Laos-set drama, which is Australia’s submission for the Foreign Language Oscar, beat Gravity to the top prize.
The Rocket, from Australian director Kim Mordaunt, picked up the Audience Award at the 27th Leeds International Film Festival, which ended yesterday.
The film is about a boy who is believed to bring bad luck to everyone around him and leads his family and two new friends through Laos to find a new home. Distributed by Eureka! Entertainment, it debuted at Berlin in February, where it picked up a hat-trick of awards including Best Debut Film, and also won three prizes at Tribeca, including the Audience Award.
The Rocket was voted by Leeds audiences as overall favourite from 139 feature films. The two that were closest in the voting to The Rocket are both music documentaries, Filmage: The Story of Descendents / All and Revenge of the Mekons.
The top ten winners in the LIFF27 Audience Award for Best Film are:...
The Rocket, from Australian director Kim Mordaunt, picked up the Audience Award at the 27th Leeds International Film Festival, which ended yesterday.
The film is about a boy who is believed to bring bad luck to everyone around him and leads his family and two new friends through Laos to find a new home. Distributed by Eureka! Entertainment, it debuted at Berlin in February, where it picked up a hat-trick of awards including Best Debut Film, and also won three prizes at Tribeca, including the Audience Award.
The Rocket was voted by Leeds audiences as overall favourite from 139 feature films. The two that were closest in the voting to The Rocket are both music documentaries, Filmage: The Story of Descendents / All and Revenge of the Mekons.
The top ten winners in the LIFF27 Audience Award for Best Film are:...
- 11/22/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Dominic Brunt is probably best known as Paddy in the ever-popular soap Emmerdale but he is increasingly gaining a reputation as a first-class horror filmmaker, and on the eve of Before Dawn receiving its network TV premiere on the Horror Channel, Brunt reveals how a row with his wife led to the making of the film, news on his next feature Deleted and why he’s always been a massive horror fan…
What inspired you to make Before Dawn?
I have always been a massive horror fan and within the genre, I have always enjoyed a good zombie film the best. I co-run the Leeds Zombie Film Festival each April so this gives me an excellent excuse to watch many more. My wife however, really doesn’t fancy them much at all and always criticised my choice of viewing. She is much more interested in European cinema and in particular,...
What inspired you to make Before Dawn?
I have always been a massive horror fan and within the genre, I have always enjoyed a good zombie film the best. I co-run the Leeds Zombie Film Festival each April so this gives me an excellent excuse to watch many more. My wife however, really doesn’t fancy them much at all and always criticised my choice of viewing. She is much more interested in European cinema and in particular,...
- 11/13/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
On Friday, October 25th, we took a trip to Sheffield, South Yorkshire, to enjoy three days of premier horror programming at the Celluloid Screams film festival. Take a look in here for some of the fear-filled sights and sounds to come from the Sheffield Showroom Workstation this year.
Nestled next to Sheffield Hallam University, the Showroom Workstation cinema offers a haven for local film buffs, students and artists, and also sports one of the most impressively relaxed café bars of any film screening establishment we've been to thus far. Real ale on tap – kudos! Upon walking through the doors and approaching the box office, your attention was immediately drawn to the selection of severed body parts and cobwebs hanging at head height. This also extended to the bar and concessions stand, lending a nice kooky, spooky feeling to the weekend's events.
Pass holders for the festival also received a complimentary goodie bag on arrival,...
Nestled next to Sheffield Hallam University, the Showroom Workstation cinema offers a haven for local film buffs, students and artists, and also sports one of the most impressively relaxed café bars of any film screening establishment we've been to thus far. Real ale on tap – kudos! Upon walking through the doors and approaching the box office, your attention was immediately drawn to the selection of severed body parts and cobwebs hanging at head height. This also extended to the bar and concessions stand, lending a nice kooky, spooky feeling to the weekend's events.
Pass holders for the festival also received a complimentary goodie bag on arrival,...
- 11/6/2013
- by Pestilence
- DreadCentral.com
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