Alanté Kavaité’s third film The Islanders, about a woman taking care of a group of elderly people on a remote island off the coast of France, has been acquired by Elle Driver, which will start selling the film at the EFM.
The Islanders is now in post. It stars Nadia Tereszkiewicz with Dali Bensallah, Daphné Pataki and veteran talents Miou-Miou and Patrick Chesnais. Tereszkiewicz won the Cesar breakout award in 2023 for roles in Forever Young and The Red Island. Bensallah’s credits include Athena.
Kavaité’s credits include the coming-of-age story The Summer Of Sangaile, for which she won...
The Islanders is now in post. It stars Nadia Tereszkiewicz with Dali Bensallah, Daphné Pataki and veteran talents Miou-Miou and Patrick Chesnais. Tereszkiewicz won the Cesar breakout award in 2023 for roles in Forever Young and The Red Island. Bensallah’s credits include Athena.
Kavaité’s credits include the coming-of-age story The Summer Of Sangaile, for which she won...
- 2/9/2024
- ScreenDaily
Co-production
“Lioness,” an official Indo-u.K. co-production being made under the 2008 bilateral treaty, will star Aditi Rao Hydari (“Jubilee”) and Paige Sandhu (“Emmerdale”), it was revealed at the Cannes India pavilion on Tuesday.
Written and to be directed by Kajri Babbar (“Khoj”), the film is inspired by the research of Peter Bance, the historian who wrote about Princess Sophia Duleep, one of the key leaders of the suffragette movement in the U.K., the Princess of Punjab, granddaughter of Maharajah Ranjit Singh and the goddaughter of Queen Victoria. The film will tell the story of two British Punjabi women living in the U.K., a century apart. While Sophia’s story is rooted in history, the second story is a fictional tale of Mehak Kaur an educated, married immigrant woman living in 1990’s Southall.
Bance is also one of the executive producers on the film, which is produced by Vivek Rangachari,...
“Lioness,” an official Indo-u.K. co-production being made under the 2008 bilateral treaty, will star Aditi Rao Hydari (“Jubilee”) and Paige Sandhu (“Emmerdale”), it was revealed at the Cannes India pavilion on Tuesday.
Written and to be directed by Kajri Babbar (“Khoj”), the film is inspired by the research of Peter Bance, the historian who wrote about Princess Sophia Duleep, one of the key leaders of the suffragette movement in the U.K., the Princess of Punjab, granddaughter of Maharajah Ranjit Singh and the goddaughter of Queen Victoria. The film will tell the story of two British Punjabi women living in the U.K., a century apart. While Sophia’s story is rooted in history, the second story is a fictional tale of Mehak Kaur an educated, married immigrant woman living in 1990’s Southall.
Bance is also one of the executive producers on the film, which is produced by Vivek Rangachari,...
- 5/23/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The Paris sales outfit is also handling Pablo Berger’s ‘Robot Dreams’ in Official Selection.
Paris-based sales powerhouse Elle Driver has added Greek director Alexandros Avranas’ Apathy, now in pre-production, to its line-up heading into Cannes.
Apathy is a drama exploring the real-life phenomenon of ‘resignation syndrome’, a catatonic state that has affected around 700 refugee children in Sweden, sparking a wave of concern among doctors and politicians. Told from the perspective of a family, Apathy follows the parents as they struggle in their daily lives and gives a voice to the children. The multi-territory co-production is produced by France’s...
Paris-based sales powerhouse Elle Driver has added Greek director Alexandros Avranas’ Apathy, now in pre-production, to its line-up heading into Cannes.
Apathy is a drama exploring the real-life phenomenon of ‘resignation syndrome’, a catatonic state that has affected around 700 refugee children in Sweden, sparking a wave of concern among doctors and politicians. Told from the perspective of a family, Apathy follows the parents as they struggle in their daily lives and gives a voice to the children. The multi-territory co-production is produced by France’s...
- 5/11/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
The Paris sales outfit is also handling Pablo Berger’s ‘Robot Dreams’ in Official Selection.
