Foe, a complicated love story set in the near future amid burned out farmland, intertwines AI and climate catastrophe with the challenges of keeping a marriage together — all elements director Garth Davis (Lion) said pulled him to the story.
“There are so many reasons why I was compelled to make this film, and why the actors were drawn to it. Within its layers lies something simple and urgent, something I reflect on in my daily life. The need to honor what is precious within us and around us, to align with our inner nature as we propel into an exciting and uncertain future,” he said as Foe had its world premiere Saturday night at the New York Film Festival.
Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal star as Hen and Junior, who live on an impoverished farm that’s been in Junior’s family for generations but is now nothing but dirt...
“There are so many reasons why I was compelled to make this film, and why the actors were drawn to it. Within its layers lies something simple and urgent, something I reflect on in my daily life. The need to honor what is precious within us and around us, to align with our inner nature as we propel into an exciting and uncertain future,” he said as Foe had its world premiere Saturday night at the New York Film Festival.
Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal star as Hen and Junior, who live on an impoverished farm that’s been in Junior’s family for generations but is now nothing but dirt...
- 10/1/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Last week, it was announced that Foe, a sci-fi thriller starring Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird), Paul Mescal (Normal People), and Aaron Pierre (The Underground Railroad), is set to receive a theatrical release on October 6th. Now, with that date just over a month away, a trailer for Foe has arrived online and can be seen in the embed above.
Garth Davis (Lion) directed Foe from a screenplay he wrote with author Iain Reid, based on Reid’s novel of the same name. (You can pick up a copy of Foe at This Link.) This is the second film adaptation of a Reid novel, following Charlie Kaufman’s version of I’m Thinking of Ending Things, which was released through the Netflix streaming service in 2020.
This “taut, sensual, psychological mind-bender” is set in the near future, where corporate power and environmental decay are ravaging the planet. Junior and Hen are a young...
Garth Davis (Lion) directed Foe from a screenplay he wrote with author Iain Reid, based on Reid’s novel of the same name. (You can pick up a copy of Foe at This Link.) This is the second film adaptation of a Reid novel, following Charlie Kaufman’s version of I’m Thinking of Ending Things, which was released through the Netflix streaming service in 2020.
This “taut, sensual, psychological mind-bender” is set in the near future, where corporate power and environmental decay are ravaging the planet. Junior and Hen are a young...
- 8/24/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Iain Reid’s bestselling sci-fi thriller Foe springs to life with four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan, Oscar nominee Paul Mescal (Aftersun), and Aaron Pierre (Brother) in starring roles. And if you haven’t read Reid’s novel, it’s guaranteed the trailer will take you by surprise with the reveal of an unusual twist.
Novelist Reid and Garth Davis adapted Foe, with Garth Davis (six-time Oscar nominated Lion) directing. Davis, Kerry Kohansky-Roberts, Emile Sherman, and Iain Canning produced, and Reid, Dawn Olmstead, David Levine, Robert Walak, and Samantha Lang executive produced.
Amazon Studios will release Foe in U.S. theaters on October 6, 2023.
The Plot, Courtesy of Amazon Studios:
Academy Award nominees Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal star in Foe, a haunting exploration of marriage and identity set in an uncertain world. Hen and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior’s family for generations, but...
Novelist Reid and Garth Davis adapted Foe, with Garth Davis (six-time Oscar nominated Lion) directing. Davis, Kerry Kohansky-Roberts, Emile Sherman, and Iain Canning produced, and Reid, Dawn Olmstead, David Levine, Robert Walak, and Samantha Lang executive produced.
Amazon Studios will release Foe in U.S. theaters on October 6, 2023.
The Plot, Courtesy of Amazon Studios:
Academy Award nominees Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal star in Foe, a haunting exploration of marriage and identity set in an uncertain world. Hen and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior’s family for generations, but...
- 8/24/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Oscar-nominated actor Paul Mescal’s hot streak continues this fall with “Foe,” a new sci-fi film in which he co-stars opposite Saoirse Ronan as one half of a somewhat unhappily married couple who gets the chance to leave his life behind and live in space.
Based on the book of the same name by author Iain Reid, “Foe” is set in the year 2065 and follows a pair of farmers who live on a secluded piece of land. When a stranger (played by Aaron Pierre) shows up on their doorstep with a startling proposal, their life – and marriage – is thrown into chaos. Mescal’s character is offered the chance to live among the stars, but his wife is not. Instead, he’ll leave behind a robot clone of himself to keep his wife company.
The plot is strikingly similar to the “Black Mirror” episode “Beyond the Sea.” Reid’s book was published back in 2018.
Garth Davis,...
Based on the book of the same name by author Iain Reid, “Foe” is set in the year 2065 and follows a pair of farmers who live on a secluded piece of land. When a stranger (played by Aaron Pierre) shows up on their doorstep with a startling proposal, their life – and marriage – is thrown into chaos. Mescal’s character is offered the chance to live among the stars, but his wife is not. Instead, he’ll leave behind a robot clone of himself to keep his wife company.
The plot is strikingly similar to the “Black Mirror” episode “Beyond the Sea.” Reid’s book was published back in 2018.
Garth Davis,...
- 8/24/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
The couple at the center of apocalyptic thriller Foe, based on best-selling author Iain Reid’s (I’m Thinking of Ending Things) novel, have far more than the usual relationship woes to navigate. Amazon Studios debuted a new trailer for their sci-fi thriller that adds apocalyptic dread to marital woes.
Look for Foe to arrive in US theaters on October 6, 2023.
Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, and Aaron Pierre star in the twisty apocalyptic marital thriller. The first look image above previews Ronan and Mescal as the central married couple.
The film is described as “a haunting exploration of marriage and identity set in an uncertain world. Hen and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior’s family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger (Pierre) shows up at their door with a startling proposal.”
Directed by Garth Davis, and co-written by Davis and Reid,...
Look for Foe to arrive in US theaters on October 6, 2023.
Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, and Aaron Pierre star in the twisty apocalyptic marital thriller. The first look image above previews Ronan and Mescal as the central married couple.
The film is described as “a haunting exploration of marriage and identity set in an uncertain world. Hen and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior’s family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger (Pierre) shows up at their door with a startling proposal.”
Directed by Garth Davis, and co-written by Davis and Reid,...
- 8/24/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal embark on a journey to discover who is friend or foe in the trailer for Amazon Studios’ Foe, based on Iain Reid’s novel of the same name.
Ronan’s Hen and Mescal’s Junior are alone on their farm in 2065 when an uninvited stranger (Aaron Pierre) shows up at their door with the proposal of a lifetime for Junior: to pilot a space program and leave his wife behind to be looked over by an artificial version of him.
“I need to have an intimate understanding of your marriage, the good and the bad,” Pierre tells Mescal’s character. “I promise it’s confidential. It’s between you and me.”
The two-minute look at the film explores their lives and shows Hen’s desire for something greater than life on a desolate farm, while Junior wonders if he truly knows his wife.
“You wanna live mundane lives?...
Ronan’s Hen and Mescal’s Junior are alone on their farm in 2065 when an uninvited stranger (Aaron Pierre) shows up at their door with the proposal of a lifetime for Junior: to pilot a space program and leave his wife behind to be looked over by an artificial version of him.
“I need to have an intimate understanding of your marriage, the good and the bad,” Pierre tells Mescal’s character. “I promise it’s confidential. It’s between you and me.”
The two-minute look at the film explores their lives and shows Hen’s desire for something greater than life on a desolate farm, while Junior wonders if he truly knows his wife.
“You wanna live mundane lives?...
- 8/24/2023
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Vanity Fair has unveiled the first batch of images from the upcoming sci-fi thriller Foe – and while doing so, also revealed that the film is set to receive a theatrical release on October 6th! The images can be found at the bottom of this article and feature characters played by Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird), Paul Mescal (Normal People), and Aaron Pierre (The Underground Railroad).
Garth Davis (Lion) directed Foe from a screenplay he wrote with author Iain Reid, based on Reid’s novel of the same name. (You can pick up a copy of Foe at This Link.) This is the second film adaptation of a Reid novel, following Charlie Kaufman’s version of I’m Thinking of Ending Things, which was released through the Netflix streaming service in 2020.
This “taut, sensual, psychological mind-bender” is set in the near future, where corporate power and environmental decay are ravaging the planet. Junior...
Garth Davis (Lion) directed Foe from a screenplay he wrote with author Iain Reid, based on Reid’s novel of the same name. (You can pick up a copy of Foe at This Link.) This is the second film adaptation of a Reid novel, following Charlie Kaufman’s version of I’m Thinking of Ending Things, which was released through the Netflix streaming service in 2020.
This “taut, sensual, psychological mind-bender” is set in the near future, where corporate power and environmental decay are ravaging the planet. Junior...
- 8/17/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Expect a twisty, apocalyptic mindbender upcoming apocalyptic thriller Foe, based on best-selling author Iain Reid’s (I’m Thinking of Ending Things) novel. Today, Amazon Studios announced a Halloween season release for the adaptation.
