David Gulpilil in Charlie's Country..
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Filmmaker Rolf de Heer says his friend and frequent collaborator, actor David Gulpilil, is caught between two cultures, meaning the blackfella.s and the white man.s.
Not co-incidentally, Gulpilil plays a similarly conflicted character in de Heer.s new film, Charlie.s Country, which has its world premiere next month at the Adelaide Film Festival.
That.s one of 10 projects- features, documentaries and shorts- that deal with indigenous themes, most directed by indigenous filmmakers, screening at the festival.
They include Warwick Thornton.s The Darkside, a collection of poignant ghost stories from across Australia performed by Deborah Mailman, Bryan Brown, Aaron Pedersen, Leah Purcell, Brendan Cowell and Shari Sebbens; and Ben Pederick.s Ringbalin, a multi-platform project which tells the story of an Aboriginal elder who.s tired of watching his ancestral home at the end of the Coorong die and embarks on a...
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Filmmaker Rolf de Heer says his friend and frequent collaborator, actor David Gulpilil, is caught between two cultures, meaning the blackfella.s and the white man.s.
Not co-incidentally, Gulpilil plays a similarly conflicted character in de Heer.s new film, Charlie.s Country, which has its world premiere next month at the Adelaide Film Festival.
That.s one of 10 projects- features, documentaries and shorts- that deal with indigenous themes, most directed by indigenous filmmakers, screening at the festival.
They include Warwick Thornton.s The Darkside, a collection of poignant ghost stories from across Australia performed by Deborah Mailman, Bryan Brown, Aaron Pedersen, Leah Purcell, Brendan Cowell and Shari Sebbens; and Ben Pederick.s Ringbalin, a multi-platform project which tells the story of an Aboriginal elder who.s tired of watching his ancestral home at the end of the Coorong die and embarks on a...
- 9/17/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Yesterday Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives won the whopping $60,000 Jury Prize at the 60th Sydney Film Festival. This was the second time Refn had won the award in its short history - Bronson also won in 2009, the year after the festival introduced the prize. Last night at the closing ceremony, the other awards were announced. Buckskin, about a young man who has dedicated his life to his Aboriginal culture, won the $10,000 Foxtel Australian Documentary Prize. The win heralds the arrival of a striking new talent, Dylan McDonald, who is the son of producer Penelope McDonald and Samson & Delilah writer-director Warwick Thornton. Buckskin follows Jack Buckskin, who is on a mission to renew Kaurna, an Australian language, and through that and dance, inspire a...
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- 6/17/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Buckskin, a documentary which profiles Adelaide language teacher Jack Buckskin.s mission to teach the once-endangered Kaurna language to Indigenous and non-Indigenous students, won the Foxtel Australian Documentary prize.
Director Dylan McDonald was awarded the $10,000 prize at the Sydney Film Festival. Buckskin is part of Sff.s Screen: Black program of films from Indigenous filmmakers.
The Foxtel jury gave a special mention to Miss Nikki and the Tiger Girls, Juliet Lamont.s film which chronicles the careers of emerging young female pop stars in Myanmar. Highly commended was Big Name No Blanket, Steven McGregor.s tribute to the Warumpi Band, its late front man George Rrurrambu, and his creative relationship with songwriter Neil Murray.
The jury comprised director/ producer Ned Lander, documentary filmmaker Sascha Ettinger Epstein and Mariska Dean, Head of Programming . Factual Channels for Foxtel Networks Australia.
The $5,000 Dendy Live Action Short Award went to Perception, director Miranda Nation...
Director Dylan McDonald was awarded the $10,000 prize at the Sydney Film Festival. Buckskin is part of Sff.s Screen: Black program of films from Indigenous filmmakers.
The Foxtel jury gave a special mention to Miss Nikki and the Tiger Girls, Juliet Lamont.s film which chronicles the careers of emerging young female pop stars in Myanmar. Highly commended was Big Name No Blanket, Steven McGregor.s tribute to the Warumpi Band, its late front man George Rrurrambu, and his creative relationship with songwriter Neil Murray.
The jury comprised director/ producer Ned Lander, documentary filmmaker Sascha Ettinger Epstein and Mariska Dean, Head of Programming . Factual Channels for Foxtel Networks Australia.
The $5,000 Dendy Live Action Short Award went to Perception, director Miranda Nation...
- 6/16/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Nicolas Winding Refn’s violent thriller, starring Ryan Gosling, wins top prize at the Sydney Film Festival.
Only God Forgives, which stars Ryan Gosling as a volatile drugs trafficker in Thailand, has won the $57,500 (A$60,000) Sydney Film Prize, after the jury took more than six hours to reach a decision.
It is the second time that Danish writer-director Nicolas Winding Refn has won the award. His prison drama, Bronson, won in 2009, the year after the Sydney Film Festival introduced the award.
The prize was announced on the closing night of the film festival (June 5-16), when a message from the director was read out: “I am very honoured and extremely excited to have received this honourable award from a country that in my opinion has one of the great film histories of the world.”
Icon releases Only God Forgives in Australia on July 18.
“In the true spirit of the competition criteria, we award a...
Only God Forgives, which stars Ryan Gosling as a volatile drugs trafficker in Thailand, has won the $57,500 (A$60,000) Sydney Film Prize, after the jury took more than six hours to reach a decision.
It is the second time that Danish writer-director Nicolas Winding Refn has won the award. His prison drama, Bronson, won in 2009, the year after the Sydney Film Festival introduced the award.
The prize was announced on the closing night of the film festival (June 5-16), when a message from the director was read out: “I am very honoured and extremely excited to have received this honourable award from a country that in my opinion has one of the great film histories of the world.”
Icon releases Only God Forgives in Australia on July 18.
“In the true spirit of the competition criteria, we award a...
- 6/16/2013
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
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