Director Baz Luhrmann and actor Austin Butler were among 11 winners for Elvis.
Elvis won 11 awards including best film at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTAs), held over two days (December 5 and 7) in Sydney.
Director Baz Luhrmann and actor Austin Butler were among the Elvis winners, along with cinematographer Mandy Walker – who is reportedly the first woman to win the category at the AACTAs.
Catherine Martin won for costume design and for being part of the production design team. Like actor Chris Hemsworth, she was honoured more generally for her career and her impact on the Australian industry.
Elvis won 11 awards including best film at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTAs), held over two days (December 5 and 7) in Sydney.
Director Baz Luhrmann and actor Austin Butler were among the Elvis winners, along with cinematographer Mandy Walker – who is reportedly the first woman to win the category at the AACTAs.
Catherine Martin won for costume design and for being part of the production design team. Like actor Chris Hemsworth, she was honoured more generally for her career and her impact on the Australian industry.
- 12/7/2022
- by Sandy George
- ScreenDaily
Now on Shudder, Filip Jan Rymsza’s Mosquito State is an interesting piece that uses body horror to tell a story of madness in the face of impending change. It’s a film as frustrating as it is fascinating, because for every solid moment, it has another that comes up a little short. But the moments that work, really work, and the feeling of doom that the story carries with it is undeniably effective.
The film opens as a lone mosquito finds its way into the posh party of a New York financial firm and lands on the neck of the office genius/weirdo, Richard Boca (Beau Knapp). Richard’s specialty is data trends and modeling. He has designed a program to help understand current market changes and predict how they will resolve. He’s the secret weapon that keeps the firm happy and making money. He is also very rigid,...
The film opens as a lone mosquito finds its way into the posh party of a New York financial firm and lands on the neck of the office genius/weirdo, Richard Boca (Beau Knapp). Richard’s specialty is data trends and modeling. He has designed a program to help understand current market changes and predict how they will resolve. He’s the secret weapon that keeps the firm happy and making money. He is also very rigid,...
- 8/30/2021
- by Emily von Seele
- DailyDead
This review of “Mosquito State” was first published in September 2020 after the film’s premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
On the film-festival circuit, Polish-American filmmaker Filip Jan Rymsza is best known for shepherding the unfinished, long-neglected Orson Welles movie “The Other Side of the Wind” to completion in 2018, and for producing two accompanying documentaries, Morgan Neville’s “They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead” and Ryan Suffern’s short “A Final Cut for Orson.”
“The Other Side of the Wind” and “They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead” both premiered two years ago at the Venice International Film Festival, so it makes sense that Rymsza’s debut as a feature director, “Mosquito State,” debuted at that same festival in 2020, alongside another Rymsza-produced Welles project, the documentary “Hopper/Welles.” The creepy, cerebral thriller is bold and weird and wildly unlike anything Welles might have done, though you could probably call it the “Citizen...
On the film-festival circuit, Polish-American filmmaker Filip Jan Rymsza is best known for shepherding the unfinished, long-neglected Orson Welles movie “The Other Side of the Wind” to completion in 2018, and for producing two accompanying documentaries, Morgan Neville’s “They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead” and Ryan Suffern’s short “A Final Cut for Orson.”
“The Other Side of the Wind” and “They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead” both premiered two years ago at the Venice International Film Festival, so it makes sense that Rymsza’s debut as a feature director, “Mosquito State,” debuted at that same festival in 2020, alongside another Rymsza-produced Welles project, the documentary “Hopper/Welles.” The creepy, cerebral thriller is bold and weird and wildly unlike anything Welles might have done, though you could probably call it the “Citizen...
- 8/26/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Jenni Meaney and Trevor Graham in Asti.
I’ve just escaped from Asti, in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, where I’d been filming for 10 days. We fled in the nick of time, with our rushes and gear. But we left something of ourselves behind, bonds of friendship, bound more tightly by the danger of the coronavirus.
The moments of goodbye were awful. Not the usual, abbraccio, a hug and kiss on both cheeks, that is molto Italiano. Just a wave and a smile and a big ‘ciao’ or goodbye. But the smile was so half-hearted. Would this be the last time we would see each other? Would we get out of Italy?
What would be the destiny of our friends and colleagues we were leaving behind – the many families we’ve been working with to make our film, Chef Antonio’s Recipes for Revolution.
Together with cinematographer Jenni Meaney,...
I’ve just escaped from Asti, in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, where I’d been filming for 10 days. We fled in the nick of time, with our rushes and gear. But we left something of ourselves behind, bonds of friendship, bound more tightly by the danger of the coronavirus.
The moments of goodbye were awful. Not the usual, abbraccio, a hug and kiss on both cheeks, that is molto Italiano. Just a wave and a smile and a big ‘ciao’ or goodbye. But the smile was so half-hearted. Would this be the last time we would see each other? Would we get out of Italy?
What would be the destiny of our friends and colleagues we were leaving behind – the many families we’ve been working with to make our film, Chef Antonio’s Recipes for Revolution.
Together with cinematographer Jenni Meaney,...
- 3/15/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Top: Anthony Partos, Brett Aplin and Bryony Marks. Bottom: Caitlin Yeo, David Bridie.
Bryony Marks, Caitlin Yeo, Antony Partos, Brett Aplin and David Bridie have received three nominations each for the upcoming Screen Music Awards, staged by Apra Amcos and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (Agcs).
