Paul Geoffrey, who starred as Perceival in the film Excalibur and had many other film and TV credits, died June 3 in Santa Fe, New Mexico from cancer, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican news outlet.
Geoffrey’s film resume was led by Excalibur, a 1981 fantasy film written and directed by John Boorman which retold the King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table legend. The film won best artistic contribution at Cannes in 1981 and received an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography. Excalibur opened at number one in the United States, eventually grossing $34,967,437 on a budget of around US $11 million
His other leading roles included Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Anna Karenina, Wuthering Heights, Poirot, and Inspector Morse, among other filma.
In television, he appeared in “The Jewel in the Crown,” “The Man from Moscow,” “Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story,” “The Manageress,” “Spyship,” “Acapulco H.E.A.T,” “Better Call Saul,...
Geoffrey’s film resume was led by Excalibur, a 1981 fantasy film written and directed by John Boorman which retold the King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table legend. The film won best artistic contribution at Cannes in 1981 and received an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography. Excalibur opened at number one in the United States, eventually grossing $34,967,437 on a budget of around US $11 million
His other leading roles included Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Anna Karenina, Wuthering Heights, Poirot, and Inspector Morse, among other filma.
In television, he appeared in “The Jewel in the Crown,” “The Man from Moscow,” “Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story,” “The Manageress,” “Spyship,” “Acapulco H.E.A.T,” “Better Call Saul,...
- 6/10/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul Geoffrey, an English actor known for his roles in “Excalibur” and “Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes,” has died. He was 68.
Geoffrey died on June 3 in Santa Fe, N.M. from a battle with cancer, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported.
“A thespian to the core, Paul continued to act for the remainder of his life. He loved French wine and food, had a stunning grasp of history, was a life-long Arsenal fan, and excelled at being the sweetest guy in the world,” the Santa Fe New Mexican said of Geoffrey.
Nigel Terry (left) as King Arthur, Paul Geoffrey (right) as Perceval, in “Excalibur.”
Throughout his acting career, Geoffrey starred as Perceval in the 1981 film “Excalibur,” a medieval fantasy film that retells the legend of King Arthur and the knights of the round table. The film won best artistic contribution at Cannes in 1981 and received an Oscar nomination for best cinematography.
Geoffrey died on June 3 in Santa Fe, N.M. from a battle with cancer, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported.
“A thespian to the core, Paul continued to act for the remainder of his life. He loved French wine and food, had a stunning grasp of history, was a life-long Arsenal fan, and excelled at being the sweetest guy in the world,” the Santa Fe New Mexican said of Geoffrey.
Nigel Terry (left) as King Arthur, Paul Geoffrey (right) as Perceval, in “Excalibur.”
Throughout his acting career, Geoffrey starred as Perceval in the 1981 film “Excalibur,” a medieval fantasy film that retells the legend of King Arthur and the knights of the round table. The film won best artistic contribution at Cannes in 1981 and received an Oscar nomination for best cinematography.
- 6/10/2023
- by Sophia Scorziello
- Variety Film + TV
Magna Szubanski in 'Three Summers'..
Ben Elton.s Three Summers will make its world premiere at the upcoming Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff), screening as the Centrepiece Gala..
Writer-director Elton shot the ensemble comedy, which stars Robert Sheehan, Rebecca Breeds, Michael Caton, Magda Szubanski, Deborah Mailman, Jacqueline McKenzie and John Waters, last year in Western Australia. It was produced by Sue Taylor and Michael Wrenn..Set over three summers at a fictional folk music festival in Wa, the film follows two musicians (Sheehan and Breeds) as they fall in love..
.It.s a great thrill and also a great honour to have Three Summers selected as this year.s Miff Centrepiece Gala Presentation,. said the writer-director..
.I cannot think of a better start for our movie than to be centre stage at this famous festival, which is such a true champion of Australian filmmaking. It.s also very...
Ben Elton.s Three Summers will make its world premiere at the upcoming Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff), screening as the Centrepiece Gala..
Writer-director Elton shot the ensemble comedy, which stars Robert Sheehan, Rebecca Breeds, Michael Caton, Magda Szubanski, Deborah Mailman, Jacqueline McKenzie and John Waters, last year in Western Australia. It was produced by Sue Taylor and Michael Wrenn..Set over three summers at a fictional folk music festival in Wa, the film follows two musicians (Sheehan and Breeds) as they fall in love..
.It.s a great thrill and also a great honour to have Three Summers selected as this year.s Miff Centrepiece Gala Presentation,. said the writer-director..
.I cannot think of a better start for our movie than to be centre stage at this famous festival, which is such a true champion of Australian filmmaking. It.s also very...
- 7/7/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Matthew Whittet, Rosemary Myers, Jo Dyer and Gillian Armstrong.
Girl Asleep, directed by Rosemary Myers, written by Matthew Whittet and produced by Jo Dyer, has won CinefestOZ's $100,000 Film Prize.
Saturday evening's awards ceremony in Busselton also saw the festival's Screen Legend award handed out to Gillian Armstrong.
Girl Asleep was selected ahead of Jasper Jones, Spin Out and The Death and Life of Otto Bloom. CinefestOZ received more than 30 submissions for the prize, with the winner decided by a jury made up of Armstrong, producer Sue Taylor (Looking for Grace), Dp Garry Phillips (The Railway Man) and actor-director Damian Walshe-Howling.
The jury watched each of the finalists with an audience before coming together to deliberate. Armstrong said the decision was unanimous.
Presenting the prize, Premier and Tourism Minister Colin Barnett announced that the Wa Government had secured a new two-year deal to continue sponsoring the event..
.CinefestOZ is a great...
Girl Asleep, directed by Rosemary Myers, written by Matthew Whittet and produced by Jo Dyer, has won CinefestOZ's $100,000 Film Prize.
Saturday evening's awards ceremony in Busselton also saw the festival's Screen Legend award handed out to Gillian Armstrong.
Girl Asleep was selected ahead of Jasper Jones, Spin Out and The Death and Life of Otto Bloom. CinefestOZ received more than 30 submissions for the prize, with the winner decided by a jury made up of Armstrong, producer Sue Taylor (Looking for Grace), Dp Garry Phillips (The Railway Man) and actor-director Damian Walshe-Howling.
The jury watched each of the finalists with an audience before coming together to deliberate. Armstrong said the decision was unanimous.
Presenting the prize, Premier and Tourism Minister Colin Barnett announced that the Wa Government had secured a new two-year deal to continue sponsoring the event..
.CinefestOZ is a great...
