make it.
- 5/26/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Charlie Aspinwall, Daley Pearson and Sam Moor.
Ludo Studio has a lot to celebrate as it gets ready to deliver the 100th episode of global hit Bluey on July 10.
In addition, pre-production is underway on the second season of animated comedy The Strange Chores for the ABC, a co-production with Colin South’s Media World Pictures.
Writer-director Dylan River is in Alice Springs scripting Thou Shalt Not Kill, a prequel to Sbs’s Robbie Hood with producer Tanith Glynn-Maloney.
And Ludo Studio’s Daley Pearson, who co-founded the Brisbane-based company with Charlie Aspinwall and Nick Boshier is developing Petey, a live action sci-fi comedy feature with Screen Australia’s support.
Pearson and producer Sam Moor gave an update on their slate in a webinar with Screen Producers Australia CEO Matt Deaner last Friday, followed by Daley’s interview with If.
Nearly 50 animators and staff have continued working at Ludo Studio,...
Ludo Studio has a lot to celebrate as it gets ready to deliver the 100th episode of global hit Bluey on July 10.
In addition, pre-production is underway on the second season of animated comedy The Strange Chores for the ABC, a co-production with Colin South’s Media World Pictures.
Writer-director Dylan River is in Alice Springs scripting Thou Shalt Not Kill, a prequel to Sbs’s Robbie Hood with producer Tanith Glynn-Maloney.
And Ludo Studio’s Daley Pearson, who co-founded the Brisbane-based company with Charlie Aspinwall and Nick Boshier is developing Petey, a live action sci-fi comedy feature with Screen Australia’s support.
Pearson and producer Sam Moor gave an update on their slate in a webinar with Screen Producers Australia CEO Matt Deaner last Friday, followed by Daley’s interview with If.
Nearly 50 animators and staff have continued working at Ludo Studio,...
- 5/25/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Miranda Tapsell and Nakkiah Lui in ‘Get Krack!n’ (Photo credit: ABC).
The nine creative teams comprising 13 individuals who will take part in the inaugural Bunya Talent Indigenous Hub in Los Angeles in March were announced today.
Presented in association with Netflix Australia and Screen Australia’s Indigenous Department, the five-day talent incubator is aimed at mid-career Indigenous writers, showrunners, directors and producers.
The 13 will develop and pitch their projects and attend meetings and presentations by executives from Netflix and other industry practitioners.
The feature film and TV series ideas encompass comedy, drama and the supernatural. The event will take place at Charlie’s, Australians in Film’s hub for business, project development and networking for the Australian screen community in La.
At the end of the incubator, one participant’s work will be selected to proceed to further development with Bunya Productions as producers, receiving up to $20,000 in further development...
The nine creative teams comprising 13 individuals who will take part in the inaugural Bunya Talent Indigenous Hub in Los Angeles in March were announced today.
Presented in association with Netflix Australia and Screen Australia’s Indigenous Department, the five-day talent incubator is aimed at mid-career Indigenous writers, showrunners, directors and producers.
The 13 will develop and pitch their projects and attend meetings and presentations by executives from Netflix and other industry practitioners.
The feature film and TV series ideas encompass comedy, drama and the supernatural. The event will take place at Charlie’s, Australians in Film’s hub for business, project development and networking for the Australian screen community in La.
At the end of the incubator, one participant’s work will be selected to proceed to further development with Bunya Productions as producers, receiving up to $20,000 in further development...
- 1/29/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Sam Humphrey and Nick Boshier in ‘Jeremy The Dud’.
Screen Australia has announced the final round of story development funding for the 2018-19 financial year, backing five television series, six online projects and six feature films with $675,000.
The project include Musquito, an adventure film about an Aboriginal warrior from director Dylan River; Jane Campion’s revenge western Power of the Dog; Princess Pictures’ Jeremy The Dud, a TV comedy exploring the moments of challenge and levity when living with a disability; and Afro Sistahs, an online series about a group of twenty-somethings who connect at an Afro hair salon.
It has now been over 12 months since Screen Australia introduced new development funding guidelines, that are platform neutral and have broadened eligibility criteria. The new funds include Generate, for lower budget projects with an emphasis on new and emerging talent, or experienced talent wanting to take creative risks, and the Premium...