They are among a group of 40 composers who have been nominated across 12 award categories, spanning more than 36 works. The awards will be held in late November in Melbourne, hosted by Justine Clarke.
Nominated for Best Feature Film Score of the Year is Yeo for Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan, Partos and Dan Luscombe for I Am Mother; Aj True for Jirga and François Tétaz for Judy & Punch.
Yeo is also nominated for Best Television Theme for The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill and also the category of Best Music for an Advertisement, while Partos is nominated...
Bryony Marks, Caitlin Yeo, Antony Partos, Brett Aplin and David Bridie have received three nominations each for the upcoming Screen Music Awards, staged by Apra Amcos and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (Agcs).
They are among a group of 40 composers who have been nominated across 12 award categories, spanning more than 36 works. The awards will be held in late November in Melbourne, hosted by Justine Clarke.
Nominated for Best Feature Film Score of the Year is Yeo for Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan, Partos and Dan Luscombe for I Am Mother; Aj True for Jirga and François Tétaz for Judy & Punch.
Yeo is also nominated for Best Television Theme for The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill and also the category of Best Music for an Advertisement, while Partos is nominated...
- 10/16/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
‘Me & My Left Brain’.
Used to the quick turnaround of theatre production, Alex Lykos purposely crafted comedy Me & My Left Brain, released in cinemas today, as a low budget film that could be financed and produced quickly.
That was in part due to his frustration with the fact it took more than six years for his previous film, Alex & Eve – which he wrote based on his stageplay of the same name – to get to screen.
“The process was so slow, long and filled with so many setbacks. I went away, and thought for me – someone who has Adhd – I need to find a model to tell a story on film that could be a little bit more efficient,” Lykos tells If.
Me & My Left Brain is also based on a Lykos stageplay – ‘The Long Night’; he wrote the screen adaptation, moved into the director’s chair for the first time,...
Used to the quick turnaround of theatre production, Alex Lykos purposely crafted comedy Me & My Left Brain, released in cinemas today, as a low budget film that could be financed and produced quickly.
That was in part due to his frustration with the fact it took more than six years for his previous film, Alex & Eve – which he wrote based on his stageplay of the same name – to get to screen.
“The process was so slow, long and filled with so many setbacks. I went away, and thought for me – someone who has Adhd – I need to find a model to tell a story on film that could be a little bit more efficient,” Lykos tells If.
Me & My Left Brain is also based on a Lykos stageplay – ‘The Long Night’; he wrote the screen adaptation, moved into the director’s chair for the first time,...
- 5/16/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
"I don't subscribe to the modern day transient attitude towards relationships." How dating has changed. Panoramic Pictures has debuted an official trailer for an indie romantic comedy from Australia titled Me & My Left Brain, the second feature film made by filmmaker Alex Lykos (creator of Alex & Eve previously). Described as a "Woody Allen style rom-com", the film imagines the "inner critic" (the "left brain" hence the title) of a middle aged man as another man who constantly confronts him in his daily life. Alex Lykos stars as Arthur, and Malcolm Kennard plays his left brain, with a cast including Chantelle Barry, Natalia Ladyko, Rachael Beck, Simon McLachlan, and Laura Dundovic. This looks somewhat amusing, with a few funny lines, worth a look if you're interested. With an all-jazz score by Cezary Skubiszewski. Have fun. Here's the official Australian trailer (+ poster) for Alex Lykos' Me & My Left Brain, from...
- 4/3/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Caitlin Yeo and Apra Amcos CEO Dean Ormston.
Caitlin Yeo and Matteo Zingales each won two awards at the annual annual Screen Music Awards staged by Apra Amcos and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (Agcs) at the City Recital Hall in Sydney on Monday night.
Yeo won feature film score of the year and best soundtrack album for The Butterfly Tree, Priscilla Cameron’s movie about an ex-burlesque queen (Melissa George) who puts a curse on single dad Al (Ewen Leslie) and his son Fin (Ed Oxenbould).
The president of the Agsc, Yeo previously won feature film score of the year for Kim Mordant’s The Rocket in 2013.
Matteo Zingales was rewarded for his work on Hoodlum Entertainment’s Harrow as best television theme and for his collaboration with Antony Partos on Bunya Productions’ Mystery Road, which was deemed best music for a miniseries or telemovie.
Nerida Tyson-Chew took...
Caitlin Yeo and Matteo Zingales each won two awards at the annual annual Screen Music Awards staged by Apra Amcos and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (Agcs) at the City Recital Hall in Sydney on Monday night.
Yeo won feature film score of the year and best soundtrack album for The Butterfly Tree, Priscilla Cameron’s movie about an ex-burlesque queen (Melissa George) who puts a curse on single dad Al (Ewen Leslie) and his son Fin (Ed Oxenbould).
The president of the Agsc, Yeo previously won feature film score of the year for Kim Mordant’s The Rocket in 2013.
Matteo Zingales was rewarded for his work on Hoodlum Entertainment’s Harrow as best television theme and for his collaboration with Antony Partos on Bunya Productions’ Mystery Road, which was deemed best music for a miniseries or telemovie.
Nerida Tyson-Chew took...
- 11/19/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Matteo Zingales and Antony Partos.
The musical partnership between Matteo Zingales and Antony Partos has served them well, earning them four combined nominations for year’s Screen Music Awards, to be staged jointly by Apra Amcos and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (Agsc) in November.