- 8/29/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Girl Asleep.
CinefestOZ kicks off on August 24, with The Death and Life of Otto Bloom, Girl Asleep, Jasper Jones and Spin Out battling it out for the festival's third annual Film Prize, worth $100,000.
The jury includes producer Sue Taylor (The Tree, Looking for Grace), cinematographer Garry Phillips (House of Hancock, The Railway Man, Candy), actor-director Damian Walshe-Howling (Janet King, Mystery Road, Underbelly), actress Emma Booth (Hounds of Love, Gods of Egypt, Jack Irish) and jury chair Gillian Armstrong.
.We are delighted to bring such diverse minds together to spark conversation,. said CinefestOZ Film Festival Chair Helen Shervington. .Our jurors are as unique and multi-faceted as the films they will judge.
The winning film will be announced at the Festival.s Gala Night on Saturday 27 August.
Each of the four finalists will screen during CinefestOZ, along with other new Australian and French features, short films, documentaries, industry workshops and related events,...
CinefestOZ kicks off on August 24, with The Death and Life of Otto Bloom, Girl Asleep, Jasper Jones and Spin Out battling it out for the festival's third annual Film Prize, worth $100,000.
The jury includes producer Sue Taylor (The Tree, Looking for Grace), cinematographer Garry Phillips (House of Hancock, The Railway Man, Candy), actor-director Damian Walshe-Howling (Janet King, Mystery Road, Underbelly), actress Emma Booth (Hounds of Love, Gods of Egypt, Jack Irish) and jury chair Gillian Armstrong.
.We are delighted to bring such diverse minds together to spark conversation,. said CinefestOZ Film Festival Chair Helen Shervington. .Our jurors are as unique and multi-faceted as the films they will judge.
The winning film will be announced at the Festival.s Gala Night on Saturday 27 August.
Each of the four finalists will screen during CinefestOZ, along with other new Australian and French features, short films, documentaries, industry workshops and related events,...
- 8/18/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
The Legend of Gavin Tanner.
We Were Here and Flushed have scooped the nominations for the West Australian Screen Awards.
The West Australian Screen Awards celebraes excellence and achievements in feature film, short film, web series, music videos, television production, documentary, games and interactive productions.
Short drama We Were Here, directed by David Vincent Smith and produced by Joshua Gilbert and Simon Camp, earned six nominations, the most for the awards.
Short comedy Flushed, directed and produced by Richard Eames, also received six nominations.
ABC comedy TV series The Legend of Gavin Tanner, written and directed by Matt Lovkis and Henry Inglis and produced by Lauren Elliott received five nominations, as did short drama Sol Bunker, produced by Glen Stasiuk and directed by Nathan Mewett.
Film and Television Institute Wa (Fti) chief executive, Paul Bodlovich, said the WASAs were one of the most important events on the cultural calendar in Western Australia.
We Were Here and Flushed have scooped the nominations for the West Australian Screen Awards.
The West Australian Screen Awards celebraes excellence and achievements in feature film, short film, web series, music videos, television production, documentary, games and interactive productions.
Short drama We Were Here, directed by David Vincent Smith and produced by Joshua Gilbert and Simon Camp, earned six nominations, the most for the awards.
Short comedy Flushed, directed and produced by Richard Eames, also received six nominations.
ABC comedy TV series The Legend of Gavin Tanner, written and directed by Matt Lovkis and Henry Inglis and produced by Lauren Elliott received five nominations, as did short drama Sol Bunker, produced by Glen Stasiuk and directed by Nathan Mewett.
Film and Television Institute Wa (Fti) chief executive, Paul Bodlovich, said the WASAs were one of the most important events on the cultural calendar in Western Australia.
- 5/31/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
Australian writer-director Sue Brooks, whose latest feature Looking For Grace has premiered at the Venice Film Festival, has revealed details of her upcoming projects.
Brooks has two new features in development. One is an adaptation of Alex Miller’s novel, Lovesong. This is the story of a relationship and marriage between a young Australian man and a Tunisian woman.
It is scripted and produced by Alison Tilson (Looking For Grace). Brooks said: “It’s a love story but it is also about place and migration…it is about being displaced.”
The project is currently being financed and cast.
Brooks is also plotting a comedy-musical, Not Quite Waiting In The Wings. Also scripted by Tilson, it is described by Brooks as a story “about the folly of human endeavour.”
It centres on an amateur troupe’s courageous but faltering attempt to mount a Gilbert and Sullivan opera.
Looking For Grace stars Radha Mitchell, Richard Roxburgh and upcoming...
Brooks has two new features in development. One is an adaptation of Alex Miller’s novel, Lovesong. This is the story of a relationship and marriage between a young Australian man and a Tunisian woman.
It is scripted and produced by Alison Tilson (Looking For Grace). Brooks said: “It’s a love story but it is also about place and migration…it is about being displaced.”
The project is currently being financed and cast.
Brooks is also plotting a comedy-musical, Not Quite Waiting In The Wings. Also scripted by Tilson, it is described by Brooks as a story “about the folly of human endeavour.”
It centres on an amateur troupe’s courageous but faltering attempt to mount a Gilbert and Sullivan opera.
Looking For Grace stars Radha Mitchell, Richard Roxburgh and upcoming...
- 9/7/2015
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Sue Brooks. Looking for Grace will screen in Platform, a new competitive section of the Toronto International Film Festival which showcases films that have a strong directorial vision. The road movie starring Richard Roxburgh, Radha Mitchell, Odessa Young and Terry Norris is the only Australian title in the running for the $C25,000 prize determined by the jury of filmmakers Jia Zhang-ke, Claire Denis and Agnieszka Holland. That strengthens Australia.s profile at the event which runs September 10-20. Jocelyn Moorhouse.s The Dressmaker will have its world premiere in Gala Presentations,. Simon Stone.s The Daughter will have its North American premiere in Special Presentations and Jennifer Peedom.s Sherpa and Gillian Armstrong.s Women He.s Undressed will compete in Tiff Docs.
Young, who also stars in The Daughter, plays 16-year-old Grace, who has run away from home. Her exasperated parents head to the West Australian wheat belt...
Young, who also stars in The Daughter, plays 16-year-old Grace, who has run away from home. Her exasperated parents head to the West Australian wheat belt...
- 8/13/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Writer-director Sue Brooks' Looking for Grace will be the first film by a female Australian director to screen in competition at the Venice Film Festival since Clara Law's The Goddess Of 1967 in 2000.