Paris-based sales powerhouse Elle Driver has added Greek director Alexandros Avranas’ Apathy, now in pre-production, to its line-up heading into Cannes.
Apathy is a drama exploring the real-life phenomenon of ‘resignation syndrome’, a catatonic state that has affected around 700 refugee children in Sweden, sparking a wave of concern among doctors and politicians. Told from the perspective of a family, Apathy follows the parents as they struggle in their daily lives and gives a voice to the children. The multi-territory co-production is produced by France’s...
Paris-based sales powerhouse Elle Driver has added Greek director Alexandros Avranas’ Apathy, now in pre-production, to its line-up heading into Cannes.
Apathy is a drama exploring the real-life phenomenon of ‘resignation syndrome’, a catatonic state that has affected around 700 refugee children in Sweden, sparking a wave of concern among doctors and politicians. Told from the perspective of a family, Apathy follows the parents as they struggle in their daily lives and gives a voice to the children. The multi-territory co-production is produced by France’s...
- 5/11/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
In 2009, Paul Goldman self-published a book on Amazon called “Duplicity.” The 323-page volume outlines a one-man crusade against a failed marriage, filled with a blow-by-blow account and accusations of how a man named Paul Goldman came to be the target of a suburban housewife’s scandalous double life. After using his own life as the basis for the book, Paul pursued anyone who could help bring “Duplicity” to the screen.
A decade later, “Paul T. Goldman” is the appropriately convoluted result. It’s not quite the international blockbuster that Paul dreams out loud about at various points over the six-episode series. Instead, it’s a Peacock show from director Jason Woliner, mixing documentary and comedy that feels linked but not indebted to some of its peers that have tried that same combo. “Paul T. Goldman” goes a step further, casting Paul against an ensemble of actors to recreate his own life story,...
A decade later, “Paul T. Goldman” is the appropriately convoluted result. It’s not quite the international blockbuster that Paul dreams out loud about at various points over the six-episode series. Instead, it’s a Peacock show from director Jason Woliner, mixing documentary and comedy that feels linked but not indebted to some of its peers that have tried that same combo. “Paul T. Goldman” goes a step further, casting Paul against an ensemble of actors to recreate his own life story,...
- 12/28/2022
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
French sales agency Elle Driver is giving a Cannes Market launch to “Kid Snow,” a West Australian-produced tale of redemption set in the 1970s world of tent boxing. Production starts on Monday in Australia’s Goldfields-Esperance region, making it the first feature film to kick off production in the state since its border re-opened.
Boxing tents toured Australia’s small towns from the early 1900s until the 1970s, and were venues where professional fighters faced off against local challengers. The troupes criss-crossed the outback, boasted a carnival-like atmosphere and were places where Indigenous fighters could become heroes.
Penned by writers John Brumpton and Stephen Cleary, the story involves a washed-up Irish boxer named Kid Snow who is finally given a chance to redeem himself when he is offered a rematch against the man he fought a decade prior, on a night that changed his life forever. When Kid Snow meets single mother Sunny,...
Boxing tents toured Australia’s small towns from the early 1900s until the 1970s, and were venues where professional fighters faced off against local challengers. The troupes criss-crossed the outback, boasted a carnival-like atmosphere and were places where Indigenous fighters could become heroes.
Penned by writers John Brumpton and Stephen Cleary, the story involves a washed-up Irish boxer named Kid Snow who is finally given a chance to redeem himself when he is offered a rematch against the man he fought a decade prior, on a night that changed his life forever. When Kid Snow meets single mother Sunny,...
- 5/22/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Prairie Surf Media has named former Starz executive Paul Goldman as Executive Vice President, Head of Production at the company and its new Oklahoma-based Prairie Surf Studios.
Goldman will report to Prairie Surf founders and co-ceo’s Rachel Cannon and Matt Payne overseeing production and related services at studio’s 1.3m square feet of production support space and five clear span soundstages in downtown Oklahoma City. He joins Prairie Surf Media from Starz, where he was SVP, Head of Production. Previously, he served as VP of Post Production for ABC Studios.