Together Zingales and Partos are nominated for Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie for Wake in Fright and Mystery Road, and both Feature Film Score of the Year and Best Soundtrack Album for HBO film Fahrenheit 451.
Separately, Zingales received an additional two nominations for Best Television Theme and Best Music for a Television Series for his work Harrow, and Partos is also nominated for Best Music for a Documentary for The Director and The Jedi.
Competing against Zingales and Partos for Best Feature Film Score of the Year are Caitlin Yeo for The Butterfly Tree, Christopher Gordon for Ladies in Black, and Richard Pleasance for Brothers’ Nest.
The musical partnership between Matteo Zingales and Antony Partos has served them well, earning them four combined nominations for year’s Screen Music Awards, to be staged jointly by Apra Amcos and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (Agsc) in November.
Together Zingales and Partos are nominated for Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie for Wake in Fright and Mystery Road, and both Feature Film Score of the Year and Best Soundtrack Album for HBO film Fahrenheit 451.
Separately, Zingales received an additional two nominations for Best Television Theme and Best Music for a Television Series for his work Harrow, and Partos is also nominated for Best Music for a Documentary for The Director and The Jedi.
Competing against Zingales and Partos for Best Feature Film Score of the Year are Caitlin Yeo for The Butterfly Tree, Christopher Gordon for Ladies in Black, and Richard Pleasance for Brothers’ Nest.
- 10/17/2018
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Feature documentary Monsieur Mayonnaise is headed to the Berlin International Film Festival, where it will have its international premiere after debuting locally at Miff last year..
The film will screen in Berlinale.s .Culinary Cinema. section — focused on the relationship between food, culture and politics — on February 15, followed by a dinner by German chef Christian Lohse at the Gropius Mirror restaurant.
Director Trevor Graham's previous doco, Make Hummus Not War,.screened in the Culinary Cinema sidebar in 2013..
Monsieur Mayonnaise follows Australian artist and filmmaker Phillippe Mora as he creates a comic book about his parents. His late father, Georges, was widely known within Melbourne as an art patron and restauranteur, and his mother, Mirka, is a prominent artist..
The film sees Mora travel to La, Berlin and Paris, investigating his family.s secret past, including his father.s role in the French Résistance in WWII and his mother's miraculous escape en-route to Auschwitz.
The film will screen in Berlinale.s .Culinary Cinema. section — focused on the relationship between food, culture and politics — on February 15, followed by a dinner by German chef Christian Lohse at the Gropius Mirror restaurant.
Director Trevor Graham's previous doco, Make Hummus Not War,.screened in the Culinary Cinema sidebar in 2013..
Monsieur Mayonnaise follows Australian artist and filmmaker Phillippe Mora as he creates a comic book about his parents. His late father, Georges, was widely known within Melbourne as an art patron and restauranteur, and his mother, Mirka, is a prominent artist..
The film sees Mora travel to La, Berlin and Paris, investigating his family.s secret past, including his father.s role in the French Résistance in WWII and his mother's miraculous escape en-route to Auschwitz.
- 1/17/2017
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Hacksaw Ridge has picked up four Aacta Awards so far..
The first winners of this year.s Aacta Awards were unveiled yesterday at the Aacta Industry Luncheon.
Some 33 awards were presented during the event, celebrating screen craft excellence across features, television, shorts, and documentary. The remainder of the awards will be announced at the 6th Aacta Awards Ceremony on Wednesday evening.
Hacksaw Ridge picked up the most gongs: four from a possible six, including Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography and Best Sound. Mel Gibson's film is up for another seven awards, to be presented at Wednesday evening's ceremony..
Composer Antony Partos picked up his sixth AFI/Aacta award for his work on Tanna, while Simon Stone took out Best Adapted Screenplay for his debut feature The Daughter..Girl Asleep's Jonathan Oxlade won Best Costume Design.
The Aacta Award for Best Short Animation was presented to Angie Fielder,...
The first winners of this year.s Aacta Awards were unveiled yesterday at the Aacta Industry Luncheon.
Some 33 awards were presented during the event, celebrating screen craft excellence across features, television, shorts, and documentary. The remainder of the awards will be announced at the 6th Aacta Awards Ceremony on Wednesday evening.
Hacksaw Ridge picked up the most gongs: four from a possible six, including Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography and Best Sound. Mel Gibson's film is up for another seven awards, to be presented at Wednesday evening's ceremony..
Composer Antony Partos picked up his sixth AFI/Aacta award for his work on Tanna, while Simon Stone took out Best Adapted Screenplay for his debut feature The Daughter..Girl Asleep's Jonathan Oxlade won Best Costume Design.
The Aacta Award for Best Short Animation was presented to Angie Fielder,...
- 12/6/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
The Dressmaker.
Apra Amcos and the Agsc have unveiled the nominees for this year's Screen Music Awards.
The Dressmaker is out in front, up for Best Feature Film Score of the Year and Best Soundtrack Album, thanks to the work of David Hirschfelder.
Also up for gongs are well-known names such as Cezary Skubiszewski, Antony Partos, David Bridie, Michael Yezerski, and duo Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks.
The most nominated composers are Partos and Yezerski, up for four awards each for work across various productions.
First-time nominees include Darren Seltmann, a former member of the Avalanches, and his singer-songwriter wife Sally. Their song from The Letdown, .Dancing in the Darkness., is up for Best Original Song Composed for the Screen.