Look for Foe to arrive in US theaters on October 6, 2023.
Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, and Aaron Pierre star in the twisty apocalyptic marital thriller. The first look image above previews Ronan and Mescal as the central married couple.
The film is described as “a haunting exploration of marriage and identity set in an uncertain world. Hen and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior’s family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger (Pierre) shows up at their door with a startling proposal.”
Directed by Garth Davis, and co-written by Davis and Reid, “Foe’s mesmerizing imagery and persistent questions about the nature of humanity...
Look for Foe to arrive in US theaters on October 6, 2023.
Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, and Aaron Pierre star in the twisty apocalyptic marital thriller. The first look image above previews Ronan and Mescal as the central married couple.
The film is described as “a haunting exploration of marriage and identity set in an uncertain world. Hen and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior’s family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger (Pierre) shows up at their door with a startling proposal.”
Directed by Garth Davis, and co-written by Davis and Reid, “Foe’s mesmerizing imagery and persistent questions about the nature of humanity...
- 8/17/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
As distributors and exhibition worries about major release date changes due to the ongoing strikes, good news continues to pop up with the dating of awards season adult titles, the latest being the Amazon movie Foe from Lion filmmaker Garth Davis on Oct. 6.
You’ll remember that Sony vacated that weekend recently by moving their Marvel title, Kraven the Hunter, off of it to Aug. 30, 2024.
Based on the Ian Reid novel, with a screenplay by Reid and Davis, Oscar nominees Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal star in what is a haunting exploration of marriage and identity set in an uncertain world. Hen and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior’s family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger (Aaron Pierre) shows up at their door with a startling proposal. The pic dotes on the persistent questions about...
You’ll remember that Sony vacated that weekend recently by moving their Marvel title, Kraven the Hunter, off of it to Aug. 30, 2024.
Based on the Ian Reid novel, with a screenplay by Reid and Davis, Oscar nominees Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal star in what is a haunting exploration of marriage and identity set in an uncertain world. Hen and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior’s family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger (Aaron Pierre) shows up at their door with a startling proposal. The pic dotes on the persistent questions about...
- 8/15/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon Studios has officially started production on “Foe,” a sci-fi thriller package it acquired out of the Cannes Film Festival.
Led by Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal and Aaron Pierre, the story comes from director and co-writer Garth Davis. Davis and Iain Reid adapt the latter’s best-selling 2018 novel. Shooting is underway in Victoria, Australia.
Set in the near future when corporate power and environmental decay are ravaging the planet, “Foe” tells the story of Hen and Junior, a young married couple living a solitary life on their isolated farm. One night, a knock on the door from a stranger named Terrance changes everything: Junior has been randomly selected to travel to a large, experimental space station orbiting Earth.
Producers include Kerry Kohansky-Roberts on behalf of AC Studios, Davis for I Am That and Emile Sherman and Iain Canning for See-Saw Films. Executive producers include Reid and I Am That’s Samantha Lang.
Led by Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal and Aaron Pierre, the story comes from director and co-writer Garth Davis. Davis and Iain Reid adapt the latter’s best-selling 2018 novel. Shooting is underway in Victoria, Australia.
Set in the near future when corporate power and environmental decay are ravaging the planet, “Foe” tells the story of Hen and Junior, a young married couple living a solitary life on their isolated farm. One night, a knock on the door from a stranger named Terrance changes everything: Junior has been randomly selected to travel to a large, experimental space station orbiting Earth.
Producers include Kerry Kohansky-Roberts on behalf of AC Studios, Davis for I Am That and Emile Sherman and Iain Canning for See-Saw Films. Executive producers include Reid and I Am That’s Samantha Lang.
- 2/3/2022
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Amazon Studios has completed its worldwide acquisition of Garth Davis sci-fi thriller Foe in a deal we understand to be north of $30M.
The package was one of the hot titles at the Cannes market this year and we had already broken news that Amazon was in exclusive negotiations with sellers FilmNation, CAA and UTA.
Four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan (Little Women) and Normal People star Paul Mescal were already set to star. We can reveal today that fast-rising Brit actor Aaron Pierre is replacing Lakeith Stanfield on the movie.
The Underground Railroad and Old actor Pierre is on a roll having recently been set for the Lion King prequel and as the lead role in Netflix’s Rebel Ridge in place of John Boyega who exited the movie this summer during production. That project is due to get back up underway in spring next year.
Foe is set...
The package was one of the hot titles at the Cannes market this year and we had already broken news that Amazon was in exclusive negotiations with sellers FilmNation, CAA and UTA.
Four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan (Little Women) and Normal People star Paul Mescal were already set to star. We can reveal today that fast-rising Brit actor Aaron Pierre is replacing Lakeith Stanfield on the movie.
The Underground Railroad and Old actor Pierre is on a roll having recently been set for the Lion King prequel and as the lead role in Netflix’s Rebel Ridge in place of John Boyega who exited the movie this summer during production. That project is due to get back up underway in spring next year.
Foe is set...
- 10/20/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Members of the Australian Directors’ Guild have had the chance to hear from some of the country’s most established filmmakers over the past five months as part of the Adg-40 ‘First-Hand’ sessions.
Consisting of 40 weekly one-hour webinars fronted by industry mentors, the initiative is due to start again this week following a short break, with Claire McCarthy (The Turning) to share insights from her career on Thursday.
It comes after contributions from Gillian Armstrong, Rachel Perkins, Rolf de Heer, Samantha Lang, Corrie Chen, Ben Lawrence, Ana Kokkinos, Megan Riakos, Josephine Mackerras, Robert Connolly, Garth Davis, Sally Aitken, Jub Clerc, Kriv Stenders, Tom Zubrycki, Anna Broinowski, Peter Andrikidis, Jasmin Tarasin, and Glendyn Ivin.
The sessions are moderated by Adg strategy and development executive Ana Tiwary who is responsible for collating questions from those tuning in.
She has tried to focus on topics covering the practical aspects of directing that cannot be learned from a book,...
Consisting of 40 weekly one-hour webinars fronted by industry mentors, the initiative is due to start again this week following a short break, with Claire McCarthy (The Turning) to share insights from her career on Thursday.
It comes after contributions from Gillian Armstrong, Rachel Perkins, Rolf de Heer, Samantha Lang, Corrie Chen, Ben Lawrence, Ana Kokkinos, Megan Riakos, Josephine Mackerras, Robert Connolly, Garth Davis, Sally Aitken, Jub Clerc, Kriv Stenders, Tom Zubrycki, Anna Broinowski, Peter Andrikidis, Jasmin Tarasin, and Glendyn Ivin.
The sessions are moderated by Adg strategy and development executive Ana Tiwary who is responsible for collating questions from those tuning in.
She has tried to focus on topics covering the practical aspects of directing that cannot be learned from a book,...
- 9/6/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Amazon Studios is in late-stage discussions for “Foe,” an adaptation of Iain Reid’s science-fiction novel starring Saoirse Ronan, Lakeith Stanfield and Paul Mescal.
The streamer is closing in on global rights in a competitive situation, though a deal has yet to be signed. FilmNation is handling international rights, while CAA Media Finance and UTA’s Independent Film Group are co-representing domestic rights.
Directed by “Lion’s” Garth Davis, who wrote the script with Reid based off the Canadian author’s 2018 novel, “Foe” is set in the near future, where corporate greed is destroying the environment. Mescal and Ronan, both of whom are Irish, play Junior and Hen, respectively, who have been married for seven years and live a reclusive life on a remote farm. Their lives change forever when a stranger at their door (Stanfield) tells them Junior has been selected to travel to an experimental space station orbiting Earth.
The streamer is closing in on global rights in a competitive situation, though a deal has yet to be signed. FilmNation is handling international rights, while CAA Media Finance and UTA’s Independent Film Group are co-representing domestic rights.
Directed by “Lion’s” Garth Davis, who wrote the script with Reid based off the Canadian author’s 2018 novel, “Foe” is set in the near future, where corporate greed is destroying the environment. Mescal and Ronan, both of whom are Irish, play Junior and Hen, respectively, who have been married for seven years and live a reclusive life on a remote farm. Their lives change forever when a stranger at their door (Stanfield) tells them Junior has been selected to travel to an experimental space station orbiting Earth.
- 7/6/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: On one of the hot Cannes Virtual Market packages, Amazon Studios has moved into exclusive talks on a worldwide rights deal for Foe, source said. Bidding was ferocious all weekend.
This is the Garth Davis-directed thriller that stars Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal and Lakeith Stanfield in an adaptation of Iain Reid’s bestselling science fiction novel. Lion helmer Davis will direct a script he wrote with the author, and filming will get underway in January in Australia. FilmNation is brokering international rights, and CAA Media Finance and UTA’s Independent Film Group co-repping domestic rights. The pic is produced by AC Studios, I Am That and See-Saw Films.
Here is how Davis described it when Deadline broke it: “I’ve been on the hunt to do something in sci-fi, it was always on my bucket list, and also to find material I could make an actor’s...
