‘A haunting and compelling oddity from Australian
master Peter Weir… part mystery, part horror, an
impressionist poem to lost innocence’
★★★★★
Empire
‘The first true masterpiece of Australian cinema’
Philip French, The Observer
‘You can see its influences in everything… remains
[Peter Weir’s] most extraordinary work’
Mark Kermode
The internationally acclaimed Australian cinema classic Picnic At Hanging Rock established the now legendary, Peter Weir (The Truman Show, Dead Poets Society) as a major filmmaker and with BAFTA-winning photography and a memorably haunting score, it remains one of the most chillingly atmospheric and beautifully enigmatic films ever made. Now this seminal piece of cinema has received a stunning new Limited Edition 4K Uhd/Blu-ray release alongside Standard Editions on 4K Uhd and Blu-ray courtesy of Second Sight Films.
The film is presented in an impressive new Second Sight Films 4K scan and restoration from the original camera negative, which was supervised...
master Peter Weir… part mystery, part horror, an
impressionist poem to lost innocence’
★★★★★
Empire
‘The first true masterpiece of Australian cinema’
Philip French, The Observer
‘You can see its influences in everything… remains
[Peter Weir’s] most extraordinary work’
Mark Kermode
The internationally acclaimed Australian cinema classic Picnic At Hanging Rock established the now legendary, Peter Weir (The Truman Show, Dead Poets Society) as a major filmmaker and with BAFTA-winning photography and a memorably haunting score, it remains one of the most chillingly atmospheric and beautifully enigmatic films ever made. Now this seminal piece of cinema has received a stunning new Limited Edition 4K Uhd/Blu-ray release alongside Standard Editions on 4K Uhd and Blu-ray courtesy of Second Sight Films.
The film is presented in an impressive new Second Sight Films 4K scan and restoration from the original camera negative, which was supervised...
- 5/11/2023
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
Picnic At Hanging Rock
Here at Eye For Film we deal mostly in what’s new – on the festival circuit, at the box office or on streaming networks – so it’s not often that the opportunity arises to discuss a classic. Very few films in the history of cinema have had the impact of Peter Weir’s 1975 mystery Picnic At Hanging Rock. The story of a disappearance and the effect it has on those who remain, it’s based, of course, on the book by Joan Lindsay, whose inspirations have themselves always been obscure, but may be rooted in real disappearances which took place at the rock around 1900. In the film, Karen Robson played Irma, the only one of the party of four who venture up the rock to be found. In the course of our conversation she raised another mystery – the unknown fate of one of its stars – and shared.
Here at Eye For Film we deal mostly in what’s new – on the festival circuit, at the box office or on streaming networks – so it’s not often that the opportunity arises to discuss a classic. Very few films in the history of cinema have had the impact of Peter Weir’s 1975 mystery Picnic At Hanging Rock. The story of a disappearance and the effect it has on those who remain, it’s based, of course, on the book by Joan Lindsay, whose inspirations have themselves always been obscure, but may be rooted in real disappearances which took place at the rock around 1900. In the film, Karen Robson played Irma, the only one of the party of four who venture up the rock to be found. In the course of our conversation she raised another mystery – the unknown fate of one of its stars – and shared.
- 4/28/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Exclusive: Sean Kleier (Odd Mom Out) is set to star opposite Suraj Sharma (Life Of Pi) and Pallavi Sharda (Tom & Jerry) in the Netflix comedy Wedding Season. He joins the previously announced Rizwan Manji and Ari Afsar, as Deadline first revealed. Written by Shiwani Srivastava and directed by Tom Dey (Shanghai Noon), the film follows two Indian-Americans who pretend to date in order to survive a summer of weddings, but find themselves falling for each other as they struggle to balance who they are with who their parents want them to be. Kleier will play “Nick” who is Priya’s (Ari Afsar) fiancé and the newest family member who tries a little too hard to fit into the Indian culture. Shooting is scheduled to start later this month in Toronto. Swati Shetty is producing for her Samosa Stories banner with Brian Grazer and Ron Howard for Imagine Entertainment, alongside...
- 4/15/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Australians in Film (AiF) has welcomed several new board members as it works to provide professional development opportunities for its members and industry partners during the pandemic.