The studio opened last summer and follows Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signing off on a new cash-back film rebate program with a rolling $30 million dollar cap and up to 38% for qualified expenditures. The “Filmed in Oklahoma Act of 2021″ was signed in May and took effect July 1 to attract new film and TV production. The Prairie soundstages range from 25,000 – 32,000 square...
Goldman will report to Prairie Surf founders and co-ceo’s Rachel Cannon and Matt Payne overseeing production and related services at studio’s 1.3m square feet of production support space and five clear span soundstages in downtown Oklahoma City. He joins Prairie Surf Media from Starz, where he was SVP, Head of Production. Previously, he served as VP of Post Production for ABC Studios.
The studio opened last summer and follows Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signing off on a new cash-back film rebate program with a rolling $30 million dollar cap and up to 38% for qualified expenditures. The “Filmed in Oklahoma Act of 2021″ was signed in May and took effect July 1 to attract new film and TV production. The Prairie soundstages range from 25,000 – 32,000 square...
- 11/9/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
A range of digital, documentary, and feature productions are among the beneficiaries of a new funding round from Film Victoria, which will see $3.9 million go towards 12 productions.
The projects are expected to inject $39.8 million into the Victorian economy and generate 1,749 job opportunities.
Among the projects announced are documentaries such as Danny Ben-Moshe’s Revenge: My Dad The Nazi Killer; Lachlan Mcleod’s After Trauma, and Duy Huynh’s How To Thrive, and previously announced features such as Paul Goldman’s Kid Snow, Alena Lodkina’s Petrol, and Adam Elliot’s Memoir of a Snail.
The investment extends to the third season of Lilydale Films’ popular Lgbtiqa+ YouTube series Flunk, which is currently filming in Melbourne.
Flunk follows 16-year-old Ingrid, as she starts to explore her sexuality while dealing with the pressures of a country high school and conservative Chinese-Australian family.
The series has amassed 50 million views and 200,000 subscribers since its...
The projects are expected to inject $39.8 million into the Victorian economy and generate 1,749 job opportunities.
Among the projects announced are documentaries such as Danny Ben-Moshe’s Revenge: My Dad The Nazi Killer; Lachlan Mcleod’s After Trauma, and Duy Huynh’s How To Thrive, and previously announced features such as Paul Goldman’s Kid Snow, Alena Lodkina’s Petrol, and Adam Elliot’s Memoir of a Snail.
The investment extends to the third season of Lilydale Films’ popular Lgbtiqa+ YouTube series Flunk, which is currently filming in Melbourne.
Flunk follows 16-year-old Ingrid, as she starts to explore her sexuality while dealing with the pressures of a country high school and conservative Chinese-Australian family.
The series has amassed 50 million views and 200,000 subscribers since its...
- 6/16/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Federal funding body Screen Australia confirmed its backing for a trio of Australian film projects that will now move forward into production. Director Robert Connolly (“The Dry”) is behind two of them as producer.
The funding decisions ensure that a steady stream of local films move into production, alongside the large volume of international films and TV series that are currently in Australia, taking advantage of generous incentives and good coronavirus control conditions.
Set in 1970’s Western Australia, “Kid Snow” is a drama about a washed-up Irish boxer who is offered a rematch against a man he fought 10 years ago, on a night that changed his life forever. He is faced with a chance to redeem himself when he meets a single mother and is forced to contemplate a future beyond boxing.
The film is directed by Paul Goldman (“Suburban Mayhem”) and written by John Brumpton (“Life”), Phillip Gwynne (“Australian Rules...
The funding decisions ensure that a steady stream of local films move into production, alongside the large volume of international films and TV series that are currently in Australia, taking advantage of generous incentives and good coronavirus control conditions.
Set in 1970’s Western Australia, “Kid Snow” is a drama about a washed-up Irish boxer who is offered a rematch against a man he fought 10 years ago, on a night that changed his life forever. He is faced with a chance to redeem himself when he meets a single mother and is forced to contemplate a future beyond boxing.
The film is directed by Paul Goldman (“Suburban Mayhem”) and written by John Brumpton (“Life”), Phillip Gwynne (“Australian Rules...