This is the Garth Davis-directed thriller that stars Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal and Lakeith Stanfield in an adaptation of Iain Reid’s bestselling science fiction novel. Lion helmer Davis will direct a script he wrote with the author, and filming will get underway in January in Australia. FilmNation is brokering international rights, and CAA Media Finance and UTA’s Independent Film Group co-repping domestic rights. The pic is produced by AC Studios, I Am That and See-Saw Films.
Here is how Davis described it when Deadline broke it: “I’ve been on the hunt to do something in sci-fi, it was always on my bucket list, and also to find material I could make an actor’s...
- 7/6/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal and Lakeith Stanfield will star in Foe, an adaptation of the Iain Reid bestselling science fiction novel. Lion helmer Garth Davis will direct a script he wrote with the author and filming will get underway in January in Australia. Pic takes shape as a hot title in the upcoming Cannes Virtual Market, with FilmNation brokering international rights and CAA Media Finance and UTA’s Independent Film Group co-repping domestic rights.
“I’ve been on the hunt to do something in sci-fi, it was always on my bucket list, and also to find material I could make an actor’s piece with a Cassavetian level of performance,” Davis told Deadline. “I read Foe and could not put it down. It’s incredibly suspenseful, very moving and dealt with sci-fi in a most grounded way that spoke to where we are heading as a society, with a...
“I’ve been on the hunt to do something in sci-fi, it was always on my bucket list, and also to find material I could make an actor’s piece with a Cassavetian level of performance,” Davis told Deadline. “I read Foe and could not put it down. It’s incredibly suspenseful, very moving and dealt with sci-fi in a most grounded way that spoke to where we are heading as a society, with a...
- 6/11/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
To celebrate the 40 years since its inception, the Australian Directors’ Guild (Adg) will launch a series of mentoring sessions from some of its most high profile members, starting this week.
Adg-40 ‘First-Hand’ consists of 40 60-minute Zoom forums in a moderated Q&a format that will be held each Tuesday and Thursday from April 8.
Each Adg-40 ‘First-Hand’ webinar will be provided free-of-charge to Adg members across Australia and will include on-notice and ‘from the floor’ questions.
Adg strategy and development executive Ana Tiwary will moderate the forums, with president Samantha Lang to introduce the inaugural session mentor – Adg’s first president, Gillian Armstrong.
Armstrong said she was “delighted” to have the opportunity to “hopefully assist and inspire” the next generation of director members.
“It’s hard to believe it’s 40 years since a passionate and noisy group of us gathered around my kitchen table to form some sort of guild to protect Australian directors,...
Adg-40 ‘First-Hand’ consists of 40 60-minute Zoom forums in a moderated Q&a format that will be held each Tuesday and Thursday from April 8.
Each Adg-40 ‘First-Hand’ webinar will be provided free-of-charge to Adg members across Australia and will include on-notice and ‘from the floor’ questions.
Adg strategy and development executive Ana Tiwary will moderate the forums, with president Samantha Lang to introduce the inaugural session mentor – Adg’s first president, Gillian Armstrong.
Armstrong said she was “delighted” to have the opportunity to “hopefully assist and inspire” the next generation of director members.
“It’s hard to believe it’s 40 years since a passionate and noisy group of us gathered around my kitchen table to form some sort of guild to protect Australian directors,...
- 4/5/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Experimental film and video art platform Prototype has announced a new three-month season featuring nine new short works – including eight world premieres – by 10 international and Australian artists, filmmakers and collectives.
First launched by writer and critic Lauren Carroll Harris in partnership with Arcadia Films back in 2019, Prototype’s goal is to shake up how experimental screen art is commissioned and distributed, taking it outside of traditional spaces like galleries and film festivals.
For the third season, Prototype 2021, a new film will be released every Wednesday from April 28 to June 23, published online and via e-newsletter.
Curated by Carroll Harris, the latest program explores themes of the anthropocene, counter histories and diasporic storytelling in a diversity of languages.
“I’ve always believed that audiences should be able to have well-curated encounters with excellent art whether galleries, cinemas, festivals and museums are open or closed,” she said.
“Our new program supports great artists and filmmakers to experiment,...
First launched by writer and critic Lauren Carroll Harris in partnership with Arcadia Films back in 2019, Prototype’s goal is to shake up how experimental screen art is commissioned and distributed, taking it outside of traditional spaces like galleries and film festivals.
For the third season, Prototype 2021, a new film will be released every Wednesday from April 28 to June 23, published online and via e-newsletter.
Curated by Carroll Harris, the latest program explores themes of the anthropocene, counter histories and diasporic storytelling in a diversity of languages.
“I’ve always believed that audiences should be able to have well-curated encounters with excellent art whether galleries, cinemas, festivals and museums are open or closed,” she said.
“Our new program supports great artists and filmmakers to experiment,...
- 2/25/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Advocating for appropriate policy reform to support Australian stories on screen will be among the chief priorities of the new Australian Directors’ Guild (Adg) executive director, Alaric McAusland.
Further, he hopes to support directors of underrepresented backgrounds through diversity and inclusion initiatives, and uphold the Adg’s now almost 40 year tradition of protecting the creative and economic rights of its members and their teams.
McAusland’s appointment was announced by the guild today, as well of that of Ana Tiwary, who will take on the new position of strategy and development executive.
Starting November 16, McAusland succeeds Diana Burnett, who departs to take up a new role as a studio manager at Animal Logic.
McAusland was most recently chief operating officer at Grace – A Storytelling Company in LA, and prior to that Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Anz MD for some nine years. He has also been the general manager of Atlab,...
Further, he hopes to support directors of underrepresented backgrounds through diversity and inclusion initiatives, and uphold the Adg’s now almost 40 year tradition of protecting the creative and economic rights of its members and their teams.
McAusland’s appointment was announced by the guild today, as well of that of Ana Tiwary, who will take on the new position of strategy and development executive.
Starting November 16, McAusland succeeds Diana Burnett, who departs to take up a new role as a studio manager at Animal Logic.
McAusland was most recently chief operating officer at Grace – A Storytelling Company in LA, and prior to that Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Anz MD for some nine years. He has also been the general manager of Atlab,...
- 11/5/2020
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Ben Lawrence took home the main prize – Best Direction in a Feature Film (Budget $1M+) – at last night’s Australian Directors’ Guild (Adg) Awards, for his debut narrative feature Hearts and Bones.
Held virtually and hosted by Greta Lee Jackson and Nina Oyama, this year’s Adg Awards also saw female directors take home 10 of the 19 prizes – marking the first time ever that women have made up more than 50 per cent of winners.
Among them were Josephine Mackerras, who took home Best Direction of A Feature Film (Budget under $1M) for the French-language Alice; Maya Newell whose In My Blood It Runs saw her win Best Direction of a Documentary Feature, and Emma Freeman, who won Best Direction of a TV or SVOD Mini-Series for Stateless: Episode 3.
The guild suggests this reflects the push for gender parity in the industry. Traditionally, women have been extremely underrepresented in director roles, and last week,...
Held virtually and hosted by Greta Lee Jackson and Nina Oyama, this year’s Adg Awards also saw female directors take home 10 of the 19 prizes – marking the first time ever that women have made up more than 50 per cent of winners.
Among them were Josephine Mackerras, who took home Best Direction of A Feature Film (Budget under $1M) for the French-language Alice; Maya Newell whose In My Blood It Runs saw her win Best Direction of a Documentary Feature, and Emma Freeman, who won Best Direction of a TV or SVOD Mini-Series for Stateless: Episode 3.
The guild suggests this reflects the push for gender parity in the industry. Traditionally, women have been extremely underrepresented in director roles, and last week,...
- 10/19/2020
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Samantha Strauss.
Following on from their collaboration on Foxtel/Sky UK’s The End, writer and producer Samantha Strauss and See-Saw Films have formed a joint venture in production company Picking Scabs.
The partnership will develop projects for Strauss to write and produce in both Australia and overseas, with Strauss to work closely with See-Saw producer and EP Rachel Gardner on the slate.
“We want to tell stories that are a bit itchy and a lot addictive; that dig below the scab and broken skin and investigate all sorts of wounds that haven’t healed properly,” said Strauss.
“Let them bleed, weep and breathe. The opportunity to tell more of these stories, with the brilliantly supportive and talented See-Saw family, fills my writer heart with glee.”
Gardner said: “Samantha is a rare talent, one that is able to marry her immense artistic gifts with a keen understanding of the business,...
Following on from their collaboration on Foxtel/Sky UK’s The End, writer and producer Samantha Strauss and See-Saw Films have formed a joint venture in production company Picking Scabs.
The partnership will develop projects for Strauss to write and produce in both Australia and overseas, with Strauss to work closely with See-Saw producer and EP Rachel Gardner on the slate.
“We want to tell stories that are a bit itchy and a lot addictive; that dig below the scab and broken skin and investigate all sorts of wounds that haven’t healed properly,” said Strauss.
