The Amazon Prime Video UK unscripted exec who has worked on the likes of Clarkson’s Farm and 007: Road to a Million has been appointed Edinburgh TV Festival Advisory Chair for this year.
Harjeet Chhokar will shape the festival’s program and general themes with new Creative Director Rowan Woods. His post is a rotating annual role that was held last year by Channel 4’s Kiran Nataraja.
Chhokar is an Unscripted Executive at Prime Video where he has worked across the likes of Clarkson’s Farm, Bond gameshow 007: Road to a Million and All or Nothing: Arsenal. Prior to Amazon he worked at Channel 4, delivering shows including Murder Island, 999: On the Frontline and Sex Actually with Alice Levine.
“Television is the most powerful cultural force in the world,” said Chhokar. “You only have to see its impact in the first few weeks of the year so far to...
Harjeet Chhokar will shape the festival’s program and general themes with new Creative Director Rowan Woods. His post is a rotating annual role that was held last year by Channel 4’s Kiran Nataraja.
Chhokar is an Unscripted Executive at Prime Video where he has worked across the likes of Clarkson’s Farm, Bond gameshow 007: Road to a Million and All or Nothing: Arsenal. Prior to Amazon he worked at Channel 4, delivering shows including Murder Island, 999: On the Frontline and Sex Actually with Alice Levine.
“Television is the most powerful cultural force in the world,” said Chhokar. “You only have to see its impact in the first few weeks of the year so far to...
- 2/6/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Woods is a respected film and TV curator, acquisitions executive and festival consultant, with stints at British Council, BFI, BBC Film and AMC Networks.
Rowan Woods is taking over the role of creative director at the Edinburgh TV Festival, replacing Stewart Clarke who leaves the role after four festivals.
Woods is a well-respected film and TV curator, acquisitions executive and festival consultant, responsible for launching and running the BFI London Film Festival’s TV-facing programme since 2021, programming the likes of Succession, Dopesick and The English. The former BBC Film development executive has also done stints as an acquisitions consultant for...
Rowan Woods is taking over the role of creative director at the Edinburgh TV Festival, replacing Stewart Clarke who leaves the role after four festivals.
Woods is a well-respected film and TV curator, acquisitions executive and festival consultant, responsible for launching and running the BFI London Film Festival’s TV-facing programme since 2021, programming the likes of Succession, Dopesick and The English. The former BBC Film development executive has also done stints as an acquisitions consultant for...
- 12/6/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The ceremony will take place on November 23 at The Brewery in London.
The deadline for entries for The Big Screen Awards 2023 has been extended to Friday September 15.
Click Here to enter the Awards
The Big Screen Awards were rebranded from the Screen Awards last year, and recognise the achievements of marketing, distribution, publicity and exhibition teams and companies for their work releasing films into UK cinemas and connecting them with audiences.
The ceremony will take place on November 23 at The Brewery in London.
A new category for 2023 is Team Of The Year, which is open to a team from any discipline,...
The deadline for entries for The Big Screen Awards 2023 has been extended to Friday September 15.
Click Here to enter the Awards
The Big Screen Awards were rebranded from the Screen Awards last year, and recognise the achievements of marketing, distribution, publicity and exhibition teams and companies for their work releasing films into UK cinemas and connecting them with audiences.
The ceremony will take place on November 23 at The Brewery in London.
A new category for 2023 is Team Of The Year, which is open to a team from any discipline,...
- 9/5/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
The Big Screen Awards ceremony will take place on November 23 at The Brewery in London.
The first group of judges for The Big Screen Awards 2023 has been announced ahead of the entry deadline of September 8.
The Big Screen Awards were rebranded from the Screen Awards last year, and recognise the achievements of marketing, distribution, publicity and exhibition teams and companies for their work releasing films into UK cinemas and connecting them with audiences.
Among the first group of judges confirmed for this year’s awards are producers Andrea Cornwell and Lisa Marie Russo, plus former Lff head and current Nfts exec Tricia Tuttle,...
The first group of judges for The Big Screen Awards 2023 has been announced ahead of the entry deadline of September 8.
The Big Screen Awards were rebranded from the Screen Awards last year, and recognise the achievements of marketing, distribution, publicity and exhibition teams and companies for their work releasing films into UK cinemas and connecting them with audiences.
Among the first group of judges confirmed for this year’s awards are producers Andrea Cornwell and Lisa Marie Russo, plus former Lff head and current Nfts exec Tricia Tuttle,...
- 8/16/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
The Big Screen Awards ceremony will take place on November 23 at The Brewery in London.
The first group of judges for The Big Screen Awards 2023 has been announced ahead of the entry deadline of September 8.
The Big Screen Awards were rebranded from the Screen Awards last year, and recognise the achievements of marketing, distribution, publicity and exhibition teams and companies for their work releasing films into UK cinemas and connecting them with audiences.
Among the first group of judges confirmed for this year’s awards are producers Andrea Cornwall and Lisa Marie Russo, plus former Lff head and current Nfts exec Tricia Tuttle,...
The first group of judges for The Big Screen Awards 2023 has been announced ahead of the entry deadline of September 8.
The Big Screen Awards were rebranded from the Screen Awards last year, and recognise the achievements of marketing, distribution, publicity and exhibition teams and companies for their work releasing films into UK cinemas and connecting them with audiences.
Among the first group of judges confirmed for this year’s awards are producers Andrea Cornwall and Lisa Marie Russo, plus former Lff head and current Nfts exec Tricia Tuttle,...
- 8/16/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Netflix Orders Season 2 Of ‘Rana Naidu’
Netflix’s Indian drama original Rana Naidu has landed a second season. During the streamer’s financial results yesterday, co-ceo Ted Sarandos pointed to the series as he touted India as the “big prize” up for grabs for streamers in 2023. Indian has one of the most saturated but most engaged streaming markets in the world right now and Netflix current sits behind the likes of Disney+ Hotstar in terms of subs. Rana Naidu stars Rana and Venkatesh Daggubati as a father and son from a dysfunctional family who lock horns. Season 1 trended in Netflix’s Global Top 10. Tanya Bami, Series Head at Netflix India said the “high adrenaline thriller” has “been a great way for us to end the first quarter of 2023.” The show comes from Sunder Aaron’s Locomotive Global and is created by Karan Anshuman, with Anshuman and Suparn S. Varma co-directing.
Netflix’s Indian drama original Rana Naidu has landed a second season. During the streamer’s financial results yesterday, co-ceo Ted Sarandos pointed to the series as he touted India as the “big prize” up for grabs for streamers in 2023. Indian has one of the most saturated but most engaged streaming markets in the world right now and Netflix current sits behind the likes of Disney+ Hotstar in terms of subs. Rana Naidu stars Rana and Venkatesh Daggubati as a father and son from a dysfunctional family who lock horns. Season 1 trended in Netflix’s Global Top 10. Tanya Bami, Series Head at Netflix India said the “high adrenaline thriller” has “been a great way for us to end the first quarter of 2023.” The show comes from Sunder Aaron’s Locomotive Global and is created by Karan Anshuman, with Anshuman and Suparn S. Varma co-directing.
- 4/19/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
The deadline for applications to take over from Tuttle is today (January 16).
Outgoing director of festivals at the British Film Institute (BFI) Tricia Tuttle has revealed she is taking on the role of acting head of department, directing fiction, at the UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts), while the deadline for applications to take over her role at the BFI is today (January 16).
Tuttle has already taken up the Nfts role and will be in the position until September. It is an interim post, in which Tuttle reports directly into Nfts director Jon Wardle, with the Nfts advertising...
Outgoing director of festivals at the British Film Institute (BFI) Tricia Tuttle has revealed she is taking on the role of acting head of department, directing fiction, at the UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts), while the deadline for applications to take over her role at the BFI is today (January 16).
Tuttle has already taken up the Nfts role and will be in the position until September. It is an interim post, in which Tuttle reports directly into Nfts director Jon Wardle, with the Nfts advertising...
- 1/16/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The deadline for applications to take over from Tuttle is today (January 16).
Outgoing director of festivals at the British Film Institute (BFI) Tricia Tuttle has revealed she is taking on the role of acting head of department, directing fiction, at the UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts), while the deadline for applications to take over her role at the BFI hits today (November 16).
It is understood that Tuttle has already taken up the Nfts role and will be in the position until September. The directing fiction Ma at Nfts is a two-year course, that costs £14,800 per year.
Tuttle,...
Outgoing director of festivals at the British Film Institute (BFI) Tricia Tuttle has revealed she is taking on the role of acting head of department, directing fiction, at the UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts), while the deadline for applications to take over her role at the BFI hits today (November 16).