- 5/17/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Screen Australia has announced $5.6 million of production funding for three feature films and returning seasons of Stan’s Bump and 10’s The Secret She Keeps.
The films include two Arenamedia projects: an new animation from the Oscar-winning Adam Elliot and a second feature from writer/director Alena Lodkina (Strange Colours), titled Petrol. The other film is Paul Goldman’s Western Australian feature film Kid Snow, produced by Unicorn Films.
Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason said: “We have been blown away by the volume of applications for production funding and are heartened at the breadth of distinct Australian stories that continue to come through.
“Adam Elliot is set to delight audiences around the world with a remarkable new drama in his signature claymation style; and we’re thrilled to support writer/director Alena Lodkina whose 2017 feature Strange Colours premiered at the Venice Film Festival, as she expands on her unique voice with striking follow up Petrol.
The films include two Arenamedia projects: an new animation from the Oscar-winning Adam Elliot and a second feature from writer/director Alena Lodkina (Strange Colours), titled Petrol. The other film is Paul Goldman’s Western Australian feature film Kid Snow, produced by Unicorn Films.
Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason said: “We have been blown away by the volume of applications for production funding and are heartened at the breadth of distinct Australian stories that continue to come through.
“Adam Elliot is set to delight audiences around the world with a remarkable new drama in his signature claymation style; and we’re thrilled to support writer/director Alena Lodkina whose 2017 feature Strange Colours premiered at the Venice Film Festival, as she expands on her unique voice with striking follow up Petrol.
- 5/16/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Jim King, former executive at music rights group BMI, and comedy label 800 Pound Gorilla Records co-founders Ryan Bitzer and Damion Greiman have launched Spoken Giants, a royalty administration company specifically for creators of spoken word copyrights.
Based in Nashville and aimed at comedians, podcasters, speechwriters and other wordsmiths, Spoken Giants said it’s already working with members including Lewis Black, Dan Cummins, Gerry Dee, Pete Holmes, Kyle Kinane, Kathleen Madigan, the Ralphie May estate, Leanne Morgan and Theo Von, The founders announced the firm publicly Wednesday and hope to scale up dramatically, noting that “millions in royalties have been unclaimed by, or simply not paid to, spoken word creators.”
Rights organizations have long existed in music and Spoken Giants will follow that industry’s precedents “to correct the global financial oversights of the past,” they said.
Spoken Giants represents underlying composition copyrights and its revenue is based on a percentage of what it collects.
Based in Nashville and aimed at comedians, podcasters, speechwriters and other wordsmiths, Spoken Giants said it’s already working with members including Lewis Black, Dan Cummins, Gerry Dee, Pete Holmes, Kyle Kinane, Kathleen Madigan, the Ralphie May estate, Leanne Morgan and Theo Von, The founders announced the firm publicly Wednesday and hope to scale up dramatically, noting that “millions in royalties have been unclaimed by, or simply not paid to, spoken word creators.”
Rights organizations have long existed in music and Spoken Giants will follow that industry’s precedents “to correct the global financial oversights of the past,” they said.
Spoken Giants represents underlying composition copyrights and its revenue is based on a percentage of what it collects.
- 10/28/2020
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The streaming giant has signed a long-term lease to rent the bulk of the Shepperton studio site in Surrey.
Netflix is opening its long-awaited new UK production hub at Shepperton Studios, taking over the facility’s entire 14 sound stages.
The streaming giant has signed a long-term lease, understoood to be for around 10 years, to rent the 14 sound stages, as well as workshops and office space at the site in Surrey, owned by the Pinewood Group, from October this year.
The first Netflix original production to film at Shepperton will be The Old Guard, starring Charlize Theron and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood.
Netflix is opening its long-awaited new UK production hub at Shepperton Studios, taking over the facility’s entire 14 sound stages.
The streaming giant has signed a long-term lease, understoood to be for around 10 years, to rent the 14 sound stages, as well as workshops and office space at the site in Surrey, owned by the Pinewood Group, from October this year.
