John Collee.
Tanna scribe John Collee is writing video game adaptation Just Cause for Warner Bros. and director Brad Peyton (San Andreas).
Set to star Jason Momoa (Aquaman), the film is based on the Avalanche Studios game which follows Rico Rodriguez (Momoa), an operative for a shadowy organization called the Agency whose mission is to help overthrow a South American dictator.
Collee describes the feature as his "first pure action film.".
"I think I freaked the game manufacturers out a little bit by saying we.ve got to locate this in a real moral and psychological world. He.s always indestructible in the game and he blows up lots of shit and it.s great fun, but a film is different in that you.ve got to have a moral context for all this stuff to happen in. What.s in it for him? What.s the difference between a...
Tanna scribe John Collee is writing video game adaptation Just Cause for Warner Bros. and director Brad Peyton (San Andreas).
Set to star Jason Momoa (Aquaman), the film is based on the Avalanche Studios game which follows Rico Rodriguez (Momoa), an operative for a shadowy organization called the Agency whose mission is to help overthrow a South American dictator.
Collee describes the feature as his "first pure action film.".
"I think I freaked the game manufacturers out a little bit by saying we.ve got to locate this in a real moral and psychological world. He.s always indestructible in the game and he blows up lots of shit and it.s great fun, but a film is different in that you.ve got to have a moral context for all this stuff to happen in. What.s in it for him? What.s the difference between a...
- 5/1/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Kate Croser. Producer Kate Croser has been appointed to the South Australian Film Corporation (Safc) board.
Croser.s first feature film, Granaz Moussavi.s My Tehran For Sale, was the winner of the 2009 If Independent Spirit Award.
In 2010, Croser was the recipient of Screen Australia.s inaugural producer internship at Film4, and went on to produce Anthony Maras. The Palace, the winner of the 2012 Aacta award for Best Short Film.
In television, Croser produced two seasons of Danger 5 for Sbs, nominated for Aacta Best TV Comedy for each season.
Along with Sandy Cameron, Croser founded Hedone Productions in 2012. Hedone produced The Infinite Man, the feature film debut of writer/director Hugh Sullivan. Croser also produced the documentary film Michelle.s Story with writer/director Meryl Tankard, winner of the Audience Award at the 2015 Adelaide Film Festival. Most recently, Croser co-produced Mushroom's.Boys in the Trees, the first feature film from writer-director Nicholas Verso.
Croser.s first feature film, Granaz Moussavi.s My Tehran For Sale, was the winner of the 2009 If Independent Spirit Award.
In 2010, Croser was the recipient of Screen Australia.s inaugural producer internship at Film4, and went on to produce Anthony Maras. The Palace, the winner of the 2012 Aacta award for Best Short Film.
In television, Croser produced two seasons of Danger 5 for Sbs, nominated for Aacta Best TV Comedy for each season.
Along with Sandy Cameron, Croser founded Hedone Productions in 2012. Hedone produced The Infinite Man, the feature film debut of writer/director Hugh Sullivan. Croser also produced the documentary film Michelle.s Story with writer/director Meryl Tankard, winner of the Audience Award at the 2015 Adelaide Film Festival. Most recently, Croser co-produced Mushroom's.Boys in the Trees, the first feature film from writer-director Nicholas Verso.
- 9/29/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons in The Man Who Knew Infinity.
After just four years Xeistgeist Entertainment Group has built a globally appealing film and TV slate with an Australian production base and Singaporean finance.
Their .east meets west. film slate includes The Man Who Knew Infinity (Jeremy Irons, Dev Patel), Damascus Cover (John Hurt, Jonathan rhys Meyers), Mumbai Hotel (Armie Hammer, Teresa Palmer, Dev Patel) and Shambala (Jonathan Rhys Meyers).
While in television, they.re into their fourth Australian season of The Code and are in pre-production for their first series of an international format of the same show.
Founder and chief executive, Joe Thomas, who has lived in Austraila for more than 15 years, said the company, which is based in Fox Studios, Sydney and Singapore, was also looking to form a TV drama division to be led by an Australian creative team.
.We look at ourselves as a...
After just four years Xeistgeist Entertainment Group has built a globally appealing film and TV slate with an Australian production base and Singaporean finance.
Their .east meets west. film slate includes The Man Who Knew Infinity (Jeremy Irons, Dev Patel), Damascus Cover (John Hurt, Jonathan rhys Meyers), Mumbai Hotel (Armie Hammer, Teresa Palmer, Dev Patel) and Shambala (Jonathan Rhys Meyers).
While in television, they.re into their fourth Australian season of The Code and are in pre-production for their first series of an international format of the same show.
Founder and chief executive, Joe Thomas, who has lived in Austraila for more than 15 years, said the company, which is based in Fox Studios, Sydney and Singapore, was also looking to form a TV drama division to be led by an Australian creative team.
.We look at ourselves as a...
- 5/10/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
When Universal acquired most European rights and a half-stake in Australia and New Zealand to Russell Crowe.s historical drama The Water Diviner, the Us was conspicuously not part of the deal.
