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Festival Des Antipodes
The Antipodean Film Festival (), variously referred to as Festival des Antipodes, Antipodes International Film Festival, Antipodes Film Festival Saint Tropez, Saint Tropez Film Festival and other variations, is a film festival showcasing New Zealand and Australian films, held annually in St Tropez in France since 1999. Most of the events take place at the Renaissance Cinema on Place des Lices in Saint Tropez. The event, which runs for three days, includes a Junior Antipodes section and a feature film competition. The 2021 edition was given the label "Australia Now France 2021-2022", making it part of a celebration of many aspects of Australia in France which includes projects and collaborations throughout the country. Awards Many prizes have been awarded since the second edition of the event in 2000. There were no awards given in 2001 or 2020. Former jury members include Bryan Brown, Stéphane Audran, Anthony La Paglia, Tina Arena, Phillip Noyce, Jean-Loup Dabadie, Bruce Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FilmInk
''FilmInk'' is an Australian film magazine published by FKP International Exports. It was founded by current publisher Dov Kornits and Colin Fraser in July 1997, in Sydney. The magazine has been through many changes over the course of its existence, beginning as a black-and-white free press publication with Hoyts, and evolving into a glossy newsstand title. In February 2011, ''FilmInk'' became the first film magazine in the world to release an application for online tablet reading, with the magazine sold through the iTunes Store, and going through another major change. In 2016, the magazine released its final print version of the magazine as it transitioned into an online-only format. ''FilmInk'' is a consumer-based publication that covers all types of films, from arthouse releases to the biggest blockbusters. It focuses primarily on Australian films and covers every local release in detail. Regular features ''FilmInk'' features content from Australia and abroad. It reviews mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadia Tass
Nadia Tass (born Tassopoulou or Tassopoulos; ), is an Australian theatre and film director and film producer. She mostly makes films with her writer-producer husband David Parker, through their production company Cascade Films. Tass is known for the films ''Malcolm'' (1986) and '' The Big Steal'' (1990), as well as an extensive body of work in the theatre, both in Australia and internationally. Early life and education Nadia Tassopoulou (or Tassopoulos) was born in the village of Lofoi, near Florina, in Macedonia, northern Greece. Aged eight, she moved with her parents to Melbourne, Australia, in 1966. Her original surname is Tassopoulos. She has some Russian heritage. She had her first acting role aged 14, in the police drama series ''Division 4''. Tass studied psychology at the University of Melbourne, and while there became interested in theatre, including works by students at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA). After doing some theatre directing, she went to film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bet (2006 Film)
''The Bet'' is a 2006 Australian film directed by Mark Lee. Plot The film is a story about a man named Will (Matthew Newton), a young stockbroker, who makes a bet with his wealthy friend Angus (Aden Young) to prove himself and to prove who can make the most money with 50 grand in 90 days for a prize of 200 grand. Their mutual friend Benno, Will's boss tells to invest in a pharmaceutical company. In desperation he agrees to bend for a bit for insider trading. His ego-fueled obsession on the betting game forces him to measure the cost of his ambition against the true value of love. Stock prices hit low and his clients are devastated. His father also invested money with Will and lost it. Will finds out through Benno (Tim Richards) that his girlfriend Tory (Sibylla Budd) is working with the pharmaceutical company, Will finds a note at Tory's office and finds out a way he can make back his lost money. Unfortunately, he doesn't find any investors. Will asks office assistant, Trish (Aly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Saville
Matthew Saville (born 1966) is an Australian television and film director, known for ''Noise'' (2007) and '' A Month of Sundays'' (2015). Early life and education Saville was born around 1966, the youngest of six children, and grew up in Adelaide, South Australia. He studied at the Victorian College of the Arts. Career Saville began his career working as a titles designer for many Australian television series. Several of his short films, including ''Franz and Kafka'' have received awards and screened widely at film festivals. He came to wider prominence as a writer/director with his one-hour film ''Roy Hollsdotter Live'', a bittersweet comedy about a stand-up comedian experiencing a personal breakdown. The film won awards at the Sydney Film Festival in 2003, as well as at the Australian Writers' Guild Awards. He directed the TV comedy series ''Big Bite'' (2003–4) and '' We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year'' (2005), on both occasions working with Chris Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noise (2007 Australian Film)
''Noise'' is a 2007 Australian drama-thriller film written and directed by Matthew Saville. The film stars Brendan Cowell, Henry Nixon, Luke Elliot, Katie Wall, Maia Thomas and Nicholas Bell. Plot The film is set against the landscape of two potentially related murders: that of an engaged woman in the inner-western Melbourne suburb of Sunshine, and that of seven passengers on a Melbourne train. From there, the film deals primarily with the experiences of Lavinia Smart, a young woman who boarded the train shortly after the murders, and police Constable Graham McGahan, who is afflicted with increasingly severe tinnitus. When he requests light duty on account of his tinnitus, Constable McGahan is assigned the night shift of a police information van in Sunshine, where he encounters the traumatized members of the local community, including Lucky Phil, a mentally handicapped man, and Dean Stouritis, the dead woman's fiancé. At the same time, the film explores the fear Lavinia exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael James Rowland