The first Netflix original production to film at Shepperton will be The Old Guard, starring Charlize Theron and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood.
- 7/3/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Christopher Abbott and Mia Wasikowska in ‘Piercing’
After playing repressed or relatively stable characters in period dramas such as Damsel and Madame Bovary, Mia Wasikowska jumped at the chance to go to the dark side in Piercing.
She plays a disturbed escort named Jackie in Us writer-director Nicolas Pesce’s gory S&M horror/thriller Piercing, which opened today in Australia after premiering at Sundance.
Jackie turns the tables on Reed (Christopher Abbott), a married guy with a new baby who checks into a hotel and calls for an escort with murderous intent. A deadly game of cat-and-mouse ensues.
The Aussie actress initially was cast as Reed’s wife but was offered the co-lead a week and a half before shooting was due to start. “I had 24 hours to rethink the whole thing and decided to do it on a whim, before I had the chance to over-think it,” she tells If.
After playing repressed or relatively stable characters in period dramas such as Damsel and Madame Bovary, Mia Wasikowska jumped at the chance to go to the dark side in Piercing.
She plays a disturbed escort named Jackie in Us writer-director Nicolas Pesce’s gory S&M horror/thriller Piercing, which opened today in Australia after premiering at Sundance.
Jackie turns the tables on Reed (Christopher Abbott), a married guy with a new baby who checks into a hotel and calls for an escort with murderous intent. A deadly game of cat-and-mouse ensues.
The Aussie actress initially was cast as Reed’s wife but was offered the co-lead a week and a half before shooting was due to start. “I had 24 hours to rethink the whole thing and decided to do it on a whim, before I had the chance to over-think it,” she tells If.
- 1/10/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Gillian Armstrong's 1971 student film The Roof Needs Mowing.
Secret City director Emma Freeman remembers Vca Film and Television School, where she studied for three years in the early 2000.s, .as a place where .a lot of people were really scraping things together to make their movie..
.That's what I loved about that school., Freeman says..
.It taught me about being a storyteller and it also taught me to be resourceful. Never to be limited by what you have..
Vca Film and TV is celebrating 50 years of scraping things together this year, from its opening at Swinburne in 1966 to the jump to the Vca in 1992 and beyond.
Cinematographer Ian Baker (Japanese Story, Words and Pictures) was one of the first, in 1968..
..I had no idea what I wanted to do when I completed the course,. Baker says.
.I didn't really know that I wanted to be a cinematographer, even though...
Secret City director Emma Freeman remembers Vca Film and Television School, where she studied for three years in the early 2000.s, .as a place where .a lot of people were really scraping things together to make their movie..
.That's what I loved about that school., Freeman says..
.It taught me about being a storyteller and it also taught me to be resourceful. Never to be limited by what you have..
Vca Film and TV is celebrating 50 years of scraping things together this year, from its opening at Swinburne in 1966 to the jump to the Vca in 1992 and beyond.
Cinematographer Ian Baker (Japanese Story, Words and Pictures) was one of the first, in 1968..
..I had no idea what I wanted to do when I completed the course,. Baker says.
.I didn't really know that I wanted to be a cinematographer, even though...
- 8/4/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
The life of Australian artist Brett Whiteley will be brought to the screen with assistance from Screen Australia.s new Documentary Producer program.
Titled Whiteley, the film is a one-off documentary from Northern Pictures , aiming to provide audiences with a unique insight into the incredible life and legacy of the iconic Australian artist. The project will be produced by Sue Clothier and directed by James Bogle, who also co-wrote the script with Victor Gentile.
It is one of eight projects that have been selected to receive funding support in the first round of the program, with Screen Australia estimating the combined production expenditure will generate close to $9.3million.
Land Artists (working title) will delve into one of Australia.s leading (and controversial) architecture firms, Denton Corker Marshall, on their mission to create the Australian Pavilion for the Venice Biennale. Renegade Films will make the documentary with producers Lucy Maclaren, Joe Connor and Ken Connor.
