Brave is the debut feature filmmaker who sets and shoots their independently-financed project across two continents, choosing not only to write and direct but produce and star.
But brave Genna Chanelle Hayes is. And it’s paid off – tonight, her film Akoni will open CinefestOZ Film Festival in a sold out screening in Augusta.
Starring UK actor Kit Esuruoso in the titular role, the film follows a homeless Nigerian refugee struggles to integrate into Australian society after escaping the clutches of Boko Haram. While living on the streets and on the receiving end of racist taunts from a group of drunken men, a young woman (Hayes) comes to his aid and offers him a place to stay. Struggling with her own heartbreak, she soon finds solace in her unlikely new companion as he opens her up to a world beyond her current life of modelling, parties and social media.
For Hayes,...
But brave Genna Chanelle Hayes is. And it’s paid off – tonight, her film Akoni will open CinefestOZ Film Festival in a sold out screening in Augusta.
Starring UK actor Kit Esuruoso in the titular role, the film follows a homeless Nigerian refugee struggles to integrate into Australian society after escaping the clutches of Boko Haram. While living on the streets and on the receiving end of racist taunts from a group of drunken men, a young woman (Hayes) comes to his aid and offers him a place to stay. Struggling with her own heartbreak, she soon finds solace in her unlikely new companion as he opens her up to a world beyond her current life of modelling, parties and social media.
For Hayes,...
- 8/25/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Tilly Jones from Leycester in Northern Nsw and Joshua Holt from Cairns are the two emerging composers who have been chosen to participate in Screenworks and Apra Amcos’ upcoming screen composing bootcamp.
Each will receive six weeks of one-on-one mentoring from Kyls B. Burtland and Maria Alfonsine respectively. The mentorships aim to assist their skills development, increase their experience and help them build confidence and capacity to compose music for screen content.
Screenworks CEO Ken Crouch said: “We’re so pleased to be running this mentorship program for emerging composers again this year. Our remit at Screenworks is to support and encourage talent from regional, rural and remote Australia across all screen disciplines and we’re looking forward to seeing how Tilly and Joshua grow and develop their composing talents with the expert guidance of Kyls and Maria. We hope this opportunity will help them to confidently make their mark...
Each will receive six weeks of one-on-one mentoring from Kyls B. Burtland and Maria Alfonsine respectively. The mentorships aim to assist their skills development, increase their experience and help them build confidence and capacity to compose music for screen content.
Screenworks CEO Ken Crouch said: “We’re so pleased to be running this mentorship program for emerging composers again this year. Our remit at Screenworks is to support and encourage talent from regional, rural and remote Australia across all screen disciplines and we’re looking forward to seeing how Tilly and Joshua grow and develop their composing talents with the expert guidance of Kyls and Maria. We hope this opportunity will help them to confidently make their mark...
- 4/14/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Jocelyn Moorhouse with Dop Martin McGrath on the ‘Wakefield’ set.
Jocelyn Moorhouse was shooting the ABC’s Stateless when Jungle Entertainment offered her the gig of set-up director of the ABC drama Wakefield.
The concept was unlike anything she’d ever heard of, centering on the interaction between staff and patients at a Blue Mountains psychiatric hospital, leavened with musical numbers and tap dancing, so she was hooked.
Brit Rudi Dharmalingam plays Nik, a gifted psych nurse in the eight-episode show created by Kristen Dunphy, who is the showrunner with Sam Meikle, produced by Shay Spencer and Ally Henville for Jungle Entertainment and BBC Studios.
The sanest person in a pretty crazy place, Nik is confronted by a dark secret from his past when a song gets stuck in his head.
Reuniting with the director after collaborating on the Seven Network’s Wanted, Geraldine Hakewill plays a psychiatrist, with Mandy McElhinney as the head nurse.
Jocelyn Moorhouse was shooting the ABC’s Stateless when Jungle Entertainment offered her the gig of set-up director of the ABC drama Wakefield.
The concept was unlike anything she’d ever heard of, centering on the interaction between staff and patients at a Blue Mountains psychiatric hospital, leavened with musical numbers and tap dancing, so she was hooked.
Brit Rudi Dharmalingam plays Nik, a gifted psych nurse in the eight-episode show created by Kristen Dunphy, who is the showrunner with Sam Meikle, produced by Shay Spencer and Ally Henville for Jungle Entertainment and BBC Studios.
The sanest person in a pretty crazy place, Nik is confronted by a dark secret from his past when a song gets stuck in his head.
Reuniting with the director after collaborating on the Seven Network’s Wanted, Geraldine Hakewill plays a psychiatrist, with Mandy McElhinney as the head nurse.
- 3/16/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
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