The producers held back the Us rights, confident they could get better terms after they show extensive footage to the Hollywood majors and the bigger independents.
Reps from the Us companies will get their first chance to see a compilation of scenes during the Cannes film festival/market later this month.
Crowe stars as an Australian farmer who . four years after the battle of Gallipoli . travels to Istanbul to discover the fate of his sons, reported missing in the action. Olga Kurylenko plays the Turkish woman who owns the hotel in which he stays. The cast includes Jai Courtney, Yilmaz Erdogan, Robert Mammone and Cem Yilmaz.
The producers are Hopscotch Features. Andrew Mason and Troy Lum and Keith Rodger...
The producers held back the Us rights, confident they could get better terms after they show extensive footage to the Hollywood majors and the bigger independents.
Reps from the Us companies will get their first chance to see a compilation of scenes during the Cannes film festival/market later this month.
Crowe stars as an Australian farmer who . four years after the battle of Gallipoli . travels to Istanbul to discover the fate of his sons, reported missing in the action. Olga Kurylenko plays the Turkish woman who owns the hotel in which he stays. The cast includes Jai Courtney, Yilmaz Erdogan, Robert Mammone and Cem Yilmaz.
The producers are Hopscotch Features. Andrew Mason and Troy Lum and Keith Rodger...
- 5/2/2014
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
An Australian film-maker has signed on to direct and produce one of the most highly regarded unmade scripts in Hollywood.
South Australian-based Anthony Maras will direct A Country of Strangers, which was number two on last year’s Black List of 2012.
The script was written by Sean Armstrong, an American, but is based on the true events of the disappearance of three siblings, the Beaumont children from an Australian beach in January 1966. Detective Geoff Harper’s search lasted 40 years.
Maras’ Anthouse Films will also produce the picture.
Maras told Mumbrella: “It’s interesting with A Country of Strangers – it’s an Australian true story but with the world we live in, Sean Armstrong first read of the case on the internet and started developing it from there. However, it will be a full Australian production, shooting here, with 99.9 per cent Australian crew.”
“We’ve had offers from sales agents and...
South Australian-based Anthony Maras will direct A Country of Strangers, which was number two on last year’s Black List of 2012.
The script was written by Sean Armstrong, an American, but is based on the true events of the disappearance of three siblings, the Beaumont children from an Australian beach in January 1966. Detective Geoff Harper’s search lasted 40 years.
Maras’ Anthouse Films will also produce the picture.
Maras told Mumbrella: “It’s interesting with A Country of Strangers – it’s an Australian true story but with the world we live in, Sean Armstrong first read of the case on the internet and started developing it from there. However, it will be a full Australian production, shooting here, with 99.9 per cent Australian crew.”
“We’ve had offers from sales agents and...
- 2/7/2013
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Exclusive: A Country Of Strangers, the Sean Armstrong script that landed No. 2 on the new Black List, has been optioned by Christos V. Konstantakopoulos’ Faliro House Productions. The company behind Before Midnight and Take Shelter will develop a film based on true events. Written in the vein of Zodiac, A Country Of Strangers tells the story of detective Geoff Harper’s 40-year search for the Beaumont children, three siblings taken from an Australian beach in January 1966. The film will be directed by Anthony Maras, who won two Australian Academy Awards for his short film The Palace (check out that one below). Maras’ AntHouse Films will produce. “When the Beaumont children vanished off a crowded beach all those years ago, Australia was changed forever,” Maras said. “The case remains Australia’s most enduring criminal mystery, and was the first in a wave of child abductions and serial killings that has terrified...
- 2/6/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Director Rachel Ward.s The Seduction and a debut film from Anthony Maras titled The Water Diviner are among the most advanced of the films in development at Hopscotch Features.
The Seduction, set in Paris, is about a French woman coming to terms with her life at the same time as the son she left in Australia years earlier arrives unannounced. It is adapted from The Tin Man by Ward and the novel.s author Sarah Walker.
Andrew Knight and Andrew Anastasios have written the script of The Water Diviner about a man who returns to Gallipoli to seek reconciliation three years after the famous World War I battle. Anthony Maras directed the celebrated short film The Palace, which premiered at Telluride.
Australian directors Gregor Jordan, Stephan Elliott, Clayton Jacobson, Robert Luketic and Ray Lawrence are attached to some of the other dozen or so features in development and two...
The Seduction, set in Paris, is about a French woman coming to terms with her life at the same time as the son she left in Australia years earlier arrives unannounced. It is adapted from The Tin Man by Ward and the novel.s author Sarah Walker.
Andrew Knight and Andrew Anastasios have written the script of The Water Diviner about a man who returns to Gallipoli to seek reconciliation three years after the famous World War I battle. Anthony Maras directed the celebrated short film The Palace, which premiered at Telluride.
Australian directors Gregor Jordan, Stephan Elliott, Clayton Jacobson, Robert Luketic and Ray Lawrence are attached to some of the other dozen or so features in development and two...
- 5/30/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
Post-apocalyptic feature film Transmission dominated the St Kilda Film Festival Awards last night.
