Ariana DeBose in ‘I.S.S’ (Photo Credit: Bleecker Street)
A battle for control of the International Space Station is the focus of director Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s sci-fi thriller I.S.S. The infinity of space provides the backdrop for Cowperthwaite’s film, which restricts the action to the space station and the combatants to just six.
The six include three Americans – played by Oscar winner Ariana DeBose (West Side Story), Chris Messina (The Boogeyman), and John Gallagher Jr. (Gaslight) – and three Russians – played by Pilou Asbæk (Game of Thrones), Masha Mashkova (For All Mankind), and Costa Ronin (The Americans). Of the six, only DeBose’s character, Dr. Kira Foster, is an I.S.S. newbie. Four of the astronauts/cosmonauts are already on board the station when she arrives. And her traveling companion, Gallagher’s Christian Campbell, has previous experience living in the structure that serves as an orbiting scientific laboratory.
Kira’s...
A battle for control of the International Space Station is the focus of director Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s sci-fi thriller I.S.S. The infinity of space provides the backdrop for Cowperthwaite’s film, which restricts the action to the space station and the combatants to just six.
The six include three Americans – played by Oscar winner Ariana DeBose (West Side Story), Chris Messina (The Boogeyman), and John Gallagher Jr. (Gaslight) – and three Russians – played by Pilou Asbæk (Game of Thrones), Masha Mashkova (For All Mankind), and Costa Ronin (The Americans). Of the six, only DeBose’s character, Dr. Kira Foster, is an I.S.S. newbie. Four of the astronauts/cosmonauts are already on board the station when she arrives. And her traveling companion, Gallagher’s Christian Campbell, has previous experience living in the structure that serves as an orbiting scientific laboratory.
Kira’s...
- 1/15/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
While the Cold War has long been over a second one brews between the USA and Russia inside “I.S.S.,” Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s frustratingly broad yet stylish space thriller that just premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Considering the growing political tensions between the two countries today, this is a movie one might be tempted to adorn with adjectives such as “timely” and “urgent.” Except “I.S.S.”—a title inexplicably fashioned with three periods—is too generic a genre exercise to matter, one that vaguely orbits notions such as trust, selflessness, teamwork and the hazards of blind nationalism with the most simplistic messages to transmit about them.
Working from a Blacklist script by debuting screenwriter Nick Shafir, Cowperthwaite’s pressure-cooker outing is set sometime in the near future, introducing us via an efficient title card to the brief history of the International Space Station (Iss), founded decades ago...
Considering the growing political tensions between the two countries today, this is a movie one might be tempted to adorn with adjectives such as “timely” and “urgent.” Except “I.S.S.”—a title inexplicably fashioned with three periods—is too generic a genre exercise to matter, one that vaguely orbits notions such as trust, selflessness, teamwork and the hazards of blind nationalism with the most simplistic messages to transmit about them.
Working from a Blacklist script by debuting screenwriter Nick Shafir, Cowperthwaite’s pressure-cooker outing is set sometime in the near future, introducing us via an efficient title card to the brief history of the International Space Station (Iss), founded decades ago...
- 6/13/2023
- by Tomris Laffly
- The Wrap
‘Hotel Mumbai’.
Nick Matthews was named Australian cinematographer of the year for his work on director Anthony Maras’ Hotel Mumbai at the annual Australian Cinematographers Society (Acs) National Awards on Saturday night.
In addition, he collected the Gold Tripod for features budgeted above $2 million with Denson Baker receiving an award of distinction in that category for Claire McCarthy’s Ophelia.
In the awards presented online, Dion Beebe, Roger Lanser and John Wheeler were inducted into the Hall of Fame and the Ron Windon Award went to Robb Shaw-Velzen.
For features budgeted below $2 million Joshua Flavell received the Gold Tripod for David Barker’s Pimped and Chris Bland got the award of distinction for Heath Davis’ Locusts.
Among the other honorees, Zoe White won the drama series or telefeatures prize for The Handmaid’s Tale and Katie Milwright took the dramatised documentaries gong for Matthew Sleeth’s Guilty, which chronicles the final...
Nick Matthews was named Australian cinematographer of the year for his work on director Anthony Maras’ Hotel Mumbai at the annual Australian Cinematographers Society (Acs) National Awards on Saturday night.
In addition, he collected the Gold Tripod for features budgeted above $2 million with Denson Baker receiving an award of distinction in that category for Claire McCarthy’s Ophelia.
In the awards presented online, Dion Beebe, Roger Lanser and John Wheeler were inducted into the Hall of Fame and the Ron Windon Award went to Robb Shaw-Velzen.
For features budgeted below $2 million Joshua Flavell received the Gold Tripod for David Barker’s Pimped and Chris Bland got the award of distinction for Heath Davis’ Locusts.
Among the other honorees, Zoe White won the drama series or telefeatures prize for The Handmaid’s Tale and Katie Milwright took the dramatised documentaries gong for Matthew Sleeth’s Guilty, which chronicles the final...
- 5/17/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Stars: Dev Patel, Nazanin Boniadi, Armie Hammer, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Amandeep Singh, Suhail Nayyar, Kapil Kumar Netra, Alex Pinder, Vipin Sharma, Anupam Kher, Jason Isaacs | Written by John Collee, Anthony Maras | Directed by Anthony Maras
It’s somewhat difficult to critically asses a project such as Anthony Maras’ directorial debut feature film Hotel Mumbai, a reflective biopic drama that covers the abhorrent attacks in India that took place over a four-day period in November 2008. As a critic, you’re situated in a trepid grey area of sorts. Lodged between a rock and a hard place considering the film is crafted to showcase this traumatising event and you’re hoping the film itself never falls into the territory of exploitation. However, you’ve also got to critically articulate asses a response to the filmmaking without being tone-deaf to the real-life tragedy itself. Thankfully while Hotel Mumbai is a cluster of ranging emotions,...
It’s somewhat difficult to critically asses a project such as Anthony Maras’ directorial debut feature film Hotel Mumbai, a reflective biopic drama that covers the abhorrent attacks in India that took place over a four-day period in November 2008. As a critic, you’re situated in a trepid grey area of sorts. Lodged between a rock and a hard place considering the film is crafted to showcase this traumatising event and you’re hoping the film itself never falls into the territory of exploitation. However, you’ve also got to critically articulate asses a response to the filmmaking without being tone-deaf to the real-life tragedy itself. Thankfully while Hotel Mumbai is a cluster of ranging emotions,...