“Let them bleed, weep and breathe. The opportunity to tell more of these stories, with the brilliantly supportive and talented See-Saw family, fills my writer heart with glee.”
Gardner said: “Samantha is a rare talent, one that is able to marry her immense artistic gifts with a keen understanding of the business,...
- 9/23/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Diana Burnett.
Executive director Diana Burnett will depart the Australian Directors’ Guild next month after one year in the job to take up the new role of studio manager at Animal Logic.
The body’s membership has increased significantly during her tenure, growing from about 700 to more than 1,000 members, including more than 200 from diverse backgrounds.
In Mach the Adg opened its ranks to aspiring screen directors and those who want to support the directing community, waived joining fees and offered discounts on fees as the production industry faced a lengthy shutdown.
“It wasn’t an easy decision because I love the work we’ve been doing, but it’s the right step for me,” Burnett, who starts in the new job in November, tells If. “There are some exciting projects on the horizon at Animal Logic.
“I am really proud of what my team have accomplished over the past year including navigating the Covid-19 pandemic,...
Executive director Diana Burnett will depart the Australian Directors’ Guild next month after one year in the job to take up the new role of studio manager at Animal Logic.
The body’s membership has increased significantly during her tenure, growing from about 700 to more than 1,000 members, including more than 200 from diverse backgrounds.
In Mach the Adg opened its ranks to aspiring screen directors and those who want to support the directing community, waived joining fees and offered discounts on fees as the production industry faced a lengthy shutdown.
“It wasn’t an easy decision because I love the work we’ve been doing, but it’s the right step for me,” Burnett, who starts in the new job in November, tells If. “There are some exciting projects on the horizon at Animal Logic.
“I am really proud of what my team have accomplished over the past year including navigating the Covid-19 pandemic,...
- 9/18/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Tron: Legacy.’
Garth Davis is attached to direct a reboot of Disney’s Tron franchise, starring Suicide Squad’s Jared Leto.
The Top of the Lake, Lion and Mary Magdalene director aggressively pursued the job, eventually winning over execs at the studio, according to Deadline.
Although the project is still in development, Deadline said Davis’ involvement is a push in the right direction for the future of the franchise.
Meanwhile Davis and his head of development Samantha Lang are continuing to develop feature film and TV projects for I Am That, a production co-venture with Iain Canning and Emile Sherman’s See-Saw Films.
“We are delighted about this new role for Garth and will continue to work closely with him,” Lang tells If.
The franchise kicked off in 1982 with Tron, a sci-fi action-adventure set in the fantastic world inside a computer program, starring Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner and directed by Steven Lisberger.
Garth Davis is attached to direct a reboot of Disney’s Tron franchise, starring Suicide Squad’s Jared Leto.
The Top of the Lake, Lion and Mary Magdalene director aggressively pursued the job, eventually winning over execs at the studio, according to Deadline.
Although the project is still in development, Deadline said Davis’ involvement is a push in the right direction for the future of the franchise.
Meanwhile Davis and his head of development Samantha Lang are continuing to develop feature film and TV projects for I Am That, a production co-venture with Iain Canning and Emile Sherman’s See-Saw Films.
“We are delighted about this new role for Garth and will continue to work closely with him,” Lang tells If.
The franchise kicked off in 1982 with Tron, a sci-fi action-adventure set in the fantastic world inside a computer program, starring Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner and directed by Steven Lisberger.
- 8/10/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
All Australian screen industry guilds, Screen Producers Australia (Spa) and bodies including Women in Film and Television (Wift) Australia have made a joint submission to the government’s ‘Supporting Australian Stories on Our Screens’ options review.
Broadly the submission endorses the media reforms outlined in Spa’s paper, which would require all delivery platforms to invest a minimum percentage of their Australian revenues into local scripted content, with annual sub-quotas for drama, documentary and children’s programs.
The Producer Offset would be harmonised at 40 per cent, the noncompetitive 16.5 per cent Location Offset raised to 30 per cent and there would be additional funding for national broadcasters and screen agencies and government support for the Acma to administer the scheme.
By speaking with one voice and representing the #makeitaustralian campaign, the screen sector – with the notable exceptions of the SVOD services, commercial free-to-air networks and the public broadcasters – is responding to Communications...
Broadly the submission endorses the media reforms outlined in Spa’s paper, which would require all delivery platforms to invest a minimum percentage of their Australian revenues into local scripted content, with annual sub-quotas for drama, documentary and children’s programs.
The Producer Offset would be harmonised at 40 per cent, the noncompetitive 16.5 per cent Location Offset raised to 30 per cent and there would be additional funding for national broadcasters and screen agencies and government support for the Acma to administer the scheme.
By speaking with one voice and representing the #makeitaustralian campaign, the screen sector – with the notable exceptions of the SVOD services, commercial free-to-air networks and the public broadcasters – is responding to Communications...
- 7/2/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Cloudy Rhodes.
Filmmaker and photographer Cloudy Rhodes is carving out quite a career, helped by mentors Justin Kurzel and Samantha Lang.
Rhodes, who identifies as non-binary, was born in Bondi to hippie parents who named her after the sky, and grew up in Sydney’s northern beaches.
(For the sake of consistency this article will refer to Cloudy as she, although she often uses the pronouns them and they).
After leaving school she pursued photography and pro-surfing. The turning point came when Justin Kurzel saw some of her photographs and encouraged her to become a filmmaker.
A recurring theme in her work is queer narratives which are uplifting. “I want to focus on telling positive stories to queer kids and stories that give people hope,” she tells If.
Currently Rhodes is writing and will direct one of the segments of Masc, a seven-part anthology which will give female and non-binary perspectives on contemporary masculinity,...
Filmmaker and photographer Cloudy Rhodes is carving out quite a career, helped by mentors Justin Kurzel and Samantha Lang.
Rhodes, who identifies as non-binary, was born in Bondi to hippie parents who named her after the sky, and grew up in Sydney’s northern beaches.
(For the sake of consistency this article will refer to Cloudy as she, although she often uses the pronouns them and they).
After leaving school she pursued photography and pro-surfing. The turning point came when Justin Kurzel saw some of her photographs and encouraged her to become a filmmaker.
A recurring theme in her work is queer narratives which are uplifting. “I want to focus on telling positive stories to queer kids and stories that give people hope,” she tells If.
Currently Rhodes is writing and will direct one of the segments of Masc, a seven-part anthology which will give female and non-binary perspectives on contemporary masculinity,...
- 3/15/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Billy Bowring.
Billy Bowring has joined See-Saw Films as development producer at its Australian division after four years at Fremantle.
Reporting to executive producer Rachel Gardner and head of television Jamie Laurenson, he is primarily advancing TV projects but also working across the film slate.
Gardner says: “We wanted to work with someone who shares our taste, drive and ambition. Billy joins us with fantastic credentials and talent relationships and we are delighted to have him on board.”
As a development manager and development exec at Fremantle he was involved in such shows as Wentworth and Picnic at Hanging Rock.
Before that he was production assistant to Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen at the UK’s Number 9 Films, working across such films as Gerard Johnson’s London gangster thriller Hyena and Todd Haynes’ Carol starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.
This marks another expansion for the production company headed by...
Billy Bowring has joined See-Saw Films as development producer at its Australian division after four years at Fremantle.
Reporting to executive producer Rachel Gardner and head of television Jamie Laurenson, he is primarily advancing TV projects but also working across the film slate.
Gardner says: “We wanted to work with someone who shares our taste, drive and ambition. Billy joins us with fantastic credentials and talent relationships and we are delighted to have him on board.”
As a development manager and development exec at Fremantle he was involved in such shows as Wentworth and Picnic at Hanging Rock.
Before that he was production assistant to Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen at the UK’s Number 9 Films, working across such films as Gerard Johnson’s London gangster thriller Hyena and Todd Haynes’ Carol starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.
This marks another expansion for the production company headed by...
- 2/10/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Samantha Lang.
Lion and Mary Magdalene director Garth Davis and See-Saw Films have launched a production co-venture with Samantha Lang as head of development.
Entitled I Am That, the partnership will develop feature film and TV projects for Davis to direct and produce alongside See-Saw founders Iain Canning and Emile Sherman.
The president of the Australian Directors Guild, Lang has started work already, based at See-Saw Films’ Sydney office. “This is a really great fit,” Sam tells If. “I really admire Garth and Emile and we look forward to creating beyond beautiful, large scale international film and TV projects together.”
Davis said: “I Am That stems from my long-standing relationship with both Iain Canning and Emile Sherman, who have been incredibly supportive of me in my filmmaking journey and are wonderful partners.
“I also feel very lucky to have the talented Samantha Lang by our side in this new chapter,...
Lion and Mary Magdalene director Garth Davis and See-Saw Films have launched a production co-venture with Samantha Lang as head of development.
Entitled I Am That, the partnership will develop feature film and TV projects for Davis to direct and produce alongside See-Saw founders Iain Canning and Emile Sherman.