The short feature, about a deadly pandemic and its impact on a father-daughter relationship, won top prize of Best Short Film at the awards plus a $10,000 cash prize.
Of the nominees in the Best Short Film category, Transmission beat out Anthony Maras’s The Palace, Peekaboo directed by Damien Power and At The Formal directed by Andrew Kavanagh.
Produced by Liz Kearney and written and directed by Zak Hilditch it was a big night for Transmission with Hilditch winning Best Director and Angourie Rice who plays the daughter winning Best Actor while editor Merlin Cornish won Best Achievement in Editing.
The film was one of three recipients of Screen Australia’s 2011 Springboard Short Film Course. The course mentors creative duos to produce a short film which will be the grounding for a feature film idea.
The win...
The short feature, about a deadly pandemic and its impact on a father-daughter relationship, won top prize of Best Short Film at the awards plus a $10,000 cash prize.
Of the nominees in the Best Short Film category, Transmission beat out Anthony Maras’s The Palace, Peekaboo directed by Damien Power and At The Formal directed by Andrew Kavanagh.
Produced by Liz Kearney and written and directed by Zak Hilditch it was a big night for Transmission with Hilditch winning Best Director and Angourie Rice who plays the daughter winning Best Actor while editor Merlin Cornish won Best Achievement in Editing.
The film was one of three recipients of Screen Australia’s 2011 Springboard Short Film Course. The course mentors creative duos to produce a short film which will be the grounding for a feature film idea.
The win...
- 5/28/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Short film fest, The St Kilda Film Festival has announced its award nominees across 18 categories. Winners will be announced on Sunday 27 May
The announcement:
Now in its 29th year the St Kilda Film Festival’s (Skff) Top 100 competition recognises and awards local filmmakers of all levels of experience who excel in creative and craft and who show potential for growth within the industry.
From an increasingly competitive field of entrants, 62 nominees are in the running for 18 prestigious awards and their share of $40,000 of cash and in-kind prizes, with the winner of the Best Film being awarded $10,000 cash.
The nominations for the 2012 Best Short Film include: At The Formal (Directed by Andrew Kavanagh & Produced by Ramona Telecican). Peekaboo (Directed by Damien Power & Produced by Joe Weatherstone) The Palace (Directed by Anthony Maras & Produced by Anthony Maras, Kate Croser, Andros Achilleos) and Transmission (Directed by Zak Hilditch & Produced by Liz Kearney)
Nominees...
The announcement:
Now in its 29th year the St Kilda Film Festival’s (Skff) Top 100 competition recognises and awards local filmmakers of all levels of experience who excel in creative and craft and who show potential for growth within the industry.
From an increasingly competitive field of entrants, 62 nominees are in the running for 18 prestigious awards and their share of $40,000 of cash and in-kind prizes, with the winner of the Best Film being awarded $10,000 cash.
The nominations for the 2012 Best Short Film include: At The Formal (Directed by Andrew Kavanagh & Produced by Ramona Telecican). Peekaboo (Directed by Damien Power & Produced by Joe Weatherstone) The Palace (Directed by Anthony Maras & Produced by Anthony Maras, Kate Croser, Andros Achilleos) and Transmission (Directed by Zak Hilditch & Produced by Liz Kearney)
Nominees...
- 5/24/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Ben Nott was crowned Australian cinematographer of the year for his work on director Stuart Beattie.s local hit Tomorrow When The War Began at the annual national awards of the Australian Cinematographers Society (Acs).
Among the 15 other cinematographers also presented with Golden Tripods at the presentation at Sydney.s Manly Pacific Hotel were Mark Wareham for Cloudstreet in the television drama section, Nick Matthews for The Palace in the section for fictional drama shorts and Brad Dillon for episode 13 of the dramatized documentary series Fatal Attractions.
The other winners were Iain Mackenzie and Aron Leong (commercials), Mark Lamble (wildlife/nature), Campbell Munro (non-fiction television), Peter Barta, Daniel Soekov and Tarryn Southcombe (news and current affairs), Callan Green (music clips), Andrew Deubel (promos), Daniel Graetz (experimental) and Boris Vymenets (student).
Television personality Ray Martin was master of ceremonies at the awards, held at Sydney's Manly Pacific Hotel, and actor Rebecca Gibney was a special guest.
Among the 15 other cinematographers also presented with Golden Tripods at the presentation at Sydney.s Manly Pacific Hotel were Mark Wareham for Cloudstreet in the television drama section, Nick Matthews for The Palace in the section for fictional drama shorts and Brad Dillon for episode 13 of the dramatized documentary series Fatal Attractions.
The other winners were Iain Mackenzie and Aron Leong (commercials), Mark Lamble (wildlife/nature), Campbell Munro (non-fiction television), Peter Barta, Daniel Soekov and Tarryn Southcombe (news and current affairs), Callan Green (music clips), Andrew Deubel (promos), Daniel Graetz (experimental) and Boris Vymenets (student).
Television personality Ray Martin was master of ceremonies at the awards, held at Sydney's Manly Pacific Hotel, and actor Rebecca Gibney was a special guest.