- 1/30/2020
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
Stars: Dev Patel, Nazanin Boniadi, Armie Hammer, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Amandeep Singh, Suhail Nayyar, Kapil Kumar Netra, Alex Pinder, Vipin Sharma, Anupam Kher, Jason Isaacs | Written by John Collee, Anthony Maras | Directed by Anthony Maras
It’s somewhat difficult to critically asses a project such as Anthony Maras’ directorial debut feature film Hotel Mumbai, a reflective biopic drama that covers the abhorrent attacks in India that took place over a four-day period in November 2008. As a critic, you’re situated in a trepid grey area of sorts. Lodged between a rock and a hard place considering the film is crafted to showcase this traumatising event and you’re hoping the film itself never falls into the territory of exploitation. However, you’ve also got to critically articulate asses a response to the filmmaking without being tone-deaf to the real-life tragedy itself. Thankfully while Hotel Mumbai is a cluster of ranging emotions,...
It’s somewhat difficult to critically asses a project such as Anthony Maras’ directorial debut feature film Hotel Mumbai, a reflective biopic drama that covers the abhorrent attacks in India that took place over a four-day period in November 2008. As a critic, you’re situated in a trepid grey area of sorts. Lodged between a rock and a hard place considering the film is crafted to showcase this traumatising event and you’re hoping the film itself never falls into the territory of exploitation. However, you’ve also got to critically articulate asses a response to the filmmaking without being tone-deaf to the real-life tragedy itself. Thankfully while Hotel Mumbai is a cluster of ranging emotions,...
- 4/4/2019
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
The worry regarding certain movies that recreate real-life nightmares is that the filmmaker sees the incident as a form of action-adventure tourism, a way to fake an experience so that genuine tragedy is reduced to an adrenaline boost. But the prevailing feeling watching Australian director Anthony Maras’ feature debut “Hotel Mumbai” is of heart-in-the-throat panic as it places us inside the Indian capital’s storied Taj Mahal Palace Hotel when it was besieged by a well-armed militia of Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists on a citywide killing spree in November 2008.
The distinction — the thriller that terrifies, as opposed to the terror that thrills — is an important one when choosing to watch the unfolding of the worst situation imaginable, realizing that only some of the hostages you get to know are going to survive. In this age of regular mass shootings, when fear of being numbed to the steady drumbeat of such news might...
The distinction — the thriller that terrifies, as opposed to the terror that thrills — is an important one when choosing to watch the unfolding of the worst situation imaginable, realizing that only some of the hostages you get to know are going to survive. In this age of regular mass shootings, when fear of being numbed to the steady drumbeat of such news might...
- 3/22/2019
- by Robert Abele
- The Wrap
If you’re unnerved by movies that exploit real-life tragedy for dramatic momentum (22 July, Patriots Day), Hotel Mumbai is not going to alleviate your concerns as terrorists armed with semi-automatics shoot down hotel guests in India like ducks in a barrel. That said, when the Islamist militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba initiated an attack on the city of Mumbai. Many locations were affected, but Maras and Scottish screenwriter John Collee — far from the animated frivolity of Happy Feet — focus on the violence that erupted at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, a.k.
- 3/21/2019
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
Telling a true story like this on film requires walking a very fine line. If the tale is too overtly manipulative, audiences will reject it as false and perhaps even as exploitative. However, when you do it properly, it can bring tears and a new perspective to a tragedy. For filmmaker Anthony Maras, he’s able to take a tough story and tell it well with Hotel Mumbai. Avoiding the cliched moments as best as he can, this is more a docudrama in the mold of Paul Greengrass than a crass Hollywood effort. It doesn’t reach those heights, but it’s solid stuff. Opening this week, it’s well worth seeing. This drama retells the harrowing true story of the 2008 Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai, India. Specifically, it focuses on how various hotel staff members went out of their way to risk their lives in an effort to...
- 3/19/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Anthony Maras (centre) in Mumbai.
Anthony Maras has sat in on numerous screenings of his debut film Hotel Mumbai, including test screenings in Los Angeles, the world premiere in Toronto and the Adelaide Film Festival, and the responses have been uniform.
Some people say they want to go home and hug their children, some say it will take a while to process what they have seen, and some are moved to tears.
“It is an emotional experience,” the director, who co-wrote the thriller with John Collee, tells If. Asked how he feels as he awaits the 260-plus screen launch on Thursday, he says: “Relieved….and fingers’ crossed.”
It will be the widest ever release by Icon Film Distribution. “Exhibitor support has been amazing,” says Dendy Icon group head of marketing Scott Mota.
The Us distributor Bleecker Street, which acquired the rights in partnership with ShivHans Pictures after The Weinstein Co.
Anthony Maras has sat in on numerous screenings of his debut film Hotel Mumbai, including test screenings in Los Angeles, the world premiere in Toronto and the Adelaide Film Festival, and the responses have been uniform.
Some people say they want to go home and hug their children, some say it will take a while to process what they have seen, and some are moved to tears.
“It is an emotional experience,” the director, who co-wrote the thriller with John Collee, tells If. Asked how he feels as he awaits the 260-plus screen launch on Thursday, he says: “Relieved….and fingers’ crossed.”
It will be the widest ever release by Icon Film Distribution. “Exhibitor support has been amazing,” says Dendy Icon group head of marketing Scott Mota.
The Us distributor Bleecker Street, which acquired the rights in partnership with ShivHans Pictures after The Weinstein Co.
- 3/10/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Holy Hell, am I e’er filled to the beastly brim with blood and turkey! Ok, it wasn’t blood; it was wine, which considering the flicks I review sometimes, should be a prerequisite. Before the buzz leaves my belfry, let’s get down to the horror biz!
Before we dig into the revoltin’ reviews, I want to share with you a music video by a band I really dig: Johnny Unheimlich! Here’s the creepy clip for their new single Tell The Worms to Wait! Check it out below, and head here for info on when their new CD will be available!
Now for those reviews tens of you are no doubt clamoring for!
