Latest Articles: Film
MONOLITH at SXSW
January 12, 2023
HLA’s Matt Vesely’s feature film MONOLITH has been selected as part of SXSW Film and TV Festival Lineup for 2023. Congratulations Matt!
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John Sheedy Wins Best Director at Rhode Island Film Festival!
August 22, 2022
John Sheedy has won Best Director at Rhode Island Film Festival for the second time for his short TARNEIT. Congratulations John!
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PIONEERING WOMEN IN AUSTRALIAN CINEMA
August 5, 2022
Iconic films from HLA directors Jane Campion, Gillian Armstrong, Jocelyn Moorhouse and Emma-Kate Croghan will screen from Friday, Jul 22 – Sunday, Aug 14 at the Museum of the Moving Image, New York.
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Suzie Miller’s PRIMA FACIE is the highest-grossing event cinema release since the pandemic!
July 26, 2022
National Theatre Live’s release of Prima Facie, Suzie Miller’s play starring Jodie Comer, was the highest-grossing title at UK-Ireland cinemas yesterday (July 22), taking £1.4m with 76 sites still to report. https://www.screendaily.com/news/prima-facie-with-jodie-comer-is-highest-grossing-event-cinema-release-since-pandemic/5172864.article
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Jane Campion talks Netflix, THE POWER OF THE DOG, and her pop-up film school in New Zealand.
July 25, 2022
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-62051317?fs=e&s=cl&fbclid=Iw ...
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HLA WELCOMES DIRECTOR STEVIE CRUZ-MARTIN
July 25, 2022
HLA is proud to welcome director Stevie Cruz-Martin. Stevie has begun shooting on the SBS 4 x 1 hour thriller SAFE HOME, for Kindling Pictures and Banijay Entertainment. SAFE HOME follows Phoebe (Aisha Dee), a twenty-something professional who leaves her job at a prominent law firm to work at a struggling family violence legal centre. Stevie teams up again with HLA’s Production Designer Alicia Clements on the series, the pair having previously collaborated on the SBS web series THE TAILINGS. ...
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SERIOUSLY RED Trailer
July 25, 2022
Trading her 9-5 in real estate for a job as a Dolly Parton impersonator… what a way to make a living! SERIOUSLY RED, coming only to cinemas November 24. DOP Toby Oliver, costume design by Tim Chappel, edited by Deb Peart, and with performances by Jean Kittson and Wayne Blair.
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