The recent additions include Toby Borg, head of the global client strategy division at CAA; director Unjoo Moon (I Am Woman); Penny Smallacombe, head of Indigenous, Screen Australia; Bec Smith, partner at UTA; and Richard Weinberg, CEO Terrace Tower Group and a partner in Material Pictures, Iconic Images, 8 Angel (part of the 8Vc group) and KarlinBerg Entertainment.
They join AiF chair Simonne Overend, Eq Media’s vice president of scripted television for the US; deputy chair Emma Cooper, producer of Penguin Bloom; Rob Marsala, talent manager at Atlas Artists; Eden Gaha, CEO of content production company Mother Media Group; and Karen Robson, partner in the US law firm of Pryor Cashman Llp.
Overend says the AiF Board will navigate the organisation to the...
The recent additions include Toby Borg, head of the global client strategy division at CAA; director Unjoo Moon (I Am Woman); Penny Smallacombe, head of Indigenous, Screen Australia; Bec Smith, partner at UTA; and Richard Weinberg, CEO Terrace Tower Group and a partner in Material Pictures, Iconic Images, 8 Angel (part of the 8Vc group) and KarlinBerg Entertainment.
They join AiF chair Simonne Overend, Eq Media’s vice president of scripted television for the US; deputy chair Emma Cooper, producer of Penguin Bloom; Rob Marsala, talent manager at Atlas Artists; Eden Gaha, CEO of content production company Mother Media Group; and Karen Robson, partner in the US law firm of Pryor Cashman Llp.
Overend says the AiF Board will navigate the organisation to the...
- 2/11/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
During the past American Film Market (Afm) 7 &7 Producer;s Sales Services announced they would be the international sales agent for the U.S. romantic comedy Shirin in Love. It was also confirmed that the film will see a U.S. theatrical release on an exclusive basis with AMC in at least 15 major markets at AMC theaters. For its first market screening, the film will be part of the Efm in Berlin this February.
Written and directed by by Ramin Niami the film is set in the affluent Iranian-American Beverly Hills community, and stars Nazanin Boniadi ( Homeland’s new CIA analyst, How I Met Your Mother’s Nora) as Shirin, a quirky twenty-something who, on the eve of her wedding, causes turmoil for her loving family and for her fiancé when an enigmatic handsome outsider opens her eyes to a world very different from the glitz of ‘Tehrangeles.” Riley Smith and Academy Award nominee Amy Madigan co-star with comedians Maz Jobrani and George Wallace rounding out the international cast.
7 & 7’s managing director Maura Ford said: “Shirin in Love is such an appealing movie for the international market. Boasting a lovely leading lady with all the daffy charm of a young Goldie Hawn and a leading man to die for, it affectionately satirizes the Iranian-American community but also carries a very positive message of ‘different but the same’ that will strike a chord internationally not only in the burgeoning Middle Eastern markets but also in an increasingly multicultural Europe.”
Producer Karen Robson also mentioned that the company has produced a superb Farsi dubbed version that will also screen in select Us cities and will be available to foreign distributors
For more information on the film and 7 & 7 visit Here. 7 & 7’s philosophy is that, for an independently financed film, it is in the producer’s and Investors’ best interest to retain control of the only tangible asset, The Film. With the help of 7 & 7 Producers’ Service, the film can be sold globally, licensed directly with all the international distributors, maximizing revenue at the source by allowing the producer to retain control of the equity investment for the life of its exploitation and enjoy first hand success of the film.
Ramin Niami is an Iranian American film director, producer, editor and writer who has worked on over twenty television documentaries -- for BBC, Channel 4 and PBS. Ramin Niami’s first feature film, Somewhere in the City (1997), screened at over 25 international film festivals, was released theatrically in the U.S and shown on HBO/ Cinemax; His second feature Paris (2003), premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and was released by Dej/ Blockbuster and 20th Century Fox Home Video and broadcast on Showtime/ Tmc. In 2013 his award winning blues documentary Babe's and Ricky's Inn (2013) was theatrically released. His new feature film Shirin in Love (2014) which will be co-released by AMC Independent and sold internationally by 7 x 7 Producers Sales Service. The last two films have taken advantage of new technologies and a dysfunctional distribution system in a totally original way.
