Exclusive: Hugo Weaving is leading Australian streamer Binge’s first original film, How to Make Gravy.
The Lord of the Rings and The Matrix star will lead an ensemble cast alongside side Daniel Henshall in the feature.
Brenton Thwaites (Titans, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales), Damon Herriman (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Mr Inbetween), Kate Mulvany (The Twelve, Hunters) and French actress Agathe Rouselle (Titane) in her debut English-language performance will also star, with more cast members to be announced. The film will also feature cameo performances from Australian musicians, including Adam Briggs and rising rap talent Dallas Woods.
How to Make Gravy is based on Paul Kelly’s iconic Australian song that tells the story of an inmate writing a letter home as his family prepares to celebrate their first Christmas without him. The 1996 song has such a place in Australian hearts that Gravy Day,...
The Lord of the Rings and The Matrix star will lead an ensemble cast alongside side Daniel Henshall in the feature.
Brenton Thwaites (Titans, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales), Damon Herriman (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Mr Inbetween), Kate Mulvany (The Twelve, Hunters) and French actress Agathe Rouselle (Titane) in her debut English-language performance will also star, with more cast members to be announced. The film will also feature cameo performances from Australian musicians, including Adam Briggs and rising rap talent Dallas Woods.
How to Make Gravy is based on Paul Kelly’s iconic Australian song that tells the story of an inmate writing a letter home as his family prepares to celebrate their first Christmas without him. The 1996 song has such a place in Australian hearts that Gravy Day,...
- 10/26/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Warner Bros International Television Production Australia, in partnership with Speech & Drama Pictures, has acquired exclusive international rights to develop holiday-themed ballad “How To Make Gravy” into a Christmas film.
Written by Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly, and originally released in 1996, “How To Make Gravy” tells the story of a prisoner named Joe who writes a letter to his brother Dan about his longing to be with family at Christmas. (Check out the official video below.)
The soulful rock lament has become iconic in Oz and will now see its lyrics and story adapted into a feature. Says Kelly of the characters that feature in the tune, ”Dan and Joe and Rita and Angus and Dolly and all the others have been stuck inside that song so long, I’m glad they’re going to get a chance to live life a different way!”
Michael Brooks, Managing Director of Warner Bros International Television Production Australia,...
Written by Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly, and originally released in 1996, “How To Make Gravy” tells the story of a prisoner named Joe who writes a letter to his brother Dan about his longing to be with family at Christmas. (Check out the official video below.)
The soulful rock lament has become iconic in Oz and will now see its lyrics and story adapted into a feature. Says Kelly of the characters that feature in the tune, ”Dan and Joe and Rita and Angus and Dolly and all the others have been stuck inside that song so long, I’m glad they’re going to get a chance to live life a different way!”
Michael Brooks, Managing Director of Warner Bros International Television Production Australia,...
- 5/5/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Nick Waterman’s The Flame has lit up the 30th annual Flickerfest in Sydney, awarded Best Australian Short Film at the festival’s awards ceremony on Sunday.
Other winners included Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Dev Patel’s Roborovski, which was crowned Best Australian Short Animation, and Naomi Fryer, who won Best Direction in an Australian Short Film for her work on River.
The Flame, which was directed in collaboration with Dayannah Baker Barlow, Tyrese Fernando and Lance Whitton Jr, is about a young boy and girl in a remote town who remember a time before a cold wind first swept across the land; when fire meant something different.
The film was written by Nick Waterman, Megan Washington, Dayannah Baker Barlow, Tyrese Fernando, Paul Spearim, Connie Taylor, and Lance Whitton Jr, and produced by Beyond Empathy.
It was one of four Australian films to be selected for last year’s Berlin International Film Festival.
Other winners included Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Dev Patel’s Roborovski, which was crowned Best Australian Short Animation, and Naomi Fryer, who won Best Direction in an Australian Short Film for her work on River.
The Flame, which was directed in collaboration with Dayannah Baker Barlow, Tyrese Fernando and Lance Whitton Jr, is about a young boy and girl in a remote town who remember a time before a cold wind first swept across the land; when fire meant something different.
The film was written by Nick Waterman, Megan Washington, Dayannah Baker Barlow, Tyrese Fernando, Paul Spearim, Connie Taylor, and Lance Whitton Jr, and produced by Beyond Empathy.
It was one of four Australian films to be selected for last year’s Berlin International Film Festival.
- 1/31/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
"My mum said the smoke would change color when it happened... I often wonded what that would look like..." This short film is a bit more somber and introspective than the usual comedies and horror we feature. After the Smoke is a short film made by Australian filmmaker Nick Waterman, and it's finally available to watch online after first premiering back in 2017 at the Berlin Film Festival and other fests. The short is about a young man who attends a rodeo at a remote outback mining station town – and "bears witness to something he will never forget." Featuring the voice of Sam Reid as the narrator. It was shot in B&w (by cinematographer Velinda Wardell) and has some incredible detail. A comment on Vimeo says it best: "Every image on display here is deeply felt. I look forward to seeing what you show us next." Hopefully more soon. Thanks...
- 4/1/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Richard Roxburgh, Emma Booth and Daisy Axon in ‘H is for Happiness.’
The Australian presence at the Berlin International Film Festival has been bolstered with the selection of the shorts Elders, Grevillea and The Flame in the Generation program.
It will be the world premieres for Jordan Giusti’s Grevillea and Nick Waterman’s short doc The Flame. Tony Briggs’ Elders played at the Melbourne and Sydney Film Festivals and had its first international screening at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in Toronto.
John Sheedy’s debut feature H is for Happiness, which opens in Australian cinemas on February 6, was announced today as the opening film of the Generation KPlus section, its international premiere.
