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Oliver Ackland
Oliver Ackland (born 9 November 1979) is an Australian actor. Biography In 2009 he was awarded the inaugural Heath Ledger scholarship by Australians in Film. Ackland starred in Ben Lucas' '' Wasted on the Young'', which premiered at the 2010 Sydney Film Festival and screened at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. His other feature film credits include Roger Scholes’ ''Cable'' and John Hillcoat's feature '' The Proposition''. In 2011, he appeared as 'Toby Raven' in the mini-series realization of Tim Winton's ''Cloudstreet'', directed by Matthew Saville, and as 'Rhys' in '' The Slap'', adapted from the novel by Christos Tsiolkas. Ackland's other television credits include '' All Saints'', '' Always Greener'', '' Young Lions'' and '' Outriders''. He also appeared in the telemovie '' Emerald Falls'' and co-starred in the miniseries '' Jessica'', both directed by Peter Andrikidis. In 2012, Ackland was seen in the comedy horror film, '' 100 Bloody Acres'', directed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Toronto International Film Festival
The 35th annual Toronto International Film Festival, (TIFF) was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 9 and September 19, 2010. The opening night gala presented '' Score: A Hockey Musical'', a Canadian comedy-drama musical film. '' Last Night'' closed the festival on September 19. 2010 TIFF included 258 feature films, down from 264 in 2009. However, the number of short films at the 2010 festival increased to 81 (compared to 70 in 2009), making the total number of films 339, five more than in 2009. Of the feature films, TIFF claims that 112 are world premieres, 24 are international premieres (i.e. the first screening outside the film's home country), and 98 are North American premieres. (In fact, some of the so-called premieres screened at the Telluride Film Festival before TIFF.) Awards Programmes Gala Presentations Special Presentations Masters Midnight Madness Canada First! Canadian Open Vault City to City Contemporary World Cinema Vanguard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emerald Falls
''Emerald Falls'' (also known as ''The Falls'') is a 2008 telemovie starring Georgie Parker, Vince Colosimo, Geoff Morrell, Catherine McClements, and in his television debut, Thom Green. Shot in Sydney at Mount Wilga House in Hornsby with exterior shots taken in the Blue Mountains, ''Emerald Falls'' was filmed in 2007. It was written by Tim Pye and Cathy Strickland, and directed by Peter Andrikidis. Plot The recently divorced Joni Ferguson ( Parker) and her 15-year-old son Zac (Green) relocate to the Blue Mountains, where Joni has bought a run-down house and decides to open a bed and breakfast. Six months on, the local doctor ( McFarlane) is found dead in his home, and the police, along with precocious Zac, try to find out what happened to him. When the police start to question Joni about the murder, Zac tries to clear her name. [Baidu] |
Cloudstreet (TV Series)
'' Cloudstreet '' is an Australian television drama miniseries for the Showcase subscription television channel, which first screened from 22 May 2011, in three parts. It is an adaptation of ''Cloudstreet'', an award-winning novel by Australian author Tim Winton. It was filmed in 2010 in Perth, Western Australia, with Matthew Saville as the director, and script written by Tim Winton and Ellen Fontana. Plot and context After separate personal tragedies, two families flee their rural lives to share a "great continent of a house", Cloudstreet, in the Perth suburb of West Leederville. The two families are very different; the Lambs find meaning in industry and in God's grace; the Pickles, in luck. Although at first the two families do not warm to each other, their separate paths and search for meaning in life ends with the uniting of the two families. ''Cloudstreet'' is set in the mid-1940s to late 1950s. Although the families are influenced by world events, the story focuses on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out There (Australian TV Series)
