The tributes to the Filipino and Singaporean cinema in Vesoul this year were definitely among the most interesting aspects of the programme, particularly because both included movies that aimed simply at entertaining their audience. “Forever Fever”, a homage/remake of “Saturday Night Fever”, is definitely one of those films.
“Forever Fever” screened at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
The story takes place in 1977 Singapore, when the fever of “Saturday Night Fever” is taking over the whole world. For Hock, a young clerk in a supermarket however, life is still just a burden, as he is not particularly fond of his job, while in his house he has to face his mother's whining, his father's criticism, and the constant comparison with his younger, perfect brother Leslie, who is studying to be a doctor. Furthermore, he is essentially ignorant of Mei's feelings about him, a young girl who works...
“Forever Fever” screened at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
The story takes place in 1977 Singapore, when the fever of “Saturday Night Fever” is taking over the whole world. For Hock, a young clerk in a supermarket however, life is still just a burden, as he is not particularly fond of his job, while in his house he has to face his mother's whining, his father's criticism, and the constant comparison with his younger, perfect brother Leslie, who is studying to be a doctor. Furthermore, he is essentially ignorant of Mei's feelings about him, a young girl who works...
- 3/14/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Martin Armiger.
Martin Armiger, composer or music arranger of such movies as Yahoo Serious’ Young Einstein, Alex Proyas’ Dark City, Cherie Nowlan’s Thank God He Met Lizzie, Jane Campion’s Sweetie and Kriv Stenders’ Red Dog, has died in France, aged 70.
UK-born, he began his career as a singer, songwriter and guitarist for legendary Melbourne-based rock band The Sports.
In 1972 he embarked on composing, initially on a short film called Drac. From From 1984 he was the musical director for the the ABC series Sweet and Sour as well as providing backing vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums and lyrics and producing the soundtrack album.
His other screen credits include the series The Secret Life of Us, The Surgeon, Come In Spinner and Police Rescue and the documentary Cane Toads.
For 14 years he was the head of screen music at the Australian Film Television and Radio School, where he...
Martin Armiger, composer or music arranger of such movies as Yahoo Serious’ Young Einstein, Alex Proyas’ Dark City, Cherie Nowlan’s Thank God He Met Lizzie, Jane Campion’s Sweetie and Kriv Stenders’ Red Dog, has died in France, aged 70.
UK-born, he began his career as a singer, songwriter and guitarist for legendary Melbourne-based rock band The Sports.
In 1972 he embarked on composing, initially on a short film called Drac. From From 1984 he was the musical director for the the ABC series Sweet and Sour as well as providing backing vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums and lyrics and producing the soundtrack album.
His other screen credits include the series The Secret Life of Us, The Surgeon, Come In Spinner and Police Rescue and the documentary Cane Toads.
For 14 years he was the head of screen music at the Australian Film Television and Radio School, where he...
- 11/28/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The digital version of Maury the Miserable Vampire has flown in all the way from his castle. The eBook is available exclusively on the Maury the Miserable Vampire website. Also in today's Horror Highlights: a look at the short films Wandering Soul and Vault of the Macabre Presents the Dinner Party.
Maury the Miserable Vampire eBook Release Details: "'Maury the Miserable Vampire”, the funny and inspirational children’s book that is creating a whole new generation of little monster maniacs across the globe, is available for the first time ever as a digital eBook! Sold exclusively through the book’s website www.maurythemiserablevampire.com, you can now buy it online and then instantly read it to your little ghouls and goblins. Or, better yet, watch them read it themselves!
At half the price of the physical book and at zero shipping cost, the digital version is ready-to-go on any device...
Maury the Miserable Vampire eBook Release Details: "'Maury the Miserable Vampire”, the funny and inspirational children’s book that is creating a whole new generation of little monster maniacs across the globe, is available for the first time ever as a digital eBook! Sold exclusively through the book’s website www.maurythemiserablevampire.com, you can now buy it online and then instantly read it to your little ghouls and goblins. Or, better yet, watch them read it themselves!
At half the price of the physical book and at zero shipping cost, the digital version is ready-to-go on any device...
- 10/29/2019
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Screenworks Composing Bootcamp mentors.