In addition, Australian director Kitty Green’s #MeToo Us drama The Assistant will screen in the Panorma sidebar, which the programmers say is “emblematic of the urgency for political action and civil disobedience.”
The Generation...
The Australian presence at the Berlin International Film Festival has been bolstered with the selection of the shorts Elders, Grevillea and The Flame in the Generation program.
It will be the world premieres for Jordan Giusti’s Grevillea and Nick Waterman’s short doc The Flame. Tony Briggs’ Elders played at the Melbourne and Sydney Film Festivals and had its first international screening at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in Toronto.
John Sheedy’s debut feature H is for Happiness, which opens in Australian cinemas on February 6, was announced today as the opening film of the Generation KPlus section, its international premiere.
In addition, Australian director Kitty Green’s #MeToo Us drama The Assistant will screen in the Panorma sidebar, which the programmers say is “emblematic of the urgency for political action and civil disobedience.”
The Generation...
- 1/22/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The 2020 Berlin Film Festival, the first edition under new artistic director Carlo Chatrian, has unveiled its first wave of titles.
Matteo Garrone’s Pinocchio, starring Roberto Benigni, will have its international premiere at the festival as a Berlinale Special Gala. The team have removed the ‘out of competition’ classification this year and those films will now play as Special Galas. Pinocchio is released theatrically in Italy this weekend and Berlin will mark its festival premiere.
“Garrone succeeds in re-telling the well-known story with his very own world of images. Although he is faithful to Carlo Collodi’s ideas, he has nevertheless created a very personal Pinocchio that is much more cheerful than we’ve experienced before,” commented Carlo Chatrian on the selection.
Also announced today were four films in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino program, which presents debut features. The section will open with Kids Run from Barbara Ott, whose graduation...
Matteo Garrone’s Pinocchio, starring Roberto Benigni, will have its international premiere at the festival as a Berlinale Special Gala. The team have removed the ‘out of competition’ classification this year and those films will now play as Special Galas. Pinocchio is released theatrically in Italy this weekend and Berlin will mark its festival premiere.
“Garrone succeeds in re-telling the well-known story with his very own world of images. Although he is faithful to Carlo Collodi’s ideas, he has nevertheless created a very personal Pinocchio that is much more cheerful than we’ve experienced before,” commented Carlo Chatrian on the selection.
Also announced today were four films in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino program, which presents debut features. The section will open with Kids Run from Barbara Ott, whose graduation...
- 12/17/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
David Hansen's Slingshot is one of the shorts to be featured in the Flickerfest iview collection.
Flickerfest has partnered with ABC iview to launch a collection of some of the best shorts from the festival.s 26 year history. .
.We're excited to be giving audiences around Australia the opportunity to view amazing short films from across the Festival, and Australian film makers a great new platform outside of the festival to share their work with Australian audiences,. said Flickerfest director Bronwyn Kidd.
Included in 25 films in the Flickerfest iview collection are: Vote Yes.directed by Nick Waterman starring Miranda Tapsell,. Damian Walshe-Howling's Suspended.starring Damon Gameau; and Florence Has Left The Building from director Mirrah Foulkes, starring Jacki Weaver.
The 26th Flickerfest will be held January 6 - 15th..
http://iview.abc.net.au/collection/flickerfest-best-of...
Flickerfest has partnered with ABC iview to launch a collection of some of the best shorts from the festival.s 26 year history. .
.We're excited to be giving audiences around Australia the opportunity to view amazing short films from across the Festival, and Australian film makers a great new platform outside of the festival to share their work with Australian audiences,. said Flickerfest director Bronwyn Kidd.
Included in 25 films in the Flickerfest iview collection are: Vote Yes.directed by Nick Waterman starring Miranda Tapsell,. Damian Walshe-Howling's Suspended.starring Damon Gameau; and Florence Has Left The Building from director Mirrah Foulkes, starring Jacki Weaver.
The 26th Flickerfest will be held January 6 - 15th..
http://iview.abc.net.au/collection/flickerfest-best-of...
- 11/2/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
David Hansen's Slingshot is one of the shorts to be featured in the Flickerfest iview collection.
Flickerfest has partnered with ABC iview to launch a collection of some of the best shorts from the festival.s 26 year history. .
.We're excited to be giving audiences around Australia the opportunity to view amazing short films from across the Festival, and Australian film makers a great new platform outside of the festival to share their work with Australian audiences,. said Flickerfest director Bronwyn Kidd.
Included in 25 films in the Flickerfest iview collection are: Vote Yes.directed by Nick Waterman starring Miranda Tapsell,. Damian Walshe-Howling's Suspended.starring Damon Gameau; and Florence Has Left The Building from director Mirrah Foulkes, starring Jacki Weaver.
The 26th Flickerfest will be held January 6 - 15th..
http://iview.abc.net.au/collection/flickerfest-best-of...
Flickerfest has partnered with ABC iview to launch a collection of some of the best shorts from the festival.s 26 year history. .
.We're excited to be giving audiences around Australia the opportunity to view amazing short films from across the Festival, and Australian film makers a great new platform outside of the festival to share their work with Australian audiences,. said Flickerfest director Bronwyn Kidd.
Included in 25 films in the Flickerfest iview collection are: Vote Yes.directed by Nick Waterman starring Miranda Tapsell,. Damian Walshe-Howling's Suspended.starring Damon Gameau; and Florence Has Left The Building from director Mirrah Foulkes, starring Jacki Weaver.
The 26th Flickerfest will be held January 6 - 15th..
http://iview.abc.net.au/collection/flickerfest-best-of...
- 11/2/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
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