Australia will have an unprecedented profile at the festival with Michael Rowe.s Early Winter and Simon Stone.s The Daughter selected for the Venice Days sidebar and Bentley Dean and Martin Butler.s Tanna screening in Venice Critics. Week.
This is the first time Australian films will be represented in all three Venice categories. That adds to the prestige of The Daughter having its North American premiere in the Special Presentations section of the 40th Toronto International Film Festival, where Jocelyn Moorhouse.s The Dressmaker will have its world premiere in the Gala Presentations section.
Wayne Blair's Us thriler Septembers Of Shiraz, which stars Salma Hayek, Adrien Brody and Shohreh Aghdashloo, will also screen in Gala Presentations.
Australia will have an unprecedented profile at the festival with Michael Rowe.s Early Winter and Simon Stone.s The Daughter selected for the Venice Days sidebar and Bentley Dean and Martin Butler.s Tanna screening in Venice Critics. Week.
This is the first time Australian films will be represented in all three Venice categories. That adds to the prestige of The Daughter having its North American premiere in the Special Presentations section of the 40th Toronto International Film Festival, where Jocelyn Moorhouse.s The Dressmaker will have its world premiere in the Gala Presentations section.
Wayne Blair's Us thriler Septembers Of Shiraz, which stars Salma Hayek, Adrien Brody and Shohreh Aghdashloo, will also screen in Gala Presentations.
- 7/29/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Matchbox Pictures MD Chris Oliver-Taylor and Goalpost Pictures MD/partner Ben Grant have been elected as president and vice president of Screen Producers Australia.
They succeed outgoing president Brian Rosen and VP Sue Taylor.
Spa executive director Matt Deaner said the newly elected councillors represent a significant cross section of the screen production industry and bring a breadth and depth of experience and achievements.
Oliver-Taylor said, .I am delighted to be elected president of Screen Producers Australia and am thrilled at the opportunity to work closely with Matt and his team. The sector continues to evolve and at this crucial time of change, it is a great privilege to be able to work on behalf of the producers of Australia to ensure our wonderful creative industry remains strong and buoyant..
The 2014 - 2015 Screen Producers Australia Council comprises:
Chris Oliver-Taylor, Matchbox Pictures (president) Ben Grant, Goalpost Pictures (vice president) Donna Andrews,...
They succeed outgoing president Brian Rosen and VP Sue Taylor.
Spa executive director Matt Deaner said the newly elected councillors represent a significant cross section of the screen production industry and bring a breadth and depth of experience and achievements.
Oliver-Taylor said, .I am delighted to be elected president of Screen Producers Australia and am thrilled at the opportunity to work closely with Matt and his team. The sector continues to evolve and at this crucial time of change, it is a great privilege to be able to work on behalf of the producers of Australia to ensure our wonderful creative industry remains strong and buoyant..
The 2014 - 2015 Screen Producers Australia Council comprises:
Chris Oliver-Taylor, Matchbox Pictures (president) Ben Grant, Goalpost Pictures (vice president) Donna Andrews,...
- 10/8/2014
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia today announced investment of nearly. $965,000 for three films and a feature documentary, estimated to generate more than $6.8 million of production.
Fiona Cameron, Screen Australia.s chief operating officer, said, .This round we have backed a diverse collection of projects that promises audiences an amusing, informative and imaginative experience with innovative narratives and vivid characters..
Funding was allocated to Madman Productions for the feature A Month of Sundays from writer/director Matthew Saville (Felony, Noise, The Slap, Cloudstreet) and producers Nick Batzias and Kirsty Stark.
The film follows real estate agent Frank Mollard (played by Anthony Lapaglia), whose life takes an unexpected turn when he receives a call from his dead mother, sending him on a journey of redemption.
WildBear Entertainment will receive completion funding for Electric Boogaloo: The Wild Untold Story of Cannon Films, Mark Hartley's doco about movie-obsessed immigrant cousins, Yoram Globus and the late Menahem Golan,...
Fiona Cameron, Screen Australia.s chief operating officer, said, .This round we have backed a diverse collection of projects that promises audiences an amusing, informative and imaginative experience with innovative narratives and vivid characters..
Funding was allocated to Madman Productions for the feature A Month of Sundays from writer/director Matthew Saville (Felony, Noise, The Slap, Cloudstreet) and producers Nick Batzias and Kirsty Stark.
The film follows real estate agent Frank Mollard (played by Anthony Lapaglia), whose life takes an unexpected turn when he receives a call from his dead mother, sending him on a journey of redemption.
WildBear Entertainment will receive completion funding for Electric Boogaloo: The Wild Untold Story of Cannon Films, Mark Hartley's doco about movie-obsessed immigrant cousins, Yoram Globus and the late Menahem Golan,...
- 9/5/2014
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Richard Roxburgh and Radha Mitchell are playing the parents of a 14-year-old runaway who hire a retired detective to help find her in writer-director Sue Brooks. Looking for Grace.
Formerly known as Driving Back from Dubbo, the drama starts shooting this week in Western Australia, produced by Lizzette Atkins, Sue Taylor and Alison Tilson.
Odessa Young (The Moodys, Wonderland) will play the title character who runs away with her best friend (Kenya Pearson) to see her favourite band.
The cast includes Terry Norris as the retired cop, Julia Blake as his wife and Tasma Walton. The plot follows the couple and their helper as they head off on the road to Ceduna to try to retrieve Grace.
Miranda Otto was originally in the frame to play Grace's mother and Sam Neill had been in talks to play the former detective.
The investors include Screen West, Screen Australia, Film Victoria, the...
Formerly known as Driving Back from Dubbo, the drama starts shooting this week in Western Australia, produced by Lizzette Atkins, Sue Taylor and Alison Tilson.
Odessa Young (The Moodys, Wonderland) will play the title character who runs away with her best friend (Kenya Pearson) to see her favourite band.
The cast includes Terry Norris as the retired cop, Julia Blake as his wife and Tasma Walton. The plot follows the couple and their helper as they head off on the road to Ceduna to try to retrieve Grace.
Miranda Otto was originally in the frame to play Grace's mother and Sam Neill had been in talks to play the former detective.
The investors include Screen West, Screen Australia, Film Victoria, the...
- 8/26/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Ausfilm has announced the 15 Australian producers who will participate in Ausfilm Week London from October 20-23. The event aims to create and develop co-production opportunities between Australian and UK producers for feature film and high-end TV drama.