It is understood that Tuttle has already taken up the Nfts role and will be in the position until September. The directing fiction Ma at Nfts is a two-year course, that costs £14,800 per year.
Tuttle,...
- 1/16/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Who does the industry believe would be a good fit to take over from Tricia Tuttle?
The British Film Institute (BFI) has formally begun its search for a new festivals director to take over from Tricia Tuttle.
Tuttle is moving on after officially taking on the role in 2018, having previously held the post of interim festival director for a year and deputy head of festivals for five years.
The role, which comes with an annual salary of £85,000, will include festival director of the flagship BFI London Film Festival (BFI Lff) and also Lgbtqia+ festival BFI Flare, which next takes place...
The British Film Institute (BFI) has formally begun its search for a new festivals director to take over from Tricia Tuttle.
Tuttle is moving on after officially taking on the role in 2018, having previously held the post of interim festival director for a year and deputy head of festivals for five years.
The role, which comes with an annual salary of £85,000, will include festival director of the flagship BFI London Film Festival (BFI Lff) and also Lgbtqia+ festival BFI Flare, which next takes place...
- 12/14/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Who does the industry believe would be a good fit to take over from Tricia Tuttle?
The British Film Institute (BFI) has formally begun its search for a new festivals director to take over from Tricia Tuttle.
Tuttle is moving on after officially taking on the role in 2018, having previously held the post of interim festival director for a year and deputy head of festivals for five years.
The role, which comes with an annual salary of £85,000, will include festival director of the flagship BFI London Film Festival (BFI Lff) and also Lgbtqia+ festival BFI Flare, which next takes place...
The British Film Institute (BFI) has formally begun its search for a new festivals director to take over from Tricia Tuttle.
Tuttle is moving on after officially taking on the role in 2018, having previously held the post of interim festival director for a year and deputy head of festivals for five years.
The role, which comes with an annual salary of £85,000, will include festival director of the flagship BFI London Film Festival (BFI Lff) and also Lgbtqia+ festival BFI Flare, which next takes place...
- 12/14/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Further members of the group include BFI London Film Festival programmer Rowan Woods and Mogul Mowgli producer Bennett McGhee.
UK gender equality group Birds’ Eye View, that aims to achieve gender equity and justice in all film spaces, has created an 11-strong advisory group including Altitude’s Lia Devlin, Apple’s Julie La’Bassiere, BFI London Film Festival programmer Rowan Woods and Mogul Mowgli producer Bennett McGhee, as part of a restructure that includes changes to the board of trustees.
The advisory group has been established as an additional framework of support for the charity.
“Our newly established advisory group...
UK gender equality group Birds’ Eye View, that aims to achieve gender equity and justice in all film spaces, has created an 11-strong advisory group including Altitude’s Lia Devlin, Apple’s Julie La’Bassiere, BFI London Film Festival programmer Rowan Woods and Mogul Mowgli producer Bennett McGhee, as part of a restructure that includes changes to the board of trustees.
The advisory group has been established as an additional framework of support for the charity.
“Our newly established advisory group...
- 12/12/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The BFI London Film Festival (Lff) unveiled its program for 2021 today, featuring 159 feature and 21 premieres, with highlights including the world prem of 20th Century Studios’ Ron’s Gone Wrong, a host of buzz titles from Venice and Cannes, and the European debut of two episodes of HBO’s Succession season three.
Shortly after the launch, Deadline caught up with Festival Director Tricia Tuttle to chat through what audiences and industry can expect from this year’s event.
Tuttle confirmed that cinemas will be full by the time the festival comes around. The government lifted almost all Covid-related protocols back in July, but the British Film Institute has enacted its own rigorous safety guidelines that will only see theaters return to 100% capacity by the end of this month.
The Lff will follow those guidelines for its event. “There is a very precise Covid protocol… we will be at 100% capacity for the festival,...
Shortly after the launch, Deadline caught up with Festival Director Tricia Tuttle to chat through what audiences and industry can expect from this year’s event.
Tuttle confirmed that cinemas will be full by the time the festival comes around. The government lifted almost all Covid-related protocols back in July, but the British Film Institute has enacted its own rigorous safety guidelines that will only see theaters return to 100% capacity by the end of this month.
The Lff will follow those guidelines for its event. “There is a very precise Covid protocol… we will be at 100% capacity for the festival,...
- 9/7/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Jennifer Peedom and Rowan Woods will lead this year’s Screenworks Directing Intensive, a two-day workshop to be held in late July.
Put on with support of the Australian Directors’ Guild (Adg), the duo will advise up to 12 selected regional screen directors from Nsw and Queensland on technique, skills and project development for drama and documentary.
“We’re so excited to have Jen and Rowan on board for this directing intensive,” says Screenworks CEO Ken Crouch.
“Both have excelled in the field of directing – Rowan in drama and feature films and Jen in documentary filmmaking – and they will bring extraordinary advice and mentoring to the twelve regional screen directors who are selected to take part in this workshop. We’re very grateful to the Australian Directors Guild for recommending them as tutors.”
To be eligible, applicants must demonstrate some experience directing content for screen and must be living in regional Nsw or regional Queensland.
Put on with support of the Australian Directors’ Guild (Adg), the duo will advise up to 12 selected regional screen directors from Nsw and Queensland on technique, skills and project development for drama and documentary.
“We’re so excited to have Jen and Rowan on board for this directing intensive,” says Screenworks CEO Ken Crouch.
“Both have excelled in the field of directing – Rowan in drama and feature films and Jen in documentary filmmaking – and they will bring extraordinary advice and mentoring to the twelve regional screen directors who are selected to take part in this workshop. We’re very grateful to the Australian Directors Guild for recommending them as tutors.”
To be eligible, applicants must demonstrate some experience directing content for screen and must be living in regional Nsw or regional Queensland.
- 5/18/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Director Robert Connolly (“Balibo”) and star Eric Bana, both currently riding high at the Australian box office with “The Dry,” will reunite on “Blueback,” a film billed as a family-friendly, ecologically activist celebration of the natural world.
Connolly has been developing the project for more than two decades. At one stage it was envisaged that actor-director Rowan Woods (“The Boys”) would direct the adaptation.
The film is now moving into production with filming set in two of the remotest places on the continent: Bremer Bay and Ningaloo Reef, in West Australia. Roadshow Films will release the picture in Australia and New Zealand, and the U.K.’s HanWay Films will handle rights sales in all other territories.
The film is adapted by Connolly from Booker Prize nominee Tim Winton’s critically acclaimed novella of the same name. The story focuses on a girl who befriends a wild blue groper while diving.
Connolly has been developing the project for more than two decades. At one stage it was envisaged that actor-director Rowan Woods (“The Boys”) would direct the adaptation.
The film is now moving into production with filming set in two of the remotest places on the continent: Bremer Bay and Ningaloo Reef, in West Australia. Roadshow Films will release the picture in Australia and New Zealand, and the U.K.’s HanWay Films will handle rights sales in all other territories.
The film is adapted by Connolly from Booker Prize nominee Tim Winton’s critically acclaimed novella of the same name. The story focuses on a girl who befriends a wild blue groper while diving.
- 2/16/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has commissioned a reboot of beloved ’90s teen drama Heartbreak High, to be produced by Fremantle Australia and Dutch production company NewBe.
The eight-part series, to shoot in Sydney with the support of Screen Nsw, will be inspired by the original but reimagined for today.
NewBe started shopping a contemporary remake at MIPCOM last year, after acquiring the rights from Brian Abel, partner of the late Ben Gannon, who created and produced the original. Fremantle was understood to be involved in March.
Production is expected to begin next year, with the show to premiere globally on the streamer in 2022. Fremantle Asia Pacific CEO Chris Oliver-Taylor and creative director, scripted content Carly Heaton will be the EPs, together with NewBe founder and CEO Jeroen Koopman and Tarik Traidia. Abel and Michael Jenkins, one of the original EPs, will be consultants on the series.
Set in Sydney’s fictional Hartley High School,...
The eight-part series, to shoot in Sydney with the support of Screen Nsw, will be inspired by the original but reimagined for today.
NewBe started shopping a contemporary remake at MIPCOM last year, after acquiring the rights from Brian Abel, partner of the late Ben Gannon, who created and produced the original. Fremantle was understood to be involved in March.
Production is expected to begin next year, with the show to premiere globally on the streamer in 2022. Fremantle Asia Pacific CEO Chris Oliver-Taylor and creative director, scripted content Carly Heaton will be the EPs, together with NewBe founder and CEO Jeroen Koopman and Tarik Traidia. Abel and Michael Jenkins, one of the original EPs, will be consultants on the series.