One Eyed Girl
• Release Date: Available December 8th on DVD, Digital and Blu-ra
• Written By: Craig Behenna, Nick Matthews
• Directed By: Nick Matthews
• Starring: Steve Le Marquand, Sara West, Mark Leonard Winter, Tilda Cobham-Hervey
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Before we dig into the revoltin’ reviews, I want to share with you a music video by a band I really dig: Johnny Unheimlich! Here’s the creepy clip for their new single Tell The Worms to Wait! Check it out below, and head here for info on when their new CD will be available!
Now for those reviews tens of you are no doubt clamoring for!
One Eyed Girl
• Release Date: Available December 8th on DVD, Digital and Blu-ra
• Written By: Craig Behenna, Nick Matthews
• Directed By: Nick Matthews
• Starring: Steve Le Marquand, Sara West, Mark Leonard Winter, Tilda Cobham-Hervey
Ever...
- 12/3/2015
- by DanielXIII
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
A new trailer for One Eyed Girl has debuted. This film, from Adelaide, Australia, involves a psychiatrist and his run-in with a doomsday cult. Dark Sky Films will release this psychological thriller in December, through various home entertainment formats. And, the film stars Steve Le Marquand and Sara West. Fans of film can view the latest trailer for One Eyed Girl here. The world is coming to an end, says a cult leader. Travis (Mark Leonard Winter) is lured into the depths of this doomsday cult, after the death of one of his patients. His grief and the cult's delusion create a powder keg. And, government forces are set to light the gunpowder on fire. Few will survive this coming doom. The release for One Eyed Girl comes this way on December 8th, 2015. On this date, the film will be available on VOD, DVD and Bluray. Your indoctrination begins in just a few weeks.
- 11/11/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Today is trailer day apparently, and we have one more to show you as Tuesday winds down. Up now is your first look at One Eyed Girl, the debut feature of director Nick Matthews, which is heading our way December 8th… Continue Reading →
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- 11/11/2015
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
It has been a long time coming but two years after we first saw a teaser trailer for One Eyed Girl, Nick Matthews' thriller will finally be seen in outside the festival circuit in North America.
The project, co-written by Matthews and Craig Behenna, stars Mark Leonard Winter as Travis, a young psychiatrist dealing with the loss of one of his patients, when he comes across a support group that might just be the perfect fit to help him get over the loss. Travis moves himself to the group's compound in an effort to find himself and redemption and instead, finds himself in the middle of a cult led by Father Jay (Steve Le Marquand).
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The project, co-written by Matthews and Craig Behenna, stars Mark Leonard Winter as Travis, a young psychiatrist dealing with the loss of one of his patients, when he comes across a support group that might just be the perfect fit to help him get over the loss. Travis moves himself to the group's compound in an effort to find himself and redemption and instead, finds himself in the middle of a cult led by Father Jay (Steve Le Marquand).
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- 11/10/2015
- QuietEarth.us
Uncanny star Lucy Griffiths was kind enough to answer some questions for us, and the Q&A we conducted with her kicks off the round-up. Also: domestic acquisition news for Emelie, details for One Eyed Girl on Blu-ray / DVD, and Vault of the Macabre II video.
Uncanny: "Rlj Entertainment will be releasing Uncanny on November 3rd, 2015.
Mark Webber (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), David Clayton Rogers (Bloody Sunday), Lucy Griffiths (TV’s “True Blood”) and director Matthew Leutwyler are available for interviews on behalf of the film’s release.
For ten years, inventor David Kressen has lived in seclusion with his inventions, including Adam, a robot with incredible lifelike human qualities. When reporter Joy Andrews is given access to their unconventional facility, she is alternately repelled and attracted to the scientist and his creation. But as Adam exhibits an emergent behavior of anger and jealousy towards her, she finds...
Uncanny: "Rlj Entertainment will be releasing Uncanny on November 3rd, 2015.
Mark Webber (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), David Clayton Rogers (Bloody Sunday), Lucy Griffiths (TV’s “True Blood”) and director Matthew Leutwyler are available for interviews on behalf of the film’s release.
For ten years, inventor David Kressen has lived in seclusion with his inventions, including Adam, a robot with incredible lifelike human qualities. When reporter Joy Andrews is given access to their unconventional facility, she is alternately repelled and attracted to the scientist and his creation. But as Adam exhibits an emergent behavior of anger and jealousy towards her, she finds...
- 11/3/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Award-winning psychological thriller to release this December. Shock has just learned that first-time director Nick Matthews’ jet-black psychological horror film One Eyed Girl will hit Blu-ray and DVD on December 8th from Dark Sky Films. Horror fans who appreciate slow-burning, atmospheric, elegant and emotionally wrenching cinema, films along the lines of Magic, Magic, Angel Heart and…
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- 10/30/2015
- by Chris Alexander
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Abduction thriller voted to UK market by Melbourne’s 37º South Market.
Sales agents from across the world yesterday voted David Ngo and Rabbit as the producer and project at the Melbourne International Film Festival’s 37º South Market to attend the UK’s Production Finance Market (Pfm) in October.
Rabbit is a psychological thriller about a girl’s search for her abducted twin sister and it has actors Abbey Lee (Mad Max: Fury Road) and Alex Russell (Chronicle) attached.
It is written by and will be the feature directorial debut of Luke Shanahan, who met Ngo in 2009 when both had films competing at Australian short film festival Tropfest.
“It’s in the style of Let The Right One In and Rosemary’s Baby,” said Ngo, whose first feature was director Nick Matthews’ One Eyed Girl, winner of best feature at last year’s Austin Film Festival.
The popularity of the projects Cargo and Achtung Road, also...
Sales agents from across the world yesterday voted David Ngo and Rabbit as the producer and project at the Melbourne International Film Festival’s 37º South Market to attend the UK’s Production Finance Market (Pfm) in October.
Rabbit is a psychological thriller about a girl’s search for her abducted twin sister and it has actors Abbey Lee (Mad Max: Fury Road) and Alex Russell (Chronicle) attached.
It is written by and will be the feature directorial debut of Luke Shanahan, who met Ngo in 2009 when both had films competing at Australian short film festival Tropfest.
“It’s in the style of Let The Right One In and Rosemary’s Baby,” said Ngo, whose first feature was director Nick Matthews’ One Eyed Girl, winner of best feature at last year’s Austin Film Festival.
The popularity of the projects Cargo and Achtung Road, also...
