The 61st Sydney Film Festival today announced 32 films to be featured in this year.s event (June 4-15) in advance of the full program launch on May 7.
The line-up includes the world premiere of The Redfern Story, 19 Australian premieres, 13 features, 11 documentaries and an eight-film retrospective on maverick American filmmaker Robert Altman. Altman.s son, filmmaker Michael Altman, will attend festival and introduce several of the Altman screenings.
Darlene Johnson.s The Redfern Story chronicles the volatile birth of the first all-Indigenous theatre company, the National Black Theatre. It features interviews with indigenous media pioneer Lester Bostock, writer Gerry Bostock, actor Lillian Crombie, activist-academic Gary Foley, academic Marcia Langton, actors Rachael Maza, Bryan Brown and Bindi Williams. .We are pleased to present this sneak preview of 32 of the 180-plus films in this year.s program,. said Festival Director Nashen Moodley. .We have gathered a selection of the best films from the...
The line-up includes the world premiere of The Redfern Story, 19 Australian premieres, 13 features, 11 documentaries and an eight-film retrospective on maverick American filmmaker Robert Altman. Altman.s son, filmmaker Michael Altman, will attend festival and introduce several of the Altman screenings.
Darlene Johnson.s The Redfern Story chronicles the volatile birth of the first all-Indigenous theatre company, the National Black Theatre. It features interviews with indigenous media pioneer Lester Bostock, writer Gerry Bostock, actor Lillian Crombie, activist-academic Gary Foley, academic Marcia Langton, actors Rachael Maza, Bryan Brown and Bindi Williams. .We are pleased to present this sneak preview of 32 of the 180-plus films in this year.s program,. said Festival Director Nashen Moodley. .We have gathered a selection of the best films from the...
- 4/1/2014
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Beck Cole’s debut feature film Here I Am premieres tonight on the ABC.
Here I Am is from the creators of Samson & Delilah, with Cole directing, Warwick Thornton (Samson & Delilah’s director) as cinematographer and producer Kath Shelper.
Here I Am is a powerful drama about a young Indigenous woman (Shai Pittman) just out of prison, living at a shelter and trying to deal with her own demons while fixing her relationship with her mother (the anthropologist and activist Marcia Langton) and daughter (Quinaiha Scott). By her side are a group of Indigenous women also trying to rebuild their broken lives.
Here I Am screens on ABC1 tonight, Thursday 8 December, 8:30pm.
Here I Am is from the creators of Samson & Delilah, with Cole directing, Warwick Thornton (Samson & Delilah’s director) as cinematographer and producer Kath Shelper.
Here I Am is a powerful drama about a young Indigenous woman (Shai Pittman) just out of prison, living at a shelter and trying to deal with her own demons while fixing her relationship with her mother (the anthropologist and activist Marcia Langton) and daughter (Quinaiha Scott). By her side are a group of Indigenous women also trying to rebuild their broken lives.
Here I Am screens on ABC1 tonight, Thursday 8 December, 8:30pm.
- 12/7/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The role of the screen industry in society is to be debated at Tasmania’s MyState Bofa (Breath of fresh Air) Film Festival in November.
The topic “the screen is mightier than the sword” will be discussed by Van Dieman’s Land director Jonathan auf der Heide; Screen Producers of Australia director Brian Rosen, who also chairs Screen Tasmania; Marcia Langton who is Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at The University of Melbourne and Major General Jim Molan – the Coalition’s former Chief of Operations who was named “2009 Australian Thinker of the Year”. Also on the panel will be Dr Natasha Cica, director of the Inglis Clark Centre for Civil Society at the University of Tasmania, who also writes on culture and politics.
The debate takes place in Launceston on November 26. It will also be broadcast by the ABC.
The five day Bofa Film Festival launched last year. It is...
The topic “the screen is mightier than the sword” will be discussed by Van Dieman’s Land director Jonathan auf der Heide; Screen Producers of Australia director Brian Rosen, who also chairs Screen Tasmania; Marcia Langton who is Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at The University of Melbourne and Major General Jim Molan – the Coalition’s former Chief of Operations who was named “2009 Australian Thinker of the Year”. Also on the panel will be Dr Natasha Cica, director of the Inglis Clark Centre for Civil Society at the University of Tasmania, who also writes on culture and politics.
The debate takes place in Launceston on November 26. It will also be broadcast by the ABC.
The five day Bofa Film Festival launched last year. It is...
- 9/28/2011
- by Tim Burrowes
- Encore Magazine
Nominations for the 2011 Deadly Awards have been announced, including nominations for best film, TV show, and best male and female actors.
The Deadly’s, now in their 17th year, are Australia’s leading Indigenous awards for achievements in the performance arts, sport and community.
In the Film category; Mad Bastards, Toomelah, Here I Am, Shifting Shelter 4 and Jandamarra’s War are nominated, while in the TV category; On the Edge (Nitv), Living Black (Sbs), Marngrook Footy Show (Nitv & ABC), The Barefoot Rugby League Show (Nitv) and Yamba’s Playtime (Imparja Television) are nominated.
In the female actor of the year category, the nominees are: Rarriwuy Hick for Wrong Skin (play), Deborah Mailman for Offspring, and three entries from Here I Am; Marcia Langton, Pauline Whyman and Shai Pittman.
In the male actor of the year category, the nominees are: Aaron Fa’Aoso for East West 101, Jack Charles for Jack Charles v The Crown,...
The Deadly’s, now in their 17th year, are Australia’s leading Indigenous awards for achievements in the performance arts, sport and community.
In the Film category; Mad Bastards, Toomelah, Here I Am, Shifting Shelter 4 and Jandamarra’s War are nominated, while in the TV category; On the Edge (Nitv), Living Black (Sbs), Marngrook Footy Show (Nitv & ABC), The Barefoot Rugby League Show (Nitv) and Yamba’s Playtime (Imparja Television) are nominated.
In the female actor of the year category, the nominees are: Rarriwuy Hick for Wrong Skin (play), Deborah Mailman for Offspring, and three entries from Here I Am; Marcia Langton, Pauline Whyman and Shai Pittman.
In the male actor of the year category, the nominees are: Aaron Fa’Aoso for East West 101, Jack Charles for Jack Charles v The Crown,...
- 7/19/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The Hollywood machine loves selling audiences ‘the new project from the creators of…’ a certain box office hit or a critically acclaimed film. It looks great on the posters, but most times it doesn’t guarantee anything.
There are times, however, when such a reference is not just an empty marketing tool, but a real promise of the aesthetic and creative capabilities of a close-knit group of collaborators.
Here I Am, from the creators of Samson & Delilah, is one of those cases. Married couple Beck Cole and Warwick Thornton have created a powerful creative partnership with producer Kath Shelper. They call themselves the ‘Trinity’ and together they’ve made critically acclaimed short films and documentaries, as well as Australia’s 2009 Camera d’Or winner at Cannes.
“Warwick, Bec and I have been working as a team for the last seven years,” explained Shelper.
“We work together on all of our...
There are times, however, when such a reference is not just an empty marketing tool, but a real promise of the aesthetic and creative capabilities of a close-knit group of collaborators.
Here I Am, from the creators of Samson & Delilah, is one of those cases. Married couple Beck Cole and Warwick Thornton have created a powerful creative partnership with producer Kath Shelper. They call themselves the ‘Trinity’ and together they’ve made critically acclaimed short films and documentaries, as well as Australia’s 2009 Camera d’Or winner at Cannes.
“Warwick, Bec and I have been working as a team for the last seven years,” explained Shelper.
“We work together on all of our...
- 6/15/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
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