Set in Sydney’s fictional Hartley High School,...
- 12/6/2020
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
AMC Networks’ streaming service Sundance Now has snapped up the rights to Playmaker Media’s The Commons for the US and Canada, to premiere December 3.
It is the fourth Aussie drama the streamer has picked up this year, with the thriller to sit alongside other acquisitions Bad Mothers, The Secrets She Keeps, and Upright.
Distributed by Sony Pictures Television, the somewhat prophetic series, created and written by Shelley Birse and originally commissioned by Stan, is set in a Sydney of the near future, one that is at “the crossroads of climate change and the cutting edge of biotechnology”.
Joanne Froggatt leads the cast as Eadie, a neuropsychologist who longs to have a child her vector biologist husband, Lloyd (David Lyons). However, multiple unsuccessful IVF treatments have put her dreams of motherhood on hold. Meanwhile, the world around her is in chaos, as global warming and parasitic diseases have made the...
It is the fourth Aussie drama the streamer has picked up this year, with the thriller to sit alongside other acquisitions Bad Mothers, The Secrets She Keeps, and Upright.
Distributed by Sony Pictures Television, the somewhat prophetic series, created and written by Shelley Birse and originally commissioned by Stan, is set in a Sydney of the near future, one that is at “the crossroads of climate change and the cutting edge of biotechnology”.
Joanne Froggatt leads the cast as Eadie, a neuropsychologist who longs to have a child her vector biologist husband, Lloyd (David Lyons). However, multiple unsuccessful IVF treatments have put her dreams of motherhood on hold. Meanwhile, the world around her is in chaos, as global warming and parasitic diseases have made the...
- 11/15/2020
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Terry Norris and Benedict Hardie in ‘Judy & Punch.’
After portraying a succession of dastardly or less than noble characters in films and TV series, Benedict Hardie welcomed the chance to play someone with at least a few redeeming qualities in Judy & Punch.
In Mirrah Foulkes’ brutal, dark re-interpretation of the puppet play which opens in Australian cinemas on Thursday via Madman Entertainment, he plays Constable Derrick.
The lone cop in the wryly-named inland town of Seaside, Derrick struggles to maintain law and order as Damon Herriman’s narcissistic Punch causes mayhem after his much-abused wife Judy (Mia Wasikowska) vanishes.
“It was such a pleasure to make that film,” he tells If. “The script was like nothing any of us has read. Derrick becomes an emotional touchstone for the audience as an outsider looking at this mad world.
“He’s a quiet, meek and gentle soul who hopes for the...
After portraying a succession of dastardly or less than noble characters in films and TV series, Benedict Hardie welcomed the chance to play someone with at least a few redeeming qualities in Judy & Punch.
In Mirrah Foulkes’ brutal, dark re-interpretation of the puppet play which opens in Australian cinemas on Thursday via Madman Entertainment, he plays Constable Derrick.
The lone cop in the wryly-named inland town of Seaside, Derrick struggles to maintain law and order as Damon Herriman’s narcissistic Punch causes mayhem after his much-abused wife Judy (Mia Wasikowska) vanishes.
“It was such a pleasure to make that film,” he tells If. “The script was like nothing any of us has read. Derrick becomes an emotional touchstone for the audience as an outsider looking at this mad world.
“He’s a quiet, meek and gentle soul who hopes for the...
- 11/17/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
George MacKay in ‘True History of the Kelly Gang.’
Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang will open in Australian cinemas on January 9, just 18 days before its Australia Day premiere on Stan.
The short window and limited theatrical release were virtually inevitable after Stan announced the bushranger epic starring George MacKay, Russell Crowe, Nicholas Hoult and Essie Davis would premiere in summer as a Stan Original.
The major chains are determined to protect the traditional 90 day window and will not screen the film so distributor Transmission Films this week will start booking the title at the independent cinemas that are screening the Netflix productions The King, The Irishman, Marriage Story and The Two Popes and Amazon Studios’ The Report and Brittany Runs a Marathon.
The Netflix titles are screening at the Eddie Tamir family-owned Randwick Ritz Cinemas and Melbourne’s Lido, Classic and Cameo cinemas plus Mel Gibson...
Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang will open in Australian cinemas on January 9, just 18 days before its Australia Day premiere on Stan.
The short window and limited theatrical release were virtually inevitable after Stan announced the bushranger epic starring George MacKay, Russell Crowe, Nicholas Hoult and Essie Davis would premiere in summer as a Stan Original.
The major chains are determined to protect the traditional 90 day window and will not screen the film so distributor Transmission Films this week will start booking the title at the independent cinemas that are screening the Netflix productions The King, The Irishman, Marriage Story and The Two Popes and Amazon Studios’ The Report and Brittany Runs a Marathon.
The Netflix titles are screening at the Eddie Tamir family-owned Randwick Ritz Cinemas and Melbourne’s Lido, Classic and Cameo cinemas plus Mel Gibson...
- 11/17/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Heartbreak High.’
Some 20 years after Heartbreak High ended, a contemporary remake of the popular Australian high school series is being shopped at Mipcom.
Dutch production company NewBe, which secured worldwide English-language rights to the show created by the late Ben Gannon, is seeking to partner with streaming companies on new series.
Following students at a fictional school in a tough Sydney neighbourhood, the drama launched on Network Ten in 1994 and moved to the ABC three years later, ending in 1999. More than 200 episodes were produced.
The show introduced many new or relatively fresh faces including Alex Dimitriades, Callan Mulvey, Ada Nicodemu, Doris Younane, Rebecca Smart, Tony Martin, Abi Tucker, Salvatore Coco, Kym Wilson, Scott Major and Emma Roche.
Gannon died in 2007 and rights to the series reverted to his partner Brian Abel, who will serve as a consultant on the remake alongside Michael Jenkins, who was the executive producer.
Jenkins was...
Some 20 years after Heartbreak High ended, a contemporary remake of the popular Australian high school series is being shopped at Mipcom.
Dutch production company NewBe, which secured worldwide English-language rights to the show created by the late Ben Gannon, is seeking to partner with streaming companies on new series.
Following students at a fictional school in a tough Sydney neighbourhood, the drama launched on Network Ten in 1994 and moved to the ABC three years later, ending in 1999. More than 200 episodes were produced.
The show introduced many new or relatively fresh faces including Alex Dimitriades, Callan Mulvey, Ada Nicodemu, Doris Younane, Rebecca Smart, Tony Martin, Abi Tucker, Salvatore Coco, Kym Wilson, Scott Major and Emma Roche.
Gannon died in 2007 and rights to the series reverted to his partner Brian Abel, who will serve as a consultant on the remake alongside Michael Jenkins, who was the executive producer.
Jenkins was...
- 10/15/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Rupert Penry-Jones in ‘The Commons’. (Photo: John Platt)
British actor Rupert Penry-Jones, Ryan Corr (Bloom) and David Lyons have joined the cast of Stan/Playmaker Media’s The Commons.
They join the previously announced headliners Brit Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) and Damon Herriman, most recently seen on film in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and on Foxtel’s Mr Inbetween.
Additionally, the cast will be bolstered by television stalwart John Waters, Fayssal Bazzi (Stateless), Simone McAullay, Andrea Demetriades, Felix Williamson, Inez CurroĢ (Picnic at Hanging Rock), Dominic Ona-Ariki and Zara Michales (Diary of an Uber Driver).
The eight-part high end drama production was created by Aacta Award-winning showrunner Shelley Birse (The Code), who wrote the series with a team including Matt Ford, Michael Miller and Matt Cameron.
Currently being shot across Sydney, the thriller is directed by Jeffrey Walker alongside Rowan Woods and Jennifer Leacey. Described...
British actor Rupert Penry-Jones, Ryan Corr (Bloom) and David Lyons have joined the cast of Stan/Playmaker Media’s The Commons.
They join the previously announced headliners Brit Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) and Damon Herriman, most recently seen on film in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and on Foxtel’s Mr Inbetween.
Additionally, the cast will be bolstered by television stalwart John Waters, Fayssal Bazzi (Stateless), Simone McAullay, Andrea Demetriades, Felix Williamson, Inez CurroĢ (Picnic at Hanging Rock), Dominic Ona-Ariki and Zara Michales (Diary of an Uber Driver).
The eight-part high end drama production was created by Aacta Award-winning showrunner Shelley Birse (The Code), who wrote the series with a team including Matt Ford, Michael Miller and Matt Cameron.