Screenworks is offering four emerging composers from regional areas of Nsw, Victoria and Queensland the chance to undertake a tailored mentoring program with some of Australia’s most accomplished screen composers.
The mentors for this year’s bootcamp, which has received additional support from Apra Amcos, include: Adam Gock, The D.A’s Office Bryony Marks, inSync Music, Rhonda Davidson-Irwin (outgoing CEO of Music Australia) and Guy Gross (Farscape, East West 101, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert).
Participants will also receive an all-expenses-paid trip to a metro centre so that the selected participants can shadow their mentor, meet composers and immerse themselves in the screen composing industry. In an effort from both Apra Amcos and Screenworks to address the gender imbalance in the Australian and New Zealand music industry, at least 50 per cent of selected participants will be female.
Screenworks CEO Ken Crouch...
Screenworks is offering four emerging composers from regional areas of Nsw, Victoria and Queensland the chance to undertake a tailored mentoring program with some of Australia’s most accomplished screen composers.
The mentors for this year’s bootcamp, which has received additional support from Apra Amcos, include: Adam Gock, The D.A’s Office Bryony Marks, inSync Music, Rhonda Davidson-Irwin (outgoing CEO of Music Australia) and Guy Gross (Farscape, East West 101, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert).
Participants will also receive an all-expenses-paid trip to a metro centre so that the selected participants can shadow their mentor, meet composers and immerse themselves in the screen composing industry. In an effort from both Apra Amcos and Screenworks to address the gender imbalance in the Australian and New Zealand music industry, at least 50 per cent of selected participants will be female.
Screenworks CEO Ken Crouch...
- 2/19/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Australian actors last appeared on screen together nearly 30 years ago in TV soap Neighbours.
Guy Pearce and Kylie Minogue have signed on to join Radha Mitchell in Flammable Children, the new comedy feature written and directed Stephan Elliott (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert).
It marks the first time the two have appeared on screen together in nearly 30 years, having starred as Mike and Charlene in TV soap Neighbours in the 1980s.
As well as a successful pop career, Minogue has appeared in films including Moulin Rouge! and Holy Motors while Pearce is perhaps best known for roles in Memento, La Confidential and Iron Man 3.
Flammable Children will shoot in Australia this autumn. Three other leading roles are yet to be cast.
Taking place in 1975, the film is set in a sleepy beachside suburb where “an extraordinary event” sets in motion a revelatory week for a teenage boy and girl.
The feature...
Guy Pearce and Kylie Minogue have signed on to join Radha Mitchell in Flammable Children, the new comedy feature written and directed Stephan Elliott (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert).
It marks the first time the two have appeared on screen together in nearly 30 years, having starred as Mike and Charlene in TV soap Neighbours in the 1980s.
As well as a successful pop career, Minogue has appeared in films including Moulin Rouge! and Holy Motors while Pearce is perhaps best known for roles in Memento, La Confidential and Iron Man 3.
Flammable Children will shoot in Australia this autumn. Three other leading roles are yet to be cast.
Taking place in 1975, the film is set in a sleepy beachside suburb where “an extraordinary event” sets in motion a revelatory week for a teenage boy and girl.
The feature...
- 4/8/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Guy Pearce in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
Guy Pearce will reunite with his Priscilla writer-director, Stephan Elliott, on Flammable Children, a comedy set in Dee Why in the 1970's.
WestEnd Films have acquired worldwide rights and are currently shopping the film at Berlin's Efm.
Looking for Grace's Radha Mitchell is also onboard, with more cast members to be announced..
The film will be made by Jamie Hilton's See Pictures, and produced by Hilton and Prisicilla producer Al Clark.
Set in 1975, Flammable Children begins with a 200-ton blue whale getting washed up on the local beach. The local kids think it.s the biggest thing ever. Behind closed doors, their mums and dads celebrate in their own special way - by joining the sexual revolution and throwing a wife-swapping key party. It.s all about to go spectacularly wrong..
According to Variety, the film will...
Guy Pearce will reunite with his Priscilla writer-director, Stephan Elliott, on Flammable Children, a comedy set in Dee Why in the 1970's.
WestEnd Films have acquired worldwide rights and are currently shopping the film at Berlin's Efm.
Looking for Grace's Radha Mitchell is also onboard, with more cast members to be announced..