Screen Australia has announced the final round of story development funding for the 2018-19 financial year, backing five television series, six online projects and six feature films with $675,000.
The project include Musquito, an adventure film about an Aboriginal warrior from director Dylan River; Jane Campion’s revenge western Power of the Dog; Princess Pictures’ Jeremy The Dud, a TV comedy exploring the moments of challenge and levity when living with a disability; and Afro Sistahs, an online series about a group of twenty-somethings who connect at an Afro hair salon.
It has now been over 12 months since Screen Australia introduced new development funding guidelines, that are platform neutral and have broadened eligibility criteria. The new funds include Generate, for lower budget projects with an emphasis on new and emerging talent, or experienced talent wanting to take creative risks, and the Premium...
- 8/6/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
‘Robbie Hood’ writer-director Dylan River (front) and (L-r) actors Jordan Johnson, Pedrea Jackson and Levi Thomas.
Sbs’s Robbie Hood puts a new spin on the Robin Hood folk tale, setting it in modern day Alice Springs. It follows 13-year-old Robbie and his two friends Blue and Little Johnny, who together set about rectifying injustices they see in their community – though things don’t always go to plan.
The short-form series – 6 x 10 minutes – is the result of a partnership between Ludo Studio and 1788 Productions, and was supported by Screen Australia, Screen Territory and Screen Queensland.
Writer-director Dylan River says the show is based on both his own and his family’s experiences growing up in Alice.
“It’s a gift to the youth of Alice Springs, and I guess the whole town, making light of some more problematic issues and things that we see day-to-day here.”
River penned the scripts with Kodie Bedford,...
Sbs’s Robbie Hood puts a new spin on the Robin Hood folk tale, setting it in modern day Alice Springs. It follows 13-year-old Robbie and his two friends Blue and Little Johnny, who together set about rectifying injustices they see in their community – though things don’t always go to plan.
The short-form series – 6 x 10 minutes – is the result of a partnership between Ludo Studio and 1788 Productions, and was supported by Screen Australia, Screen Territory and Screen Queensland.
Writer-director Dylan River says the show is based on both his own and his family’s experiences growing up in Alice.
“It’s a gift to the youth of Alice Springs, and I guess the whole town, making light of some more problematic issues and things that we see day-to-day here.”
River penned the scripts with Kodie Bedford,...
- 7/9/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Little Johnny, Robbie and Blue in ‘Robbie Hood.’
Sbs will mark Naidoc Week 2019 (July 7-14) with a raft of programming that celebrates the success and shares the unique stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, starting July 5.
Ludo Studio’s Robbie Hood, a short-form comedy series from writer-director Dylan River, will premiere on Sbs On Demand on July 5 and on Sbs Viceland on July 9.
The six episodes follow precocious 13-year-old Robbie (Pedrea Jackson) and his friends Georgia Blue (Jordan Johnson) and little Johnny (Levi Thomas) as they skirt the law to right the wrongs they see going down in their Alice Springs home town.
Also screening on the free streaming platform that week will be Indigenous-themed classic movies including Bruce Beresford’s The Fringe Dwellers, John Honey’s Manganinnie, Steve Jodrell’s Tudawali and Philippe Mora’s Mad Dog Morgan.
The new free-to-air movie channel Sbs World Movies will...
Sbs will mark Naidoc Week 2019 (July 7-14) with a raft of programming that celebrates the success and shares the unique stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, starting July 5.
Ludo Studio’s Robbie Hood, a short-form comedy series from writer-director Dylan River, will premiere on Sbs On Demand on July 5 and on Sbs Viceland on July 9.
The six episodes follow precocious 13-year-old Robbie (Pedrea Jackson) and his friends Georgia Blue (Jordan Johnson) and little Johnny (Levi Thomas) as they skirt the law to right the wrongs they see going down in their Alice Springs home town.
Also screening on the free streaming platform that week will be Indigenous-themed classic movies including Bruce Beresford’s The Fringe Dwellers, John Honey’s Manganinnie, Steve Jodrell’s Tudawali and Philippe Mora’s Mad Dog Morgan.
The new free-to-air movie channel Sbs World Movies will...
- 6/18/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Warwick Thornton.