Currently being shot across Sydney, the thriller is directed by Jeffrey Walker alongside Rowan Woods and Jennifer Leacey. Described...
- 10/3/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Matt Cameron.
For years as a screenwriter Matt Cameron had to get accustomed to a common response from some producers when he handed in scripts.
“Thanks for the script,” he was often told. “Bye-bye, we will let you know when it’s on air.”
That has changed significantly in the past few years as writers are increasingly employed as showrunners or producers, actively involved through to completion.
“The change has been quite swift and profound,” he tells If. “There are still some old school producers who are really hanging on to the past because the old structure suited them well. They liked going to Mipcom each year and not have writers in the room for key meetings.
“The best producers we have in this country, and there’s lots, have really embraced the international approach, which is that it makes no sense not to have the writer in the room...
For years as a screenwriter Matt Cameron had to get accustomed to a common response from some producers when he handed in scripts.
“Thanks for the script,” he was often told. “Bye-bye, we will let you know when it’s on air.”
That has changed significantly in the past few years as writers are increasingly employed as showrunners or producers, actively involved through to completion.
“The change has been quite swift and profound,” he tells If. “There are still some old school producers who are really hanging on to the past because the old structure suited them well. They liked going to Mipcom each year and not have writers in the room for key meetings.
“The best producers we have in this country, and there’s lots, have really embraced the international approach, which is that it makes no sense not to have the writer in the room...
- 7/17/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Joanne Froggatt, Damon Herriman.
Joanne Froggatt and Damon Herriman head the cast of The Commons, an eight-hour drama commissioned by Stan.
Created by showrunner Shelley Birse (The Code) and produced by Diane Haddon for Playmaker Media, the character-driven thriller set in the near future starts shooting in Sydney next week.
Jeffrey Walker is the set-up director, working with Rowan Woods and Jen Leacey.
Scripted by Birse, Matt Ford, Michael Miller and Matt Cameron, the plot is said to play out at the intersection of climate change and the cutting edge of biotechnology, dealing with the “heroism inside us all when our backs are against the wall.”
Graham Yost is among the executive producers together with Playmaker’s David Taylor and David Maher, Stan’s chief content officer Nick Forward, Fred Golan and Birse.
Forward tells If: “It’s a hugely ambitious project that deals with some big themes. It’s...
Joanne Froggatt and Damon Herriman head the cast of The Commons, an eight-hour drama commissioned by Stan.
Created by showrunner Shelley Birse (The Code) and produced by Diane Haddon for Playmaker Media, the character-driven thriller set in the near future starts shooting in Sydney next week.
Jeffrey Walker is the set-up director, working with Rowan Woods and Jen Leacey.
Scripted by Birse, Matt Ford, Michael Miller and Matt Cameron, the plot is said to play out at the intersection of climate change and the cutting edge of biotechnology, dealing with the “heroism inside us all when our backs are against the wall.”
Graham Yost is among the executive producers together with Playmaker’s David Taylor and David Maher, Stan’s chief content officer Nick Forward, Fred Golan and Birse.
Forward tells If: “It’s a hugely ambitious project that deals with some big themes. It’s...
- 6/25/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Rowan Woods, Jo Duncombe and Francesca Carr join international cultural relations organisation.
British Council has announced three new appointments to its film department.
Rowan Woods joins as film programme manager, replacing Wendy Mitchell, who moved on to concentrate on writing and consulting for film festivals. Mitchell is a contributing editor for Screen International.
Woods was previously a development executive with BBC Films. She will continue to work as a curator and consultant alongside the part-time British Council role, which involves finding and screening new UK features annually to international film festival selectors.
Jo Duncombe has been appointed film programme manager,...
British Council has announced three new appointments to its film department.
Rowan Woods joins as film programme manager, replacing Wendy Mitchell, who moved on to concentrate on writing and consulting for film festivals. Mitchell is a contributing editor for Screen International.
Woods was previously a development executive with BBC Films. She will continue to work as a curator and consultant alongside the part-time British Council role, which involves finding and screening new UK features annually to international film festival selectors.
Jo Duncombe has been appointed film programme manager,...
- 10/10/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
In his latest interview/podcast, host Stuart Wright talks with Rowan Woods about some of programming thoughts behind 2018′s East End Film Festival:
Over a third of the films are made by female filmmakers. Five of the eight films in competition for Best Film are by female directors. Eeff prioritises itself as a platform for women in the film industry.
The East End Film Festival opens 11th April and closes 29th April and is in various cinemas and venues around East London. The full programme and how to buy your tickets is here www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme/
Specific films/events discussed in the podcast:
Boom For Real: Jean-Michel Basquiat www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme-a…l-basquiat/ The Final Girls presents… www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme-a…ght-behind/ Masonic Masquerade Ball www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme-a…erade-ball/ Pin Cushion www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme-a…in-cushion/ Women Of Wonder (Shorts) www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme-a…of-wonders/ Born In Flames www.
Over a third of the films are made by female filmmakers. Five of the eight films in competition for Best Film are by female directors. Eeff prioritises itself as a platform for women in the film industry.
The East End Film Festival opens 11th April and closes 29th April and is in various cinemas and venues around East London. The full programme and how to buy your tickets is here www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme/
Specific films/events discussed in the podcast:
Boom For Real: Jean-Michel Basquiat www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme-a…l-basquiat/ The Final Girls presents… www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme-a…ght-behind/ Masonic Masquerade Ball www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme-a…erade-ball/ Pin Cushion www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme-a…in-cushion/ Women Of Wonder (Shorts) www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme-a…of-wonders/ Born In Flames www.
- 4/9/2018
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
Festival hires new programming team for 17th edition.
The East End Film Festival (Eeff) has announced the programme for its 17th edition, which runs from April 11-29, moving back to its traditional spring slot.
Opening the London-based Festival is the UK premiere of Boom For Real: The Late Teenage Years Of Jean-Michel Basquiat, a documentary about the pre-fame years of the enigmatic artist in New York. The gala opening will take place at Dalston’s Rio Cinema, with a Q&A with director Sara Driver and Studio 54 after party to follow.
Amongst the titles in competition for the best...
The East End Film Festival (Eeff) has announced the programme for its 17th edition, which runs from April 11-29, moving back to its traditional spring slot.
Opening the London-based Festival is the UK premiere of Boom For Real: The Late Teenage Years Of Jean-Michel Basquiat, a documentary about the pre-fame years of the enigmatic artist in New York. The gala opening will take place at Dalston’s Rio Cinema, with a Q&A with director Sara Driver and Studio 54 after party to follow.
Amongst the titles in competition for the best...
- 3/15/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Adg CEO Kingston Anderson..
Just as films like Lion and TV series such as Rake, The Kettering Incident, Top of the Lake and Cleverman are commanding the attention of the world, the Australian screen industry is in danger of losing its greatest set of assets — our directors.
Australian film and television directors are fleeing to Hollywood in ever-greater numbers; some of them vowing never to return. While their talent is applauded around the world, here at home our directors are battling for the respect and remuneration they deserve.
Late last year it was revealed that the television production company behind the remake of the iconic Australian story Picnic at Hanging Rock had decided to use a Canadian director for the series. When challenged by the Australian Directors Guild (Adg) about why this occurred, the producers said they could not find a suitable Australian candidate. This slap in the face to...
Just as films like Lion and TV series such as Rake, The Kettering Incident, Top of the Lake and Cleverman are commanding the attention of the world, the Australian screen industry is in danger of losing its greatest set of assets — our directors.
Australian film and television directors are fleeing to Hollywood in ever-greater numbers; some of them vowing never to return. While their talent is applauded around the world, here at home our directors are battling for the respect and remuneration they deserve.
Late last year it was revealed that the television production company behind the remake of the iconic Australian story Picnic at Hanging Rock had decided to use a Canadian director for the series. When challenged by the Australian Directors Guild (Adg) about why this occurred, the producers said they could not find a suitable Australian candidate. This slap in the face to...
- 6/12/2017
- by Kingston Anderson
- IF.com.au
Emily Barclay and Benedict Samuel in 'Ellipsis'..
In the first of a two-part interview, David Wenham talks to If about making his directorial feature debut,.'Ellipsis'..
Across a stellar career spanning 30 years, David Wenham had long wanted to make an experimental, improvisational film in which the story unfolds in the space of one night.
Wenham got his chance with Ellipsis, a low budget film he directed and co-wrote, which will have its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival.
Produced by Arenamedia.s Liz Kearney, the slice-of-life film follows Emily Barclay as Viv and Benedict Samuel as Jasper, who meet by chance and roam the city of Sydney, from bars, a park and a sex shop in Kings Cross, to Bondi.