- 8/3/2015
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
The third annual First Time Fest took place in New York City this past weekend; a film festival that celebrates first time filmmakers, whether they are first time directors, writers, cinematographers, editors, composers and producers. The festival holds a competition for filmmakers all over the world to submit their film and win theatrical distribution as well as international sales. The festival is also the only festival to boast that sixteen of its eighteen competition films have garnered theatrical distribution in an international audience, something no other festival can claim. With such a great track record, it’s no doubt that these films are sure to exceed expectations and are worthy of viewing. Here are the films and what awards they won.
The Intruder (Infiltrant) is a film from Holland directed by Shariff Korver and written by him as well as Rogier de Blok. The film follows a Dutch-Moroccan undercover police...
The Intruder (Infiltrant) is a film from Holland directed by Shariff Korver and written by him as well as Rogier de Blok. The film follows a Dutch-Moroccan undercover police...
- 3/13/2015
- by Catherina Gioino
- Nerdly
Annabelle Sheehan.
The incoming CEO of the South Australian Film Corporation is keen to continue supporting a diverse range of projects across multiple platforms and to foster indigenous filmmaking in the State.
Currently director of production investment at ScreenWest, Annabelle Sheehan will take up the post in mid-February, succeeding Richard Harris.
.It.s important to have a diverse slate of content across film, TV drama, documentaries and online,. Sheehan tells If. .We also need to strike a balance between supporting emerging and established players and looking to see where the new talent is coming from.
.I am looking forward to understanding South Australian stories and how we can activate those stories further and expand them. I also want to connect with the indigenous community and help them look for filmmaking opportunities..
Sheehan has known Harris, who is returning to Sydney as head of Screen Australia.s business and audience department,...
The incoming CEO of the South Australian Film Corporation is keen to continue supporting a diverse range of projects across multiple platforms and to foster indigenous filmmaking in the State.
Currently director of production investment at ScreenWest, Annabelle Sheehan will take up the post in mid-February, succeeding Richard Harris.
.It.s important to have a diverse slate of content across film, TV drama, documentaries and online,. Sheehan tells If. .We also need to strike a balance between supporting emerging and established players and looking to see where the new talent is coming from.
.I am looking forward to understanding South Australian stories and how we can activate those stories further and expand them. I also want to connect with the indigenous community and help them look for filmmaking opportunities..
Sheehan has known Harris, who is returning to Sydney as head of Screen Australia.s business and audience department,...
- 1/8/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Writer and director Nick Matthews made his feature debut at this year's Austin Film Festival with One Eyed Girl, a riveting psychological thriller that takes place in South Australia but could just as easily occur anywhere. Co-written by co-star Craig Behenna (The Babadook), this film -- which just won the Aff 2014 jury prize in the "Dark Matters" category -- slowly reveals the layers of pain and guilt experienced by a psychiatrist and the unexpected rocky path to redemption and salvation.
Travis (Mark Leonard Winter) is a thirtysomething psychiatrist severely damaged by the death of former patient Rachel (Katy Cheel). Through a series of flashbacks, we learn that Travis' relationship with Rachel extended beyond and was impacted by her mental health. Travis' inability to connect to his patients and Rachel is compounded by the desensitization to the violence and corruption of the modern world, as well as a refusal to accept his own identity.
Travis (Mark Leonard Winter) is a thirtysomething psychiatrist severely damaged by the death of former patient Rachel (Katy Cheel). Through a series of flashbacks, we learn that Travis' relationship with Rachel extended beyond and was impacted by her mental health. Travis' inability to connect to his patients and Rachel is compounded by the desensitization to the violence and corruption of the modern world, as well as a refusal to accept his own identity.
- 10/28/2014
- by Debbie Cerda
- Slackerwood
Writer-director Nick Matthews and writer Craig Behenna use One Eyed Girl as a way to observe different approaches to psychiatry, revealing the blurred and codependent line between "therapist" and "patient." No one in One Eyed Girl is sane or healthy, and while Jay seems to have found successful ways to build confidence in his congregation, he is probably no better equipped to help people than Travis.
- 10/27/2014
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Nick Matthews. psychological thriller One Eyed Girl has won the jury prize in the .Dark Matters. category at the Austin Film Festival in Texas.
Produce by David Ngo and written by Matthews and Craig Behenna, the South Australian-shot film tells of a psychiatrist, haunted by the death of a former patient, who stumbles upon a Doomsday cult and battles to save a teenage girl from its clutches
Starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey (The Kettering Incident, 52 Tuesdays), Mark Leonard Winter (Healing, Van Diemen.s Land) and Steve Le Marquand (Rake, Vertical Limit), One Eyed Girl will be released in Australian cinemas on April 2, distributed by The Backlot Studios.
The Dark Matters award was introduced last year and was won by Madellaine Paxson.s Blood Punch.
Austin Film Festival screenplay and teleplay competition director, Matt Dy said, "Screenwriters Craig Behenna and Nick Matthews have written a script that, on the page, would very likely...
Produce by David Ngo and written by Matthews and Craig Behenna, the South Australian-shot film tells of a psychiatrist, haunted by the death of a former patient, who stumbles upon a Doomsday cult and battles to save a teenage girl from its clutches
Starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey (The Kettering Incident, 52 Tuesdays), Mark Leonard Winter (Healing, Van Diemen.s Land) and Steve Le Marquand (Rake, Vertical Limit), One Eyed Girl will be released in Australian cinemas on April 2, distributed by The Backlot Studios.
The Dark Matters award was introduced last year and was won by Madellaine Paxson.s Blood Punch.
Austin Film Festival screenplay and teleplay competition director, Matt Dy said, "Screenwriters Craig Behenna and Nick Matthews have written a script that, on the page, would very likely...
- 10/26/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
As it gets ready to have its world premiere at the Austin Film Festival in October, there is a new trailer for Nick Matthews' thriller One Eyed Girl. Would you risk your life to save your soul? One Eyed Girl is a dark thriller about Travis, a young psychiatrist haunted by the death of a patient. On the brink of a nervous breakdown, he meets a teenage girl named Grace, who invites him to a city church run by a charismatic leader, Father Jay.In search of answers, Travis is led deeper and deeper into the underworld of a doomsday cult where he's given one last chance for redemption. The film stars Marl Leonard Winter (Van Dieman's Land and Cop Hard) and Tilly Cobham-Hervey (52 Tuesdays). You will find the new...