Titled Whiteley, the film is a one-off documentary from Northern Pictures , aiming to provide audiences with a unique insight into the incredible life and legacy of the iconic Australian artist. The project will be produced by Sue Clothier and directed by James Bogle, who also co-wrote the script with Victor Gentile.
It is one of eight projects that have been selected to receive funding support in the first round of the program, with Screen Australia estimating the combined production expenditure will generate close to $9.3million.
Land Artists (working title) will delve into one of Australia.s leading (and controversial) architecture firms, Denton Corker Marshall, on their mission to create the Australian Pavilion for the Venice Biennale. Renegade Films will make the documentary with producers Lucy Maclaren, Joe Connor and Ken Connor.
- 5/12/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Fallen, a Gothic romantic thriller based on the first book in a series of novels by Lauren Kate, starts shooting in Budapest in March but there are plenty of Adelaide connections to the Us indie production.
The director is Scott Hicks, who hails from Adelaide, as do cast members Harrison Gilbertson and Sianoa Smit-McPhee.
Hicks will return to Adelaide to cut the film at Kojo Post. He.d liked to have hired an Australian firm to handle the visual effects but the numbers didn.t stack up.
.Our dollar is still high which makes it difficult to compete with other countries, .Hicks tells If on the line from Budapest. A VFX deal is still being finalised but will likely go to a Canadian company.
The plot follows Lucinda (Addison Timlin of Stand Up Guys and TV.s Zero Hour and Californication), a shy teenager who is sent to Sword and...
The director is Scott Hicks, who hails from Adelaide, as do cast members Harrison Gilbertson and Sianoa Smit-McPhee.
Hicks will return to Adelaide to cut the film at Kojo Post. He.d liked to have hired an Australian firm to handle the visual effects but the numbers didn.t stack up.
.Our dollar is still high which makes it difficult to compete with other countries, .Hicks tells If on the line from Budapest. A VFX deal is still being finalised but will likely go to a Canadian company.
The plot follows Lucinda (Addison Timlin of Stand Up Guys and TV.s Zero Hour and Californication), a shy teenager who is sent to Sword and...
- 1/19/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
From Nicole Kidman on a BMX to Collingwood on the big screen, our pick of the best sport films
1) Save Your Legs
There are a couple of pretty fail-safe ways to stop a conversation dead in its tracks, but one of the best is to try and convince someone that they need to go and see an Australian movie. If that Australian movie happened to be about a cricket team, it wouldn't be out of the question to suggest that your co-conversationalist might just turn and walk at pace. Which brings us to Save Your Legs, surely one of the least-loved Australian films of recent times and with no good reason; this film is actually half-decent.
It's quite admirable that an Australian filmmaker would multiply their odds of failure by making a film like this one. We're often told that cricket is the sport with the richest and most voluminous literary canon,...
1) Save Your Legs
There are a couple of pretty fail-safe ways to stop a conversation dead in its tracks, but one of the best is to try and convince someone that they need to go and see an Australian movie. If that Australian movie happened to be about a cricket team, it wouldn't be out of the question to suggest that your co-conversationalist might just turn and walk at pace. Which brings us to Save Your Legs, surely one of the least-loved Australian films of recent times and with no good reason; this film is actually half-decent.
It's quite admirable that an Australian filmmaker would multiply their odds of failure by making a film like this one. We're often told that cricket is the sport with the richest and most voluminous literary canon,...
- 9/10/2013
- by Russell Jackson
- The Guardian - Film News
Ogilvy Sydney has launched a campaign for Gio to promote its platinum car insurance.
The campaign marks the first work for the insurance brand by Ogilvy, which won the business after a competitive pitch. Leo Burnett Sydney handled the Suncorp brand’s most recent advertising.
The ad was directed by Paul Goldman.
“The brief was simply to raise awareness of Gio’s unique Platinum Car Insurance product that offers better protection for new cars,” said Leigh Bignell, executive business director, Ogilvy & Mather Sydney.
“The creative idea evolved from Gio’s knowledge that Australians have a deep love for their cars. Cars are quite honestly considered to be a part of the family, and if damaged owners experience a great sense of loss.