The film will be made by Jamie Hilton's See Pictures, and produced by Hilton and Prisicilla producer Al Clark.
Set in 1975, Flammable Children begins with a 200-ton blue whale getting washed up on the local beach. The local kids think it.s the biggest thing ever. Behind closed doors, their mums and dads celebrate in their own special way - by joining the sexual revolution and throwing a wife-swapping key party. It.s all about to go spectacularly wrong..
According to Variety, the film will...
- 2/15/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
The Polish-born animator migrated to Australia in 1968 and was also responsible for the groundbreaking animated feature Dot and the Kangaroo
Australian film-maker Yoram Gross, responsible for some of the country’s biggest animated hits Blinky Bill and Dot and the Kangaroo, has died at the age of 88.
Guy Gross told Inside Film his father died quietly on Monday by his family’s side. Guy described him as “a wonderfully inappropriate jokester” and said he was “creating until the end”. A fall he took while painting eventually sped his decline.
Continue reading...
Australian film-maker Yoram Gross, responsible for some of the country’s biggest animated hits Blinky Bill and Dot and the Kangaroo, has died at the age of 88.
Guy Gross told Inside Film his father died quietly on Monday by his family’s side. Guy described him as “a wonderfully inappropriate jokester” and said he was “creating until the end”. A fall he took while painting eventually sped his decline.
Continue reading...
- 9/22/2015
- by Monica Tan
- The Guardian - Film News
Australian film and TV animation pioneer Yoram Gross died on Monday night, aged 88, of natural causes.
The co-founder of Yoram Gross Film Studios with his wife Sandra, his legacy lives on in Flying Bark Productions, the rebranded company formerly known as Yoram Gross-Em.TV Pty Ltd.
It is fitting that a new cinema version of Blinky Bill, his most famous and enduring character, Flying Bark.s Blinky Bill: The Movie, opened in Australian cinemas last week.
Born in Kraków Poland in 1926, he studied music and musicology at Krakow University. He first entered the film industry in 1947 when, aged 20, he was one of the first film students of Jerzy Toeplitz, who founded the Polish Film Institute.
He endured World War II under the Nazi regime. His family was on Oskar Schindler.s infamous list but chose to make their own risky escape, moving hiding places 72 times.
He was a...
The co-founder of Yoram Gross Film Studios with his wife Sandra, his legacy lives on in Flying Bark Productions, the rebranded company formerly known as Yoram Gross-Em.TV Pty Ltd.
It is fitting that a new cinema version of Blinky Bill, his most famous and enduring character, Flying Bark.s Blinky Bill: The Movie, opened in Australian cinemas last week.
Born in Kraków Poland in 1926, he studied music and musicology at Krakow University. He first entered the film industry in 1947 when, aged 20, he was one of the first film students of Jerzy Toeplitz, who founded the Polish Film Institute.
He endured World War II under the Nazi regime. His family was on Oskar Schindler.s infamous list but chose to make their own risky escape, moving hiding places 72 times.
He was a...
- 9/22/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Producer Annie Kinnane expresses a common complaint in the industry: Often by the time she and her friends hear about a new Australian film it.s been yanked off screens before they had a chance to see it.
Instead of just griping, she.s doing her bit to increase awareness by launching a Facebook page this week, entitled Australian Films You Will Want to See.
She.s encouraging her Fb friends and the wider industry to post an item as soon as they.ve seen a film they can recommend.
That initiative is in a similar vein to When Did You Last Pay to See an Australian Film at the Cinema?, a Fb page created earlier this month by My Mistress producer Leanne Tonkes.
Tonkes is asking her industry peers to nominate the last Aussie film they paid to see, as opposed to freebie previews, Aacta, funding body or post house screenings,...
Instead of just griping, she.s doing her bit to increase awareness by launching a Facebook page this week, entitled Australian Films You Will Want to See.
She.s encouraging her Fb friends and the wider industry to post an item as soon as they.ve seen a film they can recommend.
That initiative is in a similar vein to When Did You Last Pay to See an Australian Film at the Cinema?, a Fb page created earlier this month by My Mistress producer Leanne Tonkes.
Tonkes is asking her industry peers to nominate the last Aussie film they paid to see, as opposed to freebie previews, Aacta, funding body or post house screenings,...