The schedule will feature meetings for Australian producers with UK counterparts for specific co-production projects that hold international appeal. Following a call out for submissions, the following Australian production companies and representatives have been selected: Australian attendees . Ausfilm Week London 2014:
. Aidan O'Bryan - Wbmc . Amanda Higgs - Amanda Higgs Pty Ltd . Bridget Callow-Wright - Midwinter Films . Heather Ogilvie - Galvanized Film Group . Jamie Hilton - See Pictures . Joanna Werner - Werner Film Productions Pty Ltd . Martha Coleman - Goalpost Pictures . Melissa Kelly - Factor 30 Films . Meredith Garlick - Thomas Street Productions . Patrick McDonald - Wolfhound Pictures Pty Ltd . Stephen Luby - Ruby Entertainment Pty Ltd . Sue Taylor - Taylor Media...
The schedule will feature meetings for Australian producers with UK counterparts for specific co-production projects that hold international appeal. Following a call out for submissions, the following Australian production companies and representatives have been selected: Australian attendees . Ausfilm Week London 2014:
. Aidan O'Bryan - Wbmc . Amanda Higgs - Amanda Higgs Pty Ltd . Bridget Callow-Wright - Midwinter Films . Heather Ogilvie - Galvanized Film Group . Jamie Hilton - See Pictures . Joanna Werner - Werner Film Productions Pty Ltd . Martha Coleman - Goalpost Pictures . Melissa Kelly - Factor 30 Films . Meredith Garlick - Thomas Street Productions . Patrick McDonald - Wolfhound Pictures Pty Ltd . Stephen Luby - Ruby Entertainment Pty Ltd . Sue Taylor - Taylor Media...
- 8/22/2014
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
If the 3rd annual Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards could be categorised as a David vs Goliath battle between The Rocket and The Great Gatsby, Goliath is the hands-down winner.
Baz Luhrmann.s opulent romantic drama won six awards tonight, for best film, director, adapted screenplay, lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio, supporting actor Joel Edgerton and supporting actress Elizabeth Debicki.
That.s in addition to the six awards in craft categories plus the Aacta award for outstanding achievement in visual effects bestowed on Luhrmann.s film on Tuesday.
Kim Mordaunt's The Rocket, which had 12 nominations versus 14 for Gatsby, had to be content with just one trophy, for Mordaunt.s original screenplay.
The outcome is likely to reignite the debate about the near-impossibility of comparing a lavishly-mounted 3D film financed by Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures, which cost $160 million, with an independently-funded Lao-set film from a first-time director budgeted at about $2 million.
Baz Luhrmann.s opulent romantic drama won six awards tonight, for best film, director, adapted screenplay, lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio, supporting actor Joel Edgerton and supporting actress Elizabeth Debicki.
That.s in addition to the six awards in craft categories plus the Aacta award for outstanding achievement in visual effects bestowed on Luhrmann.s film on Tuesday.
Kim Mordaunt's The Rocket, which had 12 nominations versus 14 for Gatsby, had to be content with just one trophy, for Mordaunt.s original screenplay.
The outcome is likely to reignite the debate about the near-impossibility of comparing a lavishly-mounted 3D film financed by Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures, which cost $160 million, with an independently-funded Lao-set film from a first-time director budgeted at about $2 million.
- 1/30/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Tree Australia.s Brian Rosen and Taylor Media.s Sue Taylor have been re-elected for a third term as president and vice-president of the Screen Producers Association of Australia for 2013/2014.
Spaa is changing its constitution to elect future presidents for a two-year term, capped at a maximum of two terms. Rosen has indicated he will step down as president at the end of his third year.
Members of the 2013/14 Spaa Council are: Donna Andrews, Sticky Pictures; Mark Bamford, TressCox Lawyers; Ben Grant, Goalpost Pictures; Chris Hilton, Essential Media and Entertainment; Morgan Jaffit, Defiant Development; Linda Klejus, Circa Media; Nathan Mayfield, Hoodlum Entertainment; Alaric McAusland, Deluxe Australia; David Redman, Instinct Entertainment; Andrew Ogilvie, Electric Pictures; Chris Oliver-Taylor, Matchbox Pictures; and Joanna Werner, Werner Film Productions.
The outgoing councillors are Dan Pearce, Holding Redlich Lawyers; Ros Tatarka, CreatEve; and Jennifer Wilson, The Project Factory.
Of that trio Spaa says, .Together they have...
Spaa is changing its constitution to elect future presidents for a two-year term, capped at a maximum of two terms. Rosen has indicated he will step down as president at the end of his third year.
Members of the 2013/14 Spaa Council are: Donna Andrews, Sticky Pictures; Mark Bamford, TressCox Lawyers; Ben Grant, Goalpost Pictures; Chris Hilton, Essential Media and Entertainment; Morgan Jaffit, Defiant Development; Linda Klejus, Circa Media; Nathan Mayfield, Hoodlum Entertainment; Alaric McAusland, Deluxe Australia; David Redman, Instinct Entertainment; Andrew Ogilvie, Electric Pictures; Chris Oliver-Taylor, Matchbox Pictures; and Joanna Werner, Werner Film Productions.
The outgoing councillors are Dan Pearce, Holding Redlich Lawyers; Ros Tatarka, CreatEve; and Jennifer Wilson, The Project Factory.
Of that trio Spaa says, .Together they have...
- 10/3/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
ScreenWest yesterday launched the 2013 Tele-Navigator Development Program, aimed at supporting the development of television content in Western Australia. The Program, presented in association with the Australian Writers Guild, is designed for projects which can be made in Western Australia. Up to six television projects (television drama or comedy series, telemovies or miniseries) will be chosen to participate in the Tele-Navigator Conference Week held from 15-19 July. Though projects at any stage of development are eligible for entry, the idea is for a team of industry professionals to work with early-stage ideas to develop them from the ground up. Sue Taylor and Sue Masters have already been announced as two of the three producing mentors, with another three writing mentors to be revealed in coming weeks. Writers, directors and producers are welcome to apply as individuals or as a team The deadline for applications is 5:00pm Monday, 27 May 2013.
For more information visit.http://screenwest.
For more information visit.http://screenwest.
- 4/24/2013
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia has granted more than $276,000 in funding to support the development of 10 feature films, including projects by the co-writer of local smash The Sapphires and the team behind Wish You Were Here.
It is a small financial lifeline for the industry which is no longer receiving drama production investment from the national government agency after it spent its entire annual $42 million budget in just six months.
Among the new feature film projects to receive funding is comedy-drama The Grip, written by Tony Briggs (The Sapphires). It follows five young Australian businessmen who discover the secret to winning the pokies and develop Robin Hood-like reputations. David Field (The Combination) will direct.