The president of the Australian Directors Guild, Lang has started work already, based at See-Saw Films’ Sydney office. “This is a really great fit,” Sam tells If. “I really admire Garth and Emile and we look forward to creating beyond beautiful, large scale international film and TV projects together.”
Davis said: “I Am That stems from my long-standing relationship with both Iain Canning and Emile Sherman, who have been incredibly supportive of me in my filmmaking journey and are wonderful partners.
“I also feel very lucky to have the talented Samantha Lang by our side in this new chapter,...
- 11/4/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Garth Davis, the Australian filmmaker whose work includes Lion with Dev Patel and Mary Magdalene starring Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix, is joining forces with See-Saw Films producers Iain Canning and Emile Sherman (The King’s Speech) on a new production venture.
Under the moniker I Am That, the 50-50 partnership will develop feature film and TV projects for Davis to direct and produce alongside Canning and Sherman.
The company has hired Aussie filmmaker Samantha Lang as Head of Development, starting immediately out of its Sydney base. Lang is president of the Australian Directors Guild and has written, directed and produced work including feature film The Well, which was in competition in Cannes in 1997.
The partnership follows UK-Australia powerhouse See-Saw producing both the six-time Oscar-nominated Lion and Mary Magdalene, and also series Top of the Lake, on which Davis directed episodes alongside Jane Campion, scoring them an Emmy nomination.
Under the moniker I Am That, the 50-50 partnership will develop feature film and TV projects for Davis to direct and produce alongside Canning and Sherman.
The company has hired Aussie filmmaker Samantha Lang as Head of Development, starting immediately out of its Sydney base. Lang is president of the Australian Directors Guild and has written, directed and produced work including feature film The Well, which was in competition in Cannes in 1997.
The partnership follows UK-Australia powerhouse See-Saw producing both the six-time Oscar-nominated Lion and Mary Magdalene, and also series Top of the Lake, on which Davis directed episodes alongside Jane Campion, scoring them an Emmy nomination.
- 11/4/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Diana Burnett.
Diana Burnett, the incoming executive director of the Australian Directors’ Guild (Adg), cites supporting female and other under-represented directors and helping directors to get more work internationally as among her objectives.
A Screen Australia executive for nearly 10 years, Burnett also lists building the guild’s presence in Canberra and continuing the industrial advocacy so ably handled by the Adg’s outgoing CEO Kingston Anderson as other priorities.
One of her first tasks will be to form a committee comprising the guild’s foundation members including Phil Noyce, Gillian Armstrong and Donald Crombie.
A ground-breaking industrial agreement for TV drama directors which Anderson has negotiated with Screen Producers Australia is expected to be unveiled at Screen Forever next month. Anderson tells If he hopes that will be followed by deals covering factual directors and feature directors.
Currently Screen Australia’s senior manager, business partnerships and corporate development, she starts...
Diana Burnett, the incoming executive director of the Australian Directors’ Guild (Adg), cites supporting female and other under-represented directors and helping directors to get more work internationally as among her objectives.
A Screen Australia executive for nearly 10 years, Burnett also lists building the guild’s presence in Canberra and continuing the industrial advocacy so ably handled by the Adg’s outgoing CEO Kingston Anderson as other priorities.
One of her first tasks will be to form a committee comprising the guild’s foundation members including Phil Noyce, Gillian Armstrong and Donald Crombie.
A ground-breaking industrial agreement for TV drama directors which Anderson has negotiated with Screen Producers Australia is expected to be unveiled at Screen Forever next month. Anderson tells If he hopes that will be followed by deals covering factual directors and feature directors.
Currently Screen Australia’s senior manager, business partnerships and corporate development, she starts...
- 10/9/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Kingston Anderson.
Kingston Anderson is stepping down after eight years as CEO of the Australian Directors’ Guild.
One of the screen industry’s most respected leaders, he will depart in late September and plans to return to producing documentaries with his partner Claire Haywood.
The guild had offered him a new, three-year contract but he tells If: “Eight years is a long time. It’s a good time to go and hand over to someone else. Everything is running well.”
While his focus for the time being will be on making documentaries with Haywood, whose credits include The Pink House, Kings Cross ER, Being Lara Bingle and Territory Cops, he says: “I may do something else in the future.”
Among his achievements at the helm of the Adg have been the transformation of the guild into a union three and a half years ago, which enabled the organisation to represent...
Kingston Anderson is stepping down after eight years as CEO of the Australian Directors’ Guild.
One of the screen industry’s most respected leaders, he will depart in late September and plans to return to producing documentaries with his partner Claire Haywood.
The guild had offered him a new, three-year contract but he tells If: “Eight years is a long time. It’s a good time to go and hand over to someone else. Everything is running well.”
While his focus for the time being will be on making documentaries with Haywood, whose credits include The Pink House, Kings Cross ER, Being Lara Bingle and Territory Cops, he says: “I may do something else in the future.”
Among his achievements at the helm of the Adg have been the transformation of the guild into a union three and a half years ago, which enabled the organisation to represent...
- 8/7/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Judy & Punch’. (Photo: Ben King)
Two Aussie films, Mirrah Foulkes’ Judy & Punch and Ben Lawrence’s Hearts and Bones, will be among the 12 features in official competition at this year’s Sydney Film Festival (Sff).
Also up for the festival’s $60,000 Sydney Film Prize are Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Never Look Away, which was nominated for two Oscars; recent Cannes selections such as Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory, Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite, and Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles’ Bacurau; Sundance World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award winner Monos, from directors Alejandro Landes and Alexis Dos; Joanna Hogg’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner The Souvenir; Nadav Lapid’s Golden Bear winner Synonymes, as well as Sacha Polak’s Dirty God, Teona Strugar Mitevska’s God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya, and Kiwi director Hamish Bennett’s Bellbird.
Sydney Film Festival launched the full program for its 66th...
Two Aussie films, Mirrah Foulkes’ Judy & Punch and Ben Lawrence’s Hearts and Bones, will be among the 12 features in official competition at this year’s Sydney Film Festival (Sff).
Also up for the festival’s $60,000 Sydney Film Prize are Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Never Look Away, which was nominated for two Oscars; recent Cannes selections such as Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory, Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite, and Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles’ Bacurau; Sundance World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award winner Monos, from directors Alejandro Landes and Alexis Dos; Joanna Hogg’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner The Souvenir; Nadav Lapid’s Golden Bear winner Synonymes, as well as Sacha Polak’s Dirty God, Teona Strugar Mitevska’s God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya, and Kiwi director Hamish Bennett’s Bellbird.
Sydney Film Festival launched the full program for its 66th...
- 5/8/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
‘Wrapped Coast’.
The influence of arts patron, collector and philanthropist John Kaldor on contemporary Australian art will explored in a new documentary backed by Create Nsw and the ABC, the third project in the organisations’ three-year Documentary Feature Fund joint initiative.
Samantha Lang will direct the film, which has the working title Kaldor Public Arts Projects, with Felix Media’s John Maynard producing and Bridget Ikin executive producing. Lang and Maynard previously collaborated on feature film The Monkey’s Mask. Screen Australia has also provided major production funding, in association with the Asia Film Investment Group.
Lang said: “I am delighted to be making this arts documentary about Kaldor Public Art Projects with Felix Media, which explores the impact Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s land art project ‘Wrapped Coast’ had on the Australian art scene in the late 60s and how, over the following fifty years, John Kaldor has maintained his passion as an arts patron,...
The influence of arts patron, collector and philanthropist John Kaldor on contemporary Australian art will explored in a new documentary backed by Create Nsw and the ABC, the third project in the organisations’ three-year Documentary Feature Fund joint initiative.
Samantha Lang will direct the film, which has the working title Kaldor Public Arts Projects, with Felix Media’s John Maynard producing and Bridget Ikin executive producing. Lang and Maynard previously collaborated on feature film The Monkey’s Mask. Screen Australia has also provided major production funding, in association with the Asia Film Investment Group.
Lang said: “I am delighted to be making this arts documentary about Kaldor Public Art Projects with Felix Media, which explores the impact Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s land art project ‘Wrapped Coast’ had on the Australian art scene in the late 60s and how, over the following fifty years, John Kaldor has maintained his passion as an arts patron,...
- 1/20/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Director of 2017 Screenability short ‘Tip of My Tongue’ Samia Halabi with mentor Samantha Lang.
Create Nsw has loosened the guidelines for the Screenability Filmmakers Fund, announcing that it will now support emerging filmmakers with disability from across Australia.
The fund, which opens for applications today, offers up to three teams with at least one key creative who identifies as having disability $30,000 each to produce a short which will then be considered for premiere at the Sydney Film Festival.
Previously, the short film fund supported entirely Nsw-based teams, but the agency has widened the scope to encourage involvement from emerging filmmakers with disability from other states. The caveat is that the key applicant (who does not necessarily need to be the creative who identifies as having disability) needs to be a Nsw permanent resident. Successful projects must also be produced and post-produced entirely in Nsw.
Create Nsw is looking for projects...