- 10/22/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Producer Annie Kinnane expresses a common complaint in the industry: Often by the time she and her friends hear about a new Australian film it.s been yanked off screens before they had a chance to see it.
Instead of just griping, she.s doing her bit to increase awareness by launching a Facebook page this week, entitled Australian Films You Will Want to See.
She.s encouraging her Fb friends and the wider industry to post an item as soon as they.ve seen a film they can recommend.
That initiative is not unlike When Did You Last Pay to See an Australian Film at the Cinema?, a Fb page created earlier this month by My Mistress producer Leanne Tonkes.
Tonkes is asking her industry peers to nominate the last Aussie film they paid to see, as opposed to freebie previews, Aacta, funding body or post house screenings, and...
Instead of just griping, she.s doing her bit to increase awareness by launching a Facebook page this week, entitled Australian Films You Will Want to See.
She.s encouraging her Fb friends and the wider industry to post an item as soon as they.ve seen a film they can recommend.
That initiative is not unlike When Did You Last Pay to See an Australian Film at the Cinema?, a Fb page created earlier this month by My Mistress producer Leanne Tonkes.
Tonkes is asking her industry peers to nominate the last Aussie film they paid to see, as opposed to freebie previews, Aacta, funding body or post house screenings, and...
- 10/22/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
All This Mayhem, Deepsea Challenge 3D, The Last Impresario and Ukraine Is Not A Brothel will compete for the feature length documentary prize at the 4th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) awards.
In collaboration with the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (Agsc) , a new award for best original music score in a documentary will be presented in January. Previously composition was judged together with sound for best sound in a documentary.
All This Mayhem profiles former champion pro skaters, brothers Tas and Ben Pappas, whose lives spiralled into a world of drugs, jail, murder, depression and death.
Directed by Eddie Martin and produced by James Gay-Rees and George Pank, the doc had its world premiere at the 2013 Adelaide Film Festival and screened in competition at this year.s Sydney Film Festival and at the Sheffield Doc/Fest in June.
Deepsea Challenge 3D follows James Cameron.s record-setting...
In collaboration with the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (Agsc) , a new award for best original music score in a documentary will be presented in January. Previously composition was judged together with sound for best sound in a documentary.
All This Mayhem profiles former champion pro skaters, brothers Tas and Ben Pappas, whose lives spiralled into a world of drugs, jail, murder, depression and death.
Directed by Eddie Martin and produced by James Gay-Rees and George Pank, the doc had its world premiere at the 2013 Adelaide Film Festival and screened in competition at this year.s Sydney Film Festival and at the Sheffield Doc/Fest in June.
Deepsea Challenge 3D follows James Cameron.s record-setting...
- 9/9/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Fifteen of the 17 directors of Tim Winton.s The Turning who attended the world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival understandably were nervous before the screening on Saturday night.
Only one of the directors - Robert Connolly, who conceived the idea and produced the film with Maggie Miles - had seen the completed, three-hour film.
As one, the directors were surprised and delighted when the audience clapped and cheered at the end of the first chapter directed by Warwick Thornton. And even more surprised when the crowd applauded after each of the ensuing segments.
Afterwards the tributes flowed. Radio National film critic Julie Rigg declared the film .a huge success,. observing, .Despite trepidation on the part of the different filmmakers, none of whom had seen each other's films, they flowed..
Australian Directors Guild executive director Kingston Anderson said, .It was a great night and the audience responded enthusiastically to the film.
Only one of the directors - Robert Connolly, who conceived the idea and produced the film with Maggie Miles - had seen the completed, three-hour film.
As one, the directors were surprised and delighted when the audience clapped and cheered at the end of the first chapter directed by Warwick Thornton. And even more surprised when the crowd applauded after each of the ensuing segments.
Afterwards the tributes flowed. Radio National film critic Julie Rigg declared the film .a huge success,. observing, .Despite trepidation on the part of the different filmmakers, none of whom had seen each other's films, they flowed..
Australian Directors Guild executive director Kingston Anderson said, .It was a great night and the audience responded enthusiastically to the film.
- 8/4/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Hit musical drama The Sapphires has scored 12 nominations at the 2012 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) Awards including in the coveted best feature film category.