Writer Felicity Price and director Kieran Darcy-Smith (Wish You Were Here) have also received funding to develop a new (as yet) untitled thriller. It follows social misfit Vincent, who holds a flame for 17-year-old Amber, but when his hopes are crushed he acts impulsively,...
It is a small financial lifeline for the industry which is no longer receiving drama production investment from the national government agency after it spent its entire annual $42 million budget in just six months.
Among the new feature film projects to receive funding is comedy-drama The Grip, written by Tony Briggs (The Sapphires). It follows five young Australian businessmen who discover the secret to winning the pokies and develop Robin Hood-like reputations. David Field (The Combination) will direct.
Writer Felicity Price and director Kieran Darcy-Smith (Wish You Were Here) have also received funding to develop a new (as yet) untitled thriller. It follows social misfit Vincent, who holds a flame for 17-year-old Amber, but when his hopes are crushed he acts impulsively,...
- 3/3/2013
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Don Groves is a Deadline contributor based in Sydney. Bryan Brown will play an Australian soldier in France during World War I in An Accidental Soldier, a telemovie directed by the actor’s wife Rachel Ward, their first collaboration since the 2009 movie Beautiful Kate. Australia’s ABC commissioned the telepic based on John Charalambous’ novel Silent Parts, and shooting starts in Western Australia in September, backed by agency Screen West. Dan Spielman plays the title character who enlisted in 1918 when he was in his early 40s, served as a baker and feared battle. French actress Marie Bunel plays a French woman who harbored him. The producers are Goalpost Pictures’ Kylie du Fresne (The Sapphires) and Taylor Media’s Sue Taylor (The Tree) and the script is by Blake Ayshford. The producers say they will decide how to exploit the international rights when the film is completed.
- 8/28/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Bryan Brown is set to join the cast of telepic An Accidental Soldier, playing an Australian soldier in France during World War I, reports Deadline. Rachel Ward, the helmer's wife is helming the project which marks their first collaboration since Beautiful Kate back in 2009. Pic is based on "Silent Parts," a novel by John Charalambous, and stars Dan Spielman as the title character who enlisted at the age of 40 in 1918. He served as a baker, in fear of battle. Also in the cast of the film produced by Kylie du Fresne of Goalpost Pictures and Sue Taylor of Taylor Media-produced film is Marie Bunel playing a French woman who harbored him.
- 8/28/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Bryan Brown is set to join the cast of telepic An Accidental Soldier, playing an Australian soldier in France during World War I, reports Deadline. Rachel Ward, the helmer's wife is helming the project which marks their first collaboration since Beautiful Kate back in 2009. Pic is based on "Silent Parts," a novel by John Charalambous, and stars Dan Spielman as the title character who enlisted at the age of 40 in 1918. He served as a baker, in fear of battle. Also in the cast of the film produced by Kylie du Fresne of Goalpost Pictures and Sue Taylor of Taylor Media-produced film is Marie Bunel playing a French woman who harbored him.
- 8/28/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Rachel Ward is set to direct a new tele-movie for ABC TV. An Accidental Soldier, produced by Kylie du Fresne, producer of The Sapphires, and The Tree’s Sue Taylor, tells the story of a baker in the Anzac services corps who makes an extraordinary decision and finds an unexpected love. The film will star Ward’s husband and actor Bryan Brown as well as French actress Marie Bunel and Dan Spielman.
The announcement:
Straight off the back of a triumphant opening week, The Sapphires producer Kylie du Fresne (The Sapphires, Lockie Leonard) is creating another surprising, untold story of Australians at war for ABC TV. The telemovie An Accidental Soldier, which Kylie will produce with Sue Taylor (The Tree, 3 Acts of Murder) begins filming in Perth on Monday 3 September.
Director, Rachel Ward (The Straits, Rake, My Place, Beautiful Kate) has assembled a stellar international cast. French actress Marie Bunel stars alongside Dan Spielman (Offspring,...
The announcement:
Straight off the back of a triumphant opening week, The Sapphires producer Kylie du Fresne (The Sapphires, Lockie Leonard) is creating another surprising, untold story of Australians at war for ABC TV. The telemovie An Accidental Soldier, which Kylie will produce with Sue Taylor (The Tree, 3 Acts of Murder) begins filming in Perth on Monday 3 September.
Director, Rachel Ward (The Straits, Rake, My Place, Beautiful Kate) has assembled a stellar international cast. French actress Marie Bunel stars alongside Dan Spielman (Offspring,...
- 8/28/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The producer of recent Australian hit The Sapphires, Kylie du Fresne, is teaming up with Sue Taylor to tackle World War I dramatic telemovie An Accidental Soldier for ABC TV.
The story follows a baker in the ANZACs.and is described as .a moving and ultimately uplifting story of love that crosses language and cultures in a time of catastrophe,. according to ABC TV head of fiction Carole Sklan.
Production begins on September 3 in Perth, with director Rachel Ward and a screenplay adapted by Blake Ayshford (The Straits, Crownies) from the book Silent Parts by John Charalambous. The telemovie was developed and financed under the Primeime Television Production Fund between ScreenWest and ABC Television.
An Accidental Soldier should provide a boost to the Western Australian industry, according to ScreenWest boss Ian Booth.
.It will be filmed entirely in Western Australia providing Wa practitioners with an opportunity to work with an...
The story follows a baker in the ANZACs.and is described as .a moving and ultimately uplifting story of love that crosses language and cultures in a time of catastrophe,. according to ABC TV head of fiction Carole Sklan.
Production begins on September 3 in Perth, with director Rachel Ward and a screenplay adapted by Blake Ayshford (The Straits, Crownies) from the book Silent Parts by John Charalambous. The telemovie was developed and financed under the Primeime Television Production Fund between ScreenWest and ABC Television.
An Accidental Soldier should provide a boost to the Western Australian industry, according to ScreenWest boss Ian Booth.
.It will be filmed entirely in Western Australia providing Wa practitioners with an opportunity to work with an...
- 8/28/2012
- by Anthony Soegito
- IF.com.au
Zephyr Films founder Chris Curling is one of many UK producers taking part in this year.s Ausfilm Week London and, as one of the producers on Death Defying Acts, has already experienced the particular needs of UK/Australian co-productions.
The mid-May pre-Cannes event is designed to develop co-productions between Australia and the UK -- both feature film and high-end television series . through a series of networking events and panel discussions aimed at familiarising delegates with the funding and production landscape of their potential partners.