Create Nsw has loosened the guidelines for the Screenability Filmmakers Fund, announcing that it will now support emerging filmmakers with disability from across Australia.
The fund, which opens for applications today, offers up to three teams with at least one key creative who identifies as having disability $30,000 each to produce a short which will then be considered for premiere at the Sydney Film Festival.
Previously, the short film fund supported entirely Nsw-based teams, but the agency has widened the scope to encourage involvement from emerging filmmakers with disability from other states. The caveat is that the key applicant (who does not necessarily need to be the creative who identifies as having disability) needs to be a Nsw permanent resident. Successful projects must also be produced and post-produced entirely in Nsw.
Create Nsw is looking for projects...
- 9/26/2018
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Warwick Thornton.s doco.'We Don't Need A Map' will open the 2017 Sydney Film Festival..
Warwick Thornton.s We Don.t Need A Map will open this year.s Sydney Film Festival, with the event also marking the documentary.s world premiere..
The latest film from the Samson and Delilah director explores Australia.s relationship to the Southern Cross through colonial and indigenous history through to the present day..
We Don't Need A Map will compete in the festival.s Official Competition. Among the 12 films in the running for the $60,000 prize are Aussie theatre director Benedict Andrew.s debut feature Una, which stars Ben Mendelsohn, as well as Sofia Coppola.s Beguiled.and Michael Haneke.s Happy End, both of which will come to the festival from Cannes.
Overall the festival program boasts 288 films from 59 countries, including 37 world premieres. Bookending the fest will be Korean director Bong Joon-ho.s Cannes film.Okja,...
Warwick Thornton.s We Don.t Need A Map will open this year.s Sydney Film Festival, with the event also marking the documentary.s world premiere..
The latest film from the Samson and Delilah director explores Australia.s relationship to the Southern Cross through colonial and indigenous history through to the present day..
We Don't Need A Map will compete in the festival.s Official Competition. Among the 12 films in the running for the $60,000 prize are Aussie theatre director Benedict Andrew.s debut feature Una, which stars Ben Mendelsohn, as well as Sofia Coppola.s Beguiled.and Michael Haneke.s Happy End, both of which will come to the festival from Cannes.
Overall the festival program boasts 288 films from 59 countries, including 37 world premieres. Bookending the fest will be Korean director Bong Joon-ho.s Cannes film.Okja,...
- 5/10/2017
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Peter Weir's 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' (1975). Both Weir's film and the FremantleMedia mini-series are adaptations of Joan Lindsay's 1967 novel..
An Australian female director is set to join FremantleMedia.s Picnic at Hanging Rock, following on from industry criticism over the hire of a foreign director to shoot the series.
The six-part mini, to screen on Foxtel, was originally to be helmed by Canadian director Larysa Kondracki and Aussie Michael Rymer.
However, the Australian Directors' Guild.levelled criticism at FremantleMedia over its import of Kondracki. It opposed her visa, arguing it did not meet the required Net Employment Test and said it understood no female directors working in Australia had been approached for the role..
FremantleMedia announced in late December that a third, local female director would also shoot one episode of the series and receive a sole credit.
.FremantleMedia acknowledges the sensitivity around the selection of...
An Australian female director is set to join FremantleMedia.s Picnic at Hanging Rock, following on from industry criticism over the hire of a foreign director to shoot the series.
The six-part mini, to screen on Foxtel, was originally to be helmed by Canadian director Larysa Kondracki and Aussie Michael Rymer.
However, the Australian Directors' Guild.levelled criticism at FremantleMedia over its import of Kondracki. It opposed her visa, arguing it did not meet the required Net Employment Test and said it understood no female directors working in Australia had been approached for the role..
FremantleMedia announced in late December that a third, local female director would also shoot one episode of the series and receive a sole credit.
.FremantleMedia acknowledges the sensitivity around the selection of...
- 1/5/2017
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
. Criticism over the hire of a Canadian director to shoot the.Picnic at Hanging Rock mini continues to mount, with Wift Nsw and the Adg staging a joint protest in front of Fremantle Media.s office in Sydney today. . Adg first levelled criticisms over Fremantle's decision to hire Canadian director Larysa Kondracki last week, with CEO Kingston Anderson stating.that Australian directors were .amazed and astonished at the choice of a foreign director to work on a classic.". . Kondracki, whose credits include The Whistleblower and eps of Better Call Saul, The Americans and Rogue, will shoot half of the series alongside Aussie Michael Rymer. . The guild has disputed that Kondracki.s 420 visa met the required Net Employment Test and said it understood no female television directors currently working in Australia were approached. . Today's protesters sat on a picnic rug in front of FremantleMedia's office, dressed in white period dresses and...
- 12/15/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
The Kettering Incident directors Rowan Woods and Tony Kravitz will host the first Directors Chair. Australian Directors Guild (Adg), in partnership with the Australian Film Television & Radio School (Aftrs), has launched The Directors Chair, a new masterclass and workshop program for directors.
The Directors Chair will be a monthly series of events which focus on the art and craft of directing. The series will initially be held in Sydney but will expand to other states over the next year.
The first masterclass -. .Is Television the New Cinema?.. - will be hosted by directors Rowan Woods and Tony Krawitz, who will dicuss the creation of recent TV series The Kettering Incident..
Chaired by fellow director and Adg President Samantha Lang, Woods and Kravitz. will discuss their approach to shooting, design and casting with examples of the series being shown during the session.
.This masterclass with Rowan and Tony is a...
The Directors Chair will be a monthly series of events which focus on the art and craft of directing. The series will initially be held in Sydney but will expand to other states over the next year.
The first masterclass -. .Is Television the New Cinema?.. - will be hosted by directors Rowan Woods and Tony Krawitz, who will dicuss the creation of recent TV series The Kettering Incident..
Chaired by fellow director and Adg President Samantha Lang, Woods and Kravitz. will discuss their approach to shooting, design and casting with examples of the series being shown during the session.
.This masterclass with Rowan and Tony is a...
- 10/12/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia has committed Au$3m ($2.3m) towards fast-tracking 58 projects by female filmmakers, as part of a broader gender equality initiative.
The cash injection from Australia’s federal screen agency will fund the development of 45 film and television story ideas and 13 female-led business proposals.
Several of the projects are by women filmmakers with past professional credits but a significant number of the features come from newcomers or those making the leap from other disciplines within the industry, who might not otherwise quality for funding under the established structures.
The scheme will support the development of projects by 27 new directors and 46 first-time writers.
Among the projects financed are: Kill The Messenger, a new romantic comedy from director Samantha Lang (The Monkey’s Mask); Ride Like A Girl, a story of Australia’s most successful female jockey, which marks the directorial debut of actress Rachel Griffiths; and drama thriller Runaway, from producer Alex White and writer Mirrah Foulkes (Blue...
The cash injection from Australia’s federal screen agency will fund the development of 45 film and television story ideas and 13 female-led business proposals.
Several of the projects are by women filmmakers with past professional credits but a significant number of the features come from newcomers or those making the leap from other disciplines within the industry, who might not otherwise quality for funding under the established structures.
The scheme will support the development of projects by 27 new directors and 46 first-time writers.
Among the projects financed are: Kill The Messenger, a new romantic comedy from director Samantha Lang (The Monkey’s Mask); Ride Like A Girl, a story of Australia’s most successful female jockey, which marks the directorial debut of actress Rachel Griffiths; and drama thriller Runaway, from producer Alex White and writer Mirrah Foulkes (Blue...
- 7/12/2016
- ScreenDaily
Laura Jones, the winner of the inaugural Awg Lifetime Achievement Award and screenwriter of Brick Lane, will appear in conversation with Holding the Man scribe Tommy Murphy later this month.
Jones has worked with Gillian Armstrong on High Tide and Oscar and Lucinda, with Jane Campion on An Angel at My Table and A Portrait of a Lady, with Samantha Lang on The Well and Jocelyn Moorhouse on A Thousand Acres.
As well as Holding the Man, Murphy has written episodes of Spirited, Offspring and Devil's Playground.
The event will be held at Sydney's Harlequin Hotel on June 28.
www.awg.com.au/index.php?option=com_awgevents&layout=event&eid=137&Itemid=122...
Jones has worked with Gillian Armstrong on High Tide and Oscar and Lucinda, with Jane Campion on An Angel at My Table and A Portrait of a Lady, with Samantha Lang on The Well and Jocelyn Moorhouse on A Thousand Acres.
As well as Holding the Man, Murphy has written episodes of Spirited, Offspring and Devil's Playground.
The event will be held at Sydney's Harlequin Hotel on June 28.
www.awg.com.au/index.php?option=com_awgevents&layout=event&eid=137&Itemid=122...
- 6/2/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
The Australian screen Industry Group has blasted the Federal Government for cutting Screen Australia's budget by more than $50 million in just 18 months. .
Asig, which consists of all the guilds, unions and associations that represent more than 10,000 Australian filmmakers, has issued a statement outlining its concerns over the cuts and their impact on the industry..