Other new faces include Adam Moses, Nicholas Robert Thayer, Tristan Dewey, Helen Grimley and Anthony Egizii.
Winners will be announced November 8 at the City Recital Hall, Sydney. Emmy Award winning...
Apra Amcos and the Agsc have unveiled the nominees for this year's Screen Music Awards.
The Dressmaker is out in front, up for Best Feature Film Score of the Year and Best Soundtrack Album, thanks to the work of David Hirschfelder.
Also up for gongs are well-known names such as Cezary Skubiszewski, Antony Partos, David Bridie, Michael Yezerski, and duo Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks.
The most nominated composers are Partos and Yezerski, up for four awards each for work across various productions.
First-time nominees include Darren Seltmann, a former member of the Avalanches, and his singer-songwriter wife Sally. Their song from The Letdown, .Dancing in the Darkness., is up for Best Original Song Composed for the Screen.
Other new faces include Adam Moses, Nicholas Robert Thayer, Tristan Dewey, Helen Grimley and Anthony Egizii.
Winners will be announced November 8 at the City Recital Hall, Sydney. Emmy Award winning...
- 9/27/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Bryan Brown, John Jarratt, Levi Miller and Jason Isaacs head the cast of Blue Dog, the prequel to Red Dog which is now shooting in the Pilbara. Directed by Kriv Stenders and produced by Nelson Woss, the 1960s- set film scripted by Daniel Taplitz follows events leading up to the discovery of Red Dog on the road to Dampier.
The Wa government is investing $1.25 million in the project through its Royalties for Regions program and Screen Australia and ScreenWest are co-funding. Miller plays Mick, a bright, curious, resourceful kid. When his emotionally disturbed mother can no longer take care of him he is sent against his wishes to live with his grandfather (Brown) on a cattle station in the Pilbara.
The boy is lonely and isolated until he rescues a dog and the two become best friends.
Miller, who made his screen debut in the sci-fi TV series Terra Nova...
The Wa government is investing $1.25 million in the project through its Royalties for Regions program and Screen Australia and ScreenWest are co-funding. Miller plays Mick, a bright, curious, resourceful kid. When his emotionally disturbed mother can no longer take care of him he is sent against his wishes to live with his grandfather (Brown) on a cattle station in the Pilbara.
The boy is lonely and isolated until he rescues a dog and the two become best friends.
Miller, who made his screen debut in the sci-fi TV series Terra Nova...
- 5/18/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The first round of Aacta Award winners have been announced today at the 4th Aacta Award Luncheon held at the Star Event Centre in Sydney.
Celebrating screen craft excellence in Australia, 22 awards were presented, recognising the work of screen practitioners working in television, documentary, short fiction film, short animation and feature film.
The Luncheon was hosted by writer/actor/producer/director Adam Zwar, who was also joined throughout the event by a list of distinguished presenters. including Aacta President Geoffrey Rush, David Stratton, Damian Walshe-Howling, Alexandra Schepisi, Charlotte Best and Diana Glenn.
In the feature film category, Predestination took home the most Awards; with Ben Nott Acs taking out the prize for Best Cinematography, Matt Villa Ase winning the award for Best Editing, and Matthew Putland scooping Best Production Design.
Tess Schofield was honoured with the Aacta Award for Best Costume Design for her work on The Water Diviner while...
Celebrating screen craft excellence in Australia, 22 awards were presented, recognising the work of screen practitioners working in television, documentary, short fiction film, short animation and feature film.
The Luncheon was hosted by writer/actor/producer/director Adam Zwar, who was also joined throughout the event by a list of distinguished presenters. including Aacta President Geoffrey Rush, David Stratton, Damian Walshe-Howling, Alexandra Schepisi, Charlotte Best and Diana Glenn.
In the feature film category, Predestination took home the most Awards; with Ben Nott Acs taking out the prize for Best Cinematography, Matt Villa Ase winning the award for Best Editing, and Matthew Putland scooping Best Production Design.
Tess Schofield was honoured with the Aacta Award for Best Costume Design for her work on The Water Diviner while...
- 1/27/2015
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
Russell Crowe-Directed Movie Up for Australian Film Award; Crowe Shortlisted Only in Acting Category
Director Russell Crowe Movie up for Best Film: Australian Academy Awards 2015 nominations (photo: Actor-director Russell Crowe in 'The Water Diviner') Aacta Awards: Feature Film Categories Best Film The Babadook Kristina Ceyton and Kristian Moliere Charlie's Country Nils Erik Nielsen, Peter Djigirr and Rolf de Heer Predestination Paddy McDonald, Tim McGahan, Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig The Railway Man Chris Brown, Andy Paterson and Bill Curbishley Tracks Emile Sherman and Iain Canning The Water Diviner Andrew Mason, Keith Rodger and Troy Lum Best Director The Babadook Jennifer Kent Charlie's Country Rolf de Heer Predestination Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig The Rover David Michôd Best Actress Kate Box The Little Death Essie Davis The Babadook Sarah Snook Predestination Mia Wasikowska Tracks Best Actor Russell Crowe The Water Diviner David Gulpilil Charlie's Country Damon Herriman The Little Death Guy Pearce The Rover Best Supporting Actor Patrick Brammall The Little Death Yilmaz Erdogan...
- 12/3/2014
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
The Great Gatsby dominated. Aacta.s technical and short films awards today, collecting gongs in all six craft categories for which it was nominated, plus the Aacta award for outstanding achievement in visual effects.