The Sapphires, which follows four indigenous singers during the Vietnam war, has grossed more than $14 million in Australia to become the biggest local film of the year.
Three other films will be also be vying for the best feature film award: Burning Man (10 nominations in total), Lore (eight nominations in total) and Wish You Were Here (eight nominations in total) at the main Aacta ceremony, which will be held on January 30, 2013, at The Star Event Centre. Last year's event was held at the iconic Sydney Opera House.
P.J. Hogan's Mental also scored eight nominations including Best Lead Actress (Toni Collette), Best Supporting Actor (Liev Schreiber) Best Young Actor (Lily Sullivan) and Best Supporting Actress for Rebecca Gibney and Deborah Mailman.
Not Suitable for Children...
The Sapphires, which follows four indigenous singers during the Vietnam war, has grossed more than $14 million in Australia to become the biggest local film of the year.
Three other films will be also be vying for the best feature film award: Burning Man (10 nominations in total), Lore (eight nominations in total) and Wish You Were Here (eight nominations in total) at the main Aacta ceremony, which will be held on January 30, 2013, at The Star Event Centre. Last year's event was held at the iconic Sydney Opera House.
P.J. Hogan's Mental also scored eight nominations including Best Lead Actress (Toni Collette), Best Supporting Actor (Liev Schreiber) Best Young Actor (Lily Sullivan) and Best Supporting Actress for Rebecca Gibney and Deborah Mailman.
Not Suitable for Children...
- 12/3/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
The Sapphires has led the Academy of Australian Cinema and Television Arts Awards nominations being nominated in 12 categories.
Awards will be handed out over two events, with an awards luncheon, focused on craft categories on Monday January 28 and the main event on January 30. Both events will be held at the Star Event Centre, the first public events for the venue.
The Sapphires, distributed by Hopscotch/eOne has been nominated for Best Film, Best Direction and best adapted screenplay as well as Best Lead Actor and Actress for Chris O’Dowd and Deborah Mailman, and Best Supporting Actress for Jessica Mauboy.
Burning Man was not far behind on 10 nominations including best film and best direction as well as best lead actor for Matthre Goode and Best Supporting Actress for Essie Davis.
Three more films, Lore, Mental and Wish You Were Here received eight nominations while Not Suitable For Children received four.
Awards will be handed out over two events, with an awards luncheon, focused on craft categories on Monday January 28 and the main event on January 30. Both events will be held at the Star Event Centre, the first public events for the venue.
The Sapphires, distributed by Hopscotch/eOne has been nominated for Best Film, Best Direction and best adapted screenplay as well as Best Lead Actor and Actress for Chris O’Dowd and Deborah Mailman, and Best Supporting Actress for Jessica Mauboy.
Burning Man was not far behind on 10 nominations including best film and best direction as well as best lead actor for Matthre Goode and Best Supporting Actress for Essie Davis.
Three more films, Lore, Mental and Wish You Were Here received eight nominations while Not Suitable For Children received four.
- 12/3/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Antony Partos and Sonar Music, the team behind the music of The Slap have led the nominees for the Australian Guild of Screen Composers, announced this morning while Burning Man, Storm Surfers 3D, Santa’s Apprentice and Needle are the four nominees for feature film score.
The announcement:
Today we pay tribute to the leading lights of Australian screen composition with the announcement of nominees for the 2012 Screen Music Awards. The event, to be held this year in Melbourne on Monday November 19th, is jointly staged by Apra (Australasian Performing Right Association) and the Agsc (Australian Guild of Screen Composers). It is the only Australian event where the music and screen industry gather to celebrate excellence in the composition of music for film and television.
Across twelve awards categories Apra and the Agsc are today proud to recognise 61 composers, and 40 works as representing the best in Australian screen composition for...
The announcement:
Today we pay tribute to the leading lights of Australian screen composition with the announcement of nominees for the 2012 Screen Music Awards. The event, to be held this year in Melbourne on Monday November 19th, is jointly staged by Apra (Australasian Performing Right Association) and the Agsc (Australian Guild of Screen Composers). It is the only Australian event where the music and screen industry gather to celebrate excellence in the composition of music for film and television.
Across twelve awards categories Apra and the Agsc are today proud to recognise 61 composers, and 40 works as representing the best in Australian screen composition for...
- 10/17/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The Australian Guild of Screen Composers has elected Guy Gross as President. Gross’s on screen composition and scoring credits include East West 101, Farscape and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Gross replaces outgoing president Clive Harrison.
The announcement:
The Australian Guild of Screen Composers is pleased to advise Guy Gross has been elected President of the Agsc, succeeding Clive Harrison on his retirement as Agsc President.
Guy Gross has been an active member of the Agsc since its inception and was Vice-President since 2008. He has been instrumental in many Agsc initiatives, most recently as a member of both the Agsc Rates and the Contracts Committee.
He has actively lobbied for screen composers and last month Guy addressed members of Federal Parliament as a Speaker at the launch of the PwC report on The Economic Contribution of Australia’s Copyright Industries for the Australian Copyright Council.
“Due...
The announcement:
The Australian Guild of Screen Composers is pleased to advise Guy Gross has been elected President of the Agsc, succeeding Clive Harrison on his retirement as Agsc President.
Guy Gross has been an active member of the Agsc since its inception and was Vice-President since 2008. He has been instrumental in many Agsc initiatives, most recently as a member of both the Agsc Rates and the Contracts Committee.
He has actively lobbied for screen composers and last month Guy addressed members of Federal Parliament as a Speaker at the launch of the PwC report on The Economic Contribution of Australia’s Copyright Industries for the Australian Copyright Council.
“Due...
- 9/27/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Alex Lloyd and Pigram Brothers, Jed Kurzel, David Hirschfelder, David McCormack and The Chaser’s Andrew Hansen and Chris Taylor are among the nominees for the 2011 Screen Music Awards.
The 2011 Screen Music Awards are jointly presented by Apra (Australiasian Performing Rights Association) and Agsc (Australian Guild of Screen Composers).
In the category of the feature film score of the year, Alex Lloyd and Alan and Stephen Pigram are nominated for Mad Bastards alongside Jed Kurzel of rock band the Mess Hall, and brother of director Justin Kurzel is nominated for Snowtown. Past winner David Hirschfelder (Children of the Silk Road) is nominated for The Legend of the Guardians while Burkhard Dallwitz is nominated for The Way Back.
Dallwitz is also nominated for Underbelly Files: tell them Lucifer was here in the Best music for a mini-series or telemovie alongside Guy Gross for East West 101, Bryony Marks for Cloudstreet and...
The 2011 Screen Music Awards are jointly presented by Apra (Australiasian Performing Rights Association) and Agsc (Australian Guild of Screen Composers).
In the category of the feature film score of the year, Alex Lloyd and Alan and Stephen Pigram are nominated for Mad Bastards alongside Jed Kurzel of rock band the Mess Hall, and brother of director Justin Kurzel is nominated for Snowtown. Past winner David Hirschfelder (Children of the Silk Road) is nominated for The Legend of the Guardians while Burkhard Dallwitz is nominated for The Way Back.
Dallwitz is also nominated for Underbelly Files: tell them Lucifer was here in the Best music for a mini-series or telemovie alongside Guy Gross for East West 101, Bryony Marks for Cloudstreet and...
- 10/18/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
From cartoon koalas, to drag in the desert, BAFTA-nominated composer, Guy Gross has struck a chord with Australian audiences, scoring some of our most cherished films and television programs. With his music underpinning the likes of Blinky Bill, Farscape and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Gross has traversed a versatile range of styles, winning endless accolades along the way. In a career that hasn't hit a wrong note, Gross has established himself as one of the country's finest composers... Gross' latest project has been to score the acclaimed Sbs television drama East West 101, which examines a post 9/11 Sydney through the eyes of a multicultural crime squad headed by Muslim detective Zane Malik (superbly played by Don Hany).
- 6/27/2011
- FilmInk.com.au
Millions of Australians grew up watching Dot and the Kangaroo and Blinky Bill, but the story of Yoram Gross, the man behind such beloved characters, is far more interesting than any piece of fiction.
Jerzy gross was born in October in 1926 in Krakow, Poland, where his family owned a couple of fine home mart stores. His father disappeared, presumably killed, when Gross was almost 13 and preparing for his Bar Mitzvah. But that coming-of-age ceremony would never take place; the German forces invaded the country in 1939.