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- 8/29/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Aaron Pedersen and Mark Leonard Winter have been added to the cast of The Fear of Darkness, writer-director Chris Fitchett.s supernatural thriller which starts shooting on March 6 on the Gold Coast.
They join the already announced cast of Maeve Dermody, Penelope Mitchell and Damien Garvey.
Mitchell (Hemlock Grove, The Vampire Diaries) will play Skye Williams, a patient in a psychiatric clinic who is accused of a gruesome murder. Dermody (Serangoon Road, Griff the Invisible) is Dr Sarah Faithfull, an empathetic psychiatrist who believes there is more to the case.
Pedersen, who played the lead in Ivan Sen.s Mystery Road and is a regular in the ABC Jack Irish telemovies,. will portray Dr Nicholas Trengrove, a criminal psychologist who tries desperately to ensure that those around him stay grounded and not surrender to any imagined horrors in the dark.
Winter, who appears in Craig Monahan.s upcoming drama Healing...
They join the already announced cast of Maeve Dermody, Penelope Mitchell and Damien Garvey.
Mitchell (Hemlock Grove, The Vampire Diaries) will play Skye Williams, a patient in a psychiatric clinic who is accused of a gruesome murder. Dermody (Serangoon Road, Griff the Invisible) is Dr Sarah Faithfull, an empathetic psychiatrist who believes there is more to the case.
Pedersen, who played the lead in Ivan Sen.s Mystery Road and is a regular in the ABC Jack Irish telemovies,. will portray Dr Nicholas Trengrove, a criminal psychologist who tries desperately to ensure that those around him stay grounded and not surrender to any imagined horrors in the dark.
Winter, who appears in Craig Monahan.s upcoming drama Healing...
- 2/24/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Wolf Creek star John Jarratt is directing his first feature, StalkHer, a gritty black comedy in which he co-stars with Kaarin Fairfax, on the Gold Coast.
Directing oneself can.t be easy but the degree of difficulty is even greater here because Jarratt.s character is tied to a chair for most of the film.
The screenplay is by Kris Maric, who is partnered with Craig Kocinski and Jarratt in production company Ozpix Entertainment.
Maric likens the plot to an Australian version of Misery meets Who.s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Jarratt.s character breaks into Fairfax.s house with evil intent and the tables are turned numerous times.
.It.s a cat-and-mouse game where you are not sure who is the cat and who is the mouse,. she tells If from the set at the Village Roadshow Studios. Shooting started last Friday.
The executive producer is former Roadshow and Disney executive Alan Finney,...
Directing oneself can.t be easy but the degree of difficulty is even greater here because Jarratt.s character is tied to a chair for most of the film.
The screenplay is by Kris Maric, who is partnered with Craig Kocinski and Jarratt in production company Ozpix Entertainment.
Maric likens the plot to an Australian version of Misery meets Who.s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Jarratt.s character breaks into Fairfax.s house with evil intent and the tables are turned numerous times.
.It.s a cat-and-mouse game where you are not sure who is the cat and who is the mouse,. she tells If from the set at the Village Roadshow Studios. Shooting started last Friday.
The executive producer is former Roadshow and Disney executive Alan Finney,...
- 1/14/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Typifying a growing buoyancy and sense of optimism about filmmaking in South Australia, producers Julie Byrne, Kristian Moliere and Jennifer Jones have formed Triptych Pictures.
The troika has just delivered its first factual entertainment series for the ABC, Jillaroo School, and shooting wraps today on its first feature, Touch.
Jillaroo School (6 x 30.) follows the journeys of the women who undergo a course to train as jillaroos under the tutelage of experienced horse master Bill Willoughby.
Writer-director Christopher Houghton.s Touch is a thriller about a mother and daughter who are on the run, hiding in a remote hills town, starring Leeanna Walsman, Matt Day, Greg Hatton and 12-year-old tyro Onor Nottle.
.It.s very hard to be a solo producer or even a duo,. Byrne tells If. .With three you have a critical mass and each brings different ideas. We are all drama-oriented and we want to get into TV series drama.
The troika has just delivered its first factual entertainment series for the ABC, Jillaroo School, and shooting wraps today on its first feature, Touch.
Jillaroo School (6 x 30.) follows the journeys of the women who undergo a course to train as jillaroos under the tutelage of experienced horse master Bill Willoughby.
Writer-director Christopher Houghton.s Touch is a thriller about a mother and daughter who are on the run, hiding in a remote hills town, starring Leeanna Walsman, Matt Day, Greg Hatton and 12-year-old tyro Onor Nottle.
.It.s very hard to be a solo producer or even a duo,. Byrne tells If. .With three you have a critical mass and each brings different ideas. We are all drama-oriented and we want to get into TV series drama.
- 10/3/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Tilda Cobham-Hervey was 16 when she auditioned for and won her first acting role, the lead in Sophie Hyde.s Adelaide-shot feature 52 Tuesdays, in 2011.
That was a big commitment, juggled with her year 11 and 12 studies as the film was shot on consecutive Tuesdays for 52 weeks.
At the end of last year Tilly shot her second film, playing the title character in One Eyed Girl, the directing debut of cinematographer Nick Matthews.
Both films will have their world premieres at the Adelaide Film Festival (October 10-20).. Both were funded by the Safc's FilmLab and the Aff Investment Fund supported 52 Tuesdays.
Now 19, the Adelaide-based Cobham-Hervey is understandably nervous as she waits to see how the films are received, particularly as she won.t see One Eyed Girl until the premiere.
In 52 Tuesdays she plays teen Billie, who struggles with the revelation that her mother (Del Herbert-Jane) plans to change gender. Billie goes to...
That was a big commitment, juggled with her year 11 and 12 studies as the film was shot on consecutive Tuesdays for 52 weeks.
At the end of last year Tilly shot her second film, playing the title character in One Eyed Girl, the directing debut of cinematographer Nick Matthews.
Both films will have their world premieres at the Adelaide Film Festival (October 10-20).. Both were funded by the Safc's FilmLab and the Aff Investment Fund supported 52 Tuesdays.
Now 19, the Adelaide-based Cobham-Hervey is understandably nervous as she waits to see how the films are received, particularly as she won.t see One Eyed Girl until the premiere.