The co-production Top of the Lake bagged two TV trophies while Matchbox Pictures. Nowhere Boys, created by Tony Ayres, was named best children.s TV series.
The TV documentary prize went to Redesign My Brain, which explores the revolutionary new science of brain plasticity, written and directed by Paul Scott and produced by Isabel Perez and Scott for ABC TV.
Writer-director Nick Verso's The Last Time I Saw Richard, produced by John Molloy, was honoured as best short fiction film. Developed and funded through Screen Australia.s Springboard program, the short is a prequel to the upcoming feature film Boys In The Trees, tracing the friendship between two teenagers in a mental health clinic in...
The co-production Top of the Lake bagged two TV trophies while Matchbox Pictures. Nowhere Boys, created by Tony Ayres, was named best children.s TV series.
The TV documentary prize went to Redesign My Brain, which explores the revolutionary new science of brain plasticity, written and directed by Paul Scott and produced by Isabel Perez and Scott for ABC TV.
Writer-director Nick Verso's The Last Time I Saw Richard, produced by John Molloy, was honoured as best short fiction film. Developed and funded through Screen Australia.s Springboard program, the short is a prequel to the upcoming feature film Boys In The Trees, tracing the friendship between two teenagers in a mental health clinic in...
- 1/28/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
This article originally appeared in If Magazine #145 (Feb-March).
Successful soundtracks are few and far between in Australia. Following the success of Baz Luhrmann.s Moulin Rouge (the soundtrack was the highest selling CD on the Aria charts in 2001), the only local soundtrack albums to have made a mark sales-wise have been compilations from TV.s Packed to the Rafters.
.The problem with most local films is that too few people see them to fall in love with and then buy the music,. says Sandcastle Studios chief executive, Chris Cudlipp.
The most notable exception to the rule last year was Red Dog, which grossed $21.3 million during its theatrical run. With a score by composer Cezary Skubiszewski and a collection of 70s rock, the music is often considered one of the stand out aspects of the film.
The result . a collaboration between the film.s producer and music supervisor, Nelson Woss, and director,...
Successful soundtracks are few and far between in Australia. Following the success of Baz Luhrmann.s Moulin Rouge (the soundtrack was the highest selling CD on the Aria charts in 2001), the only local soundtrack albums to have made a mark sales-wise have been compilations from TV.s Packed to the Rafters.
.The problem with most local films is that too few people see them to fall in love with and then buy the music,. says Sandcastle Studios chief executive, Chris Cudlipp.
The most notable exception to the rule last year was Red Dog, which grossed $21.3 million during its theatrical run. With a score by composer Cezary Skubiszewski and a collection of 70s rock, the music is often considered one of the stand out aspects of the film.
The result . a collaboration between the film.s producer and music supervisor, Nelson Woss, and director,...
- 8/17/2012
- by Amanda Diaz
- IF.com.au
The Film Critics Circle of Australia has announced its nominees for its Annual Awards for Australian Film for 2011.
Burning Man scored the most nominations, with a spot in 10 of 11 categories.
The film is director Jonathan Teplitzky’s third film and tells the story of an out-of-control chef who is struggling with a life crisis.
With the second most nominations was dark thriller Snowtown in eight categories.
The Hunter starring The Willem Dafoe and directed by Daniel Nettheim and The Eye of the Storm starring Geoffrey Rush and directed by Fred Schepsis both received seven nods.
Red Dog, the year’s highest grossing Australian film for 2011, received only three nominations, including best direction for Kriv Stenders while Oranges and Sunshine, directed by Jim Loach received four.
Ivan Sen’s Toomelah and Julia Leigh’s debut Sleeping Beauty both received one nomination for actors Daniel Connors and Emily Browning respectively.
Animal Kingdom...
Burning Man scored the most nominations, with a spot in 10 of 11 categories.
The film is director Jonathan Teplitzky’s third film and tells the story of an out-of-control chef who is struggling with a life crisis.
With the second most nominations was dark thriller Snowtown in eight categories.
The Hunter starring The Willem Dafoe and directed by Daniel Nettheim and The Eye of the Storm starring Geoffrey Rush and directed by Fred Schepsis both received seven nods.
Red Dog, the year’s highest grossing Australian film for 2011, received only three nominations, including best direction for Kriv Stenders while Oranges and Sunshine, directed by Jim Loach received four.
Ivan Sen’s Toomelah and Julia Leigh’s debut Sleeping Beauty both received one nomination for actors Daniel Connors and Emily Browning respectively.
Animal Kingdom...
- 4/3/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
One of Australia's most popular local films, Red Dog, could be reinvented as a stage show, a documentary and a TV show.
The film's producer, Nelson Woss, told local media that he was in talks with a well-known producer to bring the story about the Pilbara region's famous kelpie to the stage, featuring music from the film's soundtrack.
"What's quite nice about Red Dog now is that it's expanding into other areas," Woss told Perth's The Sunday Times.
If the film makes it to the stage, it would follow in the footsteps of another popular Australian film, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, which was first adapted for the stage in 2006 in Sydney before heading to London in 2009 and New York in 2010-11.
Red Dog grossed $21.3 million last year, making it the eighth biggest local film of all time. Just two weeks after its release on DVD, it...
The film's producer, Nelson Woss, told local media that he was in talks with a well-known producer to bring the story about the Pilbara region's famous kelpie to the stage, featuring music from the film's soundtrack.