Also on the list of attendees is Carlo Dusi, head of business and commercial affairs at Ridley and Tony Scott.s production company Scott Free. Ridley Scott cast Cate Blanchett and Russell Crowe in his 2010 action adventure Robin Hood.
Others include Carola Ash, one of the two people heading 2B Pictures, the production arm of the finance-focussed Future Films Group, and Alison Meese, who is...
The mid-May pre-Cannes event is designed to develop co-productions between Australia and the UK -- both feature film and high-end television series . through a series of networking events and panel discussions aimed at familiarising delegates with the funding and production landscape of their potential partners.
Also on the list of attendees is Carlo Dusi, head of business and commercial affairs at Ridley and Tony Scott.s production company Scott Free. Ridley Scott cast Cate Blanchett and Russell Crowe in his 2010 action adventure Robin Hood.
Others include Carola Ash, one of the two people heading 2B Pictures, the production arm of the finance-focussed Future Films Group, and Alison Meese, who is...
- 5/2/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
Filmmakers Sue Taylor and Amanda Higgs have been appointed to the ScreenWest board for three years. Taylor was previously an inaugural member of the ScreenWest board and in 2001, established her own production company, Taylor Media, whose credits include feature films The Tree and Last Train to Freo; telemovie 3 Acts of Murder; mini-series The Shark Net; and children's TV series Time Trackers. She was also recently appointed the vice-president of the Screen Producers Association of Australia. Higgs, who spent several years as an executive producer of drama at the ABC, recently script-edited ABC mini-series The Slap and executive produced Fox8 teen series SLiDE. Wa culture and the arts minister, John Day, said ScreenWest has an established reputation, having overseen the state...
- 12/20/2011
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Nds is providing an enhanced TV viewing experience in 20 million homes in the Indian pay-tv market. With an industry estimated average of five people per household, Nds is enabling a compelling, next-generation TV experience for 100 million viewers. Nds Asia Pacific senior vice president and general manager Sue Taylor said, “We entered the Indian pay-tv market in 1995 and this milestone is a testament to our pioneering work with successful cable TV and satellite platforms in India and the growth in the India pay-tv market. India is ...
- 10/21/2011
- BusinessofCinema
Ben Grant of Goalpost Pictures and David Redman of Instinct Entertainment join new President Brian Rosen and Vice President Sue Taylor on the Spaa Council for 2011/12.
The full list of elected Spaa councillors are as follows:
Brian Rosen moves from Feature Film councillor to President as Antony I Ginnane (Ifm Film) steps down. Bob Campbell (Screentime) will be replaced by Sue Taylor (Taylor Media) formerly the television councillor.
Ben Grant (Goalpost Pictures) and David Redman (Instinct Entertainment) step into the Feature Film councillors roles with Daniel Scharf (Profile Creative) an outgoing office holder.
Paul Barron (Great Western Entertainment) replaces Sue Taylor as Ros Tatarka (CreatEve) fills the spot of outgoing Jenny Lalor (entertainment lawyer) for the Television department. Chris Hilton (Essential Media & Entertainment) and Andrew Ogilvie (Electric Pictures) remain documentary councillors, so too does Jennifer Wilson (The Project Factory) in the role of Animation and New Media councillor while Services...
The full list of elected Spaa councillors are as follows:
Brian Rosen moves from Feature Film councillor to President as Antony I Ginnane (Ifm Film) steps down. Bob Campbell (Screentime) will be replaced by Sue Taylor (Taylor Media) formerly the television councillor.
Ben Grant (Goalpost Pictures) and David Redman (Instinct Entertainment) step into the Feature Film councillors roles with Daniel Scharf (Profile Creative) an outgoing office holder.
Paul Barron (Great Western Entertainment) replaces Sue Taylor as Ros Tatarka (CreatEve) fills the spot of outgoing Jenny Lalor (entertainment lawyer) for the Television department. Chris Hilton (Essential Media & Entertainment) and Andrew Ogilvie (Electric Pictures) remain documentary councillors, so too does Jennifer Wilson (The Project Factory) in the role of Animation and New Media councillor while Services...
- 9/16/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Former Film Finance Corporation (Ffc) chief executive Brian Rosen has been elected president of the Screen Producers Association of Australia (Spaa). He will replace Antony I. Ginnane, who has held the role for the past three years, at the annual general meeting in September. Rosen said the government's convergence review, which is currently examining future.policy and regulatory frameworks in a multi-platform environment, would be one particular area of focus. "I look forward to helping lead the way in getting the best outcomes for the industry with the convergence review," Rosen told If magazine. Producer Sue Taylor (The Tree).was also elected Spaa vice-president, replacing Screentime's Bob Campbell.. Both the president and vice-president...
- 7/25/2011
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Powerful drama The Tree has a chance to blossom in the Us after a newly-signed distribution deal. The Australian/French co-production, directed by Julie Bertuccelli, produced by West Australian Sue Taylor and starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, has been bought by Zeitgeist Films and will open initially in Los Angles and New York this North American summer. The film, shot in southeast Queensland, has now sold to more than 30 territories, including across Europe, South America, Asia and the Middle East. .Charlotte Gainsbourg and Julie Bertuccelli have large and loyal followings in the Us and Zeitgeist is the perfect distributor to look after this film,. Taylor said in a statement. The New York-based film company previously distributed Bertuccelli.s Since Otar Left. The...
- 2/21/2011
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
The France/Australia co-production The Tree has been acquired by Zeitgeist Films in the Us, for release in New York and Los Angeles during the northern hemisphere summer.
“Charlotte Gainsbourg and Julie Bertucelli have large and loyal followings in the Us and Zeitgeist is the perfect distributor to look after this film. We’ve now sold to over 30 countries, right across Europe, South America, Asia and the Middle East, so it’s great to add the Us to the list. We’ll start with seasons in Los Angeles and New York and then expand the release across the country,” said producer Sue Taylor.The distributor also released director Julie Bertucelli’s debut Since Otar Left.
The Tree was released in France and Australia last year. It was nominated for seven AFI Awards, and it is currently nominated for three César Awards in France, for Best Actress (Charlotte Gainsbourg), Best Adapted...
“Charlotte Gainsbourg and Julie Bertucelli have large and loyal followings in the Us and Zeitgeist is the perfect distributor to look after this film. We’ve now sold to over 30 countries, right across Europe, South America, Asia and the Middle East, so it’s great to add the Us to the list. We’ll start with seasons in Los Angeles and New York and then expand the release across the country,” said producer Sue Taylor.The distributor also released director Julie Bertucelli’s debut Since Otar Left.