Director Warwick Thornton will turn his back on the limelight to experience life on an isolated beach in the remote Dampier Peninsula for Nitv series The Beach, one of seven documentary projects recently backed by Screen Australia.
The federal agency today announced that $965,000 of production was recently allocated through its Producer program and $720,000 through the Commissioned program. The agency also supported an additional 11 projects in its recent development round, including two natural history projects, a Vr production and two original format series.
“The Beach is one of the most important projects of my life. It’s about my life. It is my life,” said Thornton.
Other projects to receive production funding include a feature film about shark fanatic and filmmaker Valerie Taylor in The Real Jaws: The Valerie Taylor Story and an online animated series about the untold history of soccer, A Game of Three Halves.
‘The Real...
Director Warwick Thornton will turn his back on the limelight to experience life on an isolated beach in the remote Dampier Peninsula for Nitv series The Beach, one of seven documentary projects recently backed by Screen Australia.
The federal agency today announced that $965,000 of production was recently allocated through its Producer program and $720,000 through the Commissioned program. The agency also supported an additional 11 projects in its recent development round, including two natural history projects, a Vr production and two original format series.
“The Beach is one of the most important projects of my life. It’s about my life. It is my life,” said Thornton.
Other projects to receive production funding include a feature film about shark fanatic and filmmaker Valerie Taylor in The Real Jaws: The Valerie Taylor Story and an online animated series about the untold history of soccer, A Game of Three Halves.
‘The Real...
- 4/8/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Canneseries will again this year shine a light on the up-and-coming short-form series format. Featuring promising and innovative formats which frequently end up on platforms popular among young audiences, the competition embraces new ways in which series can and are being consumed.
Emmy winning writer-producer Greg Garcia (“My Name is Earl”) heads the Short-Form Competition jury which includes French actress-director Fanny Sidney (“Mesrine”) and Norwegian actress Josefine Frida Petersen (“Skam”). The Best Short Form Series award will be handed out during the festival’s closing ceremony which will be broadcasted live on Canal Plus.
Three of the competition’s entries come from Canada – one from last year’s winning production company St Laurent TV – two from Argentina and Australia, and one each from the U.S., France and the U.K.
The series will screen April 9 and 10.
Taking place behind closed doors, “Do Not Disturb” is a sometimes sexy, sometimes...
Emmy winning writer-producer Greg Garcia (“My Name is Earl”) heads the Short-Form Competition jury which includes French actress-director Fanny Sidney (“Mesrine”) and Norwegian actress Josefine Frida Petersen (“Skam”). The Best Short Form Series award will be handed out during the festival’s closing ceremony which will be broadcasted live on Canal Plus.
Three of the competition’s entries come from Canada – one from last year’s winning production company St Laurent TV – two from Argentina and Australia, and one each from the U.S., France and the U.K.
The series will screen April 9 and 10.
Taking place behind closed doors, “Do Not Disturb” is a sometimes sexy, sometimes...
- 4/7/2019
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Dylan River in ‘Tales by Light’.
When Tales By Light director/producer Abraham Joffe first got in contact with Indigenous director and cinematographer Dylan River to ask if he would be involved with the show, River initially thought he wanted him to shoot it.
However, the Tales By Light team wanted River in front of the camera; he is the subject of one of the episodes of season three, which launched on Netflix Australia this week after a run on Network 10 last year.
Tales By Light, backed by Canon Australia, profiles photographers. In addition to River, season three includes Simon Lister, who goes to Dhaka, Bangladesh with Unicef Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom to capture the lives of children residing in slums, and conservationist Shawn Heinrichs who travels to Mexico and Indonesia to share footage of human impact on marine life in our oceans.
While being in front of the camera was weird initially,...
When Tales By Light director/producer Abraham Joffe first got in contact with Indigenous director and cinematographer Dylan River to ask if he would be involved with the show, River initially thought he wanted him to shoot it.
However, the Tales By Light team wanted River in front of the camera; he is the subject of one of the episodes of season three, which launched on Netflix Australia this week after a run on Network 10 last year.
Tales By Light, backed by Canon Australia, profiles photographers. In addition to River, season three includes Simon Lister, who goes to Dhaka, Bangladesh with Unicef Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom to capture the lives of children residing in slums, and conservationist Shawn Heinrichs who travels to Mexico and Indonesia to share footage of human impact on marine life in our oceans.