“Ogilvy turned that emotional connection into a compelling message across all executions including TV, press, outdoor, radio and digital,” he said.
Creative Credits:
Executive Creative Director: Brett Howlett...
The campaign marks the first work for the insurance brand by Ogilvy, which won the business after a competitive pitch. Leo Burnett Sydney handled the Suncorp brand’s most recent advertising.
The ad was directed by Paul Goldman.
“The brief was simply to raise awareness of Gio’s unique Platinum Car Insurance product that offers better protection for new cars,” said Leigh Bignell, executive business director, Ogilvy & Mather Sydney.
“The creative idea evolved from Gio’s knowledge that Australians have a deep love for their cars. Cars are quite honestly considered to be a part of the family, and if damaged owners experience a great sense of loss.
“Ogilvy turned that emotional connection into a compelling message across all executions including TV, press, outdoor, radio and digital,” he said.
Creative Credits:
Executive Creative Director: Brett Howlett...
- 9/17/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
The Australian Director’s Guild has announced its nominees for the 2012 Adg Awards
Across the various categories, the nominations include Justin Kurzel for Snowtown, Matthew Saville for The Slap, Tony Krawitz for The Tall Man, Paul Scott for documentary series Outback Fight Club and Bruce Hunt for Subaru Xv’s Carwash.
The ceremony will be held as part of the Adg’s 30th anniversary at the Australian Maritime Museum in Sydney on May 11.
Kingston Anderson, general manager of the Adg said: “This will be the largest celebration and Awards ceremony the Adg has ever hosted and will be an opportunity to highlight the many achievements of Adg members over the past 30 years and the significant role they have played in the development of the Australian screen industry, as well as to honour the best directors of 2012.”
The nominations are:
Feature film
Brendan Fletcher - Mad Bastards
Justin Kurzel – Snowtown
Julia Leigh...
Across the various categories, the nominations include Justin Kurzel for Snowtown, Matthew Saville for The Slap, Tony Krawitz for The Tall Man, Paul Scott for documentary series Outback Fight Club and Bruce Hunt for Subaru Xv’s Carwash.
The ceremony will be held as part of the Adg’s 30th anniversary at the Australian Maritime Museum in Sydney on May 11.
Kingston Anderson, general manager of the Adg said: “This will be the largest celebration and Awards ceremony the Adg has ever hosted and will be an opportunity to highlight the many achievements of Adg members over the past 30 years and the significant role they have played in the development of the Australian screen industry, as well as to honour the best directors of 2012.”
The nominations are:
Feature film
Brendan Fletcher - Mad Bastards
Justin Kurzel – Snowtown
Julia Leigh...
- 4/16/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The Opera House is hugely recognisable – but there are literally millions of people who visit it each year, who have never been to an actual performance there,” says Caroline David, producer of the Ship Song Project. Based upon Nick Cave’s “The Ship Song”, it is an online campaign that invited Australian and international musicians to pay homage to the theatre.
“The Opera House like all businesses needs to make money to survive, so the aim with this project was to de-mystify the House and make it accessible to everyone and in particular the youth market,” explains David, a producer at Exit Films. The film moves through both back and front of house, introducing performers such as Silverchair’s Daniel Johns, Kev Carmody, Sarah Blasko, Martha Wainwright, Sydney Symphony, The Temper Trap, The Australian Chamber Orchestra, and John Bell of Bell Shakespeare who all offered their time for free. On their scheduled shoot day,...
“The Opera House like all businesses needs to make money to survive, so the aim with this project was to de-mystify the House and make it accessible to everyone and in particular the youth market,” explains David, a producer at Exit Films. The film moves through both back and front of house, introducing performers such as Silverchair’s Daniel Johns, Kev Carmody, Sarah Blasko, Martha Wainwright, Sydney Symphony, The Temper Trap, The Australian Chamber Orchestra, and John Bell of Bell Shakespeare who all offered their time for free. On their scheduled shoot day,...