"The Australian Screen Industry Group... are angered by the recent cut to Screen Australia by the Turnbull Government," according to a statement..
"We are particularly alarmed at the use of funds to supplement the tax offset for overseas productions..
"This is a worrying precedent and continues to provide the local and international screen community with uncertainty about the government's approach to the screen industry..
"The Asig calls on the Turnbull Government to outline an effective and innovative policy for the screen industry rather than making policy on the run."
The impact of the December Myefo budget...
Asig, which consists of all the guilds, unions and associations that represent more than 10,000 Australian filmmakers, has issued a statement outlining its concerns over the cuts and their impact on the industry..
"The Australian Screen Industry Group... are angered by the recent cut to Screen Australia by the Turnbull Government," according to a statement..
"We are particularly alarmed at the use of funds to supplement the tax offset for overseas productions..
"This is a worrying precedent and continues to provide the local and international screen community with uncertainty about the government's approach to the screen industry..
"The Asig calls on the Turnbull Government to outline an effective and innovative policy for the screen industry rather than making policy on the run."
The impact of the December Myefo budget...
- 1/5/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
Australia's leading directors have voiced their support for Screen Australia's plan to address the gender imbalance in Australian film.
Screen Australia is investing $5 million over three years to address the gender imbalance in the Australian film industry.
The screen funding body recently unveiled a five point plan which includes an immediate $3 million allocation of .jump start. funding to get female-led projects production-ready within two years, and a further $2 million of support for placements, distribution incentives, marketing and industry networking.
This also includes a goal to have production funding targeted at teams that are at least 50 per cent female by the end of 2018..
The plan follows the Australian Directors Guild's commitment to have women fill 50 per cent of the attachments and for 75 per cent of the attachemnts to reflect both gender and cultural diversity..
Australian Director's Guild president, Sam Lang, said she was pleased to see that Screen Australia had taken...
Screen Australia is investing $5 million over three years to address the gender imbalance in the Australian film industry.
The screen funding body recently unveiled a five point plan which includes an immediate $3 million allocation of .jump start. funding to get female-led projects production-ready within two years, and a further $2 million of support for placements, distribution incentives, marketing and industry networking.
This also includes a goal to have production funding targeted at teams that are at least 50 per cent female by the end of 2018..
The plan follows the Australian Directors Guild's commitment to have women fill 50 per cent of the attachments and for 75 per cent of the attachemnts to reflect both gender and cultural diversity..
Australian Director's Guild president, Sam Lang, said she was pleased to see that Screen Australia had taken...
- 12/11/2015
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia is investing $5 million over three years to address the gender imbalance in the Australian film industry.
The screen funding body has unveiled a five point plan which includes an immediate $3 million allocation of .jump start. funding to get female-led projects production-ready within two years, and a further $2 million of support for placements, distribution incentives, marketing and industry networking.
This also includes a goal to have production funding targeted at teams that are at least 50 per cent female by the end of 2018..
The plan follows the Australian Directors Guild's commitment to have women fill 50 per cent of the attachments and for 75 per cent of the attachemnts to reflect both gender and cultural diversity..
According to Screen Australia, the imbalance is most notable in tradtional film with 32 per cent of women working as producers, 23 per cent as writers and only 16 per cent as directors..
"Screen Australia film production funding is provided to producers,...
The screen funding body has unveiled a five point plan which includes an immediate $3 million allocation of .jump start. funding to get female-led projects production-ready within two years, and a further $2 million of support for placements, distribution incentives, marketing and industry networking.
This also includes a goal to have production funding targeted at teams that are at least 50 per cent female by the end of 2018..
The plan follows the Australian Directors Guild's commitment to have women fill 50 per cent of the attachments and for 75 per cent of the attachemnts to reflect both gender and cultural diversity..
According to Screen Australia, the imbalance is most notable in tradtional film with 32 per cent of women working as producers, 23 per cent as writers and only 16 per cent as directors..
"Screen Australia film production funding is provided to producers,...
- 12/5/2015
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
The Australian Directors' Guild has appointed Samantha Lang as president - its second female president, after Gillian Armstrong.
Jeffrey Walker (Jack Irish), Jen Peedom (Sherpa) and Jonathan Brough (Time of Our Lives) will also join the Australian Directors' Guild board.
The Adg Board is comprised of members working as directors across feature film, television, documentary and digital content.
Australian Directors' Guild chief executive, Kingston Anderson, said the new directors were from a wide range of disciplines across feature film, television, documentary and digital. .
"I would like to thank outgoing directors Donald Crombie, Rebecca Barry and Anthony Lucas for their service to the Guild,. he said.
At the Agm the membership expressed its appreciation of the work of outgoing president Ray Argall with a unanimous vote of thanks.
Stephen Wallace, long time board member and President of the Australian Screen Directors Authorship Collection Agency (Asdacs), praised Argall's work over the past 10 years.
Jeffrey Walker (Jack Irish), Jen Peedom (Sherpa) and Jonathan Brough (Time of Our Lives) will also join the Australian Directors' Guild board.
The Adg Board is comprised of members working as directors across feature film, television, documentary and digital content.
Australian Directors' Guild chief executive, Kingston Anderson, said the new directors were from a wide range of disciplines across feature film, television, documentary and digital. .
"I would like to thank outgoing directors Donald Crombie, Rebecca Barry and Anthony Lucas for their service to the Guild,. he said.
At the Agm the membership expressed its appreciation of the work of outgoing president Ray Argall with a unanimous vote of thanks.
Stephen Wallace, long time board member and President of the Australian Screen Directors Authorship Collection Agency (Asdacs), praised Argall's work over the past 10 years.
- 11/30/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
The Australian Directors Guild has welcomed the announcement by Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson that the agency intends to moved to gender equity in its production and development finance by 2020.
.This is a great step forward for women filmmakers in Nsw and it shows great leadership in the screen industry," said Gillian Armstrong, a member of the Adg Women in Film Action committee (Wifac).
.We hope that Screen Australia and other state funding agencies will follow suit and aim to have the same gender equity in their production and development programs..
Wifac has been urging Screen Australia to introduce a 50 per cent quota for women in its film funding programs to fix a major gender imbalance for women directors. Only 17 per cent of films funded by Screen Australia in the last five years were directed by women.
Taking its lead from Sweden, which introduced a 50 per cent target on all its film funding,...
.This is a great step forward for women filmmakers in Nsw and it shows great leadership in the screen industry," said Gillian Armstrong, a member of the Adg Women in Film Action committee (Wifac).
.We hope that Screen Australia and other state funding agencies will follow suit and aim to have the same gender equity in their production and development programs..
Wifac has been urging Screen Australia to introduce a 50 per cent quota for women in its film funding programs to fix a major gender imbalance for women directors. Only 17 per cent of films funded by Screen Australia in the last five years were directed by women.
Taking its lead from Sweden, which introduced a 50 per cent target on all its film funding,...
- 11/16/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Matt Saville has been nominated in two categories at the 2015 Australian Directors Guild Awards, for his feature Felony and an episode of Josh Thomas. ABC-tv comedy Please Like Me.
The other nominees in the feature film category are Sophie Hyde for 52 Tuesdays, Jennifer Kent for The Babadook and Robert Connolly for Paper Planes.
There are two nominees for Rake for TV drama series: Jessica Hobbs and Rowan Woods. Also in the running are Shawn Seet for The Code, Geoff Bennett for Love Child and Kevin Carlin for Wentworth.
Kate Dennis and Peter Salmon are both nominated for Secrets & Lies in the TV miniseries category, together with Tony Krawitz (Devil.s Playground). and Ian Watson (Anzac Girls).
The telemovie award is a toss-up between Samantha Lang for Carlotta and Jeffrey Walker for Jack Irish: Dead Point.
In the 30th year of Neighbours, Chris Langman has been nominated in the TV drama...
The other nominees in the feature film category are Sophie Hyde for 52 Tuesdays, Jennifer Kent for The Babadook and Robert Connolly for Paper Planes.
There are two nominees for Rake for TV drama series: Jessica Hobbs and Rowan Woods. Also in the running are Shawn Seet for The Code, Geoff Bennett for Love Child and Kevin Carlin for Wentworth.
Kate Dennis and Peter Salmon are both nominated for Secrets & Lies in the TV miniseries category, together with Tony Krawitz (Devil.s Playground). and Ian Watson (Anzac Girls).
The telemovie award is a toss-up between Samantha Lang for Carlotta and Jeffrey Walker for Jack Irish: Dead Point.
In the 30th year of Neighbours, Chris Langman has been nominated in the TV drama...
- 4/9/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The new series of The Voice trounced House Rules on Sunday night while the telemovie The Killing Field delivered impressive numbers, vindicating Seven's decision to greenlight a series.
Shine Australia.s The Voice grabbed 2.155 million viewers in the five capital cities and 736,115 in regional areas, the highest-rated launch for the year and 304,000 ahead of the show.s 2013 debut.