''Out There'' is a teen drama television series produced by Sesame Workshop and Noggin LLC for the Noggin channel's nighttime programming block, The N. When the show started development, Sesame Workshop co-owned Noggin, and ''Out There'' was launched as a tween-oriented project for the network. The show was written, produced, and commissioned in New York, and it originated as an entirely American series with a storyline set in New York. During development, it became an American-Australian co-production (then titled ''Two Down Under''), and filming took place mostly in Australia. The show's plot mirrors its co-development between the United States and Australia. It follows the trials and tribulations of an American high school boy named Reilly ( Douglas Smith), who moves to Australia from Connecticut as his father flees the authorities. He stays with his aunt and uncle, who are the owners of a nature reserve and veterinary clinic. Reilly befriends his co-worker Aggie (Jade Ewen), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirate Islands
''Pirate Islands'' is an Australian children's television program screened on Network Ten in 2003. A sequel called ''The Lost Treasure of Fiji'' premiered on Network Ten in 2007. In the United States, episodes 1–13 were broadcast on FoxBox, a programming block operated by 4Kids Entertainment. In the United Kingdom, the show aired on both CITV in 2003 and Nickelodeon UK in early 2008. In Vietnam, it is aired on VTC9 – Let's Viet and also, screened in Spain and Portugal by Disney Channel. Plot summaries Part 1 Kate Redding, a sister of Nicholas and Sarah, is playing a new computer game called Pirate Islands, which has been created by her father. After Sarah tampers with the computer scanner, lightning strikes the house, and the scanner goes wild, zapping the three siblings inside the computer game. After teleporting inside the game, Kate meets Mars, the main character of the video game. Blackheart, the pirate captain, takes the siblings aboard the pirate ship and threatens t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home And Away
''Home and Away'' (''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip to Kangaroo Point, New South Wales, where he noticed locals were complaining about the construction of a foster home and against the idea of foster children from the city living in the area. The soap opera was initially going to be called ''Refuge'', but the name was changed to the "friendlier" title of ''Home and Away'' once production began. The show premiered in what Bateman classified as a ninety-minute telefeatureOram, James "Home and Away: Behind the Scenes" p. 45 Angus and Robertson, 1989 (subsequently in re-runs and on VHS titled as ''Home and Away: The Movie''), as opposed to a pilot. Since then, each subsequent episode has aired for a duration of twenty-two minutes. ''Home and Away'' has become the second longest-running drama series in Australian t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blinder (film)
''Blinder'' is a 2013 Australian sports drama film directed by Richard Gray and starring Oliver Ackland, Rose McIver, Anna Hutchison and Jack Thompson. The film is an Australian rules football drama set predominantly in Torquay, Victoria. The film is about Tom Dunn, an aspiring football star who flees Australia following a scandal. Dunn returns to Australia to restore his reputation. Plot The Torquay Tigers are a successful team playing in the Bellarine Football League. Their coach Charlie "Chang" Hyde has guided the team into their first Grand Final in seven years. There is talk that the team's best three players, Dunn, Mortimer and Regan, may get drafted by one or more AFL clubs. On the eve of the match the coach drops star player Tom Dunn for poor attitude. The club is successful and wins the flag. Dunn feels left out of the celebrations and strikes up a friendship with Rose Walton, whose younger sister Sammy, (McIver) is part of the team's support staff, carrying wate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damian Walshe-Howling
Damian Walshe-Howling is an Australian actor, well known for his role as Andrew "Benji" Veniamin in the Australian underworld drama '' Underbelly'', for which he won the Best Supporting or Guest Actor in a Drama Series at the 2008 AFI Awards. Early life and education Damien Walshe-Howling was born in Melbourne. Career He starred on ''Blue Heelers'' as Constable Adam Cooper from 1994 to 1998, and returned for the series finale in 2006. He has also had guest starring roles on ''Neighbours'' in 1993, ''The Secret Life of Us'' (2001) as Mac, ''Marshall Law'' (2002), '' Stingers'' (2003), '' Wilfred'' (2007), '' All Saints'' (2007) and '' Terra Nova'' (2011). His film work includes ''Halifax f.p.'' (2000), ''He Died with a Felafel in His Hand'' (2001), ''Ned Kelly'' (2003) and ''Macbeth'' (2006). In 2008, he hosted the Seven Network's factual series ''Crash Investigation Unit'' and appeared in the Bell Shakespeare production of ''Pericles, Prince of Tyre''. He also went back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel Lucas