The Tree was released in France and Australia last year. It was nominated for seven AFI Awards, and it is currently nominated for three César Awards in France, for Best Actress (Charlotte Gainsbourg), Best Adapted...
- 2/20/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Everybody knows there is no exact formula to raise the funds necessary to produce a film or television program, but it doesn’t hurt to ask those who have done it successfully, using both traditional and new methods.
(note from the editor: this article was originally published in the November issue of Encore, before Screen Australia released the Drama Production Report for 2009/10)
According to the most recent National Survey of Feature Film and TV Drama Production, in 2008/09 thirteen features were financed mainly by film/TV industry sources (including cash flow against the Producer Offset); 11 were financed “substantially” by Screen Australia, State agencies and the Adelaide/Melbourne festival funds; seven (including three co-productions) were financed mainly from foreign sources; and one was financed mainly from private sources. Private investment dropped from $40m in 2007/08 to $5m in 2008/09, mainly due to the disappearance of the 10Ba model.
Under Screen Australia’s revised Terms of Trade,...
(note from the editor: this article was originally published in the November issue of Encore, before Screen Australia released the Drama Production Report for 2009/10)
According to the most recent National Survey of Feature Film and TV Drama Production, in 2008/09 thirteen features were financed mainly by film/TV industry sources (including cash flow against the Producer Offset); 11 were financed “substantially” by Screen Australia, State agencies and the Adelaide/Melbourne festival funds; seven (including three co-productions) were financed mainly from foreign sources; and one was financed mainly from private sources. Private investment dropped from $40m in 2007/08 to $5m in 2008/09, mainly due to the disappearance of the 10Ba model.
Under Screen Australia’s revised Terms of Trade,...
- 12/16/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Charlotte Gainsbourg, The Tree, which failed to win a single AFI Award The Animal Kingdom Tops Australian Film Institute 2010 Nominations * denotes the winner in each category. The winners in the "top" categories will be announced Dec. 11. Samsung Mobile AFI Award For Best Film * Animal Kingdom. Liz Watts Beneath Hill 60. Bill Leimbach Bran Nue Dae. Robyn Kershaw, Graeme Isaac Bright Star. Jan Chapman, Caroline Hewitt The Tree. Sue Taylor, Yaël Fogiel Tomorrow When The War Began. Andrew Mason, Michael Boughen. AFI Award For Best Direction * Animal Kingdom. David Michôd Beneath Hill 60. Jeremy Hartley Sims Bright Star. Jane Campion The Tree. Julie Bertuccelli. AFI Award For Best Lead Actor Brendan Cowell. Beneath Hill 60 James Frecheville. Animal Kingdom * Ben Mendelsohn. Animal Kingdom Clive Owen. The Boys Are Back. AFI Award For Best Lead Actress Abbie Cornish. Bright Star Morgana Davies. The Tree Charlotte Gainsbourg. The Tree [...]...
- 12/11/2010
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Remember that one year (2001) when the list-happy AFI (American Film Institute) decided to compete with the Globes and the Oscars in year end prizes? No, that didn't last long. But there's another AFI, The Australian Film Institute, that has been around for a long time and is in no such danger of being a one-off. This year, they're all about the amazing family crime drama Animal Kingdom which they awarded with a record breaking 18 nominations. Sure, the film is in danger of being way overhyped for people who are coming to it late (which is just about everyone given the sorry state of international distribution for dramas of virtually any kind) but for those who can slough off the "omg" raves, I guarantee you'll think it at least an insinuating and well executed crime drama.
AFI Favorites with multiple nominations
Its main competition for the coveted prizes, if you go by nomination counts,...
AFI Favorites with multiple nominations
Its main competition for the coveted prizes, if you go by nomination counts,...
- 10/29/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Animal Kingdom received 18 nominations for this year’s Australian Film Institute Awards, followed by Beneath Hill 60 (12), Bright Star (11), Tomorrow, When the War Began (8), The Tree, Bran Nue Dae (7 each) and The Boys Are Back (4)
The Best Film category will see Animal Kingdom competing against Beneath Hill 60, Bright Star, Bran Nue Dae, The Tree and Tomorrow, When the War Began.
Australia’s top rated drama productions – Packed to the Rafters and Underbellly: The Golden Mile – were both absent from the main Television categories (except for Underbelly‘s two acting nods).
The winners will be revealed on December 10 (Industry Awards) and 11 (main Awards Ceremony) in Melbourne.
This is the full list of nominees:
AFI Members’ Choice Award
Animal Kingdom. Liz Watts. Beneath Hill 60. Bill Leimbach. Bran Nue Dae. Robyn Kershaw, Graeme Isaac. Bright Star. Jan Chapman, Caroline Hewitt. The Boys Are Back. Greg Brenman, Tim White. Tomorrow When The War Began.
The Best Film category will see Animal Kingdom competing against Beneath Hill 60, Bright Star, Bran Nue Dae, The Tree and Tomorrow, When the War Began.
Australia’s top rated drama productions – Packed to the Rafters and Underbellly: The Golden Mile – were both absent from the main Television categories (except for Underbelly‘s two acting nods).
The winners will be revealed on December 10 (Industry Awards) and 11 (main Awards Ceremony) in Melbourne.
This is the full list of nominees:
AFI Members’ Choice Award
Animal Kingdom. Liz Watts. Beneath Hill 60. Bill Leimbach. Bran Nue Dae. Robyn Kershaw, Graeme Isaac. Bright Star. Jan Chapman, Caroline Hewitt. The Boys Are Back. Greg Brenman, Tim White. Tomorrow When The War Began.
- 10/27/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
It was French director Julie Bertucelli’s wish to make a film about a tree that ultimately brought together a French-Australian feature co-production, aptly titled The Tree, writes Hansika Bhagani.
In 2004, Bertuccelli was determined her next work would revolve around a tree motif. “I don’t know why exactly, but I was a bit obsessed with the tree” she said.
A friend lent her a copy of Brisbane-born Judy Pascoe’s book Our Father Who Art in the Tree but she and producer Yael Fogiel became disappointed after they found the rights had already been bought by the Australian production company, Taylor Media. A dialogue between the French-based Bertuccelli and Fogiel and Perth-based Sue Taylor led to the eighth feature coproduction between the two countries since they signed the Memorandum of Understanding in 1986.
It was decided early on that both parties would find money, that Bertucelli would direct a cast...