"What's quite nice about Red Dog now is that it's expanding into other areas," Woss told Perth's The Sunday Times.
If the film makes it to the stage, it would follow in the footsteps of another popular Australian film, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, which was first adapted for the stage in 2006 in Sydney before heading to London in 2009 and New York in 2010-11.
Red Dog grossed $21.3 million last year, making it the eighth biggest local film of all time. Just two weeks after its release on DVD, it...
- 3/19/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
The Hunter has lead the Aacta Awards with 14 nominations including best film.
The film, by Daniel Nettheim, is also up for best direction, adapted screenplay, cinematography, sound, production design, costume, original music score, and visual effects. Meanwhile, Willem Dafoe, Frances O’Connor, Sam Neill and Morgana Davies are all up for acting awards.
The film has currently made just over $1m at the local box office.
It’s the first year for the re-launched AACTAs, formerly the AFI awards.
The technical awards will be given out at a luncheon on 15 January at the Sydney Opera House, with an evening ceremony for the more ‘public-friendly’ awards held at the Opera House on 31 January.
Running against The Hunter for best film is Red Dog, Mad Bastards, The Eye of the Storm, Snowtown and Oranges and Sunshine.
The Eye of the Storm, was second in the nominations race with 12, of which six are...
The film, by Daniel Nettheim, is also up for best direction, adapted screenplay, cinematography, sound, production design, costume, original music score, and visual effects. Meanwhile, Willem Dafoe, Frances O’Connor, Sam Neill and Morgana Davies are all up for acting awards.
The film has currently made just over $1m at the local box office.
It’s the first year for the re-launched AACTAs, formerly the AFI awards.
The technical awards will be given out at a luncheon on 15 January at the Sydney Opera House, with an evening ceremony for the more ‘public-friendly’ awards held at the Opera House on 31 January.
Running against The Hunter for best film is Red Dog, Mad Bastards, The Eye of the Storm, Snowtown and Oranges and Sunshine.
The Eye of the Storm, was second in the nominations race with 12, of which six are...
- 11/30/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Family film Red Dog solidified its position as this year.s biggest Australian film by cleaning up at last night.s Jameson If Awards Sydney. The film, which has made more than $21 million at the box office since opening in early-August, netted seven awards including Best Feature Film, Best Direction (Kriv Stenders) and Best Cinematography (Geoff Hall). It also won the Best Actor (Josh Lucas), Best Script (Daniel Taplitz) and Best Music (Cezary Skubiszewski) categories and of course, the Best Box Office Achievement. The flick only lost in two categories that it was nominated in (Best Editing and Best Production Design). Other big winners on the wet night in Sydney included Emily Watson, for her stunning portrayal of social worker Margaret Humphreys in Australian/UK...
- 11/16/2011
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
Best director Stenders
Australian box office hit Red Dog dominated tonight’s If Awards picking up seven trophies, including the major categories of best feature, best director for Kriv Stenders and best actor for Josh Lucas.
The winners:
Best Feature Film
Red Dog
Director: Kriv Stenders
Best Direction
Red Dog
Kriv Stenders
Producer: Nelson Woss & Julie Ryan
Best Actor
Josh Lucas
Red Dog
Best Actress
Emily Watson Oranges and Sunshine
Best Script
Red Dog
Daniel Taplitz
Best Cinematography
Red Dog
Geoff Hall
Best Box Office Achievement
Red Dog
Best Music
Red Dog
Cezary Skubiszewski
Best Music Video
Magic by Olivia Newton-John and Wacci
Director: Dan Murphy
Producer: Wacci
Best Short Documentary
Umoja: No Men Allowed
Director: Elizabeth Tadic
Producer: Elizabeth Tadic & Selene Alcock
Best Sound
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole
Wayne Pashley, Polly McKimm, Derryn Pasquill, Fabian Sanjurjo
Best Short Film
Whenthe Wind Changes
Director: Alethea Jones...
Australian box office hit Red Dog dominated tonight’s If Awards picking up seven trophies, including the major categories of best feature, best director for Kriv Stenders and best actor for Josh Lucas.
The winners:
Best Feature Film
Red Dog
Director: Kriv Stenders
Best Direction
Red Dog
Kriv Stenders
Producer: Nelson Woss & Julie Ryan
Best Actor
Josh Lucas
Red Dog
Best Actress
Emily Watson Oranges and Sunshine
Best Script
Red Dog
Daniel Taplitz
Best Cinematography
Red Dog
Geoff Hall
Best Box Office Achievement
Red Dog
Best Music
Red Dog
Cezary Skubiszewski
Best Music Video
Magic by Olivia Newton-John and Wacci
Director: Dan Murphy
Producer: Wacci
Best Short Documentary
Umoja: No Men Allowed
Director: Elizabeth Tadic
Producer: Elizabeth Tadic & Selene Alcock
Best Sound
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole
Wayne Pashley, Polly McKimm, Derryn Pasquill, Fabian Sanjurjo
Best Short Film
Whenthe Wind Changes
Director: Alethea Jones...
- 11/16/2011
- by Tim Burrowes
- Encore Magazine
Red Dog, Oranges and Sunshine, Face to Face and The Eye of the Storm have received nominations for Best Feature Film at this year’s If Awards.
Red Dog won the most nominations, appearing in nine categories, with Oranges and Sunshine nominated in eight and Face to Face in six categories.
