DINARD, France -- In My Father's Den, directed by New Zealander Brad McGann, swept the board at the Dinard Festival of British Film on Saturday, taking the Golden Hitchcock award for best film, the best cinematography prize and the audience award. The movie stars Matthew MacFadyen as a war reporter who returns to his native New Zealand after his father's death and befriends a 16-year-old girl, only to find himself the key suspect when she disappears. The film qualified for inclusion at Dinard because it has a U.K. co-producer, Dixie Linder. A new award for best screenplay among the six movies in competition went to Festival, an ensemble comedy set during the Edinburgh comedy fest written and directed by Annie Griffin. As with McGann's picture, it was her first feature film as director.
- 10/9/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- The first annual New Zealand Screen Awards, held here Wednesday, were dominated by Brad McGann's feature In My Father's Den and the TV series Insiders Guide to Happiness, which won 10 and seven awards, respectively. McGann's dark drama made an almost clean sweep of the feature film section, including the best picture, director and screenplay prizes.
- 7/29/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- The first annual New Zealand Screen Awards, held Wednesday were dominated by Brad McGann's feature In My Father's Den and the television series, Insiders Guide to Happiness, which won 10 and seven awards respectively Wednesday. McGann's dark drama made an almost clean sweep of the feature film section, including best picture and the director and screenplay prizes for McGann. England's Matthew MacFadyen won as best actor and Auckland-born teenager Emily Barclay took the trophy as best actress. Happiness, produced by the Gibson Group, was judged best drama while New Zealand's first adult primetime cartoon, "bro'Town," was voted best comedy. The awards were the initiative of the Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand and are the first of two inaugural industry gong shows being held this year; in November, the alliance of free-to-air broadcasters, the Television Broadcasters Council of New Zealand, will present the 2005 New Zealand Television Awards.
- 7/28/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- The first annual New Zealand Screen Awards, held here Wednesday, were dominated by Brad McGann's feature In My Father's Den and the TV series Insiders Guide to Happiness, which won 10 and seven awards, respectively. McGann's dark drama made an almost clean sweep of the feature film section, including the best picture, director and screenplay prizes.
- 7/28/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Doug Sadler's Swimmers was awarded the grand jury prize for best new American film at an awards ceremony held Sunday, the closing day of the 31st annual Seattle International Film Festival. A special jury prize for best new American film also was awarded to Scott Coffey's Ellie Parker, starring Naomi Watts. In the documentary field, the grand jury prize went to Walter Stokman's Based on a True Story, a recounting of the bank robbery that inspired Dog Day Afternoon. Heather Rae's Trudell, a portrait of American Indian poet John Trudell, received a special jury prize. Russian director Ilya Khrjanovsky received the grand jury prize for best new director for his film 4. Brad McGann was awarded a special jury prize for best new director for In My Father's Den.
- 6/13/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SYDNEY -- The 51st Sydney Film Festival will open with the world premiere of the New Zealand film "In My Father's Den". Festival director Gayle Lake said the debut feature from director Brad McGann, starring Miranda Otto and Matthew MacFadyen, is one of the best films she has seen from New Zealand in a long time. "For a debut feature, it exhibits all the hallmarks of a very experienced filmmaker," Lake said in an interview Monday. Element X is handling international sales for "In My Father's Den", which will be released in Australia by Icon Films in October.
LONDON -- Element X, a London-based international sales and distribution company headed by former FilmFour International executives Janine Gold and Natalie Brenner, announced its first slate of titles Wednesday. The new entity, set up with backing from British film financing house Visionview, has four titles on its sales roster. The company is selling the New Zealand/United Kingdom co-production "In My Father's Den", written and directed by Brad McGann. Produced by T.H.E. Film's Trevor Haysom and Little Bird's Dixie Linder, the movie is financed by the New Zealand Film Commission, Visionview and the U.K. Film Council.
- 9/11/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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