- 8/25/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
An Australian filmmaker has defended Ben Cousins. Paul Goldman said that the former sports star - whose tell-all documentary about his battle with drug addiction was recently televised - did not "glamorise drugs" in the fly-on-the-wall show. He told Who magazine: "I find it ridiculous that people are saying Ben is glamorising drugs. Ben didn't want to make a documentary that said, 'Don't take drugs.' "What (more)...
- 9/13/2010
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Courtesy of Icon Home Entertainment, we have Paul Goldman’s Suburban Mayhem and Dean Murphy’s Strange Bedfellows on Blu-ray.
Strange Bedfellows is the 2004 comedy hit starring Michael Caton and Paul Hogan as two very straight mates trying to pass as a gay couple to take advantage of a new tax law – inspiration for Hollywood’s I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry?
Suburban Mayhem stars Emily Barclay as a 19-year old single mum living in a world of petty crime, fast cars, manicures and cheap sex… and she’s trying to get away with murder! It’s inspired by real events and received the 2006 Awgie for Best Original Feature Film and the AFI Award for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor (Anthony Hayes) and Best Original Score (Mick Harvey).
It’s a perfect moment to discover them, either for the first time, or revisit them on high definition!
To win,...
Strange Bedfellows is the 2004 comedy hit starring Michael Caton and Paul Hogan as two very straight mates trying to pass as a gay couple to take advantage of a new tax law – inspiration for Hollywood’s I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry?
Suburban Mayhem stars Emily Barclay as a 19-year old single mum living in a world of petty crime, fast cars, manicures and cheap sex… and she’s trying to get away with murder! It’s inspired by real events and received the 2006 Awgie for Best Original Feature Film and the AFI Award for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor (Anthony Hayes) and Best Original Score (Mick Harvey).
It’s a perfect moment to discover them, either for the first time, or revisit them on high definition!
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- 8/4/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
I like it when new DVD releases are all over the place and offer up a taste of many genres. As you'll see, that's definitely what's going on this week. The undisputed heavy hitter is, of course, Guillermo del Toro's beautifully lensed Hellboy II: The Golden Army. While I hardly think it's a perfect film, it was surely a joy a watch so be sure to check that out. On that same note, Star Wars: Clone Wars is also out this week. anybody out there been watching the new CGI show? I've caught bits and pieces here and there but haven't formed much of an opinion yet. Then we've got Takashi Miike's Sukiyaki Western Django which, as a western fan and despite some mixed reviews, I've been dying to see.
On the indie front, The Flaming Lips' psychedelic Christmas On Mars is finally available on DVD this week along...
On the indie front, The Flaming Lips' psychedelic Christmas On Mars is finally available on DVD this week along...
- 11/10/2008
- QuietEarth.us
- It is award season in Australia again and the time for the small number of people in the Australian film industry to come together and pat each other on the back for a mostly mediocre job well done. The most prestigious of the three major award ceremonies that occur over the next month is the L’Oreal Paris Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards. It is the ceremony that attracts big names and they like people to know that. Russell Crowe hosted last year. Who cares if he isn’t actually Australian? This year this ceremony has snagged Australian actor Geoffrey Rush to host, a step up from last year. Pleasingly there are a few nominated films that warrant the caliber of the host. Suburban Mayhem, Kenny and Ten Canoes stand out from the rest for varying reasons and look to be the big winners of the night. Suburban Mayhem
- 11/11/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
SYDNEY -- Australia's key government production funding body, the Film Finance Corp. Australia, on Wednesday announced commitments to a spate of true crime dramas and to a new feature film by director Gillian Armstrong. Suburban Mayhem is a black comedy about a girl without a conscience and a world without morals, which sees a family destroyed and a daughter get away with murder. Director is Paul Goldman (Australian Rules), producer Leah Churchill-Brown, executive producer Jan Chapman (Somersault, Lantana) and writer Alice Bell. Wrong Girl, directed by true crime aficionado Michael Jenkins (Bangkok Hilton, Blue Murder), examines recent notorious gang rape cases in Australia through the eyes of the female prosecutor and an 18-year-old victim. Producers are Jenkins, former FFC chief executive Catriona Hughes and Nicholas Hammond, who also wrote the script.
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