Nominated in the Best Direction category is Michael Rymer for Face to Face, Kriv Stenders for Red Dog and Justin Kurzel for Snowtown while Best Script nominees are Michael Rymer for Face to Face, Rona Munro for Oranges and Sunshine and Daniel Taplitz for Red Dog.
Best Documentary nominees are Mrs Carey’s Concert directed by Bob Connolly, I Am Eleven directed by Genevieve Bailey and Orchids: My Intersex Adventure directed by Phoebe Hart.
With its strong ensemble cast the Face to Face actors are up against David Wenham for Oranges and Sunshine, Josh Lucas for Red Dog and...
Red Dog won the most nominations, appearing in nine categories, with Oranges and Sunshine nominated in eight and Face to Face in six categories.
Nominated in the Best Direction category is Michael Rymer for Face to Face, Kriv Stenders for Red Dog and Justin Kurzel for Snowtown while Best Script nominees are Michael Rymer for Face to Face, Rona Munro for Oranges and Sunshine and Daniel Taplitz for Red Dog.
Best Documentary nominees are Mrs Carey’s Concert directed by Bob Connolly, I Am Eleven directed by Genevieve Bailey and Orchids: My Intersex Adventure directed by Phoebe Hart.
With its strong ensemble cast the Face to Face actors are up against David Wenham for Oranges and Sunshine, Josh Lucas for Red Dog and...
- 10/11/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Animal Kingdom, Beneath Hill 60, and the other winners of the 2011 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards have been announced. The Film Critics Circle of Australia (Fcaa) “is a group of cinema critics that judge Australian films.” The awards were handed out on March 13, 2011 at the “North Sydney Leagues Club at Cammeray in Sydney. ABC Local Radio’s Rod Quinn hosted the event.” The full listing of the 2011 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards winners is below.
Best Film
Animal Kingdom, Producer Liz Watts
Best Director
David Michôd, Animal Kingdom
Best Actor – Leading Role
Ben Mendelsohn, Animal Kingdom
Best Actress – Leading Role
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom.
Lily Bell-Tindley, Lou – Special Mention
Best Actress – Supporting Role
Essie Davis, South Solitary
Morgana Davies, The Tree – Special Mention
Best Actor – Supporting Role
Joel Edgerton, Animal Kingdom
Best Screenplay – Original
David Michôd, Animal Kingdom
Best Screenplay – Adapted Screenplay
David Roach, Beneath Hill 60
Best Cinematography
Denson Baker,...
Best Film
Animal Kingdom, Producer Liz Watts
Best Director
David Michôd, Animal Kingdom
Best Actor – Leading Role
Ben Mendelsohn, Animal Kingdom
Best Actress – Leading Role
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom.
Lily Bell-Tindley, Lou – Special Mention
Best Actress – Supporting Role
Essie Davis, South Solitary
Morgana Davies, The Tree – Special Mention
Best Actor – Supporting Role
Joel Edgerton, Animal Kingdom
Best Screenplay – Original
David Michôd, Animal Kingdom
Best Screenplay – Adapted Screenplay
David Roach, Beneath Hill 60
Best Cinematography
Denson Baker,...
- 3/15/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
The Film Critics Circle of Australia has named Animal Kingdom the Best Film of 2010, taking 5 awards including best director, actor, actress, supporting actor and original screenplay.
Beneath Hill 60 took two awards, and South Solitary and The Waiting City took won one each.
These are the winners:
Best Film: Animal Kingdom Best Director: David Michod, Animal Kingdom Best Actor: Ben Mendelsohn, Animal Kingdom Best Actress: Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom Best Supporting Actress: Essie Davies, South Solitary Best Supporting Actor: Joel Edgerton, Animal Kingdom Best Original Screenplay: David Michod, Animal Kingdom Best Adapted Screenplay: David Roach, Beneath Hill 60 Best Cinematography: Denson Baker, The Waiting City Best Editor: Dany Cooper, Beneath Hill 60 Best Music Score: Cezary Skubiszewski, Bran Nue Dae – also SpecialAcknowledgement Award for his continued contribution to Australian cinema. Best Foreign Film – English language: The Social Network Best Foreign Language Film: The White Ribbon Special Mention: Lily Bell-Tindley (Lou...
Beneath Hill 60 took two awards, and South Solitary and The Waiting City took won one each.
These are the winners:
Best Film: Animal Kingdom Best Director: David Michod, Animal Kingdom Best Actor: Ben Mendelsohn, Animal Kingdom Best Actress: Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom Best Supporting Actress: Essie Davies, South Solitary Best Supporting Actor: Joel Edgerton, Animal Kingdom Best Original Screenplay: David Michod, Animal Kingdom Best Adapted Screenplay: David Roach, Beneath Hill 60 Best Cinematography: Denson Baker, The Waiting City Best Editor: Dany Cooper, Beneath Hill 60 Best Music Score: Cezary Skubiszewski, Bran Nue Dae – also SpecialAcknowledgement Award for his continued contribution to Australian cinema. Best Foreign Film – English language: The Social Network Best Foreign Language Film: The White Ribbon Special Mention: Lily Bell-Tindley (Lou...
- 3/14/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
The Film Critics Circle of Australia has announced the nominees for its 2010 Awards, and Animal Kingdom leads the pack with 10 nominations.
Beneath Hill 60 and The Waiting City follow behind with eight nominations each; Tomorrow, When the War Began has five, and Bran Nue Dae and South Solitary have four each.