Written and directed by by Ramin Niami the film is set in the affluent Iranian-American Beverly Hills community, and stars Nazanin Boniadi ( Homeland’s new CIA analyst, How I Met Your Mother’s Nora) as Shirin, a quirky twenty-something who, on the eve of her wedding, causes turmoil for her loving family and for her fiancé when an enigmatic handsome outsider opens her eyes to a world very different from the glitz of ‘Tehrangeles.” Riley Smith and Academy Award nominee Amy Madigan co-star with comedians Maz Jobrani and George Wallace rounding out the international cast.
7 & 7’s managing director Maura Ford said: “Shirin in Love is such an appealing movie for the international market. Boasting a lovely leading lady with all the daffy charm of a young Goldie Hawn and a leading man to die for, it affectionately satirizes the Iranian-American community but also carries a very positive message of ‘different but the same’ that will strike a chord internationally not only in the burgeoning Middle Eastern markets but also in an increasingly multicultural Europe.”
Producer Karen Robson also mentioned that the company has produced a superb Farsi dubbed version that will also screen in select Us cities and will be available to foreign distributors
For more information on the film and 7 & 7 visit Here. 7 & 7’s philosophy is that, for an independently financed film, it is in the producer’s and Investors’ best interest to retain control of the only tangible asset, The Film. With the help of 7 & 7 Producers’ Service, the film can be sold globally, licensed directly with all the international distributors, maximizing revenue at the source by allowing the producer to retain control of the equity investment for the life of its exploitation and enjoy first hand success of the film.
Ramin Niami is an Iranian American film director, producer, editor and writer who has worked on over twenty television documentaries -- for BBC, Channel 4 and PBS. Ramin Niami’s first feature film, Somewhere in the City (1997), screened at over 25 international film festivals, was released theatrically in the U.S and shown on HBO/ Cinemax; His second feature Paris (2003), premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and was released by Dej/ Blockbuster and 20th Century Fox Home Video and broadcast on Showtime/ Tmc. In 2013 his award winning blues documentary Babe's and Ricky's Inn (2013) was theatrically released. His new feature film Shirin in Love (2014) which will be co-released by AMC Independent and sold internationally by 7 x 7 Producers Sales Service. The last two films have taken advantage of new technologies and a dysfunctional distribution system in a totally original way.
- 12/2/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Exclusive: UK sales outfit 7 & 7 Producers’ Sales Service has boarded sales on Us romantic comedy Shirin in Love, written and directed by Ramin Niami.
Set in the affluent Iranian-American community in Beverly Hills, the film stars Nazanin Boniadi as a quirky twenty-something who, on the eve of her wedding, causes turmoil for her family when an enigmatic handsome outsider opens her eyes to a different world.
Amy Madigan co-stars with comedians Maz Jobrani and George Wallace.
Producer Karen Robson said: “Shirin in Love will be widely distributed in Us theatres in early 2014 as a co-release with AMC Independent and we have produced a superb Farsi dubbed version that will also screen in select Us cities and will be available to foreign distributors.”
The film is due to get its first market screening at the Efm in Berlin.
Set in the affluent Iranian-American community in Beverly Hills, the film stars Nazanin Boniadi as a quirky twenty-something who, on the eve of her wedding, causes turmoil for her family when an enigmatic handsome outsider opens her eyes to a different world.
Amy Madigan co-stars with comedians Maz Jobrani and George Wallace.
Producer Karen Robson said: “Shirin in Love will be widely distributed in Us theatres in early 2014 as a co-release with AMC Independent and we have produced a superb Farsi dubbed version that will also screen in select Us cities and will be available to foreign distributors.”
The film is due to get its first market screening at the Efm in Berlin.
- 11/8/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Welcome to the first "meeting" of the RopeofSilicon Movie Club. The film being discussed is Peter Weir's eerie 1979 feature Picnic at Hanging Rock, a film easily described as a mystery and often referred to as a horror. I had hoped to keep my own thoughts to a reasonable length, but the film got the better of me. Feel free to read my thoughts or simply delve into the conversation in the comments below. This is a free for all discussion were thoughts and opinions are allowed to run free... Please do so... Picnic at Hanging Rock is an adaptation of Joan Lindsay's 1967 novel of the same name and is easily summarized, but not explained, by the film's opening text: On Saturday 14th February 1900 a party of schoolgirls from Appleyard College picnicked at Hanging Rock near Mt. Macedon in the state of Victoria. During the afternoon several members of...
- 10/15/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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