In a remarkably tight schedule, the cast workshopped the script for three days, a collaborative effort between the two leads, Wenham and director.s assistant Gabrielle Wendelin. The shoot took just seven days,...
In the first of a two-part interview, David Wenham talks to If about making his directorial feature debut,.'Ellipsis'..
Across a stellar career spanning 30 years, David Wenham had long wanted to make an experimental, improvisational film in which the story unfolds in the space of one night.
Wenham got his chance with Ellipsis, a low budget film he directed and co-wrote, which will have its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival.
Produced by Arenamedia.s Liz Kearney, the slice-of-life film follows Emily Barclay as Viv and Benedict Samuel as Jasper, who meet by chance and roam the city of Sydney, from bars, a park and a sex shop in Kings Cross, to Bondi.
In a remarkably tight schedule, the cast workshopped the script for three days, a collaborative effort between the two leads, Wenham and director.s assistant Gabrielle Wendelin. The shoot took just seven days,...
- 5/31/2017
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
(l-r) Deepti Naval and Garth Davis on set (photo credit: Mark Rogers).
The nominees for best feature direction at this year.s Adg Awards are Garth Davis (Lion), Simon Stone (The Daughter), Ben Young (Hounds of Love), Craig Boreham (Teenage Kicks) and Jonathan Leahy (Skin Deep). All are celebrated for their feature debuts..
Adg CEO Kingston Anderson says the Adg is angling for a high-profile director to present the feature film award. .I can.t say who it is but if we get him it.d be great," he tells If. "It.s a timing issue as usual...
Emma Freeman is nominated in the TV direction category for her work on Secret City alongside Leah Purcell for Cleverman, Rowan Woods for Rake and Tony Krawitz for The Kettering Incident.
.As always TV drama continues to be a strong and important and powerful category, and that reflects what.s going on in our industry,...
The nominees for best feature direction at this year.s Adg Awards are Garth Davis (Lion), Simon Stone (The Daughter), Ben Young (Hounds of Love), Craig Boreham (Teenage Kicks) and Jonathan Leahy (Skin Deep). All are celebrated for their feature debuts..
Adg CEO Kingston Anderson says the Adg is angling for a high-profile director to present the feature film award. .I can.t say who it is but if we get him it.d be great," he tells If. "It.s a timing issue as usual...
Emma Freeman is nominated in the TV direction category for her work on Secret City alongside Leah Purcell for Cleverman, Rowan Woods for Rake and Tony Krawitz for The Kettering Incident.
.As always TV drama continues to be a strong and important and powerful category, and that reflects what.s going on in our industry,...
- 4/6/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
'Psychoanalysis', written and directed by Aftrs grad James Raue.
Aftrs is getting into the feature game, with two micro-budget features set to be directed by Masters of Screen Arts directing students.
Kyle Hedrick.s Into The Waves is a drama about two brothers who hitch-hike across Tasmania to get to their mother.s funeral, while Tom Wilson.s The Greenhouse is described as "a queer magic realist drama that documents the tale of Beth Tweedy-Bell, who has discovered a tunnel into the past."
Both features are crowd funding via the Australian Cultural Fund. ..
For Rowan Woods, director of The Boys and Aftrs' Head of Directing, it's about going beyond the short-as-calling-card.
"From web-series to TV pilots, micro features, Vr and interactive storytelling, aimed at production companies, networks, film distributors and the internet fan base," said Woods, Aftrs is looking for "screen stories that make a difference."
Masters Course...
Aftrs is getting into the feature game, with two micro-budget features set to be directed by Masters of Screen Arts directing students.
Kyle Hedrick.s Into The Waves is a drama about two brothers who hitch-hike across Tasmania to get to their mother.s funeral, while Tom Wilson.s The Greenhouse is described as "a queer magic realist drama that documents the tale of Beth Tweedy-Bell, who has discovered a tunnel into the past."
Both features are crowd funding via the Australian Cultural Fund. ..
For Rowan Woods, director of The Boys and Aftrs' Head of Directing, it's about going beyond the short-as-calling-card.
"From web-series to TV pilots, micro features, Vr and interactive storytelling, aimed at production companies, networks, film distributors and the internet fan base," said Woods, Aftrs is looking for "screen stories that make a difference."
Masters Course...
- 2/13/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Rowan Woods. Aftrs has appointed new heads of directing, documentary, cinematography and visual effects.
Head of directing is Rowan Woods, head of documentary Rachel Landers, head of cinematography Kim Batterham and head of visual effects Susan Danta.
.I am thrilled to confirm these new members of our team across the Discipline areas. Rowan, Rachel, Kim and Susan each have impressive careers as filmmakers as well as in teaching and I know our students across the curriculum will benefit from their incredible expertise and experience,. said Aftrs CEO Neil Peplow.
Woods, an Aftrs graduate, has a list of directorial credits that include The Kettering Incident, Nowhere Boys 3, The Straits, Little Fish and The Boys
Landers has been a lecturer at Aftrs since 2009; most recently she has been the subject leader for Non Fiction, developing and running the BA (Screen) and teaching the Master of Screen Arts.. A filmmaker and historian, Landers...
Head of directing is Rowan Woods, head of documentary Rachel Landers, head of cinematography Kim Batterham and head of visual effects Susan Danta.
.I am thrilled to confirm these new members of our team across the Discipline areas. Rowan, Rachel, Kim and Susan each have impressive careers as filmmakers as well as in teaching and I know our students across the curriculum will benefit from their incredible expertise and experience,. said Aftrs CEO Neil Peplow.
Woods, an Aftrs graduate, has a list of directorial credits that include The Kettering Incident, Nowhere Boys 3, The Straits, Little Fish and The Boys
Landers has been a lecturer at Aftrs since 2009; most recently she has been the subject leader for Non Fiction, developing and running the BA (Screen) and teaching the Master of Screen Arts.. A filmmaker and historian, Landers...
- 10/19/2016
- by Staff Writer
- 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
Elizabeth Debicki in The Kettering Incident.
Amazon Prime has snapped up North American rights to The Kettering Incident, which looks set to capitalise on the rising star of Elizabeth Debicki after The Night Manager, in which she starred with Tom Hiddleston,.took U.S. audiences by storm earlier in the year..
The Tasmania-shot Kettering was created by Vicki Madden and producer Vincent Sheehan, and will premiere on Prime September 30. Amazon nabbed the rights from BBC Worldwide North America.
.Following the successful launch of The Kettering Incident in Australia, we are now bringing the mystery drama exclusively to Amazon Prime Video for U.S. audiences to enjoy,. said Matt Forde, BBC Worldwide North America's Evp, content production, sales and distribution..
.Amazon is already home to two of our most beloved programs, Doctor Who and Orphan Black, and we believe it is the perfect place for this rarefied story as it ventures into American homes.
Amazon Prime has snapped up North American rights to The Kettering Incident, which looks set to capitalise on the rising star of Elizabeth Debicki after The Night Manager, in which she starred with Tom Hiddleston,.took U.S. audiences by storm earlier in the year..
The Tasmania-shot Kettering was created by Vicki Madden and producer Vincent Sheehan, and will premiere on Prime September 30. Amazon nabbed the rights from BBC Worldwide North America.
.Following the successful launch of The Kettering Incident in Australia, we are now bringing the mystery drama exclusively to Amazon Prime Video for U.S. audiences to enjoy,. said Matt Forde, BBC Worldwide North America's Evp, content production, sales and distribution..
.Amazon is already home to two of our most beloved programs, Doctor Who and Orphan Black, and we believe it is the perfect place for this rarefied story as it ventures into American homes.
- 8/26/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Elizabeth Debicki in The Kettering Incident.
Amazon Prime has snapped up North American rights to The Kettering Incident, which looks set to capitalise on the rising star of Elizabeth Debicki after The Night Manager, in which she starred with Tom Hiddleston,.took U.S. audiences by storm earlier in the year..
The Tasmania-shot Kettering was created by Vicki Madden and producer Vincent Sheehan, and will premiere on Prime September 30. Amazon nabbed the rights from BBC Worldwide North America.
.Following the successful launch of The Kettering Incident in Australia, we are now bringing the mystery drama exclusively to Amazon Prime Video for U.S. audiences to enjoy,. said Matt Forde, BBC Worldwide North America's Evp, content production, sales and distribution..
.Amazon is already home to two of our most beloved programs, Doctor Who and Orphan Black, and we believe it is the perfect place for this rarefied story as it ventures into American homes.