It’s the first awards ceremony to recognise the previosly ignored Lou and The Waiting City as two of the best films of the year in the main categories; it’s also the first official recognition for South Solitary, which its producers did not even submit for consideration at last December’s AFI Awards.
The ceremony will be held on March 13 at the North Sydney Leagues Club in Cammeray.
The nominees are:
• Best Film
Animal Kingdom Producer: Liz Watts
Beneath Hill 60 Producer: Bill Leimbach
Bran Nue Dae Producers: Robyn Kershaw, Graeme Isaac
Tomorrow When The War Began Producers: Andrew Mason,...
Beneath Hill 60 and The Waiting City follow behind with eight nominations each; Tomorrow, When the War Began has five, and Bran Nue Dae and South Solitary have four each.
It’s the first awards ceremony to recognise the previosly ignored Lou and The Waiting City as two of the best films of the year in the main categories; it’s also the first official recognition for South Solitary, which its producers did not even submit for consideration at last December’s AFI Awards.
The ceremony will be held on March 13 at the North Sydney Leagues Club in Cammeray.
The nominees are:
• Best Film
Animal Kingdom Producer: Liz Watts
Beneath Hill 60 Producer: Bill Leimbach
Bran Nue Dae Producers: Robyn Kershaw, Graeme Isaac
Tomorrow When The War Began Producers: Andrew Mason,...
- 2/8/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Remember that one year (2001) when the list-happy AFI (American Film Institute) decided to compete with the Globes and the Oscars in year end prizes? No, that didn't last long. But there's another AFI, The Australian Film Institute, that has been around for a long time and is in no such danger of being a one-off. This year, they're all about the amazing family crime drama Animal Kingdom which they awarded with a record breaking 18 nominations. Sure, the film is in danger of being way overhyped for people who are coming to it late (which is just about everyone given the sorry state of international distribution for dramas of virtually any kind) but for those who can slough off the "omg" raves, I guarantee you'll think it at least an insinuating and well executed crime drama.
AFI Favorites with multiple nominations
Its main competition for the coveted prizes, if you go by nomination counts,...
AFI Favorites with multiple nominations
Its main competition for the coveted prizes, if you go by nomination counts,...
- 10/29/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Animal Kingdom received 18 nominations for this year’s Australian Film Institute Awards, followed by Beneath Hill 60 (12), Bright Star (11), Tomorrow, When the War Began (8), The Tree, Bran Nue Dae (7 each) and The Boys Are Back (4)
The Best Film category will see Animal Kingdom competing against Beneath Hill 60, Bright Star, Bran Nue Dae, The Tree and Tomorrow, When the War Began.
Australia’s top rated drama productions – Packed to the Rafters and Underbellly: The Golden Mile – were both absent from the main Television categories (except for Underbelly‘s two acting nods).
The winners will be revealed on December 10 (Industry Awards) and 11 (main Awards Ceremony) in Melbourne.
This is the full list of nominees:
AFI Members’ Choice Award
Animal Kingdom. Liz Watts. Beneath Hill 60. Bill Leimbach. Bran Nue Dae. Robyn Kershaw, Graeme Isaac. Bright Star. Jan Chapman, Caroline Hewitt. The Boys Are Back. Greg Brenman, Tim White. Tomorrow When The War Began.
The Best Film category will see Animal Kingdom competing against Beneath Hill 60, Bright Star, Bran Nue Dae, The Tree and Tomorrow, When the War Began.
Australia’s top rated drama productions – Packed to the Rafters and Underbellly: The Golden Mile – were both absent from the main Television categories (except for Underbelly‘s two acting nods).
The winners will be revealed on December 10 (Industry Awards) and 11 (main Awards Ceremony) in Melbourne.
This is the full list of nominees:
AFI Members’ Choice Award
Animal Kingdom. Liz Watts. Beneath Hill 60. Bill Leimbach. Bran Nue Dae. Robyn Kershaw, Graeme Isaac. Bright Star. Jan Chapman, Caroline Hewitt. The Boys Are Back. Greg Brenman, Tim White. Tomorrow When The War Began.
- 10/27/2010
- 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
Cezary Skubiszewski: composer, conductor, musician. Most people wouldn't recognise the name, but if you saw him walking down the street in a tux you are almost guaranteed to recognise the face, especially if he happened to have an ice cold Vb in hand. Yes, this great Australian composer was the conductor for the Vb Stubby Orchestra. Thankfully though, that won't be his only entry in the history books. Cezary is responsible for scoring some of Australia's most memorable films - Two Hands, Book of Revelation, Bootmen, The Wog Boy - not to mention television series such as the touching mini-series After the Deluge.
- 2/3/2009
- FilmInk.com.au
I don't believe I have ever reported the nominees for the International Film Music Critics Association before, but in the spirit of covering more award season news than is probably necessary I figured, "What the hell?" The nominees listed below make up the fifth annual International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Excellence with Wall-e receiving the most nominations including Film Score of the Year, Best Score for an Animated Film, Best Film Composition (for "Define Dancing") and Composer of the Year for Thomas Newman. The other big nominee is Danny Elfman who received the most individual nominations this year with seven: Composer of the Year; Film Score of the Year and Best Documentary Score for Standard Operating Procedure; Best Drama Score for Milk; Best Action/Adventure Score and Best Individual Cue for Wanted ("Success Montage"); and Best Fantasy/Science Fiction Score for Hellboy II: The Golden Army. The International...
- 1/17/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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