House Rules pulled in 1.093 million viewers in the capital cities and 1.72 million nationally, beaten by The Voice everywhere except Perth.
The Killing Field, which stars Rebecca Gibney as the leader of a task force sent to a country town to investigate the case of a missing teenage girl, drew 1.16 million in the capitals, 1.849 million nationally.
The Seven-produced telemovie was written by Sarah Smith and Michaeley O'Brien, directed by Samantha Lang (The Monkey.s Mask, My Place, Packed to the Rafters ) and produced by Bill Hughes, with Gibney as co-producer. Seven.s head...
Shine Australia.s The Voice grabbed 2.155 million viewers in the five capital cities and 736,115 in regional areas, the highest-rated launch for the year and 304,000 ahead of the show.s 2013 debut.
House Rules pulled in 1.093 million viewers in the capital cities and 1.72 million nationally, beaten by The Voice everywhere except Perth.
The Killing Field, which stars Rebecca Gibney as the leader of a task force sent to a country town to investigate the case of a missing teenage girl, drew 1.16 million in the capitals, 1.849 million nationally.
The Seven-produced telemovie was written by Sarah Smith and Michaeley O'Brien, directed by Samantha Lang (The Monkey.s Mask, My Place, Packed to the Rafters ) and produced by Bill Hughes, with Gibney as co-producer. Seven.s head...
- 5/4/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The new series of The Voice trounced House Rules on Sunday night while the telemovie The Killing Field delivered solid numbers, vindicating Seven's decision to greenlight a series.
Shine Australia.s The Voice grabbed 2.155 million viewers in the five capital cities and 736,115 in regional areas, the highest-rated launch for the year and 304,000 ahead of the show.s 2013 debut.
House Rules pulled in 1.093 million viewers in the capital cities and 1.72 million nationally, beaten by The Voice everywhere except Perth.
The Killing Field, which stars Rebecca Gibney as the leader of a task force sent to a country town to investigate the case of a missing teenage girl, drew 1.16 million in the capitals, 1.849 million nationally.
The Seven-produced telemovie was written by Sarah Smith and Michaeley O'Brien, directed by Samantha Lang (The Monkey.s Mask, My Place, Packed to the Rafters ) and produced by Bill Hughes, with Gibney as co-producer. Seven.s head...
Shine Australia.s The Voice grabbed 2.155 million viewers in the five capital cities and 736,115 in regional areas, the highest-rated launch for the year and 304,000 ahead of the show.s 2013 debut.
House Rules pulled in 1.093 million viewers in the capital cities and 1.72 million nationally, beaten by The Voice everywhere except Perth.
The Killing Field, which stars Rebecca Gibney as the leader of a task force sent to a country town to investigate the case of a missing teenage girl, drew 1.16 million in the capitals, 1.849 million nationally.
The Seven-produced telemovie was written by Sarah Smith and Michaeley O'Brien, directed by Samantha Lang (The Monkey.s Mask, My Place, Packed to the Rafters ) and produced by Bill Hughes, with Gibney as co-producer. Seven.s head...
- 5/4/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
A documentary series on the history of the Australian continent, makeover series Bringing Sexy Back and a crime show starring Rebecca Gibney are among the highlights of the Seven Network.s 2014 line-up.
The previously announced miniseries Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of Inxs and new seasons of The X Factor; My Kitchen Rules, House Rules, The Amazing Race Australia and Dancing with the Stars are among the other local shows which the network is counting on to continue its run of seven straight years as the primetime ratings leader.
Essential Media & Entertainment will produce Australia: The Story of Us, which will use CGI and dramatic re-enactments to chronicle the history of the Australian people, places and events from the first footprints to the present day.
Bringing Sexy Back is a makeover series which aims to transform ordinary Australians into something extraordinary. It.s an original Seven format being produced in-house.
The previously announced miniseries Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of Inxs and new seasons of The X Factor; My Kitchen Rules, House Rules, The Amazing Race Australia and Dancing with the Stars are among the other local shows which the network is counting on to continue its run of seven straight years as the primetime ratings leader.
Essential Media & Entertainment will produce Australia: The Story of Us, which will use CGI and dramatic re-enactments to chronicle the history of the Australian people, places and events from the first footprints to the present day.
Bringing Sexy Back is a makeover series which aims to transform ordinary Australians into something extraordinary. It.s an original Seven format being produced in-house.
- 10/22/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Rebecca Gibney is set to star in and co-produce The Killing Field, a telemovie for the Seven network.
She.ll play the leader of a task force that.s sent to a country town to investigate a shocking crime.
The concept and screenplay came from Sarah Smith and Michaeley O'Brien. Samantha Lang (The Monkey.s Mask, episodes of My Place and Packed to the Rafters ) will direct.
Bill Hughes and Smith are producing for Seven, with Gibney as co-producer. Seven.s head of drama Julie McGauran is executive producer.
Smith co-created and produced with McGuaran Wild Boys and Rescue Special Ops for Southern Star Entertainment.
O.Brien.s screenwriting credits include episodes of Serangoon Road, Underbelly, Rescue Special Ops, City Homicide, McLeod.s Daughters, Sea Patrol and Blue Heelers.
Lang most recently directed Carlotta, the ABC telemovie which stars Jessica Marais as an Australian transgender pioneer who was a colourful figure in Kings Cross.
She.ll play the leader of a task force that.s sent to a country town to investigate a shocking crime.
The concept and screenplay came from Sarah Smith and Michaeley O'Brien. Samantha Lang (The Monkey.s Mask, episodes of My Place and Packed to the Rafters ) will direct.
Bill Hughes and Smith are producing for Seven, with Gibney as co-producer. Seven.s head of drama Julie McGauran is executive producer.
Smith co-created and produced with McGuaran Wild Boys and Rescue Special Ops for Southern Star Entertainment.
O.Brien.s screenwriting credits include episodes of Serangoon Road, Underbelly, Rescue Special Ops, City Homicide, McLeod.s Daughters, Sea Patrol and Blue Heelers.
Lang most recently directed Carlotta, the ABC telemovie which stars Jessica Marais as an Australian transgender pioneer who was a colourful figure in Kings Cross.
- 9/25/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Jessica Marais will star as transgender Les Girls performer Carlotta in a new telemovie for ABC 1. Carlotta follows the life of the transgender pioneer, who was born as Richard Byron before transforming into Carol and, on stage, Carlotta in the 1970s. Written by David Hannum, with story consultation from Carlotta, the film will be directed by Samantha Lang (My Place, The Monkey.s Mask) and will feature an acclaimed cast, including Caroline O.Connor, Alex Dimitriades, Anita Hegh, Eamon Farren and Paul Capsis. Carlotta will be produced by Riccardo Pellizzeri (Underbelly: Nz, Siege, Mda, Blue Heelers) and Lara Radulovich (Wentworth, Neighbours) with the ABC.s Carole Sklan and Christopher Gist as executive producers. Developed by Pellizzeri and Radulovich, Carlotta is being produced by their new production company Story Ark Productions. Producers Lara Radulovich and Riccardo Pellizzeri said, .This has been a passion project of ours for many years and...
- 4/22/2013
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia has chipped in $200,000 to lift this year.s Hive Production Fund to $800,000.
The funding announcement - which adds to equal installments by the Adelaide Film Festival, the Australia Council for the Arts, and ABC Television - was made last night by South Australian Minister for the Arts, John Hill, at the Melbourne Festival. Screen Australia previously supported the initiaitive through development funding for script workshops.
The Hive Production Fund was inspired by the Hive Lab, which brings filmmakers and artists together in a creative environment. The artists at this year.s lab include Bill Henson, Dr Brenda Croft, Eddie Perfect, Sam Haren, Daniel Koerner, Rachael Swain, Cat Jones, Lally Katz and Sean Riley; filmmakers Samantha Lang, Sophie Raymond, Sascha Ettinger Epstein, Paola Morabito, Nassiem Valamanesh, Eddie White, Natasha Pincus and Lucinda Clutterbuck; and artist and filmmaker John Gillies.
Last year.s inaugural $600,000 Hive Production Fund supported three projects...
The funding announcement - which adds to equal installments by the Adelaide Film Festival, the Australia Council for the Arts, and ABC Television - was made last night by South Australian Minister for the Arts, John Hill, at the Melbourne Festival. Screen Australia previously supported the initiaitive through development funding for script workshops.
The Hive Production Fund was inspired by the Hive Lab, which brings filmmakers and artists together in a creative environment. The artists at this year.s lab include Bill Henson, Dr Brenda Croft, Eddie Perfect, Sam Haren, Daniel Koerner, Rachael Swain, Cat Jones, Lally Katz and Sean Riley; filmmakers Samantha Lang, Sophie Raymond, Sascha Ettinger Epstein, Paola Morabito, Nassiem Valamanesh, Eddie White, Natasha Pincus and Lucinda Clutterbuck; and artist and filmmaker John Gillies.
Last year.s inaugural $600,000 Hive Production Fund supported three projects...
- 10/10/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
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