Amazon Prime has snapped up North American rights to The Kettering Incident, which looks set to capitalise on the rising star of Elizabeth Debicki after The Night Manager, in which she starred with Tom Hiddleston,.took U.S. audiences by storm earlier in the year..
The Tasmania-shot Kettering was created by Vicki Madden and producer Vincent Sheehan, and will premiere on Prime September 30. Amazon nabbed the rights from BBC Worldwide North America.
.Following the successful launch of The Kettering Incident in Australia, we are now bringing the mystery drama exclusively to Amazon Prime Video for U.S. audiences to enjoy,. said Matt Forde, BBC Worldwide North America's Evp, content production, sales and distribution..
.Amazon is already home to two of our most beloved programs, Doctor Who and Orphan Black, and we believe it is the perfect place for this rarefied story as it ventures into American homes.
- 8/26/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Joe Cinque's Consolation.
Melbourne International Film Festival revealed its full program yesterday, with a lineup that boasts over 345 films, including 24 world and 157 Australian premieres.
As previously announced.the festival will open with the world premiere of The Death and Life of Otto Bloom, the debut feature of Melbourne filmmaker Cris Jones, starring Xavier Samuel, Matilda Brown and Rachel Ward.
Abe Forsythe.s black comedy Down Under, set during the aftermath of the Cronulla riots, will screen as the festival.s Centrepiece Gala at the fest's midpoint.
Closing out the festival will be Cannes hit Hell or High Water, a neo-Western directed by David Mackenzie.
Among the Aussie drawcards is Joe Cinque.s Consolation, directed by Sotiris Dounoukos and based on the 2004 award-winning novel by Helen Garner. It will make its world premiere at the festival.
Other Aussie world debuts are.Bad Girl, The Family, Emo the Musical, Servant or Slave,...
Melbourne International Film Festival revealed its full program yesterday, with a lineup that boasts over 345 films, including 24 world and 157 Australian premieres.
As previously announced.the festival will open with the world premiere of The Death and Life of Otto Bloom, the debut feature of Melbourne filmmaker Cris Jones, starring Xavier Samuel, Matilda Brown and Rachel Ward.
Abe Forsythe.s black comedy Down Under, set during the aftermath of the Cronulla riots, will screen as the festival.s Centrepiece Gala at the fest's midpoint.
Closing out the festival will be Cannes hit Hell or High Water, a neo-Western directed by David Mackenzie.
Among the Aussie drawcards is Joe Cinque.s Consolation, directed by Sotiris Dounoukos and based on the 2004 award-winning novel by Helen Garner. It will make its world premiere at the festival.
Other Aussie world debuts are.Bad Girl, The Family, Emo the Musical, Servant or Slave,...
- 7/7/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Alex Russell in Ivan Sen's Goldstone.
The full Sydney Film Festival line-up was unveiled this morning by Sff director Nashen Moodley, with five Australian feature premieres and eight Aussie documentary premieres.
In a coup for the festival, this year's Talks program at Sydney Town Hall's Hub will include a free talk with Mel Gibson, whose Blood Father is playing at the fest, as well as in-conversation events with Australian filmmakers such as Ivan Sen.
Sen's Goldstone, the festival's opening night film, will also feature in the official competition..
Other Aussie premieres include Abe Forsythe's Cronulla black comedy Down Under, Craig Boreham's queer drama Teenage Kicks, playwright Stephen Sewell's directorial debut Embedded, and Craig Anderson's thriller Red Christmas, starring E.T.'s Dee Wallace.
Also in the line-up are Aussie titles that premiered overseas last year, such as Beast, the McKeith brothers' Manila-set boxing drama that comes...
The full Sydney Film Festival line-up was unveiled this morning by Sff director Nashen Moodley, with five Australian feature premieres and eight Aussie documentary premieres.
In a coup for the festival, this year's Talks program at Sydney Town Hall's Hub will include a free talk with Mel Gibson, whose Blood Father is playing at the fest, as well as in-conversation events with Australian filmmakers such as Ivan Sen.
Sen's Goldstone, the festival's opening night film, will also feature in the official competition..
Other Aussie premieres include Abe Forsythe's Cronulla black comedy Down Under, Craig Boreham's queer drama Teenage Kicks, playwright Stephen Sewell's directorial debut Embedded, and Craig Anderson's thriller Red Christmas, starring E.T.'s Dee Wallace.
Also in the line-up are Aussie titles that premiered overseas last year, such as Beast, the McKeith brothers' Manila-set boxing drama that comes...
- 5/11/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
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The Kettering Incident on location. -. Sleeping Beauty, Huon Valley, Tasmania. Photo: Ben King.
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The Kettering Incident, a gripping mystery with otherworldly overtones, will make its world premiere on July 4..
Australian and international expectations for the series continue to build after the show won the Special Jury Prize at the Series Mania Festival in Paris last week..
The eight episode series stars The Night Manager.s Elizabeth Debicki with Matthew Le Nevez.
The series boasts an impressive cast including Henry Nixon, Anthony Phelan, Damon Gameau, Damien Garvey, Sacha Horler, Sianoa Smit-McPhee, Ben Oxenbould, Suzi Dougherty, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Dylan Young and Neil Pigot. .Many Tasmanian actors feature in the series including Alison Whyte, Kris McQuade, Brad Kannegiesser, Katie Robertson, Marcus Hensley, Nathan Spencer and Matt Burton.
Tasmanian writer Victoria Madden (Lynda La Plante.s Trial and Retribution, The Bill, Halifax Fp) is co-creator of The Kettering Incident with Vincent Sheehan (Animal Kingdom,...
The Kettering Incident on location. -. Sleeping Beauty, Huon Valley, Tasmania. Photo: Ben King.
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The Kettering Incident, a gripping mystery with otherworldly overtones, will make its world premiere on July 4..
Australian and international expectations for the series continue to build after the show won the Special Jury Prize at the Series Mania Festival in Paris last week..
The eight episode series stars The Night Manager.s Elizabeth Debicki with Matthew Le Nevez.
The series boasts an impressive cast including Henry Nixon, Anthony Phelan, Damon Gameau, Damien Garvey, Sacha Horler, Sianoa Smit-McPhee, Ben Oxenbould, Suzi Dougherty, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Dylan Young and Neil Pigot. .Many Tasmanian actors feature in the series including Alison Whyte, Kris McQuade, Brad Kannegiesser, Katie Robertson, Marcus Hensley, Nathan Spencer and Matt Burton.
Tasmanian writer Victoria Madden (Lynda La Plante.s Trial and Retribution, The Bill, Halifax Fp) is co-creator of The Kettering Incident with Vincent Sheehan (Animal Kingdom,...
- 5/3/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Richard Roxburgh in Rake.
Rake Season 4 will hit Australian screens on May 19 with guest appearances from Miriam Margolyes, John Waters, Rhys Muldoon and Rachel Blake.
Co-creator and producer Richard Roxburgh is back as Cleaver Greene, last seen dangling from a balloon drifting across the Sydney skyline..
This time, Cleaver crashes into the world of a one-time mentor and now powerful criminal on the run, Edgar Thompson (Waters)..
Against the backdrop of a city that.s taken a turn to the dystopian, Cleaver frantically tries to stay alive — from seeking refuge in a country town congregation, to representing the very man who.s trying to have him killed.
Season 4 of Rake continues to cast Cleaver.s wit on politics, the legal system, and our wider fears and obsessions..
His long-suffering friends, relatives, and pugnacious foes also return in the form of Matt Day, Danielle Cormack, Russell Dykstra, Caroline Brazier, Adrienne Pickering,...
Rake Season 4 will hit Australian screens on May 19 with guest appearances from Miriam Margolyes, John Waters, Rhys Muldoon and Rachel Blake.
Co-creator and producer Richard Roxburgh is back as Cleaver Greene, last seen dangling from a balloon drifting across the Sydney skyline..
This time, Cleaver crashes into the world of a one-time mentor and now powerful criminal on the run, Edgar Thompson (Waters)..
Against the backdrop of a city that.s taken a turn to the dystopian, Cleaver frantically tries to stay alive — from seeking refuge in a country town congregation, to representing the very man who.s trying to have him killed.
Season 4 of Rake continues to cast Cleaver.s wit on politics, the legal system, and our wider fears and obsessions..
His long-suffering friends, relatives, and pugnacious foes also return in the form of Matt Day, Danielle Cormack, Russell Dykstra, Caroline Brazier, Adrienne Pickering,...
- 4/26/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Newcomers Elias Anton and Ben Kindon are playing the leads in Barracuda, the 4-part Matchbox Pictures drama for ABC directed by Rob Connolly.
The ABC revealed the casts and storylines of its 2016 adult dramas, all previously commissioned and announced, at its upfronts presentation on Tuesday night.
The broadcaster confirmed a third season of Matchbox Pictures. Nowhere Boys and announced two animated series. Planet 55 Studios. sci-fi/adventure Prisoner Zero follows teen heroes Tag and Gem and their mysterious friend Prisoner Zero.
Stark Production.s The Deep is the saga of the Nekton family who encounter leviathans swimming through sunken cities, modern day pirates lurking amidst floating black markets and mysterious guardians who conceal long lost secrets.
The teen-targeted slate also includes Ambience Entertainment.s Tomorrow, When the War Began, based on the novels by John Marsden. In Barracuda, Anton plays Danny Kelly, a Melbourne teenager who yearns for a gold medal...
The ABC revealed the casts and storylines of its 2016 adult dramas, all previously commissioned and announced, at its upfronts presentation on Tuesday night.
The broadcaster confirmed a third season of Matchbox Pictures. Nowhere Boys and announced two animated series. Planet 55 Studios. sci-fi/adventure Prisoner Zero follows teen heroes Tag and Gem and their mysterious friend Prisoner Zero.
Stark Production.s The Deep is the saga of the Nekton family who encounter leviathans swimming through sunken cities, modern day pirates lurking amidst floating black markets and mysterious guardians who conceal long lost secrets.
The teen-targeted slate also includes Ambience Entertainment.s Tomorrow, When the War Began, based on the novels by John Marsden. In Barracuda, Anton plays Danny Kelly, a Melbourne teenager who yearns for a gold medal...
- 11/24/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Rake Series 4 has started production in Sydney with Miriam Margolyes, John Waters and Rachael Blake joining the cast.
Co-creator and producer Richard Roxburgh is back as Cleaver Greene, who was seen dangling from a balloon drifting across the Sydney skyline..
This time, Cleaver crashes into the world of a one-time mentor and now powerful criminal on the run, Edgar Thompson (Waters)..
Against the backdrop of a city that.s taken a turn to the dystopian, Cleaver frantically tries to stay alive . from seeking refuge in a country town congregation, to representing the very man who.s trying to have him killed.
Season 4 of Rake continues to cast Cleaver.s rapier wit on politics, the legal system, and our wider fears and obsessions..
His long-suffering friends, relatives, and pugnacious foes also return in the form of Matt Day, Danielle Cormack, Russell Dykstra, Caroline Brazier, Adrienne Pickering, Keegan Joyce, Kate Box, and Damien Garvey.
Co-creator and producer Richard Roxburgh is back as Cleaver Greene, who was seen dangling from a balloon drifting across the Sydney skyline..
This time, Cleaver crashes into the world of a one-time mentor and now powerful criminal on the run, Edgar Thompson (Waters)..
Against the backdrop of a city that.s taken a turn to the dystopian, Cleaver frantically tries to stay alive . from seeking refuge in a country town congregation, to representing the very man who.s trying to have him killed.
Season 4 of Rake continues to cast Cleaver.s rapier wit on politics, the legal system, and our wider fears and obsessions..
His long-suffering friends, relatives, and pugnacious foes also return in the form of Matt Day, Danielle Cormack, Russell Dykstra, Caroline Brazier, Adrienne Pickering, Keegan Joyce, Kate Box, and Damien Garvey.
- 9/29/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Hugo Weaving has been named as this year's CinefestOZ 2015 Screen Legend with today's launch of the festival's program.
Weaving will be recognised for his achievements as an Australian actor at the Festival.s Gala Night on 29 August at which Australia.s biggest film prize, the CinéfestOZ $100,000 Film Prize, is also awarded to an outstanding Australian film.
.Hugo Weaving is one of Australia's most celebrated actors and a passionate supporter of Australia film, television and theatre in and outside of his work. .
His credits include Stephan Elliott.s classic The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert; Jocelyn Moorhouse.s Proof and The Dressmaker opposite fellow Australian Judy Davis; Rowan Woods acclaimed drama, Little Fish alongside Cate Blanchett and Sam Neill; .Mystery Road directed by upcoming filmmaker Ivan Sen; Strangerland directed by first time director Kim Farrant opposite Nicole Kidman which screened at Sydney Film Festival and Sundance; Glendyn Ivin.s...
Weaving will be recognised for his achievements as an Australian actor at the Festival.s Gala Night on 29 August at which Australia.s biggest film prize, the CinéfestOZ $100,000 Film Prize, is also awarded to an outstanding Australian film.
.Hugo Weaving is one of Australia's most celebrated actors and a passionate supporter of Australia film, television and theatre in and outside of his work. .
His credits include Stephan Elliott.s classic The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert; Jocelyn Moorhouse.s Proof and The Dressmaker opposite fellow Australian Judy Davis; Rowan Woods acclaimed drama, Little Fish alongside Cate Blanchett and Sam Neill; .Mystery Road directed by upcoming filmmaker Ivan Sen; Strangerland directed by first time director Kim Farrant opposite Nicole Kidman which screened at Sydney Film Festival and Sundance; Glendyn Ivin.s...
- 7/31/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- 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
Robert Connolly's Paper Planes has been selected to screen at the Berlin International Film Festival in February. The children's film will have its European premiere in the Generation Kplus program.
That will Connolly's third production to be featured in the Berlin festival. His first was The Boys, directed by Rowan Woods, in 1998. Last year his omnibus film Tim Winton's The Turning had its European premiere in Berlin. .
Connolly said, .We are all very excited to return to the Berlinale next year to launch Paper Planes in Europe, a festival that has been a wonderful pioneer in championing cinema for kids from all over the world..
The tale of an Australian boy's passion for flight and his challenge to compete in the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan, it. will have its first 3D screenings in Berlin.
Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason said, .We are thrilled for Rob and his...
That will Connolly's third production to be featured in the Berlin festival. His first was The Boys, directed by Rowan Woods, in 1998. Last year his omnibus film Tim Winton's The Turning had its European premiere in Berlin. .
Connolly said, .We are all very excited to return to the Berlinale next year to launch Paper Planes in Europe, a festival that has been a wonderful pioneer in championing cinema for kids from all over the world..
The tale of an Australian boy's passion for flight and his challenge to compete in the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan, it. will have its first 3D screenings in Berlin.
Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason said, .We are thrilled for Rob and his...
- 12/14/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
In the end, it didn.t come down to a choice between New Zealand and Australia as the location for The Light Between Oceans, a Hollywood adaptation of Australian author M.L. Stedman.s debut novel set on an island off the coast of Wa in 1918. The producers have decided to shoot most of the film in the Marlborough and Otago regions of New Zealand plus a week in Tasmania. The Tassie location is Stanley on the north-west coast, an area which writer-director Derek Cianfrance (The Place Beyond the Pines). visited during a recent recce. Produced by David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford,. the DreamWorks film will star Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Rachel Weisz. Shooting starts at the end of September. Stedman.s novel revolves around a lighthouse keeper and his wife who find a 2-month-old girl and a dead body in a rowboat and decide to raise the baby as their own.
- 8/13/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Elizabeth Debicki will play a doctor who is linked to the cases of two girls who mysteriously disappear in the wilds of Tasmania 15 years apart and fights to clear her name in The Kettering Incident.
Matt Le Nevez has been cast as a detective who becomes a manipulative and dangerous antagonist to her character. in the eight hour series which starts shooting in Tasmania next month.
Foxtel commissioned the drama, the first collaboration between writer/producer Vicki Madden.s Sweet Potato Films and Porchlight Films.
The directors are Rowan Woods and Tony Krawitz, with scripts by Madden, Andrew Knight, Cate Shortland and Louise Fox. Andy Walker is the series producer.
Screen Australia and Screen Tasmania are investors in the $15 million production and BBC Worldwide has international sales rights.
Madden.s writing credits include Lynda La Plante's Trial and Retribution, The Bill, Blood Brothers, Sea Patrol, Water Rats, McLeod.s Daughters and The Flying Doctors.
Matt Le Nevez has been cast as a detective who becomes a manipulative and dangerous antagonist to her character. in the eight hour series which starts shooting in Tasmania next month.
Foxtel commissioned the drama, the first collaboration between writer/producer Vicki Madden.s Sweet Potato Films and Porchlight Films.
The directors are Rowan Woods and Tony Krawitz, with scripts by Madden, Andrew Knight, Cate Shortland and Louise Fox. Andy Walker is the series producer.
Screen Australia and Screen Tasmania are investors in the $15 million production and BBC Worldwide has international sales rights.
Madden.s writing credits include Lynda La Plante's Trial and Retribution, The Bill, Blood Brothers, Sea Patrol, Water Rats, McLeod.s Daughters and The Flying Doctors.
- 7/27/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Writer-director Aaron Wilson is taking the fast track to the Us after his debut feature Canopy played at numerous international festivals and sold to major markets.
Wilson will direct Mercy Road, a character-driven action thriller inspired by real events, which will shoot in the Us and Malaysia next year.
Scripted by Roy Freirich, the plot follows a small town sheriff who loses his daughter to cancer, then discovers she was given counterfeit medication, according to Deadline.com.
Freirich, who wrote Australian director Rowan Woods. 2008 Los Angeles-set drama Winged Creatures, will produce with Cheyenne Enterprises. Arnold Rivkin and Jay Judah. The co-producer is Leon Tan.s Malaysian-based DragonSlate Media. The project was among those pitched to the director via his Us reps Paradigm after Canopy premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last year.
Produced by Finer Films. Katrina Fleming, Canopy is an almost dialogue-free thriller set during the Japanese invasion...
Wilson will direct Mercy Road, a character-driven action thriller inspired by real events, which will shoot in the Us and Malaysia next year.
Scripted by Roy Freirich, the plot follows a small town sheriff who loses his daughter to cancer, then discovers she was given counterfeit medication, according to Deadline.com.
Freirich, who wrote Australian director Rowan Woods. 2008 Los Angeles-set drama Winged Creatures, will produce with Cheyenne Enterprises. Arnold Rivkin and Jay Judah. The co-producer is Leon Tan.s Malaysian-based DragonSlate Media. The project was among those pitched to the director via his Us reps Paradigm after Canopy premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last year.
Produced by Finer Films. Katrina Fleming, Canopy is an almost dialogue-free thriller set during the Japanese invasion...
- 7/20/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Kim Mordaunt, Rowan Woods and Rachel Perkins were among the winners in the Australian Directors Guild awards presented in Sydney at the Powerhouse Museum on Friday night.
Mordaunt took the Adg award for best direction in a feature film for his debut film The Rocket. The best direction in a telemovie gong went to Woods for The Broken Shore.. Perkins won the prize for best direction in a TV drama series for Redfern Now series 2, episode 2, Starting Over.
The Adg Awards celebrate the outstanding work of Australian screen directors in the past year in 16 categories including film, television, multiplatform, music and advertising. .The winners include some of the industry.s most experienced directors such as Ray Lawrence, Rowan Woods, Geoffrey Nottage and Rachel Perkins, but also reflect the incredible new talent rising through the ranks who are working across the various screen platforms,. said Adg executive director Kingston Anderson. The...
Mordaunt took the Adg award for best direction in a feature film for his debut film The Rocket. The best direction in a telemovie gong went to Woods for The Broken Shore.. Perkins won the prize for best direction in a TV drama series for Redfern Now series 2, episode 2, Starting Over.
The Adg Awards celebrate the outstanding work of Australian screen directors in the past year in 16 categories including film, television, multiplatform, music and advertising. .The winners include some of the industry.s most experienced directors such as Ray Lawrence, Rowan Woods, Geoffrey Nottage and Rachel Perkins, but also reflect the incredible new talent rising through the ranks who are working across the various screen platforms,. said Adg executive director Kingston Anderson. The...
- 5/2/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Screenwriter and playwright Stephen Sewell makes his directing debut on Embedded, an erotic thriller which he promises will be hard-hitting and controversial.
Shooting started in Sydney on Monday on what is essentially a two-hander, set mostly in a suite at a five-star hotel. The plot follows a battle-weary Australian war correspondent named Frank, who meets a darkly fascinating woman on his way home.
The two retire to his hotel suite where Frank finds his match in a frightening and erotic game of truth or dare that takes both to the edge, and over.
Playing the couple are Los Angeles-based Aussies Nick Barkla (Blind Company, TV.s Rush) and Laura Gordon (Saw V, TV.s Twentysomething). Marcus Johnson plays the hotel porter.
The producer is Steve Jaggi (Circle of Lies) via his Indefatigable Pictures banner. Jaggi tells If that Sewell intends to .push the envelope. with a film that sets out...
Shooting started in Sydney on Monday on what is essentially a two-hander, set mostly in a suite at a five-star hotel. The plot follows a battle-weary Australian war correspondent named Frank, who meets a darkly fascinating woman on his way home.
The two retire to his hotel suite where Frank finds his match in a frightening and erotic game of truth or dare that takes both to the edge, and over.
Playing the couple are Los Angeles-based Aussies Nick Barkla (Blind Company, TV.s Rush) and Laura Gordon (Saw V, TV.s Twentysomething). Marcus Johnson plays the hotel porter.
The producer is Steve Jaggi (Circle of Lies) via his Indefatigable Pictures banner. Jaggi tells If that Sewell intends to .push the envelope. with a film that sets out...
- 4/21/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Projects by Stephan Elliott, The Babadook writer- director Jennifer Kent, Ben Elton, Rowan Woods, Trent O'Donnell and Jacqueline McKenzie are among the recipients of the latest round of development funding from Screen Australia.
The agency is investing more than $550,000 in 16 feature film projects, including 11 new ones and five that get continued support.
Screen Australia.s Head of Production Sally Caplan, said, .The funding decisions made in this last quarter reflect the breadth of stories coming out of this country and the depth of talent. It is great to be able to support such a spread of genres and ideas and such a range of established and emerging writing, directing and producing talent..
Elliott.s Madams is a comedy from the writers of Easy Virtue. Kent gets funding for Interior, a revenge thriller set in Tasmania in the 1820s.
Woods. The Phobos Experiment is a thriller in which people simulate training...
The agency is investing more than $550,000 in 16 feature film projects, including 11 new ones and five that get continued support.
Screen Australia.s Head of Production Sally Caplan, said, .The funding decisions made in this last quarter reflect the breadth of stories coming out of this country and the depth of talent. It is great to be able to support such a spread of genres and ideas and such a range of established and emerging writing, directing and producing talent..
Elliott.s Madams is a comedy from the writers of Easy Virtue. Kent gets funding for Interior, a revenge thriller set in Tasmania in the 1820s.
Woods. The Phobos Experiment is a thriller in which people simulate training...
- 4/11/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Female directors have dominated the Documentary Feature category of the 2014 Australian Directors Guild Awards, whilst Home & Away has muscled out any other competition for TV Drama Serial. The nominees, announced this morning, cover 16 categories across film, television, multiplatform, music and advertising. This year has seen the Adg receive more entries than ever before, making the judging process a difficult one. .In the TV drama category, the documentary feature category and the feature film categories especially, the caliber is really high so that.s why there are so many nominations,. says Adg Executive Director Kingston Anderson. .The judges take it very seriously and fully understand the recognition the awards can bring.. In the feature film category, Baz Luhrmann was unsurprisingly nominated for box office hit The Great Gatsby alongside strong contenders Kim Mordaunt (The Rocket), Ivan Sen (Mystery Road), Jonathan Teplitzky (The Railway Man) and Zak Hilditch, whose film These Final Hours,...
- 4/9/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
From the story of a teenage daughter of a parent undergoing gender transitioning to North Korea's first rom-com, our pick of the Adelaide film festival
It has been more than two and a half years since the last Adelaide film festival, a long stretch even for a city nurtured on (and thankfully leaving behind) the notion of only hosting major arts events biennially. But anguished cinema junkies can rejoice, with a fresh-look festival bringing joy to October away from the city's crowded "Mad March" calendar. If you're a little rusty and intimidated at the sight of the full package of features, shorts, seminars and parties, then here are 10 filmic delights not to miss.
52 Tuesdays
There is sizzling anticipation for this local production and it will be one of the most prized tickets of the festival. Shot once a week over a year, Sophie Hyde's drama charts the relationship between...
It has been more than two and a half years since the last Adelaide film festival, a long stretch even for a city nurtured on (and thankfully leaving behind) the notion of only hosting major arts events biennially. But anguished cinema junkies can rejoice, with a fresh-look festival bringing joy to October away from the city's crowded "Mad March" calendar. If you're a little rusty and intimidated at the sight of the full package of features, shorts, seminars and parties, then here are 10 filmic delights not to miss.
52 Tuesdays
There is sizzling anticipation for this local production and it will be one of the most prized tickets of the festival. Shot once a week over a year, Sophie Hyde's drama charts the relationship between...
- 10/10/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
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