Latest Articles: Documentary
RACHEL’S FARM on Tour
Rachel Ward is going on tour with her documentary RACHEL’S FARM. Tickets can be purchased through each venues website.
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Jane Campion, Rachel Ward, Alice Englert & more at Sydney Film Festival 2023
HLA filmmakers are being celebrated at this year’s Sydney Film Festival. The program features Jane Campion – Her Way, a retrospective showcasing nine feature and five short films from the accomplished career of Jane Campion. Jane will also appear in conversation with David Stratton. Rachel Ward’s documentary RACHEL’S FARM will also have its Australian premiere, and Rachel will speak to her process making the documentary at a Meet the Filmmakers event. Alice Englert’s debut feature film BAD BEHAVIOUR will screen at ...
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HAVE YOU SEEN THE LISTERS in Cinema’s today!
In cinemas today nation wide! Check out Eddie Martin’s incredible documentary HAVE YOU SEEN THE LISTERS? http://www.transmissionfilms.com.au/films/have-you-seen-the-listers Congratulations to Eddie on a wonderful production, head to the cinemas to check it out.
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Four Stars for The Go-Betweens: Right Here
THE GO BETWEENS: RIGHT HERE is released in cinemas today! Kriv Stenders directs a “thoughtful, engaging, enigmatic” documentary charting the band’s rise and fall. The Sydney Morning Herald gives THE GO BETWEENS a glowing four star review: “The film, and most of the others I mentioned, ought to be compulsory viewing for young bands – how not to screw the pooch – but maybe not. Everyone has to make their own mistakes.” Read more here.
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FilmInk MIFF Best Film: Have You Seen the Listers
FilmInk have interviewed director Eddie Martin after they name his film Have You Seen the Listers as their pick for best film from MIFF. “I thought of Anthony and he felt like the right character because he is a larger than life kind of guy and his sense of freedom is inspirational too. He is so open and out there, which are qualities we would all like to have.” Read more here.
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MIFF: Kriv Stenders
Director Kriv Stenders has two releases in the 2017 Melbourne International Film Festival: Australia Day and The Go-Betweens: Right Here. Almost polar opposites, both films were shot this year. The Sydney Morning Herald sat down to chat to Stenders about his work: “It’s my passion, it’s also my living … I joke that I used to make TV commercials, now I make the stuff in between TV commercials.” Stender’s discusses success, storytelling and the screen. Read more here.
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‘Have You Seen the Listers?’ Hits Home
Eddie Martin’s fourth film Have You Seen the Listers? has struck a chord with its subject. Anthony Lister, renowned street artist, has given the film his blessing after getting “quite emotional” on his first viewing. The film relates how the Brisbane City Council encouraged the then 19-year-old to paint dozens of the city’s traffic signal boxes in 1999. In 2014, the council took Lister – by now earning tens of thousands of dollars per piece and with his works hanging in ...
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The Go Betweens: Right Here SFF Premier
The documentary film following cult band The Go Betweens premiered last night at the Sydney Film Festival. The Guardian gave director Kriv Stenders a rave review stating “Stenders has made an emotional, rolling thunder of a film, one this extraordinary band deserves”. Read the full review here.
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HLA clients in this year’s Sydney Film Festival program!
Look out for all of the talented HLA clients in this year’s Sydney Film Festival program! AUSTRALIA DAY Directed by Kriv Stenders THE GO BETWEENS – RIGHT HERE Directed by Kriv Stenders THE DOPPEL CHAIN Written & Directed by Scott Pickett FAMILY HAPPINESS Written & Directed by Alice Englert ALI’S WEDDING Production Design by Paul Heath CLEVERMAN SEASON 2: Episodes 1 & 2 Directed by Wayne Blair Written by Jada Alberts Production Design by Jake Nash HOW THE LIGHT GETS ...
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Neil Armfield, Jocelyn Moorhouse, Gillian Armstrong, Roger Ford and Steve Worland nominated 2015 FCCA Awards
Congratulations to Neil Armfield, Jocelyn Moorhouse, Gillian Armstrong, Roger Ford and Steve Worland for their nominations in the 2015 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards. BEST FILM THE DRESSMAKER HOLDING THE MAN PAPER PLANES BEST CHILDREN’S FILM PAPER PLANES BEST DIRECTOR NEIL ARMFIELD – HOLDING THE MAN JOCELYN MOORHOUSE – THE DRESSMAKER BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY WOMEN HE’S UNDRESSED DIRECTOR: GILLIAN ARMSTRONG PRODUCERS: DAMIEN PARER, GILLIAN ARMSTRONG BEST SCRIPT/SCREENPLAY ROBERT CONNOLLY, STEVE WORLAND PAPER PLANES TOMMY MURPHY HOLDING THE MAN BEST ...
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CONGRATULATIONS BONNIE ELLIOTT!
FIRST CONTACT shot by Bonnie Elliott wins ‘Most Outstanding Factual Program’ at the 2015 Logie Awards. Read the full list of winners here.
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ANTARCTICA: A YEAR ON ICE MAKES LONG LIST FOR 2015 ACADEMY AWARDS
The epic and visually stunning documentary edited by Simon Price has been selected amongst 133 other titles to go in the running for an Academy Award next year. The list will soon be pared down to 15 films, each vying for the title of Best Documentary. The shortlist will be announced in December – stay tuned. For the full long list click HERE.
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