- 5/7/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
Anthony Maras’ short film The Palace has won a swag of awards at this year’s South Australian Screen Awards, now in its 13th year.
The awards, which rewards the achievements of South Australian-based film-makers, acknowledged Maras’ film with both best short film and best drama.
Maras also won craft awards for best direction, best screenplay and best editing, while Nick Matthews won best cinematography for his work on the film.
Vincent Sheehan, producer of The Hunter and Sasa judge said: “The Palace is a poignant and tragic tale about the realities of war. Realistically portrayed with beautifully performances and gripping suspense, Anthony Maras is a director to keep an eye on.”
The Palace has already won best short and best short screenplay at the recent Aacta Awards, the audience award at the Adelaide Film Festival, best short film at Sydney Film Festival, best Australian short at both the Melbourne International Film Festival and Flickerfest.
The awards, which rewards the achievements of South Australian-based film-makers, acknowledged Maras’ film with both best short film and best drama.
Maras also won craft awards for best direction, best screenplay and best editing, while Nick Matthews won best cinematography for his work on the film.
Vincent Sheehan, producer of The Hunter and Sasa judge said: “The Palace is a poignant and tragic tale about the realities of war. Realistically portrayed with beautifully performances and gripping suspense, Anthony Maras is a director to keep an eye on.”
The Palace has already won best short and best short screenplay at the recent Aacta Awards, the audience award at the Adelaide Film Festival, best short film at Sydney Film Festival, best Australian short at both the Melbourne International Film Festival and Flickerfest.
- 4/23/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Filmmaker Anthony Maras' short The Palace has continued its winning streak, picking up six awards at the South Australian Screen Awards over the weekend.
The Cyprian-Australian co-production, which has garnered a number of awards including the Aacta Award for Best Short Fiction Film, won both Best Short Film and Best Drama as well as picking up awards for its screenplay, direction, editing and cinematography.
Film collective Closer Productions received two awards: short documentary Stunt Love won Best Sound Design while Sundance darling Shut Up Little Man won Best Feature Film. This is the second year in a row Closer Productions has won the feature film category. Last year's winner Life in Movement is currently in cinemas.
For a full list of recipients, see below:
Sasa Genre Awards:
Best Short Film: The Palace - Anthony Maras, Kate Croser & Andros Achilleos Best Drama: The Palace - Anthony Maras, Kate Croser & Andros...
The Cyprian-Australian co-production, which has garnered a number of awards including the Aacta Award for Best Short Fiction Film, won both Best Short Film and Best Drama as well as picking up awards for its screenplay, direction, editing and cinematography.
Film collective Closer Productions received two awards: short documentary Stunt Love won Best Sound Design while Sundance darling Shut Up Little Man won Best Feature Film. This is the second year in a row Closer Productions has won the feature film category. Last year's winner Life in Movement is currently in cinemas.
For a full list of recipients, see below:
Sasa Genre Awards:
Best Short Film: The Palace - Anthony Maras, Kate Croser & Andros Achilleos Best Drama: The Palace - Anthony Maras, Kate Croser & Andros...
- 4/23/2012
- by Staff reporter
- IF.com.au
The nominees for the South Australian Screen Awards have been announced.
The announcement:
2012 South Australian Screen Awards Nominees Announced
The Media Resource Centre – South Australia’s centre for screen culture development – is pleased to announce the nominations for the 2012 South Australian Screen Awards (Sasa).
Now in its 13th year as Sa’s premier screen awards, Sasa continues to reward excellence and outstanding achievement from South Australian-based filmmakers.
With thousands of dollar in cash and prizes, Sasa provides an exciting platform for South Australian screen practitioners to showcase their work across drama, comedy, documentary, animation, music video, non-narrative and digital media.
Sasa also recognises the invaluable contribution made by Sa key ‘creatives’, offering awards in eight craft categories, as well as two jury prizes recognising notable contributions from Sa’s up-and-coming young filmmakers.
Sasa continues to grow in size and scope along with the quality of short form screen production in this state.
The announcement:
2012 South Australian Screen Awards Nominees Announced
The Media Resource Centre – South Australia’s centre for screen culture development – is pleased to announce the nominations for the 2012 South Australian Screen Awards (Sasa).
Now in its 13th year as Sa’s premier screen awards, Sasa continues to reward excellence and outstanding achievement from South Australian-based filmmakers.
With thousands of dollar in cash and prizes, Sasa provides an exciting platform for South Australian screen practitioners to showcase their work across drama, comedy, documentary, animation, music video, non-narrative and digital media.
Sasa also recognises the invaluable contribution made by Sa key ‘creatives’, offering awards in eight craft categories, as well as two jury prizes recognising notable contributions from Sa’s up-and-coming young filmmakers.
Sasa continues to grow in size and scope along with the quality of short form screen production in this state.
- 3/15/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Short film The Palace has led the nominations at this year's South Australian Screen Arts Awards with seven nominations, including Best Picture.