In 52 Tuesdays she plays teen Billie, who struggles with the revelation that her mother (Del Herbert-Jane) plans to change gender. Billie goes to...
- 10/3/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Rolf de Heer on location for.Charlie's Country with David Gulpilil
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Rolf de Heer's Charlie's Country, Warwick Thornton.s The Darkside and Rowan Woods' The Broken Shore will have their world premieres at the 2013 Adelaide Film Festival, which runs October 10-20. Among the other world premieres unveiled today by the Aff.s new CEO/ Director Amanda Duthie are the Adelaide-shot features One-Eyed Girl and 52 Tuesdays and the documentaries All This Mayhem, Muriel Matters and Sons and Mothers. Duthie ticked off an impressive list of 166 titles from 48 countries, including 28 world premieres, 47 Australian premieres and 34 South Australian projects. The line-up features 14 works including seven features which were supported by the Aff.s investment fund. As announced, the fest will open with John Curran.s South Australian-shot Tracks, the true story of Robyn Davidson.s solo 2,700 km trek via camels across the Australian desert in 1977, accompanied by her dog Diggity. Curran,...
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Rolf de Heer's Charlie's Country, Warwick Thornton.s The Darkside and Rowan Woods' The Broken Shore will have their world premieres at the 2013 Adelaide Film Festival, which runs October 10-20. Among the other world premieres unveiled today by the Aff.s new CEO/ Director Amanda Duthie are the Adelaide-shot features One-Eyed Girl and 52 Tuesdays and the documentaries All This Mayhem, Muriel Matters and Sons and Mothers. Duthie ticked off an impressive list of 166 titles from 48 countries, including 28 world premieres, 47 Australian premieres and 34 South Australian projects. The line-up features 14 works including seven features which were supported by the Aff.s investment fund. As announced, the fest will open with John Curran.s South Australian-shot Tracks, the true story of Robyn Davidson.s solo 2,700 km trek via camels across the Australian desert in 1977, accompanied by her dog Diggity. Curran,...
- 8/28/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Six of the 10 homegrown feature-length films that will have their world premieres at the Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) have been supported by the Miff Premiere Fund, including anthology drama The Turning and Anna Broinowski’s documentary Aim High In Creation!.
Australia’s oldest and largest film festival runs from July 25 to August 11, opening with Pedro Almodóvar’s I’m So Excited! and closing with Jc Chandor’s All Is Lost, starring Robert Redford.
The 17 programme strands include activism on film and new Arabic cinema, both of which artistic director Michelle Carey says “effortlessly suggested themselves”, plus such perennial favourites as the backbeat music program, accent on Asia, night shift, international panorama and documentaries.
The Turning is an adaptation of the country’s most popular Australian book of 17 short stories set in one locale, interconnected and written by acclaimed author Tim Winton. A different person has directed each. Some are first-timers including actors David Wenham and Mia Wasikowska...
Australia’s oldest and largest film festival runs from July 25 to August 11, opening with Pedro Almodóvar’s I’m So Excited! and closing with Jc Chandor’s All Is Lost, starring Robert Redford.
The 17 programme strands include activism on film and new Arabic cinema, both of which artistic director Michelle Carey says “effortlessly suggested themselves”, plus such perennial favourites as the backbeat music program, accent on Asia, night shift, international panorama and documentaries.
The Turning is an adaptation of the country’s most popular Australian book of 17 short stories set in one locale, interconnected and written by acclaimed author Tim Winton. A different person has directed each. Some are first-timers including actors David Wenham and Mia Wasikowska...
- 7/3/2013
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
Australia's best short film festival, the St Kilda Film Festival, is turning 30 this year and in the lead up has unveiled an epic line-up of shorts, music videos, sidebars from SXSW, retrospectives and restored short films. Twitch will dissect the program in full over the coming weeks, but for the moment here are the shorts selected to play opening night.Sad Dark Eyes - "The Loved Ones"Easy Come, Easy Go1967 3mins VICProducer Peter Lamb, Garry WapshottDirector Peter Lamb, Garry WapshottScratch World premiere2012 15mins Nsw Producer Sam Meikle, Rachael Turk Director Danielle Boesenberg Death of a BoganVictorian premiere2010 7mins SAProducer Nick Matthews, Craig Behenna, Tom HeuzenroederDirector Nick MatthewsMelbhattan2012 5mins Vic Producer Oslo DavisDirector Oslo DavisBarbarion - "My Rock"SoundKILDA2011 6.34mins VICProducer Carolyn MaselDirector Dave BudgeRuby (pictured)World premiere2013 3mins VICProducer Summer DeRoche Director Summer...
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- 5/3/2013
- Screen Anarchy
One Eyed Girl Trailer. Nick Matthews‘ One Eyed Girl (2013) teaser trailer stars Steve Le Marquand, Mark Leonard Winter, Craig Behenna, Elena Carapetis, and Tilda Cobham-Hervey. One Eyed Girl‘s plot synopsis: “Travis, is a thirty-something psychiatrist haunted by the death of a former patient. On the brink of a nervous breakdown he stumbles across [...]
Continue reading: One Eyed Girl (2013) Teaser Trailer: Nick Matthews’ Doomsday Cult Film...
Continue reading: One Eyed Girl (2013) Teaser Trailer: Nick Matthews’ Doomsday Cult Film...
- 3/20/2013
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Here’s the first preview for One Eyed Girl, the debut feature film from cinematographer Nick Matthews (HBO’s Band of Brothers, Broken Hill). Shot in South Australia at the end of 2012 this indie film is still in post-production. One Eyed Girl is reportedly a dark thriller about a psychiatrist, Travis, who spirals out of control and falls into the clutches of a Doomsday Cult living on a farm in rural Australia. Haunted by the death of a former patient, on the brink of a nervous breakdown, a thirty-something psychiatrist stumbles across a group run by a charismatic leader, Father Jay. In search of answers, Travis...
- 3/8/2013
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
While majestic might not be the best way to describe a doomsday cult thriller which, in part, seems to feature some shocking bloodshed, it's a great word to illustrate the first teaser for One Eyed Girl, the debut feature from cinematographer Nick Matthews.Featuring what looks to be another tense, fraught performance by Mark Leonard Winter - who is finally making his much-deserved debut here as leading man - One Eyed Girl is the story of a psychiatrist (Winter) who follows a mysterious teenage girl named Grace into a Doomsday cult.Check out the first teaser from the film below....
