Over the last 14 years, Jack Hutchings has edited four short films that have screened in competition at the Cannes Film Festival: Yardbird (2012), Jerrycan (2008), Nature’s Way (2006) and Cracker Bag (2003). His latest feature, Berlin Syndrome, is a German-set thriller that premiered at this year’s Sundance. The film concerns an Australian tourist in Berlin who has an erotic fling with a schoolteacher that turns into a tale of captor and prisoner. The film marks the return of director Cate Shortland, whose last film Lore screened at festivals across the world. Below, Hutchings discusses his working dynamic with Shortland, the importance of test screenings and shaping the […]...
- 1/26/2017
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Australia hasn.t had a film selected for official competition at the Cannes Film Festival or the Un Certain Regard sidebar since 2011 and in the Directors. Fortnight section since 2009.
But the prospects are looking brighter this year. According to If.s straw poll among industry figures, David Michôd.s The Rover, Rolf de Heer.s Charlie.s Country and Zak Hilditch.s These Final Hours are promising candidates for one or more of the festival.s competitive sections.
The official competition line-up for the 67th Cannes festival and Un Certain Regard will be unveiled on Thursday night local time by fest director Thierry Frémaux.
Baz Luhrmann.s The Great Gatsby was the opening night film in Cannes last year, out of competition. Julia Leigh.s Sleeping Beauty was the last Australian film to screen in competition in 2011, the same year that Ivan Sen.s Toomelah was invited to Un Certain Regard.
But the prospects are looking brighter this year. According to If.s straw poll among industry figures, David Michôd.s The Rover, Rolf de Heer.s Charlie.s Country and Zak Hilditch.s These Final Hours are promising candidates for one or more of the festival.s competitive sections.
The official competition line-up for the 67th Cannes festival and Un Certain Regard will be unveiled on Thursday night local time by fest director Thierry Frémaux.
Baz Luhrmann.s The Great Gatsby was the opening night film in Cannes last year, out of competition. Julia Leigh.s Sleeping Beauty was the last Australian film to screen in competition in 2011, the same year that Ivan Sen.s Toomelah was invited to Un Certain Regard.
- 4/16/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
In just one minute Glendyn Ivin will make you cry. His promo for the New Zealand Fire Service (below) is so damn effective that I got dust in my eyes twice watching it in quick succession.For those unfamiliar, Ivin is an Australian director who we are big fans of here at Twitch. He won Cannes with Cracker Bag, directed Hugo Weaving's (still) career best performance in Last Ride, and has recently moved into acclaimed television, directing Puberty Blues, Offspring, and Beaconsfield, and is now gearing up to direct a massive Wwi miniseries in 2014....
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- 4/8/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Australian television network Channel Nine has begun developing a TV series about the 1915 Gallipoli landing during World War I which they've humbly announced will be the "most ambitious television drama in Australian history."While it's exciting that an epic Band of Brothers-style series about Australian and New Zealand soldiers fighting side-by-side in the most lionized battle in Australian history is being made, of particular interest to Twitch readers is that Glendyn Ivin will be at the helm as series director.After winning at Cannes with his short film Cracker Bag, Glendyn made Last Ride, which features arguably a career-best performance by Hugo Weaving. He's since turned his sights to epic television, directing both the Beaconsfield mining disaster mini-series and episodes of the acclaimed mini-series Puberty Blues.Production on...
- 11/30/2012
- Screen Anarchy
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Hugo Weaving serves up some tough love for son Tom Russell in Last Ride.
Hugo Weaving (The Matrix, Lord of the Rings trilogy) stars in the 2009 Australian road movie drama Last Ride, the feature film by director Glendyn Ivin, winner of the Palme D’Or at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival for his short film Cracker Bag.
Weaving stars as troubled father Kev, a fugitive from the law who one night snatches up his 10-year-old son Chook (newcomer Tom Russell) and drives off into the rugged Australian outback. On the run for committing a crime of violence, Kev and Chook spiral into an increasingly complex relationship as they head deeper and deeper into the outback where the only guarantee is danger. Loyalty, love and betrayal all rear their heads as the father and son’s journey finds the two battling the elements,...
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Hugo Weaving serves up some tough love for son Tom Russell in Last Ride.