The Cyprian-Australian co-production was also nominated for Best Drama while writer-director Anthony Maras was nominated for Best Direction, Best Screenplay and Best Editing. Nick Matthews was nominated for Best Cinematography.
Maras was raised in Adelaide but studied film production at the University of California before returning to Australia to direct critically acclaimed films Azadi and Spike Up. He then directed The Palace, which has garnered an array of awards including the Aacta Award for Best Short Fiction Film, as well as the Australia.s Writer.s Guild and the Flickerfest awards for Best Australian Short Film. Maras also picked up last year's If Award for Rising Talent.
Other films nominated at the South Australian Screen Arts Awards include Suburban Samarai, Horace in Slow Motion, Stunt Love and A Tale of Obsession.
The Cyprian-Australian co-production was also nominated for Best Drama while writer-director Anthony Maras was nominated for Best Direction, Best Screenplay and Best Editing. Nick Matthews was nominated for Best Cinematography.
Maras was raised in Adelaide but studied film production at the University of California before returning to Australia to direct critically acclaimed films Azadi and Spike Up. He then directed The Palace, which has garnered an array of awards including the Aacta Award for Best Short Fiction Film, as well as the Australia.s Writer.s Guild and the Flickerfest awards for Best Australian Short Film. Maras also picked up last year's If Award for Rising Talent.
Other films nominated at the South Australian Screen Arts Awards include Suburban Samarai, Horace in Slow Motion, Stunt Love and A Tale of Obsession.
- 3/15/2012
- by Matthew Worboys
- IF.com.au
Short film The Palace has led the nominations at this year's South Australian Screen Arts Awards with seven nominations, including Best Picture. The Cyprian-Australian co-production was also nominated for Best Drama while writer-director Anthony Maras was nominated for Best Direction, Best Screenplay and Best Editing. Nick Matthews was nominated for Best Cinematography. Maras was raised in Adelaide but studied film production at the University of California before returning to Australia to direct critically acclaimed films Azadi and Spike Up. He then directed The Palace, which has garnered an array of awards including the Aacta Award for Best Short Fiction Film, as well as the Australia.s Writer.s Guild and the Flickerfest awards for Best Australian Short Film. Maras...
- 3/15/2012
- by Matthew Worboys
- IF.com.au
An award-winning Australian short film is to see a theatrical release by screening ahead of a local feature film.
The Palace, written and directed by Anthony Maras, is about the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. The 15-minute short will screen before feature film Wish You Were Here in Palace Cinemas from Wednesday 25 April.
The deal was struck between the boutique theatre chain and the film’s distributor, Hopscotch Films.
Maras would not give details on remuneration but told Encore he welcomed the deal as a way for the film to reach new, untapped theatrical audiences – beyond the festival circuit. He told Encore: “It’s another string in my bow to get future work up.”
Maras said: “Short filmmakers always face an uphill struggle. The problem with making a short film is, after getting into a few festivals it’s a struggle to decide where to play it. Other festivals ask you...
The Palace, written and directed by Anthony Maras, is about the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. The 15-minute short will screen before feature film Wish You Were Here in Palace Cinemas from Wednesday 25 April.
The deal was struck between the boutique theatre chain and the film’s distributor, Hopscotch Films.
Maras would not give details on remuneration but told Encore he welcomed the deal as a way for the film to reach new, untapped theatrical audiences – beyond the festival circuit. He told Encore: “It’s another string in my bow to get future work up.”
Maras said: “Short filmmakers always face an uphill struggle. The problem with making a short film is, after getting into a few festivals it’s a struggle to decide where to play it. Other festivals ask you...
- 3/7/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
It seems controversy leads to awards. The two big winners at last night.s inaugural Aacta Awards were thriller feature film Snowtown and TV drama series The Slap. Both renowned for their controversial nature, the film and TV series netted four and five gongs respectively.
Snowtown, about Australian serial killer John Bunting who befriends a 16-year-old, was honoured in the Best Direction (Justin Kurzel), Best Adapted Screenplay (Shaun Grant), Best Actor (Daniel Henshall) and Best Supporting Actress (Louise Harris) categories.
The last two awards were particularly impressive as neither actor had appeared in a feature film before. While Henshall had previously acted in such shows as Out of the Blue, it was Harris. first ever acting role.
The four gongs awarded last night at the Sydney Opera House brings the film.s tally to an impressive six Aacta Awards after receiving Best Editing (Veronika Jenet Ase) and Best Sound (Frank Lipson Mpse,...
Snowtown, about Australian serial killer John Bunting who befriends a 16-year-old, was honoured in the Best Direction (Justin Kurzel), Best Adapted Screenplay (Shaun Grant), Best Actor (Daniel Henshall) and Best Supporting Actress (Louise Harris) categories.
The last two awards were particularly impressive as neither actor had appeared in a feature film before. While Henshall had previously acted in such shows as Out of the Blue, it was Harris. first ever acting role.
The four gongs awarded last night at the Sydney Opera House brings the film.s tally to an impressive six Aacta Awards after receiving Best Editing (Veronika Jenet Ase) and Best Sound (Frank Lipson Mpse,...
