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Marg Horwell and Neil Armfield win at THE GREEN ROOM AWARDS
Congratulations to Marg Horwell and Neil Armfield for taking out awards at this year’s Green Room Awards! OPERA DIRECTION Neil Armfield, The Ring Cycle (Opera Australia) THEATRE COMPANIES SET AND COSTUME DESIGN Marg Horwell (Set & Costume Design), Lilith: The Jungle Girl (Melbourne Theatre Company and Sisters Grimm)
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Green Room Awards
Congratulations to all of our clients who are nominated in this year’s GREEN ROOM AWARDS! INDEPENDENT THEATRE Set and Costume Design Marg Horwell (Set & Costume) – Animal (inFlux in association with Theatre Works) MUSICAL Set Design Gabriela Tylesova – Ladies in Black (Queensland Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company) Costume Design Gabriella Tylesova – Ladies in Black (Queensland Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company) OPERA Direction Neil Armfield – The Ring Cycle (Opera Australia) THEATRE COMPANIES Set and Costume Design Stephen Curtis (Set Design) – The Secret River (Sydney Theatre Company presented ...
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Jed Kurzel wins Best Score at the NZ Film Awards
Congratulations to composer Jed Kurzel who has won the Bigpop Studios Best Score Award for SLOW WEST at the NZ Film Awards! See the full list of recipients here
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Greig Fraser nominated for an Oscar
Congratulations to cinematographer Greig Fraser who has received an Oscar nomination for his beautiful work on LION! “I’m extremely proud to be part of the team who made LION and I’m humbled the Academy has nominated me. My crew, both Indian, and Australian, deserve a massive shout out. Their skill and support meant everything to this film. “It’s an incredible privilege to be acknowledged among the diverse and talented DPs of the cinematography world, so many of whom are doing ...
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Tim Chappel wins at the Sydney Theatre Awards
Congratulations to Tim Chappel who won Best Costume Design of a Mainstream Production for his work on LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at last night’s Sydney Theatre Awards. See the full list of recipients here
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Greig Fraser nominated for 31st annual ASC Awards
Congratulations to Greig Fraser whose beautiful work on LION has been nominated by the The American Society of Cinematographers for the 31st annual ASC Awards. See the full list of nominees here
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2016 Sydney Theatre Awards
Congratulations to all of our clients who are nominated for the 2016 Sydney Theatre Awards! BEST STAGE DESIGN Alicia Clements (Hay Fever) Brian Thomson (Faith Healer) Gabriela Tylesova (A Flea In Her Ear) BEST COSTUME DESIGN Tim Chappel (Little Shop of Horrors) Alicia Clements (Hay Fever) Gabriela Tylesova (A Flea In Her Ear) BEST DIRECTION Kate Gaul (Good With Maps) BEST PRODUCTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Jasper Jones (Belvoir), Directed by Anne-Louise Sarks See the full list of nominees here
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HOLDING THE MAN wins Best Feature Film at the Image+nation – Montreal International LGBT Film Festival.
Congratulations to director Neil Armfield, whose film HOLDING THE MAN has won the jury award for Best Feature Film at the Image+nation – Montreal International LGBT Film Festival. Of the film the jury said: “The winner of this category is a masterful melodrama and time capsule of a devastating time in the LGBT history, that touches on a familiar theme with a lot of humour and honesty, and a frank courage rarely achieved in narrative film. The performances by the ...
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Stefan Duscio takes home Gold at the Victoria Tasmania ACS Awards
Congratulations to Stefan Duscio who took home Gold for both BARRACUDA (TV) and BACKTRACK (Feature) at the Victoria Tasmania ACS Awards on Saturday night!
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Greig Fraser wins the Golden Frog
Congratulations to LION cinematographer Greig Fraser, who has won the Golden Frog for lensing at the 24th edition of Poland’s Camerimage cinematography festival. See the full list of winners here
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Peter Carstairs’ ULTRASOUND wins at the shots Awards
Congratulations to director Peter Carstairs whose Doritos ad ULTRASOUND won Gold for Best Commercial of the Year- TV (Up to 60 seconds) at the shots Awards in London last week. See the full list of winners here
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Alan John wins at the APRA Screen Music Awards
Congratulations to composer Alan John whose music for the ABC miniseries The Beautiful Lie, won the award for best music for a miniseries or telemovie in this year’s APRA Screen Music Awards.
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Congratulations 2016 APDG Award Winners!
Congratulations to Gabriela Tylesova and Annie Beauchamp for winning at last night’s APDG awards. Gabriela Tylesova – Jennie Tate Award for Costume design Live Performance (THE RABBITS) Annie Beauchamp – Photoplay Award for Design for a Commercial
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Congratulations 2016 ACS State Award Winners!