Hugo Weaving (The Matrix, Lord of the Rings trilogy) stars in the 2009 Australian road movie drama Last Ride, the feature film by director Glendyn Ivin, winner of the Palme D’Or at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival for his short film Cracker Bag.
Weaving stars as troubled father Kev, a fugitive from the law who one night snatches up his 10-year-old son Chook (newcomer Tom Russell) and drives off into the rugged Australian outback. On the run for committing a crime of violence, Kev and Chook spiral into an increasingly complex relationship as they head deeper and deeper into the outback where the only guarantee is danger. Loyalty, love and betrayal all rear their heads as the father and son’s journey finds the two battling the elements,...
- 9/18/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Beaconsfield the telemovie, based on the 2006 Tasmanian mining disaster moves into production in July, announced The Nine Network.
Starring Shane Jacobson (Kenny, Top Gear Australia) and Lachy Hulme (Matrix Trilogy, Let’s Get Skase) the three hour film tells the story from the perspective of rescuers Matthew Gill and Pat Ball.
Other cast include Sasha Horler (Offspring, Love My Way and Hawke) and Michala Banas (Winners and Losers and McLeod’s Daughters).
Beaconsfield is produced by Southern Star John Edwards (Paper Giants, Love My Way) and Jane Liscombe (Last Ride, Cracker Bag). It is written by Judi McCrossin (The Secret Life of Us, The Surgeon) and will be directed by Glendyn Ivin (Last Ride, Offspring).
In a statement Jo Horsburgh, Nine’s Head of Drama, said, “Beaconsfield is a drama that touched the hearts of all Australians.
“We were all glued to our TVs throughout the 14 days for news on...
Starring Shane Jacobson (Kenny, Top Gear Australia) and Lachy Hulme (Matrix Trilogy, Let’s Get Skase) the three hour film tells the story from the perspective of rescuers Matthew Gill and Pat Ball.
Other cast include Sasha Horler (Offspring, Love My Way and Hawke) and Michala Banas (Winners and Losers and McLeod’s Daughters).
Beaconsfield is produced by Southern Star John Edwards (Paper Giants, Love My Way) and Jane Liscombe (Last Ride, Cracker Bag). It is written by Judi McCrossin (The Secret Life of Us, The Surgeon) and will be directed by Glendyn Ivin (Last Ride, Offspring).
In a statement Jo Horsburgh, Nine’s Head of Drama, said, “Beaconsfield is a drama that touched the hearts of all Australians.
“We were all glued to our TVs throughout the 14 days for news on...
- 6/24/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The cast includes: John Brumpton, Mick Coulhard, Rachel Francis, Anita Hegh, Adam Morgan, Levine Ngatokorua, Chrissie Page, Kelton Pell, Tom Russell, Sonya Suares, Hugo Weaving and Chris Weir.
The screenplay writer of Last Ride is Glendyn Ivin.
There are majority of directors in Australia who have started their career in short films. But there are only a few directors who achieved the level of success like Glendyn Ivin. Glendyn Ivin has been a winner of the Palme d’Or award for Cracker Bag at Cannes in the 2003.
In 2003, Glendyn Ivin’s short suburban film Cracker Bag won the Cannes Prix in the short fiction category and it was thought by many that probably it will be followed by a big budget film immediately. It is a low budget film. The scenery used is invaluable. There are some marvellous shots, awesome acting and...
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The screenplay writer of Last Ride is Glendyn Ivin.
There are majority of directors in Australia who have started their career in short films. But there are only a few directors who achieved the level of success like Glendyn Ivin. Glendyn Ivin has been a winner of the Palme d’Or award for Cracker Bag at Cannes in the 2003.
In 2003, Glendyn Ivin’s short suburban film Cracker Bag won the Cannes Prix in the short fiction category and it was thought by many that probably it will be followed by a big budget film immediately. It is a low budget film. The scenery used is invaluable. There are some marvellous shots, awesome acting and...
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- 8/12/2009
- by admin
- ReelSuave.com
An Australian production company has saved thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours of shooting and editing time as a result of its investment in and use of mobile wireless communications. Hugo Weaving stars in Last Ride, which is the highly anticipated feature film directorial debut from Glendyn Ivin, whose 2003 short film Cracker Bag won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
- 4/29/2009
- FilmInk.com.au
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