- 1/31/2012
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
A film set during the 1974 Turkish innovation of Cyprus has won Flickerfest’s Best Australian Short Film.
It marked a successful day for the film, which also won best screenplay for a short film, and best fiction short film at the Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts (AACTAs) earlier in the day.
The Palace, written and directed by Anthony Maras and produced by Maras, Kate Croser, and Andros Achilleos won took out the local competition at the Festival, now in its 21 year.
In The Palace a Cypriot family takes refuge in an abandoned Ottoman era palace as the Turkish forces advance. A young Turkish conscript games face to face with the family and confronted with the brutality of war.
The film has previously won best short film at both the Melbourne and Sydney Film Festivals and the audience award at Adelaide Film Festival.
The special Jury Award went to the film Julian,...
It marked a successful day for the film, which also won best screenplay for a short film, and best fiction short film at the Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts (AACTAs) earlier in the day.
The Palace, written and directed by Anthony Maras and produced by Maras, Kate Croser, and Andros Achilleos won took out the local competition at the Festival, now in its 21 year.
In The Palace a Cypriot family takes refuge in an abandoned Ottoman era palace as the Turkish forces advance. A young Turkish conscript games face to face with the family and confronted with the brutality of war.
The film has previously won best short film at both the Melbourne and Sydney Film Festivals and the audience award at Adelaide Film Festival.
The special Jury Award went to the film Julian,...
- 1/16/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Sunday, January 15, 2012 will go down as one of Anthony Maras' most proudest days. The South Australian filmmaker's latest powerful short film, The Palace, cleaned up at both the inaugural Aacta Awards and last night's Flickerfest. Earlier in the day, Maras . an AFI Award winner . won gongs for Best Short Fiction Film and Best Screenplay In A Short Film at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts' revamped awards before travelling to Sydney's Bondi Beach last night to collect Best Australian Short Film at the 21st annual Flickerfest ceremony. Not a bad 10 hours. Inspired by true events, The Palace . an Australian-Cyprus co-production . tells the story of a Greek Cypriot family which flees advancing Turkish forces and takes refuge...
- 1/16/2012
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
Sunday, January 15, 2012 will go down as one of Anthony Maras' most proudest days. The South Australian filmmaker's latest powerful short film, The Palace, cleaned up at both the inaugural Aacta Awards and last night's Flickerfest. Earlier in the day, Maras . an AFI Award winner . won gongs for Best Short Fiction Film and Best Screenplay In A Short Film at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts' revamped awards before travelling to Sydney's Bondi Beach last night to collect Best Australian Short Film at the 21st annual Flickerfest ceremony. Not a bad 10 hours. Inspired by true events, The Palace . an Australian-Cyprus co-production . tells the story of a Greek Cypriot family which flees advancing Turkish forces and takes refuge...
- 1/16/2012
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
Sunday, January 15, 2012 will go down as one of Anthony Maras' most proudest days. The South Australian filmmaker's latest powerful short film, The Palace, cleaned up at both the inaugural Aacta Awards and last night's Flickerfest. Earlier in the day, Maras . an AFI Award winner . won gongs for Best Short Fiction Film and Best Screenplay In A Short Film at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts' revamped awards before travelling to Sydney's Bondi Beach last night to collect Best Australian Short Film at the 21st annual Flickerfest ceremony. Not a bad 10 hours. Inspired by true events, The Palace . an Australian-Cyprus co-production . tells the story of a Greek Cypriot family which flees advancing Turkish forces and takes refuge...
- 1/16/2012
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
Australian cinematographer Don McAlpine (Acs/Asc) received two standing ovations after tributes from longtime colleagues Jack Thompson and Bruce Beresford at the inaugural Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts (Aacta) awards yesteryday.
McAlpine was awarded the coveted Raymond Longford Award for a lifetime achievement in cinema. McAlpine’s career spans over 50 films including Moulin Rouge and William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, Breaker Morant and most recently Mental.
The ceremony, hosted by Sigrid Thornton, was the first for the newly formed academy. The ceremony also included the announcement of the Australian academy’s international awards to recognise excellence in film. The announcements were made during a live cross to actress Jackie Weaver at the G’Day USA Gala in Los Angeles.
Further awards for both Australian cinema and TV and the international awards will be presented on January 31 at the Opera House.
The Winners
Raymond Longford Award
Don McAlpine
Byron Kennedy Award...
McAlpine was awarded the coveted Raymond Longford Award for a lifetime achievement in cinema. McAlpine’s career spans over 50 films including Moulin Rouge and William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, Breaker Morant and most recently Mental.
The ceremony, hosted by Sigrid Thornton, was the first for the newly formed academy. The ceremony also included the announcement of the Australian academy’s international awards to recognise excellence in film. The announcements were made during a live cross to actress Jackie Weaver at the G’Day USA Gala in Los Angeles.
Further awards for both Australian cinema and TV and the international awards will be presented on January 31 at the Opera House.
The Winners
Raymond Longford Award
Don McAlpine
Byron Kennedy Award...