In 2004, Bertuccelli was determined her next work would revolve around a tree motif. “I don’t know why exactly, but I was a bit obsessed with the tree” she said.
A friend lent her a copy of Brisbane-born Judy Pascoe’s book Our Father Who Art in the Tree but she and producer Yael Fogiel became disappointed after they found the rights had already been bought by the Australian production company, Taylor Media. A dialogue between the French-based Bertuccelli and Fogiel and Perth-based Sue Taylor led to the eighth feature coproduction between the two countries since they signed the Memorandum of Understanding in 1986.
It was decided early on that both parties would find money, that Bertucelli would direct a cast...
- 9/30/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
A tree, the embodiment of a dead loved one, grows roots into the family home. And refuses to leave.
The Tree (L'arbre) is a French feature film starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Marton Csokas, directed by French director Julie Bertucelli and produced by Sue Taylor from Taylor Media and Yael Fogiel from Les Films Du Poisson. It screened earlier thsi year at Cannes, and now will be at the 2010 Vancouver Film Festival.
Here's Charlotte Gainsbourg, who won an award at Cannes 2010 for cutting off her clit in that awful pile of crap 'Antichrist'
In the wake of her husband's sudden death, Dawn (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and her four kids are left to make sense of life without their father/spouse. But when eight-year-old Simone becomes convinced that her father is living in the Moreton Bay fig tree that towers over their house, the prosaic and the supernatural meet amongst its leafy branches.
The Tree (L'arbre) is a French feature film starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Marton Csokas, directed by French director Julie Bertucelli and produced by Sue Taylor from Taylor Media and Yael Fogiel from Les Films Du Poisson. It screened earlier thsi year at Cannes, and now will be at the 2010 Vancouver Film Festival.
Here's Charlotte Gainsbourg, who won an award at Cannes 2010 for cutting off her clit in that awful pile of crap 'Antichrist'
In the wake of her husband's sudden death, Dawn (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and her four kids are left to make sense of life without their father/spouse. But when eight-year-old Simone becomes convinced that her father is living in the Moreton Bay fig tree that towers over their house, the prosaic and the supernatural meet amongst its leafy branches.
- 9/12/2010
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
The French/Australian co-production The Tree, directed by Julie Bertucelli, will open in 230 screens in France this week.
“This is a huge release for an independent Australian film in France, one of the largest ever,” said producer Sue Taylor in a statement. It is the largest Australian review since Adam Elliott’s Mary & Max.
Taylro also anticipated an “international tourist boom” for Boonah, Kalbar, Teviotville and Ipswich in South East Queensland, where the film was shot.
“This part of Queensland is somewhat off the usual tourist path but The Tree reveals its incredible beauty. The production was based in Boonah for three months, including both the Australian crew and our French crew and cast and their families. We were all warmly welcomed to the area and I know international tourists will also appreciate the warmth and hospitality of the locals,” she argued.
The film will face competition from Disney’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,...
“This is a huge release for an independent Australian film in France, one of the largest ever,” said producer Sue Taylor in a statement. It is the largest Australian review since Adam Elliott’s Mary & Max.
Taylro also anticipated an “international tourist boom” for Boonah, Kalbar, Teviotville and Ipswich in South East Queensland, where the film was shot.
“This part of Queensland is somewhat off the usual tourist path but The Tree reveals its incredible beauty. The production was based in Boonah for three months, including both the Australian crew and our French crew and cast and their families. We were all warmly welcomed to the area and I know international tourists will also appreciate the warmth and hospitality of the locals,” she argued.
The film will face competition from Disney’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,...
- 8/9/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
It’s been four years since Encore published its Top 20 Directors and Producers list, and we felt it was time to compile a new, more comprehensive list that included professionals working across all areas – film, television and Tvc production – as well as the leaders and decision-makers that determine the direction of the industry.
Instead of having a limited list of panellists, we consulted with the main agencies and organisations, and also asked our readers to nominate their candidates. We ended up with a list of more than 200 screen industry professionals, and deciding the final 50 was indeed a difficult task. Of course, some other very influential and successful people didn’t make the final cut, but there were only 50 spots and too many talented men and women!
We hope you’ll enjoy – or not, and if so, debate it passionately – the selection of what will become our annual Power 50 list.
1. Christopher Mapp...
Instead of having a limited list of panellists, we consulted with the main agencies and organisations, and also asked our readers to nominate their candidates. We ended up with a list of more than 200 screen industry professionals, and deciding the final 50 was indeed a difficult task. Of course, some other very influential and successful people didn’t make the final cut, but there were only 50 spots and too many talented men and women!
We hope you’ll enjoy – or not, and if so, debate it passionately – the selection of what will become our annual Power 50 list.
1. Christopher Mapp...
- 6/22/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Transmission Films has taken over the Australian release of Julie Bertucelli’s Australian/French co-production The Tree.
“We’re pleased to have negotiated a deal with Transmission for them to take over the Australian release of The Tree. Kojo Pictures will retain its branding on the film and marketing materials,” Kojo MD Kent Smith told Encore.
The film, produced by Wa’s Taylor Media (Sue Taylor) in partnership with Les Films du Poisson, is now due for release in late September. It recently screened at the Sydney Film Festival, where it was one of the 12 films in the official competition. The Tree was also the closing film at last month’s Cannes Film Festival.
“We’re pleased to have negotiated a deal with Transmission for them to take over the Australian release of The Tree. Kojo Pictures will retain its branding on the film and marketing materials,” Kojo MD Kent Smith told Encore.
The film, produced by Wa’s Taylor Media (Sue Taylor) in partnership with Les Films du Poisson, is now due for release in late September. It recently screened at the Sydney Film Festival, where it was one of the 12 films in the official competition. The Tree was also the closing film at last month’s Cannes Film Festival.
- 6/15/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
A slideshow of official pictures to Julie Bertucelli's The Tree have been posted on the website for Sue Taylor's production co. I've been pegging Bertucelli's long-awaited film as a guaranteed Croisette item, further confirmation comes in Charlotte Gainsbourg's world tour dates, the strategic break from performing indicates the star of the film will be taking some time off to ensure a red carpet presence. - A slideshow of official pictures to Julie Bertucelli's The Tree have been posted on the website for Sue Taylor's production co. I've been pegging Bertucelli's long-awaited film as a guaranteed Croisette item, further confirmation comes in Charlotte Gainsbourg's world tour dates, the strategic break from performing indicates the star of the film will be taking some time off to ensure a red carpet presence. I've screen capped some pics, but you can check out the rest of the pictures...
- 4/6/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
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