Isabel Lucas (born 29 January 1985) is an Australians, Australian actress, environmentalist and Model (person), model. She is best known for her roles in ''Home and Away'' (2003–06), ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' (2009), ''Daybreakers'' (2009), ''The Waiting City'' (2009), ''The Pacific (miniseries), The Pacific'' (2010), ''Immortals (2011 film), Immortals'' (2011), ''A Heartbeat Away'' (2011), ''Red Dawn (2012 film), Red Dawn'' (2012), ''The Loft (film), The Loft'' (2014), ''The Water Diviner'' (2014), ''Knight of Cups (film), Knight of Cups'' (2015), and ''That's Not Me (film), That's Not Me'' (2017). In 2015, she acted beside Nick Jonas in the Thriller (genre), thriller film Careful What You Wish For (film), ''Careful What You Wish For''. In 2017, Lucas joined the American television series ''MacGyver (2016 TV series), MacGyver''. In 2018, she appeared in In Like Flynn (film), ''In Like Flynn'' which was a success in Australia, New Zealand, and Britain, and the sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engram (film)
Margaret Betts is an American filmmaker. Her debut feature ''Novitiate'' was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and received a Jury Award for her direction. Background Her father is Roland W. Betts, who had a close personal relationship with former president George W. Bush. The themes of her films are largely inspired by the social consciousness she developed through interactions with former first lady Laura Bush and the work she has done with various United Nations organizations such as UNICEF. Career Though she recently signed with CAA, she is also represented by Brillstein Entertainment Partners. She earned her BA in English from Princeton University, and though she was not ultimately selected, earned a coveted spot on Marvel's shortlist of potential directors for '' Black Widow''. Films ''The Carrier'' Betts gained renown following the debut of her 2010 documentary, ''The Carrier'', at the Tribeca Film Festival. This film was largely inspir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Betts
Margaret Betts is an American filmmaker. Her debut feature ''Novitiate (film), Novitiate'' was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and received a Jury Award for her direction. Background Her father is Roland W. Betts, who had a close personal relationship with former president George W. Bush. The themes of her films are largely inspired by the social consciousness she developed through interactions with former first lady Laura Bush and the work she has done with various United Nations organizations such as UNICEF. Career Though she recently signed with CAA, she is also represented by Brillstein Entertainment Partners. She earned her BA in English from Princeton University, and though she was not ultimately selected, earned a coveted spot on Marvel's shortlist of potential directors for ''Black Widow (2021 film), Black Widow''. Films ''The Carrier'' Betts gained renown following the debut of her 2010 documentary, ''The Carrier'', at the Tribeca Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mystery Of A Hansom Cab (2012 Film)
''The Mystery of a Hansom Cab'' is a 2012 Australian television movie about the events surrounding the murder of Oliver Whyte, whose body is discovered in a hansom cab in 19th-century Melbourne. The investigation is conducted under the leadership of Detective Samuel Gorby, who soon arrests Brian Fitzgerald, who had hoped to marry Whyte's betrothed, rich wool merchant Mark Fittelby's daughter, Madge. Brian is defended by barrister Duncan Calton and Detective Kilsip, who eventually discovers secret blackmail against the Fittelbys which leads to the discovery of a previous marriage and a legitimate daughter, Sal Rawlins, which means that Frettlby is a bigamist and his second daughter Madge is illegitimate. It is an adaption of the 1886 novel of the same name, created by Fergus Hume, who wrote it as an examination into the evils of the 'Big City' and the corruption that can be found inside it. Directed by Shawn Seet, with the screenplay written by Glen Dolman, ''The Mystery of a Hanso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