While being in front of the camera was weird initially,...
- 2/22/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Tanith Glynn-Maloney (Photo credit: Dylan River)
Tanith Glynn-Maloney has joined Bunya Productions in the third Indigenous producer placement for the production company owned by David Jowsey, Ivan Sen and Greer Simpkin.
Tanith, who produced She Who Must Be Loved, Erica Glynn’s biopic of Freda Glynn which had its international premiere in the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival, will spend a year working across Bunya’s film and TV slate.
The placement is funded by Screen Australia’s Indigenous Screen Business Fund, which aims to help build business capacity within the Indigenous screen production sector.
Her appointment follows Gillian Moody’s placement last year. Gillian went on to produce Black Divaz for Sbs.
Mitch Stanley, who produced the documentary Servant or Slave , was also part of the Screen Australia Indigenous Producer Placement program. He has joined the Bunya Talent Hub and is developing and producing a slate of Indigenous-led projects.
Tanith Glynn-Maloney has joined Bunya Productions in the third Indigenous producer placement for the production company owned by David Jowsey, Ivan Sen and Greer Simpkin.
Tanith, who produced She Who Must Be Loved, Erica Glynn’s biopic of Freda Glynn which had its international premiere in the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival, will spend a year working across Bunya’s film and TV slate.
The placement is funded by Screen Australia’s Indigenous Screen Business Fund, which aims to help build business capacity within the Indigenous screen production sector.
Her appointment follows Gillian Moody’s placement last year. Gillian went on to produce Black Divaz for Sbs.
Mitch Stanley, who produced the documentary Servant or Slave , was also part of the Screen Australia Indigenous Producer Placement program. He has joined the Bunya Talent Hub and is developing and producing a slate of Indigenous-led projects.
- 2/22/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
She Who Must Be Loved.
Another four Australian projects have joined the line-up at the Berlin International Film Festival: feature documentary She Who Must Be Loved, 2015 film Tanna and two shorts, Blackbird and The Mermaids, Or Aiden in Wonderland.
As If has previously reported, Rodd Rathjen’s feature debut Buoyancy will also make its world premiere in Berlinale’s Panorama section, while Damon Gameau’s feature doc 2040 will screen in the Generation Kplus section.
She Who Must Be Loved will make its international premiere as part of Berlin’s NATIVe program, which celebrates Indigenous storytelling. The film is a portrait of Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (Caama) and Imparja TV co-founder Freda Glynn, from director and daughter Erica Glynn and producer and granddaughter Tanith Glynn-Maloney. It first premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival last October, where it won the audience award, and will screen on Nitv later this year.
Benley...
Another four Australian projects have joined the line-up at the Berlin International Film Festival: feature documentary She Who Must Be Loved, 2015 film Tanna and two shorts, Blackbird and The Mermaids, Or Aiden in Wonderland.
As If has previously reported, Rodd Rathjen’s feature debut Buoyancy will also make its world premiere in Berlinale’s Panorama section, while Damon Gameau’s feature doc 2040 will screen in the Generation Kplus section.
She Who Must Be Loved will make its international premiere as part of Berlin’s NATIVe program, which celebrates Indigenous storytelling. The film is a portrait of Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (Caama) and Imparja TV co-founder Freda Glynn, from director and daughter Erica Glynn and producer and granddaughter Tanith Glynn-Maloney. It first premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival last October, where it won the audience award, and will screen on Nitv later this year.
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- 1/24/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Flickerfest has revealed the 53 films selected to screen as part of the festival's competitive program in its 25th anniversary year.
The films were chosen from more than 2300 entries.
This year.s official Australian Competition features 18 world premieres, six Australian premieres and 10 Nsw premieres..
Twenty-one female directors are represented across the official Australian competition.
The best of the australian films will be shown over seven sessions.
They will be competing for prizes across all areas of the filmmaking craft including the Academy Accredited Virgin Australia Award for Best Australian Film, the Canon Award for Best Direction and the Yoram Gross Award for Best Australian Animation.
Flickerfest is Australia.s only Academy accredited and BAFTA recognised festvial and runs from Friday January 8-17. .
Festival director Bronwyn Kidd, steering her 19th festival, said she was thrilled that Flickerfest was once again a platform for the Australia's most exciting, creative and talented short filmmakers.
The films were chosen from more than 2300 entries.
This year.s official Australian Competition features 18 world premieres, six Australian premieres and 10 Nsw premieres..
Twenty-one female directors are represented across the official Australian competition.
The best of the australian films will be shown over seven sessions.
They will be competing for prizes across all areas of the filmmaking craft including the Academy Accredited Virgin Australia Award for Best Australian Film, the Canon Award for Best Direction and the Yoram Gross Award for Best Australian Animation.
Flickerfest is Australia.s only Academy accredited and BAFTA recognised festvial and runs from Friday January 8-17. .
Festival director Bronwyn Kidd, steering her 19th festival, said she was thrilled that Flickerfest was once again a platform for the Australia's most exciting, creative and talented short filmmakers.
- 12/14/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
George Miller’s action-epic scoops eight awards including best film and best director.Scroll down for the full list
Mad Max: Fury Road has scooped the pool at Australia’s top film awards, the AACTAs, with George Miller’s high-action epic scoring wins in eight of its 11 nominated categories, including best film and best director.
Jocelyn Moorhouse’s retro western The Dressmaker won the Aacta People’s Choice Award at the Sydney event, and Kate Winslet won the Best Actress award for her lead performance (and convincing accent) as a spiteful Aussie seamstress in outback 1950s Australia. Winslet accepted her award via smartphone video selfie.
Her onscreen mum, Judy Davis, was the odds-on favourite to win Best Supporting Actress, which she did. In another acting gong for The Dressmaker, Hugo Weaving seemed as surprised as everyone else when his name was called to the stage of Sydney’s The Star casino complex.
In other awards...
Mad Max: Fury Road has scooped the pool at Australia’s top film awards, the AACTAs, with George Miller’s high-action epic scoring wins in eight of its 11 nominated categories, including best film and best director.
Jocelyn Moorhouse’s retro western The Dressmaker won the Aacta People’s Choice Award at the Sydney event, and Kate Winslet won the Best Actress award for her lead performance (and convincing accent) as a spiteful Aussie seamstress in outback 1950s Australia. Winslet accepted her award via smartphone video selfie.
Her onscreen mum, Judy Davis, was the odds-on favourite to win Best Supporting Actress, which she did. In another acting gong for The Dressmaker, Hugo Weaving seemed as surprised as everyone else when his name was called to the stage of Sydney’s The Star casino complex.
In other awards...
- 12/9/2015
- ScreenDaily
George Miller’s action-epic scoops eight awards including best film and best director.Scroll down for the full list
Mad Max: Fury Road has scooped the pool at Australia’s top film awards, the AACTAs, with George Miller’s high-action epic scoring wins in eight of its 11 nominated categories, including best film and best director.
Jocelyn Moorhouse’s retro western The Dressmaker won the Aacta People’s Choice Award at the Sydney event, and Kate Winslet won the Best Actress award for her lead performance (and convincing accent) as a spiteful Aussie seamstress in outback 1950s Australia. Winslet accepted her award via smartphone video selfie.
Her onscreen mum, Judy Davis, was the odds-on favourite to win Best Supporting Actress, which she did. In another acting gong for The Dressmaker, Hugo Weaving seemed as surprised as everyone else when his name was called to the stage of Sydney’s The Star casino complex.
In other awards...
Mad Max: Fury Road has scooped the pool at Australia’s top film awards, the AACTAs, with George Miller’s high-action epic scoring wins in eight of its 11 nominated categories, including best film and best director.
Jocelyn Moorhouse’s retro western The Dressmaker won the Aacta People’s Choice Award at the Sydney event, and Kate Winslet won the Best Actress award for her lead performance (and convincing accent) as a spiteful Aussie seamstress in outback 1950s Australia. Winslet accepted her award via smartphone video selfie.
Her onscreen mum, Judy Davis, was the odds-on favourite to win Best Supporting Actress, which she did. In another acting gong for The Dressmaker, Hugo Weaving seemed as surprised as everyone else when his name was called to the stage of Sydney’s The Star casino complex.
In other awards...
- 12/9/2015
- ScreenDaily
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