- 1/15/2012
- by Brooke Hemphill
- Encore Magazine
The Hunter has lead the Aacta Awards with 14 nominations including best film.
The film, by Daniel Nettheim, is also up for best direction, adapted screenplay, cinematography, sound, production design, costume, original music score, and visual effects. Meanwhile, Willem Dafoe, Frances O’Connor, Sam Neill and Morgana Davies are all up for acting awards.
The film has currently made just over $1m at the local box office.
It’s the first year for the re-launched AACTAs, formerly the AFI awards.
The technical awards will be given out at a luncheon on 15 January at the Sydney Opera House, with an evening ceremony for the more ‘public-friendly’ awards held at the Opera House on 31 January.
Running against The Hunter for best film is Red Dog, Mad Bastards, The Eye of the Storm, Snowtown and Oranges and Sunshine.
The Eye of the Storm, was second in the nominations race with 12, of which six are...
The film, by Daniel Nettheim, is also up for best direction, adapted screenplay, cinematography, sound, production design, costume, original music score, and visual effects. Meanwhile, Willem Dafoe, Frances O’Connor, Sam Neill and Morgana Davies are all up for acting awards.
The film has currently made just over $1m at the local box office.
It’s the first year for the re-launched AACTAs, formerly the AFI awards.
The technical awards will be given out at a luncheon on 15 January at the Sydney Opera House, with an evening ceremony for the more ‘public-friendly’ awards held at the Opera House on 31 January.
Running against The Hunter for best film is Red Dog, Mad Bastards, The Eye of the Storm, Snowtown and Oranges and Sunshine.
The Eye of the Storm, was second in the nominations race with 12, of which six are...
- 11/30/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Eleven Australian producer teams from across the Australia met with American producers and studio executives at the Ausfilm Week in last week.
Ausfilm’s Deb Richards told Encore the sessions were, “like speed dating without the alcohol, with seven meetings one after another.”
The one-to-one sessions were project-specific, the filmmakers pitching a feature script they looked to receive funding and create co-productions on.
Australian producers included Bill Leimback (Beneath Hill 60), Jamie Hilton (Sleeping Beauty, The Waiting City), Stephen Amis (The 25th Reich), Robert Galinsky & Elizabeth Howatt-Jackman (Prey), Pam Collis (Singularity), Craig Lahiff & Helen Leake (Swerve), Sonya Armstrong (Seduction in the City), Lessa Khan and Marissa Goodhill, Jodea Bloomfield and Pippa Hinchley (The Live Sex Girls), Anthony Maras (The Palace) and Michelle McDonald of Screen Australia.
The selection of Us production companies included; The Weinstein Company, Arclight Films, Smoke House Pictures, Artists International, Michael de Luca productions, Fox Searchlight and more.
Ausfilm’s Deb Richards told Encore the sessions were, “like speed dating without the alcohol, with seven meetings one after another.”
The one-to-one sessions were project-specific, the filmmakers pitching a feature script they looked to receive funding and create co-productions on.
Australian producers included Bill Leimback (Beneath Hill 60), Jamie Hilton (Sleeping Beauty, The Waiting City), Stephen Amis (The 25th Reich), Robert Galinsky & Elizabeth Howatt-Jackman (Prey), Pam Collis (Singularity), Craig Lahiff & Helen Leake (Swerve), Sonya Armstrong (Seduction in the City), Lessa Khan and Marissa Goodhill, Jodea Bloomfield and Pippa Hinchley (The Live Sex Girls), Anthony Maras (The Palace) and Michelle McDonald of Screen Australia.
The selection of Us production companies included; The Weinstein Company, Arclight Films, Smoke House Pictures, Artists International, Michael de Luca productions, Fox Searchlight and more.
- 10/31/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The Australian Film Institute (AFI) have launched a new festival to showcase the local films of the past year vying for an Aacta (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award).
The Festival will run from 6 October to 14 November in Sydney and 11 October to 14 November in Melbourne and showcase the 21 feature films, as well as 12 non feature nominees including best short fiction film, Best short animation and Best feature length documentary in lead up for the inaugural Aacta Awards held in January 2012.
“Through Aacta,” Damian Trewhella, AFI Aacta CEO said, “we not only celebrate Australia’s best screen practitioners, but also engage audiences with our great stories; the Samsung AFI І Aacta Festival of Film provides a perfect platform for this at an exciting time for our screen industry.”
The festival aims to showcase the films to generate greater audience reach and engagement. “Having increased awareness of our screen industry...
The Festival will run from 6 October to 14 November in Sydney and 11 October to 14 November in Melbourne and showcase the 21 feature films, as well as 12 non feature nominees including best short fiction film, Best short animation and Best feature length documentary in lead up for the inaugural Aacta Awards held in January 2012.
“Through Aacta,” Damian Trewhella, AFI Aacta CEO said, “we not only celebrate Australia’s best screen practitioners, but also engage audiences with our great stories; the Samsung AFI І Aacta Festival of Film provides a perfect platform for this at an exciting time for our screen industry.”