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- 1/22/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Fans of Van Diemen's Land, Balibo and Cop Hard rejoice! Larry Hard himself, Mark Leonard Winter, is returning to the big screen, this time in a well-deserved leading role, in the upcoming thriller One Eyed Girl. With filming starting this week in Adelaide, South Australia, One Eyed Girl is a dark thriller about a psychiatrist (Winter) who follows a mysterious teenage girl named Grace into a Doomsday cult.Written by Craig Behenna and Nick Matthews, and directed by Matthews, One Eyed Girl is the third Sa Film Lab project to take off - following in the footsteps of Shut Up Little Man and 52 Tuesdays. The Sa Film Lab is a low budget film initiative run by the South Australian Film Corporation that aims to support amazing...
- 11/5/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Zak Hilditch's short film Transmission took out the prize for Best Short Film at the St Kilda Film Festival overnight.
Hilditch and producer Liz Kearney were presented with a $10,000 cheque City of Port Phillip Mayor Rachel Powning at the St Kilda Town Hall.
The film, which tells the story of a deadly pandemic and its impact on a father-daughter relationship, also picked up awards for Best Director (for Hilditch), Best Actor (Angourie Rice) and Best Achievement in Editing (for Merlin Cornish).
Screen Australia supported the production of Transmission via its Springboard program. The short was made to support upcoming feature film These Final Hours, which is set to shoot in and around Perth in the second half of this year.
Seven minute documentary The Globe Collector took out Best Documentary for director Summer DeRoche and producer Andrea Distefano.
Any Questions for Ben? actor Josh Lawson won Best Achievement in Screenplay for After Credits,...
Hilditch and producer Liz Kearney were presented with a $10,000 cheque City of Port Phillip Mayor Rachel Powning at the St Kilda Town Hall.
The film, which tells the story of a deadly pandemic and its impact on a father-daughter relationship, also picked up awards for Best Director (for Hilditch), Best Actor (Angourie Rice) and Best Achievement in Editing (for Merlin Cornish).
Screen Australia supported the production of Transmission via its Springboard program. The short was made to support upcoming feature film These Final Hours, which is set to shoot in and around Perth in the second half of this year.
Seven minute documentary The Globe Collector took out Best Documentary for director Summer DeRoche and producer Andrea Distefano.
Any Questions for Ben? actor Josh Lawson won Best Achievement in Screenplay for After Credits,...
- 5/28/2012
- by Amanda Diaz
- 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
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
We are gearing up for the third season of our web series, We Love Soaps TV, lining up more interviews and features than ever. But as we close out our 91 episode second season I wanted to reflect on some of the interviews I did during the year for the show.
I'll never forget (and you don't want to miss!) these moments, showcasing Signy Coleman's passion and compassion; Mimi Torchin's hilarious and insightful candor; Nick Matthews' charisma and wit; Van Hansis' talent and ambition; and Olivia Newton-John's beauty and generosity of spirit.
The cast and crew of the upcoming soap River Ridge were all very inspiring. From Tyler Ford's vision to Signy Coleman's passion, I left this interview feeling even better about the future of the continuing story format on the web or whatever platforms may exist.
Always a blast, Soap Opera Weekly founder Mimi...
I'll never forget (and you don't want to miss!) these moments, showcasing Signy Coleman's passion and compassion; Mimi Torchin's hilarious and insightful candor; Nick Matthews' charisma and wit; Van Hansis' talent and ambition; and Olivia Newton-John's beauty and generosity of spirit.
The cast and crew of the upcoming soap River Ridge were all very inspiring. From Tyler Ford's vision to Signy Coleman's passion, I left this interview feeling even better about the future of the continuing story format on the web or whatever platforms may exist.
Always a blast, Soap Opera Weekly founder Mimi...
- 7/26/2011
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Nick Matthews Nicole Gulasekharam, left, and Briony Kent star in the short film “The Kiss”
If done well, film festival shorts can be the cinematic equivalent of the perfect amuse-bouche or Alice Munro tale. Tiny, flavorful and able to leave you with an impression long after you’ve finished, the ideal short packs a lot into a running time that can be fewer than 15 minutes.
For this year’s Tribeca Film Festival that begins tomorrow evening, programming staff whittled down...
If done well, film festival shorts can be the cinematic equivalent of the perfect amuse-bouche or Alice Munro tale. Tiny, flavorful and able to leave you with an impression long after you’ve finished, the ideal short packs a lot into a running time that can be fewer than 15 minutes.
For this year’s Tribeca Film Festival that begins tomorrow evening, programming staff whittled down...
- 4/19/2011
- by Julie Steinberg
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
The South Australian Film Corporation has announced the teams that will participate in its factual content initiative The FACTory.
The teams are Mark Patterson and Kay Pavlou from Go Patterson Films; Matthew Bate, Sophie Hyde and Caroline Man from Closer Productions, Mike Piper and Corey Piper from Piper Films; David Ngo, Emily Griggs and Nick Matthews from Projector Films; Kristian Moliere, Julie Byrne, Vikki Sugars, Jen Jones and Colin Thrupp from Cineum; Quentin Kenihan and Shane McNeil from Q Productions; and Lindy Taylor and Justin O’Donoghue from The Snowglobe Factory.
The FACTory is a $2.1m initiative between the Safc and the ABC, to develop South Australian factual content for the broadcaster’s prime time slots.
“The FACTory initiative aims to provide a real shot in the arm to the local documentary sector. So many initiatives start with good intentions but ultimately fail to deliver – working with ABC TV and...
The teams are Mark Patterson and Kay Pavlou from Go Patterson Films; Matthew Bate, Sophie Hyde and Caroline Man from Closer Productions, Mike Piper and Corey Piper from Piper Films; David Ngo, Emily Griggs and Nick Matthews from Projector Films; Kristian Moliere, Julie Byrne, Vikki Sugars, Jen Jones and Colin Thrupp from Cineum; Quentin Kenihan and Shane McNeil from Q Productions; and Lindy Taylor and Justin O’Donoghue from The Snowglobe Factory.
The FACTory is a $2.1m initiative between the Safc and the ABC, to develop South Australian factual content for the broadcaster’s prime time slots.