The following years, documented in his new autobiography My Animated Life, saw the Gross family divided, constantly on the move and eventually managing to survive the war – a true story that would make a fascinating film.
Gross have filmmaking dreams when the war ended in 1945. Poland’s prolific film industry had disappeared during the Nazi occupation, but after the war it started to come back to life.
Jerzy gross was born in October in 1926 in Krakow, Poland, where his family owned a couple of fine home mart stores. His father disappeared, presumably killed, when Gross was almost 13 and preparing for his Bar Mitzvah. But that coming-of-age ceremony would never take place; the German forces invaded the country in 1939.
The following years, documented in his new autobiography My Animated Life, saw the Gross family divided, constantly on the move and eventually managing to survive the war – a true story that would make a fascinating film.
Gross have filmmaking dreams when the war ended in 1945. Poland’s prolific film industry had disappeared during the Nazi occupation, but after the war it started to come back to life.
- 5/9/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
From Nirvana (and Isabel Lucas) fans to seventy-year-olds, Gale Edwards’ debut feature A Heartbeat Away targets an unusually wide demographic. Miguel Gonzalez reports.
Originally titled Montague Municipal, the script was submitted by a Queensland Investment Corporation equities dealer, Julia Kincade, to an initiative set up by the Pftc and Pictures in Paradise to find new writers.
“New writers come up with fantastic ideas and they’re very open to changes, which I’m not sure more experienced writers are. The downside is that it can sometimes take a long time, because they’re not full-time writers and they’ve got other jobs,” said producer Chris Fitchett.
Two scripts from that scheme were soon made into films, Blurred in 2002 and Under the Radar in 2004, but the process for this one would be much slower. Chris Fitchett was working on the film as script editor with Brown producing, but both got distracted by other projects.
Originally titled Montague Municipal, the script was submitted by a Queensland Investment Corporation equities dealer, Julia Kincade, to an initiative set up by the Pftc and Pictures in Paradise to find new writers.
“New writers come up with fantastic ideas and they’re very open to changes, which I’m not sure more experienced writers are. The downside is that it can sometimes take a long time, because they’re not full-time writers and they’ve got other jobs,” said producer Chris Fitchett.
Two scripts from that scheme were soon made into films, Blurred in 2002 and Under the Radar in 2004, but the process for this one would be much slower. Chris Fitchett was working on the film as script editor with Brown producing, but both got distracted by other projects.
- 3/13/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Christopher Gordon (Mao’s Last Dancer), Guy Gross (A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne) and Burkhard Dallwitz (Underbelly: The Golden Mile) were the big winners at this year’s Screen Music Awards.
The ceremony took place in Melbourne last night, hosted by Andrew Hansen and Chris Taylor.
The winners are:
Best Soundtrack Album
Mao’s Last Dancer
Composer Christopher Gordon
Best Original Song Composed for the Screen
“Hold Me” from A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne
Composer Guy Gross
Best Music for Children’s Television
Itty Bitty Ditties
Composers Thomas Bettany / Benjamin Speed
Best Television Theme
My Place
Composer Roger Mason
Publisher Sandcastle Music Pty Ltd
Best Music for a Television Series or Serial
Underbelly: The Golden Mile
Composer Burkhard Dallwitz
Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie – Winner
A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne
Composer Guy Gross
Best Feature Film Score
Mao’s...
The ceremony took place in Melbourne last night, hosted by Andrew Hansen and Chris Taylor.
The winners are:
Best Soundtrack Album
Mao’s Last Dancer
Composer Christopher Gordon
Best Original Song Composed for the Screen
“Hold Me” from A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne
Composer Guy Gross
Best Music for Children’s Television
Itty Bitty Ditties
Composers Thomas Bettany / Benjamin Speed
Best Television Theme
My Place
Composer Roger Mason
Publisher Sandcastle Music Pty Ltd
Best Music for a Television Series or Serial
Underbelly: The Golden Mile
Composer Burkhard Dallwitz
Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie – Winner
A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne
Composer Guy Gross
Best Feature Film Score
Mao’s...