The festival aims to showcase the films to generate greater audience reach and engagement. “Having increased awareness of our screen industry...
- 9/21/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The AFI (Australian Film Institute) and Aacta (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) have announced the first nominees for the inaugural Aacta Awards to be held in January 2012.
The nominations for best Feature Length Documentary, Best Animated Short Film, and Best Short Film accompany the announcement of 23 feature films at the Aacta launch.
Said Damian Trewhella, AFI Aacta CEO, “From the concert hall to the Outback, and spanning decades, countries and genres, nominees announced today demonstrate the breadth and depth of Australian filmmaking talent. We look forward to recognising Australia’s best and brightest screen practitioners at the inaugural Samsung Aacta Awards in January, building on the proud, 53-year-old tradition of celebrating screen excellence in Australia established by the AFI.”
The nominees for the Aacta for best Feature Length Documentary are:
Life In Movement – about dancer Tanja Liedtke, produced by Sophie Hyde, Bryan Mason Mrs Carey’s Concert – follows...
The nominations for best Feature Length Documentary, Best Animated Short Film, and Best Short Film accompany the announcement of 23 feature films at the Aacta launch.
Said Damian Trewhella, AFI Aacta CEO, “From the concert hall to the Outback, and spanning decades, countries and genres, nominees announced today demonstrate the breadth and depth of Australian filmmaking talent. We look forward to recognising Australia’s best and brightest screen practitioners at the inaugural Samsung Aacta Awards in January, building on the proud, 53-year-old tradition of celebrating screen excellence in Australia established by the AFI.”
The nominees for the Aacta for best Feature Length Documentary are:
Life In Movement – about dancer Tanja Liedtke, produced by Sophie Hyde, Bryan Mason Mrs Carey’s Concert – follows...
- 8/30/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The Australian Writers’ Guild has announce the nominations for its 44th Awgie Awards.
The writers of Australia’s best stage, screen and radio scripts have been nominated across 23 awards, including Shaun Grant (Snowtown), Alice Addison (The Hunter), Jonathan Teplitzky (Burning Man) and Tony Krawitz
(The Tall Man) all screening at Tiff.
Awg President, Academy Award nominee Jan Sardi said in a statement, ‘The foundation of all great productions is the script. Each year the Awgie Awards recognise and celebrate the creators of those foundations, the writers. The nominations for this year’s Awgie awards clearly demonstrate the high standard of Australian performance writing. Some of the writers honoured today are familiar names, underscoring the consistent excellence of their work and ongoing contribution to our industry. Equally exciting are the new names and titles reflecting the breadth and vibrancy of Australian scriptwriting talent.”
As well as announcing the winners of the below categories,...
The writers of Australia’s best stage, screen and radio scripts have been nominated across 23 awards, including Shaun Grant (Snowtown), Alice Addison (The Hunter), Jonathan Teplitzky (Burning Man) and Tony Krawitz
(The Tall Man) all screening at Tiff.
Awg President, Academy Award nominee Jan Sardi said in a statement, ‘The foundation of all great productions is the script. Each year the Awgie Awards recognise and celebrate the creators of those foundations, the writers. The nominations for this year’s Awgie awards clearly demonstrate the high standard of Australian performance writing. Some of the writers honoured today are familiar names, underscoring the consistent excellence of their work and ongoing contribution to our industry. Equally exciting are the new names and titles reflecting the breadth and vibrancy of Australian scriptwriting talent.”
As well as announcing the winners of the below categories,...
- 8/18/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
South Australian director Anthony Maras has picked up Best Australian Film at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival Short Awards, for his offering The Palace.
Based on true events The Palace follows a family as they flee the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
The Palace won Best Short Film (Live Action) and the Audience Award at Sydney and Adelaide Film Festivals respectively – making it eligible for consideration in the short film category at the 2012 Academy Awards.
The award for the Emerging Australian Filmmaker was awarded to Andrew Kavanagh for his short At the Formal , and Best Animated Short Film went to Australian directors Alister Lockhart and Patrick Sarell for Nullabor.
The Grand Prix was picked up by Canada’s Kevan Funk for A Fine Young Man.
2011 Miff Short Awards Winners List:
Transmission Films Award for Emerging Australian Filmmaker : Victorian Andrew Kavanagh for At the Formal. Film Victoria Erwin Rado...
Based on true events The Palace follows a family as they flee the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
The Palace won Best Short Film (Live Action) and the Audience Award at Sydney and Adelaide Film Festivals respectively – making it eligible for consideration in the short film category at the 2012 Academy Awards.
The award for the Emerging Australian Filmmaker was awarded to Andrew Kavanagh for his short At the Formal , and Best Animated Short Film went to Australian directors Alister Lockhart and Patrick Sarell for Nullabor.
The Grand Prix was picked up by Canada’s Kevan Funk for A Fine Young Man.
2011 Miff Short Awards Winners List:
Transmission Films Award for Emerging Australian Filmmaker : Victorian Andrew Kavanagh for At the Formal. Film Victoria Erwin Rado...
- 8/2/2011
- by georginap
- Encore Magazine
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