Congratulations to Bonnie Elliott, Ross Giardina and Andrew Commis, who were all winners at the 2016 ACS State Awards. DOCUMENTARIES GOLD Bonnie Elliott Michelle’s Story ADVERTISING NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL GOLD Ross Giardina ACS David Jones GOLD Ross Giardina ACS Samsung DRAMA OR COMEDY SERIES & TELEFEATURES GOLD Bonnie Elliott Hunters – Ep 6: Bunker Soldier FEATURES – CINEMA GOLD Bonnie Elliott The Last Reel GOLD Andrew Commis ACS The Daughter GOLD Bonnie Elliott Spear MUSIC CLIPS BRONZE Ross Giardina ACS Hayden James ...
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Mona Brand Award Winners
Congratulations to Jada Alberts who won the Emerging Writer Award and to Billie Pleffer for receiving the Highly Commended, Emerging Writer Award, at last night’s inaugural Mona Brand Award for Women Stage and Screen Writers. Read more about the winners here.
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2016 AACTA Award Nominees
Congratulations to all of our clients nominated in the 2016 AACTA Awards! AACTA Award for Best Cinematography (Feature Film) Andy Commis – Girl Asleep Bonnie Elliott – Spear AACTA Award for Best Short Fiction Film BLUEY – Darlene Johnson ADG See the full list of nominees here
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Congratualtions to production designer Annie Beauchamp and the rest of the Photoplay team for picking 2 Cannes Lions
Congratualtions to production designer Annie Beauchamp and the rest of the Photoplay team for picking 2 Cannes Lions for AirBnB’s A Different Paris campaign, directed by Scott Otto-Anderson and produced by Photoplay for TBWA Singapore: 1 Silver Lion for Design 1 Bronze Lion in Film Craft Read more here
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2016 Helpmann Awards Nominees
Congratulations to all of our clients who have been nominated in the 2016 Helpmann Awards! COMEDY Reunion, Rebirth- Doug Anthony All Stars BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL Ladies in Black- Simon Phillips BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY North by Northwest Simon Phillips BEST COSTUME DESIGN Ladies in Black / Sleeping Beauty- Gabriela Tylesova BEST SCENIC DESIGN Sleeping Beauty – Gabriela Tylesova Turandot – Dan Potra North by Northwest – Nick Schlieper and Simon Phillips BEST NEW AUSTRALIAN WORK Ladies in ...
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Shot by Andy Commis GIRL ASLEEP has taken out the Official Competition Grand Jury Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)
Rosemary Myers’ feature debut, Girl Asleep, has taken out the Official Competition Grand Jury Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF). “Truly original, theatrical, and impeccably choreographed, this coming of age story woke us up. Stylish, quirky but substantive and with every frame filled with evocative and hilarious detail,” said SIFF festival director and chief curator Carl Spence. Girl Asleep held off strong competition including Australia’s other entrant, Holding The Man, and was also the recipient of the SIFF Youth Jury Award ...
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Cate Shortland wins the 2016 Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting
Congratulations to writer Cate Shortland who has won the 2016 Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards! See the full list of recipients here.
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Tim Bullock wins Best Direction in a TV Commercial at the ADG Awards
Congratulation to Tim Bullock for winning Best Direction in a TV Commercial for VOLKSWAGON BEAR in the Australian Directors Guild Awards on Friday. See the full list of winners here.
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Natasha Pincus’ OH CANADA to open St Kilda Film Festival
Directed by Natasha Pincus, Missy Higgin’s music video for OH CANADA has been announced as a finalist in the SoundKILDA music video competition. The video will also be screened as part of the St Kilda Film Festival’s opening night celebrations. See the full list of SoundKILDA finalists here.
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THE KETTERING INCIDENT wins the special jury prize at the prestigious international Series Mania festival in Paris.
Congratulations to writer Cate Shortland and director Tony Krawitz, on THE KETTERING INCIDENT winning the special jury prize at the prestigious international Series Mania festival in Paris. The prestigious international Series Mania festival considered 80 series from more than 20 countries. Vikki Madden, producer of the eight-part series, said winning the special jury prize was “surreal”. “Little Tasmania has just made such an impact,” she said. “The French … they just fell in love with the imagery of The Kettering ...
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Warwick Young’s short film STUFFED has taken out Best Foreign Film at the Beverly Hills Film Festival.
A huge congratulations to Warwick Young, whose short film STUFFED has had more success, taking out Best Foreign Film at the Beverly Hills Film Festival. See the full list of winners here.
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