Michael James Rowland (born 15 January 1964) is an Australians, Australian film director. Early years Prior to his screen career, Rowland studied graphic design at the North Adelaide School of Art in South Australia and started his early working life as a designer and illustrator specialising in the arts. His list of freelance clients grew to include Sony (US), World of Music, Arts and Dance, Womad (International) and Peter Gabriel (UK). He also held the position of Art Director with the Adelaide Festival of Arts (1987–93) a job which saw him work with some notable artists, including Peter Brook, 7th Earl of Harewood, Cheek by Jowl, Jan Fabre, Sankai Juku, Andy Goldsworthy, Winton Marsalis, the Kronos Quartet, Zubin Mehta and Pierre Boulez. He has won numerous awards for his design and illustration, including the 1992 AADC's Master's Chair. Cowboy Books Michael established the graphic novella imprint Cowboy Books in 1990 with the publication of the awarding winning Ten Draw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Miles
''Lucky Miles'' is a 2007 Australian drama feature film based on several true stories involving people entering Western Australia by boat in order to seek asylum. Its director was Michael James Rowland and its producers were Jo Dyer and Lesley Dyer. Synopsis In 1990, an Indonesian fishing boat drops a group of male Iraqi and Cambodian refugees on the West Australian coast, telling them there is a bus stop over the hill from which they will be able to go to Perth. They soon realise that there is no bus stop, and that they are in fact a remote desert area far from any road, town or city. Most of the group find their way to a small town pub, and are rounded up by local police. A group of three men, two Cambodian and one Arab, are left to their own devices. They begin a journey through the desert, completely disoriented and attempting to reach either Perth or Broome. Meanwhile a group of Army Reservists, including two Indigenous Australian men, are attempting to track them in a La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf De Heer
Rolf de Heer (born 4 May 1951) is a Dutch Australian film director. De Heer was born in Heemskerk in the Netherlands but migrated to Sydney when he was eight years old.Mathieson, Craig: "The King is Dead" in , 8 July 2012 He attended the Australian Film, Television and Radio School in Sydney. His company is called Vertigo Productions and is based in Adelaide. De Heer primarily makes alternative or arthouse films. According ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10 Canoes
''Ten Canoes'' is a 2006 Australian historical drama/docudrama film directed by Rolf de Heer and Peter Djigirr and starring Crusoe Kurddal. The film is set in Arnhem Land in northern Australia, before Western influence, and tells the story of a group of ten men doing traditional hunting in canoes. A narrator tells the story, and the overall format is that of a moral tale. It was Australia's submission to the 79th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. Synopsis The film is set in Arnhem Land, in a time separate of Western influence, and tells the story of a group of ten men in a traditional hunting context. The leader of the group, Minygululu, tells the young Dayindi (Jamie Gulpilil) a story about another young man even further back in time who, like Dayindi, coveted his elder brother's youngest wife. The sequences featuring Dayindi and the hunt are in black and white, while shots set in distant past are in colou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Sinclair
Harry Alan Sinclair (born 1959) is a New Zealand film director, writer and actor. In his early career he was an actor and member of The Front Lawn, a musical theatre duo. He went on to write and direct several short films, a TV series and three feature films. He is best known for his role as Isildur in the first scenes of Peter Jackson's '' The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''. Early life Harry Sinclair was born in 1959 in Auckland, New Zealand. He is the son of historian Keith Sinclair and brother of writer Stephen Sinclair. Sinclair studied acting at the Ecole Philippe Gaulier in Paris, and went on to a career on the stage in Auckland, as well as roles in a number of New Zealand films including working with Peter Jackson, playing the role of Roger in '' Braindead'' and Isildur in ''The Lord of the Rings''. Career The Front Lawn In 1985 he co-founded The Front Lawn (with Don McGlashan), a multi-media comedy music duo. Sinclair and The Front Lawn tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Price Of Milk
''The Price of Milk'' is a 2000 New Zealand romantic fantasy film. It was directed by New Zealand actor and director Harry Sinclair. Plot In rural New Zealand, a farmer, Rob (Karl Urban), gets engaged to his love, Lucinda (Danielle Cormack). However, Lucinda is worried about their relationship losing its spark and she continues pushing him away to try to keep the spark alive. A string of quilt thefts have been occurring around town and when Lucinda finds hers, she is curious and reckless when she trades Rob's cows, worth NZ$400,000, for it. Rob is beyond words in his rage and loses his voice as he drives away, leaving Lucinda to worry for days before their planned wedding. Production ''The Price of Milk'' was directed by New Zealand actor and director Harry Sinclair. Reception An English reviewer called it "A weird but very funny little film, comparable in its bizarreness to '' Being John Malcovich''(sic)." Awards * Puchon Fantasy Film Festival, Grand Prize * Tokyo Fantasy Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne Labrune
Jeanne Labrune (born 21 June 1950) is a French screenwriter and film director. She has directed 13 films since 1978. Her film '' Sand and Blood'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard (; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films with unusua ... section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography Filmmaker * ''Fenêtres'' (1978) * ''Les prédateurs'' (1982) * ''La digue'' (1984) * ''La part de l'autre'' (1987) * '' Sand and Blood'' (1988) * ''Correspondance privée sur un lieu public'' (1988) * ''Les jardins du paroxysme'' (1990) * ''Sans un cri'' (1992) * ''Jules et Jim'' (1995) * ''Si je t'aime, prends garde à toi'' (1998) * '' Tomorrow's Another Day'' (2000) * '' Special Delivery '' (2002) * ''Cause toujours!'' (2004) * ''Special Treatment'' (2010) * ''Le chemin'' (2017) Writer * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |