Belgian drama previously won a Grand Prix at Cannes.
Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont’s Close won the top prize at the Sydney Film Festival on Sunday evening (June 19), adding to the Grand Prix it picked up at Cannes last month.
Accepting the Sydney Film Prize via video message, Dhont said that he was “incredibly proud and incredibly happy”, adding that he hoped the audience enjoyed the film and that it meant something to them. The award includes a cash prize of 42,000.
“This film displayed a mastery of restraint, subtle handling of story, astute observations and delicate attention to finer details,...
Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont’s Close won the top prize at the Sydney Film Festival on Sunday evening (June 19), adding to the Grand Prix it picked up at Cannes last month.
Accepting the Sydney Film Prize via video message, Dhont said that he was “incredibly proud and incredibly happy”, adding that he hoped the audience enjoyed the film and that it meant something to them. The award includes a cash prize of 42,000.
“This film displayed a mastery of restraint, subtle handling of story, astute observations and delicate attention to finer details,...
- 6/20/2022
- by Sandy George
- ScreenDaily
Lukas Dhont’s “Close,” which won the Grand Prix in Cannes last month, picked up the Sydney Film Prize, the top prize at the Sydney Film Festival, on Sunday evening.
Accepting the award via video message Dhont said: “It’s a film that comes from our hearts, that we worked on for a lot of years with many people.”
The international jury consisted of Australian actor David Wenham, Australian director Jennifer Peedom, writer-director-producer Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (Bangladesh), Berlin Golden Bear winner Semih Kaplanoglu (Turkey), and the executive director of the Kawakita Memorial Film Institute in Tokyo, Yuka Sakano (Japan). Twelve titles in the official competition included Carla Simon’s “Alcarras”, Hlynur Palmason’s “Godland”, Colm Bairead’s “The Quiet Girl” and Del Kathryn Barton’s “Blaze.” The winner is awarded AUD60,000.
Australian filmmaker Luke Cornish was presented with the Documentary Australia Award’s AUD10,000 cash prize for “Keep Stepping,” a...
Accepting the award via video message Dhont said: “It’s a film that comes from our hearts, that we worked on for a lot of years with many people.”
The international jury consisted of Australian actor David Wenham, Australian director Jennifer Peedom, writer-director-producer Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (Bangladesh), Berlin Golden Bear winner Semih Kaplanoglu (Turkey), and the executive director of the Kawakita Memorial Film Institute in Tokyo, Yuka Sakano (Japan). Twelve titles in the official competition included Carla Simon’s “Alcarras”, Hlynur Palmason’s “Godland”, Colm Bairead’s “The Quiet Girl” and Del Kathryn Barton’s “Blaze.” The winner is awarded AUD60,000.
Australian filmmaker Luke Cornish was presented with the Documentary Australia Award’s AUD10,000 cash prize for “Keep Stepping,” a...
- 6/19/2022
- by Katherine Tulich
- Variety Film + TV
LADbible Australia’s six-episode documentary Unheard will premiere on Amazon Prime Video in Australia, New Zealand and select countries around the world on October 29.
The series gives an insight into critical issues of racial discrimination in Australia, including: Indigenous deaths in custody, the targeting of Indigenous youth, attacks towards Asians during Covid, Islamophobia, the vilification of the African community and the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees. The six stand-alone episodes in the Unheard series are told through intimate interviews, blended with animation, archive footage, podcasts, photographs, phone conversations and info-graphics revealing the shocking statistics and complexities behind the larger issues.
Unheard was written and produced by Shahn Devendran, Jack Steele, Cathy Vu, Luke Cornish, Dan Mansour, Olivia Suleimon and Ellen Dedes-Vallas.
The post ‘Unheard’ (Trailer) appeared first on If Magazine.
The series gives an insight into critical issues of racial discrimination in Australia, including: Indigenous deaths in custody, the targeting of Indigenous youth, attacks towards Asians during Covid, Islamophobia, the vilification of the African community and the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees. The six stand-alone episodes in the Unheard series are told through intimate interviews, blended with animation, archive footage, podcasts, photographs, phone conversations and info-graphics revealing the shocking statistics and complexities behind the larger issues.
Unheard was written and produced by Shahn Devendran, Jack Steele, Cathy Vu, Luke Cornish, Dan Mansour, Olivia Suleimon and Ellen Dedes-Vallas.
The post ‘Unheard’ (Trailer) appeared first on If Magazine.
- 10/25/2021
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Amazon will partner with LADbible Australia on documentary series Unheard, which will premiere on the streaming service next month.
An extension of the social publisher’s Unheard campaign, the six stand-alone episodes will address issues of racial discrimination in Australia, including Indigenous deaths in custody, the targeting of Indigenous youth, attacks towards Asians during Covid, Islamophobia, the vilification of the African community, and the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees.
The project was written and produced by Shahn Devendran from LADbible Australia Originals, Jack Steele, Sbs’ Cathy Vu, Luke Cornish (Alone Out Here), Dan Mansour (The Final Word), Olivia Suleimon (Rosaline’s Untaming), and Nickelodeon’s Ellen Dedes-Vallas.
Unheard received production funding via Screen Australia’s Producer Program.
Tyler Bern, head of content for Amazon Prime Video Australia, New Zealand, and Canada said the opportunity to program the investigative series was significant.
“Unheard is a necessary action and awareness series...
An extension of the social publisher’s Unheard campaign, the six stand-alone episodes will address issues of racial discrimination in Australia, including Indigenous deaths in custody, the targeting of Indigenous youth, attacks towards Asians during Covid, Islamophobia, the vilification of the African community, and the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees.
The project was written and produced by Shahn Devendran from LADbible Australia Originals, Jack Steele, Sbs’ Cathy Vu, Luke Cornish (Alone Out Here), Dan Mansour (The Final Word), Olivia Suleimon (Rosaline’s Untaming), and Nickelodeon’s Ellen Dedes-Vallas.
Unheard received production funding via Screen Australia’s Producer Program.
Tyler Bern, head of content for Amazon Prime Video Australia, New Zealand, and Canada said the opportunity to program the investigative series was significant.
“Unheard is a necessary action and awareness series...
- 9/21/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Amazon Greenlights ‘The Ferragnez – The Series’
Amazon Prime Video has commissioned unscripted show The Ferragnez – The Series, which will follow fashion blogger Chiara Ferragni and her rapper partner Fedez. The docu-reality series was filmed throughout late 2020 and early 2021, chronicling Ferragni’s second pregnancy and Fedez’s first participation in the Sanremo Music Festival. The eight-part series, produced by Banijay Italia for Amazon Studios, will launch exclusively on Prime Video globally in December 2021. “This new fantastic Italian Amazon Original production is the latest example of our commitment and investment in the Italian creative community,” said Georgia Brown, head of European Originals, Amazon Studios. “I am sure The Ferragnez – The Series will entertain Prime Video’s audiences in Italy and around the world by offering an unprecedented perspective on this iconic couple.”
Amazon Australia Racial Injustice Doc
Over in Aus, Amazon Prime Video is teaming with LADbible Australia on investigative documentary series Unheard,...
Amazon Prime Video has commissioned unscripted show The Ferragnez – The Series, which will follow fashion blogger Chiara Ferragni and her rapper partner Fedez. The docu-reality series was filmed throughout late 2020 and early 2021, chronicling Ferragni’s second pregnancy and Fedez’s first participation in the Sanremo Music Festival. The eight-part series, produced by Banijay Italia for Amazon Studios, will launch exclusively on Prime Video globally in December 2021. “This new fantastic Italian Amazon Original production is the latest example of our commitment and investment in the Italian creative community,” said Georgia Brown, head of European Originals, Amazon Studios. “I am sure The Ferragnez – The Series will entertain Prime Video’s audiences in Italy and around the world by offering an unprecedented perspective on this iconic couple.”
Amazon Australia Racial Injustice Doc
Over in Aus, Amazon Prime Video is teaming with LADbible Australia on investigative documentary series Unheard,...
- 9/20/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
‘The Rainbow Passage’.
Network 10 and Screen Australia have chosen three documentary projects to receive funding as part of initiative Out Here, focused on the Lgbtqi+ experience in rural and regional communities.
The successful projects are:
• Alone Out Here: An observational documentary set in regional Nsw that follows gay, fourth-generation farmer Jon Wright. His 22-year commitment to transform his cattle farm into an environmental blueprint for the future demands that he overcome loneliness and a life without children. The project from Biscuit Tin Productions and Philip Busfield will be shot and directed by Luke Cornish (Beyond the Mirror Ball), and produced by Mick Elliott. Dylan Blowen whose credits include Vice Australiana documentary Shooting Cats is executive producer.
• Belonging: A documentary from Toyshop Entertainment that follows 18-year-old Lgbtqi+ activist Sam Watson as he takes a road trip from Hobart to north-west Tasmania to examine the impact and influence of gay rights activist...
Network 10 and Screen Australia have chosen three documentary projects to receive funding as part of initiative Out Here, focused on the Lgbtqi+ experience in rural and regional communities.
The successful projects are:
• Alone Out Here: An observational documentary set in regional Nsw that follows gay, fourth-generation farmer Jon Wright. His 22-year commitment to transform his cattle farm into an environmental blueprint for the future demands that he overcome loneliness and a life without children. The project from Biscuit Tin Productions and Philip Busfield will be shot and directed by Luke Cornish (Beyond the Mirror Ball), and produced by Mick Elliott. Dylan Blowen whose credits include Vice Australiana documentary Shooting Cats is executive producer.
• Belonging: A documentary from Toyshop Entertainment that follows 18-year-old Lgbtqi+ activist Sam Watson as he takes a road trip from Hobart to north-west Tasmania to examine the impact and influence of gay rights activist...
- 7/17/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
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