- 11/10/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Animal Kingdom (A. Partos/S. Petty) , Beneath Hill 60 (C. Skubiszewski), Mao’s Last Dancer (C. Gordon) and The Waiting City (M. Yezerski) are competing for the Best Feature Film Score at this year’s Screen Music Awards.
In the television categories My Place (R. Mason), Rescue Special Ops (N. Tyson-Chew), Tangle (B. Marks) and Underbelly (B. Dallwitz) have been selected for the Best Music for a Television Series category.The 2010 Screen Music Awards, presented by Apra (Australasian Performing Right Association) and the Agsc (Australian Guild of Screen Composers) will be held at BMW Edge in Melbourne on Tuesday 9 November.
The nominees are:
Best Feature Film Score
Title Animal Kingdom Composers Antony Partos and Sam Petty Title Beneath Hill 60 Composer Cezary Skubiszewski Publisher Albert Music Title Mao’s Last Dancer Composer Christopher Gordon Title The Waiting City Composer Michael Yezerski Publisher Sandcastle Music Pty Ltd
Best Music for a...
In the television categories My Place (R. Mason), Rescue Special Ops (N. Tyson-Chew), Tangle (B. Marks) and Underbelly (B. Dallwitz) have been selected for the Best Music for a Television Series category.The 2010 Screen Music Awards, presented by Apra (Australasian Performing Right Association) and the Agsc (Australian Guild of Screen Composers) will be held at BMW Edge in Melbourne on Tuesday 9 November.
The nominees are:
Best Feature Film Score
Title Animal Kingdom Composers Antony Partos and Sam Petty Title Beneath Hill 60 Composer Cezary Skubiszewski Publisher Albert Music Title Mao’s Last Dancer Composer Christopher Gordon Title The Waiting City Composer Michael Yezerski Publisher Sandcastle Music Pty Ltd
Best Music for a...
- 10/8/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
It’s been four years since Encore published its Top 20 Directors and Producers list, and we felt it was time to compile a new, more comprehensive list that included professionals working across all areas – film, television and Tvc production – as well as the leaders and decision-makers that determine the direction of the industry.
Instead of having a limited list of panellists, we consulted with the main agencies and organisations, and also asked our readers to nominate their candidates. We ended up with a list of more than 200 screen industry professionals, and deciding the final 50 was indeed a difficult task. Of course, some other very influential and successful people didn’t make the final cut, but there were only 50 spots and too many talented men and women!
We hope you’ll enjoy – or not, and if so, debate it passionately – the selection of what will become our annual Power 50 list.
1. Christopher Mapp...
Instead of having a limited list of panellists, we consulted with the main agencies and organisations, and also asked our readers to nominate their candidates. We ended up with a list of more than 200 screen industry professionals, and deciding the final 50 was indeed a difficult task. Of course, some other very influential and successful people didn’t make the final cut, but there were only 50 spots and too many talented men and women!
We hope you’ll enjoy – or not, and if so, debate it passionately – the selection of what will become our annual Power 50 list.
1. Christopher Mapp...
- 6/22/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
I’ve always been a huge fan of the Muppets, so the concept of Farscape intrigued me from the start. After all, this is Muppets in space way before Muppets From Space. What’s not to love about that? Luckily, I wasn’t disappointed.
The 26 disc set - released 10 years after the show began - follows John Crighton, an astronaut who accidentally enters a wormhole and finds himself in another galaxy far, far away. Of course, this isn’t just any galaxy. Nope, this galaxy happens to be one in which a huge war is being waged, and John (Ben Browder) finds himself right in the middle of it. While John is trying to figure out what the hell is going on, the ironically named Peacekeepers make things very hard for him and his newfound friends. Among these allies are the lovely Aeryn Sun, D’Argo, Rygel XVI (both a...
The 26 disc set - released 10 years after the show began - follows John Crighton, an astronaut who accidentally enters a wormhole and finds himself in another galaxy far, far away. Of course, this isn’t just any galaxy. Nope, this galaxy happens to be one in which a huge war is being waged, and John (Ben Browder) finds himself right in the middle of it. While John is trying to figure out what the hell is going on, the ironically named Peacekeepers make things very hard for him and his newfound friends. Among these allies are the lovely Aeryn Sun, D’Argo, Rygel XVI (both a...
- 12/3/2009
- by Jessica Guerrasio
- JustPressPlay.net
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