“The FACTory initiative aims to provide a real shot in the arm to the local documentary sector. So many initiatives start with good intentions but ultimately fail to deliver – working with ABC TV and...
- 3/3/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Edouard Deluc’s short ¿Dónde Está Kim Basinger? has won the Flickerfest Award for Best Short Film.
The Best Australian Film went to Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Taun’s The Lost Thing, while the Jury Prize was awarded to the British short Baby, by Daniel Mulloy.
The 20th edition of Flickerfest Short Film Festival came to an end last night at Bondi Pavilion, Sydney. The best films from the festival will now embark on a 30-stop national tour, starting in Byron Bay on January 21 and traveling through to March.
The winners – selected by a Jury consisting of Kryzystof Geirat (Director Krakow Film Festival), Eileen Arandiga (Festival Director of the Worldwide Short Film Festival in Toronto,) Renee Brack (face of Movie Extra), Hannah Hillard (director), Susie Porter (actress), Luke Doolan (director), Peta Watermayer (National Geographic Channel’s Program and Acquisitions Manager) and Tom Zubrycki (director) – are:
National Geographic Award – Best Documentary...
The Best Australian Film went to Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Taun’s The Lost Thing, while the Jury Prize was awarded to the British short Baby, by Daniel Mulloy.
The 20th edition of Flickerfest Short Film Festival came to an end last night at Bondi Pavilion, Sydney. The best films from the festival will now embark on a 30-stop national tour, starting in Byron Bay on January 21 and traveling through to March.
The winners – selected by a Jury consisting of Kryzystof Geirat (Director Krakow Film Festival), Eileen Arandiga (Festival Director of the Worldwide Short Film Festival in Toronto,) Renee Brack (face of Movie Extra), Hannah Hillard (director), Susie Porter (actress), Luke Doolan (director), Peta Watermayer (National Geographic Channel’s Program and Acquisitions Manager) and Tom Zubrycki (director) – are:
National Geographic Award – Best Documentary...
- 1/16/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
It was a big night for David Michôd’s Animal Kingdom and Jane Campion’s Bright Star at the 2010 Samsung Mobile AFI Industry Awards last night, with three statues each. Glenn Dunks reports.
The first of the AFI Awards ceremonies rewarded the technical crafts and behind-the-scenes players in a gala hosted by actor Shane Jacobson.
Opening with speeches by AFI Chief Executive Officer Damian Trewhalla and the Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne Susan Riley as well as a musical performance by Claire Bowditch, the night was also filled with some great material from Jacobson.
Animal Kingdom took out the night’s big prize of the Member’s Choice Award and is the odds on favourite to reap far bigger rewards at tonight’s major ceremony. Bright Star could pose a threat, however, after it’s big haul including two for Janet Patterson (Best Production Design, Best Costume Design),who wasn’t at the ceremony.
The first of the AFI Awards ceremonies rewarded the technical crafts and behind-the-scenes players in a gala hosted by actor Shane Jacobson.
Opening with speeches by AFI Chief Executive Officer Damian Trewhalla and the Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne Susan Riley as well as a musical performance by Claire Bowditch, the night was also filled with some great material from Jacobson.
Animal Kingdom took out the night’s big prize of the Member’s Choice Award and is the odds on favourite to reap far bigger rewards at tonight’s major ceremony. Bright Star could pose a threat, however, after it’s big haul including two for Janet Patterson (Best Production Design, Best Costume Design),who wasn’t at the ceremony.
- 12/11/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
The South Australian Film Corporation (Safc) has announced the five teams selected to participate in the 2010 round of their low budget feature film initiative, FilmLab. A development initiative of the Safc, FilmLab provides a tangible bridge for South Australian filmmakers across the seemingly unfathomable gap from short film to feature film production. The program culminates in the production of low budget films with the Safc providing $350,000 in production funding for each. The successful teams for 2010 are Kate Croser, Hugh Sullivan and Sandy Cameron; Shane McNeil and Sean Dooley; Dave Ngo, Nick Matthews and Craig Behenna; Vicki Sugars and Christopher Houghton; and Lindy Taylor and Sue Brown The successful teams were selected from a competitive pool of 22 applicants, and judged by a panel which included film critic Margaret Pomeranz (At the Movies), producer Bridget Ikin (An Angel at my Table, My Year Without Sex), producer and development executive Stephen Cleary, and the Safc.
- 10/11/2010
- FilmInk.com.au
The South Australian Film Corporation has announced the five teams that will participate in the next round of thelow budget feature program FilmLab.
The teams are Kate Croser, Hugh Sullivan and Sandy Cameron; Shane McNeil and Sean Dooley; Dave Ngo, Nick Matthews and Craig Behenna; Vicki Sugars and Christopher Houghton; and Lindy Taylor and Sue Brown. A sixth team – Julie Byrne, Fiona Sprott and Jason Sweeney – will participate as observers.
These teams were selected by a panel including critic Margaret Pomeranz, producer Bridget Ikin, producer/development executive Stephen Cleary and the Safc.
Through FilmLab, participants will develop and produce a low budget film, with the Safc providing $350,000 for each. The bootcamp – lectures, seminars, improvisations and multimedia presentations – will be held November 10-30. Mentors include writer Peter Speyer, director Paddy Cunneen, and Stephen Cleary.
Next February, the Safc will present two Aftrs workshops for FilmLab: ‘Distribution, Exhibition and International Sales with...
The teams are Kate Croser, Hugh Sullivan and Sandy Cameron; Shane McNeil and Sean Dooley; Dave Ngo, Nick Matthews and Craig Behenna; Vicki Sugars and Christopher Houghton; and Lindy Taylor and Sue Brown. A sixth team – Julie Byrne, Fiona Sprott and Jason Sweeney – will participate as observers.
These teams were selected by a panel including critic Margaret Pomeranz, producer Bridget Ikin, producer/development executive Stephen Cleary and the Safc.
Through FilmLab, participants will develop and produce a low budget film, with the Safc providing $350,000 for each. The bootcamp – lectures, seminars, improvisations and multimedia presentations – will be held November 10-30. Mentors include writer Peter Speyer, director Paddy Cunneen, and Stephen Cleary.
Next February, the Safc will present two Aftrs workshops for FilmLab: ‘Distribution, Exhibition and International Sales with...
- 10/7/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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