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Applications for the Kristian Fredrikson Scholarship are now open!
The successful Applicant will be chosen on the basis of a demonstrable history of outstanding achievements and commitment to their profession; originality, creativity, technical and interpretative skills and the viability of their study plan. Applicants will be required to: have completed five professional live stage productions or have demonstrated a proven record of professional activity over at least 3 years; submit a detailed curriculum vitae, examples of work on CD including 2 costume drawings or set concept renderings where applicable, ...
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THE FAVOURITE continues winning streak
Tony McNamara and Deborah Davis’ THE FAVOURITE continues wowing audiences and critics alike picking up a slew of awards at the BIFA’s as well as the Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards overnight. Read all about the good news here!
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Venice Film Festival Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize Congratulations to producers Ed Guirney, Ceci Dempsey, Lee Magiday; writer Tony McNamara and director Yorgos Lathimos.
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Jane Campion Wins NSW Premier’s Literary Prize
The New South Wales Premier’s literary awards winners were announced last night among them Dame Jane Campion was announced the joint recipient of the Betty Rowland Prize for Script writing. The fourth episode of TOP OF THE LAKE: CHINA GIRL entitled Birthday was written by Campion and co-creator Gerard Lee. Here’s what the judges had to say: The Birthday episode script effectively combines reinvented elements of the thriller, the melodrama and film poetry to create a mode of storytelling in a heightened register ...
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FILM CRITICS CIRCLE OF AUSTRALIA Awards Nominees announced
Congratulations to all the nominees in the FILM CRITICS CIRCLE OF AUSTRALIA Awards. Special mention to: Cate Shortland nominated for UNIVERSAL PICTURES AWARD BEST DIRECTOR (Berlin Syndrome), Stefan Duscio (Jungle), Greig Fraser ASC (Lion), Germain McMicking (Berlin Syndrome) nominated for ACS AWARD BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, and Jack Hutchings (Berlin Syndrome) for BEST EDITING.
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AACTA’s Announced
Congratulations to all nominees for the upcoming AACTA’s, especially to all the HLA clients for their exceptionally good work: BEST TELEVISION DRAMA SERIES TOP OF THE LAKE: CHINA GIRL BEST DIRECTION IN A TELEVISION DRAMA OR COMEDY TOP OF THE LAKE: CHINA GIRL Episode 5 – Who’s Your Daddy? Jane Campion; SEVEN TYPES OF AMBIGUITY Episode 2 – Alex, Glendyn Ivin BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN TELEVISION TOP OF THE LAKE: CHINA GIRL Episode 5 – Who’s Your Daddy?, Germain McMicking BEST PRODUCTION ...
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Jane Campion to take Cologne Film Festival Top Prize
Dame Jane Campion will be in Cologne this year to accept the Film Award. The annual prize is given to those who have made an “outstanding contribution to the further development of film and media through their work”. The 27th Film Festival Cologne runs from September 29 to October 6. The Film Festival Cologne is considered one of the leading showcases of the latest extraordinary productions in film and television. Read more here.
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Four Australians in International Cinematography Awards
Four Australian Cinematographers have been selected for the inaugural IMAGO International Awards for Cinematography. IMAGO is the European Federation of Cinematographers, a collaborative global umbrella encompassing the world’s Cinematographers Societies. The awards will be held October 28th 2017 in Helsinki. Two of HLA’s own have been tipped, Andy Commis for The Daughter and Stefan Duscio for Backtrack. “This is a great opportunity for Australian cinematographers to be welcomed into the room, to play in the same sandpit as their European ...
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MIFF Short Award Win
Congratulations to all MIFF 2017 Short Award finalists and winners, especially to director John Sheedy for winning the Film Victoria Erwin Rado Award for Best Australian Short Film with MRS MCCUTCHEON. MRS MCCUTCHEON is John’s first foray into directing for film. See the full list if winners here.
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New York Film Week Win
Edited by Simon Price, Kiku Ohe’s first feature film The Lines has been awarded Best Narrative Feature Film at New York Film Week 2017. The Lines is a modern cinematic meditation that reinterprets the symbol of the American landscape. “It follows two actors who escape LA to the isolation of the desert…[it] explores how we connect with each other and the world around us.” Read more about The Lines here.
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Hot Shots Announced
Screen Australia has selected 11 emerging filmmaking teams to share in $989,000 of Hot Shots Plus funding. Writer Anya Beyersdorf’s Bondi 1hr Foto is among those selected. From producer Nash Edgerton, writer Anya Beyersdorf and director Sean Kruck Bondi 1hr Foto is set in 1980s Bondi Beach, the short centres on a teenage girl’s clash with her father and will set the tone for a feature film about an underworld figure dealing with family, crime and police corruption. Read more about the winners and the funding here.
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